Julius's gamble was very successful. What he needed now was to turn the chips he had into a chance for him and Rei to escape.
His right hand gripped the sword hilt and pressed down hard. The broken sword was deeply embedded in the young man's shoulder, causing him to cry out in pain again.
"Compared to the pain you felt when you wanted to burn me to death, this is nothing!" Julius shouted. "It's painful, isn't it?
But I'm afraid it's not even one-tenth of mine. You should be grateful that I didn't chop off your arm. Let's talk slowly like this! "
Julius's attitude was too tough and aggressive. The old man in the black robe knew that words alone would not work. This was what Julius wanted. He did not want to listen to the old man's threats and promises. He just wanted to leave this place with Rei and live together.
He did not think that the two black robes who wanted to kill him could give him what he wanted. He had to think of a way to get what he wanted.
"I will kill you … I will definitely kill you …" The young black-robed man's face was pale, and his face was covered in sweat. His white lips were still threatening Julius … Or it should be said that this was no longer a threat, but a voice that came from his heart.
"You're alive now because I still want to live."
Julius did not show any signs of weakness. "Do you mages also act like the hooligans in the marketplace, saying meaningless words to show off?"
Hearing Julius's mockery, the young man in the black robe was so angry that his lips trembled, but he could not do anything.
Julius continued to let him stand in front of him and reached out his left hand to touch his black robe.
He groped around, not knowing what he was looking for, but he soon found it.
It was a chain with a small gemstone. It didn't look like a necklace, and the chain was too long for it to be worn around the neck. The dark yellow gemstone was dull and muddy, and it was coarser than the worst counterfeit.
Julius took out the chain, clenched it in his fist, squeezed it into a ball, and threw it to the other side of the hall.
"This is a tool you use to cast spells quickly, right?
It looks like it's damaged, but I won't be as careless as you. "
Seeing Julius's actions, the old man in black furrowed his brows.
Julius's actions did not seem like the actions of a hothead. Even a veteran warrior would not be able to find a hidden life-saving item so easily. At least, it would not be so easy to identify which item was driven by magic. However, Julius did it.
If Julius wasn't such a hothead, he wouldn't have followed Rei to a completely foreign place and then fallen into such a desperate situation.
He always put Rei first, as if he had no opinions of his own.
If he could choose again whether to follow Rei to the deepest part of the sewer or not, he might still have no other choice.
Such a silly boy, without any self-awareness, was trained to have all kinds of combat experience, and how to deal with all kinds of enemies. One of them was the existence of the mage.
In terms of deception, he was indeed better than the mage. Whether it was playing dead or setting a trap, the two men in black robes acted as he expected, giving him an opportunity to take advantage of.
When Julius held the young man in black robes and confronted his companions, Rei, who was in the corner, made a sound and got up from the ground.
She stood unsteadily and reached out to touch the wound on her head. The pain made her scream again.
"It hurts … I thought I was going to die."
"Rei!" Julius didn't expect Rei to wake up, and it seemed that she could still move.
"Am I dead …" Rei's vision was blurred. Everything in her eyes was dyed red, including Julius and the two men in black robes who almost killed her.
"You're still alive, that's great …" This was the first sentence she said when she saw Julius. "But don't you think you've become a little dark …"
Julius wasn't happy that Rei had such a sense of humor at this time.
"If you can still joke, then you should have the strength to run away.
Now is not the time to chat, you better run, as fast as you can! "
Rei's head was still a little dizzy, and she didn't know why she was so hot.
But even so, she understood what kind of situation they were in. Besides, it seemed like Julius had the upper hand and the other party didn't dare to act rashly.
But she also understood what this meant.
"Do you want me to abandon you and run away?"
"This is not running away."
Julius shouted again, and Rei's body froze for a moment. "Can you use a sword?
Can you fight with me?
Can you protect my back?
If you want me to use you as a shield, then forget it … So, just run for me!
Run back to where we came from!
Get out of here! "
Rei's pale face became even paler. She didn't want to abandon Julius like this from the bottom of her heart.
While she was hesitating, Julius's next sentence finally woke her up. "Don't try to be brave if you can't do it. Do you want to get me killed?"
Rei gritted her teeth, turned around and ran to the nearby exit.
When she was about to disappear into the darkness, her voice came back from the passage to the hall. "Don't die, I won't collect your corpse!"
In the end, she chose to believe in Julius.
His last sentence was conveyed to her heart. Since he didn't want to die, then she didn't abandon him by leaving here.
As long as she, this burden, was not here, then Julius should still have a way … At least she believed in Julius. She wanted to believe in him.
Rei's footsteps were getting farther and farther away. Julius breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to stare at the old man in front of him. "Don't let me see you use those strange light balls to follow her … And don't think about doing anything sneaky. I can feel the smell of magic from your body."
The old man in the black robe did have such a plan, but he didn't expect Julius to see through it.
If it weren't for the current situation, he wouldn't have listened to the words of a brat who came out of nowhere. But now, the young man was restrained by him, and he was seriously injured. If he didn't cooperate, Julius might really cut off the young man's shoulder.