Spiritual realm.

In the pale blue blurred vision, seven figures were moving forward at a rapid pace.

They all wore uniform suits and coats draped over black trench coats.

This is the Vault's elite squad of Transcendents - the "Executioners".

"Captain Essop, we should be in Amber City soon, right?"

One of the young men spoke.

"Hmm."

The middle-aged man at the head responded.

"This trip took more than half an hour, shuttling from the Spirit Realm of Fossil City to Amber City, in order to suppress 'Akbinkovol' as soon as possible...... The Chief Judge has given the order to die, and this man must be killed on the spot! ”

"Yes!"

"Yes! Captain! ”

The other members responded.

They were so fast that the surrounding scene blurred and changed like a slide.

Thanks to the numerous city anchors at the Shelter's disposal, the Executioner Team was able to travel precisely and reach their destination as quickly as possible.

Soon, they saw the outline of Amber City in the distance in the spiritual realm.

"Let's go to the Amber City Asylum first, where the highest prefect is the student whom the Adjudicator values, and as a matter of basic etiquette, we'd better let it know...... And the information about Akbin this time was also reported by her. ”

Captain Isop said.

The other members had no opinion on this and nodded silently.

Although the "Executioners" team is not under the jurisdiction of the regular department of the asylum and does not need to report to the local branch when carrying out their duties, this is a sign of respect for Chief Rudolph.

At this moment, Captain Isop suddenly shouted in a deep voice:

"Stop!"

The members were startled, stopped, and immediately followed the captain's gaze and looked ahead.

On the side of the main road outside the city, a figure was leaning lightly against the twisted street lamp, with a pitch-black sword stuck at his feet.

The man was dressed in pitted black shabby armor and wore an iron helmet with a wolf's head.

It looks like a knight who has just come down from the battlefield.

"Black Knight...... Byers! ”

Captain Isop narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice.

The knight slowly stood up, clenched his fingers, and drew the black sword from the ground with a bang.

"Executioner squad, I've been waiting for a long time."

A deep male voice came from the wolf's helmet.

"Hmm...... Six [Sequence 7] and one [Sequence 6], you will all be buried here today......"

"Be careful!"

Captain Isop snorted.

The figure of the Black Knight has disappeared.

The next second.

One of the executioners behind Theyop lowered his head with wide eyes and trembling.

In his chest, a black sword suddenly appeared, and blood was overflowing.

Poof——!

The black knight turned his back to the man and drew his sword with his backhand, taking away a bead of blood.

With a thud, the black sword flicked, and blood spilled an arc on the ground.

The members of the executioners, who had been hit hard by a sword, fell to their knees with a thud, clutching their chests and screaming. But his screaming stopped abruptly in the next second, as the Black Knight stomped on his neck.

Quack!

"Moore!!"

Members of the executioner's squad shouted excitedly.

"You damn thing! Die! ”

With anger on their faces, the two members unleashed their extraordinary powers, one covered in black shadows and escaped into the shadows, and the other was surrounded by water vapor, and his muscles flashed with electric arcs, rushing towards the black knight.

This is a [Conspiracy Faction Sequence 7 - Assassin] and a [Deep Sea Faction Sequence 7 - Shark Fighter]!

"Impotent shouting."

The black knight grabbed a man from the shadow under his feet, and his five fingers were firmly clasped on his face.

He carried the black sword in his other hand, and with a slash on his head, the brilliant purple sword light directly cut through the water vapor in front of him, and together with the entire person of the other party, it was smooth and sliced.

One more member of the Executioner Squad!

"Biles! As a wanted criminal in the Empire, you dare to show your head and intercept the executioner squad here! ”

Theyop shouted angrily, and the whole person disappeared in an instant.

But the black knight was indifferent, and threw the creature he was holding at his right hand, and with a bang, he bumped into something invisible.

Theyop was forced to show his face, hugging his teammates.

I saw the young man in his arms, who was alive a minute ago, but now he has long since lost his breath.

"The soul dissipated ......"

Essop's hands trembled, and his heart was bleeding.

These are all teammates who have accompanied him for many years, comrades-in-arms entrusted with life and death, but now they are dead in front of him.

Unspeakable anger erupted.

"Captain!"

At this moment, however, the other three members of the executioners exclaimed.

The black knight clenched his fists with five fingers and raised them towards the sky.

This area with a diameter of thirty meters suddenly fell into darkness, and everyone couldn't see their fingers.

"Byers!!"

Essop's eyes were red and he roared loudly.

But there was silence all around, and the voices of other teammates could no longer be heard.

As a [Conspiracy Faction Sequence 6 - Shadowless], he is best at sneak attacks and assassinations, but when facing the Black Knight, he is extremely powerless.

The former captain of the "Purple Moonlight" team of the Moon Church who defected, his frontal combat power is extremely terrifying, and he is probably not an opponent!

With trembling hands, Isop took out a small light bulb from his bosom, which was the [B-class Monster-Spotlight Bulb] they applied for from the Fossil City Asylum during this mission to suppress Akbin.

It can effectively imprison the target, in a small aperture.

The cost is to increase the degree of dependence on the light source for a short period of time, and fall into the negative effect of "dark phobia".

Now that the surroundings have been temporarily transformed into night by the Black Knight's extraordinary power, I am afraid that using this strange object will put you in an extremely bad situation.

But Isop can't do that much.

"I must use this artifact to control Biles as soon as possible, and then move away with the team!"

Theyop gritted his teeth and activated the light bulb.

Airplanes!

A blinding light suddenly appeared, illuminating the darkness around them.

What made Theyop's eyes tear was that he saw three decapitated corpses on the ground not far away!

The three familiar team members, their faces still maintained the fear of the last second of their lives.

The Black Knight clubbed the hilt of his sword in one hand and turned his head to stare at him quietly.

"It's disgusting light."

An indifferent voice came from the wolf's helmet.

"Biles! I'm going to kill you! Certain! ”

Enraged, Essop took control of the light bulb and focused the light on the Black Knight.

Click!

A spotlight fell on Biles's body within a meter of him, making him seem to be the protagonist in the darkness of the stage at this moment.

The black knight snorted lightly, lifted the black sword and slashed out.

Airplanes!

It was as if there was an invisible barrier blocking the tip of his sword.

"Huh...... What are you going to do? ”

Seeing this, the black knight was not nervous, but instead casually thrust the black sword into the ground.

"Trap me with this light, and then what? How are you going to kill me? ”

Essop calmed down, but his eyes were still red and bloodshot.

The middle-aged man took a few steps forward, just a few meters away from the black knight, and stood facing each other.

Once again, he pulled a tiny black glass ball from his bosom.

"This is an extraordinary bomb forged by the Transcendent Workshop, a small one, enough to destroy you and me at the same time......"

Essop grinned.

"The whole team is dead, what's the point of me coming back alive?

You're right, Biles, all of us will be buried here...... But also you!

Although the mission failed this time, by the way, I will get rid of you, a wanted criminal, and it will be the last time Isop will serve the Empire! ”

Theysolp was about to squeeze the glass ball with a pinch.

That's when it happened.

A hair-thin, twisted ray of light swept through it like a thousand flashes of light.

His movements froze.

Essop opened his mouth slightly, but could not speak.

His whole body shattered into countless pieces in the next second, collapsing like a building block, and the glass ball fell, being gently caught by the black knight's palm.

The wolf helmet turned slightly, looked down at the corpse on the ground, and shook his head.

The light twisted a few times in mid-air, and finally fell into the hands of the black knight, turning into a pale yellow orchid.

"Thank you, Yulan, my love."

The Black Knight placed the flower in front of his helmet, sniffing and kissing.

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Jack's Manor.

Kitchen in the lobby on the first floor.

Chen Lun stood beside Floy and watched quietly as she was pouring chunks of pork into the pot.

"Is that so?"

Floy asked curiously.

"Hmm...... That's right, you throw the spices in and simmer for 40 minutes, and the soup is almost done. ”

According to his memory, Chen Lun slowly guided Floy to reproduce a dish he had missed for a long time in this world - braised pork.

Floy put the lid on and turned around.

"It's really like you said, it's going to be cool when eaten with rice...... Delicious? ”

"Of course!"

Chen Lun chuckled, his original words at the time were that it would be refreshing...... But I'm afraid that Floy is a little incomprehensible, so I only describe the meaning in a general way.

"Food is something that needs to be waited for...... Come on, come over here, and I'll do a magic trick for you. ”

Chen Lun pulled her and turned around and came to the living room.

With Floy's puzzled look, she pressed her down on the couch and sat down.

"Magic?"

Floy asked.

"That's right! Magic. ”

Chen Lun thought that the next sequence he was going to be promoted to was [Magician], so he planned to adapt in advance.

He coughed and was about to pull out his playing cards.

"But I can't see it."

Floy tilted her head.

"What kind of magic are you going to perform on a blind girl?"

“……”

Chen Lun was stunned for a moment, and then deflated.

Floy sensed his emotions and covered her mouth and chuckled.

"I'll do a magic trick for you."

She said.

"Huh?"

Chen Lun looked confused.

"This magic trick is called 'controlling the heartbeat'......"

Floy leaned over and leaned slightly closer to Chen Lun's face.

She gently touched Chen Lun's chest with her hand.

"Look, your heart is beating faster."

Chen Lun's breath stagnated.

He suddenly thought of the last words Floy said after getting drunk a few days ago-

"You didn't lie to me, I really had it because I finally heard your heartbeat......"

Before she fell asleep, she added in an inaudible voice:

"As fast as I am."

Chen Lun was silent for a while.

Then he gently grabbed her hand, a gesture that made Floy tremble slightly.

"Floy ......"

He spoke.

Floy pursed her lips.

At this moment, above the heads of the two of them, a light blue crack suddenly appeared out of thin air, and a frog's head poked down from inside.

It happened to be in the middle of the two.

Wail!

Chen Lun's pupils shrank, and he raised his hand to prepare to punch him.

Wail!!

The frog head seemed to be frightened by Chen Lun's murderous aura, and called out louder.

Only then did Chen Lun realize that the guy in front of him was the spiritual messenger of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce, the "cheat doll" named Joan.

He turned to look at Floy and saw that she had already left the living room and had gone to the kitchen.

"You'd better have something."

Chen Lun took a deep breath and said.

The frog head blinked his eyes in fear, and shuddered as he handed over a small, plain silver square.

After Chen Lun took it, it suddenly retracted into the spirit realm without looking back, and disappeared without a trace.

Here's this...... The transcendent materials and mystery books I commissioned from the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce earlier. ’

He took a look at the fist-sized silver cube and found that it contained several squares of dimensional space, filled with otherworldly materials and mysterious books.

This small silver square is the "high-grade package" of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce, a disposable.

When the customer takes out the contents of the item, it disintegrates on its own.

Glancing at the direction of the kitchen, Chen Lun sighed secretly.

He then took out the contents of the small square, and because there were so many things, he had to empty the coffee table and pour it on top.

With a bang, the small silver cube shattered into countless parts, and then dissipated.

'What a magical power, this is the special craft ...... of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce? ’

Chen Lun glanced at the air.

He turned his attention to the coffee table, counted it a little, and found that there were more than a hundred copies of various extraordinary materials, and these materials cost more than 1,800 gold pounds in total.

And there are thirty-two mystery books, which is the bulk of the gold swallowing, which cost more than 7,500 gold pounds, which directly made Chen Lun a poor egg again.

This is still because Chen Lun and Rosa have a good relationship, and they have discounted it a little, otherwise it will only be more expensive...... Moreover, it is not always possible to acquire so many mystery books.

'Knowledge is indeed an extremely expensive luxury......

Chen Lun sighed.

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After returning to his room, Chen Lun took a cursory look at the thirty-two mysterious books.

There are five books for each of the Sun, Moon, Deep Sea, and Earth, four each for the Stars and Flesh factions, two for the Magic faction, one each for the Nature and Conspiracy factions, and none for the Destiny faction.

'The three factions of nature, intrigue, and fate belong to the hidden paths, and it is understandable that there are fewer mystery books in circulation...... But there is not a single book on the path of fate! ’

Chen Lun frowned slightly.

He picked up two worn-out books from the stack on his desk.

The Spirit Messenger specifically marked these two books, indicating that they cost six or seven times more than the others, and that they were the two paths of stars and flesh...... After a cursory reading, the knowledge inside is more profound and difficult to understand than the others, and it should contain the extraordinary knowledge of [Sequence 8]! ’

Chen Lun let out a sigh of relief.

Originally, I planned to accumulate a wave of skill points by reading mysterious books, but it seems a little taken for granted...... However, if you read these books slowly, you can also gain a large wave of experience points and two copies of [Sequence 8] of extraordinary knowledge, and deepen your occult attainments, which is not bad. ’

He stretched and looked out the window.

'I haven't finished reading the "Cat God Cult Classics" enshrined in the Spire of Cat Town, so I should be able to accumulate a wave of points with it! ’

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Some more time passed.

On this day, circus players who were operating all over Amber City received letters from a goldfinch.

Curious, they opened it and found that it had been sent by Mr. Jack.

Concise and straightforward, Jack says he feels the call from Wonderland once again, a world in turmoil that will erupt with a terrible catastrophe called the Pollution Tide, which will require the help of their warriors in a foreign land...... Of course, the rewards are very generous.

"- Everyone, it's a big task again! Quests related to the high-level dungeon 'Wonderland'! ”

Dongyang spoke in the previous chat room.

"—I received it too."

Chenxi spoke.

"—It looks like a defensive battle, which is much better than the previous blind exploration, and it suits us better! (Excited Expression)"

Kotou Kim spoke.

"—I'm cleaning up those plagued rats in the sewers these days, and people are going numb, and the rewards are deducted and searched...... Finally received good news! Jack, I love you so much! ”

The centaur man spoke.

"-Then how many of us should do it?"

Forgotten Mowgli speaks.

"-I may change people on my side, and go to other cities to bring new people."

Dongyang replied.

Honey Yuzu can't participate either, she recently took on a mission with Honey Hanbao and is not active in Amber City. If you don't have a candidate, I'll bring in another cadre to make a full ten. ”

Chenxi spoke.

Others have little opinion.

"Then it's decided, early the day after tomorrow, Jack's Manor will gather ......@苏可莹@北极星@一个悲伤尾音所结束的欢乐之曲, and please answer when you receive it."

Dongyang said.

Su Keying and Tail then spoke to indicate receipt.

"-hmm."

Polaris replied.

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