Once outside the lobby, Liu Nian lost all motivation to continue wandering around and decided to go home and lie down.
He swaggered through the city with his summoned creatures, ignoring the complicated looks from the crowd on the street. When he arrived at the gate, he found the city magistrate, Lei Lan, waiting for him there.
Upon seeing Liu Nian approach, Lei Lan greeted him politely, "I wonder if Mr. Liu Nian has any complaints about that courtyard?"
After last night's events, Liu Nian's goodwill towards the city lord plummeted.
But he didn't show it on his face, since he couldn't reveal it anyway.
After considering his words, Liu Nian replied, "I can't accept a reward without merit, and I'm not used to living there."
Upon hearing this, Lei Lan changed the subject and asked, "When will you be available, sir? The city lord would like to see you today."
What's coming will come eventually; it seems there's no way to avoid it today, Liu Nian thought to himself.
"Then I'll trouble you." Liu Nian decided it was good to explain things clearly.
"Please." Lei Lan politely stepped forward to lead the way.
When I went to the city lord's mansion again this time, my mindset had changed, and I no longer had any emotional fluctuations.
It was the same familiar reception hall, with the city lord seated at the head of the table.
Unlike last time, there weren't many people involved; today, only the butler, Zhao Rui, stood behind them.
Liu Nian relaxed a bit, but she still wasn't quite used to crowded places.
After discussing some of last night's experiences, Dugu Xing got to the point.
"To my shame, the tracker we caught last night was silenced," Dugu Xing said, looking embarrassed.
"However, I have already sent people out to search, and we will definitely catch the murderer."
Everyone was so busy last night that they didn't pay much attention to the prisoner.
When I went to interrogate the prisoner this morning, I found that he had already had his throat slit with a sharp blade.
The guards at the gate were all transferred out to support the defense of the city yesterday. No one expected that someone would be so crazy as to come to the city lord's mansion to kill them in the chaos.
Moreover, it should be noted that the City Lord's Mansion was teeming with talented individuals last night.
However, since those lunatics dared to capture living people for sacrifice, it's not surprising that they would do something like this.
It's also possible that they sneaked in while the city lord and his entourage were out guarding the city!
Liu Nian thought that in the last hour, they also participated in the defense of the city, when the defenses were at their weakest.
Criminal investigation is not Liu Nian's forte, and this speculation should not have been made by Liu Nian.
Moreover, the person most anxious about this should be the city lord, as there are still remnants of the Eye of Truth remaining in the city.
The situation became increasingly complicated, and Liu Nian, with no clue what to do, could only take things one step at a time.
After chatting for a while, Liu Nian took his leave, and Dugu Xing repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay but to no avail, so he nodded in agreement.
Seeing Liu Nian leave the city lord's mansion, Zhao Rui, who had been silent behind him, suddenly spoke up: "Why didn't you mention recruitment earlier? Now is the time to use people."
Upon hearing this, Dugu Xing put down his teacup. Instead of answering his question, he asked in a dejected tone, "Guess why he moved out of that courtyard?"
Zhao Rui thought for a moment, then seemed to realize something and fell silent.
"By the way, how's the investigation into the assassins who targeted the Trackers going?"
"The murderer used a dagger. The whole incident happened very quickly, and no usable clues were left at the scene. It will probably be difficult to find anything." Zhao Rui thought for a moment and reported the intelligence he had gathered.
"Continue the investigation, also merge the police officers into one large team, and then take stock of the vacant residences in the city."
"So many people have gone missing. We need to find them alive or dead."
"yes"
"Alright, Uncle Zhao, I'm tired. You can go now!" Dugu Xing said calmly, looking at the darkening sky outside the window.
Liu Nian then chose to leave the city, found an empty space, and, seeing that no one was around, began to cast the Death Ripple magic.
The spell has a casting time of up to three seconds, and the area of effect is a circular area with a radius of about five meters. You have a maximum of five seconds to choose the casting area before you have to release it.
The stinging pain in his mind forced Liu Nian to release it.
Liu Nian discovered that this magic could envelop the area where she was located.
It seems like a good magic spell for someone who's contemplating suicide.
Liu Nian did just that. After the magic was released, a magic circle quickly formed within the area. A large amount of black mist surged out of the magic circle, annihilating the space within the area. The spell also covered an area of about five meters above.
The black mist continued to assault Liu Nian's entire body for a short period of time. After the spell was completed, Liu Nian opened the panel and glanced at it. He had lost about twelve health points.
"It seems death is black!" Liu Nian joked.
After a quick calculation, I figured the amount of health lost was due to the five points of resistance to various attributes increased by the Garland Pants, plus the magic defense provided by the rest of the equipment.
Now that he can see his health points, Liu Nian is no longer afraid that magic can kill him directly.
However, for a mage with only 40 points of health, this immediately took away nearly a third of his health.
The first attempt is a test; the second attempt is suicidal.
There is a time interval of about fifteen seconds between spells before Liu Nian can chant the incantation again.
When Liu Nian's magic was about to run out, the soil in the wilderness in front of him had turned completely black.
Liu Nian looked at the level four Death Ripple on the panel, the damage had increased to thirty-two points.
It seems that each level increases damage by three points. I wonder if there are any other ways to increase damage.
Liu Nian returned to the city before it got completely dark.
People were still transporting corpses out of the city, and a passage wide enough for people to pass through had been vaguely opened.
However, no one dares to pass through there now. Both sides are piled high with corpses. Liu Nian couldn't even imagine how strong one's mental fortitude would be to pass through without fear.
We stepped over the city wall to enter the city, where a simple sloping ladder has now been erected.
Back in my tent, none of the surrounding tents were lit with candles, so I didn't know if no one was there or if they had gone out to work.
Sleeping is out of the question; they all have their own entertainment activities late into the night.
With this question in mind, Liu Nian lay down on the bed and gradually closed her eyes.
The sun rose as usual the next day.
It was almost time to go, and Liu Nian rushed out of the tent and headed towards the Adventurer's Hall.
Liu Nian arrived at the lobby just in time and breathed a sigh of relief.
The customer service representative smiled and asked Liu Nian, "Are you ready to take the advancement assessment?"
"Ready?" Liu Nian nodded, mentally encouraging herself.
The customer service representative pulled a box out of the cabinet and handed it to you; inside were the questions for your promotion assessment.
"A lottery format?" Liu Nian looked at the box in surprise, reached into it, and randomly pulled out a slip of paper.
"Please open it," the customer service representative said politely.
Liu Nian opened the note as instructed; it contained the escort mission instructions.
What the hell is this? I can't even take care of myself, how am I supposed to take care of others? Liu Nian was internally ranting.
"Can we draw again?" Liu Nian asked.
I really don't want to do this!
"No, once a task is selected, it cannot be changed!"
The customer service representative dispelled Liu Nian's idea of slacking off.
"What is the mission objective?" Liu Nian asked helplessly.
If it's too much trouble, just wipe him out!
"Me," the customer service representative said.
"Huh?" Liu Nian was completely confused. Can NPCs run around everywhere?
"As long as you bring me to the World Society, the mission will be complete."
Wushuang City is one thing, but then there's Tianxia Hui. Have I wandered into some kind of novel?
Liu Nian was a little confused for a moment!
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