……

"What is the elixir?"

Matthew asked.

The humanoid waved his broom impatiently:

"The elixir is the elixir, and if there is no elixir, you will not get what you want."

"Also, only one of you will be able to pass through here, and the other one will stay and help me sweep the floor, or I'll eat you!"

As she spoke, she grinned at the two of them, her white teeth and blood-red gums were exposed at the same time, giving people a hideous and terrifying feeling.

Frightened, Lulu retreated behind Matthew.

Matthew also slowly stepped back a little, and he asked in a low voice:

"Why do some creatures maintain their huge size?"

Lulu said in a trembling voice:

"They used to be the Ice Empress's subordinates, and they have the privilege of getting bigger, and if we goblins get bigger, we'll be caught in the Arcane Wilderness immediately, which is said to be a very dangerous place."

Seeing the two whispering, the humanoid creature roared:

"If you don't speak, I'll eat you!"

As she spoke, she threw the broom away and made a gesture of fluttering.

Right now.

A dark shadow suddenly flew around the corner.

Matthew stared intently.

It was a somewhat familiar little goblin, wielding a giant axe in her hand that didn't match her body at all!

Smack.

The great axe slashed down the humanoid's neck, and there it cut a scar the size of a bowl, and the humanoid's head fell to the ground, her hands still clutching in the void.

Matthew saw that blood was not oozing from her wounds, but thin threads were coming out.

The thin threads connected to her head, as if to pull it back bit by bit.

"Let's go! This monster won't be completely killed! ”

The leprechaun threw the giant axe to the ground and flew away in the direction of the corner.

Matthew and Lulu hurried to follow.

As he fled the danger zone, Matthew glanced back, and he saw that the humanoid had put his head back together, and then casually picked up the broom and continued to sweep the floor, as if the scene that had just happened was his hallucination.

"Thank you, Piapia!"

In a long hallway, Matthew and Lulu thank the daredevils for their help.

Piapia waved his hand triumphantly:

"You're welcome, it's all a gesture for Piapia."

"When I saw the crybaby, it suddenly occurred to me that I was going to get my scepter and crown too, so I followed you all the way here."

"They say I'm a natural daredevil, but I'm not at all! I just failed to promote to fairy princess, and then I was inexplicably cursed, and since then what I've done seems to have become unreliable - this should be called the curse of recklessness! ”

Lulu asked suspiciously:

"Why did you come here to get the scepter when you failed to get the promotion?"

Piapia rightfully said:

"Because I don't think I've failed, although I'm not a fairy princess now, but I can call myself a super fairy princess, after that promotion ceremony, my power has become very strong, don't you know crybaby? Several fairy princesses together can't beat me. ”

Lulu nodded weakly, proving that Piapia was right.

Matthew felt that although Piapia's behavior was exaggerated, he didn't seem to have any ill will towards the two of them, and it shouldn't be a problem to travel together.

Unlike Lulu, who usually lives in the oak forest, Piapia is a true native of the Flower Garden, and she should know more about the place.

So Matthew took the opportunity to ask for advice:

"What the hell is going on here? Why is the person who swept the floor so weird just now? ”

Piapia said helplessly:

"After the Empress disappeared, the Flower Heart Fortress was in chaos for a while.

Fortunately, the priestess was in charge of the overall situation later, and a period of calm years passed.

It soon became apparent that the priestess had become mentally unstable, that she often sang alone at night, and that she was particularly fond of fiddling with an alarm clock with a broken clockwork.

But because we're goblins, it's normal for goblins to think that goblins are insane!

Not only do we not care about other people's mental disorders, but we even feel okay when we are mentally disordered.

So no one cares about the priestess.

And because no one cares about themselves.

Slowly.

That's what it looks like here. ”

Is it really a mental disorder?

Matthew asks again:

"And what kind of goblin are you?"

Piapia said blankly:

"I don't remember, maybe that's part of the curse, but it's nothing, a great goblin said, 'Memory is the source of pain, reason is the hotbed of pain.'" I have no memory and no reason, so I'm happy every day! ”

"The only thing I'm unhappy about is that group of grass spirits, what kind of label do they take, they should call me an optimist, not a daredevil!"

Along the way, Matthew and Pia Pia chatted with each other.

He did get some useful information, but he still had a limited understanding of what had really happened to Hua Ting.

Piapia usually lives in the forest, and she doesn't seem to know much about the Fortress of Flowers.

The hallway came to an end.

A familiar arch appeared ahead.

Behind the arch is a backdrop of flowers, which looks like a garden.

There was a raven-headed man with a harpoon, standing meticulously in front of the arch.

He seems to be the guard here.

Matthew could tell that the raven-headed man was shorter than the one in the forest.

"Are you here for the priestess?"

The Raven-headed asked gently.

Piapia preemptively said:

"We're fairy princesses, come and get our belongings!"

The Raven-headed kindly took three dried flowers from his waist and handed them to the three goblins.

"Give this to the priestess, and she'll arrange it for you."

The Raven-headed man seemed to have a good temper and was very sensible.

He took the initiative to get out of the way for the three of them.

As he did so, he asked:

"By the way, have you seen my brother? I was worried about his mental state. ”

Matthew and the others had already flown over.

Hear the words.

Matthew told him what had happened to him in the forest.

The Raven-headed listened attentively, and after listening he let out a long sigh:

"He has been with me most of the time since he was born, where is the wife?

I'm afraid there's something wrong with his mental condition!

The goblins in the flower garden became insane, and he got too close to the goblins to inevitably be polluted.

You three little ones should also watch out and don't get too close to those crazy goblins.

Be like me, do your duty in your own position, don't ask what you don't understand, and don't think about it.

Only in this way can we keep our sanity normal! ”

Between words.

A bloody arm suddenly fell out of his bag!

The Ravenhead reacted quickly.

He quickly picked up his arm and stuffed it back into his bag:

"It was a fairy illusion just now."

"I've always been normal."

The three of them looked at each other and had to speed away.

"What the hell is this place? How come everyone I meet is crazier than me? ”

Piapia couldn't help but grumble.

Matthew didn't say anything.

Because he finally couldn't help but use a balanced perception.

In order to prevent extraneous branches.

This ability is fast for him to turn on and off quickly.

……

"Balanced Perception: You've noticed a hint of contamination from the "Crazy Second Hand-Turing"!

Mad Second Hand - Turing: One of the Twilight Creations, sealed in the Arcane Wilderness, wielding some of the functions of madness and time."

……

Another twilight creation.

Matthew's face was solemn.

Gaylan was sealed in the Shadow World, and the guy known as the Mad Second Hand was sealed in the Arcane Wilderness.

It looks like their seals have been loosened.

In comparison, the influence of the crazy second hand seems to be stronger.

"Even the Flower Court has been infiltrated a bit, what is the situation in the Arcane Wilderness now?"

Matthew couldn't imagine.

"What's wrong, Minotaur?"

"You look like you might have diarrhea at any moment."

Piapia asked with a big grin.

Matthew hesitated for a moment, sharing the information he had learned with the two elves.

They all looked amazed.

"So that's the case, our flower garden is polluted, I thought we goblins were born to like to get sick!"

Piapia asked in shock:

"That crazy second hand? Is He powerful? ”

Matthew nodded:

"But I can't describe how powerful he is, he's in charge of madness, he's living in the arcane wilderness, and the contamination of the Garden of Flowers is likely to get worse over time."

Piapia said solemnly:

"Then we must find a way to stop Him!"

She flew three times in place, and suddenly clapped her hands:

"Yes, I have a way!"

"As long as we can become more mad than Him, will He not be able to continue to pollute us?"

Matthew's skull hurts a little:

"That's what I said in theory."

Piapia suddenly said excitedly:

"There's another way for me, and that's for me to become the Ice Queen!

In the past, when the Ice Empress was there, everyone was fine, which showed that she had a way to resist the pollution of the second hand.

Now that the Ice Empress is gone, as long as I can step up and take her place, won't the Flower Court be saved? ”

Lulu, who had been silent, heard this, and finally said very dissatisfied:

"How can you become the Ice Queen? She's so holy and great, and you're just a daredevil! ”

Piapia is undeterred:

"When I get the scepter and the crown, I'll leave the Flower Court and go to the Arcane Wilderness alone, find those big goblins to bless me, and I want to prove that little goblins can become fairy queens!"

"Hahaha, I'm not a daredevil, I'm going to be a great existence of the Fairy Empress!"

Lulu reminded:

"The fairy wilderness is an outer plane, it is full of dangers, inhabited by many star beasts that can eat people, even the big goblin can't leave his fortress at will, you a little goblin will die."

Piapia disagreed:

"If you die, you die."

"Anyway, I don't have any memories of the past, and I live happily every day, even if I die in the Arcane Wilderness, I can become a happy corpse.

Maybe a few years later, some necromancer traveling in the astral plane will find me.

He will resurrect me as a "Banshee", or "Banshee".

Wow, that's cool.

It should be a new experience, and maybe I'll become the king of banshees! ”

Piapia always seemed overjoyed.

Matthew was speechless at first.

Later, I admired her mentality.

Soon after, the trio came to the depths of the garden.

They saw a priestess in a white robe talking to a woman in a gray robe on the terrace on the second floor of the garden.

The voice of the gray-robed woman was heard in the wind:

"You have to take care of it, it's your duty!"

"The goblins stole my dog, and I couldn't even make the elixir!"

At this time, Piapia actually took the initiative to fly up:

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm the only one who stole it, and the other goblins didn't steal!"

"And all I stole was the dog's underwear!"

"Don't go to the priestess to complain!"

The gray-robed woman was furious:

"You still dare to appear in front of me?"

Piapia grimaced:

"Why not? You can't catch me. ”

Woohoo!

A loud dog bark rang out.

The gray-robed woman slammed to the ground, and her body suddenly turned into five or six large fierce dogs, drooling one by one, grinning and rushing towards Piapia.

"Come after me, come after me!"

Undeterred, Piapia flew so fast that in the blink of an eye she disappeared into the garden with the dogs.

Before Matthew and the two could react.

The priestess leaned down on the terrace and asked:

"Is it the new fairy princess?"

Lulu said nervously:

"Yes, I have come to take my scepter and my crown."

The priestess came down the stone steps from the terrace, took the two dried flowers from the two of them, and nodded:

"Come with me."

She led them through the garden for a while, and came to a tunnel.

There was a whining wind in the tunnels.

The priestess walked in.

The two had to follow.

The atmosphere in the tunnel was a little gloomy, and the dewy little hands were cold, and they clung to Matthew.

They walked down a little way to the flat ground.

Rows of rooms appeared on either side.

Most of these rooms have locked doors.

The two followed the priestess.

However, when passing through a room.

The unexpected happened -

A strong wind blew from the depths of the tunnel, pushing open the door, revealing a terrifying scene inside.

Matthew saw a huge iron shelf in the room, on which were dead babies like roast suckling pigs!

Syllable!

Before Matthew could take a few more looks, the door was slammed shut by the priestess.

She gestured to the two of them in silence.

Then he said:

"Don't let Witch Parason know that my dog was stolen by me, or she'll go mad!"

"Let's go."

After saying these two words, she walked calmly towards the depths of the tunnel.

Showing up with a look of fear, Matthew also had a little tingling in his scalp.

But now, escaping from the battle may startle the snake.

The two of them stubbornly moved on.

It wasn't long before they came to a raised platform with an invisible darkness beneath it.

Matthew noticed a pattern of a clock in the center of the platform, which was different from the normal one, with only one hand on it, and it was a second hand.

"The odd number of days is just around the corner, the twilight creation is about to move, and the Ice and Snow Empress has disappeared into the depths of the backyard in order to protect the flower garden. In order to resist the power of the hunters, I had to pretend to meet the mad second hand Turing, which caused a lot of pollution to the flower garden, but at least, this place has not been destroyed yet. ”

The priestess said to herself:

"Don't be too nervous, one of the nature of goblins is kindness, even if they are crazy, they will not go against their nature too much, the creatures in the flower garden are all victims, and I am the only sinner."

"Take the scepter and crown and go, don't stay too long in the Flower Garden."

As he spoke, four glittering objects flew up from the abyss below the platform.

Matthew fixed his eyes, it was a combination of two scepters and a crown!

"Come on? Who wears it first? ”

The priestess asked gently.

Matthew was stunned:

"Am I got my share too?"

The priestess smiled:

"Every fairy princess has it, and of course you have it, cutie!"

Between words.

She pressed the crown to Matthew's head, and the scepter flew into his hand.

……

"Hint: You've earned the Princess's Scepter and Princess's Crown! They can be used when you are in fairy form or soul form.

Princess Scepter: When equipped, you will gain the following abilities -

Spell Strength (Your spell effect is increased to 1.5~3 times);

Spell spread (your spell's area of effect is increased to 2~3 times);

Spell Upgrade (your spell deals an effect equal to your level +2).

Princess Tiara: When equipped, you will gain the following abilities or attributes -

Charisma +1;

Arcane Rip (when activated, all abilities on you will have a refreshed cooldown, available once a day);

Resist the Cold Wave (You spread several cold waves around you, freezing nearby enemies, available three times a day)"

……

These two props are actually real!

And it is not contaminated.

Matthew thought it was a bit absurd.

He looked at Lulu, who was also equipped with the princess two-piece.

Lulu looked at him a little sourly:

"Your scepter seems to be a little bigger than mine, Matthew."

By this time the priestess had urged:

"Let's go, get out of here, and if it's not necessary, don't go back to the Flower Garden!"

She suddenly and violently kicked them out.

Back in the garden.

Confused, Matthew and Lulu bump into the gray-robed woman head-on.

She must be the witch Paragon.

"What about the priestess?"

"Get her out!"

The witch Parathan looked unkind:

"Daredevil said she stole five of my dogs!"

In the tunnel, the faint voice of the priestess was heard:

"You're getting Palason wrong, I only have four dogs here, not five."

Parathan rushed into the tunnel in a fit of rage.

Soon.

There was the sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping.

"Let's go quickly, there's really something wrong here."

Lulu grabbed her little scepter and tiara, and flew wildly with Matthew.

The two of them came to the edge of the Flower Heart Fortress.

Lulu saw a water hose on the ground, and immediately said happily:

"We can hitchhike!"

As she spoke, she flew over, struggling to pick up the hose.

"Matthew, you help me twist the switch!"

Lulu said loudly.

Matthew did as he was told, and in the next second, a surging splash of water rushed out of the water pipe.

The water was so strong that it formed a light rain nearby.

The sun was shining overhead.

A rainbow spread down the city walls.

Lulu raised the staff in her hand and chanted for a while, and the rainbow gradually solidified into substance, turning into a rainbow bridge to the surface!

"Let's go!"

The two of them stepped onto the rainbow bridge, and the soles of their feet slid down as quickly as if they were slipping.

The wind was blowing.

Matthew felt like he was on a roller coaster with no end in sight!

Just two minutes later.

They came to the end of the Rainbow Bridge and landed in the forest that belonged to the vestibule area.

Lulu led Matthew through the forest as fast as she could.

Not much.

They returned to the black crack.

This is the dimensional gap that returns to the oak forest.

Matthew glanced back, and everything in the fairy flower garden was so dreamlike.

He seems to have experienced a beautiful and metaphorical fairy tale, and he has not been able to wake up so far.

That's when it happened.

Suddenly, heavy footsteps were heard not far away.

On the other side of the bushes, a large shadow approached.

Matthew heard the prestige.

As a result, he saw a tall, faceless man!

The Faceless Man is dressed in an Orion-style power suit and holds a huge double-barreled shotgun in his hand!

See Matthew and the two.

The faceless man didn't hesitate to aim the barrel of the black hole at them!

Bang!

The moment the gunshots rang out.

Matthew pushes Lulu and squeezes into the gap together!

In the blink of an eye.

The two of them appeared safely in the oak forest.

"What happened to that faceless man just now?"

Matthew was shocked.

Lulu shook her head:

"I don't know, I rarely go to the flower garden, it looks like an alien invader."

"No wonder the priestess said that the Flower Garden was not safe, and that the intruders were able to walk to the vestibule?"

Matthew suddenly remembered the priestess's words.

"She had to take refuge in the "Crazy Second Hand" in order to resist the foreign hunters?"

"That Faceless Man is one of the Hunters?"

"Where did they come from?"

Matthew's mind was full of doubts.

But now no one can answer for him.

The two rested for a while, and Matthew offered to summon the Oak Guard tomorrow, on the grounds that Lulu must be tired from such a play.

Lulu, however, shook her head:

"I'm not tired at all."

"With the scepter and crown, I'm a true princess."

"Thank you, Matthew, I'll summon the Oak Grove guards for you right now!"

The voice fell.

She began to chant a slow-paced ballad.

The princess two-piece set in hand.

Lulu has noticeably become more confident and calm.

In the midst of her beautiful singing.

Matthew could feel an ancient power coming back to life.

A moment later.

The oak tree directly in front of him.

Suddenly moved!

……

Meanwhile.

In Rolling Stone, 27 Hose Street, the front door of the town's only brothel, Sweetheart Tavern.

Lorraine and Eli walked in with each other's shoulders.

But it didn't take long.

The two hurriedly retreated again.

"Sorry, I still can't!"

Eli said a little shyly.

"Child, you have to trust me, Matthew has entrusted you to me, and I will be able to give you the best experience."

Lorraine said:

"Do you believe Matthew?"

Eli nodded without hesitation.

Lorrain said:

"Matthew believes in me too."

"So you should trust me as you believe Matthew, understand?"

"Relax! Just relax! ”

Eli's face looked a little hesitant:

"Does it have to be like this?"

Luo Lan said disapprovingly:

"We're just going to go in and have a look, it doesn't have to happen, I just want you to see it for a long time."

Eli pointed to the white cat in his arms and asked:

"I mean, do you have to take her with you to a place like this?"

Luo Lan smiled slyly:

"Why not?"

"At the end of the day, she's just a cat."

"Do you think she's going to jump out and stop you while you're doing that?"

Hearing this, the white cat curled up a few times.

Then she buried her head deep in Eli's arms.

……

(End of chapter)