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The feeling of hostility was not announced until the black owl led them into a hotel, which made Alice and the others relieved. After all, you are in a place with a population of nearly 10,000 and almost everyone is hostile to you. This kind of mental pressure is uncomfortable. The hotel that the black owl leads them into is called "Dark Night", which is one of the "industry" of the Shadow Clan in Haqala.

The hotel is mainly used to entertain the shadow clan and the members of several vassal clans. Like several other powerful clans, similar hotels and bars have been opened in Haqalari. These places are not only the footholds for the members of their clan to come to Haqala, but also the pattern of division of the revolutionary forces. Like this hotel "Dark Night", almost the entire block with it as the center is the sphere of influence of the Shadow Clan.

Everyone who lives in this block is a vassal member of the Shadow Clan, and they live here, which is relatively safer.

"Today we will live here first, and tomorrow I will take you to the holy mountain." Hei Xiao said to Zero, and looked at the other people: "As for you, please live here temporarily while Zero is away. Don't worry, it's safe here. , If you don’t walk around at will."

The Black Owl called a Sander, the Sander clan are very short, just like the dwarf in the magical world. But they are smart, good at business, and talented in making tools. Most of the craftsmen in Haqqara are Sanders. The Sand clan is attached to the shadow clan, and every year it pays certain supplies to the shadow clan to seek protection. This is also the survival method adopted by many small and medium-sized clans on the black land.

The Sander in front of him was called Hagen, and he thought he was a teenage human child at first glance, but his face was wrinkled like the bark of an ancient tree in the Twilight Forest. He rubbed his hands and chattered and said: "It's a great honor for you to come, Lord Black Owl, but these human guests are probably not very popular among us. Hagen can only arrange a few more hidden rooms for them. But you have to tell them not to walk around. Recently, the greedy Kodias are always wandering around, and the Lado Wanderers, which are delicious and lazy, are also a headache. Hagen wants to send more guards, but..."

"It's all right." With Hei Xiao's deepness, it seemed that he couldn't bear the sander's long-windedness. He interrupted Hagen and said, "First arrange a room for my friends. As for the rest, I will let Jace come to you. You can talk to him."

"I'm grateful." Hagan's old face showed a big smile, and then yelled into the hotel's depths: "Damn Pound, where is your fat pig, come out and greet the guests. So much. Guest, do you want old Hagen to be exhausted? My legs are so short and the **** stairs are so high. Next time I renovate, I will lower them all!"

Ling looked at the black owl, who spread his hands and made a helpless expression.

Next, Zero and they are each assigned to a room. The layout of the Dark Night Hotel is like a horseshoe shape, the lobby is located in the middle, and there are high walls and guards on both sides. Of course, the door is open during the day, if there is an attack. The gate is closed, and the five-meter-high outer wall is enough to withstand the attack. In fact, most of the buildings in Haqara have such similar functions, so that during the war, buildings like the Dark Night Hotel can be transformed into a small fortress.

For the sake of concealment, their rooms are arranged in a position facing the inside of the hotel, so that it is difficult for people outside the block to find them. In contrast, the environment of the room is naturally not as good as those facing the block. At least in terms of vision, the latter is much better than the rooms like Zero and the others.

The rooms with zero points are considered the best, with a living room and a separate bedroom, and the bedroom also has a small balcony. There is a chair and a low table on the balcony. Sitting on the balcony drinking and drinking at night is also a kind of enjoyment.

In the evening, everyone came to the restaurant for dinner. As for the blade hunters, naturally they didn't follow the city. Instead, they left Ling outside the city, and they could hunt down some abnormal beasts to satisfy their hunger, but they were not afraid of starving them.

Dinner is very rich, just a table of dishes, mostly a variety of fruits and vegetables. There are only a few grilled meats, and the presentation is not very good. It can be seen that the hotel chefs are not so good at cooking meat food. Hei Xiao explained: "The Sanders' recipes are mainly wild vegetables and fruits, so there are not many meats in the hotel, and the chef is not good at this. You will just eat it."

Zero tasted, those purple-green vegetables were added with dressings similar to salad dressing, which tasted sweet and sour. Moreover, there is a lot of water in these vegetables, and the juice has a honey-like taste, rich in fiber and various nutrients needed by the human body. The taste is not that bad. Besides, everyone has eaten a lot of barbecued meat during the trip, and now it's not bad to change to a lighter taste.

The black owl eats very little, basically just a few bites of the dish to show that he has eaten well. He said to Zero: "rest early, we will leave early tomorrow morning. Your injury?"

Zero Mobility took down the arm that was cut by Albert, smiled and said, "It's not in the way."

"That's good." The black owl stood up, said "random" to the others, and went back to the room by himself.

A meal lasted for nearly an hour, during which the hotel’s kitchen had to keep serving food, which made Old Hagen complain that it was too edible for humans. The frown made people laugh, and after dinner, Leah said she wanted to live with Monnie. Zero had no objection, Moni's injury had recovered, and if there was anything, she could protect Leah without worrying about it.

Going back to my room, I saw two bottles of wine brewed by the Sander himself on the entry table. Below is a note with the word "gift" written in distorted human language. Ling smiled slightly, took a shower, and then took two bottles of wine to the small balcony. Unscrew the cap, and there was a faint aroma of wine sent out. After a sip, the wine was sweet in the mouth, but it was so strong that he was quite surprised.

He could roughly taste that it was made from a certain kind of fruit, but he didn't know what other recipes were added to this fruit wine. The staying power was so fierce that ordinary people would have to lie down if they were afraid of taking a few sips. Zero feels very new. You must know that when you reach the powerhouses of his level, the effect of alcohol on them is almost the same as boiled water. As far as nothing is known, Asgartri has certain special drinks for high-end, which even add psychotropic drugs, so that the high-end can also experience the feeling of being drunk.

And those special drinks are enough for an ordinary family to live a full year of food and clothing in Asgartri.

Zero rarely drank alcohol, like the alcohol that made him feel drunk even less. Anyway, he didn't leave until tomorrow, so he wouldn't mind being drunk alone tonight. After a few more sips, I felt slightly drunk. This feeling is really new and wonderful. It seems that wine, like music, can circulate among different races. The drunkenness reminds people of things that were not expected or dared to think about.

Just like Zero Now, this slightly drunk feeling made him open the valve of memory, thinking of what happened on the Western Continent, and even thinking of Hindrella. Before he knew it, he had been away from that continent for several months, and he didn't know where Hindrella was now. Judging from the human reproduction cycle in the new era, if Hindrella is willing, she can even give birth to new life now.

I wonder if the crystallization between myself and her is a clever boy or a cute girl? Thinking about it, Zero even sketched out the image of the child in his mind. That is the image based on the combination of his and Cinderella's faces. As far as Zero’s current mastermind computing power is concerned, such a picture is almost the same as the real one.

When thinking of her own child, Zero's mouth couldn't help but let out a smile.

When he picked up the bottle and was about to take another sip, a warning sign suddenly appeared in his heart. He slammed forward, and the wooden chair he was sitting on was shattered by a sudden arrow! The arrow's surplus had faded, and it still plunged into the wall, and the arrow feathers on the tail swayed unsteadily. Zero didn't stay, a tumbling had arrived in the bedroom. When he looked out the balcony again, his eyes were awe-inspiring, and there was no such thing as a drunk appearance.

Behind him, the power suddenly grew, and then there was a continuous cracking sound from the ceiling. A tall figure followed the scattered mud and sawdust onto Zero's bed, directly pressing his bed. Then roared forward, the killer held a knife and axe in both hands, staggering his head towards zero.

Zero snorted, and a thin golden flame spurted out of his eyes. Without changing his posture, he quickly slid back and slammed into the man's arms. Then fists and shadows flew, and the dull whistling peculiar to reloading warheads continued to sound in this small bedroom. Like a stormy sea, Zero Kill made those who attacked him have no backhands.

Heavy punches in the opponent's abdomen, the reloaded warhead appeared a random second implosion effect. In the muffled thunderstorm, a wave of blood rushed out from behind the man, splashing the entire wall with fragments of bones and some internal organs. The opponent was hit hard by this, and finally fell, but died. It was only then that Ling could see that the alien who attacked him was covered with gray hair, but there were black hairs on his chest that naturally formed an "x"-shaped pattern.

It was like an ape-man, and hearing the movement here, the black owl was the first to break into the house. When seeing the killer killed by Zero, the shadow clan elder said: "What's the matter?"

When he finished speaking, Zero suddenly shifted, causing a powerful arrow shot from outside the window to be nailed straight to the wall. Then there were several arrows chasing Zero and shooting fiercely, Zero and Hei Xiao walked back to the living room together, looking at the arrows nailed in a row on the floor of the bedroom.

Alice and the others also came one after another, and Jin Pai opened the crowd and said to Ling: "Ye Liu has gone to greet the archer."

Nodded, he was very relieved of Ye Liu. Sure enough, ten minutes later. Ye Liu came back and also caught a person. It was also a foreign race, tall and thin, with a pale face. Apparently he was knocked out by Ye Liu, and the girl threw him to the ground. She quickly found a chair and tied him tightly. The Black Owl flicked his hands, releasing a jet of jet black energy from his fingertips.

He hit the energy jet into the person's chest, and the person was shot and shaken like an electric shock. He opened his eyes but was awakened by electricity.

The black owl said sternly: "Who are you? Why do you want to do this?"

The archer spit out **** sputum at the black owl, and said with a sneer: "Don't you want to know anything from me, noble shadow clan elder!"

"Really? Then it seems that I have to use some means." Hei Xiao said with a faint smile.

The archer showed a disdainful gaze, he was silent, and suddenly his whole body trembled. Hei Xiao's face changed, and he just opened his mouth. A mouthful of dirty blood flowed out of the archer's mouth, his pupils spread, and he committed suicide by taking poison.

Hagen called some people to carry the bodies of the two assassins out. As for the room, there would be no way to tidy it up for a while, so he simply changed the room to Zero. In the new room, the black owl stayed, and the others went back to the room to rest. Black Owl said solemnly: "These two people, one is a shooter from the Storm clan, and the other is a fighter from the Blackhammer. It's just that these two are both prisoners and have been expelled from these two clans, and I didn't expect to be here. Appeared, and attacked you."

"It shouldn't be that simple. I just asked Hagen. The two bottles of wine were not sent by him, but stolen. Besides, there are some things added to make people's reaction nervous. It's too slow." Ling Tan said: "So, this is a round. A killing round against me."

"The problem lies here. This is the control area of ​​our Shadow Clan. That person was able to send these two people here, and also let the Black Hammer warrior ambush one floor above you in advance. It is very good to be able to do this. It's not simple, even only the upper level of the holy temple can do it." Hei Xiao said indifferently.

"It seems that an elder of your holy temple does not want me to come."

The black owl snorted: "The lion is sick, and some coyote wild dogs came out, delusional to take the opportunity to get some benefits. What a joke!"

Thoughtless, the expression of the black owl seemed to be somewhat inferior to who planned the attack. But he didn't intend to speak out. It seemed that the situation in the Holy Temple was more complicated than he thought. When the door was opened, Hagen walked in and said uncharacteristically, concisely, "Pound committed suicide."

"Whose person is he?"

"From the Blackhammer clan."

The black owl pondered: "How long has Pound worked with you?"

"It's almost five years," Hagen replied.

"Have you hired new people recently?" Hei Xiao asked, shaking his head.

"There was not enough manpower a few days ago, so I recruited three guys to help Pound..."

"Go and call these people."

Hagen went down immediately, and soon he came back. The old Sander said with a sullen face: "One is missing, and his name is Hess."

The black owl nodded: "It should be he who killed Pound and wanted to blame him. Go and check the origin of this Hess. Including his clan, who has been in contact with, etc."

"Understood, my lord."

The black owl looked at Zero again and said, "Let’s rest. We will still go to the holy temple tomorrow. But the time to trace Hess is estimated to be three or two days. These few days are enough time for the other party to erase a lot of evidence. So in the end, it’s better. Strength is the most important."

Nodded, after the black owl left, he went to bed too. There was no word for a night, and in the early morning, the black owl came knocking on the door. After the two had breakfast, Hagen gave Ling a cloak, and after letting him put it on, Hei Xiao and Ling left the hotel. Because it was morning, there were not many passers-by in the city. Coupled with the cloak that Zero wears, no one will look at Zero unless those who are interested.

The Black Owl took Zero around the city for a while, and then went out through the west gate. Leaving Hakkala, Ling Cai asked: "Did you find out something?"

Hei Xiao was a little surprised, and nodded and said, "You are careful."

Zero lifted off his hat, smiled and said, "If you are only going out of the city, there is no need to go around the city so much. So I think you deliberately took me to step on certain clan controlled areas. What's more, In two or three places, I felt that someone seemed to recognize me at a glance."

"The clans are Yasuo, Luan, and Kaz. Among them, the Luan are the most hostile, followed by Kaz and Yasuo." Hei Xiao looked towards the direction of the holy mountain: " Since they can recognize you at a glance, it must be that their superiors have issued some kind of order. And showing hostility, it seems that the patriarchs of these clans do not like you that much."

"I'm not here to please them either." Ling Tan Shou said.

The black owl smiled and said nothing. After leaving the city of Hakara with Zero, walked to the side of a stream diverging from the holy lake. Old Hagen was already here, and was asking a few people to put a moon ship into the river. The moon boat is a tool to go to the sacred mountain through the streams and rivers. It is made from logs of ancient trees. The craftsmen of the Sander hollowed out the heart of the tree and made the sides of the boat into crescent-like shapes.

The two ends of the crescent were painted with black paint with a pattern of falling feathers, which was the symbol of the shadow clan.

There are already two ordinary oars on the boat, and a moon boat can take four people~lightnovelpub.net~, except for the zero and the black owl, the remaining two places will be filled by two boatmen. They are in charge of paddling and driving the boat to the foot of the sacred mountain.

The stream diverged from the holy lake, and the river fell on this land with twists and turns. Zero sits in the boat, looking at the river banks on both sides of high and low, occasionally some black land-specific strange animals pass by the bank, and cast a curious look at the boat.

Traveling from the river to the sacred mountain will save half a day than walking. So at noon, Zero could already see the black sacred mountain. From a closer look, I know how majestic this mountain is. It rises almost flat, and there is no corresponding transition between the foot of the mountain and even the flat ground. The **** is steep, making the mountain look extremely steep. There are no plants growing on the mountain, but the black mountains and the natural cracks reveal red rock formations. On these fissures, most of them have stone steps. However, the cracks are not connected, so the **** stairs are naturally intermittent.

Between the intermittent steps, there are cables fixed by steel rings nailed into the cracks in the stone. Mountain climbers can use the cables to travel between the steps. However, when you borrow a cable, your feet hang in the air, and if one is not good, you will fall off the mountain. That's not a joke. According to the black owl, hundreds of people die every year in the valley at the foot of the mountain in order to climb the sacred mountain, which has also become a natural tomb valley for pilgrims.

Therefore, it is impossible to climb the holy mountain without certain strength.