A near miss
Since Zhui'en was very sensible after seeing the power of the killing curse, Ximu untied the magic that bound his feet and allowed him to get up and walk on his own.
I have to say, although both were threatened, this man's mentality was much better than Sorens's at the beginning. Not only did he act as if nothing had happened, he even put his locked hands behind his head and rested them on a pillow. If there was a wall nearby, he might even lean against it to lean on it.
Moreover, this person is really shameless.
Morina almost rejected him outright by saying something like "I hate you, you're so annoying, just shut up," but he continued asking questions and joking around as if nothing had happened, which really annoyed her.
"Ximu, can you seal his mouth?"
The short-haired girl glanced at him sideways and gave Ximu a suggestion very sincerely.
Ximu looked back at him and seemed to seriously consider the feasibility of this proposal.
"Oh, there were so many misunderstandings before. I'm just trying to smooth things over with you guys... Since you two ladies think I'm noisy, I'll just shut up."
This man was indeed smart. He waved his hands in surrender, with a fawning look on his face.
But Ximu knew that he was just pretending.
He was obedient because his lifeline was in control, and he talked a lot because he wanted to use the excuse of chatting to get more information - when he was looking around, seemingly casually, he had actually taken a general look at the surrounding environment.
Information asymmetry can sometimes be fatal, so when the situation is not favorable to you, you must make every effort to collect information to effectively increase your survival rate.
This action is so familiar, because Ximu himself has this habit.
Regardless of whether what Zhuiren said about being a bounty hunter is true or not, from those small habits, it can be seen that his living environment is not good. He must be the kind of person who is often in danger.
Coincidentally, Ximu is also such a person.
To Xi Mu, his little actions were really no secret at all.
"...Everyone, be alert. We are almost there."
After deliberately glancing at the spike mark on the other person's neck as a warning, Ximu did not really try to shut his mouth, but took the lead in setting foot on the long mountain path they came from.
On the way back, they told Zhui Neng a little about the situation inside the Saint Feses Magic Academy, including the melted magicians and the workshop craftsmen who melted into a big ball.
After all, he had encountered monsters himself, so he accepted this situation well. Although he raised his eyebrows in surprise when he heard it, his expression was generally relaxed.
It was not until they pushed the iron gate of the mine entrance open a crack, huddled together, and carefully observed the movements of the craftsman monsters outside that his expression gradually became solemn.
Because they were being chased by the long centipede monster, they ran in a hurry and did not have time to take a closer look at the situation in the gem processing room.
Because this place is connected to the entrance of the underground mine, there are not as many workbenches for carving gems as in the other two rooms. More than half of the space is used as an inspection table, which is used to sort the various ores brought up by the miners.
Under the attack of unknown mutation, the staff here obviously also had some problems.
I don’t know if there are higher requirements for the standards of polishing and carving gems, but everyone wears seven or eight crystal lenses on their heads, with an eye staring behind each lens. Combined with the hands shaped like insects holding tools, it looks really weird.
But fortunately, these gem processing workers were all focused on their work and had almost no reaction to these sudden appearance of outsiders.
Moreover, due to the large number of alienated workshop personnel, this production line is obviously understaffed, and piles of unprocessed raw ores are randomly placed near the entrance, which are colorful and extremely dazzling.
"Fuck, so much ore, this is fucking rich!"
Zhui Nian was obviously an expert in knowledge and knew that these raw ores were worth a lot of money. She even couldn't help but swear a few times.
Morina beside him glanced at him with disdain, but at the same time she also felt a little complicated - it was hard not to feel some uneasy feeling that she didn't want to admit when she suddenly reached a consensus on a certain point with someone she hated.
"We can't take it away now, so don't worry about it."
Ximu looked around and found that the sound of blacksmithing outside the house had been heard again, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
The group carefully slipped through the iron gate and quietly closed it, trying not to make too much noise. While the craftsmen, who were busy with their work, ignored them, they quickly moved to the door and peered out to observe the long, bloody road.
This was Zhui's first time here. The moment he saw the situation in the corridor clearly, he opened his mouth but no sound came out, as if he had swallowed back an exclamation.
"...This amount of blood loss is too shocking, right? How many people will die?"
He instinctively lowered his voice and asked Xi Mu, who was the most likely to understand what he was talking about.
"Besides us, there are no other 'people' here." Xi Mu corrected him, "Those aren't just bloodstains. They're also the 'medium' for monsters to detect their prey. We can't touch any bloodstains at all, otherwise we'll be hunted by the monsters."
"Is that the centipede you mentioned earlier that's got eight hundred hammers and one inside the other?"
Although Ximu felt that such an unreliable description could not possibly come from his mouth, he was too lazy to argue with him, so he nodded as a confirmation.
Imagining the horrifying scene at that time, the man subconsciously took a breath.
He took in the length of the corridor and the distribution of the bloodstains, then turned back and said seriously, "Then you must untie my hands. There are some places where you can't jump over without a balanced body."
Regardless of whether he has other intentions, what he said is objectively reasonable.
but……
"You can't jump over it, right?" Ximu asked back. Without waiting for the other party to answer, he glanced at Molina behind him and asked, "How many blessings of increasing strength can you receive at most?"
The priestess blinked, then understood and said with a wicked smile, "Three, more will be a burden on your body."
Ximu recalled the improvement he had received after the blessing during the battle, and after a moment of deliberation, he replied, "Two, two is enough... After all, we still have to bring the person back alive, we can't just kick him to death halfway."
"Wait a minute, I feel like you guys are talking about something terrible..."
Before Zhuiren could finish his words, Sorens patted him on the shoulder.
"It's okay, you'll get used to it. It'll only be for a while anyway."
"ah?"
Being suddenly interrupted like this, before the danger could fully form in his mind, the man felt his collar tighten, and then he flew out in an instant!
"Fuck!—Hey, no, is this how you guys play?!"
Being thrown out like a javelin, Zhui'en couldn't help but yell and curse, but he immediately lowered his voice, fearing that he would disturb the monster, and also afraid that Ximu would turn against him on the spot.
The silver-haired girl followed closely behind, stepping on the gaps in the blood like a dragonfly skimming the water. Seeing the man above her head gradually falling, she turned around and kicked him, sending him flying again.
After all, Zhuiren was an adult male, and much taller than Ximu. Even if she had incredible strength, she couldn't throw him out of the corridor with one hand.
But with the blessing of two consecutive powers from Morina, the process became much easier.
In Zhui's life so far, flying alone through such a long corridor without landing is considered a novel experience...if there were no conspicuous footprints on her back.
After all, she was a skilled fighter who could fight Ximu back and forth. Even with her hands tied and being kicked around like a sack, Zhuiren managed to quickly regain her balance in mid-air. She slid a few steps unsteadily upon landing, but at least she managed to land safely.
Xi Mu arrived almost at the same time as him. The two of them looked at each other with some admiration on their faces.
But before Zhui Neng could say anything, the expressions of both of them changed. The girl suddenly swung out a magic whip and hooked it onto the lamp holder high up. She immediately rose from the ground and pulled the swordsman next to her up as well.
The next moment, a wriggling ball of flesh appeared crookedly at the corner. Several people among them seemed to have discovered them and were struggling to pull their hands out of the ball.
"Sorens!" Ximu turned around and called out to the back.
With a response, Sorens and Morina flew over quickly under the support of magic, circled in front of the monster, and clearly showed their temporary passes.
The levitation magic itself can only make people float in the air. To increase the height or move quickly, additional magic power is needed. Because they were worried that there might be air restrictions in the corridor, they did not use it rashly when they first passed through here.
But now that they have lost their mechanical puppets and know that there are no anti-aircraft attacks here - after all, they did not appear in the chaotic situation when they were being chased before - in order to ensure safety and speed, it is more cost-effective for these two robed men to fly over using magic.
Seeing that the monster had lost interest in them and turned into the long bloody road in a daze, everyone kept silent and just walked, quickly leaving this ominous place that was always filled with the sound of forging.
The playful smile on Zhui's face faded a lot. After all, seeing is believing. After such close contact with such a deformed monster, I believe he should have a deeper understanding of the changes in this place.
With Sorens' pass leading the way, their return journey was generally safe except for some scattered monsters.
Everyone was very happy to see that the crack in the door they had opened before was still there. When Ximu went out to deal with the three knights who had indeed come back, even Morina and Sorens were very involved. From time to time, they threw some lethal magic to interfere with the opponent. Their eagerness to go back quickly was beyond words.
"Send a signal?"
After dealing with the enemies blocking the way, Morina opened her small bag and began to search for the flare quickly.
Having lost the mechanical puppet that was following them, they could only use this method to notify Ruixia and ask him to open the energy barrier again to cover them as they crossed the courtyard and returned to the base.
But at this moment, a group of mechanical insects floated over like a silver glow, came before them, and quickly formed a row of words -
"All attack devices above the academy have been dealt with. There is no danger. You can return directly."
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