Chapter 33 The aftermath of the battle
Chapter 33 The aftermath of the battle
"Boom!"
Inside the house, the fireworks were like the shining sun, ruthlessly devouring everything around them.
Two figures flew out from the gap in the wall and crashed into the courtyard wall farther away. The little green-winged snake that flew out first flapped its wings desperately, jumped over the wall it was about to hit, and flew high into the sky.
The last figure was not so lucky, as he crashed into the wall, breaking it, and fell onto the street outside.
"Ekz, it turned out to be a rare explosive agent. You were right. He really had something good in his hand. It was a pity that it was activated by that bug."
When the noise in the house died down, leaving the house in a mess, the little green-winged snake flew back and talked excitedly about the explosive agent just now. It didn't look like it was affected by the explosion at all.
"Cough cough cough."
Unlike it, Ekz was covered in dust and dirt, and even his usually neat grey robe had become tattered and torn in many places, with traces of burns on the back and hood.
He drank two potions in a row, then sat on the ground and stared into the room with a gloomy face.
Not only was he injured continuously this time, he also lost a very important spell defense scroll. If it weren't for this defense scroll, the enemy might have dragged him down with him.
In the explosion, half of the house collapsed and the owner of the house was engulfed in the fireworks.
Such a commotion alarmed many people. Some of them hid and tried to find out what was going on, not daring to get close, especially after seeing the strange creatures in the sky and the weirdos on the ground.
"The city guards are here."
The city guards arrived late.
The city guards were supposed to keep an eye on all the suspicious people. The leader was very perceptive. He sent someone to inform his superiors while blocking off the surrounding area and driving out the residents who had not left yet, ignoring Ekz who was angry.
Upon hearing the news, the city lord's confidant Baron Carl rushed over. He took a look at the traces of magic battles left in the house, and then observed the embarrassed wizard apprentice.
"Mr. Eckerts, what's going on here?"
Ekz was waiting for the person in charge. He said with a cold face, "The man inside is a runaway slave of the wizard. I just had a fight with him."
Baron Karl naturally knew who lived here, and said in surprise: "How could such a thing happen? This person opened a clinic not far away and was loved by the nearby residents. I didn't expect that he was an unruly slave. Alas!"
He sighed with emotion.
Ekz's mind moved: "Where is it? We need to go over and check it out."
Baron Karl knew his identity and did not refuse: "Mr. Ecks, just go two streets over here and I will lead you there."
After hearing what the baron said, someone immediately led the way.
Ekz asked, intentionally or unintentionally, "Does he have any relatives?"
Baron Karl thought of something and shook his head calmly: "This man has always been a loner, never married, has a strange temper, and doesn't even have a friend. He has treated quite a few people."
After a few people arrived at the Bat's Eye Clinic, a city guard directly dismantled the door to allow others to enter the clinic smoothly. Soon, crackling sounds were heard from inside.
the next day.
In the morning, Jiushi went out early as usual. She was in a happier mood since the annoying person was not around.
She secretly warned herself that she must study harder while that person was away, and when that person came back, she would tell him loudly: I, Jiushi, have left you behind, hahahaha.
Before she even got close to the clinic, she realized something was wrong because some city guards were moving things out of the clinic, which frightened her so much that she stopped in her tracks.
She thought for a while and didn't dare to go to the clinic anymore, but walked in another direction.
"Mr. Orr, how come?"
The place where Jiushi arrived was old Or's residence. The situation here was even more serious. The destroyed walls and rooms could be seen from afar.
She did not lose her composure and pretended to ask people around her about the situation casually.
"I told you that there was a mysterious wizard with two snakes. One snake had wings and the other snake was wrapped around the wizard. The wizard waved his hand and the yard and the house were destroyed by magic."
"That person, his body is gone, what a pity for such a good doctor." "But he has such a bad temper, he doesn't look like a good person. Baron Karl has judged him as a villain. Thinking that there is a vicious person living not far away, I was so scared that I couldn't sleep all night last night."
Jiushi didn't listen to the other chatter of the aunt nearby. She only knew that old Or was dead, his body was nowhere to be found, and he was declared a criminal by Baron Carl.
Now she was a little flustered, and after hesitating for a moment, she walked towards the other side of the east city.
Soon, she arrived at another house.
"Is Mr. Ivan here?"
"He hasn't come back yet. It will probably take a few days."
After hearing what the little girl said, Jiushiti left disappointed.
……
Black pine forest collar.
It's a new day, and the mercenaries are still searching for clues in the Black Mist Forest.
However, this time, no matter what, we would not go deep into the forest and try to look for the tree monster. However, the tree monster can disguise itself as an ordinary tree during the day, so you can imagine how difficult it is to find a tree in the forest.
As a result, no clues to the porcupine's nest were found, but a lot of prey were killed.
Same thing the next day.
For two consecutive days, Ivan and Biman learned how to use the shield, and this time no one said anything.
He also treated the captain of the guard, Marshall, and his face gradually became more human and would be healed in a few days.
night.
Out of boredom, the brothers Ivan and Biman wandered to the other side of the castle. They happened to find a large rock behind the bushes and simply sat on it to chat.
"If this goes on, how long do you think we have to wait?"
"This is how mercenary missions work. You may encounter any kind of situation. Just be positive. There will always be a day when you can complete it."
“Hopefully it will end sooner rather than later.”
Ivan was not an impatient person, but after being here for several days without any experience points added, he felt a little unaccustomed and uncomfortable, and missed the days in Flying Fish Harbor.
Beaman was about to say something when he heard sounds and movements from the other side of the bushes, causing him to shut his mouth.
"Ms. Lisa, why have you ignored me recently? Did I do something wrong?"
"Buck, I told you not to bother me anymore."
Two voices rang out in succession, one of which was the Baron's daughter, Lisa, Miss Church, who had been pestering Ivan recently.
Beeman raised his eyebrows and looked at someone teasingly.
Ivan felt it was not nice to eavesdrop on people's conversation and was about to stand up, but Biman stopped him and signaled him to keep quiet and watch the show. Ivan didn't want to refuse him.
"Is it because of Captain Marshall? You said that you no longer like Marshall. Did he force you? I—"
"No, dear Buck, I admit that you are the most handsome man in Black Pine Forest Territory, and I was once attracted to you, but you have never been to Flying Fish Harbor, so you don't know how vast the world is, nor how good he is. You didn't do anything wrong, you just can't compare to him."
"Who? The mercenary's son, the arrogant Ivan."
"Shut up, Buck. I don't allow you to say that about Mr. Ivan. Buck, you don't understand Mr. Ivan's inner meaning. None of you understand. Only I can understand Mr. Ivan."
The voices from the other side were clearly heard by the two people behind the bushes. After hearing a few sentences of the conversation, Ivan, one of the parties involved, was a little confused. What were they talking about? Could this be the private life of the nobles?
He wanted to see how Miss Church understood him and why she was obsessed with him, someone she had only met a few times.
(End of this chapter)