'I'm kind enough to help you activate the dark power in your body, why don't you thank me?'

Argus's banter echoed in his ears, and Jiang Zhe, who was staggering down the street, couldn't help but curse in a low voice, "That bastard ......"

No wonder he was so angry, for he didn't know what Argus had done to him, and from the moment he had been stinging in his forehead, more and more intense each time, and the sharp pain had made his eyes a little out of focus - he had already hit pedestrians on the street several times.

Jiang Zhe didn't have time to apologize to the passers-by who had been knocked down, so he let them curse in a low voice like unluck, and hurried towards the direction of the hotel, because he was more concerned about the burning pain on the back of his left hand than the stinging pain on his forehead, which was a sharp pain that resembled the touch of a red-hot soldering iron.

Fortunately, he didn't go far with Dia just now, and after about ten minutes, he finally returned to the hotel where they were staying, and happened to collide with Allen's party who were about to go out.

"Are you alright, man?" Running forward anxiously, Alan subconsciously looked at the street, then frowned and said, "Dia said just now, you ran into Argus on the road?"

Alan and Lavia clearly knew something about Argus.

"Yes," nodding, Jiang Zhe barely cheered up, smiled at Dia who had a worried expression behind Allen, and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine!"

Glancing at Dia, Lavia stepped forward, frowned, and said, "Didn't Argus do anything to you?"

"No!" Jiang Zhe, who was forced to calm down, shook his head reluctantly and said, "He just chatted with me a little bit, and thanked us for helping him when he was hungry?"

"Really, nothing else?" Lavia asked, looking at Jiang Zhe suspiciously.

Recalling Argus's terrifying strength and the threatening warning, Jiang Zhe shook his head and said affirmatively, "He just said something inconsequential, and it has nothing to do with it...... I'm a little tired and want to go and take a break!"

"Oh......"

After saying a few words to a few companions, Jiang Zhe walked towards the hotel, and when he walked to the door, suddenly a joking greeting came from the door.

"Hey, little ghost!"

Subconsciously raising his head, Jiang Zhe looked at the strong man in front of him in amazement, and after thinking for a while, he said with a little surprise, "Connell?"

"Isn't it me," Connell smiled slightly, leaned against the door with his arms crossed, looked at Jiang Zhe with a bit of a pretentious threat, and grinned, "You should remember what I said last time, right? If you bully ......" As he was saying, his words suddenly stopped, only to see him lower his head and sniff.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Zhe asked strangely.

Frowning, Connell shook his head, watched Jiang Zhe walk past him, and hurriedly ran to his room on the second floor.

"It's okay, I'm worried...... "Laughing, Alan shrugged helplessly, and then said to Dia, who was still a little worried, "Don't worry, it's okay, he's just sleepy - you don't know how well this guy can sleep, in Reox's meeting, this guy sleeps an average of more than sixteen hours a day, it's incredible!"

"Giggles, I hope so......"

"Trust me, it's okay, you wait and see, as long as this guy sleeps beautifully, he must be in good spirits again......"

While Alan chuckled and teased Dia, Lisa, and Lyrela as she went upstairs, Lavia noticed Connell's expression and walked over and asked in a low voice, "Did you find anything?"

I saw Connell shake his head slightly, frowned and said, "That little ghost has an aura very similar to Argus......"

"It's not surprising that Soth and Argus were alone for at least ten minutes!"

"Oh, I didn't mean that, I meant the breath...... Just now I noticed that a little bit of dark aura seeped out of that little ghost's body," he said, glancing down at Lavia and laughing teasingly, "You care about him so much, why don't you go up and have a look?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Lavia, who lowered her head, blushed, and after hesitating for a moment, walked straight in the direction of the second floor.

"It's good to be young......," he sighed old-fashionedly, walked to the bar of the inn, took out two silver coins from his bosom, tapped them on the countertop with his fingers, and said to the owner, "Bring me a barrel of ale!"

"One...... A bucket?" the shopkeeper looked surprised.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and get it - are you afraid that I won't give money?!"

"No, no, come now, come right away!" After putting away the two silver coins, the shopkeeper hurried towards his cellar.

"Is it possible...... Propping his forehead, Connell muttered, "but that guy shouldn't have a reason to fool me with such a thing...... Is it really hard to get?

Slamming the table, Connell shouted, "Where's the wine?

"Coming, coming......"

At the same time, Lavia was standing in Jiang Zhe's room against the door.

Connell was right, there was something wrong with the boy in front of him, and luckily he entered his room before he closed the door.

"Get out, Ivey, I told I was tired!"

Listening to the words, which had been repeated at least three times, Lavia was even more sure of her guess, and stubbornly stood at the closed doorway, saying, "I will never leave until you tell me the truth!"

"You!" the boy said, looking angry, as he stood in front of Lavia, staring into her eyes, "Get out, Ive!"

Wrong...... Something is wrong!

Feeling the chill coming from the boy in front of her, Lavia only felt her chest pounding violently, this indescribable oppressive force, she only remembered once...... "I...... I'm not leaving!" said Lavia stubbornly.

"You...... Alright!" In an instant, the palpitating oppressive force disappeared without a trace, and the boy covered his forehead, glanced at Lavia, and said in his usual helpless tone, "I'm going to take a shower, are you sure you want to stay here?"

was wondering if the palpitating oppressive force just now was an illusion, after hearing this, Lavia's face turned red for no reason, and she hesitated for a while, then suddenly bit her lip and said, "I know you are planning to trick me out, I won't fall for you!"

"I said, I'm fine!" Jiang Zhe said angrily, in fact, he did pay attention to deceiving Lavia out under the pretense of taking a bath just now.

"Since you're fine, why do you mind if I'm here? I was about to explain to you the theory of flashing, what?

"I ......" Jiang Zhe was suddenly speechless, forcibly endured the tingling pain, and reluctantly said, "Can't you talk about it tomorrow?"

"No, I want now!"

"You!" Glancing at Lavia helplessly, Jiang Zhe thought for a moment, walked straight to the bathroom, turned his head and said, "Are you sure you want to stay here......?"

"Don't try to trick me!"

"I really want to wash ......"

"Then you wash!"

Stunned and opened his mouth, Jiang Zhe suddenly ripped off his coat, pretending to be indignant and said, "That's okay, you just stay!"

"You bastard!" Lavia subconsciously covered her eyes with her hands, turned to the wall with a flushed face, and said hatefully, "If you have the ability, you will wash me!"

But this time, the boy didn't say anything to retort.

After listening quietly for a while, Lavia turned her head and cautiously glanced between her fingers, but then, her face suddenly changed.

I saw Jiang Zhe supporting the wall with his left hand, kneeling on one knee at the door of the bathroom, his whole body trembling from time to time.

"Bastard, you still say it's okay!" Angry and angry, Lavia hurriedly ran over, squatted beside Jiang Zhe, looked at him gritted his teeth with a painful look, and asked eagerly, "How are you?"

I saw Jiang Zhe raise his head with difficulty, and said reluctantly, "I said, I'm ...... Excellent!"

"Bastard!" Lavia was anxious and angry, and was about to help Jiang Zhe up, when she suddenly heard a click, and as soon as she looked up at the sound, she was shocked to find that the white glove on the boy's left hand was shattered in an instant, revealing the six-pointed star magic array on the back of her hand.

What's even more incredible is that the six-pointed star magician is now blood-red, and a solid-like black mist is gradually seeping out from the edges.

Before Lavia could react, she suddenly found that the boy's hair in front of her, which was originally a mysterious dark blonde hair, was gradually dyed black, and at the same time, his whole body was also oozing with a dark aura...... "God!" Lavia subconsciously stood up and took a step back, covering her mouth and looking at the boy in front of her in shock, the memories of the underground mine near Asher's village a year ago gradually surfaced in her mind.

"Oh, no......" After a moment's hesitation, Lavia crouched down, gently hugged the trembling boy, and whispered in a tone mixed with all kinds of feelings, "No, Soth......" Recalling the boy's cold and unreasonable eyes at that time, Lavia shook her head vigorously.

As the sky gradually darkened, Alan had already ordered a dinner at the hotel, but after waiting for a long time, he did not see Jiang Zhe Lavia and Connell.

Before he had no choice but to leave the table and call the three people.

However, when he came to the second floor, he happened to see Connell leaning against the wall of the corridor with his arms folded and his eyes closed, behind him, it was Jiang Zhe's room, and in front of him, it was Lavia's room.

"Hey, man, I've been looking for you for a long time - would you like to have dinner together?"

"Oh, of course!" said Connell with a smile when he opened his eyes, "if there's a big plate of meat and a big vat of ale on the table, I think I'd be glad to do it!"

"No problem!" Allen shrugged with a grin, then glanced at Jiang Zhe's room, walked over and was about to knock on the door, but was stopped by Connell.

"That little imp is asleep! Sleeps soundly - I've knocked it before!"

"Really?" Alan shrugged and made a strange expression, thinking that he knew how well his friend could sleep, but he didn't care, and turned to knock on the door of Lavia's room, but was stopped by Connell.

"That little ghost seems to be resting too, and just now he told me that I didn't need to ask her to have dinner with me!"

"Huh?" Alan said with a puzzled glance at Connell, "You said Lavia, she's resting too?"

"yes, maybe I'm tired today!" the werewolf said with a smile.

"Too tired, I think it's annoying......" Ellen shrugged his shoulders and pouted his head and said, "Then leave them alone, man, go!"

"Hey!" Smiling slightly, Connell subconsciously glanced at Jiang Zhe's room, touched his stomach and said, "I need a large plate of meat, and wine!"

"No problem!"

The time came the next morning...... As Alan said, Jiang Zhe, who woke up early in the morning, was undoubtedly the best spirit of the day, and a long sleep could completely restore him to his best state.

Slowly opened his eyes and turned his head sideways to look out the window at the clear sky, it was already dawn.

However, just the movement of one side of his head made his forehead feel a dizzy discomfort.

Suspiciously, he stretched out his left hand and touched his forehead, Jiang Zhe gradually remembered something, he subconsciously looked at the back of his left hand, and saw the milky white six-pointed star magic array as always.

I don't think there's anything strange about it...... What did Argus do?

Regarding the six-pointed star magic array on his left hand, although Jiang Zhe didn't know who carved it for him, but from Father Andrew's mouth, he also learned something, such as the effect of this magic array, curbing negative emotions and curbing dark forces...... Jiang Zhe was skeptical of Argus's statement that he had a completely different power in his body, after all, not to mention that he had never used that kind of power, and he didn't even notice it.

Could it be that Argus lied to himself?

But he had no reason to deceive himself, that guy's strength was incredible, great magician...... That guy looks like he's only in his twenties, right? No more than thirty at most, but in front of him, even Professor Huo De was compared...... "Goo......" Feeling the strong hunger from his stomach, Jiang Zhe took a light breath, and planned to tear off the quilt on his body and go downstairs to have breakfast, in his memory, he didn't even eat last night's dinner.

But suddenly, he stopped, and he felt as if he was being pressed by something, including his right chest, right arm, and right hand...... Jiang Zhe moved his right arm slightly...... Yes, I was really pressed by something, and I didn't notice it because I was thinking about it just now...... Looking to his right, looking at the quilt that seemed to be propped up by something, Jiang Zhe had a faint bad premonition...... Swallowing his saliva, he carefully lifted the quilt with his left hand, and the next second, he turned pale with the astonishment of what he saw with his eyes.

I saw Lavia curled up slightly and half-crawled on her bear's side, muttering indistinctly from time to time.

Oh, my God...... Jiang Zhe racked his brains to recall yesterday's events, and after a full five or six minutes, he let out a long sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his left hand.

In fact, he didn't need to be so alarmed, because both he and Lavia were dressed properly.

But for this difficult girl, how can she be in her own bed...... cough, in his room, Jiang Zhe tried his best to recall yesterday's events, and then, he felt that there was a fault in his memory...... Remember when I was taking a shower to threaten her to leave, right?

Why let her go?

Well, it's that asshole from Argus, who doesn't know what he's done to himself and makes him emotionally unstable...... Inspired the dark forces within me?

Frowning, Jiang Zhe began to feel his magic fluctuations.

Fire Elemental ...... Magic...... There's nothing wrong...... "Strange!" Jiang Zhe looked suspicious.

Suddenly, a murmur came from his right.

"Hmm......" In Jiang Zhe's pale face and frightened eyes, the sleeping Lavia moved her body, and then slowly got up from Jiang Zhe, sat on the bed and looked around sleepily, and said to Jiang Zhe vaguely, "Morning, Soth!"

"Morning ......" Jiang Zhe replied curtly, and then looked at Lavia's sleepy eyes gradually becoming clear, and secretly screamed in his heart.

But to his surprise, Lavia's expression was very calm, she just raised her right hand, looked at Jiang Zhe and said lightly, "Can you let go of my hand now?"

"Hmm?" Jiang Zhe was stunned, he realized that his right hand was grasping Lavia's right hand with one finger, but he had no clue when this happened.

"Hug, sorry......" hurriedly let go of his hand, looking at Lavia expressionlessly rubbing the five red marks on his right hand with his left hand, Jiang Zhe smiled, swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty, "I ...... yesterday Didn't do anything?"

"You dare!" saw Lavia smile coldly, and threatened with an expressionless face, "If it weren't for the fact that you didn't go right yesterday, or else...... Kick you to death!"

"Yes...... Jiang Zhe nodded again and again, and looked at Lavia sitting on the bed with a wry smile and taking care of her hair.

While arranging her hair, Lavia frowned and glanced at the six-pointed star magic array on the back of Jiang Zhe's left hand, and said with a sneer, "Decoration?

Jiang Zhe smiled bitterly, remembering that when Lavia saw the magic array in her hand, she was troublesome, so she lied to her and said that it was just decoration...... That's good!

Glancing at Jiang Zhe, who was smiling bitterly, Lavia shook her head helplessly, got out of bed and patted the wrinkled clothes on her body, and pretended not to care and said, "What lie are you going to use to hide from me this time?"

Glancing deeply at Lavia, Jiang Zhe was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Argus said...... He said there was a dark power in me, and he said he helped me activate it......"

"What?" Lavia's expression changed slightly, and she frowned, "Helped you stimulate this power?"

"That's what he said, he said that although I have this power, I can't use it, as if I have been restricted by something......" After saying this, Jiang Zhe and Lavia's eyes subconsciously looked at the six-pointed star magic array.

"Curb negative emotions, curb the dark forces...... Could it be ......" With a bit of surprise and surprise, Jiang Zhe stroked the six-pointed star magic array in his left hand with his right hand.

"Soth!" interrupting Jiang Zhe's words, Lavia sat on the edge of the bed and said seriously, "I don't know if this magic array curbs that dark power, but you do have a very powerful dark power in your body......" As she spoke, she glanced at Jiang Zhe, shook her head and said, "But it's a very terrifying force......

"How do you know? You've seen it?"

"Yes, I did!"

"This ......" looked at Lavia with a serious expression in amazement, Jiang Zhe shook his head and said, "Impossible!"

"Remember when the professor took us to his house a year ago, in the underground pit near the village of Asher, we were surrounded by dozens of Gangero......

"Well, I remember, how...... Isn't it?"

"That's right!" Looking at Jiang Zhe with inexplicable eyes, Lavia shook her head and said, "I saw you tear those dozens of Gangaro apart...... Just for a moment!"

"For a moment?" Jiang Zhe was taken aback, and kept looking at the magic array, with a little inexplicable emotion.

"Listen to me, Soth," reaching out to hold Jiang Zhe's left hand, Lavia said seriously, "I don't know how you got that incredibly powerful power, but that power was so evil, at that time, you seemed to have lost your mind, no matter how I shouted, there was no answer, and you even wanted to attack me......"

"Impossible!" Jiang Zhe said with a frown.

"Yes, what's impossible?" Lavia's eyes flickered, and Lavia said insincerely, "You lost your mind at that time......

Glancing at Lavia, Jiang Zhe said speechlessly, "Ivey, have you noticed that when you lie, your eyes will flicker, and you will stutter......

"You!" looked at Jiang Zhe angrily, Lavia said angrily, "Okay! You didn't attack me, okay, but you really lost your mind at that time, otherwise, do you remember what happened at that time?"

Thinking about it vigorously, after a few minutes, Jiang Zhe shook his head silently.

"You see I'm not lying to you, it's an evil dark force, it's powerful, but it's ...... I don't want you to use that power!"

Looking at the left hand that was covered by Lavia, and looking at the half-exposed magic array, Jiang Zhe licked his lips and said in a low voice, "You tell me the situation first, and what happened yesterday......"

"Hmm...... Alright!"

So, it took Lavia about half an hour to tell Jiang Zhe everything she knew, including Connell, and Jiang Zhe was dumbfounded.

"I killed those Gangeros? not Connell? And I killed Connell once, the most powerful werewolf in history?"

"yes!"

"Whew!" let out a long breath, Jiang Zhe looked at the magic array in his left hand with a little regret, after listening to Lavia's words, he wanted to try that power more and more...... "Promise me, Soth, don't use that power......"

"This ......"

"Promise me!"

"I ......" Glancing at Lavia, Jiang Zhe hesitated, then suddenly shrugged his shoulders and said, "Actually, you can rest assured, until now, let alone using that power, I haven't even noticed it......"

"I mean later!" Looking at Jiang Zhe deeply, Lavia said seriously, "I know you too well, Soth, you blindly pursue great power, if you can, you will definitely try to use that power......"

opened his mouth, Jiang Zhe was speechless.

"Hmph," with a light snort, Lavia approached Jiang Zhe and whispered, "If you really want to use that power......"

"How?"

"I'll stop you!"

"Okay, okay!" Jiang Zhe shook his head speechlessly.

"That's good," said Lavia, smiling, as she stood up and said, "Alright, they shouldn't have gotten up yet, I'll have to go back to my room......

"Ive," called Lavia, Jiang Zhe said seriously, "Don't tell anyone about yesterday......

Standing by the door with his back to Jiang Zhe, Lavia said lightly, "Including Dia?"

"Hmm...... Yes, as if it didn't happen!

"Hmph," Lavia turned her head, nodded, and said, "Yes!" as she spoke, her expression changed and she said viciously, "Again, you'd better forget something for me!"

"Bang!" the door slammed shut.

"Whew!" Looking at the poor door, Jiang Zhe smiled bitterly and touched his nose.

Alright, get up and wash up!

Jumping off the bed, Jiang Zhe stretched happily, then walked to the bathroom, picked up a handful of cold water and poured it on his face, and when he was about to reach out to take the towel in his hand, his eyes inadvertently caught a glimpse of the mirror embedded in the wall, and suddenly, he was stunned.

I saw that behind myself in the mirror, there seemed to be a hazy gray figure...... "Hmm?" Jiang Zhe turned his head to look behind him inexplicably, but he didn't find anything abnormal, but when he looked at the mirror, the hazy gray figure still existed.

Just when Jiang Zhe was surprised and puzzled, he saw that in the hazy gray figure in the mirror, a pair of pale red eyes were slowly opening, which were a pair of indifferent eyes without any emotion...... Jiang Zhe subconsciously looked at the back of his left hand, but found that the milky white six-pointed star magic array still existed, but it was just ...... How do you feel that the color of the magic array seems to be lighter than before...... Is it a delusion?

Half an hour later, there was a banging knock at the door, and as soon as he heard this sound, Jiang Zhe knew that it was Allen.

Opening the door with a bit of concern, Jiang Zhe smiled and said, "Morning, Allen!"

"Morning, man, you look good," said Alan with a casual greeting, "hurry up and get ready, we'll have breakfast and let's go...... Well, I remember, you don't have anything to prepare, so let's go!" As he spoke, he glanced at Jiang Zhe's left hand and wondered, "Where are your gloves?"

Jiang Zhe shrugged helplessly, according to Lavia, then the pile of dust at the door of the bathroom in his room was his own gloves...... At this time, the door on the opposite side creaked open, and in Jiang Zhe's still somewhat embarrassed eyes, Lavia walked out with her travel bag, as if nothing had happened, and greeted her in the same tone as ever, "Hi, morning, Alan, South!"

"Morning, Lavia!"

"Early ......"

Glancing at Jiang Zhe, Lavia handed the travel bag in her hand to Allen, and said with a smile, "Allen, can you help me carry this bag downstairs?"

"How can you bear to see the beautiful lady carrying such a heavy bag—no problem!" said a knightly salute, and Alan took the bag with a grin, and then said to Lavia, "Oh, by the way, Dia is already downstairs, you go and call Lisa and Larella - breakfast and carriage are ready, we should leave later!"

"Okay!" Seeing Alan go downstairs with his travel bag, Lavia glanced at the embarrassed Jiang Zhe and handed him a brand new pair of white gloves.

"Thank you!" Jiang Zhe thanked him, took the white gloves from Lavia's hand and put them on, then frowned and muttered, "Slightly ...... A little smaller?"

I saw Lavia's expression change, and she snorted coldly and said, "That's mine, if you're not satisfied, buy it yourself!"

"No, I'm very satisfied!"

"Hmph!" glaring at Jiang Zhe, Lavia knocked on Lisa and Lyrela's door.

"Lisa, Lyreira, it's me...... Prepare yourself, it's time for us to go!"

"Oh!"

"Got it, Ive!"

Looking at Lavia not far away, Jiang Zhe glanced at the white gloves on his hands.

Is it a powerful dark force...... How powerful is it?

"Smack!" Shaking his head, Jiang Zhe tried to snap his fingers, then nodded and muttered, "It's a little smaller, but it'...... Make do with it!"

And at the same time, at the Reoks Academy...... The old dean was frowning at the letter in his hand with his monocle, when suddenly, he stopped what he was doing and glanced at the door.

With a creak, the door was pushed open, and Father Andrew, dressed in a red bishop's robe, pushed the door open and walked in, and after closing the door casually, he said to the old dean, "What is going on—so anxious to get me?"

The old dean smiled slightly, put his pipe aside, handed over the letter in his hand, and said, "This is a letter from the branch of the Galik Magic Society, the local branch head Ikabod Weiss has been friends with that old fellow Weston for more than ten years, and out of trust, he sent the latest information here......"

"Oh?" said Father Andrew, who came over and reached out to take the letter, "Is it about Argus?"

"Hmm!" the old dean nodded, then got up and stood by the window, looking at the scenery outside, frowning, and said, "According to the information, Argus has been in the Galik area for at least two months, and although I don't know what his purpose is, I'm sure it has something to do with Galik...... The last place of his appearance was in a small town called Hale, where he met a man named Jean Connell......"

"Jean Connell?" said Father Andrew, who was slightly stunned, "who is that?"

"I don't know," the old dean shook his head and frowned, "The Garic Magic Society branch has investigated this Jean Connell, but there is no information about this man......"

"Oh, that's going to interest Argus, the guy called Jean Connell, isn't that any ordinary person......"

"We don't know yet, Argus seems to be trying his best to hide his tracks, and for this reason, the Galik Magic Branch has lost more than a dozen excellent magicians, and with the current situation of the Galik Magic Association Branch, I am afraid that it will no longer be able to gather information for us......"

"Well, Argus is a terrible guy, he's extraordinary - what are you going to do?"

"Go to Galik!" Turning his head to look at Father Andrew, the old dean sighed slightly, and said, "If Argus is really as strong as you say, then no one in Galik can deal with him - since he chose to stay in Galik, then there must be a reason why he can't leave that place, so he won't leave there in the short term, all we need to do is find him......"

"Is it necessary to bother the archmage Gretel Keynes? hehehe, but I'll go with you!"

"Huh?"

Looking at the somewhat surprised old dean, Father Andrew whispered, "Gretel, don't forget, it's my job to catch that man, and don't underestimate that guy - Argus's power is very strong!"

Picking up the pipe on the table and biting it into his mouth, the old dean asked with a little surprise, "Very powerful?"

"Yes! Unbelievably strong!"

(To be continued)