"It doesn't matter, even if they suspect it, they'll have to come all the way from the restaurant, and I'll go to the dining room and block everyone-"

Yun Ying paused and looked at Hepburn and continued: "Great Elder Hepburn, I will leave it to you this time, I only have one word, this operation must not fail!" We only have half an hour, can we? ”

"Yes, if it goes well, maybe a quarter of an hour will be enough.

Hepburn looked at Mario's portrait and replied, and until now, Muhammad, who had promised to help, didn't know what Cloud Shadow and Hepburn wanted to do, but it didn't matter, he would always know.

"Okay, then please."

Cloud Shadow nodded to Hepburn and Muhammad, then turned and ran to the living room, while Hepburn, on the other hand, began to scrutinize the strange portrait of Mario.

"It seems that this painting is indeed the work of Master Mario, I have only heard him mention it before, and I have never seen this portrait with Mario's face hidden, it is also a masterpiece of alchemy? What is it for? ”

Muhammad, who was standing aside, looked at the painting and muttered to himself, although he was not a magician, he could see the essence of the portrait at a glance - this was enough to show that the dwarven patriarch was very strong in spirit and eyesight.

"It's for storing information, he can say it's the brain of this villa, and anything that happens in this villa can be stored in this painting without knowing it, and he'll know everything when Mario comes back again."

Hepburn kindly answered Muhammad's question, but he didn't know how much he had been shocked by his words.

"King of the Hill, this is magical alchemy, even I who participated in the construction of this villa did not know that Mario made such a thing, I can't even imagine what its principle is."

Muhammad's eyes were filled with a thirst for knowledge, and he was eager to learn something esoteric about the fact that they forged enchanters and alchemy, which in some places were absolutely the same.

"Well, it's amazing, and although I was involved in making this portrait at the time, I didn't have the slightest clue."

"What?! You participated in the construction of this portrait! ”

Muhammad's voice was so loud that even the shadows who were already in the dining room could hear it clearly. He also realized that he was too excited, and immediately lowered his voice and asked Hepburn: "You- what did you do then?" ”

"Well, I was half-finished when I saw this portrait, and Mario told me about his vision. Then I was asked to breathe life into the portrait, but I didn't think his idea would succeed at the time, but now that the painting is hanging here, it means that he succeeded, and perhaps it has a different function - to imprison the soul body. ”

Hepburn raised his right hand to hold the golden border of the portrait as he spoke, and he closed his eyes after a moment of thought...... There was no movement, and Muhammad didn't even dare to say anything at this time, this alchemy vessel was so unusual that it had to be infused with life force - uh, what is life force? The dwarven patriarch held his head and fell into deep thought.

"Patriarch Muhammad, I need your help."

Until ten minutes later. The voice only resounded in this hallway, it was Hepburn, who had already opened his eyes.

"You say."

Now that he had developed a keen interest in the portrait of Mario, it was only natural that Muhammad wanted to do more.

"Help me get all the flowers in the restaurant."

"What?"

Muhammad was stunned by Hepburn's request, but he dutifully went to the restaurant. Yun Ying, who was guarding there, was also surprised to see him.

"Elder Hepburn is over?"

Yun Ying looked back, it was impossible, she didn't see Yin Feng.

"Oh, he said let me bring all the flowers here, he's useful."

"Flowers?"

Cloud Shadow glanced at Muhammad, and both of them were confused in their eyes, but the speed of their men was not slow. Within a minute, the unusually elegant dining room, which had been decorated with various flowers, was bare, and Muhammad, with flowers in his hands, quickly turned back to the corridor where Hepburn was.

"Great Elder Hepburn, what do you want these flowers for?"

After putting a bunch of words on the floor, Muhammad finally couldn't resist asking curious questions. Of course, he would not be naïve to think that Hepburn took these flowers for appreciation.

"Well, I guess it's because the vitality in this painting has been depleted, so it began to devour the soul power similar to the vitality, as long as the vitality is filled again, the purpose of the cloud shadow can naturally be easily achieved."

The purpose of Cloud Shadow? Muhammad pretended not to hear Hepburn's vague remarks—it would be boring to be a man and get to the bottom of it.

"Uh...... And these flowers ......."

Muhammad shifted the subject.

"I'm going to suck their life force. And then infused into that painting, which is a special talent of our druids, but few of us can awaken. ”

"Absorb life force?"

Muhammad didn't care how many druids could awaken, he was worried about the destructive power of this ability, in case any druids had bad intentions......

"Don't worry, the awakening conditions of this talent are very harsh, you must go through the test of life and death, and you must have plants full of vitality around you - oh, I forgot to say, this talent is only useful for plants, it is a healing skill for our druids, so you don't have to worry."

Hepburn could see at a glance what Muhammad was thinking, so he simply explained it clearly, and sure enough, as soon as he heard that the dwarf patriarch was only useful for plants, he calmed down again, and he even asked without seeing it: "Then how many of you druids have this talent now?" ”

"Not much, there are only a dozen or so old people, and few young people nowadays are willing to go through the test of life and death during the experience, so the rewards they can get are also limited, I am really worried about the future of the druids, the current druids have been exhausted by the hidden life of all their courage, this is also a very important reason why I agreed to form an alliance with the Ania Empire, the druids need to be experienced, even if they have to pay the price of blood."

Perhaps because of the similarity of status, Hepburn, who has been silent all the way, had a voice to talk to when he met Muhammad, but the meaning of his words was not optimistic, so even Muhammad began to reflect on the future of the dwarves.

"Miss Yunying, what are you doing here?"

Just when Hepburn and Muhammad were relatively speechless, suddenly a female voice came from the other side of the listening, and the stereotypical tone was not used as a second person except for the butler Ah Nian, Hepburn and Muhammad looked at each other, and immediately put his right hand on the pile of flowers that were still in bloom.