No. 229 Omen of great evil
July 2, fine.
Today's weather is good, the blue sky sweeps away yesterday's clouds, the crimson sun releases the summer heat, and the temperature of Fernandi gradually rises under the scorching sun.
Although the name of the Flame Girl Tavern is "Flame Girl", because of the relationship between the stone lotus potted plants, the tavern is like a summer resort, coupled with the high-definition magic TV hanging high on the wall, many guests want to stay after eating, but in the end they are still squeezed out - because the flow of people is too strong!
At noon, Rowan suddenly received news from Baal that with the cooperation of multiple families, a medicinal powder that can be used to break through the demon's disguise has finally been developed!
Next, it only needs to be mass-produced first, and then the powder will be distributed, and then the demons in the whole city will be hunted down, and this crisis of Fernandi will be temporarily over!
In such an emergency, almost all the merchant aristocrats banded together, and when the Countess of Safi published the detailed recipe for the powder, a large amount of the powder was made.
At about five o'clock in the afternoon, even East Street, where Rowan was located, had already distributed a large amount of medicinal powder.
The old man who was the caretaker of East Street distributed the medicinal powder to each store one by one, and Rowan also obtained a whole bag of medicinal powder from his hand, which was a pale yellow medicine powder that exuded a little fishy smell.
And the use of this medicinal powder is also very simple, as long as it is soaked in water to dissolve into a potion, and then the potional is sprinkled on the human skin, it can make the human skin disguised by the demon be stimulated, and then cracked!
Of course, because the powder is non-toxic and harmless, as long as you take it in a small amount, it will be fine, so it can also be used orally.
However, Rowan did not have the idea of drugging the food, because the taste of the powder was very strong, which would greatly destroy the deliciousness of the food.
He simply made the powder into a potion, poured it into a basin of water, and guided everyone who entered the store to wash their hands, and that's it.
But in this way, as long as there is a little brain, the demon should not be mixed into the tavern.
But that's just the response of the Flame Girl Tavern.
Outside, the people who had finally obtained the Demon Breaking Spell were already completely excited, and more and more people were carrying basins full of potions, and then splashed some when they saw people.
The passers-by who were splashed by the water also smiled quite understandingly, and even quickly joined in, splashing water around with a basin of water.
Demons are not monsters without intelligence, and under this general trend, of course, they can't go to the streets to splash people with water!
As a result, it is not safe to hide at home, and the adventurers who accept the task will splash water on the door one by one to verify, and every household is no exception!
Pull out the demons and destroy them once and for all!
This is a matter for the whole people, and everyone will give it their convenience.
So, one demon after another was pulled out!
When I saw those demons emerge from the cracked human skin, the fear and screams of the demons, and the sadness and pain of the replacement of their loved ones, were all presented.
Inevitably, the demons who jumped over the wall caused sacrifice and destruction, and chaos took place in every corner of Fernandi.
But this is a necessary process.
……
At about six o'clock in the evening, Rowan and Barr made a phone porridge.
Rowan sighed, "If you were a demon, what would you do in the face of such a large-scale search? ”
"I don't want to face it, but if I were a demon, I would have escaped from the city in human skin, or I would have been hiding in unsearched corners, such as sewers, garbage dumps, graveyards," Barr said...... In Fernandi, there are still many such places. ”
Rowan shook his head: "If I were a demon, I would be in the labyrinth by now." So, have you ever figured out which labyrinth's key has been destroyed? ”
Barr was silent: "All the families, including the countess, refused to show the key. The key is the foundation of the eight families, and if they don't say it, outsiders won't even know what the key looks like, and they won't be able to snatch it. ”
Rowan couldn't help but yawn: "Then it's troublesome, then did you let people patrol the maze?" I don't know what methods those demons will use. But since those big demons can break the rules of the maze and make the monsters in the maze gush out of the maze, there is no guarantee that those little demons can't do it, right? This phenomenon has already occurred in our water labyrinth, and there are even monsters that have infiltrated the town. ”
Barr said, "Yes, yes. But now every labyrinth is a little bit out of the ordinary, and they're still discussing how to deal with it. ”
"They" refers to the aristocratic families who were so powerful that they could influence the whole of Fernandi.
At present, every maze is abnormal, in fact, the most direct coping strategy should be to take out the key and temporarily seal all the mazes, which is the safest!
But Fernandi is a labyrinthine city, and once the labyrinth is shut down, Fernandi's entire economic chain will suffer horrific losses.
And even at this time, there are still a large number of adventurers exploring and adventuring within the labyrinth.
Even if the nobles had sent someone to inform them, it would be impossible for them to go deep into the labyrinth.
Rowan said: "So, that's the trouble of not having a communication system. If everyone had a mobile phone, the world would take a big step forward. ”
Barr wondered, "What is a cell phone?" ”
Rowan helplessly: "It's a bomb." ”
The social bomb, the economic bomb, but also the bomb itself.
……
Tonight, the people of Fernandi were indulging in a game of hide and seek with the demons, and even the tavern was much less crowded, and the clerks became very idle for a while.
Rowan asked Lu Yuan to escort Lisa, Alice, and Anna home, and then moved all kinds of daily necessities and change of clothes from their homes.
The store next door has been renovated and is welcoming them.
Rowan and Qin Ying also moved some things in, but it was just a proper cover-up, and once the demonic incident settled, they would still go back to live in the small hut.
When everything was taken care of, they had a supper in the tavern, and the time unconsciously moved to eleven o'clock in the evening.
The tavern closed its doors, and the group entered the storefront next door, which was rightfully used as the base for the Misty Forest adventure guild.
"We're finally a guild with a base!"
Alice stretched her body and made a lazy sound, the great omen on her chest bounced violently, and the buttons of the maid's suit suddenly burst out!
Luo Wen frowned fiercely: "A great omen!" ”
……
It is indeed a great omen.
As Alice pitifully begged Anna to help with the buttons, someone came to the door.
The man banged desperately on the door of the tavern, his face full of nervousness, anxiety and other emotions, his body was already sweating profusely, and there were still a lot of blood stains.
But now that it was almost night, and there was not even a single light in the tavern, didn't he think about the possibility that there was no one inside?
Or is he desperate? Can only come to the tavern for help with the mentality of just in case?
But the fierce knock on the door always attracted the attention of the people in the base next door, and Lu Yuan, who lived on the first floor, walked out of the room with a sleepy face wearing bright red pajamas.
"Who!"
During the time he walked from the door of the room to the door, his mind quickly cleared up, and his vigilance was raised.
He pressed the deadbolt and did not pull it open, but asked through the door, "Who is knocking?" ”
After a while, the person who knocked on the door reacted, hurriedly came to the door of the base here, and asked anxiously, "Excuse me, where are all the people in the tavern next door?" ”
Lu Yuan's mind turned around and said, "How late is this?" Definitely went back to each other. Who are you looking for? ”
The man was silent for a long time, and then said, "I'm looking for Alice, do you know where Alice lives now?" ”
"Looking for Alice?" Lu Yuan said, "The people of the Son of the Farm? ”
This time, the man didn't hesitate: "That's right. I'm Fitz the Son of the Farm, Pizza the Scud! Please tell me where Alice is, I'm in a hurry with her. ”
"Looking for me? Is it Fitz? What is he doing here? ”
Alice appeared at the top of the stairs.
The man knocked on the door and spoke so loudly that it was hard not to hear it.
Luo Wen also walked out of Qin Ying's room, yawning and saying, "Open the door and ask." ”
After Lu Yuan heard this, he opened the door casually.
Seeing the door open, Nafitz quickly glared, but saw Alice and Rowan standing at the staircase on the second floor for the first time.
"It's Alice!"
He was immediately pleasantly surprised: "Alice, hurry up and take me to the tavernkeeper, we need his help!" ”
Rowan couldn't help but blink, he had no impression of this Fitz, and the other party obviously didn't know him.
But this is actually normal, he has only been to the Farm Sons twice, and there are indeed a few members who have not had a chance to see each other because of missions and other reasons, and I think this Fitz is one of them.
"Scud Fitz, is he a speed-type adventurer?"
He thought for a moment, and without waiting for Alice to speak, he said, "Hello, I'm the tavern owner you're looking for." Don't tell me John that something happened to them, that's why you came to me for help, right? ”
Sister Shui, who had promised to teach him wind attribute magic, had not appeared, and he had some bad premonitions in his heart, so he asked this question.
But to his surprise, Fitz nodded without hesitation: "John, they are trapped in the water labyrinth, please save them!" ”
……
This Scud Fitz is an adventurer who only returned to Fernandi a few days ago, when the story of Rowan saving the Countess has spread very widely, and he is just in time for a big mission of the Farm Children Adventure Guild, so he goes deep into the water labyrinth with the guild members!
"What? Your mission turned out to be stealing the eggs of the Azurite Dragon? ”
After Luo Wen heard what he said, he suddenly exclaimed: "Didn't your guild just escape from the minions of the Blue Crystal Dragon a few days ago?" Why would you still want to provoke that creature? ”
"This time it's different." Scud Fitz said in a deep voice, "The last time I encountered a large group of rampaging Azubra dragons in a hurry, they were seriously injured. And this time, not only did we have sufficient preparations, but we also obtained information on the distribution of the Azurite Dragon's lair in advance. We're just stealing, not hunting the Azurite Dragon! What's more, there is also an A-rank adventure guild participating in this mission! The A-level adventure guild, plus the two B-rank adventure guilds like us, a total of four guilds' joint missions, we originally thought we could succeed......"
"But now you're here for help!" Luo Wen covered his head violently, "Which Erha took this task?" And which brain-dead mission was released? ”
Fitz said bitterly: "The one who issued the task was Count Raul of the Bird of Paradise family, saying that he wanted to domesticate a dinosaur after watching some movie called "Dinosaur Century". And it was our president Blake who advocated taking the task, but the mission reward this time was too generous, and it was no wonder that he was not surprised. ”
Regardless of what the garbage movie of "Dinosaur Century" is, Rowan said that he does not carry this pot!
But he never expected that the person who advocated taking this task would be the rational and calm Blake?
Could it be that love can really make people lose their minds?
Immediately afterward, Fitz took out a task sheet from his body, which was printed with the family glow of the head of the Bird of Paradise family.
The bird of paradise, not a bird, but a flower, is also known as the bird of paradise flower.
The badge was engraved with a red flower, the bird of paradise, with its bright petals, which looked like a small red bird with wings from a distance.
And Rowan is still quite familiar with this badge, when they were on their way to the food conference, they once collided with a horse-drawn carriage, and the badge on that carriage was this bird of paradise!
Rowan: "Count Raul of the Bird of Paradise Family...... If something goes wrong with your mission, why don't you go to the Adventure Alliance, or even to this Count Raul? ”
Fitz smiled wryly: "The Adventure Alliance has no obligation to ensure the personal safety of adventurers. Our guild has also received a deposit, and the dangers encountered on the way to this mission can only be borne by ourselves. Our guild is full of thrill-loving people who like challenges, so we finally took on this task. It's just that we never expected that when we quietly touched the vicinity of the Azure Dragon's lair, those dragons became berserk for unknown reasons and rushed out of the lair directly! Under the onslaught of the dragons, all four of our guilds were scattered. I went the opposite way with a few members and hid in a groove in the top of the dragon's lair, and until today, it's been two days! Only I can rely on my own inherent magic to escape and call for help. ”
Rowan hurriedly asked, "Who is hiding in the dragon's lair with you?" Are John and Sister Water there? ”
There is a saying that people are close to each other, and they are close to each other.
Rowan doesn't care about all the members of the Farm Sons like Alice, he cares most about John and Sister Water in it, and the others, he doesn't know very well, although he is slightly worried, but he will not be anxious because of this.
[PS: Thanks to innocent0218 for the 1000 starting coins, thanks to Ai Dongfang and Liu'an for the 100 starting coins for the first time they met.] 】