Mount & Blade War Chronicles
Chapter 116

Painted Skin

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The lord walked straight to the bonfire and asked the knight directly.

The thin knight was whispering to the woman with a flushed face. After being interrupted, he became very impatient. "Get out! Don't bother me!"

But the woman looked at Li Ang and Kloze behind him, then put a finger on the knight's lips to stop him from speaking. Then she stood up and looked at Li Ang: "Hello, Your Excellency... are you also here to seek guidance and blessings? But where is your guide?"

Guide...

Probably refers to women like her?

There seems to be such a woman beside every knight...

Li Ang reacted quickly, but did not answer. Instead, he pointed to the Prophet Legion's camp, intending to see how the woman would react first.

But unexpectedly, with this casual finger, the woman immediately laughed, "It seems that you are about to receive guidance from the prophet, so please come and sit down. This place is indeed closer to the prophet, distinguished friend."

Those flaming red lips and snow-white chin made her smile really alluring. Li Ang almost wanted to lift her helmet to see what she looked like.

Perhaps she thought her gesture meant that her 'guide' had gone to see the prophet?

The lord is actually playing magic tricks on this magic stick.

This casual finger can represent a lot of meanings, and it can allow the other party to reveal the information themselves - just like those fortune tellers who always like to point upwards or look underground without saying anything.

Li Ang felt that he was lucky. He didn't say much to avoid being exposed, and started setting up a tent next to the knight's camp.

But the thin knight seemed quite unhappy. "Dear, you are my Luck Bringer, you should not leave my side!"

The woman smiled again, turned around and sat next to the knight. "Of course, Morgan, your wish will definitely come true..."

But the knight named 'Morgan' shook his head with ecstasy in his eyes. "My wish now is you... As long as I am by your side, I can do anything..."

Hiss...

The lord shuddered, this kind of dog licking was really disgusting.

Li Ang somewhat understands why these knights want to join the prophet's army...

However, 'Luck Bringer'?

That woman should be 'Misfortune Bringer', right...

Well, maybe in the eyes of knights like Morgan, what she brings is indeed some kind of luck.

However, the price after being lucky may be difficult to bear.

The two marching tents were quickly set up, and the Lord hid directly in them, peeking out from the gaps in the tents.

The night slowly fell, and soon the surroundings became extremely quiet, and the nearby fires were completely extinguished. Only many braziers were still burning in the prophet's camp.

During the war, the main camp usually did not extinguish the brazier at night, in order to avoid sneak attacks at night and to prevent spies from spying.

In a light environment nearly a hundred meters away, the location of Li Ang was made even darker.

Looking around, the lord climbed up a tall tree in the woods outside the tent in the dark and stood on the branch.

This location can indeed see most of the environment in the Prophet's Camp.

But after just one glance, Li Ang was almost frightened and fell off the tree. He hurriedly hugged the trunk, but managed to stabilize himself without making a sound.

He saw a night patrol team in the camp, a team wearing heavy armor.

That's about ten... people?

Or something else, Li Ang I'm not sure if it's a human being...

Because those 'people' have no skin.

Yes, Li Ang is sure, that means there is no skin!

They... or they, were originally supposed to be women, which can be seen from their body shape and armor.

They wore heavy blue-grey plate armor. Those plate armors were obviously made for women, with two spaces left on the chest for women.

But they didn't wear helmets.

Tight plate armor covered their entire bodies, but their heads were all reddish-brown flesh, with no trace of skin, scalp or hair.

It looked as if someone had skinned it off, with all its teeth and eyes exposed. It looked extremely terrifying.

This terrifying team seemed to be about to switch defenses. They completed the handover with a group of 'people' wearing black burqas, and then entered a barracks.

Then, the team of guys in black robes took off the black robes that covered their bodies, and the appearance they revealed was exactly the same as the previous team - they were all covered in heavy armor, with no trace of skin on their heads.

But the strange thing is that when Li Ang saw them handing over, they seemed to be talking to each other - if they were not human beings, but monsters like the living dead, then why could they still talk to each other?

Are they still alive?

Hiss...

That would be even more terrifying!

The lord's heart was beating like a drum. He didn't expect these heretics to be so weird.

There are many gorgeous tents in the camp, and some female soldiers seem to be carrying food and grass.

Li Ang calmed down and looked carefully. It seemed that several knights and their retinues handed some big bags to the female soldiers, and there were several Misfortune Bringer standing next to them.

These may be some knights who have just arrived. Are they 'paying tribute'?

At this moment, outside the curtain, a small group of female soldiers patrolled over holding torches.

Fortunately, Condescending noticed it early, and the Lord slithered down from the tree. Standing on the branch was too conspicuous, and he would be seen if there was even a little light, so he had better hide behind the tree first.

This group of female soldiers was obviously normal people. There were about ten of them, carrying bows, spears and axes, and carrying torches and marching along the outside of the curtain. They seemed to be sentry posts outside the camp.

It seemed that they were well aware of the possibility of being spied on near this small forest, and seemed to patrol directly towards the lord's location.

The lord did not want to be discovered by them, and planned to return to the camp before they came over, but unexpectedly, at this moment, a man emerged from the camp of the thin knight.

I couldn't see clearly in the dark, but I could only see a dark shadow coming out and going directly to Li Ang's tent. The lord had no choice but to sneak around and hide behind some big trees again.

Kloze and Sammer were originally squatting at the entrance of the tent to keep watch. They also noticed someone coming and seemed to be planning to block them at the entrance of the tent - but they probably didn't see the group of female soldiers patrolling behind the tent.

But with their size, they would be discovered if they made even the slightest movement. The lord stretched out his hand behind the tree to signal them not to move.

Kloze probably saw Li Ang's actions and dragged Sammer into the tent.

When the black figure walked near Li Ang's tent, because it was closer and with the faint moonlight, the lord could see her appearance clearly.

This is the Misfortune Bringer beside the thin knight before.

She observed around the lord's tent and seemed to find nothing. Then she took out a shiny object from the water bag on her body and quietly shook it outside the tent a few times.

This thing looks very familiar to the lord, it is Snake Heart Stone.

But Li Ang didn't do anything. Things like Snake Heart Stone can't have any effect on the defensive Meitengheim people now.

Misfortune Bringer was obviously very confident in Snake Heart Stone. After putting Snake Heart Stone back into the water bag, she directly opened the tent door and walked into Li Ang's tent, taking out a fluorescent object in her hand.

Kloze and Sammer are in the tent...

After looking at the group of female soldiers who were still slow to come, the lord quickly rushed into the tent.

Kloze and Sammer had obviously been on guard before, and the unlucky Misfortune Bringer had been caught by them in the tent.

In order not to make any noise, these two guys used a more brutal method of arresting people.

The woman is currently sitting on the ground at a right angle.

Kloze was holding Misfortune Bringer's neck with one hand, pinching one of her arms by the way, covering her mouth with the other hand, and clamping her waist with his legs.

And Sammer pressed on the woman's legs and grabbed her other hand.

The woman looked like she couldn't make a sound, couldn't move at all, her eyes were rolled back, and she seemed about to faint - being strangled around the neck by a strong man like Kloze from behind was no joke.

These two Meitengheim people are now very vigilant. As long as they are prepared, any drug will probably be ineffective on them - Crosswort has almost become their daily snack.

But this stuff is numb, astringent, and bitter. Ordinary people will cough if they touch it. I don't know how these foodies got used to eating it, but they can actually make no sound at all.

While half-crouching in the tent, they still managed to take down the defenseless Misfortune Bringer quietly. It was obvious that these two muscular men were starting to become smarter, probably because they had learned some cultural lessons.

The lord gave a thumbs up to his subordinates and immediately picked up the fluorescent gadget - a luminous pearl the size of a pigeon egg. This woman seemed to be quite wealthy.

Li Ang directly put the night pearl into the package that originally contained the tent, then helped Kloze twist the woman's hands behind her back, and then observed the movement outside.

With the Lord's help, Kloze loosened his arms to avoid strangling the person to death and unable to question him.

No one made any unusual noises, and the cooperation was quite tacit.

A few minutes later, the patrolling female soldiers slowly walked away, and the lord took out the night pearl and illuminated it again.

The two Meitengheim people still maintained the restraint position, but the woman had already fainted.

Kloze then breathed a sigh of relief and let go. He touched a tent rope and tied her up. His technique was quite skillful - whether he was following the lord or Amy recently, he seemed to be doing kidnapping and the like...

"Sir, this woman is quite powerful. I can only control one of her hands with two..."

Sammer looked at his thick arms, and then at the woman's fair arms, maybe a little doubtful about life.

"Take off her helmet and take a look. There's something wrong with these women."

The lord thought of the skinless witches he saw just now.

Sammer took off the woman's half-covered helmet, and the lord used the luminous pearl to turn over and shine on the woman's head for a long time.

This woman's face is amazing, her skin is amazing, and she looks really beautiful.

"Sir, what are you looking for? Don't wake her up..."

Kloze looked at Li Ang pulling Misfortune Bringer's head back and forth to check, and was a little worried that this woman would wake up.

"How can it be possible for two hundred beautiful women with a height of over 1.8 meters..."

Li Ang murmured, but his hand didn't stop until he grabbed the woman's face hard...

The skin on the woman's face was pulled long by this, and the woman also opened her eyes under this action.

Kloze quickly covered her mouth again.

Li Ang also let go of his hand because of Kloze's actions.

The woman's eyes instantly became extremely frightened, because the lord took out a knife and pointed it at her eyes.

"Don't scream, otherwise you will die soon..."

Li Ang threatened, but then he thought that this threat was probably meaningless to this woman - whether it was based on the experiences of Amy and Kloze, or based on the skinless women he just saw in the camp, or based on what Owl Knight Ols said, these women were probably not afraid of death.

Even if they are afraid of death, the lord feels that his threat will not be effective - telling women not to scream? They can't control it...

So the lord simply grabbed her neck and hit her hard on the back of the head.

The effect was very bad - the woman had almost no reaction, but instead there was anger in her eyes.

Considering her supernormal strength, Li Ang thinks that this is either due to the use of some kind of medicine to stimulate the human body's potential, or their Dark Goddess can indeed give them some power, so conventional methods must not be able to control her.

There was nothing else to do, Li Ang simply strangled her until she suffocated. As for whether it would kill her, he no longer considered it.

The woman rolled her eyes again and fainted again.

After letting go of his hand, Kloze looked at the woman's face and understood why the lord kept looking for something on this woman's face - this woman's face was deformed by Li Ang just now, and her skin had obvious wrinkles, which looked quite weird.

"Sir, her face..."

Kloze and Sammer both looked a little panicked. They had never seen plastic surgery before.

"Yes, not only her, but probably every woman around the knight here, including the so-called extremely beautiful Three Prophets, I'm afraid they all have fake faces..."

Li Ang now fully understands what the so-called Three Prophets is...

No wonder these women admire Three Prophets so much. No wonder Three Prophets, who had so many legends decades ago, is still young and beautiful today...

Li Ang I thought they were not human beings, but now it seems that they are human beings, but they are not human either!

These are three women who know how to perform face transplant surgeries - they are considered to have opened Pande Continent's first plastic surgery hospital!

But their plastic surgery methods are quite terrifying...

They probably just replaced all the skin on their heads!

Judging from the fact that these women are good at using Snake Heart Stone, they are exactly what Ansen once mentioned - using Snake Heart Stone for anesthesia and then undergoing skin resurfacing surgery!

And the source of those pink and tender skins is probably what Owl Knight Ols said, "They will take away all the girls and children..."

So that's it...

This technology indeed belongs to witchcraft.

And their so-called guidance is probably to use various poisons and beauty to make people addicted, and let these plastic surgery women cause trouble among various nobles!

There is no doubt that they will get a lot of money and followers from this.

If nothing else, those lucky people who get some hidden treasures or power because of their 'guidance' are actually advertisements...

Those treasures must have been placed by them themselves, so that others could obtain them due to their 'guidance' - anyway, sooner or later they would have to be squeezed out again by Three Prophets.

Those who gain power because of 'guidance' are probably also because Misfortune Bringer can control the nobles they have deceived - obviously, there must be countless noble disputes caused by Three Prophets and their Misfortune Bringer...

Three Prophets's guidance can gain money and power - the effect of this kind of advertising is naturally extremely outstanding.

Of course, those careless or greedy nobles will spontaneously look for Three Prophets, and pay a huge price to make wishes to them, pray for their guidance, and even lead troops to follow and protect them.

And those women who long for eternal beauty will also try to learn the ability of "Three Prophets" here, and will worship them like gods - they will probably make a blood oath in exchange for their souls, and in the end they will be gradually turned into puppets by the prophets using drugs and psychological suggestions without realizing it.

What a good idea!

Li Ang was a little amazed and a little scared.

This is a combination formed by a master of marketing management, a master of psychology and social relations, and a master of anesthesia and plastic surgery - no wonder there are three people, each must be good at one subject!

The lord had a rough understanding of the situation, and a group of people packed the woman into the package originally used to carry the tent, and prepared to take people out of the camp under the cover of night.

But at this moment, a man in the tent next door suddenly screamed, "Dear! My baby! Where have you been?"

It was the skinny knight Morgan. He probably woke up and found that Misfortune Bringer was missing. This clingy guy actually started looking around...

The first place he looked for was Li Ang's tent - it was the closest to his camp, and Misfortune Bringer had talked to the lord.

"Honey, are you here?"

This guy broke into Li Ang's tent quite unreasonably, turned around and looked around, looking like he was trying to catch someone.

His mind was obviously a little unclear, with deep bags and dark circles under his eyes, as well as a weak look, which already showed his current state - obviously he had been addicted to drugs and sex for a long time.

But he didn't see his 'darling' in the tent. Instead, he saw several murderous burly men. The guy immediately gave in and exited the tent like a frightened mouse.

However, this guy seems to be planning to continue looking elsewhere, obviously not wanting to leave his "baby" for a moment.

It was obvious that his behavior would soon attract patrols. In fact, there were already female soldiers with torches who heard the sound and came here.

Li Ang punched him from behind and knocked him unconscious to prevent him from continuing to shout and cause more trouble.

"Let's run before their patrol team comes..."

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