Chapter 1102: The book thief
Translator: Legge
It wasn’t until they came to a standstill that Ren Xiaosu had the time to carefully size up this sorceress. Her clothing was no different from that of the previous bounty hunter he encountered. She had a concealed arrow in her sleeve, and a crossbow and rope slung around her waist. However, her face was
covered with a black scarf that made her look a little different from the previous bounty hunter.
His opponent was a little skinny. Ren Xiaosu did not manage to distinguish that earlier while chasing after her at high speed. Only now did he realize the other party had obvious female characteristics.
This was the first time Ren Xiaosu had seen a sorceress. To be honest, he had thought the art of sorcery was only pa.s.sed down through the male lineage. After all, he had never come across a sorceress before, nor were there any records of one in The Sorcerer Chronicles.
However, this did not affect Ren Xiaosu from wanting to steal her Eye of True Sight.
Quite curious, Ren Xiaosu asked, “Did the Tudor family send you? Why do you want to a.s.sa.s.sinate Melgor?”
But when he asked that, the other party was taken aback. “a.s.sa.s.sinate Melgor? For what?”
“Hehe.” Ren Xiaosu gave a fake smile and said, “Not long ago, a bounty hunter attempted to a.s.sa.s.sinate him. I can already guess that you were both sent by the Tudor family.”
Ren Xiaosu was being so honest with her because he had no intention of letting her leave.
The future commander of the Northwest was here, and if he said he was going to kill you, he would definitely make sure of it.
The sorceress frowned. “We don’t care to a.s.sociate ourselves with the lackeys of those sorcerer clans. Don’t confuse us with them.”
Ren Xiaosu stopped talking and started pondering. Could there be two types of bounty hunters? Melgor had not mentioned this before.
“What’s the difference between you and them?” Ren Xiaosu asked puzzledly. He really was very confused.
“They work for money, while we have our own beliefs.” The sorceress said coldly, “What does a sorcerer’s lackey like you know? Is this the first time you’ve heard about such things? Why are you pretending to be innocent?”
Ren Xiaosu thought this was the first time he had been scolded for acting innocent. He wanted to hit someone.
“Yall’re just bounty hunters, so why’re you acting all high and mighty? You even claim that they’re doing this for money while you’re doing it for your beliefs?” Ren Xiaosu said unhappily, “Whatcha believe in? Making money?”
“Yes, making money,” the sorceress answered.
Ren Xiaosu was left speechless.
He thought to himself, ‘You’ve got quite practical beliefs then…
The sorceress added, “But we never take money from sorcerers. All common folk can hire us to exterminate evil for the price of a copper coin! How can a lackey like you understand the saying that only faith, the sun, and the moon are eternal?”
Ren Xiaosu was really stunned this time. It was not because the other party had talked about exterminating evil. Actually, Ren Xiaosu was not particularly interested in such chivalrous people, because he had seen organizations and people who carried out evil deeds under the guise of doing good.
However, he had heard of the saying “only faith, the sun, and the moon are eternal” before!
Qin Sheng had said it before, Zhang Qingxi had said it before, and Li Yinglong had also said it before. It was the maxim of the Riders.
He was just thinking of searching for the offshoot of the Riders organization in the Kingdom of Sorcerers, and now, he actually heard a phrase related to them being uttered. Ren Xiaosu’s eyes lit up.
Actually, Ren Xiaosu knew very well the sorceress was probably trying to stall for time when she felt she could not defeat him. Otherwise, with her cautious style, why would she suddenly converse with him so much for no reason?
However, Ren Xiaosu didn’t really care. Whether his opponent was waiting for reinforcements or had some other trick up her sleeve, he still had to ask her a few more questions. “Rider? Ren He?”
The sorceress frowned. “What are you rambling on about? Sheeple? Rider? Is there something wrong with your head?”
Ren Xiaosu chuckled to himself. He wondered if it was just a coincidence the other party had uttered that phrase, and that she might really have nothing to do with the Riders.
However, Ren Xiaosu could not make any conclusions on that. He had to probe further.
“Y’know, if you weren’t trying to kill Melgor, what did you sneak into his Sorcerer’s Tower for?” Ren Xiaosu wondered. “Don’t tell me you went up there for the view? If you really wanted to enjoy the view, you could’ve just gone to the cathedral next door. That building is even taller.”
“Lonly wanted to retrieve a book from his place.” The sorceress said calmly, “If you hadn’t appeared, I would’ve left after taking the book. It wouldn’t have become so troublesome in the first place.”
Ren Xiaosu laughed. “You went to steal a book? Are you saying that others can’t interfere when you’
come and steal it now? What? You find it more exciting to steal books when there’s people around?”
the one who’s trying to steal a book? How overbearing of you! And who do you think you’re fooling with that excuse? Y’all didn’t come and steal the book in all the years that Melgor has been away, so why
“None of your business,” the sorceress said.
“Since you’re not here to kill Melgor, tell me which book you were searching for. Maybe I can make a decision and give it to you. That way, we can turn this hostility into friends.h.i.+p,” Ren Xiaosu said.
“Hehe, do you think I’m stupid?” the sorceress sneered.
After that, a huge cloud of dust suddenly appeared under Ren Xiaosu’s feet and quickly enveloped his entire body!
In that instant, the nanomachines, the little cuties, that were surging in Ren Xiaosu’s bloodstream instantly formed armor around him.
But even so, Ren Xiaosu was startled. The other party clearly wasn’t holding the Eye of True Sight in her hand just now, and neither had he noticed any of her accomplices approaching.
As Ren Xiaosu was enveloped by the smokescreen, the sorceress tuned around to continue fleeing. But right as she turned around, she saw Old Xu standing emotionlessly behind her.
“Ah!” The sorceress was shocked by the white mask Old Xu was wearing!
To be honest, it was quite scary to suddenly see a white mask with an ambiguous smile when turning around in the middle of the night.
When the smokescreen almost dissipated, Ren Xiaosu deactivated his armor and sneered, “You wanna flee? Not so fast!”
As the future commander of the Northwest, the Stronghold Destroyer, and the one in charge of the Prosperous Northwest plan, he had nearly fallen for the tricks of a sorceress. Ren Xiaosu could not stand this injustice!
‘When the sorceress saw her path was blocked, she turned around and said to Ren Xiaosu in seriousness, “This is actually a misunderstanding.”
Ren Xiaosu stood calmly in place with his arms folded. His hand hidden in his sleeve was already holding his black Eye of True Sight. He said with a smile, “Do you think I believe you”
But just as his words trailed off, several arrows suddenly shot out from the shadows not far away from where the two of them were standing. They were accompanied by a sharp whoos.h.i.+ng sound!
The dozen or so crossbow bolts flew in from seven different directions and were aimed at both Ren Xiaosu and Old Xu.
Before the arrows could even get close to Ren Xiaosu, he had already jumped backward out of their way. Meanwhile, Old Xu handled it even more domineeringly. It simply crushed the incoming arrows one by one.
When Ren Xiaosu regained his balance, he saw that the sorceress had disappeared.
“can let you go, but you better not disappoint me.” Ren Xiaosu looked towards a certain direction in the dark and muttered, “Bring the news to your companions. I hope yall will voluntarily come look for me someday..”