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"The four of you, two grandmasters and two great masters combined, were beaten like chicks. You didn't even get a chance to learn many of their techniques, and you were completely overwhelmed by their physical attacks."

"Do you think that adding me along will make it easier to take him down?"

This merciless scolding left the fourth brother speechless.

Of course, he was just unwilling to accept it; he knew his own limitations.

"True masters always have a sense of awe. You shouldn't have taken on such a lousy job in the first place just because you thought you were so capable."

"I'm asking you, if that guy is really that easy to deal with, why don't those people take action themselves?"

"But my second brother... my second brother is dead."

Lying on the bed, Xiao Wu said weakly that she was the most seriously injured. Her chest was wrapped in bandages. If it weren't for the secret medicine that Shen San brought from the Eastern Yang Continent, this girl would probably have died.

"I don't know if my second brother is still alive,"

Shen San said softly, "But the cloth bag doesn't contain your second brother's head."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu was startled, then turned his head slightly to look at Shen San.

"Think about it, it makes sense. If someone else is going to kill you, just kill them. Why go through all that trouble and bring up a head?"

Shen San raised his finger and pointed to his eyes, "And I can see that the smell of the things in that cloth bag is the same as theirs."

"them?"

The third brother exclaimed in surprise.

His head and upper body were also wrapped in bandages. He had lost an arm, and even in this world, without the legendary secret technique that could bring flesh back to life and regenerate severed limbs, he could not be restored.

The local orc shaman or necromancer might be able to equip him with another prosthetic arm, but that's another story.

"Those guys who call themselves the Dark Shepherds."

Shen San glanced at the other party and said, "Although I really don't want to say it, the city lord here and we are all being used as pawns by the other party."

“You five were incredibly arrogant, but you’ve learned your lesson. However, our prince has already been bewitched by their promise of immortality.”

"While you were asking for a beating, the prince was taken into a secret room by those people under the pretense of a discussion, but it was actually tantamount to house arrest."

"Now that you're all crippled, and the place is heavily guarded, I can't even get in by myself,"

"What do you think we should do? If they send you messages and orders again in the name of the prince, will you accept them or not?"

The only response to Shen San was silence.

"Ugh."

Shen San sighed again.

He had always thought those Dark Shepherds were no good. Their mission was to find the merman girl on this continent, and they had no connection with those guys.

But their master was completely infatuated with the other party as soon as he arrived in the city. Originally, things were fine with them watching over him, but while they were out looking for people, these five idiots didn't stay properly by the prince's side. Instead, they were sent out to kill someone, and the other party took them away directly.

Now that the prince is in the hands of the Dark Shepherds, they are completely at their mercy. Forget about the mission, whether they can even return to the Eastern Yang Continent alive is another question.

As for a way to break the deadlock... Shen San rubbed his head and thought that perhaps the only solution was to go find the swordsman who had beaten them up.

Shen San had also met the members of the Dark Shepherds. The leaders, especially the priest and the sinister man, were all quite extraordinary.

The fact that the black-clad swordsman was alone, yet they treated this large group of people with such caution, must mean there was a reason for it.

If we can reach a cooperation agreement with him, things might still turn around.

After pondering this for a while, Shen San glanced at the sky outside the window again.

It's not late yet. There must be spies from the Dark Guardians watching them in the City Lord's Mansion right now. Just in case, it's best to wait until the night is darker before going to find that person.

……

At the same time, in a secluded street corner in the Shangcheng District of Xicheng, there was a small shop with a dim green light.

The shop windows are decorated with various totems engraved with obscure and difficult-to-understand runes and all kinds of green plants. If a passerby walks by, they can smell the strange fragrance wafting from the gaps in the string of crystal curtains hanging at the shop door.

Giks's Sorcery Alchemy Workshop—that's the name on the sign outside the shop.

Even though orc soldiers riding dire wolves occasionally passed by, they probably never imagined that on the second floor of this shop, Ye Xiao, the wanted poster they were looking for, was silently overlooking the street from behind a window.

"The orcs of Thunder City have finally put up wanted posters for us."

Inside the room, Mingya, pinching his nose, said angrily, "Brother Ye, we didn't do anything to anyone, so why are these orcs making trouble for us?"

"I'm sorry, I may have dragged you down."

Beside them, the koi carp spoke softly, with a hint of apology.

Beside her, a pretty young girl was applying a milky white balm to her arm.

The girl's two pointed ears proclaimed her elven identity. However, compared to the fair-skinned elven main race who lived in the mountains or the far western seas, this elf's skin was brown, but not dull. It was firm and delicate, and it would even shimmer slightly under the soft light.

Dark Elves are said to be an evil race that was bewitched by the ancient demon god "Mammon," abandoning their elven race and fleeing the continent of Meya. Their brown skin is said to be a curse from the demon god.

However, Ye Xiao had actually asked the kitten Greta if she had done that.

Greta said that was all nonsense from the Elven race. In reality, it was just that a long time ago, due to the impact of a volcano, some of the elves who were forced to live underground for many years had their skin turn brown, and then the name was given to them by other races because of their appearance.

But the betrayal was real. After all, anyone would betray their race if they were discriminated against every day. The Dark Elves took the opportunity during the war between the gods in the Old Age to abandon their main race and move away from the forest with their families. Thus, they were labeled as traitors.

"These balms can mask your scent and last for about 24 hours."

At this moment, the girl spoke.

Chapter Ninety-One: The Origin of the Koi

"Thanks, Nicene."

The koi fish nodded slightly to the dark elf girl.

"You know so many friends, Miss Koi."

Mingya chimed in, "I remember you seemed to have a pretty good relationship with the minotaur you met before. You're so popular, how come you're wanted by the police?"

"It's a long story."

Upon hearing this, the koi carp showed a helpless expression. "To be precise, I was actually born in the Southern Continent. A long, long time ago, as a branch of our race, we crossed the sea from the Eastern Continent to escape the war and came here."

"But the Eastern Continent is ultimately our clan's true homeland, and the clan elders long to return day and night. Ten years ago, a traveler from the Eastern Continent told us that the war had long since ended and that two dynasties had changed there, so we moved back."

"So, people like Miss Nicaea, or the Minotaur settlement from before, were actually friends you made here?"

Mingya asked.

“That’s right. When I was a child, I often came to the city with the adults to see these strange plants and herbs in Nicaea.”

Koi smiled and exchanged a glance with Nicaea. "Back then, Nicaea looked much older than me. But ten years have passed. I've grown up, while Miss Nicaea hasn't changed much."

"Our race has a long lifespan, and I'll probably stay like this for another five or six hundred years."

Nicia laughed.

"How wonderful, a beautiful girl who never ages."

Mingya sighed.

Upon hearing this, Nicaea simply chuckled and shook her head.

"Hmm, I remember Miss Koi, you mentioned before that you were looking for some kind of red begonia?"

Sitting by the window, Ye Xiao continued the previous topic and asked.

"Yes. After returning to my hometown and reuniting with my clan, we lived peacefully for eight years. Then, two years ago, a strange disease began to spread in our area."

"The skin of people who get the disease will peel off their bodies and cannot be restored until all the flesh is gone, leaving only bones."

Koi's eyes revealed sorrow. "My clansmen searched everywhere for a doctor, but to no avail. Finally, a wise man guided my father to come to my birthplace to find a herb called 'Red Begonia,' which could cure this disease."

"But we've never heard of this herb here."

After applying the ointment, Nicia waved to Mingya, "Your turn, little brother."

"Should I apply it myself...?"

Mingya scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

"Pfft, I don't mind at all, why would a little kid like you mind this kind of thing?"

Nicia covered her mouth and chuckled, "Come on over, I've seen way more than you think."

"That can't be right, I look older than you."

Mingya said in astonishment.

"Miss Nicia must be three hundred years old this year."

The koi carp spoke.

Nicia pouted and glanced at the koi, "It's impolite to reveal a girl's age."

Mingya looked shocked, and then obediently walked over.

"Hmm, but if you're looking for herbs, why did you come alone?"

Ye Xiao then asked, "Aren't your other clansmen coming to help?"

"Actually, I don't quite understand either."

Koi tilted her head. "My father said that the master specifically instructed me to come alone, saying that only I can find the 'Red Begonia'."

Ye Xiao frowned slightly, sensing that something was amiss.

Logically speaking, even if only Jinli could find that strangely named herb, couldn't the clan send a few more people to help protect her? Why must she travel alone just because one person can find it?

Judging from the koi's appearance, Ye Xiao felt that the other party must have thought about this issue before. Since it didn't say anything, there must be some unspeakable reason, and he didn't want to ask.

"Then who are those people who are looking for you?"

"I'm sorry, but I really don't know them,"

Koi shook her head. "To be honest, before I came to Thunder City, I didn't even know that there was a group of people from the Eastern Sun Continent looking for me here."

"I hid before only because I encountered orc soldiers from the city who suddenly tried to capture me on the street, so I had no choice but to run away."

Ye Xiao stroked her chin; it seemed there was still a little secret here.

"I understand. I'll find some time later to interrogate the second-in-command of that group and find out why they arrested you."

"Second brother?"

Mingya, who was enjoying the dark elf older sister's "neck massage," paused, her gaze shifting to the cloth bag placed in the corner, enveloped by a magic circle. "Huh, I heard them say that you killed that person..."

"They're lying."

Ye Xiao waved his hand, "I'm not a lunatic. I don't kill people and then carry their heads around."

The cloth bag actually contained the fetus that Ye Xiao had discovered inside the statue of the Church of Redemption.

The second brother was indeed defeated, but Ye Xiao only tied him up in an abandoned shack in the lower city. He originally planned to interrogate him properly, but when he found out that Mingya was under attack, he rushed over to provide support.

It has to be said that if Ella had her spatial abilities, she could have just thrown him into the dark room of the Loren Sanctuary and that would have been the end of it, instead of all this running around and causing all this trouble.

After spending so many days alone in this old timeline, Ye Xiao began to miss Ella and his other lovely wives.

It can only be said that people don't cherish what they have until they lose it.

Damn it, I need to kill that evil god quickly and get back to my own timeline.

Ye Xiaoxuan immediately got up. "Then you guys hide here for now. I'll take advantage of the night to go to the lower city to find that guy."

"Hey, aren't you going to rest a little longer? You're setting off again so soon?"

Mingya asked in surprise.

"In a hurry."

Ye Xiao spoke concisely, casually picking up a small box of perfume from the table. "Miss Nicia, is it alright if I carry this with me and apply it myself?"

"knock knock"

Just then, a soft sound came from the window behind Ye Xiao.

Everyone's attention immediately turned to the window, and Ye Xiao even put down the perfume, raised her eyebrows, and walked over.

He drew back the curtains and saw a fox sitting in the corner of the window, gently tapping the glass with its paws.

"knock knock"