Chapter 65 Murder in front of your eyes
“It’s a familiar old place again.”
Nohill sighed a little, then opened the door and walked in.
Ding bell, the bell hanging on the door also rang the moment the door was opened. The clear ringing attracted Nohir’s attention for a moment, but then Nohir turned his attention back. .
He looked at the familiar shop in front of him, and suddenly a strange feeling came to his heart.
This feeling was very weak, but it did exist, so he scanned the layout of the store, and just when he was trying to find out what gave him this feeling, the store manager's warm welcome directly interrupted Nuo Xi. My thoughts.
“Welcome! Guest, your arrival has made the shop shine.”
“May I ask if you need anything.”
The owner of this shop, Ensor Denseron, a golden dwarf who seemed to be in his prime, was greeting Nohir warmly.
This familiar line and voice dispelled Nohir's discomfort, so he closed the store door and walked towards the counter.
"Hello, Boss Danseron."
Nohir took off his hood, dissipated the effect of thaumaturgy, revealed his true face, and then said to him.
“The next words may be a little abrupt, so I apologize to you in advance, but please don’t worry, I assure you that I am definitely not an enemy, and I also know what is under this store.”< br>
“I need the help of the Harpers.”
Nohir took off the holy symbol representing the Father of Nature from his neck, which is also the symbol of the green garden, and showed it to the boss. .
Danseron raised his eyebrows, and then said to Nohir in a more enthusiastic tone.
“Ah, the symbol of the green garden, you are the friend of the Harper, so naturally you are also my friend.”
“Come on, follow me, although there were many times some time ago The Harpers have withdrawn from this stronghold, but they still leave two liaison officers here, in the cellar downstairs."
"Come this way"
<. br>Danselon opened the partition of the counter, waved to Nohir, and walked straight towards the back room.
Seeing the boss believe his words so simply and neatly, Nohir was a little stunned.
Although I already know the detailed information of this stronghold in the game, in reality it is a highly confidential matter that Master Harsin only asked about after asking Jahira. It is a very confidential security stronghold.
Even when the protagonist in the game explains to him how to know this stronghold, Danseron will not easily admit that there are Harpers here unless the character reveals Jaheira's name and then says it. Only with some relevant evidence would he reluctantly believe it.
But now.
The vigilance that had been silent suddenly rose to a new level, but Nohill kept walking and still slowly followed Danseron towards the room, but he kept one thought. .
In just a few seconds, his eyes flashed rapidly, and he quickly scanned the layout of the entire room with his keen senses and powerful eyesight, looking for anything amiss through subtle observations. Nohir soon discovered something incongruous. A long sword that should have been hung on the shelf was not hung on the weapon rack for some reason, but stood upright next to the rack.
This kind of low-level mistake should not be something an old store manager would make, but it alone is not enough as conclusive evidence.
But soon Nohir discovered something was wrong. There were some scratch marks on the floor. The clear white scratches on the dark yellow floor were very eye-catching.
The white scratches indicate that they are very fresh and have appeared recently. The marks are also very deep. They are not like marks that can be accidentally scratched by pedestrians while walking, but more like the marks that a heavy object has been dragged along. Moreover, there were solid objects on the things being dragged, such as armor or weapons. Only heavy objects with water chestnuts would drag out such marks. And with more careful observation, he also found that there were still gaps in the wooden floor. Tiny strips of cloth were seen among them.
No way.
The ominous premonition in Nohir's heart is getting stronger and stronger, and various signs are already frantically warning Nohir that this stronghold has been infiltrated by the Baal Order just like in the game, and this one is right in front of Nohir. The boss leading the way is also likely to have been swapped, and his true form is likely to be a shape-shifter belonging to Scarlet Orin.
Damn it, is the plot that was originally supposed to take place two years later in the game moved forward because of my butterfly wings? Where is the real boss?
"It's right here, just below this. You can go down by yourself. I have to go back to check the store, so I won't accompany you."
"Danselon" opened the room in front of him. , and pulled up a horizontal ring to reveal the cellar below, turned around and said to Nohir with a smile.
As the cellar door opened, a vague pungent smell wafted out from inside. He had smelled this smell before, and it was unmistakable. This smell was the mucus secreted from the carapace of carrion insects, and The bug's slime has a very strong paralyzing effect.
And there is no smell of blood in the cellar, which means...
"...Boss, you are also a Harper. You said before that many Harpers have left, so you must know that they have gone Where is it? "
The expression on Nohir's face did not change at all, but he asked calmly to the person in front of him who didn't know if he was the real boss, although some of the previous details made him very uneasy. , but he couldn't launch a direct attack based on these slight suspicions, he had to make a final test.
“Ah, of course I know. They went to investigate the fall of Eltoril. That incident made everyone panic. Our heroes took away the majority of Baldur’s Gate directly. Some of the elite Harpers went to find a way to save the city."
After saying this, he laughed weirdly twice, and then put on a righteous face towards Nohir.
"Haha, everyone knows that Harpers are like this. They go wherever there is danger and do things without asking for anything in return. They are great heroes in people's eyes. Otherwise, how could I become a Harper?"
When Nohir heard this, he just smiled and nodded at him. Then in the next moment, he fiercely pulled out the two battle axes hidden under the wide cloak. This time, the sharp enchanted battle ax matched With a sudden and precise slash, Nohir cut off both of his arms in an instant!
“Ahhhhh!”
Didn’t listen to his screams, Nohill directly flew up and kicked him to the wall, where the wounds on both sides of his broken arms were Gray viscous blood was gushing out, and the two chopped off arms quickly transformed into slender and sharp claws.
"Ensor is not a harpist. It seems that you haven't investigated enough, shapeshifter."
The shapeshifter could no longer respond to him, and Nohir's kick directly hit him hard. On his chin, the iron combat boots combined with the huge force made him hit the wall straight. Now he has completely fainted and completely revealed his true body.
The gray-white hairless skin is full of weird texture, the slender body without clothes, the mouth full of sharp teeth and the skull-like head with only a layer of skin left, the narrow eyes without eyelids have been completely scattered, yes, This is a shapeshifter, a monster that can perfectly transform into another person's form.
Now this guy has completely lost his ability to resist, but the danger is by no means over.
(End of this chapter)