Chapter 25 "Partnerships"
There was an eerie and brief silence in the kitchen of the old Ernst house.
Roy, whose face was covered in blood, was lying in the corner moaning, and the three-tailed mouse stood arrogantly on his chest, and the whip-like three tails whipped the bloody face again and again.
With his arms twisted badly, but with a look of hope on his face, Bart struggled to brace his body, gasping hard, suppressing the intense pain in his body while quietly waiting for the next development of the situation.
The young "Wild Mage" standing opposite stopped his movements, he turned slightly, and looked at the female mage of the Dharma Council who was already close to him.
The latter was holding a magic book in her hand, her aura was cold and powerful, and just standing there made people cringe, not to mention that the mage robes on her body were still stained with blood......
"Maybe she just dealt with someone?"
The hope in Bart's heart grew brighter and brighter, he had not had a good impression of these Legislature mages since he was born, but now, he longed to appear in front of him the most ruthless and most adherently abiding by the Legislature's tenets, and if he could, Bart would even like to see the female mage use her magic to burn the wild mage into charcoal, or melt it into a puddle of acid......
Bart waited silently.
However, his heart, which he lifted, gradually sank to the bottom with his difficult breathing.
None of the things he had expected happened, and the pale and thin bastard of the owner of the old Ernst mansion took two deep breaths, and he seemed to be a little nervous and annoyed, but this was definitely not a reaction in the face of enemies and threats!
And in the next second, a sentence that popped out of the female mage's mouth completely shattered all of Bart's fantasies.
"What's going on with these two people?"
Even Xiuge didn't expect that this would be the first thing Wei Lin said after she spoke.
Shug didn't want to answer the question of the female mage in front of him immediately, he cautiously looked at the blood stains on her robe, these blood stains were very new, and they looked like they had been stained not long ago, and the sudden "visit" in this image was very inconsistent with Shug's first impression of Wei Lin.
So he asked, "Miss Vilin, what are you......?" What's wrong? ”
Seeing that Xiuge was reacting in this way, the female mage sighed, opened the magic book, and once again tore out a page with many intricate patterns from it, and threw it out.
So, with the flow of magic, the soundproofing magic most commonly used by the Judicial Council immediately spread in the old Ernst mansion, locking all the sounds in the room.
After doing this, Wei Lin replied, "I'm afraid that your previous speculations and worries are correct, and I have confirmed some of them...... The bad news is that I've gotten into some trouble because of it. ”
As she spoke, Wei Lin tugged at the mage robe on her body with some disgust, and the blood stains on it made her a little irritable.
Xiuge observed Wei Lin's demeanor for a moment, and then asked tentatively, "So, you are fleeing now?" ”
"Fleeing?"
The moment she raised her head, Wei Lin's demeanor returned to normal, and she shook her head indifferently: "It's not a retreat, but the current Salem City is no longer safe for you and me, and I can't even trust the deputies who followed me here." ”
This sentence sounds a little strange.
Xiuge instinctively pushed back along with the sentence, and then he frowned: "So you mean, I can trust?" ”
Verin narrowed.
The sense of crisis that flashed through his heart for a moment made Xiuge resolutely shut his mouth.
"Alright, it's your turn to answer my question."
Wei Lin turned her head and looked at the kitchen in a tragic situation: "What's going on with these two people?" ”
Bart, who had been supporting himself, finally couldn't bear the reality in front of him, and he didn't have time to think about the specific relationship between the two people in front of him, so he fell to the ground with a "bang".
Shug shrugged and smiled, "They haven't had time to answer me yet, but I guess it's a member of the Tricolor Brotherhood." ”
"As I recall, that good friend of yours is also a member of the Brotherhood."
"Putrin? Well, he's a member of the Brotherhood, though...... I don't think the Brotherhood can represent him, and of course, he can't represent the rest of the Brotherhood. ”
Roy the Thief was still moaning incoherently, and at Shoge's signal, the three-tailed rat standing on Roy's chest silently scurried into the shadows of the nearby cupboard before disappearing.
Naturally, such a small action could not be concealed from a lake-level mage, and the moment the three-tailed mouse jumped away, Wei Lin's gaze had already slanted.
"Well, give me a moment, and I'll try to ask something."
"Thank you, Miss Verin."
"Don't rush to say thank you."
The mage had already raised her feet and walked in the direction of the two thieves, and her words came: "After this, you also need to give me some explanation...... About the magic you use. ”
With that, she stretched out her hand and pointed to the door of the kitchen.
……
In this way, Shuge was ruthlessly kicked out of his kitchen.
He could guess with his toes that Wei Lin would probably use some of the special magic in the legal committee on the two thieves of the Tricolor Brotherhood next, and whether she could ask for something useful, Xiuge was doubtful for the time being, but it was certain that these two guys probably had no way to survive.
"It's a pity, there doesn't seem to be anything in the dream world that can be exchanged for thieves' body parts."
This thought flashed through Xiuge's mind, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
He found that he seemed to be adapting a little too quickly to this kind of thing.
I don't know if that's a good thing.
This meaningless thinking was quickly put aside by Xiuge, who went to the second floor, looked out of the window, and saw that there did not seem to be any obvious commotion in the city, and then cleaned up with great speed.
"I'm afraid I'm going to give up on this old house soon."
Xiuge looked around, a little emotional, but from the bottom of his heart, he didn't have much affection for the mansion he lived in, and in fact, there were very few things in the old mansion that he needed to take with him.
Some manuscript papers, which recorded some clues and conjectures that he had sorted out, needed to be destroyed quickly.
Then he got the magic pass from Philip's office, and Xiuge felt that it was necessary to give it to Wei Lin for a second examination, after all, he was a beginner in magic who lacked systematic learning, and was not professional in judging magic items.
Then there's some money, limited in quantity, just take it with you.
Finally, there were the two alchemy bombs that had been exchanged from the dream world, which Xiuge had carefully wrapped and put into the pocket of his trench coat, which was one of his hole cards.
Soon, the manuscript paper full of all kinds of conjectures and clues was burned by Xiuge, and just as he was busy smashing the ashes, Verin also ended her interrogation, and she walked out of the kitchen with a solemn face, the magic book in her hand still flashing with a pale blue shimmer.
Shog tried to check on the two thieves, but before he could enter the kitchen, Viline stopped him.
"Nothing to look at...... Treating corpses with magical acid is convenient, but the process is not elegant. ”
The female mage pushed her glasses, and then said in a slightly tired tone, "However, I think Mr. Xiuge will always have a chance to see it in the future." ”
Hearing Wei Lin say this, Xiu Ge immediately suppressed his urge to go into the kitchen to take a look, and he asked instead, "Miss Wei Lin, what did you ask?" ”
"It's limited, but your guess is accurate, they are indeed members of the Tricolor Brotherhood, but their purpose here is unclear."
Wei Lin pulled out a chair and sat down, she held the magic book and said, "Actually, these two thieves don't know the purpose of the Brotherhood for letting them come here, so according to their own plan, they should want to control you and ask everything they can ask through torture methods." ”
"Mr. Shug, your response is actually quite correct, and the caster should solve all the hidden dangers at the initial stage."
Wei Lin complimented very naturally, her fingers tapping the cover of the spellbook with a certain rhythm: "I examined the injuries on those two thieves, and I must admit that my previous judgment of you is still extremely wrong, and this is my dereliction of duty as a mage of the Law Council. ”
"Uh......"
Xiuge felt his eyebrows jump, he was no stranger to this kind of speech.
Generally speaking, the other person's next sentence is most likely to start with "but".
Sure enough, Wei Lin continued: "However, no matter how talented a spellcaster is, he should not abuse magic without guidance and learning, magic and magic are like flowing water, and when they are controlled, they are naturally as docile as streams, but once you go into the wrong place, you will know what is really terrible about them." ”
"Miss Verin, what do you want me to do?"
"Before we talk any more, let me see the magic you have at your disposal, which will be about the specific partnership between us."
When she said the last word "partnership", Wei Lin deliberately accentuated her tone.
"Looks like I'm running out of options, right?"
Wei Lin sneered: "I can also turn you into an obedient humanoid puppet in a short time, and then transport you out of Seren City like a smuggler, and then I will try to restore your sanity...... What do you think, Mr. Schugg? ”
"Let's talk about magic."
"A wise choice."
The mage smiled, she looked around, and then pointed to a decorative cabinet in the corner: "Use it as a goal, use the magic you have engraved and I will judge, we have limited time, let's start now." ”
Hearing her say this, Xiuge had to raise his hand, he deliberately controlled the speed of the magic disc in the spirit world, and after a small amount of magic power, along with the strange syllables that Xiuge himself could not understand, two black tentacles with a dark green luster immediately swept out of his right palm, and then slammed into the decorative cabinet fiercely.
The wooden door of the decorative cabinet shattered in response, this was the impact of the magic itself, and even if the magic power used by Xiuge was limited, the destructive power it displayed was still very considerable.
"Hmm......"
Wei Lin looked at the decorative cabinet that had been pierced by the black tentacles, and then at Xiug's intact right hand, and then the young lake-level mage commented: "It's not bad, it looks like one of the summoning spells, of course, it could also be a variant of some kind of basic magic, and it seems to have some kind of poison on it...... Is it the tentacles of some kind of magical creature? Interesting. ”
She raised her chin and raised an eyebrow, "I know you're not just magical, what's going on with that strange rat before?" Summoned to see. ”
Xiuge had no choice but to do as he was told.
So, with the chanting of an obscure and gloomy incantation, the figure of the three-tailed mouse slowly emerged in the dim light and shadow, and before Xiuge could give the order, Wei Lin's mage hand suddenly appeared next to the three-tailed mouse, and under the control of Wei Lin's mind, the mage hand grasped the back of the three-tailed mouse's neck with light and precision, and lifted it up.
Under the pressure of Verin's magic, Xiug found that the magical creature he summoned could not move at all, and the poor three-tailed rat, like those living magical creatures sold in the store, was constantly watched by the mage, its three whip-like tails flicking disapprovingly, and occasionally rattling at the edge of the table.
After a few moments, Verin finished her observation, she waved her hand, and the mage's hand tossed the three-tailed mouse aside, and the nimble magical creature sprang up the moment it hit the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it scurried to the top of another cabinet, cowering in the shadows and sneaking in to see everything below.
Seeing Wei Lin looking at herself again, Xiuge had to spread out his hands: "That's all, there are only these two magic I have engraved and completed." ”
"As a beginner in magic, it's already excellent."
Wei Lin nodded and said, "Mr. Xiuge, you should have heard that the vast majority of casters who perform magic inscriptions for the first time can often only engrave some extremely basic tricks, and even those who can barely engrave lethal magic will be trained as 'honor students'. ”
"For some reason, both of the magic you have at your disposal have a slight hint of sorcery, but ...... It didn't matter, after all, sorcery and magic had long been subsumed into other schools. ”
Wei Lin tilted her head, then asked, "What are the names of these two spells that you have mastered?" ”
“……”
This question froze Shuge in place, he hesitated for a moment, and then answered truthfully, "Miss Vilin, I don't know the names of these magics, I only know how to use them. ”
Xiuge saw that the moment she gave her answer, Wei Lin's beautiful eyes widened significantly, and the female mage, who had always been calm and calm, finally showed her surprise for the first time, and she couldn't even control her voice.
"What did you say??"