Abduct the Necromancer

The man pondered for a moment, "There must be something hidden in this manor, otherwise the guards outside would not be so tight. But this study... There are too few personal items here, and it doesn't seem like an important place that is often used."

Sherlock nodded, he had the same idea as the other party.

"Looks like the secret is somewhere else?" Sherlock said uncertainly, "Maybe we should search the other rooms."

The man nodded in agreement, but he glanced out the window, "It's too late today, it's almost dawn, we'll come back tomorrow."

The sky was still dark, and the city gate hadn't been opened, so the two who left the manor rested temporarily in the grove outside the city.

After lighting the bonfire, Sherlock looked at the man's appearance by the flickering firelight, saw that the man was still wearing a mask, and rolled his eyes, "Hey, do you silver-faced people wear masks all the time?"

"Usually only worn when in action."

"Then why are you still wearing it now?" Sherlock said with a hint of slyness.

The man didn't seem to expect that he would ask such a question, he was startled, and raised his hand to take off his mask.

Sherlock opened his eyes and looked at it, but to his disappointment, the face under the mask was plain, the eyes and hair were dark brown, although they were deep, they didn't feel bright, dull and lacking in vigor.

The man has a tall nose, but the base of the nose is wide, not handsome, on the contrary, it makes people feel that the nose is too big and abrupt, and only the lips on the whole face are super sexy.

Although it has some features, it is not really outstanding.

Sherlock muttered: "Didn't you say that silver-masked people are all demons? It is said that demons are all outstanding-looking guys. Why are you so... ordinary?"

Faced with such a rude question, the man couldn't help laughing.

Sherlock added two logs to the fire and said, "By the way, what's your name? I don't know yet."

"Call me Xie Rui." The man replied casually, looked to the side, and suddenly said, "Are you hungry?"

"Um?"

"Would you like some wild game?"

"Uh... yes." Sherlock rubbed his stomach.Hmm, I seem to be a little hungry.

Xie Rui picked up a small stone from the ground, weighed it in his palm, then clamped the small stone between his index finger and big thumb, and stared into the dark forest, as if he was looking for something.After a while, he flicked his fingers suddenly, and the small stones shot out, with a muffled "poof", the stone seemed to hit something hidden in the treetops, and then a mass of objects fell from the branches, fell in the grass.

A series of actions were completed in the blink of an eye, and before Sherlock could react, Sherry had got up and walked into the woods, and when she came out again, there was an unconscious raccoon in her hand.

Sherlock's eyes widened, his mouth opened, and his jaw nearly dropped to the ground.

Although the raccoon is not good at speed, but to hit it down so easily with a small stone... what an amazing accuracy!

But Xie Rui didn't seem to notice Sherlock's astonishment. He sat down and took out a dagger, and began to skin and break the beaver's belly, condensing water balls to clean the dirty blood from time to time.

Sherlock looked at it in disbelief, and it took him a long time to find his voice, "You... are you a master of both magic and martial arts?"

Obviously, is there a problem?The man cast such a look.

question?Of course there is!When did dual cultivation of magic and martial arts become so common?And judging from the way he inadvertently revealed, this person has a high level of cultivation in magic and martial arts!Is it possible for an ordinary person to easily take down a level [-] monster with a small stone?Is it possible for an ordinary person to cast a small water polo instantly──even if the small water polo is just an entry-level magic, it is not something that an ordinary mage can instantly cast!Sherlock cried out in his heart.

Xie Rui seemed to be able to read minds, and said to him with a smile: "Yaozi is very talented in magic and martial arts. Almost all Yaozi can achieve high achievements in both fields at the same time."

Sherlock was stunned for a moment, then shouted jealously, "This is simply cheating!"

"Cheating? That's right, that's why Yaozi is a different kind." The man said lightly, "Because you can easily get what others can't get, that's why you are jealous and rejected."

"This……"

"Maybe you won't be so envious if you see Yoko who is banned by the double snake crest."

While speaking, Xie Rui had already dealt with the raccoon and put it on the fire with wooden sticks.Under the firelight, the pair of brown eyes seemed extraordinarily bright, and Sherlock couldn't look away for a long time.

"Uh, or... maybe, that should be it!"

Sherlock was annoyed at how he could speak incoherently under the gaze of the other party, and turned his head vigorously, only to hear the man laugh twice.

For some reason, he felt that this laughter was a little familiar, as if there was someone who would give out such a slightly teasing and kind smile when he was embarrassed.It wasn't difficult to remember who that person was, but he didn't want to think about that person at all right now.

The two didn't talk any more. Sherlock looked down at the flame, and heard the sound of fat dripping into the fire. The smell of meat soon came out. Sherry seemed to have added spices to the meat, making the roast meat even more delicious. Fragrant.

Sherlock sniffed and picked up a topic at random, "Have you saved many demons from the Two Serpents?"

"About forty or fifty were snatched back when they were babies. These people are also the main force of the silver-masked people now. There are also some who were rescued one after another in the battle against the double snakes. About ten or twenty , but these people... are mostly disabled for life, and it is difficult to achieve higher achievements.”

Shocked, Sherlock said, "How could they do this! They—are so inhuman!"

But Xie Rui said: "In fact, the physical disability is not bad. After they are rescued, we can install prosthetic limbs for them and build an independent small village for them. They can live a peaceful life like ordinary people. Others ...Because the two snakes need Yaozi to bear offspring for them, and long-term intercourse with them can also improve talent, so...

"You should be able to imagine how they will be treated. Many demons rescued by us have completely lost their minds and become like puppets. Some of them are very afraid of humans and can hardly communicate and get along with them. A way out of the shadow cast upon them by the Two Serpents."

"Y-Damn it!"

Sherlock clenched his fists. If he just wanted revenge because of Mona's death, now he is really angry because of the cruel means of the double snake emblem!

"Such an evil organization, is there no one to eliminate them?"

"Things are not as simple as you think." Xie Rui looked helpless, "Yaozi are taboo existences, you will sympathize with them now because the era you live in is more tolerant towards Yaozi. If someone hundreds of years ago If you do this, everyone will only applaud, thinking that this kind of monster should be treated like this.

"However, it is impossible to say whether there are many or few people like you who sympathize with Yaozi in the whole continent. After the previous Pope found out about this incident, he did not dare to use power other than his own to deal with the Double Serpent Emblem. It was self-defeating, but it aroused everyone's support for the coat of arms of the two snakes—not to mention support, even if it was only neutral, it would make the Pope very embarrassed, after all, it was the Holy See itself that first advocated that Yaozi was a monster."

Sherlock's eyes widened, "What? Why did the Holy See do this?"