Chapter 21: Desire
"Seeing" this scene, the faces of Alan and Mia both changed color.
Baron Angelo really had a problem.
After a brief moment of madness, he sighed again, threw the half-dead fish back into the tank, picked up the papers from the ground, and began to read again.
Seeing that there didn't seem to be any more anomalies, Alan and the two left the top floor of the executive hall lightly.
Back at the office, the two talked to Old Oak about it.
"If his desires are not controlled, then there is a good chance that he will become a monster. ”
Mia said.
Hearing Mia's words, Alan finally remembered the trace of abnormality he had felt from Baron Angelo before.
Is that...... The taste of desire.
No wonder he had never seen him before, but Alan had an inexplicable familiarity with him.
Because old Jerry also has an extremely strong desire.
Thinking of the old Jerry who turned into a monster, Alan couldn't help but shudder.
"He has a guard under him, and he is a good baron who is loved by the people, so he cannot be attacked at this time under any circumstances. ”
Old Oak hesitated for a moment and said.
Mia said, "If he gets out of control and becomes a monster, it will cause more damage. ”
Alan could even imagine the catastrophic consequences of Baron Angelo's transformation into a monster.
The baron, who is the spiritual leader of the town, has become a monster with an instinct to kill, and even if he is eliminated, no one will want to stay......
The three of them fell silent at the same time.
Now is the special period of the Magic Riot, and Angelo, as the supreme leader of the neighborhood, must not make any mistakes.
But if he is left alone, his abnormal behavior is likely to cause disastrous consequences.
Seeing that things were at an impasse, Old Oak sighed and said, "I hope Angelo is really just a little violent......"
"You guys take a walk around town tomorrow, and I'll see if I can bring in support from Boulder again. ”
"Rest early. ”
Old Oak walked out of the house with a candle in his hand.
Mia didn't speak, she found a random bed in the office and lay down.
There were five or six beds in the office, and Alan didn't pay attention to it, and lay down on the bed next to Mia.
Looking at Mia's back, Allen's heart couldn't help but be a little worried.
The calm in the town now is probably just the calm before the storm.
According to Old Oak, as the magic continues to riot, not only will more low-level monsters like goblins be born, but people's desires will also be amplified.
Although he didn't live long, Alan knew that his own desire was the worst enemy of mankind.
Alan had already made up his mind that if there was an unstoppable enemy, then he would not be stupid enough to stay and resist, even if he was charged with desertion.
What kind of magician's consciousness, magician's iron rule, is not a fart with him.
He is an earthling, and he just wants to save his life in this dangerous other world.
There was nothing to say all night, and Alan didn't dare to make any out-of-the-ordinary moves, Mia was a two-star magician, and his one-star small body was probably bombarded into scum before he moved.
Although he did wonder what kind of face was under the black cloak.
In the morning, after eating the rye bread prepared by Old Oak, Alan and Mia went their separate ways on patrol.
Walking to the city gate, Alan glanced at the wooden bridge outside.
There are no fewer people outside, but there are more than yesterday.
With his enhanced eyesight, he could even see a steady stream of people coming from afar.
These people who want to enter the city must have rushed from villages thousands of miles away.
Greystone is the only large town around, and it has strong walls and elite guards, plus Eren and Mia, even if a few humanoid monsters attack the city, it has become a refuge in people's hearts.
"I don't know if I can see little Jerry......"
Retracting his gaze, Alan continued to walk down the street.
"Hurry up and hand over the money, or you'll be in good hands." ”
Passing by the mouth of an alley, Alan suddenly heard a voice.
The sound came from the depths of the alley.
Scanning his surroundings with his gaze, Alan walked deeper into the alley.
A skinny woman being pressed against a wall by a man.
The man's hand was tightly clasped around the woman's throat, and he still held a knife in his hand, which was pressed against the woman's waist, as if he would stab the tip of the knife into it if the woman did something that made him unhappy.
Alan followed the sound and came to the corner of the alley, just in time to see this scene.
He lightened his steps and quietly walked behind the man.
The woman, who was already about to despair, saw Alan coming in from the corner, and her eyes lit up, "I...... I'll give you the money!"
"Hurry up and get it!"
Seeing that the woman was so acquainted, the man's hand holding the woman's throat loosened slightly, but the knife was still firmly pressed against the woman's waist without the slightest movement.
While the woman reached into the pocket of her clothes and the man relaxed his vigilance, Allen rushed towards the man with lightning speed like a tiger.
Before he could react, Alan had already struck him with a knife in the neck.
As the man fell to the ground, the knife also fell to the ground.
"Thank you...... Thank you!"
The woman threw herself into Alan's arms, her eyes filled with tears.
"No thanks, that's what a gentleman should do. ”
Alan patted her on the shoulder, and there was no superfluous movement.
After half a minute, the woman's mood finally stabilized.
"I was walking down the street, and all of a sudden I was hijacked by this man with a knife, and then you came. ”
The woman's somewhat red, swollen eyes looked at Alan's bandaged right arm.
Thinking of Alan's inhuman speed and strength, the woman seemed to think of something and asked.
"You...... It's a magician, right?"
Alan raised an eyebrow, then nodded.
"In that case, I have something to ...... here"
The woman crouched down, picked up her package from the ground, and pulled out a white mask from inside.
Alan took the mask from her hand and examined it.
The white mask was cracked and stained with dried blood, and it looked like it was some years old.
Suddenly, Alan felt the faint fluctuation of magic inside.
Is this a sacrifice?
"This is what my father found from the corpse of a magician, and it may be useful to you, so please accept it as your reward for saving me. ”
Alan was not pretentious and received the mask in his sacrificial bag.
At this time, the unconscious man gradually woke up.
He looked at the two Alan in front of him, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.
Hurriedly grabbing the knife on the ground, he stood up tremblingly, his legs shaking.
"You...... What are you?"