When she heard the wind behind her, Rei turned around because she was a little worried about Julius.
But as soon as she turned her head, her vision turned black. Then, a blood-red substance covered her vision. The blood-red substance was a little warm. It pressed down on her eyes, flowed to her cheeks, and then flowed to her mouth.
It was liquid... and it was the liquid in her body. It was the Water of Life, which was very important to a living being.
It was blood.
When she felt a sharp pain from her forehead to her eyes, she rolled on the ground, covered her head with both hands, and screamed in pain.
At this time, she tasted her own blood. It was a little salty and warm, and it made her head a little hot.
It wasn't that she hadn't tried to bleed before. For a lone child like her, as long as she didn't do anything too out of line, the adults wouldn't really care. However, if she was also a child, they would definitely target her.
Bullying was not uncommon, but Rei was never a person who would take it lying down. Her resistance was always fierce, and victory was always on her side.
Gradually, no child dared to approach her.
Then she became completely alone, and there was no one around her age that she could communicate with.
It was not until she met Julius, who was not much older than her, that her life changed a little.
When she thought of Julius, Rei wanted to shout for Julius to run, but she could not. The pain had made her lose the ability to speak. Even if she thought of Julius, she could not organize the words to ask him to run.
In the darkness and blood red vision, she vaguely saw Julius standing in front of her, and his hair was messed up by the wind.
Julius's shouts fell into her ears.
Although she did not know what happened to Julius, she knew that he was not feeling well.
They did not know what the black-robed men were talking about, and Julius's response did not seem to be friendly either. It seemed that it was impossible for them to talk. Rei had a feeling that the black-robed men would not let the two intruders go.
If he ran away by himself, he should be able to escape... Rei did not hate Julius for abandoning her. There were risks and dangers in the underground. As long as it was not betrayal, sometimes it was not up to the person to decide who would live and who would die.
If at least one person could escape, and that person could not be her, Rei hoped that Julius could escape, and not waste his own life.
With Julius's ability, Rei believed that he could escape, as long as he did not have her, who was a burden.
If possible, Rei hoped that she could escape with Julius, but if it was just a hope, it would not come true.
Rei's mind was in a trance because of the pain. It seemed that the short time had become long, and she thought of many things at once.
But now her only hope might not come true. In her hazy vision, she seemed to see a flame. The flame seemed to be a human figure, and the voice of the human figure sounded like Julius.
Rei groaned and wanted to crawl to Julius, but when she got close, the flame figure seemed to stretch out its foot and kicked her away.
The kick was very gentle, and it gently pushed her away, not letting her suffer such terrible torture.
Rei had no strength left. After being pushed away, she could only continue to lie on the ground, looking at everything in front of her with hazy eyes.
The flame figure that looked like Julius gradually stopped moving. It lay on the ground, looking like a small bump on the ground, and the flame burned quietly.
When the old black robe saw that Julius was no longer moving, he knew that the kid was probably dead. He put the magic book back into his robe. "Finally dead... It's been a long time since I've seen such a tough young man. What a pity."
"Maybe he's a guy with some special talent."
The young black robe said, "Later on, we'll take his body and deal with it. Maybe it'll be useful. Maybe it'll be a good raw material for a meat puppet."
The young man in the black robe casually said something that made one's hair stand on end.
These words made the old black robe's face turn ugly. He was a very traditional mage, and he had a natural aversion to things like necromancy. Although this young man was not a necromancer, he did not seem to have any taboos in this regard.
"That little girl."
The old black robe looked at Rei, who was wriggling and struggling on the ground. She had crawled to Julius's side, but she could not get up, and could only lie on the ground.
"She won't die for now. If the wind blade directly hit her head, she would have been dead," the young black robe said.
The young man in the black robe said, "Then we can't let this kid stay to protect her. If she dies, he will probably have to run away himself."
The young black robe walked towards Rei, "But for a child, the feeling of a small wind blade hitting her face should be very painful. After all, a child's ability to endure pain is not that strong."
The young black robe walked over and looked at Rei with the help of the light.
Rei's head was now dyed red with blood, and there was a blood-red scar from her forehead to her right eye. The scar had cut open her skin, revealing the bright red flesh underneath.
This wound was shocking. It was not a wound that would cause a child to cry. If this wound had landed on the body, the bone would have been exposed. Even if it was an adult, such an injury would probably cause them to collapse from the pain.
Rei's current performance was already better than many people.
Regarding this point, the young Black Robe was also a little surprised. Rei was actually able to maintain her consciousness at this point, which was indeed something to be amazed at. The wound on her face was not fake, and her ability to endure caused him to involuntarily exclaim in admiration.
"You're also a very tenacious little girl … Is this your brother who died?
You're as strong as him, but he's already dead. "
Rei should have heard this, but she could not make any useful resistance. Usually, she could throw a few stones, but now she could not even do that.
"Don't worry. Soon you'll be with your brother.
I won't let you die so painfully like your brother … I'm not interested in doing that. "
The young black robe was indeed not interested in torturing people, but he had a lot of blood on his hands, and he had no objection to killing a child — and a child's soul might be a very good material.
Julius had already stopped moving. The young black robe relaxed and walked towards Rei.
At his feet was Julius's body, which had turned completely black, lying on the ground. When the young black robe stepped over, the "corpse" that should have been dead moved.