Chapter 197 Trial Evaluation Improvement, Elderly Augustine

Xia En calmed down and looked around.

The dark treasure house was still empty.

Not only was Augustine missing, but even the assassin who broke in before them could not be seen.

Nana's reaction to him was a little strange, and she asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

Xia En looked at her: "Did you hear any strange sounds?"

"Strange sounds?"

Nana frowned and shook her head: "No."

Xia En was even more confused. Was it only him who heard the voice "You are here" just now?

But the question is, why is it "You are here?"

Is Augustine waiting for him?

But the person he is waiting for is John, the apostle, or Xia En, the trialist?

If it is the former, it is understandable.

But if it is the latter...

Xia En exhaled, temporarily shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind, and searched the treasure house.

In any case, he did not forget his primary goal, which is to catch the assassin who broke into the treasure house.

As for the treasures in the treasure house, it would be a lie to say that he is not tempted.

But since you have heard Augustine's voice, if you still dare to touch these secret treasures, you really don't know whether you live or die.

Relying on the perception of [Blood Power], Shane quickly locked the direction of the assassin's escape and chased him quickly.

In the process of chasing, both the assassin and Shane tacitly did not destroy the obstacles along the way, especially the wooden racks where the treasures were placed.

On these racks, there are obviously some kind of impressive restrictions, and rash destruction will only backfire.

However, the deeper the pursuit goes into the treasure house, the more surprised Shane is.

The treasures placed on the shelves on both sides are dazzling.

There are all kinds of rare minerals and crystals, as well as skeletons of suspected giant sea beasts. Some look like simple souvenirs, while others contain strange secret powers.

There are also many strange equipment such as big swords, long knives, brass knuckles, armor, etc.

There are even some potion materials placed in special containers, such as fluorescent fruits, royal blue seaweed, etc.

The secret power on it made Shane secretly envious.

Even though Shane had seen some of the world, he realized after walking around in this treasure house that he was just a pauper before.

If you think about it carefully, it is true.

Shane was only at the third level in the real world. Coming to this [Pirate Principality] where legends are supposed to be everywhere, of course he would feel that his eyes were opened.

Unfortunately, Shane could not take away most of the treasures here.

"Just think of it as watching a CG!"

Shane gritted his teeth and comforted himself in his heart. At the same time, he quickened his pace and chased the assassin in front of him.

Although the treasury of this principality is very large, it has boundaries after all.

After turning a corner, the breath that was sensed suddenly disappeared.

Shane frowned slightly.

The next moment.

A serrated steel knife had already torn through the air and chopped down at Shane's head!

Clang!

Shane raised the blood-red sword and placed it on the path of the steel knife like a prophet.

The two weapons collided, making a sound of metal clashing.

The terrible force transmitted from the steel knife instantly changed the attacker's face.

Only those who fought in person would understand how terrifying Shane's comprehensive quality of 3.4 is.

After a brief struggle, the assassin even felt like he was going to be chopped off by this sword.

Before his body lost balance, the assassin gritted his teeth and poured all his secret power into the serrated steel knife.

Nana's face changed in the back, and she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Be careful!"

Then.

With a "click", the serrated steel knife broke into countless tiny blades, sweeping towards Shane like a storm.

At the same time, the assassin retreated violently, and stared at the black shadow in the blade storm nervously.

This move is his bottom-of-the-box killer!

What is really fatal is not the damage caused by the blade itself.

But after cutting countless wounds, it can cooperate with his [Bleeding Spell] to drain the enemy's blood in just a few seconds.

Facing ordinary enemies, the assassin would feel that he was already safe, but he rarely had much confidence in this [Shadow without Face].

According to rumors within the Federation, this [Shadow without Face] is an immortal!

This is also the reason why the assassin fled decisively when he met him just now.

Soon, the storm formed by the blades quickly subsided.

The dark and strange figure still stood in the same place.

The assassin was able to see that there were many more wounds on his black robe.

But before the assassin showed his joy, he suddenly realized that there was not even a drop of blood flowing out of those wounds!

The assassin was stunned and murmured, "What on earth are you...?"

Shane did not speak, but just silently approached the man.

The wounds on his body seemed numerous, but in fact they were not serious at all.

The scattered blades were not as powerful as the previous desert storm, and many blade fragments did not even break his defense.

As for the so-called [Bleeding Ritual], it was like flirting with a blind man against the projection body, and it was completely useless.

Converted into the power of the ship soul, it only lost 8 points.

As Shane approached, he observed the appearance of the assassin.

Although the other party was wearing a mask, he still recognized his identity at a glance -

The fifth apostle, Ansel!

In fact, Xia En had a guess in his mind when they encountered him in the sea water before.

After all, among the apostles, he is actually the only one who is good at naval warfare and is a member of the sea tribe.

As for the fact that he was a trialist, Xia En had already expected it.

The only thing that made Xia En a little confused was that the way Ansel looked at him was a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before?

At this time, seeing that his last resort had been cracked, Ansel stood up, took off his mask, spread his hands and spoke openly.

"No fight, no fight, I admit defeat."

"I'll be unlucky if I bump into you, a monster."

Hearing this, Xia En raised his bloody sword and wanted to give Ansel a good blow.

"etc."

Ansel smiled bitterly and said seriously: "Can you not kill me?"

"It's not easy to participate in a promotion ritual. I really don't want to fall short."

"My necessary task is also to protect Augustine from death. At this point, our interests are the same. I can even help you improve your trial evaluation."

Ansel raised his hand confidently: "If you don't believe it, I can swear to the [Secret Sea]."

"Besides, since you are out of the promotion ritual, just think that I owe you a favor."

Nana beside her frowned, but didn't say anything.

This Ansel was basically subdued by John alone. How to deal with it was also his business.

At this time, Xia En suddenly remembered where that sense of familiarity came from and said.

"You are the captain of the White Dove, Julian the Bloody Hand?"

Although his words were questions, they were in an affirmative tone.

In the [Thunder Sea], Xia En had a chance encounter with the [White Dove]. The captain looked at it from a distance and left a big impression on him.

Now that I think about it, the other party is obviously a mystic who is about to break through to the fourth level. It is very reasonable for him to appear in this promotion ritual.

Hearing this, Ansel, or rather, Julian, was stunned.

Has he ever met this [faceless shadow] before?

But why didn't he have any impression at all?

Julian's thoughts were ups and downs, but the expression and temperament on his face suddenly changed. He was no longer that cunning and timid look, but became calm and restrained.

Everything "Ansel" did just now was actually his "acting" and disguise.

This cold and calm attitude is the true side of Julian.

"I didn't expect that Tangtang [Shadow of the Faceless] would have heard of my name."

Julian raised his head and looked at Xia En without fear.

"In that case, you might as well give me a pleasant word."

"Are you willing to make this deal?"

Xia En thought for a moment and said, "Neither your favors nor you are important to me."

"But not having you is very important to me."

Before he finished speaking, Xia En's bloody sword drew a beautiful arc and hit Julian's face.

——The reason why Xia En is unwilling to trade with Julian is of course not as simple as what he said.

First of all, Julian took the lead in attacking him and Nana, so it was completely normal for him to want to kill him.

Secondly, the "human feelings" mentioned by Julian are simply unrealistic.

Xia En can only use this favor unless his identity is exposed.

The last and most important point.

Judging from Julian's behavior, the captain of the White Dove can be said to be a complete tyrant.

He does whatever it takes to achieve his goals, and he is flexible and flexible, like a cold and poisonous snake.

For such a person, Xia En could not trust him with his back, let alone make any deal with him.

Otherwise, if you were stabbed at a critical moment, you would not know how you died.

As for whether killing Julian would trigger his revenge, Xia En didn't care at all.

He can crush Julian at the third level. After breaking through the fourth level, why should he be afraid of a guy who failed to advance?

Seeing the sword falling in front of him, Julian cursed: "You madman!"

But at the same time, he was also making a final struggle, retreating violently, and finally came to a door at the end of this corridor.

Julian shouted: "Sir Augustine, help me!"

"Nana colluded with outsiders and wanted to kill me!"

Xia En felt awe-struck.

This is the deepest part of the treasure house, and behind that door, there is indeed an aura as deep as a mountain.

Could it be that Julian knew Augustine was here in advance and wanted to fight for a chance?

However, now that he has taken action, Xia En will certainly not hesitate.

Powered by terrifying power, the bloody sword drew out a bloody sword light and roared down towards Julian.

Julian looked at the door, hoping that he had made the right bet this time.

However, until the bloody sword cut his body in half, there was no sound from the door.

laugh!

Scarlet blood splattered.

This simple wooden door was also stained with mottled blood.

But there was still no movement inside the door.

Nana walked to Xia En and looked at the wooden door in front of her with a solemn expression.

"Lord Augustine, are you really in this door?"

If this is the case, then their previous actions were obviously known to Augustine.

Even if he is suppressed by the rank of the promotion ritual, a strong man of Augustine's level still possesses abilities that are unimaginable to ordinary people.

At this time, Xia En's attention was attracted by a line of small words that appeared in front of him.

[You killed the traitor "Ansel"! ]

[The trial evaluation has been greatly improved! ]

Shayne was shocked: "Ansel, is he actually the traitor among the apostles?"

He really didn't expect that there would be such an unexpected surprise.

This also shows that what Julian said just now was half true and half false. His necessary tasks must be different from Shane's.

"What an old fox!"

Shayne cursed in his heart: "I almost got fooled by him!"

"However, since Ansel is dead, isn't this trial mission already half successful?"

"Wait, something seems wrong..."

Shayne thought about it carefully again and quickly found the blind spot-

The description of the promotion ritual never said that there was only one traitor among the twelve apostles!

In the famous "The Last Supper", there was indeed only one traitor, Judas, but the situation of the [Pirate Principality] was different from that dinner after all.

Thinking of this, Shane took a breath of cold air.

The difficulty of this werewolf killing seemed to be higher than he thought.

"John?"

Nana's words interrupted Shane's thoughts: "What should we do now?"

She looked at the body on the ground, then at the wooden door, and was in a rare dilemma.

Shaen made a decision quickly, took a step forward, and gently knocked on the closed wooden door.

In any case, it was a fact that he and Nana had killed an apostle together.

Whether it was to prove his innocence or to confirm Augustine's condition, he should meet with the pirate king.

Dongdong!

Shaen asked: "Lord Augustine, are you in there?"

After waiting for a while, a faint sigh came from the door.

"Come in."

Shaen pushed the door open and looked up.

In the room, which was neither big nor small, the flames in the fireplace were burning silently, and the phonograph on the cabinet was turning slowly, singing an old song from a long time ago.

On a bench next to the fireplace, sat a gray-haired old man.

The old face was illuminated by the fire, and the flames were quietly beating in the turbid eyes.

Shane was stunned.

He had never thought that Augustine would look like this now.

Although in John's memory, Augustine was already quite old, he was still a dignified middle-aged man.

Whether it was the beheaded old man Shane saw in his hallucination or the young man he had looked at in [Emerald Island], they all had a passion and bearing far beyond that of ordinary people.

It was unforgettable after seeing them once.

But Augustine in front of him was in a state of depression, as if he had lost all his ambitions and aspirations.

Shane murmured, "It shouldn't be like this..."

The old man waved his hand lightly, closed the door of the room, and said lightly, "Young man, we should have met many years ago."

"And, if I'm not mistaken..."

"You, are not from this era?"