My Abyss Survival Diary

Chapter 67 Breanne's Trick

Suppressing his anger with difficulty, Simon slowly emerged from the shadows, harpoon in hand.

The three-edged blade was still dripping blood, and what was even more terrifying was the pair of cold black eyes under the hood, which instantly frightened the two brothers so much that they stood rooted to the spot and dared not move.

"The story you just told me," Simon said, each word dripping with chilling cold, "explain it clearly!"

Dagon's laughter sounded stuck in his throat, and Rhodes instinctively took a step back.

In the legends they had heard, only one person had ever used this weapon.

"You, you are...?"

Answer my question!

Rhodes kept backing away, hiding behind his brother. Dagon swallowed hard in fear and began to think of what to say.

"Later, the blind man was transferred to another prison, I don't know which one! Maybe he was directly transferred to the Inquisition for trial," Dagon replied, his face ashen, speaking rapidly. "I was only his cellmate for a few days, I know nothing about him!"

"Is there anything special about his appearance? Are there any distinctive features on his body?" Simon continued to press.

"He...he had a hooked nose, and some gray in his sideburns...uh, I remember he had a horse tattooed on his shoulder, no, no, he had a deer head tattooed on his shoulder!"

Faced with Simon's terrifying gaze, Dagon's memory was fully activated, and he blurted out a whole bunch of information like beans spilling out.

In other words, the blind man's experience after being captured was different from Simon's.

The blind man spent a few days in a regular prison before being taken to trial by the Inquisition, while Simon was knocked unconscious with a single punch and sent straight to the abyss.

Anger burned fiercely in Simon's heart. He gripped the harpoon tightly, feeling as if the rage in his chest was about to burst out and burn the entire forest to ashes.

He could never forget that day, the day he was on duty, his agile figure moving through the library, while his colleagues cowered behind the bookshelves. Only he fought against the invaders to protect the empire's books, but he never expected to end up like this.

Seeing him grip the harpoon tightly, the two brothers turned pale with fright, but their legs wouldn't move, so they could only slowly back away.

Simon's gaze fell on the two of them, and Dagon's legs went weak, causing him to kneel down with a thud.

"We know who you are! You're Simon! We've both heard of you. You killed Theodore, you slaughtered his entire camp! We're just two useless cowards, really, we can't even fight a fungal zombie head-on, we're no threat to you!"

Rhodes peeked out from behind Dagon, then nervously shrank back.

Looking at the two lovable brothers in front of him, Simon felt a headache coming on. Now everyone on the floor knew his name and his signature weapon.

What should we do with those two brothers next...?

But just then, her eyelashes fluttered, and a pair of beautiful eyes slowly opened, fixing on the two people who were retreating.

Breanne, inside the birdcage, suddenly spoke:

"I do have an idea."

"Aaaaaah! The head is talking!"

The timid Rhodes rolled his eyes and fainted, leaving only Dagon screaming in terror, clutching his head.

A helpless smile tugged at the corners of Brienne's mouth.

Simon turned to look at Brienne in the birdcage, and their eyes met. He had no idea what good idea Brienne had in mind.

With a slight upturn of her lips, Brienne cleared her throat and slowly began, "You all should know who Father Andrei is, right?"

"I know!" Dagon dragged the unconscious Rhodes and nodded vigorously. "We used to exchange things with Father Andrei."

"Great. Then tell Father Andrei the story you just told, about the locked library, about the scholar, about the judge."

"Not a single word can be omitted." Brienne continued in her soft, sweet voice, "You must say that you heard it from a master thief in prison. That master thief stole a banned book, and the scholar was unfortunately wrongly accused. You must tell the whole story clearly, without the slightest error."

"But... what's the point of telling Father Andrei all this? How can he believe the two of us..."

Breanne smiled, as if she had thought of some wicked idea again.

"I was beheaded and left here because I offended Mr. Simon," she suddenly stuck out her tongue, imitating a ghost's voice. "If you two don't do as I say, you'll be beheaded too and put in a birdcage. Luckily, there's an empty spot next to mine."

Rod gasped, biting down hard on the arrow to keep himself calm, unlike his brother who had fainted from fright.

"Okay, okay! We'll definitely do as you say!"

"Go."

"Thank you for sparing my life, thank you for sparing my life..."

Rod frantically dragged his unconscious brother's body, and the two figures quickly disappeared into the thick fog.

Watching the lively brothers leave and listening to Rod's footsteps gradually fade into the distance, Simon let out a long sigh.

Many times he felt he had let go, let go of that absurd trial, but in reality he hadn't let go. He had just accepted the tragic reality. When he heard the truth, he still felt genuine anger... and a sense of loss and sorrow.

He looked up at the sky, which was only partially visible and was shrouded by the abyss's rocky walls. Could he really gain his freedom and return to the world on the surface?

After calming down, he began to analyze the current situation.

"Are you sure those two brothers will deliver the intelligence to Andrei?" he asked Brené.

Breanne smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. No matter who they pass this information on to, it will be to our advantage."

Now all the sinners on the floor are hunting down Simon. Even if this exclusive intelligence didn't reach Andrei, if it were passed on to another sinner, he would pass it on to Andrei without hesitation. The two brothers can be considered to have successfully completed their mission.

Simon saw through Breanne's scheme...

The person who poses the greatest threat to them now is undoubtedly Father Andrei of the church.

Unlike the old priest, Andrei was a man of high moral character who was easily influenced by moral matters.

He is currently hunting down Simon with a burning rage and a lofty sense of mission, but if intelligence were to arrive at this moment, turning Simon, this heinous "sinner," into an innocent "innocent person," his condition would inevitably be affected, and they would have a greater chance of breaking through.

Only a wicked and eccentric person like Brienne would come up with such a scheme...

Carrying the harpoon, Simon went back to regroup with the others.

On the way back, a new question popped into his mind.

Is that blind master thief also in the abyss right now?