CH.19 A New Crisis
"Agnes, how much do you think it will cost to repair this sword?"
Thinking of something, Xia took out the broken sword at his waist and handed it to Agnes and asked.
"Let me see."
Agnes sat in her wheelchair, examined the sword over and over again, looked up and replied:
"The material of this sword is mainly purple gold ore, although this ore is expensive, it is not uncommon in the kingdom, it should belong to the top grade of popular weapons, counting the cost of building a high-level blacksmith, 1000 gold coins should be enough."
Returning the sword to Natsu, she blinked and said:
"If Sister Xia wants to compensate, I will buy a new one and return it to him directly after I go out, so the cost is actually only about 200 gold coins more, after all, this sword has been damaged very badly, and it is better to buy a new sword to repair it."
"Is that so...... It costs 1,000 gold coins. β
Xia took the sword and hung it on his waist, feeling a little worried:
She was supposed to have money in her black card, but she had tried to transfer money in the private inquiry room, and she was told that she needed a password.
"Damn it, what a password! How would I know? β
She thought wildly.
It would be nice if there was a service in the school park that applies for a forgotten password.,Natsu's identity card is still in her room.γ If something goes wrong with this, I'm afraid I'll have a headache for money after I get out of here. But then again, the world is actually traded with ancient things like gold coins, so isn't virtual currency and tokens popularized in various countries?
But it's reassuring to think about the delicate relationship between countries. Let there be normal currency trade between countries that may go to war at any time? The joke is a bit cold.
"The gray crystals dropped by the necromancer are quite valuable, but it's a pity that there are other important uses that can't be sold!"
As she was worrying about the days ahead, the students who had escaped outside gathered around and watched them whisper.
"Listen to Lorraine and Darrow, those girls defeated the minotaur? Really. β
"Yes, look at those three people, none of them look particularly powerful...... Wow, who is that woman, how come she has never seen it? Big boobs! β
"It's Natsu-san with long silver hair, I've seen her in the magic classroom before! But why did she have a sword stuck in her waist? Is she actually a swordsman......"
"It must have been Agnes who defeated the big monster...... What the? You don't know Agnes? It's the little girl in a wheelchair.,She's a master of dark magic.,It's very famous in the school park.γ β
"Heh, it's famous for having a particularly bad temper."
"Aha, haha...... There's a reason for that, and it's hard to deny. β
"Classmate Xia, it's great that you finally escaped." The vice president wiped his messy hairstyle, walked out of the crowd and smiled:
"I've been worried, I met you on the way and said you were going inside, if it weren't for so many classmates who needed to be saved, I really wanted to help you."
He stepped forward enthusiastically and looked at Xia with an affectionate look, wanting to shake hands with her, but was knocked open by Darrow on the side with a staff.
"Watch your words, bastard."
Darro's body flashed with purple light, looked at him and sneered:
"That's a nice thing to say, saved your classmates? Worried about others? I think you're worried about yourself more, you shameless and despicable fool! β
"What do you mean, Daro?" The vice president's face turned cold: "You know what? I've put up with you for a long time, and you just wanted to stop your classmates from leaving in the cave, but I want to ask you, what do you mean? Do you want everyone to die there? β
"Jokes." Darrow laughed: "Lorraine and I are fighting monsters, you are hiding far away, not to mention that you are responsible for organizing everyone to help, but you are stupid enough to gather everyone to escape?" Is your brain full of mush! In that case, the rock walls around the cave would shatter at the slightest touch, and if Lorraine and I were both dead, and the minotaur were chasing you, you might as well move your fool's head and think about what a terrible outcome would be? β
"That's right, if you just cared about escaping at that time, not only the people behind would be trampled into pulp, but also the people in front would not be spared, and even the passage might be knocked down, that monster is too strong!" The students were all smart people, and now that they have calmed down and listened to Darrow's words, they all figured out the situation at that time.
"I'm hiding because I'm the leader, and I want to lead everyone to fight instead of rushing up and fighting myself! Leaving there was also the wisest decision at the time, anyway, Lorraine's strength is so strong, it must be able to survive to the end, isn't it? And now the happy ending proves it! Doesn't that mean that some of the students were injured, but none of them died, that proved my decision at the time? The vice president retorted without shame.
"It doesn't seem wrong to say that, anyway, the strength of the vice president is not very powerful, and he is a warrior, and he can't be vindictive, so it's useless to go up and fight." Someone was talking about it.
Is this TM talking for me?
The vice president heard a burst of red and white on his face: Who, this is! Isn't that embarrassing me! Your uncle's.
"Necromantic monsters! There are a lot of them. β
At this time, some students pointed around and shouted, only to see some shadowy gray shadows begin to appear, and a few of them have already shown hideous faces and pounced on them!
"Listen to me, now let's go to the library right away and meet Wendy and them!"
The vice president took the opportunity to change the topic and shouted loudly.
"Lorraine, I know that you must have been dissatisfied after being left behind, but we still put the lives of most students first, do you think I'm right?"
He turned to Lorraine and said in a bitter tone: "You are the number one swordsman in the school garden, how can that kind of minotaur of Cheng dΓΉ pose a threat to you?" I did this after a detailed analysis of the situation at that time, and I hope you can understand. β
"I asked to stay on my own, and I don't have to ask for my understanding." As the male protagonist, Lorraine is definitely not stupid, how can she not know what kind of role the vice president is? Therefore, he didn't answer the following words at all, and looked at him and said coldly.
"Lorraine, don't talk so much about this kind of thing, let's go!"
Darrow didn't mean to talk nonsense anymore, and glanced at the vice president with a sneer.
There was a chilling meaning in this smile, which made the vice president's heart cold:
"Oh no, I also investigated this Darrow at the beginning, but I didn't get detailed information, is he a character I can't mess with?"
To be one of the three vice presidents of Wang Li School Park,He's not a simple role.,But at the same time, he also understands,There are too many low-key people in this school park.,People he can't afford to mess with.,There are mentors.,There are also students.,If this Darrow is that kind of person......
"Hmph, what are you afraid of, this is not the royal capital, but the black area! It's so easy to make a person disappear in such a dangerous place full of dead ghosts, and I hope you're always with Lorraine! The vice president looked at Daro's back, and a hint of evil flashed in his eyes.
Back in the library, the group sees Wendy talking to a student mage.
"President Wendy, the four of us found this edible plant under the northern cliff, and it should not have been polluted by the breath of necromancy." The mage was a woman, with a face stained with mud, and she seemed to have gone through a hard work, but with a happy expression.
"Is this a thousand bell flowers?" Wendy took a closer look and recognized this kind of plant with a small cage at the top, this creature called Chisuzuka has a beautiful appearance and name, but it is carnivorous, the stamens at the top of the plant are very fat, she dips her fingers in the cage and puts a little liquid on the tip of her nose, and immediately there is a rich aroma, which makes people hungry.
"You guys did a good job, take it to the science and technology department to test it to see if it contains harmful ingredients." Wendy gave her back the thousand ringflowers, smiling encouragingly.
"You're back? How about exploring. Then she turned around, smiled at the people who had returned, and quickly checked the number of people in her heart, and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that the number of people was not small.
She has been worried and busy all this time, and it is rare good news that the exploration team can return unharmed.
"President, after careful investigation, we do have some discoveries."
The vice president said in a tone of eloquence, and then took out the light screen and stated the results of their investigation:
"First of all, we found that the south is surrounded by cliffs, which are not suitable for climbing, and the rocks are very brittle, and there are caves under the cliffs, but the news brought by Xia classmates and them is that this place is likely to be an island, and we are in the lower layer of this island, and the bottom of those caves is connected to the sea, and it will be affected by the tides and the rising water, which is very dangerous."
From this point of view, he deserves to be the elected vice president, and he speaks clearly and clearly:
"Then, we found something unusual at the bottom of the cave." As he spoke, he clicked on the light screen, and an extremely bright light appeared on it.
"It's a fissure, found deep beneath the cavern, we've sent agile warriors and a wind mage to investigate deeper, and there are cracks like this as well, and the further down you go, the more fissures there become."
Speaking of this, he took a breath and a look of fear appeared in his eyes:
"And then we're in these cracks...... This terrible monster was discovered. "On that screen, a huge gray monster is roaring, it is that minotaur!
"How big is this monster?"
Wendy took the light screen and compared it to the surrounding environment, and her expression began to become solemn.
"It's huge, and if it's high, it should be more than ten meters!" The vice president said with trepidation: "And the bones around the body, the skin is extremely hard, the sword and bow and arrow can't hurt it at all, and the mage's spell is also slight, the magician can stop it for a while, but in the end, Lorraine and Xia They successfully dragged this monster, and the rest of the students were able to escape, and the students will have to thank them." β
The vice president made a touched face, but did not mention Agnes and Darrow. This is the cunning of language, who is mentioned, who is not mentioned, you yourself are embarrassed to say it anyway, right? Even if you are thick-skinned and mention your name, others will have a lower impression of you.
"Damn arcane mage, this is just the first step! Want to learn to be a hero? Stop dreaming! I'm going to gradually suppress you from all directions, and finally find another chance...... Hey. The vice president sneered in his heart.
"This crack...... I think I've seen it somewhere. At this time, a member of the student council next to him suddenly said timidly.
"yes, think about it, where have you seen such a thing?" Wendy handed her the light screen.
The timid looking female student clicked on the light screen a few times, then took out the data instrument beside her and called up a picture for Wendy and the others to see.
Wendy and the others all observed the two almost identical pictures of the cracks, and then looked at the annotations on the data, and several of them looked extremely ugly as if they had been struck by lightning.
"It's ...... Abyssal Rifts? β
After a while, Darrow said hesitantly.
"That's right, that's what claims to be the entrance to hell."
After looking at the picture, even Agnes's face showed a rare solemnity.
"President, I think these two pictures are a bit similar, so I ...... them without permission I'm sorry! The timid girl saw that everyone's expressions were wrong, and hurriedly apologized.
"No, Julie, you're doing a good job." Wendy patted her on the shoulder, barely squeezing out a smile on her face: "It's just that you don't tell anyone else about this matter for the time being, understand?" β
"I ...... I know, I'm not going to talk nonsense. She waved her hand again and again, stammering.
Sending away the student council member named Julie, Wendy looked at the few people in front of her with frozen expressions and sighed:
"I didn't expect the situation to become more and more serious, everyone said, what should we do now?"