Chapter 1424 Chapter 1420 Hearth Stories (Second Update)
"I don't mind." Wanda Maximoff shrugged, "This is a party, the more people, the better."
"I also want to hear the adventure stories after Yamatai." Bayonetta picked up the wine glass and toasted to the new guests who joined the party. However, one of the two guests was not very cooperative. She did not even notice the cup held by the witch, while the other guest seemed a little nervous. It’s not like Lara Croft has never seen a witch. After experiencing the adventure of Yamatai, she determined that there is a mysterious power in this world, and thus embarked on an adventure to reveal the truth behind history - after experiencing a brief period of chaos , Dinah handed the two guests their drinks. Some crazy woman got a cup of hot cocoa with toasted marshmallows, and Lara Croft got a glass of Macallan without ice.
But Lara Croft felt like she'd smelled enough burnt stuff.
Although the peat taste of Macallan whiskey is not that strong, she still appreciates it. If possible, she hopes to have a glass of sweet mulled wine to restore some vitality to her fingers and lips that are numb from the cold. Dinah fulfilled her wish and immediately gave her a cup of the manor owner's nightcap drink. The head maid gently took away the dazed Milia on the sofa. The child had eaten so much at the reception that she had to wake up Miria to brush her teeth and then lie down in bed, so she snatched away the Cheshire Cat who was also bloated and lying on her back on the sofa.
Milia would not sleep well without holding this cat.
"I heard that you later went to Siberia and the Amazon rainforest. If he thought it was worth investing millions of dollars, it must be a good story." Bayonetta raised her long legs wrapped in black stockings, "But I want to hear first, how he rescued you from the library. Don't worry, this is a girls' drinking party, no one else will attend. You don't have to pretend to know much about red wine here, this is not London Or those pretentious high-end salons in New York..."
"And I also heard that you have good taste in firearms. I can share our collection with you." Joan of Arc took out a pistol from the crack of the sofa. Both she and Bayonetta were fond of the female archaeologist, especially when they heard her talk about her experiences and discoveries. "Really good guns, like fine wine, last forever, such as this Kimber M1911A1..."
“I prefer HK USP.”
Lara Croft sat in the high-backed chair and began to recount the little adventure she had experienced not long ago.
First came the sound of footsteps.
In this silent library, even the sound of her own turning of books and breathing were as noticeable as the sound of gunshots. Human beings will consciously keep quiet in dangerous environments. Except for the sound of moving these heavy books to the ground and using a knife to separate the pages of parchment, Lara Croft, who was kneeling on the ground and reading, kept quiet throughout the process. Until she felt that her breathing and heartbeat were the only sounds in the world - she took many reels and files, but whether the captured content was valuable or not depended entirely on intuition. She had already realized that she had exceeded the return time, and the time spent just to select books was far more than three minutes - she filmed a description of the image of angels in "Research on the Late Byzantine Orthodox Sect", and filmed a "9th Century AD" The methods and methods of making the Philosopher's Stone in "The Evolution and Exploration of Alchemy in Europe and Arabia".
She didn't notice the footsteps, but she did notice the sudden signal on her cell phone.
Very light footsteps came from far away, and the cold air turbulence also raised some fine dust.
Lara Croft turned around and drew her gun, then immediately stood up and pointed the muzzle in the direction of the sound. The cerebral ischemia caused by standing up quickly did not affect her movements. Within half a second of black vision, she relied on instinct to shrink back between the two bookshelves, hiding most of her body in the shadows, holding the gun. His arms are still steady. She had no idea what she was going to face, so she still held the burning signal rod in her hand - the woman had told her that the most useful weapon against the devil was fire. Because the origin of witchcraft is fire, the first interactions and sacrifices between humans and nature were also through fire. When the first lightning ignited the dead tree, human beings' service to nature began. The cornerstone of human civilization was built on that handful of flames.
Although she failed to understand those mysterious remarks, Lara Croft adhered to the spirit of pragmatism and split all the burning signal rods in two. She left part of the incendiary signal baton with the woman and carried part of it herself. No matter how much the woman claimed to be a witch with the power to speak to animals and even inorganic things, Lara Croft could not be trusted to leave her alone. As for whether she would set the entire library on fire after handing the burning signal rod to the woman, that was not something Lara Croft needed to consider.
The cold air burned her lungs, and she felt her fingers lose touch, and the trigger she was supposed to pull became slow and heavy. This is the consequence of stopping movement. The heat in the core area of the body no longer flows to the limbs. There is a problem with her heat management. To make matters worse, Lara Croft discovered at this time that her stiff fingers were still tightly wrapped Holding a piece of bright red wool that was supposed to be hidden by her - this was the ball of wool she walked towards the maze, but now it became a guide to potential enemies - she hurriedly rubbed the tangled wool off her fingers, and then bent down Sneaking in the shadows. Since Maoxian pointed her location to the enemy, she only needed to find a suitable ambush location.
Although she has not received professional indoor special operations training, her excellent physical fitness and agile reactions comparable to those of Olympic gymnasts allow her to make the right choices in her adventurous career and save her life. But after all, she had never received formal combat training, so she forgot some particularly important factors.
"What?"
Wanda Maximoff asked. She had read Lara Croft's files and witnessed her heroic appearance fighting against the Holy Trinity mercenaries in the Amazon rainforest. She could not imagine that such a person could fight against professional soldiers. , what kind of mistake can there be in facing a trap that the enemy will definitely fall into?
"I don't understand how many irrelevant corners there are in the library, and I don't understand how many things are lurking in the shadows." Lara Croft's tone feels like telling a horror story, especially in this world where everyone When gathering in front of the fireplace with a blanket to warm up and slowly enjoy a glass of wine, a powerful twist and jump scare are definitely the most suitable topics for the party. "This is a hunt, and the identity of hunter and prey does not last forever. I fell into a trap originally set for the enemy."
"What do you mean?" Wanda Maximoff shook her head, "I still don't understand."
"It means that the enemy discovered her trap. When she wanted to ambush the enemy, the enemy was also waiting for her move, but there was a lack of opportunity." Bayonetta picked up the wine glass and said, "But this is a trap we all know. The end of the story, because it’s not the ghosts that are with us.”
"I should have discovered earlier that dead bait will definitely not make the fish bite." Lara Croft slowly drank the sweet red wine that was a little hot in her mouth. "When the bait shakes, it does not necessarily mean that there is actually a fish biting." hook."
The hand stretched out from her back, smelling like a cigar.
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