Chapter XVII: Negotiation and Escape
"Bixia!" Namo stood upright, leaning on his legs to stay in the air. He took off his hat and saluted the tower: "Master Nemo Theaco beseeches you for your favor and your wisdom for me!"
The Queen's voice sounded directly in the heads of the three of them, the same female voice that had spoken to Xi Ke through the door at night, "What do you want from the Soul Clan?"
"Where's the core of the incinerator?, as wise as you should know the answer!" said Nemo exclaimed.
"The Core of the Incinerator is the original guardian of this place, our jailer, why do you inquire about this?"
Naimo glanced at Syck, who glared at him. Naimo said, "Because that thing is valuable! The core of the incinerator contains the Liliang essence of Archmage Cha, as well as all the magic energy absorbed since the operation of the fourth incinerator, I will sell it!"
"Then you are an ally of ours. The Queen's voice said, "The core of the incinerator, like ours, has become a soulless being. The mourners didn't know where it was wandering. 」
Nemo asked again, "Has it turned into a ghost, can you tell me what kind of spirit it is?"
"It is closer to humanity than any being of our generation. Its appearance is what you call a man. 」
Xi Ke's heart was shocked. Could it be a small ballast?
The Queen of the Spirits continued, "There is nothing more to be told about it. We are in its prison, guarded by it, and cannot resist it. 」
Rick swam forward, tossed Namo aside, and said to the Queen, "I have something to look for you in. 」
The queen did not respond.
Xi Ke said angrily, "Don't destroy this place, I need the roof here!"
The queen replied, "It is impossible. When we leave the prison, every roof, every wall will be reduced to stone, and that will be true in the near future. 」
Rick held out four fingers: "Just postpone it for four months!"
"That's impossible. Our liliang is enough, and we will break through the crackdown in the near future. 」
Xi Ke put his hand on his forehead and thought: Regular inspections are really deceitful!
The Queen's voice turned to a scream: "You are the defender of this place, you are the defender of this place, you are the enemy of our people, and you are the enemy of the nuclear friend of the incinerator!
The tower shook violently as if it had been struck by an earthquake, and the outer layer of garbage was shaken down, revealing the true body of the queen hidden inside. It was a large, intact human skeleton in a kneeling position, which Rick judged to belong to an adult female.
The sea of spirits on the ground became more and more excited. They can't swim like humans, they can't even float to the fan, and there are liliang who imprison them to the ground. So they stepped on top of each other, forming a ladder to stretch out, to catch Xike!
"Don't fight in this space, let's flash!" Namo pulled out the sacrificial knife and blood vial, dripped a few drops of blood on the knife, and began to chant a spell to send them back to reality.
"Not here!" said Rick, "If you go out here, you'll go into the main furnace, and then go out in another place!"
"I know, let's swim!" Naimo finished the previous spell, holding Zuihou in his hand one step at a time and not letting it out.
Serens held the needle in her hand again, and the golden light flashed in succession, slashing the ladder of the spirits that were close to them.
The three men tried to swim and escape. In order to protect the unhappy Xike, Seren swam on the Zuihou side.
The outer layer of the female skeleton had all fallen off, and the skeleton moved, raising her hand and grabbing the three of them.
Seren turned to face the Hand of the Bones, the Knight Insignia of the Holy Shield on his chest shimmered, and a transparent semi-circular force field shield appeared in front of him to block the Hand of the Bone, making a resounding sound of metal crashing through the sky.
Nick looked around to find a safe point of separation, and finally he recognized a place that was absolutely safe. The layout of the room was familiar to him, about the middle of the room in reality, on the ground, the rubble was discharged in the shape of a lattice, and he had seen something similar not long ago: "Nemo, you can break away from there!"
"Oh!" Naimo shouted a zuihou spell in Soni, "Go back to the marked shijie!"
The surrounding landscape swirled and distorted, and the orange light was replaced by a gentle white light. Rick's back slammed into a hard metal object, causing him to curl up in pain and not be able to stand up for a while. He returned to the registration room and fell onto a large pile of metal drawers. The silver box around his neck pulsed, bringing the demon back to his master.
Nemo fell near Syke.
"Master—let's slip away!" Lisina raised her head and stepped on Naimo's face with a gesture showing off her beautiful legs.
Seren's landing position was better, he fell head-on and protected with his hands and feet, so he struggled to get up from the pile of drawers, "Wait a minute, I just heard someone planning to steal—"
Rick rolled in Seren's direction, reaching out and grabbing Seren's ankle. As soon as Serenne stood up, the clutch caused him to fall forward, this time with a smack on the edge of the drawer.
Lisina and Naimo took the opportunity to escape.
"It's not your business. Rick said. He waited until Nemo and Lisna ran to the point where they couldn't even catch up with Seren's footsteps before letting go.
Serian propped his elbows on the ground and touched his head. He glanced back at Rick to show his displeasure, but didn't say anything.
After all, it is a former partner, and when things are happening in front of him, Xike will still help Naimo.
After letting go, Xi Ke looked out the window, and the sky was already the color of sunrise.
He didn't sleep all night!
Drowsiness turned into anger. Rick crawled on the floor, crawled to the table, and pulled the magic cage off the table. He sat up, leaned his back against the table, put the magic cage in his arms, and dialed the number of the Mage Practice Authority.
The soprano sang two notes, and the magic word was connected. Before he could speak, there was a sobbing sound from the other side.
The woman's voice choked up and said, "People, people had terrible dreams last night. People dream that early this morning, the bad guy comes and says that he knows where my house is—woo, woo, he's done such horrible things to people, are you that person? Please, don't, it's terrible—don't treat people like that......
Rick gritted his teeth, not knowing how to answer, in order to stop the woman from wasting his time by fainting and screaming, and obediently called the chief over.
Serene walked over and stopped in front of Rick. He straightened his messy hair, then bent down and propped one hand on the edge of the table next to Rick's head, and said to the magic cage in Nick's arms, "I am Seren, the Holy Shield, please ask the Director to answer the curse. 」
Rick's eyes widened in surprise. Serene just shrugged and walked away.
"Ah, it's the knight!" the woman's voice jumped up, she called the chief over to listen to the devil's words, and then whispered excitedly, "Today's first pass is a knight, something good will happen!"
"Hey, this is the Director of the Mage Practice Administration. The Director's voice sounded like he was biting a steamed bun in his mouth.
Listening to the voice in the background, the woman who had answered the magic talk had already walked away and couldn't hear the content of the magic talk, so Xi Ke said, "I'm Xi Ke. 」
"Oh, what's going on? Is the fourth incinerator okay?"
"You should contact the Staff of Light's public facilities inspection department right now and ask them to send a team of real mages!" said in as calm a tone as he could.
"What's wrong? Won't the light bulb come on?"
"Most of it won't light up—no, it's much worse than that!" said Rick, "The remnants of consciousness in this place have accumulated into a riot spirit, and the riot spirit has mutated into something unknown, and is ready to demolish the house!"
"If it's just that the light bulb won't come on, I can call a few work-study students to deal with it, but I can't help with such a big thing. 」
"It's a big thing to help, and if you go on like this, the Fourth Incinerator will definitely be finished!"
"No way. The Director replied categorically, "Irregular inspections can only be initiated by the head of the Division. If any external employee can work on the inspection team, how can the staff of light of so many facilities be inspected?"
"The director here hasn't shown up for half a year!"
"Even so, he's your director. If the information shows that you have a supervisor, you must be asked by the supervisor. The chief finally pulled the steamed bun out of his mouth, and his voice became clearer: "Xike. Isn't it your responsibility to leave it alone? Even if the fourth incinerator is unusable, it's not your responsibility. You just have to keep your mouth shut and get paid obediently, why do you work so hard? You don't have to be so serious. 」
"If someone was in charge, it wouldn't be my turn!"
"They don't care, what do you care?" replied the director, "Anyway, that's the official procedure, and it must be proposed by the supervisor. Without the signature of the supervisor, just your and my signatures will only go to the trash can, and will not be sent to the inspection department. 」
"Then enclose a ferocious mushroom spirit to them!" Rick yelled, cutting off the call.
Serene spun around and returned to the front of Rick, leaning forward and asking, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Yes!" Rick stretched out his hands and slapped Seren on the shoulder, "Help me do the shift!"
While Seren was stunned, Rick jumped up and rushed out of the registration room.
He first went to the kitchen to scavenge for sacrifices, and then rushed all the way to the gate. Syk remembers where the address of the fat cat supervisor was on the personnel profile. Hopefully he did live there, and didn't go to live with any mistress.
He placed a small saucer on the grass and set it on the grassless turf, put bones and herbs in it to light the fire, and roasted the blade of the sacrificial knife with the flames, and recited the incantation: "The black winds of the Netherworld form my feet. 」
A flowing black mist appeared on the blade, swelled into a clump of detachment from the blade, and began to shrink back again, zuihou turned into a black, white-maned bantam with a wooden saddle on its back, staring at Xi Ke with ruby eyes.
"Let's go!" Rick turned on his horse and sped away towards the house of the fat cat director.
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The fat cat supervisor's house is a detached house, and it looks good on the outside, but when Syk dissolves the horse spell and gets close to the house, he smells a stench wafting from inside. He was on the alert. Although it wasn't the smell of human corpses, it still made him think that the fat cat supervisor might be dead. In that case, he submitted the death certificate and asked for a change of supervisor, but he didn't know if it would be too late.
Rick thought angrily: Otherwise, he could get the director's corpse up and sign it.