The door to the study squeaked open. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A fresh breeze swept through the hall, sweeping away the remaining scorching stench in the room.

The drape in front of the window shook slightly.

'Squeak', the door to the study was closed again, leaving the uneasy breath outside.

The old servant Konstantin slowly walked into the study with a delicate silver tea set.

After serving the two guests a hot sweet tea, he finally couldn't help but sniffle.

"Young Master. He gave the doctor a puzzled look, and then stopped.

"It doesn't matter. Dr. Duzem shook his hand comfortingly, signaling that he could step down.

The old servant hesitated, bowed respectfully, and then withdrew.

The young red-robed wizards were still basking in the shock of the flames just now.

In order to survive, a worm that can metamorphose into a dry skin goes through a lot of hardships, but in the end it is swallowed up by fire on the day of resurrection.

This sense of powerlessness makes people feel an inexplicable sadness.

Zheng Qing took a sip of tea, and the rich sweet fragrance and hot taste made him gasp lightly.

"So, as you saw at the end, the scarab beetles, though they love dryness and sunshine, they are most afraid of fire. It has to be said that this is a huge paradox. The Doctor stirred the ashes in the bowl slightly with a glass rod and concluded in a strange tone, "However, the wizarding world is always full of paradoxes of one kind and another...... Or contradictory. ”

"Thank you very much for your teaching. Jiang Yu put down the teacup and thanked him slightly.

"You're welcome, I think you'll use this knowledge sooner or later. The doctor tugged at the corners of his mouth, a satisfied smile on his face, "My little cuties ......"

As he spoke, he tapped the heavy fish tank on the wall with a glass rod.

The corpse-eating beetles, clinging to their skulls and hugging in a clump, scattered and fled with the crisp sound of tapping, burrowing deeper into the crevices of the fish tank. But in that small space, it was clear that such efforts were fruitless.

"They told me that there was an uninvited group of guests at the school. ”

"Uninvited guest?" Zheng Qing wondered.

"A group?" Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows.

"Every group of ghoul beetles has a very strong sense of territory. Dr. Douzem put down the rod, spread his arms, and gestured, "Any foreign intruder within this range will make them feel uneasy...... Just like it is now. ”

Zheng Qing turned his head and looked carefully at the glass fish tank.

The corpse-eating beetles, which had been alarmed by the noise and fled in all directions, formed a ball again and lay on the skull.

"If it's just the guys who come out of the Silent Forest and pass by the campus to hunt wild food, they won't be so nervous. Dr. Duzem lowered his arm and looked at the insects with a solemn expression: "The only thing that can make these natural predators feel uneasy and tremble in a group is an intruder from outside the island." ”

"Intruders from outside the island. Zheng Qing licked his lips and asked hesitantly, "Could it be a demon?"

"Demons?" the doctor shook his head and said apologetically, "Maybe I didn't explain it clearly. For a ghoul beetle, any living thing is food...... Except for themselves. So whether it's the Grand Wizard, the Siren King, or any other strange creature, it will only arouse their appetite. ”

"The invaders in their eyes will only be corpse-eating beetles of the same species. The doctor concluded.

"Are these insects picky eaters?" Jiang Yu was silent for a moment and asked, "For example, they only eat animal eyeballs." ”

Zheng Qing glanced at her cautiously and sighed secretly in his heart.

"No, it won't. The Doctor is very adamantly denied this possibility: "For these bugs, everything else in the creature is edible except for the bones. ”

"Are there any creatures that kill an animal and then take off their eyeballs?" Zheng Qing added, "Is there such an animal on the island, such as in the school laboratory, or in the depths of the Silent Forest?"

Jiang Yu pursed her lips and glanced at him gratefully.

"There are very few creatures with this particular fetish. Dr. Duzem was stunned, thought for a moment, and shook his head: "To be exact, there is only one I know, 'Horus', which is a group of fallen wizards who gave up their normal lives for the sake of strength, even among the demons. Because of their years of staring into the darkness, they lose their sight and can only regain light by devouring the animal's eyeballs. Horus likes spiritual eyeballs the most, wizards have the best eyeballs, if not, small animal eyeballs such as black cats, white foxes, and yellow dogs are also good choices. ”

Zheng Qing listened silently, he felt that he had more and more powerful spiritual resistance to these strange creatures.

At least it won't be easily creepy.

"Is there such a creature in the school?" Zheng Qing asked, looking at Jiang Yu uneasily.

"School?" The Doctor's lips twisted into a mocking smile, "How could those old decayers who clung to the golden rule of tradition allow such a filthy creature to leave a breath on campus." Even in the Black Prison, there will be no such degenerates...... For the wizards of the school, the only destination for this monster is nothingness. ”

"Is there any other possibility?" Jiang Yu asked, "It's a creature that specializes in picking eyeballs." ”

"Of course. Dr. Duzem blinked, "A wizard is a creature that specializes in eyeballs...... They love nothing more than gouging out the eyes of demons in the lab. ”

Zheng Qinggan smiled.

He felt that the doctor was really not fit to tell jokes.

"Then again. The doctor looked at the two young men in front of him solemnly: "If in the near future, you encounter a large swarm of scarabs, it will be difficult to escape from them by simply running away, and at this time the flames are more effective than any spells. ”

Jiang Yu sighed slightly and did not continue to speak.

There was a strange silence in the study for a moment.

Zheng Qing could only hear the sound of the clock walking.

He followed the prestige, and saw a wall clock with a black wooden shell embedded in the wall on one side of the study.

Under the silvery-white dial, the brass pendulum sways unhurriedly from side to side at its own pace, and the clicking sound appears precise and mechanical.

Nothing seems to stop its movements.

"Bell, bell, bell......"

Whether it was the dehydrated beetle that turned into ashes, or the 'Horuth' that specialized in eating eyeballs later, these terrifying creatures originally made Zheng Qing's heart hairy, but he couldn't help but hear a continuous bell ringing in his ears.

He was genuinely taken aback.

"Oh! Dr. Duzem exclaimed in chagrin, "It's time!"

Zheng Qing looked at the wall clock again, and happened to see a big rooster with a blue meat crown coming out of the cabin at the top of the wall clock, which had just flapped its wings a few times.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat, Doctor!" the rooster flapped his wings, opened his mouth, and began to howl at the top of his throat: "Dinner at twelve! Doctor, you should eat!"

"Shut up, you idiot!" Dr. Duzem grimaced.

He grabbed a piece of paper from the messy desk, rubbed it with his hand, and smashed it into a ball and slammed it into the rooster on the wall.

The ball of paper smashed precisely into the chicken's head.

The rooster crowed, and with a smack retracted into the cabin on top of the wall clock.