quicksilver blood

Chapter 340 Old Acquaintance
... Sue the dead crow?

Roland was startled suddenly.These words of Marnos caused huge waves in Roland's heart.

How did the Marquis of Saya recognize his profession?What is the purpose of his showdown with Roland at this moment?Is he an enemy or a friend?Why did he ask Helga to find a druid?Did he know of Roland's existence from the beginning?If so, how did he know Roland's whereabouts?If not, why was Helga looking for druids in the first place?

And the most fundamental question—why did he have to find the dead crow?
As the long sword of the Sleeping Mentor and the most pious executioner in the world, the death crow gives people the same impression as their name.Even when there are more dead crows in the future, most people will basically not have any special feelings when they see dead crows except fear and bad luck.It was as if these dark and cold crows would take their own lives at any time.

Roland didn't think there was any job that only the Death Crow could do.Taken together, the only skill that Death Crow is good at is killing people.

But if the Marquis of Saya wants to kill someone, why is there a need to find a dead crow with great fanfare?He himself is the instructor of the Dumb Blade Troop, and he is also a general and a marquis.If he wants to kill a person, there are not many ways to do it.

And even if the Marquis of Saya really made such a request, I'm afraid Roland could only regretfully refuse him.

As a death crow, Roland can't kill whoever he wants.

The essence of the dead crows is the extension of the mentor's obliterating power in the human world. As the entity of the mentor's power on the ground, they have immortality as the agents who carry out the mentor's obliterating power.Therefore, they must not be biased when they kill.

For example, the death crow can use the plague to kill tens of thousands of people, only to kill a few sinners; it can also use bombs and poisons to implicate innocent people.But in any case, the death crow is not allowed to help any party to kill without the permission of the mentor-even if it is a sinful sinner.

In short, the death crow cannot have any bias when killing people, nor can he choose who to kill because of his personal likes and dislikes.They kill people just to complete the task of the mentor, and the reason why the mentor kills these people is because their lives are exhausted——

To put it more clearly, if they live, some people will not be able to live.So God doesn't intend to let them live anymore.

From this perspective, Roland is a walker for the sky.Now the task assigned by the instructor to Roland is to "make 'them' shut up".In the process of completing the task, no matter how many people Roland accidentally injured, as long as he has a good reason, at least he is innocent from the mentor.

But if, after Roland put poison in the city's water source, he gave the antidote to the girl next to him because she was good-looking, Roland would be in serious trouble.

That's because what Roland represents is "death" itself.And death, as the most unshakable fairness in this world, will surely come to everyone equally.If it is said that death has a will of its own, and it can randomly choose people to take away according to its personal preferences, there will undoubtedly be great chaos in this world.And this is absolutely not allowed by the teacher.

Specifically, after Roland advanced to the golden rank, his "mourning chant" characteristic would become "death incarnation".All people killed by Roland—whether they were killed by singing or not—will be regarded as dead, and lose most of the possibility of resurrection.

...No, wait.

Roland frowned suddenly.

Could it be that the Marquis of Saya wanted Roland to kill some undead?
If this is the case, I am afraid that only Roland can really do it in this day and age.

But at the same time, Roland is also the new king of Elcate. Unless the camps are opposed, Roland has no position to help the Marquis of Saya eliminate the undead.

Let's ask first to see what's going on.

But after Roland asked, he got a rather ambiguous answer: "Almost."

"……almost?"

Roland blinked blankly.

Right is right, wrong is wrong - what's the deal?
"First of all, Mr. Roland, I want to apologize to you first," the Marquis of Saya said to Roland apologetically, "The name of that lord...is the name of the lord who told me your identity. Can't tell you."

Because I have already agreed to that side first.

Roland nodded, indicating that he understood.

Then Marquis Saya breathed a sigh of relief and showed a brisk smile for a moment.But then he tightened his face again: "Mr. Roland...I'm sorry, what I'm going to talk about next will be more important and not suitable..."

"I understand, Lord Marquis."

Roland nodded gently, drew a cross on his forehead with his right hand, pressed it on his heart, and said solemnly: "This matter comes from my ears, and it will never come out of my mouth——I am a mentor." Guarantee in name."

The moment Roland finished speaking, a dim gray mark flashed across Roland's forehead.

Even if Roland is the chosen one of the mentor, he must be responsible for his oath.

However, Roland also secretly kept a hand.

For example, the only oath Roland made was "don't say it from me", but it didn't say that Roland couldn't let others guess on purpose.Moreover, Roland only said "guaranteed in the name of the mentor", but did not say the punishment he would suffer.

Roland had nothing to refute when it came to being treacherous.But with Roland's character, he would never entrust his trust to others easily.

And looking at the reaction of the Marquis of Saya, he obviously knew Roland's little thoughts, but he just laughed it off.

Roland narrowed his eyes slightly.He also realized the abnormality of the Marquis of Saya.

Marquis Saya himself is definitely not an idiot, and this reaction alone also explains some problems.But Roland also didn't point out, just quietly waiting for Marnos to speak.

"I suspect that the city lord of Richero was bewitched by the devil."

As Roland expected, the moment Marnos opened his mouth was big news.

"...Is there any evidence?"

Roland's face became serious.

Because Roland clearly remembered that the city lord of Richero was a very normal local nobleman.He has never had anything to do with cults.

In other words, either Marnos is lying, or history has changed.

No matter what the situation is, Roland cannot ignore it.

Facing Roland's question, the Marquis of Saya sighed deeply and took a sip of black tea.

Then, he explained in a low voice: "That's the problem... I don't have evidence, and I don't want everyone to know about it."

"Because... I know that devil."

(End of this chapter)