Whispering Verse

"Mr. Hamilton!"

The aristocratic young man in a tuxedo stopped Shade, and Shade stopped reluctantly:

"Excuse me, what's the matter?"

"Could you please... come over here and say a few words?"

His face was a little tangled, but he still pointed to the southwest corner of the courtyard in front of Yodel Palace. Although that area was also an open area for this banquet, because it was downwind, a lot of thick smoke drifted over when the fireworks were set off, so there were not many people.

"What do you want to say?"

Shade asked, blinking.

"There are some private things I want to tell you. Don't worry, this is the Yodel Palace. I won't play any tricks."

In fact, Shade wasn't worried about the other party playing tricks, he just didn't want to waste time on other things. But seeing that Little Dimock's attitude was quite sincere, he nodded:

"No problem, but it's best to keep the story short. This way, sir."

So the two of them left the lively place lit by gas lights in the courtyard in front of Yodel Palace.

Little Dimock looked worried. After walking around a flower bed, the two of them stopped behind the flower bed. Because the bonsai in the flower bed was trimmed to look like a knight with a gun, others could not see them in the shadows.

"Mr. Hamilton, please allow me to apologize to you. I did something wrong just now."

He hesitated for a long time before telling Shade. He was always suspicious of other people as a foreigner. He immediately suspected that this was a conspiracy against him, but the other party did seem sincere.

"Then I accept your apology."

Shade nodded and said, thinking about ending this troublesome matter as soon as possible and returning to the second floor.

"I'm really sorry. I got carried away at that time. Before you came in, we were talking about His Royal Highness Prince Sachs."

He actually started sobbing. Just when Shade thought he was missing the girl who planned the "Hurtful Incident of the Prophet Association", the young man in front of him actually sobbed and said:

"If my father knew that I was so rude today, he would definitely beat me. If he knew that I didn't even have the courage to take your gun, he would definitely throw me into a country farm."

This person's image suddenly changed in front of Sha De.

"Don't worry, I won't spread this around."

He kindly comforted,

"Mr. Hamilton, you are such a good man."

Little Dimock wiped his eyes and raised his head:

"I'm really sorry today, if not...sorry."

"It doesn't matter. Maybe that lady will be released soon. After all, she didn't really hurt anyone."

Shade comforted him.

"What? Madam?"

Little Dimock was stunned for a moment, then understood and said sheepishly:

"Oh, you may have misunderstood. I am not angry with you because of any lady."

It seems that there is something wrong with the information provided by Lecia.

"What's that for?"

"Because of Prince Sachs. I heard that you blocked the rescue plan for him many times..."

This fashionably dressed aristocratic young man blushed a little:

"That's why I'm angry at you, but actually it has nothing to do with you. You are completely an outsider in the matter of His Highness' arrest."

Shade felt like he understood it, but he couldn't believe it:

"so you......"

"I admire His Highness very much."

Shade carefully took a step back:

"As expected of a world with this kind of background."

He thought in his mind and decided to stay away from the other party in the future, and said:

"Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, I think this matter is over. Let's..."

A dark figure suddenly emerged from the blue rose bushes beside the two of them. He was very fast. When he saw the two people standing behind the flower bed, he rushed forward:

"No one is allowed to move!"

The pistol was pointed at little Dimock's head, but the words were addressed to two people.

Shade can understand this. Little Dimock is dressed more like an aristocrat, and the formal suit Miss Carina chose for Shade is formal, but it doesn't look as grand as him.

"Sir! Calm down!"

Shade wasn't being pointed at, so he wasn't that anxious, but Little Dimock immediately raised his hand:

"Whatever you want, you can just take it from us. This is the Yodel Palace. If your gun goes off, you will... No, you want to rob in the Yodel Palace?"

"Shut up!"

The butt of the gun hit little Dimock hard on the bridge of his nose, and the latter screamed, covered his face and bent over.

The stranger walking out of the shadows panted and pointed the gun at Shade. Shade was stunned for a moment and immediately raised his hands:

"Sir, we don't know each other. I don't think there's any need to shoot directly, right?"

【Six rings. 】

"I know the Sixth Ring, but don't I know Ivan Darkness?"

At this time, the person who appeared in front of Shade was Ivan Darkness, whom he had been waiting for for a long time.

He has short dry yellow hair and obvious signs of his eyelids turning outwards.

Shade was still thinking about how to find the other party in the huge Tobesk these days, but he didn't expect that the other party actually showed up on his own initiative.

"Put down the gun and everything will be fine."

A new voice appeared again, and there was a noise in the grass. Mr. Sari Pilot, the thirteen-ring warlock who created the church, "Iron Right Hand", also came out with a gun.

After sizing up Shade and little Dimock, who was holding his bloody nose, the gentleman looked at Darkness, who was raising his gun:

"Ivan Darkness, hand over what you stole from Yodel Palace."

Now Shade understood that it was not that he met Darkness again, but that the other party wanted to get some ritual materials from here. Although the royal Cavendish family is not a family of ring magicians, the rare collections in the royal treasury include many expensive ritual materials.

Thinking again that the Chosen One ceremony requires items related to the power of the ancient gods, maybe Darkness got guidance from the [Puppet Operator Script].

"If I hand it over, will you let me go?"

The demon-possessed man asked with a smile. At this time, his right hand was still wearing the red glove, which looked similar to the last time Shade saw him in Coldwater Port City. It's just that unlike the black coat he usually wore in Coldwater Port, Darkness was now wearing a brown leather coat that didn't match the summer temperature, and even when the demon had not been released, there was still an unnoticeable look in his eyes. red light.

Seeing him again after half a month, Shade even felt that he missed this person a little.

"To be honest, I won't let you go."

Mr. Pilot said, his tone was very gentle:

"Follow me back to the church. I can swear in the name of our Lord [Ms. Creation] that your life will not be in danger."

"Oh, come on, do you think I don't know anything? Not to mention the power that resides in me, can you trust me to become the chosen one? Do you think I don't know anything about "The Cantos"? "

Darkness whispered, turning the muzzle from Shade to Little Dimock:

"Let me go, I won't hurt anyone here. And once I show things that ordinary people can't know in a place like Yodel Palace, you know what will happen."

Around Shade and Little Dimock, the two of them basically avoided saying anything related to the Ring Warlock.

"If you do this, then I can also break the church's confidentiality agreement."

The thirteenth-ring warlock remained calm. He looked Darkness up and down:

"You have been discovered by me. Even if you escape this time, you will never leave Tobesk."

"I had no intention of leaving Tobesk."

"I see,"

Mr. Pilot nodded and looked at Shade and Little Dimock again. Shade was very sure that this thirteen-ring warlock would definitely be able to defeat Darkness, but the problem was that this was the Yodel Palace.

If this wasn't the case, even if he risked being seen by hundreds of ordinary people, Shade believed that he would never stand here and have a friendly conversation with Darkness.

"Make a deal, put down the gun and I can let you go, but it won't be that simple next time."

After thinking about it, Mr. Pilot said.

Shade raised his eyebrows and felt a little surprised, and Darkness was even more surprised:

"Let me go?"

"Yes, don't you want to leave?"

Mr. Pilot stood there and looked at him:

"You can leave now, please go."

He looked at Darkness, which made the latter hesitate:

"You have to stand here and don't move."

He shook the pistol.

"no problem."

Mr. Pilot nodded.

"Put your hands behind your back."

"this is very simple."

Mr. Pilote spread his feet slightly and put his hands behind his back:

"Look, you can go."

"I can't let these two people go now. I want to ensure my safety... You, follow me."

When encountering danger, you only need to have better luck than your companions. It was a stupid act to hold two people hostage at once, but this time, Shade was obviously the luckier one, and little Dimock was chosen.

The aristocratic young man who didn't understand anything looked at the dark-skinned stranger in surprise. Mr. Pilot said directly to Shade:

"Mr. Hamilton, please stay here with me. You will need to sign some papers when this is over."

Even though not much was revealed in the words of both parties, Shade still had to sign a confidentiality agreement.

"Ok, no problem."

So Shade walked to Mr. Pilot. Little Dimock couldn't accept this fact:

"Wait, why did you choose me?"

He asked Darkness in surprise, but he didn't expect that the other party actually answered:

"That man is taller than you and looks smarter. Judging from his standing posture and walking movements, he probably has received a certain degree of fighting training. In addition, his appearance is too conspicuous. He was kidnapped and left. There is a high chance that others will notice you, but there is no such risk in holding you hostage.”

It's hard to tell whether the fact that he was kidnapped made him more sad at this time, or whether being ridiculed in all aspects was more unacceptable to him.