Chapter 27
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been inside the mind of a raven, you were missing out. They are one of the120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSKmL4ieqf
smartest birds in the world capable of remembering faces and understanding a120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitSvrCshaL
semblance of human speech. However, when Vander was inside, he understood120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfdeICr0hB
everything around him, knew what the bird knew, and could get into places he120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjLIAGokeA
otherwise couldn’t. The only issue was if the consciousness of the creature he120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XlQqnxGY6
was inhabiting decided to fight back, he could be forcibly shoved back into his120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90D2JkktYm
own body or, in a worst-case scenario, he could be lost forever. However it was120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3BMZ0cDTc
a risk he needed to take and so far, the raven wasn’t fighting him though he120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlAR2EZKIW
was angry. Vander had to promise him some food before he would finally settle120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCyl09jovZ
down.
Vander flapped120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXLQDhSBfd
his wings then jumped from the rooftop. He caught an air current to glid over120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XZ9UjYY0z
the heads of the gathered soldiers trying to keep the crowds back away from the120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2P9LVh0LS
crime scene. Some of them had taken their spears butts to the citizens to get120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLA0Ir2cKjg
them to stay away, but that made some of them angry. It took one of the Blades120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPESx8a563
to come over to calm the crowd down before they calmed down enough, but they120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydfMLugTiT
were still near the edge peering through just to see what was going on.
He found a perch120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhJHxtBpwt
on top of the house that would enable him to see his surroundings but also120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLSMU35ILD
listen to what was being said inside. He hopped forward, grabbing hold of the120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7bHqYYwSq
siding with his talons, and peered over the edge looking into the house via the120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKy5GH4m2Qx
window above the door. If anyone looked above, they would have seen just his120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzvA7tqulI
head and beady little eyes, but the occupants were too distracted by the120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBmVmxBznr
carnage he had left behind.
The blood had120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu2oVgisyW
dried overnight, but the people inside walked over it as if it was. There was a120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BMBsncysw
medic inside making sure the bodies were dead. It wasn’t Topal, but one of his120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9LHwxtD2Q
students that Vander didn’t recognize. He was carefully checking the bodies120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4PV7Y1gBM
then would nod to one of the soldiers who would then grab a buddy and together120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAS4zxX7YxD
the two of them would bring one of the bodies outside. Then they would bring a120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOyKDKIQAW
tarp to place over the dead to hide them from the crowd. It happened six times120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtHudTibrG
in total. Vander had to double take because he was sure that seven of them been120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CY2OrIbN2
killed, but after double counting then peering back inside, there was indeed120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO9EKDP6Wg
only six bodies. He would have to investigate that later.
He heard some of120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkg8KRIKtnJ
the guards talking inside. “What a waste of life.” One muttered to themselves.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ539jeSPJ8f
“What do you think happened here?”
“We don’t get120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxlLS2x6yA
paid to ask questions.” That other snorted. But he looked around nervously120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmD48duEBdZ
before whispering to his friend. “I bet it was that traitorous Blade that did120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQDRkJ6Wz1
this.” The other guard looked warily at his friend.
“How do you120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQpygU2480
figure?”
“One of these120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OWpUVVZiY
people had their throat completely ripped out.” The other explained. “That’s120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qbrWUfa8h
not possible without a lot of strength. I’ve only ever seen animals do that and120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxmBI3r24m
I don’t think a bear came into down, slaughtered six people, then left never to120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeoSVJqPHq
be seen again.”
“I guess that120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3BvIcCJ5m
makes sense.” The second guard didn’t sound convinced, however. “But why would120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfZjNLiCs2
he come here to kill these people? It makes no sense.”
“Like killing the120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJuRxkMILl
King made sense?” the first guard spat. “The sooner we find this guy, the120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0M8B1RZEu
sooner we can bury him. Bastard deserves to hang for what he did.” Unknown to120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzra9T4cUXY
all involved, they failed to notice a squad of Blades coming up behind them.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NE5S7ElJs
Vander looked up to see Alexander coming with a few Blades Vander didn’t120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpVFOl71tQ
recognize. They were likely from one of the squads that came with the Warden’s.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFPXYuSvVB
He couldn’t help but wonder where the recruits went.
Alex looked like120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRb79OKIpaI
shit. His eyes were sunken in, and he had allowed his beard to grow long and120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGp8LpyxjwG
thick. His clothes were unkept, despite Blade regulation, but his eyes were120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4aH4wj2hw
still sharp. He had come in at the tail end of the guard’s conversation, so he120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpp5kvPZ3Z
let himself be known by growling right behind them.
“If you two have120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgU9eztSsd
time to gossip, you have time to stand investigate the house.” He spoke.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12p6rogMeM
Normally his size and demeanor were enough to get most men to do what he120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7pOhaJnbk
wanted, but that didn’t seem to work here.
“You’re not in120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzUugJ47y2
charge of us, Blade.” The first guard hissed. The way he said it made Vander120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFmIgKdLcT
angry. It appears he wasn’t the only one as the Blades with Alex went for their120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLpwfx8UHE
swords. They stayed their hand once Alex motioned for them to stop. “We don’t120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQIzY5xdtc
take orders from those who let the King die.”
“You’ll take120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LZTl9whJY
orders from me whether you like it or not.” Alex’s voice was calm, but he was120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IWH6Y31ew
seconds away from violently lashing out. Vander could tell based on how he120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8CKsB7zMA
clenched his hand. “Until the King decrees otherwise you will help us find120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3cfmIbcbU
Vander and bring him in.”
“Our General says120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIBrZyYSIj
otherwise.” The second guard said. “We are only here as per our duty, but after120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbdWnNXaeB
the bodies are taken out, you’re on your own.”
“Coward.” One of120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOb2PlHlXGk
the Blade’s spat. At that insult, the two guards drew their weapons as did the120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvh1k8URONP
guards who were supposed to be keeping the crowd back.
“That wasn’t very120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMBhOo3XTW
smart of you.” The first guard growled. “You’re surrounded and outnumbered.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03Z6XMX2oL
What’s another dead Blade in the grand scheme of things?”
“Enough of this.”120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6NkV21Bc6
Alex’s voice bellowed out. He turned towards the Blade who let his emotions get120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjIokeEGbd
the better of him. “Apologize so we can get on with our days.”
“But…” Alex’s120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTe8yxC643
glare dried the excuse in the poor man’s throat. He lowered his head, but not120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZJZS8cZME
his eyes, and muttered a quick apology. Knowing better than to start a scene,120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0Q5yquwL8
the guard accepted it, but kept his eyes firmly rooted on Alex as he sheathed120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAMpP05r35
his Blade.
“You have minutes120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuH8GpT8ve
to get what you need the clear out.” The guard said. “This is our120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1XGvDJFWa
investigation, not yours.”
“I understand, we120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1aO3gzuNJ
will be quick.” Nodding to the others, they dispersed. Some of them headed120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDhYmQpbf5
inside to look around while two of them checked the dead bodies. Alex stayed120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCZlwN5z2o
outside surveying the crowd. Suddenly Vander was very happy that he had picked120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnb3NDxT5Ys
the raven to take over instead of going into the crowd himself. He knew that no120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xGb17BQM3
matter the disguise, Alex would be able to tell who he was.
One of the Blades120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLFnQLPErM
outside called over to Alex. He quicky rushed over. Vander could catch some120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRNHsakYcb
words of that passed between the two of them. They commented about one of them120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHhy0ti862
having their throat ripped out, which Alex admitted was likely Vander’s doing.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44mcXyCz0w
However, the intriguing part was when the two of them discovered snake tattoos120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgccl45EEw0
on all their arms. Alex nodded to himself before stepping away calling the120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVYcXuN8oW
guards back to take the bodies away. He then went inside to see what the others120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3aHO2XqnD
may or may not have found.
Vander couldn’t120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSwB27JIJm
really tell what was being said inside. They were talking low to one another120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbOyzqFW2O
while looking at a scroll that they discovered shoved inside the table. Vander120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7elFbajEq
shifted slightly to get a better view. It looked like a map of the city, but it120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3gXPK6Kyx
wasn’t anything that he recognized. He would need to get his talons on that120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaAmsWX2xr
scroll, but there was nothing he could do about it now. He would have to try to120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2NaTKyIUf
take it from his friend at some point in time. Vander heard a squawk coming120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhMLzgS1A0
from behind him. He turned around to see a large, angry raven flapping behind120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IMMjXLesz
him. He was instantly filled with fear from the raven he was inhabiting. He120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONfYGlVkVt
guessed the two of them had an issue before which caused the raven, he120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNRaVNbvFL
inhabited to flee afraid.
As the other120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUu6hZxkKEE
raven attacked, Vander pushed himself out of the body and back into his own.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YLGoAMPWZ
The sudden jolt to being back in a human being, on the ground, caused him to120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuc2204339o
violently throw himself over so he could vomit onto the cobblestone instead of120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFgqIvGSUp
onto his clothing. He looked up to see the two birds entwined in a death grip120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTV2unUlBeJ
violently stabbing and clawing at each other. The smaller one he had been apart120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDmYGhNWfE
from was losing, but his pride didn’t allow him to quit. He had to do120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKDiGk66NB
something, so he grabbed a rock.
He popped out120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbY5Eu3dut
from behind his hiding spot then launched the rock at the bigger bird. With a120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePiLDrXftg
cry, the big raven fell to the ground stunned, possibly dead. The sudden rock120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScNfRLuoql
being thrown combined with the dropped bird causing some members of the crowd120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpf9D4upkvg
to turn towards him. Some were confused, but a couple recognized him.
“It’s the King120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpSbppbxFA
killer!” one of them shouted, pointing at him. Some of the guards began120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE73YEjvaZS
shouting to pass, but the crowd pushed forward.
“Someone grab120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPma2SoLyYA
him!” Two citizens lunged forward, but Vander jumped backwards. He grabbed a120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCdUFwv73E
box then threw it at someone who had broken through hitting them right in the120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1Tjg4h5ZT
face. Vander backed up towards the wall then jumped up, grabbing the top with120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMvgQX8fTk
his hand to haul himself over. Before he disappeared, he locked eyes with Alex120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhtY0zVfUw
before disappearing.
He heard shouting120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieUJePPE9x
coming from behind him, but he wasted no time running back towards the gate120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fD9u3ErFV
which would lead him into Lower Eluvia. He just had to make it there before he120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaodN0dQB7Q
was caught then everything would be okay. What he didn’t realize though was120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyi8C78Lehd
that the road he was running down intersected with the road that mob was coming120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3z8UmTUSr
down. He heard them running towards him, which caused him to run as fast as he120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJ3FQmeD5G
could. Tragically he ended up running into another group of guards who had120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAsKG8rQzf
heard the commotion.
“Well look who we120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalqJoHNnVz
have here?” One of them grinned. A metal fist came flying towards Vander’s120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmt8r6CXbA
face. It hit his jaw sending waves of pain throughout his mouth, likely120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfj029OXd49
knocking a couple of teeth loose. He fell to the ground, but scrambled120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TJT50K2Af
backwards as the guards drew their swords.
“Did you know120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYi1P9Br5SU
there is a bounty on your head?” one asked with an evil glint in his eyes. “The120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbSdAgUUJY
Jilena family has offered quite the reward for your head.” Vander looked at the120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KXGfxVuXR
group confused. He didn’t know why the Jilena family cared so much about the120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Sqpi0iBDq
king’s murder that they would go against Cuvera’s wishes. He didn’t have to120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkYgixU4fE
wonder long as the guards were apparently quite chatty.
“They are blaming120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImgii5SJ8B
you for the death of their youngest son.” Vander’s blood ran cold. Jeffery was120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaYpQ9LmIs
dead? But he had let him go, there was no reason for him to be killed.
“I had no reason120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBnDJUgxaN
to kill him.” Vander argued.
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“Rumor has it120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKnCwyr8dL
that he tried to stop you, so you ran him through.” The guard shrugged. “Makes120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKagOj3GfHs
no difference to me. With the money we will finally be able to retire in120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJo7IGg5dcC
peace.” Vander scooted backwards as the guards lunged towards him with their120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtxkZcUrwB
swords readied to skewer him.
然後按「加至主畫面」