"Boom—"

A whole row of machines smashed to the ground, and in the blink of an eye, the private inquiry room became a mess, and a large amount of dust filled the entire space.

"Master, I'll go find change to help you!"

Stephanie's reaction was still very fast, and she immediately guessed what Xia wanted to say just now, and got out of the wall.

"Don't ...... Walk ......"

Xia's mental power seems to have reached its limit, and she looked at the black-clothed Lori in the distance weakly:

There's so much movement here, what if someone comes? Can't you move me to a safe place first!

Maybe they were really telepathic, and Stephanie flew back.

"Master, I thought about it for a while, I don't feel at ease about leaving you here alone, let's rest here first, I'll protect you!"

The black-clothed Lori helped Xia to the seat, let her gently lean on the terminal that was only half left, picked up the black long knife and put it close to her body, and looked around as if she was facing a great enemy.

“……”

Xia didn't even have the strength to talk to her, and closed his eyes when he saw the petite body trying to pick up a weapon to act as a guard.

After a while, I felt a small body burrow into my arms.

"I've always thought it's strange, why is it an artifact...... The body will be warm. ”

Thinking so, she leaned back and fell into a deep stupor.

……

I don't know how long it took, but Natsu woke up from his seat.

She tried to open her eyes and looked around, and the first thing she saw was that Lori in black was looking at her with her big eyes.

"Master, you've only slept for less than 2 hours, so let's rest again."

Stephanie got up from her arms and said with a worried look on her face.

"Now...... What time is it? ”

Xia tried to move his body, and found that he could barely use his strength, so he struggled to stand up with the terminal.

Before he could stand up straight, he felt his feet go limp, and he almost fell to the ground.

Stephanie hurriedly supported her with her own body and helped her back to her seat.

"What kind of swordsmanship was that just now, I became like this after using it once."

Xia smiled bitterly and looked at the row of destroyed terminals, this terrifying destructive power, no wonder he was so tired that he fainted.

"Master, it's 4:40 a.m., and it's not even 5 a.m."

Once she had been placed, Stephanie replied softly.

Well?

Xia instinctively felt that something was wrong:

There was a lot of commotion just now, but it's been so long that no one has come to check it?

"Stephanie, help me up."

She put her hand on Stephanie's shoulder, don't look at the little Lori in black is not big, but her strength is not weak, and she can easily support her body.

Of course, this also has to do with her lower weight.

"Has no one been outside all this time?"

She walked over to the wall, leaned against it, gasped, and asked.

"Not a single one, master."

Stephanie replied as she took the knife and grabbed her arm.

"That's weird."

Xia felt as if his whole body was about to disperse, and moved towards the door with difficulty, step by step.

At the beginning, I slept for three days in the airship hall because of mental overdraft, but this time, even my strength was drained, and I can't tell which one is more unlucky.

"Did something just happen?"

Xia came to the door, quietly stuck out his head and looked out, and found that there was no one.

"There was another earthquake shortly after the owner fell unconscious, stronger than the first, and then many people were shouting something outside......"

Stephanie recalls what happened in less than two hours.

"We can't stay here, let's get out of here."

Natsu interrupted her, mentally estimated the approximate price of the terminal, broke out in a cold sweat, and pressed Stephanie's shoulder and walked out.

"Why is it so quiet here, are people asleep?"

Natsu and Stephanie walked down the hallway, not even hearing a single human voice.

"Probably, it's only 5 a.m., master."

"Let's go back to Zero first, I don't know if she woke up during the earthquake, if that lockbox falls off, it will be bad."

She couldn't help but worry when she thought of Zero's strange behavior.

The library was unusually silent in the middle of the night, and the long corridors were pitch black, as if there was no end in sight; Stephanie held the long black knife in her arms, and the two of them tried to avoid making a sound, and slowly walked against the wall.

"This library...... Is it that big? ”

Natsu looked at the dark and gloomy front.

She'd walked back and forth down the hallway many times before, and never once did it feel so long.

"Tick ...... Tick ......"

Returning from the private inquiry room to room zero requires passing through the hall, where there is a retro old-fashioned wall clock on the wall of the library lobby, which is ticking rhythmically, which seems a little eerie in this quiet night.

"Why is the floor all gone?"

Following the wall, Natsu slowly walked into the hall, and found that the damaged area of the floor had become a large hole, and the entire floor was gone.

"Maybe Wendy found someone to remove the damaged floor, because it was so badly damaged that no one could stand on it."

Natsu guessed the reason for the disappearance of the ground, and thought of a reasonably acceptable reason.

After a long passage through the hall, the long passage ahead, the huge library emitted a heavy sense of oppression in the night, and the long silence and silence were simply maddening.

"Where are all the patrolmen?"

After walking for a long time, Xia didn't see a single patrol student on the road.

Wrong.

There's definitely something wrong.

It's quiet here.

An ominous feeling oozes through her heart.

But this feeling is vague and I can't say why.

"Squeak-"

A shrill sound that seemed to be blown by the wind made a sharp noise, and it was heard far away in the middle of the night.

There seems to be something.

Xia suddenly became alert.

She let Stephanie carry her over, and found some red drips on the ground that stretched all the way into the house.

"Stephanie, go in stealth and take a look."

is different from those ordinary detective novels, Xia has a black-clothed Lori, so naturally she doesn't need to go in to investigate by herself.

"Master, nothing."

Because the room was small, Stephanie soon returned, shaking her head at her.

"Wait, there seems to be a guy lying in front of you?"

Xia squinted slightly, and saw a hand peeking out from behind a cabinet in the distance.

"Let's go over and see."

As soon as I walked near the cabinet, I saw that the hand moved slightly, and then a body fell from behind the cabinet, making a soft "click" sound.

"It's miserable......"

Stephanie looked at the scene in front of her and turned her face to the side.

The fallen body was not whole, but a corpse with only the upper half, and the ground was soaked in dark blood, as if it had been cut off by something.

"This man is wearing armor, as if he is the escort of those noble ladies."

Natsu frowned and observed the corpse's features for a moment, then looked away.

Although she is not weak now, and her courage is much greater than before, it is still a little more difficult to stare at a corpse in this dark night.

"Looks like something is wrong."

Natsu's mood grew heavy, and she and Stephanie continued to walk forward.

Zero, Deria, you must not be in danger.

Thinking of the lack of experience in dealing with emergencies, Di Liya was still asleep despite her strength, she pressed her hand against the wall, and her feet sped up, and the black-clothed Lori felt her affection, and also increased the strength of her arm.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise behind him.

"Smack."

As before, it seemed to be the sound of metal hitting the ground.

Xia looked back and found that the half of the corpse seemed to have moved its position.

Is it a delusion?

Her heart pounded violently, and a strong uneasiness struck her, and she turned to Stephanie and whispered:

"Let's go."

Then she grabbed the shoulder of the black-clothed Lori, supported the wall with her other hand, and just took a step, and there was a "click" behind her.

Even Stephanie sensed that something was wrong and looked back hurriedly.

I saw that the half of the corpse on the ground suddenly raised its head, its eyes glowed white in the darkness, and a large area of gray spots appeared on its forehead, which spread to the entire face in an instant.

"Roar!"

Then it opened its mouth at the two of them, and the dirty blood dripped from the corners of its mouth to the ground, and it let out a terrifying howl!

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