Avalon, the White Queen.
It was a rather plain building from the outside, more like a warehouse than a house.
In fact, this is Lars Graham’s sculpture studio.
He was hunched over and holding a bone-white crutch. He stood attentively in front of a two-meter-five-meter-tall stone sculpture with half of his body already nearly formed. He looked up at it with difficulty.
White translucent chisels and hammers constantly appeared in the air, making crisp knocking sounds. The dense knocking sound is reminiscent of the sound of heavy rain. Without any movement from the old man, the sculpture was carved out at an extremely fast speed, as if a video had been fast-forwarded.
Lars Graham is 74 years old this year.
The old man's eye sockets are deeply sunken, his eyelids are purple and shriveled, and his dark face is full of wrinkles. There were almost no strands of his thin, lusterless white curls left, leaving only a thin ring. Perhaps because of the lighting, the shadows in his cloudy brown pupils were a little yellowish. For Master Graham, just raising his head, or even just opening his eyes, was an effort.
Today, the art master of the past has become so old and so thin that he looks like a thin shadow.
It's the kind of feeling that once you fall asleep, you may not wake up again at any time.
The silk robe he is wearing has a pattern so complex that it looks like it is wrapped in a Persian carpet. It is mainly made of dark yellow, black and red. There are a lot of complicated and detailed details that make people recognize it at a glance. I feel dazzled by the patterns. Very few people can control this style of clothing. It is so gorgeous that it will definitely overwhelm the host no matter how beautiful and handsome the owner is.
But that was just fine for Lars Graham.
His whole body was like a withered flower, and his whole body was constantly collapsing inwards. His back was hunched, his shoulders were hunched, his head was lowered and his legs were bent, and his legs were even thinner than the girl's arms. The body wrapped in that gorgeous robe doesn't seem to be a real body, it's just an empty shell wrapping the soul.
That kind of posture is reminiscent of a dead leaf butterfly trembling its wings slightly in a heavy rain.
Suddenly, the carving sound suddenly stopped.
The sound of the chisel hitting the stone statue still vaguely echoed in my ears like an hallucination.
The old man did not look back or turn around, he just hissed in a low voice, "What are you doing here, Chloe."
As his voice fell, he A beautiful girl with an artistic temperament suddenly emerged from the shadow behind her.
Chloe's body was covered with scars and dust. The whole body was almost a mess of flesh and blood, and the surface of some of the flesh was even burnt and black.
But in fact, these injuries only look terrible. They only look so terrible that they look like they have rolled around on an iron plate several times. In fact, the inside part has almost healed, at least it has stopped deteriorating. Together with her right arm, which was almost severed before, it has also been restored.Go, almost healed.
"Dean Graham, let me come to you to get some herbs."
Chloe's voice was dry and hoarse. "It would be better if there is something to drink. We are approaching from outside." The whole city is under martial law, and I don’t dare to go to their herbal shop to buy herbs, but it’s still a long way from being cured.”
The reason why she called him Dean was because Graham was from the College of Art at Cité University. The current vice president. Although he was invited to Avalon to carve a statue for the Queen, his position as dean was still not removed.
"The herbs are in the cabinet on your left."
The old man sighed and turned around step by step, leaning on his cane.
A cold and ruthless third eye appeared on his forehead, and the jasper pupils glanced at Chloe indifferently.
"The injury is not serious, Miss Caramel."
The old man smiled hoarsely, and it was hard to tell whether he was being angry or gloating about his misfortune. "Compared with the troubles you caused, "Your injuries are too minor."
"That's because I have used all the life-saving tools."
She gritted her teeth and said with resentment. "I still don't understand how that Moriarty guessed that I was in there"
As Chloe said this, she searched the herb cabinet that was taller than herself and put the necessary parts into it. He kept pulling out the herbal medicine drawer and pouring all the herbs inside on the table.
That is by no means a "one dose" amount, but a huge amount that is absolutely harmful to normal people and can last for at least ten days. Even if it is made into a dish, you may not be able to finish it in one day.
But Chloe gobbled up all the herbs.
Without decoction or extraction, the "pharmaceutical power" contained in the herbal medicine is extracted and purified according to the method. Soon, the wounds all over her body emitted a hazy green light, and the injuries slowly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It's like the effect of using these herbs for more than ten days under normal circumstances is concentrated into just a few minutes.
This is the art of "herbal therapy" that is only effective for yourself.
Chloe's wounds healed faster than her taking herbs. After she consumed all the herbs, her horrific injuries were almost completely healed.
Subsequently, she began to vomit violently. He spat out lumps of rotten black mud mixed with minced meat.
It is a mixture of herbs that have been drained of their potency and waste products produced in the body when it accelerates healing. After vomiting, Chloe's spirits improved significantly.
"Ah, I'm alive."
Chloe breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said to Graham behind him, "Dean Graham, I will do this later." Help clean up."
The old man ignored her, just glanced at her expressionlessly, and walked to his table with a bone-white crutch.
Chloe quickly went over and poured Graham a glass.water.
Old Graham glanced at her and said slowly, "Is there anything else?"
"I just want to take revenge and take it out before I leave, so I want to express my anger to her." Please seek advice."
Chloe snorted. She was obviously still a little unconvinced, mainly because the assets she had lost made her a little heartbroken.
"I would like to remind you that the task given to you by the association has been completed, Chloe."
Graham held the water glass and said in a long voice in Iris " If I were you, I would hide in the countryside immediately and return home as soon as the situation calms down."
"They can't catch me."
I was hunted down several times. God, Chloe obviously has full confidence. "The inspectors on the path of authority are much stupider than the extraordinary people on the path of love and beauty. This time I planned more carefully and ambush Aiwass sleeping place in advance. If you squat him for a day or two without eating or drinking, you will definitely succeed."
"In my opinion, this is more like a trap."
The old man took a sip of water and said quietly. "You are so proud, Miss Chloe. Although you have entered the fourth level at the age of twenty-four, you have not officially entered the fifth level after all. If you have not completed the advancement ceremony, you will not be able to complete the advancement ceremony in Avalon." There are still many people who can deal with you.
"The Great Arbiter, the Great Inquisitor, the Great Guardian, the Great Justice, and Master Yanis of the Theocracy. There are already at least five extraordinary people who have officially confirmed that they have reached the fifth energy level and are willing to serve the royal family. If you touch any of them, you will definitely not be able to escape.
"Not only that, even the Arbitration Hall was not dispatched. Only in Avalon can they exert the full power of the authoritarian path with the power of arbitration. Knights without power and honor cannot exert their full power. What a threat. You would take such a reckless action. I think you have deviated from the path of adaptation. I will report this to the leader when I return."
Who knows. A stupid student who I taught for a semester but never understood the path of beauty has now become like a fish in water after switching to the path to adapt to it
But the progression is too smooth and the assassination has never failed. , making her mentality a little unbalanced now.
Such a high profile is not the principle advocated by Adapt to the Road. This is also the reason why her strength began to stagnate.
"The dean means, don't you object to my actions now?"
Chloë was a little surprised to see that his senior did not object to this.
She showed a sweet and obedient smile and flattered, "You are also a master. You are also an extraordinary person at the fifth level of the art path. It took Master Yanis more than two hundred years to master the art." Became a master, and it only took you less than forty years to become a master."
"It's useless, I don't want to do this."
But the old man is just. He smiled lowly and said, "I must state in advance that no matter how close you are to success, I will never take action. I have taken over a more important task and cannot be exposed.". Besides, Yanis is spying on me, so it’s hard for me to take action. "
"Just in case, I still ask where you plan to ambush"
"I haven't thought about it yet. How is his house?" Chloe said casually.
"Don't go there. "
Old Graham denied without hesitation that "his butler Oswald is dangerous." "
"Does he have a fifth energy level?"
"It's hard to say, but he probably does. Oswald does not have a profession, but has inherited the old system used by the immortal species in the old era before the emergence of professions. His path is completely mixed and unsystematic. His power is all mixed up in multiple paths, and the trajectory of its manifestation is not clear. No one knows what adaptability he has and what power he has.
"But based on the abilities he has shown so far, he has at least the fourth level of ability to adapt to the path. Moreover, the elf is well-informed, and he probably knows the information about shadow sneaking. You will definitely die if you go there. "
The old man looked at Chloe with his ruthless and mean eyes, like a critic of art works examining other people's works, and made a cadence in a strange sentence: "If you have I will kill you if you are captured alive.
“Now, say it again. Where are you going to ambush?"
"Hmm. "
I didn't expect the Elf Butler to be so powerful, which surprised her.
"That means it must be outside. Although I didn't read the Avalonian newspaper, I'm sure he must have become famous. If he is assassinated by me, it will definitely become big news. ”
Chloe replied briskly, “In order to give me time to escape, this matter must be hidden from other people’s eyes and ears.” So I can only kill him quickly where no one can find him, and leave enough time to escape."
"Then my suggestion is that you go to the White Shoes Club now. . Go see his recognition ceremony. "The old man replied.
"But it's almost five o'clock now"
"It doesn't matter. He will attend the Supervision Bureau's commendation meeting this afternoon. Even if there is no dinner, he will not be back until at least 5:30. Due to the long journey, the earliest he could reach the dormitory was six or seven o'clock. If there was a dinner party, he might have to go back two or three hours later and maybe drink some wine.
"According to my information, someone wanted to take action against him this afternoon. Just two hours ago, two demonologists from the Noble Red Society had sneaked into Wangli University of Law. There was a The statue of the tall man has told me this. They are not weak, but I think their assassination will definitely fail. The method used to prevent you can be used by the people of Noble Red, because he must also know you. Still alive.
“On the other hand, you can also observe Aiwass’ methods and trump cards. ”
Although he did not agree with the contemptuous plan given by the young assassin code-named "Caramel", the old man still based on his rich assassination experience when he was young.He gave the right advice, "There is no better opportunity for assassination than this."
" He solved the enemy who wanted to kill him, and accepted an honor that was almost impossible to obtain at his age. , the mood must be relaxed and proud. After that, you go directly to his dormitory to ambush him.
"And he will be tired after socializing, full food will also make people sleepy, and alcohol will make people depressed. You can even apply poisonous ointment directly on his lips and lips without using eagle feathers. He will die of poisoning in his sleep. In that case, no one will realize that the cause of his death is poison and you will have enough time to escape from the glass island."
" "As expected of the dean"
Chloe was sincerely convinced, "Then I will do it." Please remember to bookmark it, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft and free reading