Blood of Mercury

Roland's lips moved slightly, but in the end he didn't say anything.

When Esther said this, Roland has realized the ending of the story.

"In the end, the hunter fell, fell into the trap he set, and died."

Aster's face showed a strangely dry smile like a barbed wire: "How about it, isn't it a very interesting story?"

"...Ah, indeed."

For a while, Roland didn't know how to respond.

The story of this style is far from the Esther in Roland's impression.

There is no doubt that this story must be very meaningful to Esther.

But what Roland didn't understand was, who is Esther?

Is it a hunter? Or a dog? Or the rich man?

Esther took a few deep breaths and showed a warm and polite smile again: "Okay, it's your turn to reveal the mystery. I'm looking forward to it."

"...No, my story is not as interesting as yours."

Roland shrugged and said very sincerely.

"No problem. You say so."

Esther replied with a chuckle.

Tilt his head, recalling what he just said, Roland continued: "The dog ran home and gave the silver coin to the hunter."

"But the hunter is very angry—"

"'I told you to take good care of the cart, but you actually stole a silver coin back!'"

Having said that, Roland paused:

"—So the hunter killed the dog."

The atmosphere was stagnant for a few seconds, and then Esther suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahaha...ahhahahahahaha-"

At first, Esther just chuckled as usual, but soon his laughter went completely out of control and turned into hysterical laughter.

In that laughter was sadness that didn't match Esther's character. Just listening to Esther's laughter, Roland felt that his heart was tightly bound by dry iron wires, beating at a depressing rhythm. The epidermis was cut by the iron wire, and the coagulated blood oozes out.

That feeling was so sincere that Roland wondered if he had been deceived by Esther. Maybe the sadness that Esther is showing now is just Esther's lie.

But just when Roland was almost certain in his heart. However, he suddenly realized that perhaps Esther had indeed revealed his true feelings before. And now he just deliberately continues to show his true feelings. Wanting to make the suspicious Roland doubt his previous guesses...

And he did succeed. For a while, Roland couldn't tell whether Esther's previous emotions were true or false.

For a time, Roland suddenly remembered the story of the wolf coming.

If a liar is known to no one, he is a successful liar; if a liar is known to many, he is a failed liar, because everyone will be wary of him.

And if the world knows that someone is a big liar, the liar is more likely to successfully deceive people.

When confronted with a liar, if you don't want to be deceived, you must never believe anything about him - and the fact that you are absolutely certain that "he is a liar" violates this rule.

A subtle feeling of being educated by seniors made Roland laugh.

"What a funny joke..."

About another half a minute passed, until Esther's laughter became dry. He just stopped and repeated, "What an interesting ending."

"Is it interesting?"

"Extraordinarily interesting. I almost got excited."

"So say..."

Roland raised his face and casually chatted and laughed with Esther, with a complicated smile on his face.

"Robert, he's just a joke."

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"...In a nutshell. Because all the witnesses committed suicide, and no matter how the interrogation couldn't get Orlando's confession, there was a deadlock."

Naxi looked around for a while, then lowered his voice and explained to Robert: "The only crime in Orlando that can be determined is the murder of a young girl. However, murder is not a serious crime in the White Tower, if only one person is killed. No matter how serious the situation is, it is nothing more than hanging. Unless it is a particularly large-scale murder, it will be executed... After all, the soul of the burned will continue to suffer after death."

...the man who was killed by Orlando. It's Harlan.

Hearing this, the dark anger in Robert's heart surged.

No evidence?

No kidding - everyone knows about Orlando's crimes, so what does it make a difference if there's solid evidence?

If Robert guessed correctly, it's probably because the executives took money from Orlando.

Robert did know of several ways to bring the dead back to life.

If nothing else... just Ms. Anvilia, she has some way of resurrecting the dead. Moreover, it is said that Su Ze also has an alchemy technique that can extract the memory of the dead. There is also a ghost master in Beihuang who can transform the dead into a self-conscious spiritual body.

Maybe, Orlando was thinking of being hanged because of the idea of ​​resurrection after death. To keep your whole corpse?

Ah……

Robert would never let Orlando get his way.

Not to mention hanging, Orlando would not be able to satisfy Robert even if it was burned at the stake.

Even if the soul will be ignited. The same goes for suffering after death. Orlando still has the possibility of coming back from the dead.

Neither is crucifixion.

That just made Orlando's soul nailed to this land, unable to return to the kingdom of the gods. Still, the possibility of Orlando being resurrected cannot be avoided.

If you want to eliminate this possibility. Just betting silver.

The souls who died after being poured into silver were too heavy to be resurrected as ghosts, nor could they ascend to heaven and return to the kingdom of the gods.

No, it's not enough to just put silver in your veins. There is a question of quantity to consider.

Maybe the amount of mercury that killed Orlando was not enough to mercuryize his soul. In order to ensure that, Orlando's body must be completely submerged with mercury, and then buried together with the coffin.

In this case, Orlando's soul will forever be frozen in the coffin and buried in the ground. Even if Orlando's coffin is discovered by people of the underground race decades later, his soul has been completely solidified and can only be used as a material for enchanting equipment.

The only way to make up for the pain that Hurland's death gave to Robert was.

Thinking of this, the anger in Robert's heart subsided a little~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Thanks, Naxi. I owe you once. "

After Robert and Nassi thanked them, they immediately ran somewhere.

It doesn't matter if you reveal your identity. The identity of Prince Titan can give him some say in the White Pagoda.

Anyway, Orlando died in the end. If Orlando's death sentence was suddenly turned into silver, he would no longer have the ability to resist.

It's impossible for Baita to admit that he has a deal with Orlando in front of everyone's eyes--

For the first time, Robert, who has never done anything, acted on the impulse that emerged in his heart.

For the first time in his life, Robert somewhat understood how his father was doing.

...To be honest, this feeling of being able to do whatever you want is not bad.

An unprecedented, transparent impulse gradually ignited in Robert's heart. (To be continued.)(www..)