Chapter XXXVIII
The four of them rested for a night, and early the next morning, Xue Qiong and the bald head called out Xiao Yun from the basement, and left Minette who had not woken up at home, leaving a note, a few gold coins, and went straight to the magic guild.
The certificate that Sharan opened yesterday didn't do much either. Because when the concierge saw these four guys invited in by the president yesterday and came out unharmed, they knew that these were people they couldn't afford to mess with... He even wanted to return the red envelope that Xue Qiong gave him yesterday, but Xue Qiong smiled slightly and handed over a bigger red envelope.
The so-called soft hand, this guy immediately pulled a sweeper to temporarily top his own position, and then respectfully walked in front to lead the way.
It took several detours to reach the place where Shalan's descendant mages studied those magic arrays. And in fact, if Xue Qiong comes over by herself... He couldn't find his way, because he couldn't make a mark on the wall of someone else's territory.
The leader knocked twice on the door and retreated. Then the grand wooden door opened by itself, and a group of mages who had no image appeared in front of Xue Qiong's eyes.
A very noisy sound immediately poured into Xue Qiong's ears, and at the same time, he also saw a mess on the ground and on the table.
There were several blackboards hanging on the walls, and there were large sheets of scratch paper everywhere on the ground, and the mages kept writing and drawing, and from time to time they picked up the information that Xue Qiong gave them to confirm their eyes...
"No, that's not right! This doesn't make sense! These are obviously all fire attribute runes, but why is it that when the entire magic array is activated, it is a light attribute?! β
"Shante! Immediately put together all the earth-based runes you found!! This is a miraculous breakthrough in the history of magic!! The fifth element beyond fire, ice, light and darkness!! Oh, my God!! β
"Idiot! Don't launch this big one here! I'll go outside tomorrow and do the test!! β
"I'm sorry, Director An'er, we have to inform the Senate of the information about the Dark Elf Necromancy to unlock it, the distance to send the messenger plus the time to complete the formalities... If you'd like to do a comparison, I suggest you wait..."
"Coffee!! Coffee!! Damn, why do I, the archmage, pour my own coffee?! β
"Lord Shalan, we have roughly parsed this rune, but we need to use some materials to experiment, so please sign it..."
Sha Lan took her eyes off the magic array painted on the blackboard, signed without looking at the documents in her hand, and then turned to Xue Qiong and said, "I'm sorry to make you laugh..."
"Where, where... And I want to thank you. Xue Qiong glanced at the scene here again, to be honest, compared to the previous world, those researcher members were several times stronger, at least the number of people and knowledge base could not be compared.
Xiao Yun swallowed the sentence "Why can I see dark circles on the face of the dark elf...", and found that there seemed to be no place here where she could interject, so she had to look at Xue Qiong for help.
"Ms. Shalanβ" Xue Qiong didn't know what to say, "Is there anything we can do to help?" β
A white-bearded old man squatting on the floor, without raising his head, shouted, "Early! Early! Tell those garbage to hurry up and bring Lao Tzu's breakfast!! β
As a result, Xue Qiong and the three of them did chores all day in the Magic Guild.
But they did it willingly. Because in the process, they also participated in the research of the group of mages... In addition to recording some magic pattern information, Xue Qiong also discovered something from the side.
These magic arrays do not belong to the same system, but are a mixture of multiple systems. Not only will different magic arrays use different runes on the same functional structure, but the same magic array may also have different systems, and some people have even found runes from Arad Dalu... And why did the people of the Heart Association mix these things together in some places that were not necessary at all, even Xue Qiong didn't know, let alone that group of mages.
And there are some mages who have discovered this situation, and Xue Qiong can only say that his "hometown world" is an environment where multiple magic schools coexist, learn from each other and develop, and a hundred flowers bloom... Such.
At the end of the day, the three dragged their tired bodies back home. Sharan said it would take at least seven days for the things to be fully resolved, and promised to give them a copy of all the conclusions when the time came... That's the best news.
In the end, it is a group of people with a foundation, seven days is already very fast, you must know that in the predictions made by hackers and Huang Huihong together, it will take at least three years to analyze these things in the real world with the existing manpower...
However, regarding Xue Qiong's casual "salvation mission", Sha Lan reluctantly said that there is no relevant technology for crossing the plane in the magic guild, but they can combine their existing knowledge to help formulate a plan and provide a few pieces of magic equipment as support, as for the way to return to "that world", Xue Qiong and they need to find it themselves.
For Shalan's this... The attitude of throwing the pot if he wants to absorb that knowledge, Xue Qiong is noncommittal on the surface, but in his heart, he is right in the middle. Because at that time, he can also use the excuse of "going to the Void Ancestor to find help outside of magic", and justifiably leave the sight of the magic guild without being suspected.
After Xue Qiong and the three returned to the villa, they didn't find Minette's figure... But the basement door was open.
"Minette! Didn't you say you should not go to the basement?! Xiao Yun rushed down in a hurry, and then saw...
The two maids who were still diligently pouring tea in the morning, when the three of them left, they were casually stripped naked by Xiaoyun, tied to the collar with iron chains, and locked in a basement without lights, ready to let them go for a day, and then continue to play when they came back in the evening.
But now, there was an oil lamp in the basement, and one of the maids had fallen to the ground in a bloody blur, and it looked like she was not alive. The other, with his hands hanging from the ceiling, his mouth gagged but not blindfolded, was excitedly dodging the soldering iron in Minette's hand with his white cheeks.
Xiao Yun hurriedly stopped Minette and threw the soldering iron in her hand aside. The bald head threw a healing spell at the maid who was still alive, and then turned around and left the basement...
The cook was played like this, and he was going to go out and buy something to eat. After a long period of sleeping in the open, he believed that no one wanted to enjoy their own clumsy cooking skills in this luxurious villa.
Xiao Yun slapped Minette's little ass heavily and said in a deep voice, "Do you know what you did wrong?" β
Minette was quite aggrieved, tears came down in her eyes, and she whimpered: "Sister Xiaoyun... You're leaving in the morning, and Minette has nothing to do at home, so I want to practice the torture skills I learned from you..."
As soon as this cute little girl cried, Xiao Yun was completely defenseless, and hurriedly took Minette into her arms, saying "I'm sorry, it's all our fault, leaving you here alone..."
"Wow!! I thought you didn't want me anymore!! Minette cried even louder, after all, her heart had been hit too many times, and today Xue Qiong and their behavior of throwing her home and going out... It really hurt her a lot.
Xue Qiong sighed, at this time, someone must be ruthless. He moved a stool and sat down, and then said solemnly: "Minette, your sister Xiaoyun loves you, but I still have to say some things." β
Minette wiped her tears and looked at Xue Qiong with some timidity.
"First." Xue Qiong raised a finger, "Did it ever happen when you were a child that someone went to play with other people's toys without authorization and broke them?" β
"Brother Xue Qiong, I know it's wrong..."Minette grabbed the corner of her clothes, "I used to break Xiao Jie'er's doll, because she said I didn't have a mother, and in the end I was the eldest sister... Woooooo Big sister head... Where are you now! β
Xue Qiong rubbed her eyebrows, originally thought that Xiao Yun's side like a child was enough, but now there is a Minette... He originally thought that he was used to it, but he didn't expect that it would be more troublesome than he imagined.
"You'll see Luxie again... But now, Minette, think for yourself. Xue Qiong continued: "That little Jie'er must like her doll very much, right?" It took a long time and effort to dress it up, right? That's why when you break her doll, she's very angry..."
"And your sister Xiaoyun, yesterday and the day before yesterday, spent two whole nights on these two people... If you kill one of them, do you think she'll be sad? β
"Hmm..."Minette bowed her head at Xiao Yun, "I'm sorry, Sister Xiao Yun..."
"Good boy..."Xiao Yun gently cupped Minette's face, kissed her lightly on the forehead, and said with a smile: "Sister is not angry now~"
"Second." Xue Qiong pointed to the corpse lying on the ground completely regardless of the occasion, "You call torture?" Not to mention that this is not a situation that requires you to torture information at all, and the object you chose is not right, just say that you have seen me and Xiaoyun, when we tortured people, we directly killed people? β
"Torture itself is a kind of work. Therefore, when carrying out this kind of activity, it is the purpose that should be put in the first place. So Minette, did you think of these things when you were 'practicing'? β
"Also, I don't see any traces of torture or creation in them... Are you really following our example? β
"I haven't," Minette was a little arrogant this time, "but it's the first time I've done such a thing!" And I don't want to do it... Also, I learned some lessons, and I wanted to do it to this other..."