A secret room on the third floor of Oroyusta, the third floor of the Crystal Capital.

"You...... Really a guy who can surprise people at any time. ”

Sitting on the sofa, the night shadow was still in a tight black leather coat, outlining a slender and perfect body, and her head and face were completely shrouded in an invisible black, but some emotion and surprise could still be heard in her voice: "Originally, I just asked you to interfere with the Incre guys as much as possible, but I didn't expect you to make such a wonderful show and almost kill Nema Adler in front of everyone." Now the whole of Oroyosta is talking about it......"

"For me, this is not a surprise at all. The Sword of Benevolence sat on the opposite side of Nightshade, different from the previous paralyzed sitting, which seemed to be boneless, his spine was straight, but it was the kind of majestic and restrained arrogance that made people feel a little dangerous when they looked at it. "Warriors of love and justice can always create infinite miracles, and you should keep that in mind. ”

"Well, I was going to say that you seem to look a little different, and you still look the same way. Nightshade shrugged. "So what do you think now? A lot of people are interested in you right now, and they're launching various channels to get your news. Even the cold, stinky shit of the Arcane Revival has rekindled the interest of many people, and your temporary colleagues have become sweets. Do you want to take advantage of this opportunity to do something?"

"Before you say what they think, tell us what you think. The Sword of Benevolence smiled.

"Well, my superiors are now very interested in wooing you again, and have sent me a message to tell me that I must do whatever it takes to find out your preferences and your pursuits, and then make a condition that will appeal to you. Nightshade's voice became lazy. "Can you tell me what kind of conditions you think will attract you?"

The Sword of Benevolence didn't answer, but just asked, "It doesn't sound like you and your boss are standing together, do you?"

"He's my boss in terms of position, but in fact, the greedy fat guy who only likes to play games with his little boy secretary can't control me. So I naturally have my own judgment in doing things. Nightshade's voice was playful. "For example, I know that the conditions in the general sense must not meet you, right?"

"Looks like you now have some understanding of the nature of a righteous warrior. If you want to recruit me to help you do things, it's just a secret organization that hides its head and tail and doesn't have the strength. The Sword of Benevolence smiled. "Let's talk about the reward for this operation. To help you beat up the hillbillies of Inclave, I'm going to prioritize the arcane materials and materials that haven't yet fallen into Inclave's hands. ”

"No problem. You deserve it. Nightshade looked crisp. "But I suggest you act quickly, for now I can have the final say in the affairs of Oroyusta, and I won't be able to wait until that dead fat man comes. Also, from my personal point of view, I suggest that now that so many forces are coming to you, you can also take the opportunity to reap some benefits. I don't really know what you want, but how much do these guys have what you want?"

The Sword of Benevolence didn't answer immediately, but was silent staring at the pitch darkness of the night shadow, and only sneered after a while, "Thank you for your advice." But I don't know who guys are looking for me yet, can you please use your powerful intelligence skills to help me check it out?"

Nightshade didn't answer, he directly swiped his finger in the air, and he didn't know whether he used an arcane magic circle or activated the arcane circle somewhere, and after waiting for a while, he spoke: "According to the information collected by the people below, the most noteworthy ones are, of course, the Howard family and the Drakes family. In fact, it was Juno Howard and Lamar Drakes, who were there that day to witness your battle with Master Incre. They should have all the data on your battles that they had detected with the arcane at the time, and from that point of view, they were quite interested in you. ”

"Oh, the two who reminded me at the time? I owe them a small favor, but I'm not interested in them. ”

“... And then there's the Temple of the God of War... In fact, they are the ones who have gone to great lengths to find you. While you're fighting Mage Incre, the priests of the Temple of War are said to have sensed Andrews, the god of war, pointing at the Grand Theatre of the Muses, suggesting that the lesser god is in a strong resonance. Normally, when this happens, the temple will reward the believers who resonate, but you are not a believer in the god of war...... Now the High Priest of the Temple of the God of War is looking for you, a powerful warrior who can resonate with the God of War, claiming that you are most likely the one who has inherited the will of the God of War......"

"Hahahaha...... It's just a shame they don't know what one of their champion fighters I just beat up in a shit. Do they want me to flatten more?"

"It doesn't matter, there are many fighters who die in the arena of the God of War every year, as long as you defeat them in a head-to-head battle, you are the hero in their eyes...... But they're... Let's wait until the fat man comes, you don't have to go to them anyway. ”

“... The Arcane Academy isn't looking for me?"

"Of course, they're looking for you, but it's just a routine message, hoping that the Arcane warrior of the day will go to the academy and discuss academic issues with them. Nightshade seemed a little surprised, he cared about the Arcane Academy. "But they certainly won't give you any benefit, and you can't expect Magnus to allocate you a large amount of research funds, right?"

"Hehe, the benefits aren't just about the money...... "Sword of Benevolence shook his head. "Let's not talk about this for now, is anyone else asking about me?"

"Other families, all kinds of big and small forces must also be inquiring about you, you are now the celebrity of Oroyosta, but it is worth paying attention to the few you just mentioned......" Nightshadow's head hidden in the darkness swayed slightly, as if she was looking at the message displayed by the arcane, and suddenly she was stunned. "Strange...... Why is Balia Ulysses looking for you, too? She actually commissioned some of the lower gangs to find out about you, and openly said in front of her supporters that she wanted to see you again. ”

"What? Who?" the Sword of Benevolence was also stunned.

"Baliyah Ulysses. That Oroyosta is a popular singer, you should have seen it that day. ”

"Ahh The Sword of Benevolence nodded. "But what reason would she have for coming to me?"

"How do I know...... Maybe it's... No—" Nightshade muttered for a moment, then suddenly said to the Sword of Benevolence. "If you have a chance, let's meet this singer. ”

"What?" this demanded that even the sword of benevolence was quite unexpected. "Why?"

“...... Balia Ulysses is a newcomer who suddenly appeared in the past two years, with her good singing voice and appearance, as well as her cooperation with the popular poet West, she quickly won the love of many young people, and there have been dozens of duels because of her. Of course, in the eyes of real adults, she is still just a toy for children to compete for, nothing more. Our organization has also had several plans to bring her in or recast a star like her, who in many cases can be used as a good tool and bargaining chip. In fact, such a woman should generally be the plaything of some powerful old fellow, or some powerful old fellow, and these opera and art brought to the front are just some things to add to the taste. However, there was some resistance during the investigation, and the woman's various performances also hinted that there was indeed someone behind her. So this plan was abandoned for the time being......"

"But now that woman's methods of investigating you clearly show that she is not really a canary of some big man, or has some kind of great background of her own, otherwise she would not have had to commission some lower gang to find out about you. So, what she showed before was an illusion that she tried to perform and deliberately misunderstood...... This is a very interesting little girl, a pawn that can be won over. ”

"But what's my business?"

“... That's a small favor I've personally asked you to help. And aren't you curious about such a strange little girl, why did she come to you at the expense of revealing her weaknesses?"

“... Well, maybe I'll help you see the color of this piece when I have the chance. But now the first thing is to get what belongs to me first. Let's go and see our lovely men. ”

The Sword of Benevolence rose from the couch and strode towards a wall. The wall slowly parted in front of him, revealing a brightly lit hall outside, and he walked out, and the night shadow on the other side seemed to not move, just blending into the darkness and disappearing.

The hall was two or three hundred square meters in size, and the crystals inlaid everywhere exuded psychedelic brilliance, and several young girls with beautiful postures and much more naked bodies were dancing in the middle to the sound of the illusion circle, and more girls around were sitting on the upholstered sofas around them, leaning against the mages of the Revival Society. Obviously, taking advantage of the effect of the battle in the Grand Theater, Nightshade's closing operation has achieved good results, and there are far more mages here than the three last time. It's just that most of these mages are a little absent-minded, mostly ignoring the scantily clad beauties around them who are drinking stuffy wine, or are uncertain and looking backwards and whispering left and right, and there are one or two red-faced and red-eared, sitting there with their hands and feet tied and not moving, occasionally peeking at the dancing girls in front of them. Only Pinris, who was holding the two hot girls in his arms, seemed to be talking about some happy topic, laughing as his hands roamed over the two girls, he was undoubtedly the only one who seemed to be at home on such occasions.

Seeing the Sword of Benevolence come out of the secret room in the room, all the faces of everyone were solemn, and even Pinris put down the hands of the two girls. Obviously, after the battle in the big theater, both the mages who knew him before and those who had never seen him were now in awe of him. Of course, the dancing girls who accompanied the wine were accustomed to seeing such a scene, and immediately turned and withdrew silently, and the hall, which had been noisy just a moment ago, fell silent.

"Very well, it looks like the team has grown a lot, and the recruitment is going well. Renai's eyes swept over everyone present, and suddenly fell on a fat mage in the corner. "Oh, isn't this the little fat guy who wants to frame me? How dare you show up here? ”

This fat man originally looked uneasy, and his eyes were hiding in a corner, but when he heard the words of the Sword of Benevolence, the fat face immediately turned blue and white at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it was trembling slightly. On the contrary, the mage who sat next to him, who had been here with him before, seemed to be named Andrew, stood up and said, "Your Excellency the Sword of Benevolence, Master Alstom has indeed made mistakes before, but he already knows where his mistakes are, and he will not do them again, and his presence here shows that he has the determination to repent......"

"Alright, don't defend this idiot, I've already said that he's like shit on the side of the road, and as long as he doesn't mess with me, I'm not interested in stepping on it. The Sword of Benevolence smiled, and the fat man named Alston seemed to be shaking even more, but he didn't know what thought was supporting him, so that he really dared to reappear here. "Although he provoked me last time, he also learned enough lessons, and I will let him go for the sake of his courage that almost scared him. ”

"Young man with kidney deficiency, have you made the list I told you to draw up?" the Sword of Benevolence looked at Pinris. Pingris's face was a little ugly, obviously a little dissatisfied with calling him so in public, and he muttered a stack of papers. The Sword of Benevolence took it and glanced at it with ten lines, nodded quickly and said, "Very good, the high-energy element crystal of the A1324 sequence, as well as the advanced meditation materials of C5489, I want these two, you take me to get them immediately." ”

Pinglisi had a difficult face: "Uh...... Your Excellency the Sword of Benevolence, this is only the inventory materials that the Revival Society will be idle, and we may not be able to obtain the inventory materials, let alone get them immediately. And these things are also the most valuable of them, but they are stored in a very confidential place, and I am only from the executive department, and I don't even have the permission to enter there. ”

"Who's allowed to enter?" the Sword of Benevolence glanced at the other mages.

"He has. Pinris gloated and pointed to the fat mage in the corner. "The planning department has the highest authority, and he can take us in. ”

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This is a dark and wide basement, at least hundreds of meters deep into the ground, as if it is still because of the fear of leaking too many traces, even the lighting and air filtered arcane circle has not been turned on, the humid air and the gloomy background seem to give people an unusually depressing feeling, and the specimens of various biological limbs hanging on the wall, the various organs and creatures that are still wriggling in the incubator, are even more terrifying.

With the ability of the Arcanist, it is not difficult to open such a huge space under 100 meters underground, but generally speaking, there is no need for this, the maintenance of passages, air and light, and the environment all require the Arcane Circle to continue, and it is not necessary to use some small architectural means such as ventilation channels to solve the problem, there is no need to use Arcane to arrange. Therefore, there is only one reason why the storage rooms and laboratories have to be placed so deep underground, and that is to be hidden. Hundreds of meters away from the rock formations, even high-level departed people would not be able to perceive the distorted aura of these beings unless they knew the direction in advance and used a divine technique that specialized in perception.

During the Imperial Age, the Church of the Dead's resistance to the undead arcane was a headache for noble mages. These troublemakers who simply regard death as a belonging, never hesitate to use their lives as weapons, and the divine arts of the Returning Realm are also extremely powerful in battle, and the undead bodies turned into by the Returned before they are truly extinguished are comparable to elite-level military golems, and the Divine Techniques of the Returning Immortals of some high-level priests can even forcibly cause elemental annihilation. In all the conflicts between the Temples and the Empire, the Lost accounted for more than half. However, this belief has become an inseparable part of European culture at the grassroots level, and the belief in the Death is even older than the history of the Arcane, and even the unwieldy Arcanists have no way to suppress it completely.

And in this post-imperial era, the strength of the Church of the Dead has directly erased all the research of the undead arcane from the surface, even if the Arcane Academy wants to conduct the study of the undead arcane, it must be notified in advance, and there will be returned to the dead to listen during the lecture, ensuring that all the undead arcane can only be used for healing, and the body transplantation, life transformation, etc., which were once popular in the imperial era, quickly disappeared.

Of course, this is only a superficial phenomenon, and an organization like the Arcane Revival will certainly not care about any temple opinions, which is a secret warehouse and small research room that they use to store all kinds of forbidden items.

"It's a pity, although this is the highest level of secrecy we can enter, it seems that most of the items stored are undead, these things are not easy to sell, and even transportation is very difficult, without a specific arcane circle to cover it, it will attract a large number of corpse collectors like stinky meat attracts flies. And until I'm sure of Vice President Griffin's whereabouts, and whether he's still interested in these things, I really don't recommend touching anything here. Pinreis was also visiting this place for the first time, and he looked left and right with a look of disappointment.

"As long as what I need is there. "The sword of benevolence is unimpressed. "Let's help, there are not many crystals over there, and they are very suitable for kidney defectors like you. ”

"Huh, there's a secret compartment here?"

Pinris, who was moving the crystal chest, suddenly made a discovery, the training of the executive department included many non-arcane trap techniques, and he found a secret doorknob behind a camouflaged stone slab, and he was surprised that there was no trace of arcane at all: "Why is there such a secret compartment that does not use arcane at all in this secret warehouse that is already very tight and has achieved the best arcane protection?"

Not far away, the Sword of Benevolence, who was packing things in the folding bag, lit up and laughed: "It's very simple, those who can enter here must be arcanists." Such a secret door, which does not use arcane arts at all, must be an important thing to hide from the arcanist. It seems that we are in luck, so let's open it and take a look. Maybe it's some precious material like dragon crystal. ”

"Probably not, that kind of thing will be sent to the Star Temple as soon as possible......" Pinglis shook his head, still buried his head and fiddled, and it didn't take long for a soft sound on the wall to be heard, and a secret door was opened.

The space inside is not large, but the lighting crystals inlaid around the walls are quite bright, and the things stored inside are clearly mapped, but what is stored in it is not any dragon crystal, nor anything related to arcane, but dozens of various women's dresses.

These women's clothes are extremely exquisitely made, the fabrics look quite extraordinary, and some of the occasional decorations on them are actually made of some arcane crystals and gems, which shows that these women's clothes are very valuable, and there is a small table where some wigs, foundations and other cosmetics are placed, and the two sides are facing each other. This is actually an extremely elaborate powder room.

"This ...... This ......" Pinris was completely stunned, unable to comprehend the scene in front of him. In an eerie cellar surrounded by corpse entrails, twisted creatures and organs, there is such a bright glow hidden in the powder room, where dozens of exquisite women's garments are stored. He couldn't think of anyone who could do it, and what was the point of doing it?

"Hahahaha, it's really a design with love. The sword of benevolence over there laughed. "I can feel the mood of the people who set up this darkroom and put these clothes. I just dissected a few experimental creatures alive, decomposed a few corpses, threw a few internal organs, dissolved and incinerated something, came over with a body of fatigue and the smell of corpse blood, put on makeup, changed into clothes, and then went to make specimens and fiddle with corpses or something. This is really a person who knows how to enjoy life. ”

"That's really ......" Pinris shook his head, still unable to comprehend the artistic conception of this. “... There aren't many people going to get in here, and even fewer women. It can't be Vice President Jefferson. Stephanie, that woman doesn't seem to be able to do such a thing...... Hmm? What is this? Wax figure?"

In the corner obscured by his clothes, Pinreis spotted two more figures standing still. These are two girls who look beautiful on the outside, each with their own style, and at first glance they thought they were models used to wear clothes such as wax figures or puppets, but when you look closely, you find that they are actually two living people.

"It's ...... Is it a puppet made with necromantic arcane?" Pingris went up and rolled the eyelids of a young girl, poked her face, and felt her pulse again, and was sure that this was a living person, but her vital signs were reduced to the limit, and her breathing and heartbeat were all absent. It's unlikely that this is the result of being controlled by mental arcane, but it can only be that the body has been completely transformed with necromantic arcane. "How is this modified? Is it a transplant or is it purely arcane? Why did you make it like this? These two women are good...... Why do you want to make it so inhuman, what a waste?"

"It seems to be a doll made by a guy with a special fetish...... It's just that this guy's clothing taste is really not very good. After the Sword of Benevolence had finished packing up his belongings, he walked over, looked at the two girls, and the two sets of clothes that seemed to have been changed from them on the hanger next to them, and then suddenly clapped his hands after a moment's silence. "Now that I've seen it, let me show you tasteless stinking people the real technology. ”