Walking quickly, Cherus grabbed Nanoha and made her take a few steps back, then looked coldly at Layali, who was standing in the doorway. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Oh, Miss Cheruth, I'm really sorry to disturb your rest so late, I was talking to Miss Nanoha just now, I already know what happened during the day today, please rest assured, the night elves don't really suspect any misdeeds from the two, and the two of them should be able to return to their companions tomorrow. ”

"Yes, Monsieur Laurea has told us this," said him, and the wolf's ears on Cheruth's head moved, and her violet eyes stared at Lealy's fat, seemingly harmless face, "but what I want to know more now is what Mr. Lauri did to this room before he came in?"

“...... Oh?"

Layali was silent for a moment, then smiled and spoke.

"What Miss Cheruth is talking about, I don't quite understand. ”

Cheruth narrowed her eyes.

"Mr. Layali...... Remember, you must have quite a good accomplishment in sealing magic, right?"

This time, Layali didn't reply, but the momentum around him suddenly changed from the original kindness to a little aggressive.

"Cheruth, what's wrong?"

Nanoha, on her part, had already changed from the previous chatting mode to a state of preparation, but the chestnut-haired girl still didn't understand what was going on.

Cheruth didn't look back, but just spoke in a voice that only she and Nanoha could hear, as she had gathered the same magic and momentum as Layali.

“...... My link to the summoning contract with Sister Greywind has been severed. ”

“！”

Nanoha's eyes widened.

The Summoning Contract, despite being a magical contract induced by magic, is actually almost as powerful as the Law Force for some unknown reason. In particular, the summoning contract between Cheruth and Grey Wind is not a servile version modified by later generations of humans in order to enslave Warcraft, but an equal partnership contract established by the hand of Harrow for the two of them, which was originally born in the Age of Mythology, which is why the summoning contract connection between Cheruth and Grey Wind is so strong, and even if the two were separated by nearly half a continent during the Holy City incident three years ago, they were still able to contact each other.

But now, it is clear that there is only half a village between the two, but Cheruth said that she can't contact Gray Wind, and then thinking about what Cheruth asked about Laiali's attainment in sealing magic, Nanoha suddenly sorted out her head.

Indeed, the most likely explanation is that Laiali secretly set up some kind of sealing enchantment around this room that is strong enough to even cut off the connection between the summoning contract between Cheruth and Gray Wind without them noticing, considering that the other party is a seventh-order powerhouse, I am afraid that there is very likely that there is still the power of the law in the sealing magic he released.

Just when Nanoha's side finally roughly understood the cause and effect, Layali spoke again.

"Sure enough, it was Miss Cheruth, I thought I was doing it secretly enough, but I didn't expect Miss Cheruth to notice it. ”

Cheruth's eyes narrowed, and she had to admit that the feeling of pride that Layali had when she spoke was not unfounded. To be honest, when she was about to come out of the house just now, if she hadn't suddenly noticed that the contract link between herself and Gray Wind suddenly seemed to be blocked by some inexplicable force, she felt something abnormal, so she spread her magic power out of the house to carry out external sense, but suddenly touched a magic barrier that shouldn't exist at a certain distance outside the house, she really didn't notice what happened outside this room at all.

"So, you did cast a sealing enchantment spell on us and this room?"

"To be precise, the arcane "Origin Stripping" that I created myself, as the name suggests, is to cut off the spatial coordinates of the area where the two people are located and turn it into a special space zone that exists in the main plane but is isolated from the surroundings, which is also one of the sealing magic I am most proud of. It's not an offensive magic, the only effect is to take the concept of spatial separation to the extreme. So please rest assured, Miss Chelus, I have no ill will towards the two of you, but I have been entrusted by Elder Palo Al, and I am responsible for ensuring that the two of you can rest peacefully in the night elf village tonight, and prevent some unnecessary troubles from arising from various reasons. ”

“...... In other words, the Night Elf elders still can't trust us?"

"Hehe, Miss Cheruth, although I, as a human, should be on Miss Cheruth's side, this time, the Night Elves do have their own difficulties. I'm just a loyal man, and if there's any dissatisfaction, Miss Cheruth can ask him tomorrow when Grand Elder Sumario returns. ”

With that, Layali bowed slightly to the two of them.

"Anyway, because I've been entrusted with such a thing, I'm here to explain it to the two of you. Now that the two of you have known the cause and effect, there is no need for me to continue to bother here, it was already my faux pas to disturb the rest of the ladies so late, so please take a good rest, and I will leave.

As she spoke, Layali turned around and tried to walk out the door, but almost at the same moment, Cheruth's magic was activated.

A stream of cyan wind mana like a ribbon appeared out of thin air, quickly wrapping around Lyali's limbs and body, and binding him in place.

"Since you know that you are rude, do you think it can be over, just saying such a painless and insincere apology at all?"

"Hehe, then, I wonder how Miss Cheruth wants me to apologize?"

Chelus smiled.

"Yes, if you want to apologize, you still have to be sincere, so I think it would be better to ask Mr. Layli to put away the set of arguments you have used to deceive us so far, and tell me what you want to do. ”

Tightly bound by Cheruth's magic, Lyali didn't show the slightest sign of panic.

"Does Miss Cheruth think I'm lying?"

"If the Night Elves really doubt me, they don't need to be so sneaky and do one thing behind the scenes, and they can't give you this task, it's too lame to make up lies, Layali. ”

As soon as the words fell, Laiali, who was bound by Cheruth, suddenly began to collapse in his body, and his original flesh and blood body mysteriously turned into a pile of dirt, and then was instantly split into pieces by the suddenly contracted wind magic and fell to the ground.

Almost at the same time, a blazing white magical light spread from Nanoha's body to all directions, just in the blink of an eye, the stone house they were in exploded from the inside out because of Nanoha's magic fluctuations, at the same time, Cheruth raised her hand forward to make a grasping gesture, and the wind attribute magic around the wolf girl's body also immediately attacked, like several living wind dragons, roaring through the streets of the night elf village in front of them, directly attacking Lyali, who appeared there at some point.

This time, Layali didn't intend to let Cheruth easily succeed, and an earthy yellow barrier that seemed inconspicuous but contained powerful magic appeared. However, he still expected that after the enchantment appeared, Cheruth did not let the wind dragons rush into the enchantment at all, but with a wave of his arm, he directed the wind dragon to turn halfway, and directly surrounded Layali and his enchantment in a larger gale cage.

The dust dissipated, and Cheruth had some understanding of the scene where the village houses in front of her that had been swept away by her own gale were actually broken and turned into thin pieces, and then began to gradually repair themselves.

"It really looks like we've been pulled to a terrible place, except for us and this house, all the other scenes around it turned out to be just an illusion of the sealing enchantment......

With that, Cherus and Nanoha flew together, past the false visions in the sealed space, and came to Layali.

"Now, Mr. Layali, tell me who you are? No, lest you perfunctory me with stupid answers that make it clear that you are fooling people, I'll ask you a different question...... What the hell is your relationship with the Hand of Death and the people who have attacked the Night Elves Sealing Altar all this time?"

Eventually, a stiffness appeared on Layali's face, but he soon regained his seemingly harmless smile.

"Why did Miss Cheruth ask like this, you should also know that I accepted the invitation of Elder Palo Al of the Night Elf Clan to help the Night Elf Clan repair the broken seal, I have been doing my best to help the Night Elf Clan find a way to repair this seal left by the Night Elf Ancestor these days, how could I be in league with the Hand of Death?"

"Well, in fact, this is just a guess that I suddenly had after seeing this sealing enchantment of yours, when the altar of the night elf clan was attacked in the past few times, it was clear that the attacker used a powerful arcane that made so many elite night elf warriors guarding the altar lose their combat power in an instant, but several times they did not make the surrounding night elf patrols sense any abnormal magic fluctuations at the same time as the arcane was cast. For the night elves, whose magic sensing talent is definitely among the top among the continent races, this is really abnormal, and the only explanation is ...... The Hand of Death has the ability to completely and completely contain the aftermath of arcane or even law arcane-level magic. ”

"Indeed, Miss Cheruth's speculation is not wrong at all, but don't you think that just because I, a magician who is proficient in sealing magic and has such laws and arcane arts as Origin Stripping, also happens to have such abilities, I conclude that I am an accomplice of the Hand of Death and others, is that a bit far-fetched?"

"Yes, it's really far-fetched, so I just said that it was 'speculation'...... But now, I feel like that's the truth. ”

As she said this, Chelus smiled what seemed to be a very sweet face.

"Mr. Layali, from the beginning of the year, you were not surprised to say that the enemy is the Hand of Death, but I want to ask, how did you know that the Hand of Death is the enemy we are facing?"

Layali's face changed, and he suddenly had the feeling that he might have fallen into a trap.

“...... Of course, Elder Palo Al told me, and when you came back this day, Miss Cheruth, you told Lilith and Elder Palo Al about the Hand of Death, and although I was not present at the time, I returned to the village, and Elder Palo Al told me what happened during the day—"

"Allah, is that so?" Chelus smiled even sweeter, "Unfortunately, I did tell the two elders of Palo Al about the Hand of Death during the day, but in my impression, I didn't seem to mention the name 'Hand of Death', and the original words I told the elders were: 'The opponent is a seventh-order high-level magician who was proficient in dark and life magic who participated in the Warcraft Forest Rebellion as a prelude to the Holy City Incident three years ago, please be careful when encountering this person." ...... So I ask, how did Elder Palo Al know the name 'Hand of Death' and tell you about it?"

Layali was silent, he didn't expect that he would fall so easily into the language trap of this little devil with a cute coat.

"And if you think about it again, in the incident of the monster attack on the village two days ago, it was the first time that the Hand of Death did not hide his magic fluctuations when committing the crime, but took advantage of the opportunity of the patrol being blocked by the monster at the gate of the village to make a time difference, and it happened that at that time of the day, Mr. Layali and your bodyguards happened to appear at the gate of the village, 'assisting' the night elves who were supposed to go out on patrol to retreat from the enemy together. And then again, the man in black who attacked the altar on the west side during the day today is said to be a wind magician but is very good at using wind blade magic to fight in close quarters like an assassin thief, just like your bodyguard we met two days ago, originally I thought it was a coincidence and didn't pay attention to it, but now that I think about it, maybe it's not a coincidence... Indefinite ......"

Speaking of this, the speed of Cheruth's speech suddenly slowed down, and a contemplative look appeared in the purple jewel's eyes, and then a somewhat uncertain look appeared on the wolf girl's face.

Not good...... The bodyguards are not here...... Is this guy trying to stall for time?

Having said that, the relationship between this guy and that bodyguard is ostensibly a patron relationship, but if that bodyguard really attacked the west altar and killed Lannard's murderer during the day, then the strength of that bodyguard is definitely not weaker than Leali...... Besides, there is a very good chance that there is a problem with Layali's identity, and the identity of his bodyguard whose origin is not known at all, isn't there no one to guarantee it?

At this moment when Cheruth was distracted by the bad speculation in her heart, Layali, who was silent because she was poked in front of the wolf girl, suddenly moved.