When the Ice Lotus Gang took off their coats, they paid attention to the burning scars that almost split the person, and suddenly realized that the problem was not only that the clothes were torn, and their expressions turned to worry, and they no longer had the interest in joking. "What's the matter with you, did you meet and fight with the Ringed Magician?"

You can understand it this way. ”

"What kind of answer is this?" Bing Lian said dissatisfied. When he went out, he said that he was completing the mission of the Wizards Association, tracking down an inexplicable lingua franca bird, but when he came back, he was injured in embarrassment. With the healing power close to the Seven Rings and the scorch scars of such a condition, things must not be so simple.

At this moment, the two personal maids next door knocked on the door in full dress, and after saluting, they were shocked to see the babies in the corner, but they quickly restrained their unrealistic nonsense and asked what they were told.

While changing clothes, Jiao Ming repeated the baby's matter, and asked Luohua to send it to the address tomorrow, and took this opportunity to think of a story about encountering the high-ring magician blocking the way, and then not knowing each other and resolving the misunderstanding. But soon he shot this plan again, his lying skills are a scum in front of Binglian, it is better not to be self-defeating, this will only arouse the other party's interest more.

"The bird was a little bit of a little bit of a blow and was a little injured by negligence. ”

"Negligence?" Ice Lotus was still skeptical.

"yes, you don't think it's not. At that time, I chased after the black goo, and after this blow, I became alert, and the bird blew itself up when it saw that there was nothing to do with me, and there were no bones left. ”

Binglian was suspicious, waved her hand and motioned for the maid with the child and the maid with the torn clothes to go out, and then said, "Let's take a look at the soul exchange." To be honest, I kind of suspect that you are messing with flowers and grass in the Red Mountain Kingdom, if you have children, it is exactly this age. ”

Jiao Ming's eyes widened, he never expected such a result, and shouted: "Wronged!"

"It doesn't matter, innocence will be proven soon. As she spoke, Bing Lian raised her arm and touched Jiao Ming's forehead, which was the starting form of soul communication.

Jiao Ming grabbed this hand and put it on his lips and kissed it lightly, "It's really no big deal, this precious soul exchange opportunity is still left to the alien race." If you have to, I also have the conditions, you see that this time is not too early or late, then it is still too late......"

With a soft snap, Binglian turned off the light and said coquettishly: "Sleep, don't be blind." ”

Jiao Mingyan breathed a sigh of relief, and the matter seemed to be safe. If Binglian is allowed to see the battle just now, combined with those blockbuster movies she saw in her dreams, it is likely to have unnecessary associations.

The next day, Jiao Ming borrowed a little manpower from the portal company to search for the drone's self-detonation point with a diameter of 200 meters, and there were a lot of mechanical parts, but it was like a jigsaw puzzle with ninety percent of the pieces missing, and it was impossible to put together completely, so it was impossible to estimate the original appearance outline. However, judging by the quantity, this drone is not small.

Of course, from the point of view of irreparability and ban, the fragment cannot be used as evidence to be handed over to the Wizards' Guild. In addition, whether this drone is a dead wing bird, although Jiao Ming has already determined it, there is also a fluke mentality.

But that luck was shattered three days later. The one who was crouching heard strange noises during the day, and successfully photographed the so-called 'Deathwing Bird' with his camera. Jiao Ming was repairing the portal in the underground world at the time, and he didn't receive the signal in time, but only saw the photo afterwards.

Judging from a few photos with no photographic technology at all, this 'Dead Wing Bird' is undoubtedly a drone, but it is not the four arms and four wings commonly used for photography on the earth, and the overall shape is very similar to the paint and birds, but the propeller is driven, and the wings do not move. It's no wonder that the people of this world are named 'Deathwing Birds'. And this deceptive paint reminds Jiao Ming of the fake monkeys and fake penguins that can be called 'terrifying' in a sense in a documentary about observing animals.

In addition, in terms of size, it is difficult to judge from the blue sky and white clouds in the background of the photo, so Jiao Ming asked the squatting man.

The man rolled his eyes and remembered for a moment, gestured with his hands again, and said. "Estimated...... The wings are far from each other to fit four people, which should be six meters away, and the distance between the head and tail is about the same. ”

Jiao Ming nodded, not surprised by this size. "Okay, I'll go hand in a mission first, and if it's done, I'll send you back. ”

"Wait, sir. The squatting man hurriedly grabbed Jiao Ming.

"How?"

The villagers below brought the baby up again. ”

"Do you still want to adopt?" Jiao Ming asked suspiciously.

The squatting man had a bitter look on his face. "It's too much, it's too adoptive. And when I was idle, I walked around the nearby hills, and I saw a lot of babies who had frozen to death, all of them under the age of three. Please find a way to help, this is too uncomfortable to hold in your heart. ”

Jiao Ming's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked confirmatively, "How much?"

"No less than dozens. "The squatting man's face is ugly, but there is no more sadness, obviously this 'native' of this world, has seen life and death, and it is okay to occasionally be kind, but he is not the Virgin at all. If you can save it, it's good, if you can't save it, forget it, it's just that the children's lives are not good.

Jiao Ming realized that things were not simple and decided to postpone the task. First, he instructed the squatting guard to bring all the people who were still saved, and to send more food.

Then he took out the task description and checked the ownership of the area, but to no avail. He immediately flew down the mountain and soon found a settlement, but gave up after a little communication with the villagers who were kneeling on the ground. In desperation, he teleported back to the crocodile tie and butterfly, but it still didn't work, the accent of the villagers was too strong, and it was difficult to communicate in depth if they could ask simple questions.

"Ask them where the lord of this place is?" Jiao Ming asked impatiently.

Dieda relayed. The villager raised his arm and pointed northwest. Jiao Ming stopped talking nonsense, picked up the butterfly and took off. After flying for about 20 minutes, I saw a simple compound, which was a three-story building in the shape of a villa, half concrete and half wood.

By the standards of the Red Mountain Kingdom, this shabby appearance is probably a medium-sized baron family, or a down-and-out viscount family. However, considering that this place is just an ordinary second- or third-rate kingdom, the standard should be lowered by half a block.

And the fact is just as Jiao Ming expected, with the strongest person in the house: a native five-ring man with a simple greeting, he learned that this is the richest baron family in the neighborhood. And it belongs to the kingdom of Dezel.

Jiao Ming remembered for a moment, remembering that when he went to the Advanced Magician Academy with Binglian, he passed through this kingdom on his way to escape after being attacked. However, after only a brief distraction, Jiao Ming asked about the abandoned baby. This steward also has the consciousness of facing the strong, and knows everything and says everything.

According to its version, it was a custom in several nearby noble realms to send children under the age of three up to the mountain in the event of a hunger or the sight of a death-winged bird.

Jiao Ming twitched the corners of his mouth, but he was noncommittal, and just asked, "Is there a hunger epidemic?"

The steward nodded sadly. "There has been a hunger epidemic in two villages. Seven or eight days ago, there were reports of seeing a deadwing bird. ”

"What about the kingdom of Dezel?"

"Sorry, I don't know about this little one. ”

Jiao Ming also realized that he had asked the wrong person. I simply let him lead the way, wanting to see what this hunger plague that has never heard of its name and has never seen its form looks like.

"Can I give you a guide? The steward said tremblingly.

This is undoubtedly a sign of fear of death. There is both fear of the disobedient and the fear of starvation. Jiao Ming was not interested in what it was difficult for a strongman, nodded in agreement, and then carried the guide, held the carrot, and flew in the direction of the target.

However, the next scene made Jiao Ming almost fall to the ground, the shack in the village had turned to ashes, and there was a pile of charred dead bodies at the entrance of the village. The overlapping state of limbs has a full visual impact and the power to shock the soul.

"Is that the same with another village?" Jiao Ming asked. Thinking about the autumn at the beginning of the crossing, the attitude of the crocodile leading the northern castle towards the plague, at this time, there was not even the leisure to investigate whether there were 'unsick' in this pile of corpses.

"Yes, sir. The guide replied in half-baked lingua franca.

Obviously, he couldn't find out more, so Jiao Ming gave up, sent the guide back to his place, said goodbye briefly, and teleported to the mage tower of Sasu, the vice president of the Wizards' Association, who had taken over the task, and informed Emily. Ten minutes later, Emily appeared, delivered the task after a brief greeting, and after successfully exchanging the task points, she smiled and greeted Jiao Ming before leaving.

Jiao Ming hurriedly grabbed the other party, "I want to check the information about the 'hunger epidemic', ...... you see?"

Seeing Jiao Ming's solemn expression, Emily probably guessed that her apprentice wanted to solve this matter, and asked confirmatively: "What kind of information?" Regarding this disease, there are only simple records of outbreaks in various places in the Wizards' Association, and there is no information on the direction of research, after all, this is not a hospital. ”

Jiao Ming has no time to criticize this mentality of not caring about the life and death of the people at the bottom at this moment. "Then where there may be research data......"

Emily pondered for a moment and replied, "There will be some of the royal families and noble families of the major kingdoms, but I'm not sure yet. In addition, in a historical document, it seems to be recorded that the Red Mountain Kingdom and the Sage Society studied the starvation plague a hundred years ago, but it is not enough, you can ask Toischa to check it. ”

Jiao Ming thanked him, watched Emily teleport away, and sent Dieda away, only then did he return to the squatting point, but he saw that there were already five or six little dolls in the shack, but the squatting guard was nowhere to be seen. Jiao Ming took off his coat and covered the baby, added some firewood to the bonfire, and sat down and waited.

Not long after, the squatting man returned, but his hands were empty, and his expression was full of fear.

"What's wrong?" Jiao Ming asked, handing over the food.

"Hunger. The squatting man trembled and said, "The child I just went to find has not frozen to death, but he has a starvation epidemic." I didn't dare to touch it and came back. ”

Jiao Ming's pupils shrank, and he said urgently: "Where is the child, take me to see it." ”

"Please come with me, sir. ”

The two of them ran through the woods and soon reached the location. Then Jiao Ming gasped, exactly like in the description: skinny living skeletons.

The child's body, the skeleton's appearance, not only crawled slightly, shouted softly, but also shivered from the cold. And because there are no clothes, everything is more red and fruitful. According to the uncanny valley theory, even if the baby's appearance falls to the bottom, it is not far away.

"My lord, there is a hunger epidemic here, so forget about the children in the shack. The squatting man said softly, interrupting Jiao Ming's daze.

"Hmm...... What?"

The squatting man repeated.

Jiao Ming heard it clearly this time, and wanted to reprimand two sentences, but he couldn't say it after all. "Don't worry, just go back to quarantine and observe for a while, the crocodile collar is not bad for these few bites. ”

The squatting man said no more.

Jiao Ming struggled inwardly for a moment, but he still stepped forward slowly, communicated with the water magic medium, and tried to treat the sick baby by treating external injuries, but it was only a few minutes, and it was determined that there was no effect.

This body is like a small thin sea, and even if it is watered, it will not be able to hold its magic power at all. As soon as the water is cut off, it will immediately return to dryness. That is to say, unless it is hung by a water magician with more than six rings, it is death.

"Your Excellency, you don't want to ......"

"Please, let him die without pain, and not too bloody. Jiao Ming slowly retreated, and said in a hoarse voice.

The squatting man was stunned, stepped forward, and flicked a finger on the baby's chest, making a muffled sound and a slight bone breaking. And sure enough, the baby didn't move again. Jiao Ming raised his hand, and a cloud of dirt floated into the air, and then fell to cover the baby.

"Let's go back. ”

This is undoubtedly a sign of fear of death. There is both fear of the disobedient and the fear of starvation. Jiao Ming was not interested in what it was difficult for a strongman, nodded in agreement, and then carried the guide, held the carrot, and flew in the direction of the target.

However, the next scene made Jiao Ming almost fall to the ground, the shack in the village had turned to ashes, and there was a pile of charred dead bodies at the entrance of the village. The overlapping state of limbs has a full visual impact and the power to shock the soul.

"Is that the same with another village?" Jiao Ming asked. Thinking about the autumn at the beginning of the crossing, the attitude of the crocodile leading the northern castle towards the plague, at this time, there was not even the leisure to investigate whether there were 'unsick' in this pile of corpses.

"Yes, sir. The guide replied in half-baked lingua franca.

Obviously, he couldn't find out more, so Jiao Ming gave up, sent the guide back to his place, said goodbye briefly, and teleported to the mage tower of Sasu, the vice president of the Wizards' Association, who had taken over the task, and informed Emily. Ten minutes later, Emily appeared, delivered the task after a brief greeting, and after successfully exchanging the task points, she smiled and greeted Jiao Ming before leaving.

Jiao Ming hurriedly grabbed the other party, "I want to check the information about the 'hunger epidemic', ...... you see?"

Seeing Jiao Ming's solemn expression, Emily probably guessed that her apprentice wanted to solve this matter, and asked confirmatively: "What kind of information?" Regarding this disease, there are only simple records of outbreaks in various places in the Wizards' Association, and there is no information on the direction of research, after all, this is not a hospital. ”

Jiao Ming has no time to criticize this mentality of not caring about the life and death of the people at the bottom at this moment. "Then where there may be research data......"