287 Energy absorption
The miserable white moonlight sprinkled on the same miserable white face, and the image made everyone hold their breath, when the sharp silver-plated gold arrow passed through the brain, it inevitably touched some nerves that controlled the movement of the limbs, under the indulgence of these nerves, the duchess's limbs and facial features showed a strange distortion, the sharp fangs protruded outward, and the elegance belonging to the nobility of the night had long been completely destroyed by this hideousness, which made people feel even more frightening.
There is no need to doubt the authenticity of the apprentice's accusations of 'murder' against this lady, just the identity of a vampire can dispel everyone's suspicions.
Not to mention the murder of a red-robed mage, it is possible to kill all the people here.
The vampire attack just now has made a footnote to these people's thoughts.
I wonder how the Night King, who recruited this group of bloodsuckers to vent his anger, will feel when he finds out?
Penny was pleased with the nobles' reaction, but then another captured councillor, Vamos, the victim's brother, yelled like a pig again: "Fake! It's all fake! Fake, friends, believe it's an illusion! How could my sister be a vampire? Don't forget, these people are red-robed mages! They are good at these tricks. ”
The wizard shook his head, and took advantage of the suspicion of these people to throw the vampire's body into the middle of the group of nobles: "You can see for yourself, whether she is a vampire or not?"
The confirmation process was not complicated, and it didn't even require the red-robed mage to do anything - these nobles were not blind, and many of them knew something about arcane laws and illusions, and even if they didn't, their offerings would understand, and after trembling close to the hideous vampire corpse, after some inspection, the nobles' faces became even more ugly, and the eyes of Councilor Vamos, who were still howling, were suspicious.
"Fake!" Congressman Vamos still roared in vain.
The wizard shook his head secretly, he didn't notice the breath of the blood bead ring on this middle-aged man's body, so he wasn't sure if this person was a servant of the duke - it was estimated that the surname might not be low, but whether it was or not, Penny would continue to detain him, and the nobles that the wizard explained to Romnik were all duke's servants with blood bead rings, or guys who were suspected of communicating with vampires and actively contacted the Serre Concession to deal with the Edmund family.
Anyway, from his standpoint, it's not a good thing: "You all saw it, I'm sorry, the Searles need an explanation, these nobles seem to be very suspicious, and we have to bring them back to the concession for investigation." ”
"What did you say?" a Simon nobleman, who was held down by Serge's guards, roared hoarsely and struggled, "You have no right to do this!
"In order to deal with the dispute with the Edmont family, I have chosen to trust you. Romnick, whose face was pale, spoke, not only made his expression look ugly, but also spoke in a gloomy voice: "But there are vampires hiding here who are trying to disagree with me, so I can't add irrational trust to you anymore, these are the main initiators of this banquet, and the Sergeans who are suspected of being seriously suspicious and have a direct threat to their own safety must get an answer!"
As soon as he waved his sleeves, a group of Searles with the poor nobles in their arms were about to leave the courtyard and return to the concession.
"Wait a minute. Among the nobles who were not captured, a middle-aged man spoke, and this person was Butters Goodall.
Penny had planned to take Mr. Goodale with him—the man who seemed to have a bad stomach at first glance and Vika seemed to be inherently incompatible, and he didn't look like a peaceful guy by uniting with the mysterious Bloodsail Leader, but he resisted the urge to think about the terrifying mob leader and bury a pawn for the future.
In such a case, it is not advisable to start a dispute lightly.
"Simon's consul will be able to give you a satisfactory explanation, but until then, please let go of our nobles, which is not in accordance with our rules and will seriously hurt the feelings between Simon and Serre. Butters Goodale stood in front of the nobles and admonished with a serious face, which seemed to Penny to have ulterior motives, as many of the nobles who had not been arrested by the red-robed mage looked at Butters Goodale with admiration.
In their opinion, the Searles' arrest of the nobles was indeed vexatious, but the arrogance and anger shown by the red-robed mage made them stop the idea of speaking out immediately—God knows what more crazy things these Searls, who were already furious with the calculation of being assassinated, would do?
What's more, the appearance of vampires has already made them a little nervous, and they can't withstand greater stimulation.
Butters Goodall's righteous words are admirable to them, after all, this man states the vague thoughts of the nobles.
Penny secretly praised this guy's vision and boldness, knowing that he would come out at this time to buy people's hearts, and at the same time, he was more wary of this person in his heart.
However, the red-robed mage obviously did not satisfy them: "Don't talk nonsense, no one here really helps the Serles, we have to find out for ourselves." ”
Romnik roared angrily, of course he did not have the time to take into account the 'affection' between Simon and Serge, and the arrest of these nobles was Penny's order, and of course he had to carry it out faithfully, and after he said this sentence that made all the nobles choke, he walked out of the courtyard with a group of people without looking back.
"You're going to regret it. Goodall shouted at the distant backs of the Sertres with little confidence, and when he saw the Sertres walking away without looking back, he turned his head to look at the corpse of the female vampire with a gloomy face, and his heart quickly calculated.
"My lord, it's so satisfying. Returning to the mage tower in the concession with a large-scale teleportation technique, Romnik swept away the angry look on his face, and turned to the wizard who was turning pale with a smile: "I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. ”
However, there was a faint melancholy in his eyes, as if he was worried about something.
The wizard frowned, then knew what the servant was thinking, and held out a finger at him, "What are you worried about? Are you worried that our actions will make the lower members of the concession suspicious?"
Romnik's face froze for a moment, and then nodded: "Well, my lord, you know, we toss so much, although we try to pull the head on the dispute and hatred, but there are still some people in the concession who are dissatisfied with this, you know, there is no lack of other big people's eyes, our actions have seriously interfered with the normal business of the concession, and may have harmed Searle's reputation in Simon, especially this time, and also detain the Ximen nobles...... This ......"
He didn't finish his words, but the meaning was also obvious, such a blatant offense to Simon, the Seyre Concession must be in an extremely awkward position for the next period of time: "My lord, although your plan can perfectly resolve these disputes, the people below will not understand, and we cannot explain to them, and they will inevitably have doubts. ”
“...... There's no good way to do it. The wizard pondered for a moment, shook his head and said in a low voice: "I can only try to spread rumors to appease, and then let Lu Misen keep an eye on it, as long as someone shows suspicion, if it is an important person, control it immediately, if it is not important...... Discretion is possible. ”
He waved his hand a little uncomfortably, but it soon became natural.
"By the way, my lord, those meat tickets. Romnik glanced at the unlucky nobles who were knocked unconscious next to him: "What to do, you haven't said it yet." ”
"Find a way to make them fools first. The wizard replied lightly: "I will brainwash them with spells later." ”
After he finished saying this, his face suddenly changed slightly, and suddenly appeared a strange red, but soon returned to normal, he frowned, and waved his hand at Romnik with a calm expression: "I have already explained other things, now I will go back and prepare first, you should be more careful at these times, and the precautions in the concession must be strict." ”
"Yes. While it was strange why Penny was so anxious, Romnick chose to obey respectfully.
A flash of light flashed, and the wizard disappeared into the mage's tower.
The teleportation technique teleported him directly to his bedroom in his mage tower, and Nephis was already asleep- Since arriving at Simon, she has become more and more sleepy day by day, and Lannie and Sheckel have also changed into pajamas, and are about to go to bed, when they suddenly see the light of teleportation in the room next to her, they are not small and surprised, but after a few seconds, no one came out, and walked over curiously, but saw that in the dim light of the teleportation coordinates, the wizard fell sideways, his hands and feet twitched, Hiccol's hands trembled, and his face suddenly turned snow-white, and Lannie ran over to help the wizard's upper body with a gloomy expression- All the bare skin was a sickly reddish-black, not like bruises, but like soaked in an evil light, and the slightest closer Hitchol felt the coldness that made her shiver.
"Hey, wake up. Lanny patted the wizard's face lightly, with a suppressed expression, and whispered in the wizard's ear, "What is this dying?"
The wizard opened his eyes and saw Lanny's face, then nodded and closed his eyes again, an action that undoubtedly made Lanny and Hickor frown even more.
"He, he, what's wrong with him?" Hickel, leaning against the wall, tugging at his neckline, biting his lower lip in fear, his two watery eyes looking unconscious like a wizard who had lost half his life.
"It's like you've been hit by some kind of spell. Lanny was more knowledgeable, she leaned her ear down on the wizard's heart with a heavy expression, listened carefully to Penny's heartbeat for a few seconds, then raised her head, stood up with Penny in her arms: "Can't die yet, go back to the bedroom first." ”
Shecole ran back to the bedroom as if he had been amnestied, hurriedly made the bed out of space, and asked Lanny to lay the wizard flat on the bed, and the sleeping little Nefis next to her noticed a burst of cold air coming from the side, and grunted dissatisfiedly, opened her eyes, and saw the strange-skinned wizard next to her, and immediately bounced up from the bed in a sleepy manner, and looked the wizard up and down for a while, and bit her fingers with a pale face: "My lord, why is he, why is he like this?"
"You know some arcane arts, can you tell what spell he's struck for?" asked Hickel, with a hint of hope.
Her shallow level of divine magic, the spell she prayed out was released on the mage's body, like a grain of sand entering the desert, without even a single ripple.
Nepher's shake of her head undoubtedly made her feel disappointed and even hopeless.
This little girl, who has only just studied arcane arts, naturally can't recognize such spells.
"Great, grown, there has never been a time like this. Fear was written on Nephis's face: "How can I see the spells used by enemies who can hurt him?"
"That's not going to work. Lanny carefully rolled the wizard's eyelids, double-checked her breathing and pulse, and shook her head, "You have to find a more professional." ”
"More professional?" Hiccol and Nepher looked at each other, and all four eyes lit up.
...... "You said this guy appeared in the teleportation array by himself? So, he sent it back by himself using teleportation?" Hmm, are you sure you're right?"
The little boy in the black robe sat in front of the mage's bed with a look of surprise on his face, and his tone was full of incredulity.
"Lord Black-robed, is the adult seriously injured?" Nephis, who was about the same height as the little boy, or even taller, stood beside him and asked in a very humble tone, "Listen to you, it seems that it is impossible to use teleportation to return with such an injury?"
"Of course, he was hit by multiple energy absorption. Helast looked at the wizard lying on the bed, and was amazed: "The one who hurt him must be a dark creature with very strong strength, not only is he particularly good at using arcane arts, but also has a natural curse ability, oh, most of them are a vampire - they are very good at this kind of thing, let alone this kind of legendary level vampire, don't be surprised, you can use such a trick, it is certain that he has legendary power...... At the level of your adults, you can still live after eating it for so long...... Oh no, I came back with my own teleportation, well, please understand my surprise. ”
"Huh?" Lannie has been through a hundred battles in the Moon Sea, and she has never seen energy absorption, but she is no stranger to the weak energy technique that is a few grades weaker, and Nephis also knows what kind of spell energy absorption is, and when she heard Helast talk about 'multiple energy absorption', it was obviously more dangerous than a simple energy absorption technique, and her face immediately became even more ugly.
"So, he might lose most of his strength?" Lannie asked tentatively.
"It's a miracle to be alive. Hylaste spread his hands, "Well, I really want to dissect him, you know, he not only came back alive, but he can also perform teleportation, oh, I want to pray to the gods." ”
"So, do we have a way to get him awake?" was the main concern of all the women present.
"Ask a caster of similar skill to break it. Helast saw that the details of the three pairs were different, but the core meaning was similar, and his eyes were cast on his face, and he blushed a little: "Ah, don't look at me, you all know that being able to cast a three-ring arcane is a very reluctant thing for me now, and it is not a simple matter to change my mindset and reset my methodology." ”
He yawned: "If you want to find someone to save him, then at least find someone with the ability to cast spells in the eighth or ninth rings, if it is a few grades lower, I am afraid that multiple spellcasters will need to cooperate in treatment." ”
"Okay. Hickel shook his palm, his eyes shining: "Whether it is the Temple of Tyre or the Wizards of the Coast Society, there are such conditions. ”
"Wait. The hoarse voice came out of the wizard's mouth, immediately attracting everyone's attention, and Helest looked at Penny in particular with surprise: "How is it possible that you are still awake?
"Manson. Penny's eyes were still closed, and he tugged at the corners of his mouth, spitting out a name, his voice still weak and hoarse: "That servant of yours...... Servant. ”
Servant?
The people in the room were confused, and Penny's words undoubtedly revealed that he did not want to leave the Mage Tower—it was clear that neither Lanny Silkol nor Nephel knew that it was impossible for a wizard to get hurt by the public.
If Pan Diesel were to be seriously injured one day for no apparent reason—by a legendary vampire—for no apparent reason, it would obviously arouse a lot of suspicion—especially if the legendary vampire himself, if he had some intelligence, it would certainly be easy to associate Pan Diesel with that sneaky red-robed mage apprentice.
However, the black-robed masked servant of Hylaster was only a caster of the Seven Rings, and those present listened to Hylast's account and were skeptical that a Seven-Ring caster could dispel the multiple energy absorption spells on the wizard's body.
Hylast, Nephiss and Lannie looked at each other a few times, thinking that it would be okay to try it in this case, the little boy beckoned to the masked servant guarding the door, the Manson clone who had been completed by Helast as a puppeteer walked over, and began to check Penny's body with spells under the command of Helast, suddenly his eyes lit up, and a light was released in his hand, and the source power on Penny's body surface made a strong tremor, and the sickly red color immediately dissipated like a tide, and a biting chill oozed from the air- It wasn't cold, but it was uncomfortable, and all the muscles and muscles gave birth to an unbearable tingle, and Hylast stayed away from the bed early, while Hickor and Nephis blocked the cold in the arms of Lannie, who was in better health.
The cold air disappeared into the room after a short time, and the wizard on the bed opened his eyes, coughed a few times, sat up with the mattress, and looked up and down a few times at the masked Manson clone, especially noticing the tall figure of this guy, and nodded a few times abruptly:
"It turned out to be such a ......"
"What the hell is going on?"
As soon as the wizard finished sighing, he saw three women, one man and four pairs of eyes staring at him motionlessly, all of them with different expressions, but there was no doubt that they were all waiting for the wizard's explanation.
(To be continued)