The So-Called Ritual
Liu Feng looked at Lena's long legs and swallowed hard. So that's how it is. This is a storyline with the female lead as the main character. On the other side, Wang Xizhi also relieved his muscle swelling and got up from the ground. The two of them quickly ran over there.
"Outsiders?" Lena asked, frowning. She reloaded her gun, picked it up, and turned to walk away. "You should come with me. It's still eight or nine hours until sunrise; it's too dangerous in the dark."
"Miss, why bother with these outsiders? Let them fend for themselves!" A voice rang out. Only then did Liu Feng notice a dwarf carrying a lantern in the corner not far away. The man's presence was not strong; even with a lantern, he would be difficult to spot if he didn't speak.
"No matter what, the more people there are, the safer the house will be," Lena said softly, keeping a close eye on her surroundings. Before long, she returned to the brightly lit mayor's house.
"Has Lena found the person who sabotaged us? Hmm, these two outsiders?" The middle-aged bald man asked with a gloomy expression. Then, seeing Liu Feng and Wang Xizhi following behind, he narrowed his eyes, his gaze as sharp as a knife cutting into the two men.
"No, I rescued these two people on the road." Lena shook her head. There was a long defensive line in front of the mayor's house, and with people guarding it, the scattered Black Fog Beast couldn't get through at all.
Then, someone shot a flaming arrow from a distance, setting the defense line ablaze. Although the fire drove back the Black Fog Beast, the defense line was breached. And to prevent the fire from spreading into the house, the mayor had to organize people to put it out. It was at that moment that Lena chased after them.
"I know who it is!" Upon hearing this, Liu Feng, though unsure of the details, knew from the pattern that it was most likely Father Yas's doing. So Liu Feng immediately said, "I saw Father Yas standing on the rooftop earlier, looking this way. He even tried to kill me to silence me. Maybe they were the ones who destroyed that bridge before."
"Are you sure!" The town mayor walked over, and only then did Liu Feng realize that this bald middle-aged man was actually quite tall.
"That's right, I'm absolutely sure." Liu Feng nodded firmly, secretly delighted. He had done a great job and had infiltrated the heroine's camp. As long as he was careful, completing the mission shouldn't be a problem. If he could kill one or two Black Fog Beasts, that would be even better.
"Very good, kill them both." The town mayor nodded and said to the guards beside him.
Liu Feng's expression froze on the spot. What kind of operation was this? I provided information, even if it was wrong, it shouldn't be enough to warrant calling for war, let alone if it was correct... Thinking this, Liu Feng's expression changed again.
Once inside the brightly lit house, he realized that the lamp the dwarf had been carrying was exactly the same as the Father Yas had been carrying. This seemed to reveal some serious information: were the mayor and the church in cahoots?
"At least they were partners before, working together to control the town. I wonder why they've fallen out now?" Liu Feng guessed. But it was no use now, as two guards drew their swords and walked towards them with cold smiles.
Liu Feng turned to look at the "female lead," Lena, only to see her holding a gun and looking at him with a cold smile. Damn it, this plot is unbearable! The male and female leads are presented as villains on the surface, so who is the real protagonist?
"Are these two witchers stupid? Or are they not witchers at all?" Lena turned to the mayor and asked.
"Perhaps they're just two scouts, cannon fodder?" the mayor thought, squinting, then said to the others, "Let's not let our guard down..."
Two long arrows pierced the air and struck the two guards. Watching them fall, Liu Feng's mind became clearer than ever before. So that's how it was. The mayor had been in cahoots with the church all along. When the bridge was destroyed by the unknown demon hunter, the mayor immediately ran to the church, ostensibly to demand a location, but actually to communicate with the church. Afterwards, the two sides staged a scene of turning against each other, hoping to lure out the so-called demon hunter, only to have the two players themselves fall into the trap.
"Which witcher is saving us now?" Liu Feng's mind raced. The witcher was the main character?
"No matter what, survival is the most important thing." Liu Feng lowered his body and saw Lena pointing a gun at him. He met Lena's eyes, and the ink in his hand quickly turned into four words: a handful of quicklime.
"Bang!"
As quicklime was sprinkled out, Liu Feng used a legendary martial arts technique, the Lazy Donkey Roll, and then saw blood trickling down his shoulder. Because he was shot first and then rolled, he had widened his wound considerably.
Wang Xizhi rushed over, grabbed Lena whose eyes were closed due to the quicklime, and gripped Lena neck with bulging muscles, saying to the mayor and his entourage, "Don't move, or I'll snap her neck."
However, Wang Xizhi's words were obviously useless. The mayor and his group immediately found cover and hid. Several guns were thrust out. Lena stepped on Wang Xizhi's foot, and with Wang Xizhi's cry of pain, she performed a back throw, knocking Wang Xizhi to the ground.
Then Lena lunged to the other side, dodging a flying arrow. The next moment, the arrow emitted a bright light, and Liu Feng felt someone grab his hand and pull him away quickly.
Liu Feng, whose mind was somewhat blank, ran for a while before realizing that the person pulling him was a handsome middle-aged man, while Wang Xizhi was on the other side. The man seemed to be extremely familiar with the roads here, moving lightly through the alley, pushing open a dilapidated wooden door, and opening a wooden plank on the ground in the backyard, revealing the passage to the basement.
"Go in, you two newbies," the handsome middle-aged man said, raising an eyebrow.
Liu Feng clutched his shoulder, letting out a soft cry of pain. He licked his lips and went down to the basement with Wang Xizhi. In the dim candlelight, they could easily see a town map on a wooden board on the wall, with two portraits on it, one of himself and the other of Wang Xizhi.
"If I hadn't received prior notice and the sketch, I really wouldn't have believed that you guys were actually witchers, and that you were so easily fooled." The handsome middle-aged man walked over from behind, opened a drawer, and took out a small knife, medicine, and gauze.
"If you don't want your arm to be crippled or you to bleed to death, I think you'd better lie down here right now," the uncle said to Liu Feng, pointing to the simple wooden bed, and then carefully handed him a wooden stick.
Amidst muffled screams and the sound of bullets hitting the ground, the handsome middle-aged man skillfully applied medicine and bandaged Liu Feng's wounds.
"But thanks to you guys, I've pretty much figured out what happened in this town." After finishing his treatment, the handsome middle-aged Liu Feng sat down in a chair and tossed some documents over.