After running at high speed on the ground for half a day, everyone felt exhausted for a while. If it weren't for the centaur girl's kind heart, asking Hulk to slow down a little, I'm afraid they would have fallen to the ground long ago.
The worst person is Frank, his agility is only a line above ordinary people, and his running speed is the slowest. On the way, he was taken care of by the old thing with lightning, and now his buttocks are still dark, exuding the smell of burning meat. Fortunately, his zombie body is resistant to lightning, otherwise, he would have become a scorched corpse by now.
After running like this for a long time, before sunset, they finally saw the "magic hut" where the old guy lived. Regarding the magic hut that this old guy talked about, everyone had vicious guesses. Qin Lun even directly imagined it as the dark and terrifying forest cabin of the Maya witch, full of human specimens.
However, when they actually saw this "magic cabin", they found it was different from everyone's imagination. Holker's Magic House is a classically styled villa manor located on a gentle hillside. The manor is surrounded by a vibrant lawn and flower beds, and in front of the gate is a bluestone avenue that stretches into the distance.
"Master, you are back!" Seeing Hulk descending from the sky, a group of small creatures less than one meter tall opened the gate of the manor.
The green eyes of this creature are extremely large. If it weren't for the short ears and the nose as long as a stick, Qin Lun would have mistakenly thought he saw a group of "Didi" from other worlds. The little creature wore a strange green garment that seemed to be sewn from a giant leaf.
"Ha, they are prairie elves, hardworking and capable, with a super memory, and they are the best assistants for magic experiments!" Seeing everyone's surprised eyes, Hulk proudly showed off.
"It's just that it's a bit more expensive to hire gold!" When everyone looked away, the old mage raised his white beard and muttered in a low voice.
"In my opinion, it's because this old guy doesn't want to find an experimental assistant who is taller than himself!" Hansen sarcastically sarcastically in the team channel.
Looking at the white-bearded old mage who only reached Seth's waist, not as high as the magic broom, and half of the magic robe was dragged on the ground, everyone couldn't help but secretly nodded. It's just that no one dared to show it on their faces. The strength of this old thing is too terrifying. It doesn't even take a breath to kill their entire team.
"Okay, you wait in the hall, I will continue to finish the previous magic experiment!" Hulk twitched, and warned everyone angrily, "Don't run around, there are many magic traps in the magic house , People will die if triggered, don’t say that old Hulk didn’t warn you! Food and drink, the elf will bring you later.”
"Sure enough, the magic experiment was interrupted and anger was directed at us!" Everyone was speechless for a while, and Hill really guessed it right.
"Master Hulk, when will you end the magic experiment?" Michelle asked boldly.
"Ha, probably... two or three days!" Hulk hesitated for a moment, and gave an unreliable answer.
"Two or three days?" Even Qin Lun couldn't help cursing in private this time. The old guy himself said that someone would come to take them away in two or three days and give them a choice.
Until now, the five members of the team have basically confirmed that the old mage is just a guide, responsible for receiving visitors from the watch world in this area. However, the guides responsible for this kind of work should at least answer some of their current questions and let them understand the situation they are in, so that they can make a better choice in a few days.
The old guy's current behavior is obviously irresponsible at all. However, in view of the great strength of this old guy, everyone can only dare not speak out.
"No, Archmage Hulk, you are being lazy!" There was a clear and pleasant scolding sound in the hall of the manor.
"Michelle!" Cora, who had the best relationship with the centaur girl, couldn't help but turn pale, and couldn't help breaking into a cold sweat for her.
"Aunt Michelle, this old thing is a nuclear bomb, it doesn't matter if you want to die, don't kill us too!" Seth sneered in the team channel with a bitter face.
Qin Lun and the other two murderers looked at each other with a smile in their eyes. They were not worried about Michelle at all. Along the way, they had seen that the old mage admired this kind-hearted centaur girl, otherwise, he would not have obeyed Michelle's call several times, and deliberately slowed down the flying speed to let them run more comfortably.
"Ha... that's fine. Let me tidy up the laboratory and come to see you later!" The old mage frowned and muttered reluctantly.
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"Qin Lun, come and taste it, this food tastes good!" Sass and Hansen each held a plate of "caviar" or something like that and devoured it. They haven't eaten since last night, and after running for a long time, their stomachs are already buzzing with hunger. This "caviar" has a creamy liquid on the surface, is delicious, is as big as a grape, and has a pearl-like color.
"Hehe, you two gluttons!" Hill shook his head, holding a glass of sweet wine and savoring it carefully.
"It seems that the life of a magician in this world is very luxurious!" Qin Lun smiled lightly and picked up a mango-shaped fruit in the fruit plate. Since he merged with the elf blood, he feels that his taste has become much weaker, and he doesn't like it very much. Too fishy food.
"Hey, little guy, what's this kind of caviar called?" Seth wiped his mouth and stopped a prairie elf who was busy serving dessert with a large porcelain plate on his head and asked. He planned to spend more time during his stay. Prepare some of this food.
"Caviar? No, sir, this is the egg of the Harpy. It was delivered just this morning. It's very fresh!" The elf narrowed his eyes and tilted his head to introduce.
"Ahem!" Seth retched a few times with an ugly face, and even Hansen frowned and put down the cold dish.
The two of them are usually indifferent, but the key is that the word "very fresh" is too powerful. Thinking of the layer of unknown liquid on the surface of the "Harpy Egg" again, they couldn't help feeling sick.
"Hahaha, let you be hungry!" Hill clapped his hands and laughed.
"Little guy, what are they eating?" Hansen pointed unwillingly at the "mango" in Qin Lun's hand and the rum in Hill's hand.
"Mr. Half Elf ate the heart of the oak demon, and the other gentleman drank the urine of fluorescent bats. They are the most magical food for magicians!" The elf puffed up his cheeks and said seriously.
"Pfft!" Hill sprayed the liqueur in his mouth all over the floor. Qin Lun didn't respond, and continued to nibble on his "mango". The heart of the Oak Demon, that is, the heart of a tree, to him, is not much different from fruit, since it is grown from plants anyway.
"Gulu!" Sath swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked flatteringly, regardless of laughing at Hill, "Little guy, do you have any cooked meat, that is, the kind of poultry and livestock, and wine made from grain!"
"Yes, there may be some yellow mutton and ale left over from 'Gorgon' in the kitchen!" The elf replied respectfully.
"That's fine, can you get it for us!" Sass was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked the elf for it.
"Of course, but are you sure you want to eat those things?" The elf looked at Seth strangely.
"Oh, yes!" Seeing the elf's weird reaction, Seth hesitated. However, he was still not full, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, secretly praying that the so-called yellow lamb and ale must be "worthy of the name".
"I don't need to change my food, and the two ladies don't need to change!" Qin Lun pressed the fruit plate in front of him, watched the elf remove the food of the other three guys, and then said lightly, " I checked just now, the "Ge Geen" in the mouth of the grassland elf refers to the three-eyed wolf dog raised by the magician, the yellow lamb and ale you want are dog food... "
"Hee hee hee!" Michelle and Cora couldn't help covering their mouths and chuckling as they looked at the other three with embarrassing faces.
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"Ha, I'm done with my business, just ask if you have any questions!" After the sky was completely dark, Hulk also returned to the hall.
The old mage's original black wizard robe was replaced with a white nightgown full of flower bud patterns, even the pointed hat on his head was the same, and there was a fluffy cotton ball hanging from the top. If it weren't for his white beard that grew to his knees, sitting cross-legged on the large sofa like this, he would look like a cute child.
As for now, he can only be called an old urchin! However, for this moody and powerful mage, everyone could only hold back their laughter and looked at each other. In the end, it was Michelle who spoke first.
"Dear Master Hulk, you said before that we will face a choice, what kind of choice is it?"
"Ha, don't you really know? No, visitors from the outside world who have entered the inner world have generally already known the existence of the inner world..." Hulk stroked his white beard and frowned Brows, seems to be greatly puzzled.
"We really don't know, Archmage Hulk, can you explain to us?" Hill asked cautiously.
"Ha...then how did you get in?" Hulk finally became interested and asked curiously.
"That... Your Excellency the Archmage, you should be able to see that we all have a little bit of ability. In fact, we are investigating the tragedy in the Crystal Lake area, so..." Qin Lun's eyes flashed, and he slowly put himself in front of others. The action is told again.
"Huh? So it's like this!" Hulk blinked his small eyes and muttered in a low voice, "Jerry, that dead ghost, didn't make it clear when he was dying. I thought the other end of the teleportation circle had already been cleaned up." !"
After Hulk faltered and hawed about it again, everyone suddenly realized. Half of their previous guesses were correct.
The necromancer who was originally guarding the teleportation circle in the Crystal Lake camp area was indeed attacked by the apostle team, and died as soon as he returned to the inner world, leaving only a few words. Then, Hulk was replaced here as the usher.
It's just that before the necromancer died, he didn't have time to explain clearly. And Hulk is a research madman. Most of the time he came here was either going out to collect experimental materials or spending time in the laboratory.
Not only did he not go to the other side of the teleportation circle, but he didn't even read the summons sent to him by the Magic Association carefully. As a result, the Crystal Lake camping area was blocked for twenty years.
"I thought it was guarded by the two troll apprentices of that dead Jerry!" Hulk was rarely embarrassed.
Everyone rolled their eyes, feeling deeply sorry for the troll Fink and his brother.
Those two guys were originally noble magic apprentices, but because of Hulk's irresponsibility, they ended up being savages in the Crystal Lake camping area for twenty years, waiting hard for the arrival of a real magician. In the end, they were buried in the hands of the guardian left by their teacher, which can be described as extremely sad.