The room Li Ang chose most likely belonged to a lady, and it was relatively neat and clean.

He used the enchanted ring to perform a cleansing spell on himself, sweeping away the sweat and rain from his body, then took off his shirt and sat on the bed.

Although he had just experienced a big battle, Leon had no intention of resting.

Instead, he took out a few branches cut from the courtyard and lined them up on the table, intending to make a puppet.

The branches are very thin and completely scrappy, and if you let a professional puppeteer see it, you are afraid that you will laugh off your big teeth.

But Leon didn't need to make his own puppets, he just put the branch on the equipment casting interface of the Demon Hunter's hand, and waited.

If you look at it from the perspective of a bystander, you will definitely find that these branches actually floated in the air like this, and then disappeared strangely.

A moment later, a lifelike puppet owl appeared in Leon's hand.

The recipes for spellcasting puppets are vast, ranging from the lowest-level critters that can be crafted with only wood, to the highest-level puppet dragons that require dragon blood, scales, precious gems, a lot of precious metals, and high-grade wood.

In addition to being more combative, high-level puppets often have a variety of unique functions.

For example, a second-order nightingale puppet not only flies faster than an owl, but also has the effect of increasing its range by 50%.

If Leon were to learn how to carve a puppet from scratch himself, the time it would take would be a burden he couldn't bear.

Not to mention the kind of puppet that is like a puppet demon, creating a puppet that is as complex as the Mojia mechanism and has countless gears hidden in its body.

Leon guessed that the reason why the puppet demon was able to control so many puppets was that the mechanisms and rotten meat hidden in the puppet's stomach were absolutely indispensable, greatly reducing its consumption of puppet control.

Anyway, he speculated that even if he reached the middle sequence, it would be difficult to pull up a puppet army like a puppet demon.

Leon began to infuse the puppet with magic and made the only definition of "flight".

The magic poured out, and the owl's body began to glow with a faint sheen, and then with a coo, it flapped its wings and flew away.

"The mana consumed is really not as much as that of the Licker, only about one-fifth, and if it is constant, it will consume another fifth. ”

"I can switch the perspective to the puppet, but the body may not have time to react to unexpected situations, so I have to train my ability to do two things. ”

Li Ang pondered silently.

When I opened the window, the wind and rain suddenly blew on my head and face.

He sent the owl out of the window and quickly closed it.

The next feeling was magical, he could see both inside and outside the house, as if two split screens had been cut out of his head.

He focused his attention on the owl puppet, as if he had really become an owl and flew into the sky.

Don't look at the owl's small size, but in the wind and rain, it still flies quite smoothly.

It was pitch black outside, probably closer to the sky than on the ground, and a roar of thunder nearly deafened Leon's ears.

The owl flew straight out of the Count's Mansion and began to fly straight north of the ancient city of Syra.

After flying a distance of about five hundred meters, Li Ang began to feel the strain.

The wings seemed to be rusty, and the frequency of the vibrations was getting lower and lower.

"Is that all there is to the puppet's range? Obviously, the puppets of the puppet demons can move freely in the south of the city, which is several kilometers away. ”

Leon ignored it and continued to control the owl to fly into the distance.

Eventually, snap -

The owl fell headlong and fell to pieces.

Leon's consciousness returned, and he felt his brain a little drowsy.

It seems that the "death" of the puppet owl will still have a certain impact on him.

But the impact was not great, and Leon soon recovered.

In the first test, the maximum range of the puppet owl should be "between 500 and 700 meters", and beyond 500 meters, the transmission of magic power will be hindered, making it much more difficult to control.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that it was affected by heavy rain.

After completing the experiment, Li Ang no longer continued to study the ability of [Activated Puppet], but silently began to meditate to restore his magic power.

In addition to hunting demons, meditation is also an important way to improve your magical powers, although it is slower, but it is better in the long run.

And so it was until early in the morning.

It was probably the people who had been placed in the living room who had finally woken up, and there was movement in the courtyard.

Not long after, a woman with a big waist pushed open the door and saw Li Ang sitting on the bed, and was immediately frightened and screamed.

As it turned out—Leon had guessed right—the room belonged to a lady.

After some explanations, Li Ang finally avoided the end of being torn apart by the woman.

He walked out of the door in a bit of embarrassment, just in time to see a smiling Lagaia standing under a pillar, waving to him.

When he got closer, Lagaia teased, "How is it, does the girl's boudoir even smell good?"

Li Ang said angrily: "I just picked a relatively clean and tidy room, and I didn't want to feel the perversion of a woman's breath!"

"By the way, what about Mr. Dante?"

Lagaia shrugged: "He's elusive, how do I know where he's gone?"

"Forget it, let's go to Earl Campbell and collect the bounty first. ”

Leon and Lagaia spoke, returning to the hall.

At this time, the lingering rotten smell in the main building had faded a lot, and it was obvious that someone had cleaned it up.

The pale-faced Earl Campbell sat down in his chair and coughed lightly, "Mr. Octavius and Miss Octavia, what happened last night?"

Li Ang said: "The demons have been eliminated by us, and those fragments and wreckage upstairs are their corpses. ”

Earl Campbell breathed a sigh of relief, probably because he had caught a cold from the wind and rain last night, and he coughed and said, "Thank you for your help, Potter, you can go to my study at once and deliver to you the honorarium of three hundred florin coins I have prepared." ”

Soon, a man who looked like a butler respectfully brought the money bag.

Li Ang took the money bag and threw it in his hand, and then determined that the amount was the same.

A full-value gold florin coin weighs about 3.5 grams, which should weigh more than two pounds.

Li Ang put away the money bag and said with a smile, "Thank you for your generosity." Now that the matter has been settled, we will take our leave. ”

Earl Campbell hurriedly said: "Please wait, although it is a bit abrupt, I still have one more thing that I hope to be able to get help from the two of you, and I am willing to pay another gratuity for this." ”

Li Ang frowned and said, "Please speak." ”

Count Campbell said: "Not long ago, the pilot of the lighthouse came to the house, saying that last night, three Italian merchant ships were washed ashore by the waves, and this morning, when he boarded the ship to inspect, he found that there was not a single living person on board, and all the sailors were dead, and the deceased must have been infected with the Black Death, and the body surface was full of black spots and abscesses. ”

Li Ang frowned and said, "In other words, three ghost ships with no one at the helm drifted to the shore in the storm downwind?"

"Yes, I suspect that the devil is also at work in this matter, so I hope you can investigate it for me. ”

Count Campbell's face was full of sorrow, it was really a wave of calm and a wave of rise.

Leon readily agreed.

He and Lagaia were led by the pilot to the shore near the lighthouse, and when they arrived, they saw the three sloops that had been damaged by the wind and waves.

Before you get closer, you can smell the rotten smell in the air, mixed with the salty sea breeze, which is almost disgusting.

Li Ang frowned and said, "Sister, or don't go up." ”

According to the pilot's description, the scene on these three ships is certainly not so easy to accept.

Images such as the view of giants subconsciously popped up in his head.

Lagaya covered her mouth and nose, shook her head and refused, "Don't worry, the Black Death is no threat to me. ”

"......"

"Your sister and I are not the kind of weak noble lady, mere rotting corpses, I have seen countless times in the laboratory since I was a child, but they are just petri dishes that breed new life. ”

Li Ang was stunned for a moment, what kind of heavy taste experiment did Ms. Angelina let you do, even a carrion corpse can be used?

They boarded one of the ships and frowned at the strong smell of corpses.

Under such a strong smell, Li Ang didn't even dare to turn on the beast's sense of smell, he was afraid that he would faint directly from the smoke.

Resisting the urge to vomit, Leon briefly surveyed the entire ship, and found nothing "special".

All indications, including the captain's logbook, were that it was a very simple Italian merchant ship laden with fine goods, but the Black Death broke out at sea, and many ports refused to receive it, and finally all supplies were exhausted, and everyone was infected with the epidemic and died in despair.

After reaching this conclusion, the two did not stay anymore and immediately returned.

After returning to the Earl's Palace, Leon said to Count Campbell, "Your Excellency, you can rest assured that there is no demonic breath on board. ”

As soon as Earl Campbell breathed a sigh of relief, he heard Leon say, "But it could also be a disaster more terrible than the devil." ”

"Your Excellency, for the sake of Mr. Dante, I may remind you that anyone who has boarded this ship is likely to carry the deadly Black Death, and while trying to isolate them from their homes, all the goods on these ships cannot be wanted, and it is best to burn them directly. ”

"Okay, I understand the severity. ”

Count Campbell nodded solemnly, he already knew the horror of the Black Death, and the reason why Syracuse was not as serious as the rest of the city was because he paid more attention to urban hygiene, locked all the sick in their homes, and specially marked a black symbol to warn others to stay away from the sick people's homes.

Naturally, he would not covet the wealth of those three merchant ships and put disaster into Syracuse.

"Moreover, I advise Syracuse to suspend all trade, close the gates, and wait until the Black Death has subsided, and then resume trade. ”

Count Campbell's face was suddenly embarrassed, he regarded this disaster as the cornerstone of Syracuse's rise, if he gave up because of this, how could he be willing?

Li Ang didn't say much, but said, "I'm done with all I say, and I'll say goodbye." ”

Earl Campbell said, "Don't you two have to skip breakfast before leaving?"

"No, thank you for your kindness. ”

"Well, you must greet Monsieur Dante for me. ”

Walking out of the Earl's mansion, Leon couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly.

"What are you laughing at?"

Lagaia was a little surprised.

"Do you think Earl Campbell will listen to me?"

"No, mortal lords are always chasing profits, and in their opinion, where is the life of some untouchables as touching as the sound of gold coins falling into their pockets?"

This time it was Li Ang's turn to be surprised: "Sister, are you sure you haven't been to the mortal world?"

Lagaia rolled her eyes: "Of course, I will still lie to you." ”

Li Ang gave a thumbs up and smiled: "It's really a hit on the head." ”

After that, he sighed again: "It's stupid to say such things that no one will listen to at all." ”

He wouldn't think that he had saved the lives of Count Campbell's family, and that the Count would care more if he said it, it was just a deal.

Lagaia reached out and touched Leon's head, and said softly, "Kindness should not be regarded as stupidity at any time. ”