209. Time bomb
After using deconstruction to obtain "Details of Bauer's Vault", the second goal of tonight's banquet is considered complete.
For tonight's action, Li Nuo prepared a total of 350,000 energy reserves.
As of now, he has about 220,000 points left.
This energy reserve will be used to deconstruct the Demon Wizard and gain skill experience for "Shaping Magic".
After thinking for a moment, Li Nuo sat down in the gazebo and no longer looked in the direction of the manor gate.
He summoned the fragments of memories that he had deconstructed in his mind, and studied this guy's financial skills carefully. Maybe he'll use this kind of stealing financial skills in the future.
Over time, the number of guests gathered in the estate increased.
Inevitably, other guests appeared in the gazebo where Li Nuo was staying.
His appearance is changed by "camouflaged living corpse", except for two ice blue pupils that are more attractive, the rest of the facial lines are not special.
He was dressed in ordinary clothes, and there was nothing on him about expensive gold and silver jewelry, rings, brooches, or anything like that.
Such a low-key image naturally does not attract too much attention.
Li Nuo saw that there were more people around the pavilion, so he stood up and continued to stay in another place.
But soon, he's back here...
The reason is that there are men and women whispering in all corners of the garden.
After they heard the footsteps of Li Nuo walking along the stone road, they either stopped communicating and looked at Li Nuo vigilantly, or lowered their voices and changed positions.
Obviously, in such an occasion, everyone comes to mingle with their own purpose. Moreover, most people don't want their interactions with others to be heard by outsiders.
The trees, flowers, and edges of the artificial pool, and even under the big trees near the walls of the manor, were full of people who gathered in twos and threes to talk.
One can imagine how many people Dikla Fagan invited to the banquet tonight.
Li Nuo was very skeptical that he would be able to see the main man today.
No, wait in line until tomorrow morning, and then meet the main one.
Li Nuo shook his head slightly, walked into the pavilion where he had been staying before, and looked at the gate of the manor again.
A magic car with the emblem of the Deep Sea Branch descends from the sky and lands near the main entrance.
It's the only magic car tonight.
Almost as soon as the car appeared in the sky, its presence attracted the attention of everyone in the manor.
As Li Nuo commented before, the wizards of this world respect "rare things are precious".
They thought that it was cheaper and vulgar to participate in a banquet with a flying spell that everyone had.
So, naturally, when a group of VIPs attend a banquet on a luxury yacht, whoever is a maverick and comes in a magic car will definitely become the most eye-catching person in the audience.
And just like the common sense that Al Kaida taught before, the most important guests are often the last to appear.
This guest of honour who came in a magic car was the most important guest of the night, and the one that Dikla Fagan really wanted to feast on tonight.
For Dikra Fagan, the rest of the guests were used as mood lights.
So, who is the person who got out of the magic car?
Li Nuo's eyes narrowed slightly, and he and the guests stared at the magic door that was about to open.
The impostor butler guarding the gate of the manor was full of smiles, and took the initiative to step forward and help the people in the car open the door.
A female figure dressed in an aqua blue liquid magic robe stepped out of the magic ship.
She declined the impostor's request to hold her left hand, lifted the hem of her skirt, and stepped on the thin heels of her pale feet as she walked towards the manor building.
The music that welcomed her was at its peak at this moment.
In the dark, there seemed to be a light focused on her, illuminating her figure, so that all the guests who had visited could see her appearance, figure, and figure out her origin and identity.
The vice-president of the Hotams Deep Sea Branch, Selena, the Nine-Ring Deep Sea Witch.
Li Nuo's "Appointment Order for Wizards to Assist in Law Enforcement" came from her.
"Hmm... Interesting. After a long time, the person Dikla Fagan really wants to feast on today is Selena. β
Li Nuo rubbed his chin and thought to himself.
Selena remained elegant and noble in the face of the gaze of hundreds of guests, strolling like a queen along the flowerbed avenue leading to the manor building.
The impostor went down the side path to the main entrance of the building, directing his servants to roll out the red carpet in the hall inside the door to welcome the most distinguished guest of the night.
At the moment when Selena approached the building, all the magic lamps in the hall on the first floor were lit, and the magic reliefs on the walls also entered a lifelike state of movement.
The manor house, decorated with gilded tiles, is resplendent with the arrival of Selena, like a real enchanted palace.
The figure of tonight's protagonist, Master Dikla Fagan, appeared on the second-floor porch opposite the main entrance of the hall.
He recited a formal welcome message to the visitors through a magic loudspeaker. From start to finish, his eyes were on the brightest guest of the night.
The handsome young master with curly brown hair looked at the curvaceous beauty outside the door, and this scene fell into the eyes of the onlookers, causing whispers.
When Selena walked into the main entrance of the building, walked up the spiral steps, and walked hand in hand with Master Fagan into the main reception room deep on the second floor, the atmosphere of discussion reached its peak.
Everyone is speculating about the relationship between the two of them, and boldly judging that the theme of tonight's banquet is likely to be related to marriage proposals.
Greeted by the impostor supervisor, the visitors entered the venue one after another.
When Li Nuo entered the hall earlier, the dance floor, the dining room, and the small reception rooms around it were all guarded by magical servants and human servants, and the guests were not allowed to use them for the time being.
Upon Selena's arrival, the dance floor, dining room, and reception room were open for guests to begin enjoying the evening's banquet in earnest.
Li Nuo followed the crowd into the hall.
He didn't plan to socialize with people, and he had already found his place in the hall.
As soon as the restaurant was opened, Li Nuo passed by the buffet table with a plate and put many rare seafood dishes, magic desserts, and magic snacks on his plate.
He's got the math done!
As long as he eats all the food here, he can get a reward of up to 120,000 energy points through passive deconstruction!
The most energy is given to some kind of deep-sea shellfish that cannot be named.
This food is eaten raw and dipped in a seaweed sauce that is unique to the Suman Islands.
It is sweet and sour in the mouth, then transforms into sweet and salty, becoming a bit like a slightly salty cheese.
When the soft texture of shellfish sashimi blooms between the bites of the teeth, the fragrant juice spreads between the teeth.
Li Nuo forked this thing off the plate, put it in his mouth, chewed it, chewed it, and ate it, and smoothly got the 5,000 energy point reward.
"Oh, it was originally called salty cream seashells, it's really a fitting name, it does taste like salty cream."
Li Nuo sat in the far corner of the restaurant, picking up the next seafood sashimi and bringing it to his mouth.
While comparing the sashimi of this world to the pre-time crossing, he was satisfied with the energy reward.
On the bandstand next to the restaurant, an unknown band from the Suman Islands began to play live music for Li Nuo and other guests.
For a banquet of this magnitude, different pieces of music are usually played according to the time of day.
When you can dance on the dance floor, and what style of dance you should dance in which piece, these contents are definitely not understood by ordinary people without a year and a half of training.
Li Nuo didn't know anything about this.
After he had eaten and drunk enough, he could only touch his belly and sit at the edge of the hall, waiting for the meeting in peace.
As for walking around and listening to what other people have to say...
After thinking about it, Li Nuo gave up this plan.
Because the information gathered in this way is full of hypocrisy.
Think about it, most of the people who show up at this banquet are sitting on millions of family assets.
They don't tell the truth at a banquet.
Instead of listening to their social discourse, it is better to use deconstruction to go straight to their hearts and check their recent memories.
Li Nuo's gaze swept over the figures on the first and second floors, and he saw the guests chatting freely and the family guards guarding the order of the scene.
Some of the family guards appear to be family advisors, who apparently wield no small amount of power here.
Just as Li Nuo was about to deconstruct the family guard, a manservant in a ceremonial dress walked over.
The manservant stopped beside Li Nuo, bent down, and whispered in his ear:
"Mr. Jarvis, Butler Helamat invites you to the reception room on the second floor."
Li Nuo nodded, stood up, and was slightly surprised that he had been arranged to meet so early:
"Please lead the way."
"Yes, please come with me." The manservant walked sideways in front and guided Li Nuo to follow him with a standard guiding stance.
The two men, one in front and one in the back, stepped up the stairs to the second floor and stopped in front of an intricately carved wooden door.
After the manservant went in to report, he opened the door sideways, put his arm in front of him, and invited Li Nuo to enter.
Li Nuo walked into the room and saw the fake butler sitting behind the coffee table in the reception room.
Behind the other party stood two magical guards with unique shapes, one on the left and one on the right.
Although the two magical guards were dressed in magic robes and had limbs like humans, they had no facial features.
Their bodies are made up of crystalline, pure-colored energy that shines like natural crystals in the sun.
Li Nuo immediately recognized the origin of the two magical guards.
They are the rumored Demon Wizards!
A kind of sculptor who completely transforms his flesh and blood into an energy body!
Li Nuo's heart moved slightly, and his surface was silent.
"Good evening, Mr. Jarvis." The impostor stood up to greet him and invited Li Nuo to sit down on the chair across from him.
Li Nuoke took the lead and sat down safely.
The fake supervisor took the banquet food as the starting point, first exchanged a few polite words with Li Nuo, and then turned the topic to "Li Nuo did a good job of completing the bounty mission and wanted warrant".
"Mr. Jarvis, before I formally met with you, I got in touch with Jenara, the agent of the Island Ministry. She praised your style and efficiency, saying that you were the best and most courageous of all the law enforcement wizards she had met over the years. β
The fake supervisor had a ceremonial smile on his face.
He crossed his fingers, placed them on the table, and continued:
"Madame Jennara recommends you because you have excellent insight and execution. She believes that it is these two advantages that allow you to find spies and arrest criminals in a very short period of time with astonishing accuracy..."
Li Nuo noticed that the "Hatred Value" on the "Rebirth Magic Potential" was rising at a constant rate.
Thinking of the true identity of the fake director sitting in front of him, who is a dark tide spy planted here by the Terrorist Pirate State, it is not difficult to speculate that the increase in "hatred value" is caused by the fake director.
Sitting and chatting face-to-face like this makes the "hatred value" rise, how many times has Li Nuo encountered it?
I guess it's the second time.
The last time it happened was inside the office of the director of the Bahrain Athletic tournament. At the time, he was facing a competitive supervisor disguised as a synth from the Dsmi series.
Now, in front of him is the head of the family in the disguise of a Darktide spy.
Not to mention, these two events have the same effect.
It would be nice if the fake butler in front of him could be killed by himself like the fake athletic director...
Li Nuo thought quietly in his heart, and many bold but feasible ideas popped up in his mind.
Like, he can't kill the fake butler...
He couldn't keep this scourge of hatred for himself.
Li Nuo sat back on the single sofa and looked at the fake butler who was talking across the table with a calm expression.
If the impostor didn't have a grudge against him, he didn't plan to kill him.
But for this kind of hatred for himself, Li Nuo still thinks that it is better to erase the other party as soon as possible, so as not to breed disasters.
The impostor who is backed by the heir of the Pangula family, if he wants to stumble on him, a newcomer to the Suman Islands, there are still many ways.
Li Nuo has nothing to say about being frustrated, but he must not let Dinas be wronged.
Li Nuo knew that he would cause some disputes after he became a housekeeper, and he knew this very well in his heart.
But Lenovo thought it through, and it wasn't a problem.
As long as you can prove that the fake butler is a Dark Tide spy with practical actions, then all problems will be solved.
Not only that, Li Nuo suddenly found that he could take advantage of the topic and reasonably and legally grab the maximum benefits from the subsequent series of disputes.
With the question of aftermath already answered, the only question he is currently facing is:
How could he kill the fake butler in seconds under the care of two demon wizards.
Li Nuo used deconstruction to see it.
The demon wizards behind the fake butlers, one is a five-ring and the other is a six-ring, and both are battle wizards.
With the combat power that Li Nuo showed in the battle with Comini, he can at most face a five-ring demon wizard without opening the "Death Incarnation".
Only by turning on the "Death Incarnation" can he face the two directly.
If he wants to kill the fake butler in seconds, he has many options, not only "death incarnation".
Most of the means of killing the enemy, only he knows.
In a nutshell:
The first is to use the "Death Incarnation".
The second is to use "mind bombing".
The third is to use the "evil explosion technique" at the bottom of the box.
Either way, it will give Leno a hole card.
Leno didn't want to spend his hole cards on this kind of character.
So, it's better to think of another way, at least to create your own one-on-one environment with the fake butler.
Li Nuo came to a conclusion in thought.
"Mr. Jarvis, you have more than just been recommended by Ms. Jenara. Tonight's guest, Ms. Selena, also has a lot of praise for you. β
The fake supervisor said with a smile:
"After the meeting between Lady Selena and Master Fagan, your name was mentioned. When I heard that Master Fagan said that you were also there and that you had come to apply for a job as a family advisor, Ms. Selena praised your execution ability in front of Master Fagan and officially recommended you to be the 21st family advisor to Master Fagan. β
Li Nuo nodded slowly, knowing why he was arranged to meet so early, it turned out that Selena helped him say some good things in front of Fagan.
"So, Mr. Jarvis, I wonder if you're willing to take a three-month probationary period?" Fake Supervisor says:
"At the end of the three-month probationary period, as long as you have an advisor rating of 80, you can become Master Fagan's lifelong family advisor."
Li Nuo showed due caution, "Can you give me a few days to think about it?" β
"Absolutely, sir." The fake butler reached into the drawer and took out a metal box and put it on the table:
"This is a contract to act as a family advisor. Please take it home and read it carefully. Whether you are willing to become Master Fagan's family advisor or not, please send me the contract within three days. In addition, please be sure to open the metal box in a closed private space to prevent prying eyes and malicious detection. If you are surrounded by other people, or in an open space, the metal box cannot be opened, so please be careful. β
Before reaching out to take the metal box, Li Nuo habitually threw deconstruction at the box.
[System News:]
[You are about to start a deconstruction technique on the "anomalous metal box".] γ
[Based on the results of your decomposition of the "Deep Sea Scale Meditation Method" and "The Secret Book of the Deep", the consumption of this deconstruction has been reduced.] γ
[It is estimated that after consuming 18,000 energy points, the completion of deconstruction can reach 100%]
γAttention! γ
[The system has detected that deconstructing this item will have a negative effect on you!] γ
[Please deconstruct it in a harmless deconstructed way!] γ
Well?
There is a problem with the metal box...
What does this Dark Tide Spy in front of you, disguised as a welcome butler, want to do?
Li Nuo stretched out his hand and pressed it on the box, his movements came to a moment's pause, and thoughts surged in his mind.
Without initiating harmless deconstruction, Leno already has the feeling that the metal box is a time bomb.
His instincts have always been accurate.
It's best not to carry this kind of thing with you.
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