Chapter 21 What You Want
Ten minutes later, the originally crowded area became empty, and the several waves of discipline officers and members of the Thirty-Man Group who arrived one after another chatted with each other and exchanged information.
Some of them were also confused about this temporary task, and those who knew more began to explain the situation to them.
"Harold, you are really good at causing trouble," Udad looked at the young scholar standing in front of him with a complicated expression. Once upon a time, he caught Harold in front of the Church and gave him a severe scolding. Unexpectedly, this kid came up with some new tricks for him in a few days.
"Sir, what's wrong with me?" Harold was still confused. He submitted the report but didn't receive a reply, so he went to the Zen Garden and the Transformation Castle. He shouldn't offend the disciplinarian and the thirty-man group, right?
"Isn't the Liar Flower what you wanted? Why do you seem to be unaware of it?"
Udad was also depressed. Didn't the sage order them to catch ten lilies for a scholar named Harold to study? Otherwise, why would they dress up like this and run all over the mountain to catch lilies? How come this scholar named Harold himself didn't know about it? Could there be another Harold in the House of the Decrees?
He had intended to give this troublesome boy a good scolding, just like he had done a few days ago, at least to let Harold know that his words had forced more than a dozen of them to leave their warm beds and work all night. However, Harold's innocent expression made him unable to get angry.
"Oh, that's what I want. You should have told me earlier. I didn't expect the officers to be so efficient. Thank you for your hard work," Haroldt understood now that Azar had assigned the task of catching cheaters directly to the discipline officer and the thirty-man team.
Azar, you really know how to exploit the labor force. If this were the 21st century, you would definitely be hung on the street lamp by the working class.
Harold's original idea was to let the Council of the Church pay for him to buy ten from the merchants. However, the merchants in Port Omos would not keep the money secretly or cheat for the sake of the presence of the top leaders of the Council of the Church.
Who would have thought that the stingy Hazard would not even pay this little money, and he would actually let the disciplinary officer and a group of thirty people go and catch him.
In Xumi, the main job of the discipline officer is to supervise scholars, arrest scholars who violate the rules, and maintain discipline. If the Institute of Teachings is compared to a school, the discipline officer is the discipline committee member of the school.
The Thirty-Man Group is responsible for maintaining public order in Xumi City, mediating the relationship between the Ordinance Court and the Gilded Brigade, and occasionally helping the residents of Xumi City dig sweet flowers and look for iron ore.
Providing research materials to scholars from the Ministry of Education is definitely not within their job scope.
Harold couldn't help but sigh that the discipline officer and the thirty-man team were really like bricks that could be moved wherever they were needed.
It turns out that you are the Xumi workers.
But as a beneficiary, he was very satisfied with their efficiency. Only two days after he submitted his report, they had caught so many scammers for him.
The disciplinary officer and the thirty-man team are really useful.
Also assigned to the job was the person who had scolded him a few days ago. If this were on the men's channel, Harold would have shouted "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't bully the young and poor."
Udad: "Our team in Daochenglin has captured four for you. The team operating in Lidugu should have also captured quite a few. The exact number can only be counted after the meeting in the evening. We must avoid transporting these cheating flowers during the day. These cages are too conspicuous."
After hearing that Harold admitted it readily, and that this boy had no guilt at all and expressed his gratitude to them sincerely, Udad didn't want to mention the matter anymore, but began to report the progress to Harold.
Originally, following the orders given by the sage was within their scope of responsibility. Even if he was unhappy with the strange work content, he could not do anything to the instigator. At most, he could complain a few words in front of the person himself. But after Haroldt interfered, he no longer had the mind to do so.
But that didn't stop him from being curious.
"What you want is right inside. I can't figure out why you want to lie to Hua?" asked Udad.
"You should know how dangerous this creature is, right? The flames they spit out can burn you to charcoal. Even we relied on our advantage in numbers to lure them into a trap and capture them alive. You are alone, facing ten Liarflowers. How are you going to deal with them? Have you applied for an elemental suppressor?"
"No need, I have the Eye of God and can protect myself. Sir, please don't worry too much about my safety - is there a deceptive flower in there? There are all of them in here?" Harold followed Udad into the tent, looked up at the huge cage and asked.
"Yes, this thing likes to disguise itself as sweet flowers. It took us a lot of effort just to find where they are."
After Udad finished speaking, he called a few disciplinary officers around him. One of them walked to a corner of the cage and used his sword to separate the hemp rope that tied the covering cloth. Two people pulled a corner of the covering cloth, and when the rope broke, they pulled hard to lift up the huge covering cloth.
The Pianpian flower in the cage sensed the light and started jumping around in the cage restlessly, making the cage rattle. The Pianpian flowers in the other three cages also seemed to sense something and began to struggle violently.
The noises coming from the four cages were like thunder. As the Pianhuas struggled, the ground began to tremble. Several new discipline officers and members of the thirty-man regiment drew their weapons and prepared for battle. They felt that the things in the cages were about to rush out.
"Calm down, put down your weapons, the cage is very sturdy!" Udad shouted, and pulled out a knife to chop the cage a few times. "Be quiet, Xiaohua! You don't want to become a dish of stir-fry on the table, do you?"
After hearing what Udad said, the newcomers looked at each other and put down their weapons, but they still did not dare to let their guard down.
After removing the covering, everyone witnessed the size of the flower with their own eyes. It was nearly three meters tall, with a sturdy body that was about as wide as two adults. A 1.7-meter-tall human standing in front of it would be like standing in front of a house. If you didn't stand on tiptoe and look up, you couldn't even see the corolla on its head.
However, although the covering cloth was removed, its head was still covered with a thick layer of cloth, which was probably the main reason why they were always restless.
"Can you take that off too?" Harold pointed at the cloth covering the girl's head.
"That's too dangerous," Udad shook his head. "Once you uncover it, it will spit fire and burn everything around it."
Harold took out the Eye of God. The Eye of God of Rock Element shone brightly in his hand. The dazzling golden light attracted the attention of everyone present.
Harold raised his other hand, and a book-shaped rock suddenly appeared on top of the flower. "It'll be okay. I can control it."
After the experiment, Harold was still very confident in the lethality of the rocks he condensed. At least it would not be a problem to knock out a lizard.
When Udad saw that the scholar was able to manipulate the elements so skillfully, the slight worry in his heart immediately vanished, and he immediately went to personally remove the curtain covering the top of the deceptive flower.
The cloth was woven from fireproof material, which could prevent the Deceitful Flower from spitting out flames. This was an effective way for them, who did not have the Eye of God, to control this elemental plant life form.
The moment the curtain was lifted, Udad immediately felt the gushing heat wave. He instinctively ran out quickly, but before he took two steps, he heard a loud "bang".
Turning around, he saw that the deceptive flower that was just gathering elemental power was staggered by the book-shaped rock.
The Prank Flower shook its head, wondering what had hit it, but its simple mind couldn't figure out what had happened, so it gathered its corolla and tried to condense the fire element again.
"boom!"
Another rock book hit it on the head, causing it to stagger as it walked.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!"
Rock books fell one after another, and the sound of hitting echoed in the tent.
As the book fell, Harold silently dubbed in his mind: Muda, Muda, Muda, Muda, Muda, Muda...