The village of Hylanza

A candle was lit in the living room of the sheriff's office, and the candlelight lit up the room, the dancing candle flame reflected on Surdak's face.

Aphrodite yawned and leaned against the bench by the wall in her black cut-sleeved tube skirt.

She squinted at Surdak with beautiful eyes, her bumpy figure looming under the tube skirt, and she asked Surdak with some curiosity, "Why are you calling me at this time?" ”

Surdak walked over to the table, poured himself a glass of water and drank it down, saying, "I'm stuck in the showroom at Bradbury Manor......"

The half-elf archer heard movement in the living room, and also came out of the bedroom, she was wearing a linen nightdress, and when she saw Surdak, she asked with some surprise, "Is there any trouble?" ”

Surdak shrugged his shoulders and said to the half-elven archers with their long hair, "I just don't want to be discovered, and I have nowhere to hide, so I hide here." ”

The indigenous warrior Andrew asked Surdak, "And how long are you going to wait here?" ”

“……”

Andrew's question made Surdak realize that there was one of the biggest drawbacks of the 'summoning technique', and he didn't know how long to hide from the people in the showroom, if those stayed in the showroom, Surdak couldn't judge the time to return, so it would be easy to get caught if he ran back rashly.

Aphrodite seemed to see Surdak's concerns, and said to him, "Don't worry, if you go back and find that something is wrong, I can summon you back again, and maybe you can drink a secondary invisibility potion before you go back there, so they may not see you!" ”

The native warrior asked Aphrodite, "By the way, Aph, how long can you keep it in this state?" ”

The succubus glanced at Surdak and said with a teasing expression on his face, "At least it can last all night." ”

Surdak planned to wait a little longer before returning to Bradbury Manor, so he decided to take advantage of this free time to go home and have a look, after all, he had been away from home for almost ten days.

Several of the earth dogs in the village of Vol heard the movement of walking, and one by one they came out of the kennel, and when they saw Surdak, they went back into the kennel with their tails between their legs.

The village of Wall is very quiet at night, and several elderly people sit under the chestnut tree in front of their house to enjoy the coolness.

During the period when Surdak left, three more townhouses were built in the village of Wall, and the village chief of Bright arranged for the villagers to move in batches, without daring to question the arrangement of the old village chief, and the main body of the remaining townhouses was also built, just waiting for the tripod to be hung on the roof, and then paved with green tiles to be preliminarily completed.

He glanced at the small building where Selena lived, thought about it and walked towards his home.

The new home was too big for old Sheila, Rita, Natasha and little Peter, the gorgeous furniture smelled of lacquer and wax, the soft carpet still exuded a faint smell, everything in the house was brand new, and there were so many things that I had never dared to think of before, and now suddenly I had them all, like a dream.

Rita had seen the high courtyard where the nobles and lords of the city of Highlandsa lived, and she was both envious and longed for the day when she could live in such a spacious and bright house.

Now that she has finally lived in a large spacious house, Rita has found out...... If you want to feel the warmth of home, in fact, the home really doesn't need to be that big, now whether it is old Sheila or Natasha, everyone has their own room, and little Peter also has it, although the house is full of furniture, but it feels like the home is still empty.

With Surdak's current conditions, it is completely possible to hire a cook and a groom, but old Sheila thinks that whether it is a cook or a groom, there are so many women in the family, and they can do it by themselves by cutting the grass and cooking, and there is no need to hire people at all.

Everyone is used to sitting together after dinner, and even if there is nothing to talk about, they will spend a while in the living room with a fireplace on the second floor.

Sheila Sr. leaned back in her rocking chair next to the fireplace and fell asleep.

Little Peter sat on the carpet and placed the building blocks, the children in the village recently popular house building games, these building blocks are the carpenter's workshop to make the roof tripod leftovers, each child has accumulated a lot of in his hands, of course, little Peter in the hand of this set of building blocks is the best, not only smooth and smooth, the surface is even coated with a layer of varnish.

Rita and Natasha get together, figuring out how to cut a piece of linen.

Surdak pushed the door and walked in, everyone in the room was stunned for a moment, old Sheila opened her eyes and asked Surdak: "Why did you come back, didn't you say that you were going to Pena City?" ”

"I'll come back for a while, and I'll leave later." Surdak walked into the room and responded.

Natasha quickly stood up and helped Surdak untie the cuirass, and expertly hung it on the wooden frame by the wall.

"Have you had dinner?" Seeing Surdak's dusty look, old Sheila asked again.

Surdak scratched his head, smiled and said, "No, there is something to eat at home, I happen to be a little hungry." ”

"There's some cereal left, do you want to fry another steak?" Natasha asked.

Every time the ogre Gulitham eats sheep, he will leave a leg of lamb or a few steaks to be sent here, so the family can usually eat steaks.

"Don't bother, just eat a little." Surdak shook his head and said to Natasha.

"The steaks are all marinated, just fry them, it won't be too troublesome!" Natasha hurriedly walked towards the kitchen, talking as she went.

After dinner, Surdak sat down for a while before putting on his armor and preparing to leave.

Little Peter, who was already asleep in bed, walked to the bed, tucked a silver dagger under the pillow, kissed him on the forehead, and hurried out of the house.

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In the empty showroom stood a group of young aristocrats, who, guided by the 'shimmer illumination', circled along the empty wooden shelves and stands.

Several aristocratic ladies were escorted in the middle of the procession, wandering around the deserted manor at night, and this novel experience made them feel particularly exciting, even more interesting than the experience held in the academy.

Soon the group of young people discovered the relief on the wall, and everyone stood in front of the false door, looking curiously at the relief mural.

A group of young people discussed how there could be such a door in the Bradbury family's showroom, and wondered if there was a chance to open the door and a secret passage would appear.

Just when everyone was thinking about it infinitely, Jimmy suddenly felt that the stone wall was actually fluctuating with mana.

As a mage, he is extremely sensitive to such mana fluctuations. Feeling, especially in this state of high mental tension, that trace of mana flowed through the wall relief, which suddenly made Jimmy very alert.

He carefully observed whether the stone door relief would hide a magic array, and involuntarily took two steps closer.

As the light ball of the 'Shimmer Illumination Technique' approached the stone door relief, Jimmy really found something different on this stone door, the gem pedestal in the center of the stone door was actually inlaid with a magic crystal, and the embedded structure made this magic crystal hide in the shadow under the illumination of the light, so everyone couldn't find that there was actually a magic crystal hidden in this shadow.

"Look, what is this?" Jimmy stared at the magic crystal, calling out to his companions.

His forehead was covered with a layer of sweat under the light ball of light.

The young nobles gathered at once, and everyone followed Jimmy's finger to finally find a magic crystal in the shadow of the stone door.

The sword and shield warrior named Luke stood at the front with a shield, staring at the magic crystal, and the ball of light floating in the air fell little by little, so that the magic crystal was clearly exposed to everyone's eyes, and then someone at the back of the team said:

"I heard that the rebels stole a magic crystal from Bradbury Manor, do you think it could be this one?"

Others said, "How is this possible! ”

Jimmy didn't feel the mana fluctuations anymore, and reached out and touched the magic crystal embedded in it, looking for the wedge of the magic crystal.

When this kind of embedded magic crystal is installed, it will be considered to disassemble, and there is usually a wedge left, and the magic crystal can be pried out with only a sharp dagger.

Jimmy quickly spotted the wedge, and he reached for the dagger at his waist.

"I heard that the lost magic crystal is the shape of the key." Judien, a long-legged beauty, stood in the crowd and said to her best friend Cora beside her.

"This must be a fake." Cora, with a pointed chin and big eyes, said.

However, as Jimmy pried out the magic crystal from the relief groove of the stone door with a dagger, Agatha, another noble lady, held her breath and said in a trembling voice:

"Maybe it's true, you see......"

As Jimmy's dagger was wielded, the magic crystal that was revealed was clearly in the shape of a handful.

At this time, everyone's attention fell on this magic crystal, but as Jimmy suddenly felt the resistance of the dagger light, the front end of the magic crystal slowly came out of the groove, and was subconsciously caught by Jimmy, and another piece of the magic crystal was still embedded in the groove.

Jimmy only felt his heart tremble with the magic crystal.

"Ah, it's cracked!" A group of young nobles behind him exclaimed.

Jimmy took a deep breath and pried the remaining pieces of magic crystals out of the groove in one go, and put the two pieces of magic crystals in the palm of his hand, and sure enough, they were tightly pieced together.

At this time, everyone stopped talking, and everyone stared at the magic crystal in Jimmy's hand.

The sword and shield warrior Luke was one of the organizers of the 'Warriors and Roses' adventure group, and at this time, he quickly stood up and said: "To be honest, this is definitely a major discovery, we can go to some professional acquaintances to identify it and see if it is the rumored crystal key, no matter what, this time we didn't come in vain." ”

Jimmy held the magic crystal and said to everyone, "Maybe the lapidary will be able to fix it, and it just so happens that I know a friend who is a very famous gem craftsman, and I can ask him for help." ”

However, the other young nobles seemed to have a different opinion, and one of them immediately said:

"We must not tell this secret, if this is really the crystal key, then there must be the biggest secret hidden in it, we can find clues together, maybe we can find the treasure of the dragon......"

Hearing someone say this, everyone's breathing became a little heavier, and it seems that there is more than one person who thinks this way.

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At first, the man hiding in the display case thought it was a trick of the young nobles, but when he heard it, he felt that something was getting more and more wrong.

He hasn't been to this showroom a lot lately, but he hasn't found anything.

The stone door relief was also carefully checked more than a dozen times, and even the details of each carving were remembered in his heart, he had never seen the magic crystal embedded in the stone door relief, and these aristocratic young people said the same as the real thing!

"No, they're telling the truth."

The man's heart moved slightly, and he wanted to push open the wooden door of the closet and rush out to snatch the crystal key in his hand.

He held a magic scroll in his hand, and the other hand quickly drew magic symbols, chanting a spell in a low voice, and a fireball that was constantly bursting, tumbling and burning appeared in front of him, and he whispered, "Go ......"

A fireball exploded from the closet, billowing flames enveloping the broken wood cabinet door towards a group of aristocratic young men.

It happened suddenly, and almost everyone's attention was focused on the magic crystal, and no one noticed the situation around them.

The firebomb exploded in the crowd, and the flames enveloped the crowd.

A figure in magical robes rushed out of the closet, and he rushed in front of Jimmy the moment the fireball exploded.

Jimmy was stunned by the huge thrust of the exploding fireball against the stone wall, and he felt a figure rush over, broke his fingers, grabbed the magic crystal that had broken in half, and rushed out of the showroom.

"Someone grabbed the magic crystal......" Jimmy hissed and exhausted.

Several young nobles who had not been too affected by the fire bomb heard the sound and immediately chased after the figure.

Jimmy also got up from the ground with gritted teeth, regardless of the pain, he saw the long-legged beauty Judien protecting the two best friends beside him, although the three of them were very embarrassed by the fire bomb, but they only burned their long hair, but they were not injured, and the faces of the three noble ladies were all exploded by the fire bomb, making them a little black.

The two female archers reacted quickly, successfully avoiding the impact of the firebomb the moment it exploded.

By this time, he had already gotten up from the ground and chased after the two rangers towards the outside of the showroom.

Jimmy gritted his teeth, did not chase out at the first time, but walked towards the more seriously injured sword and shield warrior Luke, just now the sword and shield warrior Luke reacted the fastest, and he, he took out a magic scroll from his arms, and after unfolding it in his hand, it was a short spell, and a white light full of water vapor fell on Luke.

It was a 'hydrotherapy' magic scroll, and the magic glow fell on Luke, immediately stabilizing Luke's injuries.

"Leave us alone, go after the robber who snatched the crystal key......" Luke said eagerly to Jimmy, propping himself up with one hand.

Jimmy nodded hurriedly, got up and followed everyone to chase the figure.

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