Rick led the Giant Maniac and stepped on a stone path past the pond. His powers of observation as a mage saw the water in the center of the pool churning in a strange way. It's not like there's something coming up, it's like the water itself wants to move against gravity.

Rick's instinct told him to back off, and he hurried a few steps as the pond exploded, and at the same time, a plain-faced black umbrella was raised in front of him to block the massive splash of water that sprayed at him.

Rick turned his head and saw that he was holding an umbrella by a thin, shorter man with narrow shoulders and a thin waist that at first glance he thought was a woman. He wears a long off-white cotton coat that covers his thighs, and long pants of the same color. He had a smile on his face, and there was a smile in his eyes, but this smile made Xike creep, and he couldn't tell what was wrong.

His face was small, his chin was small and pointed, and he was in his twenties judging by his skeleton, but at first glance he looked like a high school student, with round, round cheeks that looked like a baby. The soft white-blonde hair was all combed back and tied into a ponytail that looked like it was glowing slightly.

He had been here before he came, but he hadn't paid much attention to him at the time. This man has a temperament that blends in with the background from a distance, and only feels weird when you look at him up close.

Xi Ke stared at the other party's face very rudely, and the other party also stared at him with a smile, and after a few seconds, Xi Ke realized that there was something wrong - this person's skin was blue and purple, and Yin Tang was also black!

Even the Mage University students who stayed up all night writing reports in a row didn't have such a bad personality. This is simply the level of "showing a dead face".

Frightened, Rick took a step sideways and moved out of the range of the umbrella. The Giant Maniac had been standing on the other side of the Cyke, pulling the leash tight, trying to get away from the umbrella man.

The man holding the umbrella turned the umbrella, and the handle of the umbrella leaned on his shoulder to block the sun.

Xi Ke swallowed his saliva, he minded the clothes of the man holding the umbrella very much, and it actually gave him a feeling of shroud. The man with the umbrella smiled at Rick again, then turned to look at the pond and said, "The man in the way insists on coming out at this time. 」

Nick turned his head to look at the pond, where only half of the water was left, and three fish were jumping around the pond. A translucent, gelatinous monster was crawling from the pond towards Syk. The bumps on the thing looked a lot like a human face.

Faced with this situation, of course, Xi Ke took the best strategy, he grabbed the leash of the Giant Maniac and tried to slip away, but saw the umbrella man running towards the transparent rubber object with his head down, grabbing the fish on the ground along the way.

"Danger!" Rick didn't need to know what that clear gelatinous object was, he knew he shouldn't go closer!

As if he hadn't heard, the man with the umbrella picked up all the fish, walked around the gum to the edge of the pond, and threw them all into the rest of the water.

Nick turned back to the Giant and shouted, "Sit down!" but the Giant ignored him completely, shook off Tick, and fled far away against the wall, shivering. Xi Ke gritted his teeth, gave up the leash, pulled out his sacrificial knife and rushed to the edge of the pond.

The transparent ooze seemed to be still trying to coalesce, ignoring Xi Ke at first, until Xi Ke picked up the umbrella man by the waist with one hand, erected the protective wall and turned to run away, and the ooze began to deform in his direction.

The man holding the umbrella was very light, and Xi Ke did not feel the slightest difficulty.

When Xi Ke picked him up, the man holding the umbrella let go of his hand and dropped the umbrella on the edge of the pool.

The wall creaked, and the transparent gelatinous object must have attacked him, and he didn't dare to turn his head at risk, and rushed straight back to the Giant.

The Titano was still clinging to the wall, not escaping, and judging from its reaction, the colloidal object was not chasing after it. Xi Ke put away the sacrificial knife, grabbed the leash, and fled the scene along the wall with a man and a beast.

He ran until he was next to another curved tree in the landscape before putting the man down.

Xike whispered, "It's dangerous, you have to run away when you see something strange!"

"Fish will die out of the water. The man with the umbrella, who didn't have an umbrella now, smiled and glanced at Xi Ke.

Rick shook his head, there was something wrong with this man's head.

"What's it like to survive death?" asked the umbrella man, his eyes wide.

"I should ask you. The man who had just escaped death was an umbrella man, not a Xike.

Rick heard a commotion on the other side of the pond, and someone should have gone over to deal with it. Xi Ke didn't care how suspicious the whole thing was, he just focused on the suspicious figure in front of him. It doesn't look like a staff, it's supposed to be a guest.

"I'm sorry, guest, but I still have work to do. After saying that, Nick immediately took the Giant Mad and slipped away in the opposite direction.

"Don't go. The man holding the umbrella grabbed Rick's sleeve, clamped his arm, and pulled it in the direction of his neck, "I finally found you!"

This sentence strengthened Xike's desire to escape, and he was about to withdraw his sleeve in the normal way, but he felt a chill rush up from his arm.

Xi Ke has been a mage for many years, and he is very familiar with the fluctuations before the spell erupts, and immediately pulled out the sacrificial knife and cut off his sleeve, before the others jumped away, the giant maniac had already pulled his legs and ran wildly, and he dragged Xi Ke to the ground with his back to the ground, and rushed out more than twenty meters in a second.

Thanks to the Giant, Syk was able to get out of the wizarding circle in time. He watched as the grass on the ground at the umbrella man's feet turned yellow, and there was a sizzling sound in the air that meant to the mage like an alarm.

The first time he had seen this spell, it was a life extraction spell! Tick thought it only existed in theory, but it really looked like it!

The man holding the umbrella pulled the remaining sleeve of Xi Ke in his hand and raised it to his head, as if he intended to use it to shade the sun. He tilted his head, not satisfied with the results, and turned to go back to the pond to pick up his umbrella. He had only taken two steps when he suddenly let out a "uh" sound like he had been hit in the stomach, and he bent over, and a second later straightened up and rushed into the woods next to him, and disappeared in an instant.

Rick hugged the Giant, wondering what was going on. He dragged the Mad and cautiously walked back a little further, looking over the pond to find Serense fighting with a group of men and the clear gel that had come ashore. They were all dressed in plain clothes, but when he looked at the pile of shiny swords, he immediately understood that this was the official departure of the Knights.

Although Serenian was right in front of him and could ask clearly, Xike didn't want to join the chaos. Seeing that the distance between the umbrella and the war zone was more than fifteen meters, he tied the Giant Maniac to the pillar, used a spell to hide himself, sneaked over, picked up the umbrella, and then secretly slipped away with the Giant Mania.

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Rather than asking Seren, Rick felt that it was easier to know the answer in another place. Sending the giant maniac with his tail back to the beast pen, after getting off work, Xi Ke changed into civilian clothes and went directly to the public magic word, wanting to dial the magic word to the director of the mage practice administration.

After exchanging information from time to time over the years, no matter how slow Xi Ke was, he should have discovered that the bureau chief was extremely well-informed! He knew the detailed criminal background of individual mages, knew what cases the Staff of Light was investigating, what the progress was, and incredibly could still grasp the location of the wandering mage, far beyond the scope of information that this small unit would have.

Xi Ke thinks that it is the fastest to call the director directly.

He went to the row of communal magic rooms at the back of the hotel lobby. Each of these magic rooms has a magic bell, which is so soundproofed that it is impossible to hear the inside from outside or next door. Xi Ke first checked for a bug, picked up the puffy cushion of the chair and patted it, and lifted the hanging brocade to see the back. After the examination, he dialed the number to the Wizard Practice Administration.

After connecting, the voice of the chief came from the director: "Xi Ke, what's wrong this time?"

The Director's voice was clear but tired, and there was no sound of eating and drinking as usual.

So Xi Ke asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you, Lord Chief?"

"Don't worry, what's wrong with you?"

Although the director said so, he heard some clues from the background voice. He heard the voice of the switchboard lady he was familiar with, daxiao, the sound of fists banging on furniture, the sound of a TV show (it seemed to be a variety show), and the waitboard lady screamed, "This joke is so funny!"

"How did it turn out that you were answering the devil's words?" asked Rick.

"She's stressed out and needs a break. The chief said grievingly.

"That's right. Xi Ke frowned and began to get down to business, "I saw Seren at the Misty Hotel, what's going on?"

"Because of the visit of the eldest princess of Nirvana, Flomi, I am scheduled to stay at the Misty Hotel tonight, and the knights should go over and strengthen their vigilance. 」

"That's it?"

"It's already serious. Do you know what is going on in Nirvana?"

"I know there's civil strife. 」

"There's a war going on over there right now, Fromie's brother Fowlac has almost killed all the royal family, and there is information that the country of Duozhou has secretly sent arms to him, and the foreign government has been wiped out, but everyone knows what good things they have done in private.

"Eldest Princess Flomi is here as a goodwill envoy this time, but the timing is sensitive. There are those who think that Verhak wants to kill Flomi in our country, and then put the blame on our country, so that he can make some nonsense demands on our country as a victim, and we will lose the legitimacy to interfere in their internal affairs—"

"Wait, does that mean that if Flomi is killed by her own family, the situation will turn into something that our country can't stop Vorhak from forming a private alliance with the countries of the Battlements?"

"That's right, you're pretty quick. 」

"Actually, I still don't understand, how the hell does it take to get this result?"

"You're all right. The details are complicated to explain, anyway, although this kind of thing is ridiculous, it can be done internationally, and similar things often happen. You know that's enough.

"If you have been paying attention to international news for a long time, you should know that our country, on behalf of the In-China Asia-Rim Alliance, has a bit of a discord with the powerful countries of the Pyro Continent, and it will only get worse in the future, and it is impossible to alleviate it. Nekukamina is just south of our country, and the battlements support Fhak's ascension to the throne, and if Fhak lets them build a military base there, our country will be in danger. 」

Rick pressed his forehead. Every time I work, something happens, and I finally get a normal job, and I actually get involved in an international conspiracy.

The Director continued, "Although the matter is serious, you don't have to worry about it. This time, the opponent is a special forces cultivated by the state, which is the job of the Knights, let the knights deal with it. You're just a civilian, just take care of your own life. If the situation is not right, run away, you can't help. 」

"I met one of the special forces, and he said he 'found me with a hard time.'" When the knight came, he fled. 」

"That's not right, there's no way Fuckac is targeting you. 」

"That's why it's weird. The spell the man used looked a lot like life-draining. 」

There was a pause on the other end of the demon story: "Could it be a necromancer?"

"I'm a little worried. Life extraction spell and necromancy are close relatives, and they are both the same structure, which makes Xi Ke's heart furious.

"According to the 'two laws,' your 'that status' is still under the protection of the law. The director said.

The "two laws" refer to the "Innate Mage Protection Law" and the "Youth Protection Law", and "that identity" refers to the fact that Xi Ke is a congenital necromancer.

The Law on the Protection of Congenital Mages stipulates that only in certain exceptional circumstances can the government and the media disclose the identity of Xi Ke's innate necromancer, and will not publish the matter on any documents. Unless the Innate Mage himself or his legal representative personally discloses this matter, the general public will not know that there is an Innate Mage in Sarafayido. Although the commission of a serious crime is covered by "exceptional circumstances", he was still a minor when he left the Night Order, and he is still protected by the Juvenile Protection Act, and his identity as a criminal cannot be disclosed. By the time the Staff of Light was identified as an Innate Necromancer, the amnesty had already taken effect. Therefore, the background of everyone shouting and beating on Xi Ke is only a Soni language mage, and the identity of an innate necromancer will not cause trouble in ordinary life.

In addition, when a congenital mage uses an innate spell, unless the circumstances are serious, the norms of the "Mage Law" do not apply, but the "Innate Mage Protection Law" applies. Therefore, it is illegal for ordinary people to use necromancy, but Xi Ke's use of his innate necromancy depends on the situation at the time, and he will not necessarily be punished.

"Isn't it really going to leak out? Even the spies of other countries won't know?" asked Xi Ke nervously.

"Even if it leaks, it won't leak from here. You've been out of our hands for too long, and we don't know how many people still know about it. 」

Rick scratched his cheek nervously.

"In another country, you and Serense would have grown up with the utmost attention from everyone as 'special children'. The Chief sighed, "However, our country's policy is to let paladins and innate mages live as much as possible like ordinary people. Have you read Master Ampett's graduation thesis?"

"I've seen it, and I've asked a bunch of questions. 」

"Your master's dissertation focuses on the history of paladins and the reasons for their creation. Paladins and innate mages are actually the same thing, which has different effects on different people. 」

"The river of night and day. Rick said.