Chapter 25: The Sea Urchin Running to Freedom
Namo slipped out of the floor and sat down next to Syk with Lisna. Naimo complained in a tone that he didn't know if he really felt a pity, and maybe he was very satisfied with watching the battle, "It's really—the dentures are empty after they have been used, and they are really worthless except for the young master to take them back as a souvenir." He asked Rick, "Why are you still straining your face when the matter is settled?"
"Look. Rick pointed to the bottom. Falling queen bones, junk parts, chunks of cement with steel bars flying everywhere. Halfway through the retreat, the people could only hold their heads and dodge. The mages of the First Intelligence Department gathered the people around them and used the protective wall with all their might. But they didn't have much mana left after fighting so far, especially when they cast spells continuously under the condition of spell energy devouring before, such a big burden was enough to make people collapse, if they weren't for the battle mages, they should not even have the strength to stand up now.
Nick stared at his hand, the wound on it had managed to stop bleeding, but he didn't want to sit back and watch others get hurt.
"I'll give you my leftovers, right?" Lisna clenched her fist against her chin and shyly handed over her leftovers.
When he took it, he saw that the long strip was cold and soft to the touch, and there was a slippery red liquid on it.
That's a lot of people!
"Who did you eat?" exclaimed.
"It doesn't matter. Namo pointed underneath. A sizable queen skull is sinking. Naimo said, "Anyway, death is dead, and making the best use of things is the central idea of my generation, so you can use it to save people." 」
Xi Ke lowered his eyebrows, and without saying a word, he inserted the sacrificial knife into his severed hand to cast a spell.
As the severed hand turned into white smoke and vanished, the silvery-white color unfolded over the ruined Fourth Incinerator Park like a dense protective net woven from silk. It blocks all falling objects and protects everyone.
After completely crushing the Queen, Gilting the Cat sat on the roof and let out a long "Cat-" and then disappeared. The giant cat's paw also reverted to its original appearance of only a skeleton and pipelines, and was spread out on the ground and did not move.
Under the dark night sky, only the ruined buildings remained, and the spirits were no longer visible.
Nemo and Lisna disappeared through the wall after the space was fully restored.
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Unable to swim in the air anymore, it took him a long time to find a safe path down the stairs. He walked over to the bald turf in front of the gate and looked back at the Fourth Incinerator Park. The upper part of the main furnace building is completely cracked, and many buildings are missing one or two floors. At least the roof is still there, or rather, there are floors on other floors that can be used as roofs. The cardboard box door in the hall was miraculously unscathed, and judging by the many pushes it had endured, Rick began to suspect that it might have the most powerful enchantment in the entire park, so powerful that it was impossible to even detect it.
On the grassless turf, the captain was busy taking roll calls to his subordinates and assigning them the task of helping the people treat their wounds.
A lot of bits and pieces of garbage lay on the bald grass, and there was also a huge fire-breathing dragon. A few children are amazingly adaptable, and they don't get scared when something happens just now, and they even climb on the dragon to play. Perhaps they know better than adults where the real danger lies.
Ballast and Serian stood together. Xiao Ballast grabbed the cat hand puppet in his hand, and he put his hand into the puppet's mouth to pull out the dentures, but the tenon was stuck, and it was probably always in it. Seeing Xi Ke coming, Xiao Zhen shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
"It's a big deal. Xiao Zhu said.
"At least a few people will learn the lesson. Rick said with a slight wink.
The police in the neighborhood came, and so did the ambulance. It wasn't long before three more steel wagons of the Order arrived.
A tall female knight in her early thirties stepped out of the car. Because of her strict military training, she couldn't find a trace of fat all over her body. The cut of the knight's suit has the effect of accentuating the figure, and it looks extremely hot. She was followed by four heavily armed young male knights. The coat of arms on the shoulders of the female knights is more ornate than theirs, indicating that she is of higher status than them, and also higher than Seren. They looked serious and strutted with their heads held high, but they barely kicked the right step.
Serian raised an eyebrow and patted Xiao Zhen on the shoulder.
"What's going on? Seren, Nicol Lafayette?" the knights stopped on the bald turf, and the female knight frowned and asked Seren.
"Report sir, the mage here has caused an explosion. Seren, in the magical vocabulary of knights, explained. For a knight, as long as it is related to the mage and something breaks, it is "the mage has made an explosion".
For the mage, an explosion is never just an explosion, and Rick said, "It is the energy of the spirit that causes the spatial connection, and the over-expansion of the passage and tears the solid matter, so that the building will crack, and because of the energy absorption......
When the knightess saw Syk, she frowned and said, "It's you again, Rick Tregg. Are you sacrificing here?"
Before she could speak, she turned to Seren and said, "Why didn't you stop him?"
"There's no need to stop it, because he didn't do it. Seren, standing straight.
The knightess glared at Seren, "Are you sure? Evil always wears a veil of goodness, and we can never be sure if they are truly repentant. Deception is their specialty, and if you try to believe that they still have a little conscience in their hearts, they will take advantage of it, pretending to be righteous partners, forgiving believers, waiting for an opportunity to spread darkness!"
As soon as the knight stopped, Serense said, "I'm sure. 」
Seren's quick answer clearly made her unhappy. She spoke again, in a low, menacing voice, "You're too young to see enough......
Syk didn't like her to say that. She's older, yes, the knights are older than they seem, but Seren has been through a lot of things, and she says that makes Rick feel like she's overturned them all. Rick narrowed his eyes in displeasure.
The knightess also noticed the expression on her face, which made her even more convinced that she was more dangerous than she looked, and she said to him, "Do you think that as long as the ban on the Soni language is lifted, you will be innocent? It's not just a matter of what spell you're using! The head of the Demon Court thinks you don't pose a danger, so it's too rash to judge—"
"I'm sorry. The captain of the mage unit walked over. Shaking his sleeves, he looked at the female knight, "Are you questioning the decision of the Staff of Light?"
"It's not questioning, it's reasonable—"
Before the knight could finish speaking, Serian put her hand around her mouth in the shape of a cup, and said, "Sir, may I ask if the order I received is still going to be carried out? It is an order from the headquarters to shut down the fourth incinerator. 」
Hearing Seren's words, the captain's face tightened, and he said to the female knight with a slight anger, "The fourth incinerator is the facility of the Staff of Light, and it is up to us to decide whether to close it here or not, and the Holy Shield cannot interfere!"
Seren's provocation succeeded, and he lowered his hand and smiled innocently.
"You questioned the decision of the Staff of Light just now, and now you are interfering in internal affairs, do the Knights regard the Demon Court as their own subordinates?" said the captain sternly.
"Nothing else!" the female knight chivalrially saluted the captain, "The Staff of Light and the Shield of Holiness are friendly and stable alliances, and there is no superiority or inferiority!"
"We think so too. The captain also saluted the female knight in a mage-like manner, "I give you my disrespect. He turned to Syk and said, "Whoever troubles you, you can sue him." We are not tolerant of discrimination against schools of magic. You are our human being, and no one can discriminate against you. 」
Xi Ke nodded stunned.
"I'll go back and study the Mage Method. Xiao Gu said with a smile.
"Brother—" The knight whispered, "We gave you a year off from school because you said that your grandfather was in a bad mood when he passed away, and now that it's like this, you can go home, okay?" The tone in which she spoke to Xiao Zhen was completely different from the tone she spoke to Xike and Seren. Soft, gentle, even a little pleading, with a smile on his face.
This female knight is the mother of Xiao Ballast. Xiao Zhu is the youngest child in the family, and the whole family is used to calling him younger brother.
"I'm going back to school. He slipped his puppet-wearing hand into his pocket and said, "I know which way I want to go. Mom, I hope I'm like my grandfather, a person who is free and honest with all kinds of weirdos. 」
"Weirdo, do you mean me?" asked Rick, turning his head.
"yes, but don't you deny it first?" said with a smile.
"Brother!" the knight called out to him in a slightly raised voice, but she couldn't change his mind, "He's—"
Serian put his hand to his mouth again, forming a cup: "Excuse me about the order I received—"
"Cancelled! The Discipline Committee is now investigating!" the knight had to stop the conversation and interrupt Seren.
"Mom, if you have to trouble my friend, fight me in a duel!" Xiao Zhen raised his hand and found that the most decent weapon in his hand was actually a cat hand puppet wearing human dentures, and he couldn't help but laugh. Even Nick laughed, and he quickly covered his mouth.
"If you want to go home, you can prepare your favorite food every day at home. The female knight Zuihou gave Xiao Zhen a loving and reluctant look, her lips trembled, and she finally gave up interfering with the adult child's friendship situation. She turned around neatly and said, "Seren, come back with me!"
"Yes, sir. Serene winked at Syk and followed the knights into the carriage, which departed.
Rick stayed where he was, feeling an indescribable emotion welling up. In the past three years, he has calmed down his restless heart, which has been hesitant since he left the Dark Academy.
He remembered what the old treant had said again. This time those words did not make him painful, but warm. "I hope that in the future that I don't see, you'll find people who understand your worth. Maybe it's possible.
He, a mage from a dark academy, only a make-up school degree, poor and without a backstage, looks like a person on the fringes of society, and his life can still work hard.
Xiao Ji ran to chat with the captain. Rick took a casual walk when he had nothing to do. He walked to the place where it used to be a pit gate, but now it was just a big hole. There was no more exhaust gas in it, and the ground inside was full of discarded magic weapons that didn't move.
He saw a sea urchin in work pants coming from the darkness in the depths. The sea urchin walked crookedly, like a child when he first learned to walk.
"Weird head, are you poisoned again?" Rick chuckled. He stepped forward and grabbed the urchin man's hand, intending to hold him.
But the hand that Xi Ke grabbed was clenched into a fist. There is nothing in the sleeve of the sea urchin man!
Kick was startled, let go of his hand and took a step back. He looked the urchin up and down carefully, then stepped forward again, grabbed the dish antenna cap with both hands and lifted it up.
There's no head down there! The work pants are empty!
Vick silently put the dish antenna hat back in its original position, covering the empty collar of his shirt. He wondered if he was so sleep-deprived that he was hallucinating, or sleep-deprived that he fell asleep without realizing it.
The urchin man raised his sleeves and straightened his hat.
Rick turned his head to look at the bald turf, and saw that the real monster was now joining the conversation between the ballast and the captain. He gestured and put on a hat that didn't exist, and the three of them hahadaxiao.
The sea urchin man spoke from under the sea urchin, "Really, don't just pick up someone's head. 」
This voice was heard by Xi Ke in the sorting box, the voice that wanted to trick him into unpacking the bottom of the box.
"You're not going to say that, are you?" said the urchin, "I'm free! neither humans nor queens can rule over me!
The sea urchin man walked out of the passage of the pit with crooked steps, along the edge of the provincial road, in the direction that Xi Ke had reported five days ago, and walked far away, zuihou disappeared into the night.
Rick covered his mouth, his body began to tremble, and his waist bent forward. He lasted twenty seconds and finally couldn't help it anymore and let out a loud voice.
The laughter spread through the grassless turf, over the ruined walls of the park, and everyone turned to look at him. He laughed so hard that he couldn't stand still, not minding the stares of others.
In the distance, the sky showed a hint of fish's belly, and at the same time, the first snowflakes of the year entered Xike's field of vision.
End of episode