Chapter 814

Caesar, as if granted amnesty, lunged forward and hugged Carlos's leg, his eyeballs turning red rapidly, and teardrops falling plop-plop.

"Lord Carlos, I... snort~"

Caesar sniffled. It could truly be said that he was full of snot and tears, even to the point of being unable to speak for sobbing.

"Caesar, you've worked hard."

As Carlos spoke, he shook his leg. He was afraid Caesar would wipe his snot on his trouser leg. He knew exactly what kind of person Caesar was.

Caesar certainly wouldn't let go. He not only hugged Carlos's leg with both arms, but those two short legs also wrapped around, like a koala hugging a tree.

"Lord Carlos, listen to me. This is an alchemy genius I discovered by chance. He previously mastered a potion formula. Under my guidance, that potion was successfully developed, and I also discovered..."

It seemed Caesar was trying his best to help Su Xiao forge a background, but in reality, that was not the case; Caesar was taking the credit.

"Stop. In other words, his alchemy is above yours, and you discovered by chance that he can save Carlos?"

The Dark Elf Princess Anna pointed out the matter Caesar was trying his best to cover up in one sentence.

"Of course not!"

Caesar's tears stopped.

"Caesar, I will not forget your kindness in this matter. As long as I am alive, you will always be the Quartermaster of the Iron-Blood Legion."

Carlos had long known what Caesar wanted, and turned to look at Su Xiao.

"I have seen your performance on the battlefield, especially the scene where you killed your way out of the tribal army, Squad Leader Bai Ye."

Carlos and Anna walked into the room. Caesar closed the door and locked it tightly, even activating the alchemical defense array on the door.

"You know about my situation?"

Carlos sat on Caesar's 'exclusive sofa' and looked at Su Xiao with a smile.

"Situation?" Su Xiao was stunned, then guessed something: "The person Caesar asked me to treat is you, Legion Commander? Not the officer Vincent Horn?"

Su Xiao appeared somewhat surprised.

"It's me."

Carlos glanced at Caesar, and Caesar hurriedly greeted him with a smiling face.

"You did well."

Carlos was praising Caesar for not casually disclosing his situation. Carlos's previous inquiry seemed casual, but if Su Xiao had answered that he understood, regardless of the treatment result, Caesar would have died.

"Legion Commander, look... can I tell Bai Ye your specific situation? He needs to formulate potions based on your specific situation."

Although Caesar was greedy, he wasn't stupid. He knew he had to follow the procedure. Now the apparent situation was that Su Xiao didn't know much about Carlos's situation before, and didn't even know that the person to be treated was Carlos.

"Wait." The Dark Elf Princess Anna spoke: "Is he trustworthy?"

Anna examined Su Xiao. She was cold and suspicious by nature.

"Of course he is trustworthy, Miss Anna. I, Caesar, can vouch for him."

"You vouch for him?"

Anna's slender eyebrows furrowed, as if she were thinking about something.

"If we're talking about whether he's trustworthy, Bai Ye wouldn't be a person from the Tribal Alliance."

Carlos closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair. He had seen Su Xiao killing enemies on the battlefield before. With that number of kills and the ruthlessness of his killing, a spy could never achieve that.

"Even if he is trustworthy, whether he can help you clear that thing is unknown. This kind of thing isn't something that can be guaranteed by a verbal promise..."

Carlos waved his hand.

"Anna, no need to say more. Bai Ye, tell me how you plan to help me clear that unknown energy."

Actually, Carlos no longer cared whether Su Xiao was an enemy spy. He could sense Su Xiao's strength. If someone with this strength were truly an enemy spy, today, regardless of the result, the other party would die here.

Carlos knew his days were numbered, and the hope of clearing that unknown energy through Caesar was slim. He was now treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Even if he died here today, Black Earth Fortress would be taken over by his adjutant immediately. He had already prepared for these things in advance.

Trading his remaining three months of life for the life of a powerful enemy spy + exposing an unknown force within the Empire was a very worthwhile thing.

Besides, what if the other party could really help him clear the energy in his body? Anyway, he was almost dead; what was wrong with trying?

Although Carlos said he had three months of life left, he vaguely felt that the unknown energy in his body was about to erupt. After that energy erupted, even if he didn't die, he would be lingering on his last breath, his strength would decline significantly, and he might even be bedridden. That was a situation worse than death. Carlos had many enemies within the Empire.

The four people and one dog in the room were all silent. Su Xiao actually didn't care about the thoughts of Carlos, Anna, and Caesar. Whatever suspicions these three had didn't matter. He only needed to do three things now: help Carlos clear the energy in his body, obtain the 【Proof of the Demon Hunter】 from Caesar, and then leave Black Earth Fortress.

Just a moment ago, Su Xiao received a prompt from the Reincarnation Paradise, which was also the reason he hadn't spoken much.

"Legion Commander, if I haven't sensed it wrong, the energy in your body leans toward the dark attribute. The benefit is that it makes you stronger, but of course, there will also be some side effects, such as seeing hallucinations intermittently, or suddenly wanting to destroy everything you see."

Su Xiao pointed his finger at Carlos's arm, carefully sensing the situation inside Carlos's body.

"You..."

Carlos sat up straight. He had told Caesar that the energy in his body was dark-attribute and that it made him stronger. As for the intermittent hallucinations and bloodlust, he hadn't told anyone, not even Anna knew.

"Am I right, Legion Commander?"

Su Xiao had to be sure about the energy in Carlos's body. After sensing it at close range, he discovered that what was in Carlos's body wasn't entirely demonic power, but a variant energy very similar to demonic power.

"Right. Sometimes I see a burning pool of fire, and sometimes I really want to kill people."

Carlos was smiling. Su Xiao being able to point out these two points showed that Su Xiao really had hope of saving him.

Anna also noticed this point, and her gaze toward Su Xiao became gentler. Su Xiao had changed from a suspicious person to Carlos's only hope; this woman was somewhat fickle.

"Pool of fire?"

Su Xiao took out the Slaughter Dagger: "Offense taken, Legion Commander."

After saying that, Su Xiao made a cut on the back of Carlos's hand. Carlos's physical defense was too strong; without the Slaughter Dagger, he couldn't break his skin at all.

"Good blade."

Carlos examined the Slaughter Dagger with interest, not caring about the blood gushing from the back of his hand.

Red-black blood appeared on the back of Carlos's hand. After this red-black blood gushed out of the wound, it seemed not to want to touch the air and began to retreat back into Carlos's wound.

"This is..."

Carlos stared at the back of his hand in astonishment. Just before, this situation had never occurred.

"It's already this serious."

Su Xiao furrowed his brows, turned, and walked toward the workbench, beginning to formulate potions.

"How is it? Can I still be saved?"

Carlos's complexion didn't look very good; after all, his blood was too abnormal.

"If left unchecked, you will turn into some kind of monster or lose consciousness within a few days. If I haven't sensed it wrong, there is some consciousness in the energy in your body, although that consciousness has no subjective intent."

Su Xiao hooked his finger at Caesar, signaling Caesar to bring the 【Unstable Potion】. Taking the 【Unstable Potion】, he pulled out the bottle's stopper.

"Drink it."

The pungent, fishy-sweet smell permeated the room. Carlos's eye corner twitched: "Will I die if I drink this?"

"If it's you, there's a 90% chance you won't."

Su Xiao held the test tube. Whether Carlos drank it or not depended on his own choice.

Carlos took the test tube and drank the potion inside in a few gulps. Ten-plus seconds later, Carlos sat upright, motionless; the potion had taken effect.

"What will you do next? Kill me?"

Carlos's voice was a bit strange; his lips were numb.

"Not at all."

Su Xiao drew the long sword from Carlos's waist and pierced Carlos's chest with one sword. All of this happened in a flash. Caesar and Anna in the room were stunned in place.

"I... will... kill... you!"

Anna's expression could no longer be described as angry; it was an expression of wanting to swallow Su Xiao alive.

"Anna, calm down."

Blood spilled from the corners of Carlos's mouth, but he was smiling.

"This feeling is not bad. It's been a long time since I felt this relaxed."

The Carlos of before was like someone wearing a heavy 'iron garment' all year round. After Su Xiao stabbed this sword, the 'iron garment' on Carlos's body melted like ice and snow.

PS: (There will be two more chapters in a while)