Chapter 3 Face to face with the extraordinary
“I never thought that the second son of my noble Bart Leon family would actually be reduced to a pickpocket.”
While weighing the wallet in his hand, Lin En sighed.
In fact, Carolla did not make a mistake.
Lynn, or the original owner of this body, is really a nobleman, and he has a good background.
It's a pity that for some reasons, this name not only failed to bring any profit, but also caused him to be killed repeatedly, and he could only live in despair with his tail between his legs.
How miserable is he?
My predecessor once made a big mistake because of something and was dubbed the "Shame of the Noblesse". After the incident was over, he was spurned by the entire imperial capital.
In order to appease public anger, he was exiled to the border by his family as a sinner.
That’s all.
After all, the Bart Leon family has tens of millions of assets in the Saint Laurent Empire, and Orne City also owns a lot of it.
Even if he stays here for the rest of his life, it will be enough for him to have enough food and clothing.
However, because Orne City is too far away from the imperial capital, transportation and communication are inconvenient, coupled with factors such as backward living standards and being affected by wars all year round, those pampered family members are not willing to come here to suffer.
Therefore, many local industries are left to the stewards and servants stationed here to take care of them.
As time goes by, problems arise.
Because this place has been separated from the family's control for too long, over the years, it has gradually developed the habit of being domineering.
There are even many servants in the mansion who use the name of the Bart Leon family to embezzle property and oppress civilians.
The most outrageous thing is that these damn guys don't know who received orders from someone, or they are used to being so powerful in Orne City and can't recognize their identities.
So much so that he dared to use slaves to deceive his master!
Ever since his predecessor was assigned here, the housekeepers, deacons, and even the lowest servant, the coachman, in the mansion have all looked down upon him.
On the surface, he looks like a young master, but secretly, he looks down on him from a superior position and treats him in both positive and negative ways.
For example, the family sent him monthly expenses for decent living expenses, but they intercepted them and squandered them all.
Or, he is imprisoned for various reasons and is not allowed to go out.
The most egregious one was when someone gave him servants' clothes to wear, and brazenly said that there was no money in the mansion and he needed to go out and make money.
He was being hinted overtly and covertly to get out of here and fend for himself.
When the housekeeper found out, he only fined the other party one day's salary and let it go.
This is almost openly humiliating.
Not only that, the predecessor was even assassinated one after another!
He has reason to suspect that this is a bastard thing done by those daring servants in collusion with external forces.
It was at that time that Lin En happened to travel through time and took possession of the dying body before finding a chance to escape.
What's more, according to memory, the incident that made a fuss in the imperial capital at that time was a conspiracy against him from beginning to end.
It’s a pity that with Lin En’s current situation, she doesn’t have the energy to consider revenge for the time being.
Thinking about this, he sighed.
The black cat next to him seemed to notice that he was a little depressed, and couldn't help but "meow".
He picked up the black cat from the roadside.
When I first met him half a month ago, it was a little one all alone. It seemed to be hungry, so it was meowing at him.
Perhaps because of the intelligence in the cat's eyes, or perhaps out of sympathy for the same disease, he adopted it.
Lynn reached out and scratched its chin.
"Don't worry, Xiao Hei, maybe it won't be long before our brothers can go back to the imperial capital to work hard."
He seemed to be talking to the cat, but also seemed to be talking to himself. language.
This may also be able to get rid of the unknown forces that are chasing him.
After all, no one would have thought that the "noble shame" who was driven out of the imperial capital like a lost dog would dare to return to that place.
Lynn thought silently.
The next second, an extremely sudden sound suddenly sounded, making the unprepared man feel numb in his spine.
“No, you can’t go anywhere.”
The owner of the voice was a man, and it sounded so understated.
But in Lin En's ears, it sounded like thunder.
Since nothing abnormal has happened in the past week, and my head is groggy, I am a little relaxed, and there is no warning at all.
Why does someone appear in the room without any sound? !
Could it be that force secretly hunting down the predecessor again? !
In just an instant, these questions flashed through my mind.
Lynn tensed up and held the revolver in his pocket.
But even so, he didn't feel much at ease.
After all, having read the novel, he clearly knew that this was an era where steam machinery and the supernatural coexisted, and even the gods had their traces to follow. In the face of that kind of power, the revolver is ridiculously weak.
In order to prevent being attacked by surprise, Lin En leaned against the wall and looked around cautiously.
He noticed that the room began to become darker and darker at some point, and even the light of the gas lamp became dim.
The shadows smeared like ink, and even ripples appeared in the air.
Under Lin En's vigilant gaze, a human figure wrapped in shadow slowly emerged from the darkness on the ground, silently.
Sure enough, this is the power of an extraordinary person.
Linn didn't hesitate at all. The moment the humanoid shadow appeared, he took out his revolver and fired three times.
The bullets were shot at three locations: the head, heart, and crotch.
“What a cruel brat!”
Shadow seemed a little surprised by Linn’s cruel behavior.
But it was just surprise.
The moment the bullet hit the opponent's body, not a single drop of blood spattered. It seemed as if it hit a ball of air and then sank into the wall.
No entity?
As soon as this thought came up, a warning sign suddenly appeared in Lin En's heart.
The next second, the darkness like ink around the human shadow suddenly boiled.
Immediately afterwards, countless twisting tentacles popped up from the shadows, shooting towards Lin En like waves rushing towards him!
Although he was aware of the opponent's offensive, this ordinary person's body did not support him to perform high-frequency evasive actions.
What's more, being unable to sleep for half a month has made him extremely weak.
So in just a few seconds, Lin En felt that his limbs and neck were entangled by shadow tentacles carrying powerful power.
The tentacles slowly lifted his body until it was suspended in mid-air.
At this moment, the human figure that had been wrapped in shadow slowly walked over.
His face was also covered in shadow, making it difficult to see his appearance.
"Don't resist, you will suffer less this way." Shadow's voice sounded quite young, "Before I see that lady, I can't let you get hurt at all."
He seemed not to give Linn any chance to resist, and the shadow tentacles wrapped around his limbs and neck gradually tightened.
The air became thinner and thinner, which made it difficult for Linn to breathe.
But his mind was still running at high speed.
Judging from the touch, the enemy is not incorporeal, but the body has been assimilated to the darkness, so physical attacks are ineffective.
In other words, the opponent's power comes from darkness.
In this case, use light to dispel the darkness.
The sudden inspiration gave him a crazy idea.
"How about we discuss it?" Lin En said intermittently, "No matter who you work for, let me go today. I will definitely repay you."
"My companions and I have been following you for almost half a month. Wouldn't it be in vain to stop now?" The shadow man sighed, "And in my opinion, your reward is not valuable."
"What's more, the lady asked to see you by name. You, an ordinary person, want to go against her will?"
Go against her will?
The amount of information contained in this statement was so large that Linn took a breath.
Although it can be proved that the shadow man in front of him is not here to kill him, it is more troublesome than that.
But he had no time to think about the meaning behind it at the moment.
"Okay, you go to sleep first, and you will be there when you wake up."
As he said that, the shadow man controlled his power again, letting the sticky shadows surge into Linn's body. .
“I refuse.”
Lynn didn’t want to place her fate on other people, so she used the last strength in her body to tighten her grip on the revolver in her hand.
What you have to do is actually very simple.
“Bang!”
With the pull of the trigger, a small hole was punched through the iron sheet on the gas pipe in the corner.
“Bah—Bah—”
The sound of air leakage and a strange smell hit your nose, and soon filled the small room.
The shadow man's expression froze.
A trace of disbelief suddenly appeared in his eyes, and his body subconsciously took half a step back.
“What are you going to do——”
Before he finished speaking, the trigger was pulled again.
“Boom!!!”
(End of this chapter)