Chapter 156: decision
Erica is a very decisive person. Since she decided to retreat, she did not hesitate.
With a flick of the finger, the prepared smoke bomb exploded, turning into a sky full of smoke.
According to her plan, she will sneak into the middle of the besieger while taking advantage of the smoke, and then shout "She ran! Chase!".
At this time, a magic circle in the distance will activate, making the sound of someone galloping away. Those people will definitely chase after the sound, so she mixed in with the chasing soldiers and found an opportunity to sneak away.
This method is simple and clear, and the effect is also good. In the past years, Erica has used this method, not only successfully got rid of the siege, but even killed several enemies who surrounded her, which can be said to turn defeat into victory.
But this time, her method failed.
In the smoke, she rushed into the crowd, launched a magic circle, and shouted in a rough man's voice, "She ran! Chase!" At the same time, the magic circle was activated, and the sound of running and the sound of dead branches being trampled on the ground moved towards Sent from a distance.
It is said that at this time, the besiegers should be in a mess, hurriedly chasing after them. But she found that these people had no intention of chasing, not even a little panic.
After a while, a sudden gust of wind blew the smoke away, only the Earl was sitting on the ground in the encirclement, and Erica had already mixed into the surrounding crowd.
However, the crowd remained calm and unshakable.
Although even the Count showed a look of surprise, the adventurers who surrounded this place were not even a little bit panicked. Their faces were calm as usual, and many of them even smiled.
(What's going on here? Aren't these people in a hurry?)
Erica, who had turned into a short goblin, had nothing on her face, but she was secretly wondering.
At this time, someone next to her spoke.
"Erica, do you always only know this trick?" the man said helplessly, "at least you should play some new tricks."
Erica was taken aback, of course she knew who this person was, the bear man with a black and white face.
(What does this mean? He has seen me? Impossible! His face is so special, if I have met him before, I will definitely have an impression!)
"Stop pretending, you are a big beauty, what are you doing with becoming a goblin? Is there something wrong with your aesthetics?"
Only then did Erica confirm that she was indeed recognized.
She looked at each other in surprise, and saw Panda looking at her, shaking her head, there was no fear in her eyes, only sympathy.
This look made Erica uncomfortable, even more so than the vicious, resentful look.
But what she cares more about at the moment is another issue.
(Impossible! How did he recognize me?)
When Erica rushed into the traversers, of course, her appearance had already changed, becoming a traverser. Although she didn't dare to say that she was perfect, she was confident that as long as she didn't open her mouth, no one would be able to tell her apart in a short period of time.
However, the eccentric bear-man recognized her at once.
why is that? It doesn't make sense!
Of course she didn't know, just when she thought it was calm, the traversers were talking in the chat channel.
[Panda: Look around, who has become a double? 】
[Bounty Hunter: What the hell! I see another me! 】
[Scavenger: I also saw that there is a high goblin in another location. 】
[Sleepless Night: Have you not moved the bounty? 】
[Bounty Hunter: Of course! It was agreed in advance that everyone should stay still and wait for Erica to transform so that they can recognize her. 】
[Panda: That's right, I'll talk to her. 】
Relying on the principle of "moving like a mountain", Erica's transformation method didn't work at all.
Reality is not a game. In the game, Erica faces only five players. She can force the players to move through various means, so as to mix in and attack. But at this moment, in the face of a huge army of fifty or sixty people, she absolutely did not dare to take any actions that might provoke the opponent. She only dared to simply change and then mix in, trying to find an opportunity to escape.
But... since no one moved, it was obvious who came out so many.
Of course Erica couldn't have known this. She looked at the panda, sighed, and returned to her original appearance.
The amazing thing is that when she changes, the clothes on her body also change.
This is the truly powerful ability of "The Fraudster's Mask". Although it is limited to use, it cannot be used casually like simply changing the body and appearance, but this is a unique skill, much more powerful than ordinary magic transformation.
With this ability, she is worthy of being the final boss of this plot.
"I can't believe that someone can see through my disguise." She said helplessly, "What are you going to do?"
"I want to ask, are you willing to change your ways?" Panda asked.
Erica sneered: "What is evil? What is right?"
"You know what I mean," Panda said.
"Then why do you think I'm evil?"
Panda smiled: "Just because I've seen you before - you should still remember my 'God's Retribution'."
Erica's face changed suddenly, she looked at the panda in surprise, with a look of disbelief.
"Impossible! You... are you a legendary paladin?!"
"It's possible or impossible. I wasn't sure before, but I'm almost certain now—that night, when you were fighting at the gate of the manor, you brought a few people to support you, right?"
Erica's face changed and changed, and she was the only one who knew the situation at that time. Everyone in the manor except her died in the holy fire of divine scourge, and only she escaped the burning of the holy fire with the knowledge she learned from the devil.
Since this strange-looking bear man can tell the situation at that time, I am afraid that he is really the legendary paladin.
(Could it be... his soul came back from the heaven and changed his body again?)
She thought so, a little suspicious.
"It seems that you have believed my words, so answer my question." Panda asked again, "Are you willing to change your ways?"
Erica, of course, understood what this "reformed" meant. In that manor back then, evil things abounded, such as sacrificial sacrifices, vicious curses, and plagues... This paladin wanted her to change her ways, just to give up these methods and become a good person from now on.
She was silent for a while, and instead of answering, she asked, "What are you... going to do with Joseph Talahan and his family?"
Panda didn't hesitate at all, and immediately replied: "Good will be rewarded with good, evil will be rewarded with evil, how to repay, just how to repay."
"Oh? Do you think you are gods?" Erica said sarcastically.
Panda smiled, clenched his fist, and shook it: "We don't need to be as strong as the gods, we just need to be stronger than him."
Erica turned her head and looked at the count's gloomy face, and couldn't help laughing.
"I like that!" she said. "Then, the Tarakhan family has been colluding with demons for a long time. How should we deal with this?"
Panda didn't hesitate, and said, "The first evil should be punished, those who know not to report should be punished, and those who do not know are innocent."
A smile appeared on the count's face, but Erica's face darkened.
"According to the rules of various countries, colluding with demons is the crime of annihilation," she said.
Panda still shook his fist: "The bigger one has the final say."
"Do you think you are stronger than all countries?"
"It's fine if others don't know it." Wu Mian said, "Although we punish evil and promote good, we really don't want to see an entire family being slaughtered. No matter what the rules of various countries are, our rules are like this, we don't get involved. ."
"Aren't you afraid of their revenge?" Erica asked.
Panda is still shaking his fist: "Come on, we don't care."
"We are not afraid!"
"Yeah, what's so scary about the experience of being delivered to your door!"
"Let's say, we are very welcome!"
The traversers burst into laughter, not caring about any "revenge" at all.
Wumian said: "Actually, there is no need to worry about this issue. We just don't want to be involved, but we will take this opportunity to review and clean up the Tarakhan family. Those who do evil things, even if they don't collude with the devil, we will punish him as well. With such a dignified trial and sanction, who has any position to seek revenge from us? If he comes to seek revenge after being executed by us because his relatives have done a lot of evil, such a small role will be nothing more than crushed by our iron fist. "
Panda shook his fist again: "We are still very confident in our fist."
Erica was silent.
After a while, she sighed deeply.
"It would be great if I could meet you back then..."