It was afternoon and there was still not a single guest in Creeping Pony.

Coupled with the inexplicable turmoil of the city guards, guests will choose to take refuge in a union-certified tavern. The Guild-Certified Tavern is home to powerful adventurers and bounty hunters, who usually pick up orders on the tavern board to complete tasks. Naturally, these bounty hunters and adventurers can also be hired on a temporary basis to protect guests entering the tavern.

The "Creeping Pony" is small in size, has not been certified by the union, and usually the customers who come are just old customers from the neighborhood, but now that this situation has happened, it is even less likely that customers will come. Therefore, the only clerk also left the place for temporary refuge in the same place.

In the empty store, Xia Zuo's sudden visit startled the persistent shopkeeper. He bought the only animal fat left in the kitchen, although he didn't know what he wanted to do.

It wasn't long before two more customers arrived, and the tavern owner thought that business was starting to pick up, but now it looked like they were going to fight.

I wanted to lash out as before - no fights were allowed in the tavern, and any damage to the facilities would result in triple compensation. But seeing that it was Rupert and Jenny, the shopkeeper made a plan to give up, and could only hope that they didn't really want to fight... The three of them had been together before, and they had borrowed the kitchen, so wasn't the relationship between the three of them quite harmonious at that time, what happened?

"Answer me, Xia Zuo," Rupert took a step forward, reciting a spell in his thoughts, "what kind of treasure did you steal from the palace?!" ”

"Which one? ... I'm afraid it's more than that, and it's a hassle to count. Xia Zuo was nonchalant, blinking at the inventory to synthesize new items.

"I've always wanted to ask, why do you always blink inexplicably?" Jenny looked at Xia Zuo suspiciously.

"Busy with trivial things, do you know soap? It is said to have been discovered in primitive times during the incineration of animal carcasses. Xia Zuo said as he stalled for time.

"Huh?" Rupert wondered, "What soap?" Is that the lost treasure in the royal palace? ”

Natsuzuo selects butter and ash in the inventory to craft soap and a small amount of glycerin, soap is an item that exists in the background of the game era, and judging from Rupert's reaction, such an item may not exist in the Andu Kingdom area.

What is needed is not soap, but glycerin, a by-product, which is an important ingredient for the synthesis of "flashbangs". Why there is a "Ignite" spell mark as a smoke bomb, and the "Flame Explosion" spell mark that can also explode cannot replace glycerin, Xia Zuo can't understand it. Inventory slots can only be crafted according to a preset program, and if they are not preset, you may be able to try crafting them in the future.

"Of course not, what is lost in the palace is the treasure of the whole room." Anyway, the synthesis is complete - "Brief Flashbang". After all, there were contacts before, and Xia Zuo didn't want to fight with them, so he planned to experiment with the effect of the new props by the way.

"Since you admit it, then please cooperate, we need to arrest you and bring you to justice, for the sake of past acquaintances." Rupert said solemnly. Immediately afterward, he unleashed his specialty magic "Dementia" - causing enemies with a strength lower than him to lose their sense of action and spin in place, with a maximum of 250 people at a time.

Purple light spread rapidly from Rupert's body to all directions, sweeping over everyone present.

Jenny and Xia Zuo didn't seem to have changed, and they all looked at Rupert suspiciously.

Only in the tavern bar, there was the sound of bodies hitting the long wood, causing a row of cups on the bar to vibrate and clang.

Xia Zuo didn't look back, he was looking for an opportunity, and he judged what kind of magic it was from the magic effect just now.

Jenny at the right angle only saw that the tavern owner was walking back and forth behind the bar like a drunk, blinded, and did not hide when he saw obstacles, just like the goblins who had been trapped by Rupert's spell before... However, the owner's scope of activity for the time being is only in the bar.

Rupert gritted his teeth resentfully, and sure enough, Xia Zuo's strength was above his own, and his skills were ineffective...... But on the other hand, why is Jenny's strength above herself!?

Even if Jenny is put in a state of "dementia", Rupert has a way to solve the spell alone.

"It's a handy war-free magic, but it's a pity." Xia Zuo took out the "Brief Flashbang" from his bag and threw it forward, just the moment it touched the ground.

Swish! The deafening explosion was accompanied by a strong white light, which made people lose their vision for a moment.

"Be careful!" Rupert, who had persistent tinnitus, noted the location of the last Jenny, and pounced on it out of protection, turning his back towards the source of the explosion.

…… But no pain in your back, no injuries?

The faint feeling of his arm being nudged lasted for about twenty seconds, and Rupert's vision went from being white to seeing his surroundings again.

The buzzing of the tinnitus faded away, and he began to hear what Jenny was saying to himself in front of him—a look of displeasure.

"I mean, you're too strong to hug people, aren't you!?" Jenny's words finally became clear from the haze.

"Where's Xia Zuo!?" Rupert let go of his hand and looked back, confirming that Jenny was safe and sound, and felt a lot more relieved.

However, Xia Zuo had long disappeared behind him, and only the tavern owner in the bar was still colliding left and right.

"I can't move because of my strength!" Jenny continued to complain, then pointed to one side, "Xia Zuo just jumped out of the window, after throwing the glittering ball. ”

Rupert rushed over and pushed open the half-hidden windows—the streets were silent and empty. Obviously, Xia Zuo has run away.

"Why don't you chase?!" Rupert turned his head and accused.

Jenny curled her lower lip and lifted her left sleeve to reveal a red handprint on her thin, white arm that had just been held by a panicked Rupert.

Rupert scratched his head helplessly, and by the way, wiped away the tears that had accumulated in the corners of his eyes due to the dazzling bright light just now, even if he didn't look in the mirror, Rupert felt that his eyes must be bloodshot at this moment. The eyes and ears have pain that does not go away for a long time.

"Huh? Why are you okay? Rupert saw that Jenny's eyes were as clear as if she had slept 12 hours a day.

"Do you mean bright light and harsh noise?" Jenny understood the other party's question, and then spread her hands helplessly, "I have a little cold today, and the sound that can be heard in my ears is not big, and my eyes suddenly felt uncomfortable just now, so I rubbed it... Even with your eyes closed, you can feel the strong light from the outside world. When I opened my eyes again, the flash seemed to be over, and Natsu moved quickly to the window in a half-squatting position, and fled. ”

Rupert choked for a moment.

"Then there's good news," Jenny continued, with a happy expression, "After the inexplicable weapon released by Xia Zuo just now, my cold has improved a lot, you can stand far away and speak, I can hear it clearly~"

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