Destiny Thief

Chapter 180 The Despicable Person III

Old Hugo is still in the main hall of the church. On the silver-gray stone walls inside, there are lifelike murals carved, which are the artistic manifestations of some legends in the Holy Word—his eyes seem to have returned The ordinary old man's face is yellow and cloudy, his back is hunched, and his eyes are indifferent, looking at the prostrate crowd who are praying.

"Monica still left?"

After half an hour, Victor woke up from his coma, and he came to Old Hugo's side.He just heard some sporadic news from several clergymen: the vampire lord was ambushed again during his escape, but the ambush operation still failed, and Bishop Vera and the ascetic were very disappointed.

So, Victor came here in person and asked the old Hugo to verify this statement—the old man retracted his gaze, turned around from the side facing the wall, stared at Victor and said suddenly:
"Karma and fate, that's how it is—"

"Hey, old Hugo, what the hell are you prophesying?"

The old man's expression was like a lifeless hard stone, but Victor got a general confirmation from it, which made his heart that seemed to be possessed by a demon suddenly relaxed, and he made fun of him just like he used to do to old Hugo. He got up, but seeing the inexplicable solemn look in the old man's eyes, he quickly remembered something.

He took out the palm-sized sterling silver cross from his pocket.

"Old Hugo, your stuff."

He threw the cross at the old man, but at this moment, his eyes suddenly widened—this cross seemed to have eyes, as soon as he threw it up, the cross spun around in mid-air, and then flew back into his arms.

"What the hell?"

Seeing this scene, Victor couldn't help but think of those crappy third-rate mages' blindfold tricks, and he couldn't help but look at old Hugo again. In the "Song of Ashes" mercenary group, old Hugo was just an incompetent The humble old man, a mercenary retired due to disability, but the hidden ascetic identity and amazing strength he revealed today gave him a new understanding of old Hugo.

The old man is not as simple as he thought before.

He took out the sterling silver cross again and tried to put it back into old Hugo's hand, but the thing seemed to be stuck in his palm, and he couldn't get it off no matter what. He used the five fingers of the other hand to break it off. Without moving, the cross is like his flesh and bones, which are integrated with the palm of his hand.

"Old Hugo, what's going on?"

Victor was a little flustered, he had never seen such a weird thing, besides, it still happened to him.He patted old Hugo's bony shoulders, and saw the old man raised his head from the shadow of his stooped back, and looked over calmly with his gray eyes.

"It has been connected with your fate."

"But I don't like this thing very much."

"Fate has nothing to do with likes and dislikes."

"The Word says, man is born free."

"You can choose to join the church, or, leave the cross."

"So, I can only admit that I am unlucky?"

But Victor was not reconciled to this. He circled around old Hugo back and forth, and began to mutter non-stop in his mouth. There was almost no repetition in the content, but they all had one thing in common—asking for old Hugo Take back the damn sterling silver cross.Now, Victor vaguely guessed that this thing is not an ordinary ornament, it is very likely that this is a fetish with a lot of background in the Holy Radiance Church.

As the captain of the first brigade of "Song of Ashes", a well-known figure in the Afron mercenary circle, Victor's temperament has always escaped wandering, he doesn't want to be fettered by anything, especially at this moment. unwilling situation.

He tried several times and found that it was impossible for the cross to be more than half a meter away from his body.He grabbed this nasty little thing and threw it at a flower bed full of purple flowers blooming outside the window, but saw that the trajectory of the parabola hadn't passed halfway, and it returned along the same path and fell into his hands.

"Old Hugo, you are too despicable, I count you as ruthless."

Victor muttered, his head suddenly shrugged feebly——

Glo ended his conversation with Bishop Villa.According to the bishop's instructions, he found Heinrich, the head of the "Song of Ashes" mercenary group, in a room in the back hall. When I arrived, I kept enough politeness.

He smiled and stood up to greet him. On a wooden bed behind him, Biden was sleeping soundly wrapped in a thick blanket. The two exchanged glances, and quickly left the airtight room.

This is the second time the two have met, and they haven't spoken a few words.But maybe because of the battle together, they quickly became acquainted. Glo told him straightforwardly about begging the old Hugo for help, and the mercenary leader heard the information about the old Hugo. He seemed to be lost in thought for a while.

Before today, Heinrich didn't know the identity of old Hugo as an ascetic—he recalled the past days: Old Hugo was in the third year of the establishment of the "Song of Ashes" mercenary group, that is, in 536 joined them one winter of that year.At that time, he was in a tavern in Avron, and he still remembered the name of that tavern, which seemed to be called "Golden Sword and Oak Leaf", but now it has changed hands several times and changed it to other names.

A down-and-out middle-aged wandering mercenary was sitting alone at a small table drinking wine, and he and his fellow mercenary group heard some people in the tavern say that this middle-aged man was called Old Hugo, The mercenary group I was in before participated in an expedition with an extremely high reward, but not only did they fail, but they were all wiped out. Except for old Hugo, no one was spared.He also has no intention of going to the mercenary market to look for work, but is addicted to alcohol all day long, and lives in a daze.

Heinrich and the mercenaries felt compassion at that time—such a poor situation is not uncommon in the mercenary industry, and they heard some comments and comments about old Hugo from other people. After the strength evaluation, after a short discussion, an invitation was sent to the drunk in the tavern to join.

In 536, the "Song of Ashes" mercenary group hadn't grown to the size it is today. They didn't have three brigades, not even thirty people.In Afron, they were still a new small mercenary organization. When they sent out the invitation in person, Heinrich seemed to have a little impression: someone laughed at their invitation to the old Hugo.

They brought the drunk old Hugo back to the station, and after some sparring and fighting, they discovered that the old Hugo actually had a strength close to the [level of awakening].

(End of this chapter)