purgatory artist

Chapter 199 Short Sword
a letter.

The letter paper was spread out and placed on the wine table.

An extremely ordinary-looking man said:

"Quite interesting—do you think the letter is true?"

Beside him, the wine-red long-haired woman said:

"I happen to know something about this country. When the Royal Academy invaded, I also took some monster specimens and found that they were some unknown insects..."

The man said indifferently: "In the eternal night, there are too many unknown species."

"But we came to this human country, isn't it just to investigate whether there are any prisoners here?" the woman said.

"That's right, since the clues are in front of us—"

"Then let's go see their emperor according to our duties."

The two stood up and slowly left the bar.

the other side.

Snow Mountain Outpost.

Libertas placed on the table a bow, a suit of armor, a staff, and a necklace of gemstones.

"The bow and leather armor belong to Xiao Mengluo, and the staff and necklace belong to Hua Qingkong. Both of you, come and get them." Libertas said.

The two women came up to look at things.

"This bow is not bad...the leather armor is also better than mine." Xiao Mengluo said.

"There are three defensive spells on the necklace, so it must be very expensive." Hua Qingkong said.

They looked at each other.

"Libertas, did you kill someone?" Xiao Mengluo asked uncertainly.

"Or, did you steal someone's wallet?" Hua Qingkong asked.

Libertas said angrily, "How could I be that kind of person? Liu Ping bought this for you."

The two women breathed a sigh of relief.

"So it's Liu Ping, okay, then I'll accept it." Xiao Mengluo smiled lightly.

"It's worth a lot, he really has a heart." Hua Qingkong put the necklace on directly, and answered.

Libertas stared and said, "Wait, why don't you say that he killed people and stole things?"

"He does things properly." Xiao Mengluo said.

"He's not stupid." Hua Qingkong said.

"..." Libertas.

"Eh? What about others?" Xiao Mengluo asked.

"I said I'm going to hurry up to practice, and I'm trying to raise my level earlier—by the way, he's already level 7, tsk tsk, he's really a freak, isn't he?" Libertas said.

"Level 7? I think he should have surpassed you." Xiao Mengluo patted Libertas on the shoulder and said.

"That's right, he has finally started to cultivate seriously, and I want to work harder." Hua Qingkong said.

"Yes, me too." Xiao Mengluo said.

The two women seemed to have made a decision, picked up the things, turned and entered their room.

The door is closed.

Only Libertas was left standing outside.

He was stunned for a while, and said angrily: "You think he can catch up with me? It's ridiculous! I want to see how he cultivates!"

After speaking, he slammed the door and left.

……

A battle flag was planted in the snow.

Liu Ping coughed lightly and shouted: "Summon!"

A line of small burning characters quickly appeared:

"Activating: Secondary Heroic Spirit Summoning—"

"Explanation: This is a higher-level power than the primary heroic spirit summoning, and it needs to consume 1 point of soul power every time it is used."

Bang!
A figure emerged from the snow.

I saw that this was a woman wearing a camouflage uniform with a large sniper rifle on her back.

"Hello, is there any task for me to do?"

the woman asked.

A line of small words floated above her head:
"Title: Lightning Eagle, technology side, level [-]."

——Obtain the card of the land of exile, after the sequence completes an upgrade, the heroic spirit summoned has crossed a power level, and can directly summon a fifty-level professional.

Liu Ping said: "That's right, I want to ask, do you have any tricks to deal with bugs?"

"Bugs? Are there many?" the woman asked.

"When there is more, there is more, and when there is less, there is less." Liu Ping recalled.

"Is it big?"

"Sometimes big, sometimes small."

"...I hate bugs, you have found the wrong person."

Bang!
The woman disappeared from Liu Ping's eyes.

Liu Ping showed helplessness, put his hand on the flag, and shouted again: "Summon!"

I saw a big man in a magic robe turning out from behind the banner.

The big man said: "Brother, what task?"

"Kill a big bug leading a group of corpse bugs." Liu Ping said.

"Corpse worms... what kind of corpse worms grow out of it?" The big man asked with interest.

"Prisoner." Liu Ping said.

"Farewell!"

bang——

The big man disappeared.

Liu Ping shook his head helplessly.

"These guys you recruited are not good. They ran away as soon as they heard about the prisoners." He complained.

Lines of burning small characters stayed in front of his eyes:
"Attention, heroic spirits at level [-] are no match for prisoners—even the lowest level prisoners."

"You have consumed 2 points of soul power."

Liu Ping looked at his remaining soul power.

After reaching level 7, the total amount of soul power reached 16 points.

——In other words, if you keep summoning, you can still summon heroic spirits 14 times.

But each time the summoned heroic spirit returns, the next summon can be launched.

Liu Ping thought for a while, and said, "Can you issue a mission, so that the heroic spirits who can deal with the prisoner's corpse insects can help?"

A line of burning small characters emerged:
"Please indicate the task reward."

Liu Ping thought for a while and said, "Just a series of rewards??????"

"Are you sure?" Sequence asked.

"Sure." Liu Ping said.

"The quest and reward descriptions have been completed, and you can re-summon the heroic spirit." Sequence said.

Liu Ping put his hand on the battle flag and shouted, "Summon!"

A breeze rose from the battle flag.

Take a breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

"No one responded?" Liu Ping asked in surprise.

"I have already reminded that among the heroic spirits at level [-], almost none of them can meet the task requirements." Sequence said.

The next second—

Bang!
Finally, a heroic spirit responded to this call and appeared in front of the battle flag.

——It was a thin old man.

"Your Excellency, in fact, no one dares to provoke the prisoner's corpse, because they don't know what it is, whether it has a spare body, and whether it will hold grudges." The old man said.

"Then you accepted the mission because you have a way to deal with the prisoners' corpses?" Liu Ping asked.

"Yes, but I dare not do it myself," said the old man.

Liu Ping stared at the other party, only to see a line of small characters appearing above the other party's head:
"Prison escapee, felony, death row."

——It still looks like a dangerous person.

Liu Ping thought to himself.

The old man drew out a dark green short sword and placed it lightly in front of Liu Ping.

Lines of burning small characters quickly appeared in the void:

"The Death of the Yin Worm, the sword of extinction in the Green Goblin Canyon."

"Sorcerer Sword (will be broken)."

"Available times: 1 time."

"Let it eat the carcass of a certain insect species, and it will memorize all the composition rules of the insect species, and when it hits this insect, it will completely disintegrate the body of the insect."

"Explanation: For ordinary Zerg, it can do this, but for corpse insects transformed by prisoners, the effect is uncertain."

Liu Ping nodded secretly.

Although the effect is uncertain, it is a weapon specially designed to deal with Zerg, besides——

There is no other better choice.

The old man said: "After eating the same type of corpse insects with this sword, the sword will have the power to kill this kind of insects, but it can only be used once."

"What reward do you want?" Liu Ping asked.

The old man had a longing look on his face and said, "I want to stay here and never go back."

Liu Ping was silent, and asked Xu Xu: "Can you promise him?"

"Yes, but he is not allowed to stay in the current human kingdom, otherwise he will be killed immediately." Sequence said.

"Leave the sword, you can stay in the eternal night, but I want to remind you, you can't stay in this country, otherwise you will be obliterated by the sequence." Liu Ping said.

"Thank you, Your Excellency!" the old man said ecstatically.

He stuck the sword into the snow in front of Liu Ping, and flew up into the sky as soon as his figure flew up, disappearing quickly.

Liu Ping picked up the dagger to have a look, and murmured, "The corpse of the worm? I'm afraid only the Imperial City has it. After all, after the Royal Academy was attacked, all the attacking worms were wiped out by the imperial army..."

In another day, the commander-in-chief of the empire will come to the border to inspect the situation.

One day, if you act faster, you can still make it in time.

Then-

hurry up!

Liu Ping put away the dagger, and immediately ran in the direction of Hanhammer Town.

If I remember correctly, there is an airship from the Imperial City today, and they are resting right now, so they can take the airship back!

Suddenly, a figure appeared from the side, and said loudly: "Wait!"

"Libertas? Why are you here?" Liu Ping asked in surprise.

"Where are you going? I'll go with you."

"No, I'm short on time."

"Hmph, underestimating people, right? I have the special ability to provide suggestion cards."

"That's right... come on, you're still useful."

"Why does this sound so awkward?"

"You think too much."

The two gradually left the snow mountain, and once again ran towards the direction of Hanhammer Town.

……

The old man flew over the snow mountain and landed on the top of another mossy mountain.

He looked at the direction sign on the top of the mountain, and saw that it read:

"Danger!"

"On your left is the ruins of the Kingdom of Ceylon, behind you is the border of the empire, and on the front and right are unknown areas that have never been explored."

"Please step back immediately!"

The old man chuckled lightly.

"Is this the unknown world of Eternal Night Divine Pillar? It's really vast and boundless."

With a sigh, he moved his body lightly, crossed the signboard, and flew towards the boundless darkness ahead.

After about 2 minutes.

In the dead darkness, the voice of the old man who was frightened and angry suddenly sounded:

"What the hell is this!"

"……Do not!"

"Help! Who can help me!"

In the darkness, it seemed that something huge moved.

The old man's voice stopped abruptly.

all.

Return to dead silence.

(End of this chapter)