127. Threat in the shadows
"How's that guys doing?"
"His Majesty's plan to drive away the wolf and gobble up the tiger is very smooth, this time, it seems that the Mage Guild has moved in earnest, and even the old man who has been in seclusion for a long time has intervened in this matter - although those guys still want to fight back to the death in the end, but it has not played any role. β
"In other words, is the power of the association still strong?"
Isn't this nonsense?---However, such a line of other people's ambition must not be said by someone in front of this small-minded emperor: "It is indeed not to be underestimated, but as long as the old man of Skasa is restrained and he cannot get out of his hands, the rest of the people are only mortals who are stronger than their peers after all." β
Although I can't guarantee that this is the truth, it is obvious that the emperor in front of him is still very useful for this kind of statement - since he likes this, then take it as such a thing~
"But when His Majesty's plan is completed and the supreme power is obtained...... The old man in Skasa is just a legend that has passed away, and his majesty will become a new myth. If the old man knew the current affairs, it would be forgotten, and if he didn't know how to lift, he could let this legendary figure only appear in people's memories from now on......"
"Uh-huh...... That's right, when that time comes, all these former high-ranking guys will have to kneel at my feet! All the people in this world can only look up to me, and it is a capital crime to look at me!"
β......β
Looking at the emperor who was immersed in his own fantasies and his expression became eager, the man who reported to him in the dark. It was also very interesting not to disturb the emperor's fantasy time, and quietly withdrew.
-- In the end. Even if it succeeds, it's just the power that it has been stolen. in this world. There are no examples of people who have earned something for nothing and can take possession of things that they do not own forever...... Always have to pay it back.
When it comes to liquidation, I don't know what kind of expression this emperor who is keen on the fantasy of heaven and earth will be.
Of course, the premise is that he can now succeed in stealing that dangerous power.
"Wait a minute!"
The figure of the man leaving, immediately stopped.
"How is this possible...... Why would anyone notice this!" The Emperor's impatient and angry voice behind him rushed towards the man. "The counterattack device is already working! Someone has noticed an anomaly - tell me! Did you leak it!"
This killing intent is simply undisguised...... If the man's answer is hesitant at all, most likely it will lead to immediate death, right?
"Your Majesty is angry! Could it be...... That technique of monitoring and controlling the cognition of the people of the whole city has actually started to work?"
"What else could it be!? It has already attacked the person who is aware of it, although it should have destroyed the soul of the other party, but how can the other party know!? Except for me, you are the only one who knows exactly what I have planned! You bastard must have betrayed me, didn't you!"
"This ...... If it was really me who did it. Whether it is leaked directly or indirectly, as long as the information leaked because of my reasons, then now, I should also be killed under the effect of the counterattack mechanism! Is the target of this attack a single person, or a plural direction?"
β...... Let me see...... A ...... alone By the way, if it is because of the leak...... There should be more than one target by now - could it really be that someone stumbled upon something?"
And the man himself is completely confused now, how to do it. If someone had discovered the problem by mistake, how lucky would they have to be...... No. Isn't it unfortunate?
After all, with the character of this emperor, the counterattack mechanism set up can't be expected to be gentle at all. The person who was lucky enough to discover the anomaly should have had his soul destroyed by now, and he would never have a chance to reveal the secret he had discovered......
"That's it! Start implementing the expected plan right away! Implement it ahead of schedule!"
"But...... It's time for the association to ......"
"Didn't you hear what I said? Implement it immediately! Implement it in advance! Even if someone accidentally discovers the problem, it means that there are potential hidden dangers in my plan, and one person can find out, and naturally there can be a second or a third! I can't wait any longer - start doing it now! I can also take the arrangement and research of those fools by the way!"
β...... The subordinates understood. β
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"What to do!?Does anyone know what to do!?Please, who has a way, please come forward quickly!"
As a person who specializes in combat, the head maid basically doesn't know how to treat others, probably because she has done too many killings in the past, even if it is a bandage, she will be very busy, and the result of the bandage is unbearable to look at directly. However, no special skills are required to distinguish injuries, and the head maid soon discovers that Farno's appearance is completely a situation where someone else has been severely injured by a vicious soul attack!
As for who did it, the head maid had no time to scruple - she only knew that if the symptoms were not controlled within a few minutes, the maid would be dead!
But expect to be able to meet masters who are proficient in this way in a tavern?
The head maid saw that none of the people around her had the ability to save Farno, and she began to despair - what was going on? Why did this happen to the good Farno? Is it really because she forcibly dragged her out that she would incur such a fate?
"Hurry up, give her a drink!
The bartender hurriedly handed a cup to the head maid, who looked at it and saw that all he had given himself was a glass of water - what was the use of feeding water at such times...... Wait!Is this wine!?
Only then did the chief maid notice that the liquid in the cup was as clear as boiled water. There was a smell of wine wafting over the air - and it was quite pungent! compared to the dwarven secret liquor that the bartender had brought out before. It smells a lot stronger!
"It's ......"
"Don't worry about it, if you think I won't hurt anyone, let her drink this glass of wine first!"
A dead horse is a live horse doctor! There is no need for the other party to poison Enamel at such a time - if you leave it alone, in a few minutes, Enamel's life will be completely lost, and there is no possibility of recovery!
However, when the head maid decides to seize on this glimmer of hope and plan to pour wine on Farno, she discovers that Farno, who has lost consciousness, has no intention of opening her mouth at all - the wine glass slides back and forth on her lips. But she just doesn't want to open her mouth.
"Feed it directly from mouth to mouth!"
Mouth-to-mouth ......
The head maid didn't know why she was starting to be shy at this time, but at this moment, she couldn't care so much, and the head maid, who was eager to save people, directly raised her head and put half a glass of wine in her mouth.
"Whew!"
The maid's face turned red on the spot, tears flowed out of her eyes uncontrollably, and her hand also covered her mouth with one hand and stuck her throat with the other...... This didn't allow the wine to swallow or squirt.
ββIt tastes like a spicy sake!
I resisted the stimulation and dizziness that rushed straight to my brain. The head maid hurriedly pressed it to Farno's lips, rudely pried open her teeth, and hurriedly put a sip of spicy and stimulating wine into Farno's mouth.
Fano's physical instincts. Slowly swallowing the liquor, this extremely pungent spirit, made the unconscious Farno. It was also the body that responded instinctively - not only the face, but the skin of Farno's entire body. It's all starting to redden.
But most of all, Farno's soul on the verge of collapse. There is a tendency to settle down!?
"And half of it! Feed it all to her!"
At this time, the head maid did not hesitate at all. Seeing that this miraculous liquor could suppress Farno's soul injury, the previous irritation and choking were completely uncaring - no matter how bad it was, it was more important than anything else to save people!
After pouring a whole glass of liquor into Farno, the head maid herself felt a little groggy, not to mention Farno, who had directly ingested this extremely strong liquor...... Now Farno's whole body smells of alcohol.
But in the eyes of the head maid, who is also drunk, the smell of wine on Farno's body is simply a heaven and earth compared to those previous drunks - it will not make people feel disgusted at all, but it will add a lot of tempting taste to this somewhat shy maid.
"Don't be careless! This is only a temporary paralysis of her soul, and the inertia of her soul to delay the danger and effects of the soul attack - in fact, it only prevents her condition from getting worse, but her injuries themselves do not improve in any way! So, you still have to find someone to treat her!"
Now it's just a life, but if the treatment is not timely, with the soul injury that the maid has suffered, whether she can wake up is one thing...... And even if they wake up, most of the time, people have become fools.
Do you have anyone around you who is good at healing?
The head maid quickly thought of the titular "sister" of Farno-although Miss Lin did not show her talent in soul and spirit healing, even if there were no good means, relying on Miss Lin's connection with the Mage Association, I believe that it should still be possible to solve the problem, right?
So, now hurry up and find ......
"What the hell is going on!"
When the head maid saw the little black-haired maid who suddenly appeared in front of her, she was also a little unable to react - was it really casual?
"Law...... Sister Fano!" Lin finally resisted the urge to call out the "real name" of a certain maid, and temporarily changed it to her pseudonym, "What...... How could it suddenly hurt like this!?"
She felt that the talisman prop she had placed in Fano had been destroyed, and she didn't even have time to take into account the means of hiding the space movement in front of Xiwei, so she rushed over directly. And the problems presented by Farion also surprised Lin greatly.
- In Lynn's eyes, Farion's current soul. It can be described as "falling apart"! It would be like a continental shelf where tectonic plates are moving, if not at the last moment. Something seems to be stopping the process from evolving, I'm afraid wait until Lynn feels it. Falion's soul is truly doomed.
"Miss Lin, do you have a way? If it doesn't work......
"If I can't do anything about it, I don't think you need to go to anyone elseβdon't bother me, and if someone is not interesting, I don't have a problem with you slaughtering that person. β
Lin didn't care and threw out a very murderous line, because she didn't expect that someone would launch such a vicious soul attack on Faleon! The talisman she gave Faleon, although it was only made casually, but the protection ability was definitely not low. Lin, who is good at soul paths, is also better at soul defense with the protective props she makes...... However, despite the protection of this item, Falion's soul was still almost shattered.
This kind of powerful Cheng DΓΉ's soul attack, Lin doesn't believe that it can be equated with a situation like a flower pot falling from the sky, it must be a malicious attack targeted by man!
If someone really wanted to take Farion's life, they wouldn't have attacked her while trying to heal her......
The head maid also figured this out. Walking to a dining table next to him, he directly took a few dinner knives, carefully guarding against the enemies around him. For the head maid, it is a bit difficult to show mercy to her subordinates. But if it's a neat kill...... It's just in line with her habits.
However, when Lynn was about to treat Farion, she suddenly found out. It seems that there is something special about the state of Farion's soul.
"How her soul ...... Inert?"
Living things. Even in a coma, the soul should be quite active. But now Farion's soul is half-dead, as if he is dying soon...... But if this was really the case, Lynn would not be surprised, after all, it was not unusual for Farion to be seriously injured nowβthe problem was that this appearance of soul silence was more like a state of laziness like a May disease.
Was this the reason that prevented Falion's soul injury from worsening?
"I asked the lady to give the maid a little medicated wine. β
Seeing Lynn's puzzled look, the bartender hurriedly came out and explained to her that the girl who was able to find out the key to it so quickly, although she seemed to be young, she really had such a hand.
"Medicinal wine?"
"It's an ancient secret recipe that I stumbled upon in my adventures, and it has a real anesthetic effect on the soul of the drinker...... If the little lady is still not at ease, I will bring you a sample to taste. β
When the bartender handed Lynn a small glass of liquor, the pungent smell was so different from most of the world's liquor that she almost couldn't help but take two steps back.
ββWhy does this smell feel similar to the selven of Maozi from my hometown!?
"It is said that this is supposed to be a liquor prevalent in some ancient fighting race......"
Is it really vodka!? Lin curiously approached the glass handed over by the bartender, but the strong smell of alcohol that escaped immediately made Lin's sensitive physique a little unbearable, and her eyes were a little itchy and uncomfortable - Lin was not a person who could drink alcohol before the crossing, and after the crossing became Lori, there was obviously no qualitative strengthening in this regard.
Maybe you're a lot more tolerant of alcohol -- but that doesn't mean you can drink......
"It's just to test the effects...... Don't be afraid...... Don't be afraid ......"
Lin took a small sip carefully, and then hurriedly put the wine glass aside, covering her mouth and nose, and her face flushed. This feeling of using mustard as toothpaste, and a spicy breath from the mouth to the nose to the brain, reminded Lin of the first time she drank baijiu, and she didn't know whether to live or die.
- But this is definitely many times more exaggerated than any vodka!
"No problem - I've confirmed the effect. β
After drinking the wine, Lynn did feel that her soul was faintly anesthetized. Of course. For Lynn's soul, let alone such a small sip of wine. I guess even if I poured it into a vat, my soul would still be strong - but my body would have collapsed long ago.
"What's this wine called?"
"I named it 'Crimson Star'......"
Even if a certain red star is a second pot head, it is unlikely that he can catch up with the strength of this damn wine...... It's not a matter of alcohol anymore. But this kind of liquor does have the effect of anesthetizing the soul, even if it is diluted to a lower alcohol content than beer, it can still make people choke and speechless.
Knowing the actual effect of this liquor, Lynn has no worries. Farion's condition can't withstand much tossing, and he must be treated quickly!
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"Really, what is it that is so anxious that I ran away first......
Xiwei was very unhappy with the big bag and the small bag. Walk the streets. Because of Lynn's departure, she had to go back by herself with the herbs she had purchased for Luna, although on the way, there seemed to be something in the distance that made Xiwei very want to go over and find out, but now, she could only suppress this urge.
After all, there's a sick number waiting to be treated at home, isn't there?
"But, it turns out that that guy still has this kind of means...... I remember my father saying that this kind of one-person teleportation doesn't rely on external objects, right? It's still being researched, how did she do it?"
Shelvie was sure that Lynn hadn't taken out any magic guides at that time. There was no preparation for the action, and it really just disappeared out of thin air.
What an unfathomable person......
"Hmph, throw everything in your hand to my master. This maid is really quite rampant...... Ah, I also want to have the ability to deal with her family law! But I'm really better than Qilin. Is it still a little too weak!?"
γYou...... Do you feel weak?
Caught off guard, a gloomy voice suddenly sounded in Xiwei's ears.
"What man!?"
Sivi looked around nervously. But I didn't find anyone -- could it be my hallucination? But no, even if I was too nervous and tired, I didn't have a reason to create an eerie and terrible sound to scare myself, didn't I?
What's more, that voice ...... Give Shevi a very bad feeling - as if he was trying to seduce himself?
There is a relative elder who is a black mage, and Xiwei still has some understanding of this kind of thing.
Her adoptive father had warned Shevi more than once that when she was confronted with a situation like this, a mysterious voice remembered it directly in her heart, and was still doing words similar to seduction and demagogy, she must not continue to listen to it! Don't care whether the other person's words are right or wrong, as long as the person with bad intentions is wrong, it doesn't matter whether the theory is correct or not at all - because it must be based on the premise of using or bewitching oneself!
[This world is the weak and the strong, and the weak is the original ......]
β...... Get the hell out of me. β
Sylvie unceremoniously ordered the eviction of the mysterious voice.
"I don't know what the hell you are, but you're an eyesore, do you know?"
Syvi put down the bag, her hand already pressed to the hilt of her sword under the cover of her clothes.
"I was just an orphan waiting to die, and I had nothing to do with my current life - I would be punished if I asked for too many things that didn't belong to me. If you're really keen on this, I'd better change some objects for you...... For example, if a loved one has just been killed and there is nowhere to go, maybe it's easy to start?"
[No, you have to. γ
"What...... What!?"
Seeing the means of lure, before it could be used, he asked Xiwei to simply turn him away, and the mysterious voice was no longer hypocritical, and he directly showed his true face to Xiwei.
[It doesn't matter if you don't want to obey me...... Anyway, it's just that some things in the future have been advanced. γ
The foreboding in Sivi's heart grew stronger.
Although she wanted to resist, her hands and feet, as if she did not obey her command at all, actually drew her saber and pointed her back at her heart!
[Please die first.] (To be continued......)