"Of course not." Richard gave a firm answer seriously.
"Oh, okay then." Pandora responded with some disappointment.
"Okay, anyway, ensuring safety is the most important thing." Richard said.
Pandora nodded.
"I am leaving."
"goodbye."
"Um."
Richard took steps to leave the Garden of Eden.
Pandora stared at the direction Richard left for a few seconds, then slowly turned around and prepared to walk back to the room to calculate the mathematical model of the "Improved Collective Spell Puppet".
"Pap, tap..."
Footsteps sounded, and the old Lich came out of nowhere. When he saw Pandora, he greeted her and asked, "Hey, little girl, have you seen Richard? I have something to do with him."
"I saw it." Pandora replied.
"where?"
"I have gone on a long trip, and I have to wait a few days before I come back." Pandora said, flashing the crystal ball in her hand, "He also asked me to look after the house. He told me to contact him directly if there is anything dangerous."
"What!" The old Lich was still a few meters away. Hearing Pandora's words, he stopped where he was, his expression a little stiff. Then he walked up quickly, his eyes widened slightly, and he shouted dissatisfied: "That boy Richard, went... far away again..."
The voice was loud at first, but halfway through the words, the voice dropped suddenly.
He turned around and glanced at the door of Laboratory No. 3, as if he was a little wary, and pulled Pandora quickly further away. Only then did the old Lich confirm and asked: "Is that kid really going away? He is not worried. That tree in the room rebelled?"
"You're worried, that's why you asked me to look after the house." Pandora said proudly, "With me here, there will be no problem."
"You stupid girl." The old man Lich said, hating the fact that iron cannot become steel. "Don't be so confident, okay? That tree is an immortal tree with a long lifespan. Its strength is not comparable to that of ordinary people."
Pandora rolled her eyes at the old man Lich: "Am I not such a being? Besides, aren't you the same? Speaking of which, we are two fighting one, what are we afraid of?"
"I..." The old man Lich was speechless and said after being speechless for a long time, "In short, you can't be careless. It will be very serious if something really happens. I am already a lot older, and I really don't want to risk my life anymore." .”
"Then, I will go up and teach him a lesson, and you can just watch from the side." Pandora said with some contempt, "I can protect you."
"I don't need your protection!" The old Lich man was very angry and said with a round face, "Let me tell you, I'm not afraid, I just think it's wrong for that kid Richard to leave without telling me."
"Have you ever thought that there is a reason why Richard didn't tell you about his trip this time, but only told me?"
"what reason?"
"It's because the last time he went out to talk to you and came back a day early, you ended up talking about it more than ten times afterwards. By the way, you said it again a few days ago."
"I..." The old man Lich was completely speechless this time. He turned angrily and walked to the side, "Forget it, I won't argue with you little girl. I'd better repair the broken spell puppet when I have time. Right. By the way, hurry up and calculate that model. Maybe it will be of some use when that tree rebels."
"knew."
Pandora responded and walked towards the room.
…
In the distance, a skeleton with eight arms watched with interest as Pandora finished arguing with the Lich Old Man, then turned slightly to look at a bunch of magic puppets with missing arms and legs - all of which were caused in the test just now.
The ghost fire in the eyes of the eight-armed skeleton flashed a few times, and he quickly walked over before the old man Lich came over. He secretly tore off the arm of a magic puppet and installed it into his own body, just like his own bones, and walked away pretending that nothing happened.
The old man Lich didn't notice it at all and just glanced at the eight-armed skeleton in surprise. He already knew in his heart that he couldn't command the eight-armed skeleton at all, and he didn't bother to waste words. He walked to the damaged spell puppet and started to repair it.
After repairing it for a long time, he suddenly said to himself in shock: "Hey, why are these skeletons missing so many arms? Isn't that right?"
In the corner, the eight-armed skeleton quietly piled the stolen arms together, and saw that in just this moment, he had collected half as many bones as before. It was like making a fortune.
In Research Room No. 3, Ximu was quiet. Suddenly, a human face appeared on the tree trunk again. This time, it looked outside for a long time and did not disappear. A strange smile slowly appeared.
"Crack!"
Just as Ximu smiled, the eight-armed skeleton in the corner sat down in the corner, taking the collected bones and splicing them together. He didn't know what he was splicing...
All in all, it looked peaceful in the Garden of Eden.
…
In comparison, outside the Garden of Eden, it was much noisier.
Two days later, Richard was standing on the street of a city. Looking around, he could hear noisy sounds coming in waves.
This is his destination - Rice City in the Soma Alliance.
Speaking of which, this is the first time he has set foot in the Soma Alliance, the largest country in the main continent, and it is also the first time he has felt the difference between the cities of the Soma Alliance and the cities of the Southern Free Federation.
You can see that there are stone buildings on both sides of the street, like a competition, one is taller than the other, and the outer walls are painted with brilliant colors, like a bride getting ready to get married.
On the street, pedestrians were constantly coming and going, talking to each other at the top of their voices, and they could be heard from more than ten meters away. Occasionally a loud laugh erupted, and the sound echoed throughout the street. The rest of the people, it seemed, were used to this.
Obviously, compared to the Southern Free Federation, the city of Soma Union has more open folk customs, less subtle and cumbersome etiquette, and more confident and rude.
To sum it up simply in one word, it is nouveau riche.
Yes, this city in the Soma Alliance is like an upstart. Considering that the Soma Alliance was founded less than 30 years ago, it was established from a country that was not optimistic about it and swallowed up three countries of similar size. It is completely understandable to be affected by it.
In addition to the outbreak, there are many things to experience in this city, such as the intersection of cultures: a man wears a serious black top hat on his head, an exaggerated open-collar coat on his upper body, and wooden-soled shoes on his feet. , leading a little mixed-race boy by.
For example, a bad temper: Not far away, a person accidentally stepped on another person's foot, and without saying a few words, they suddenly started punching and kicking each other.
Another example is money: the two people fighting fell to the ground within a few moments, a "crash" sound was heard, and a lot of silver and copper coins rolled out from their clothes.
In addition, there is a chilling atmosphere.
"Squeak!"
A shrill whistle sounded, and a group of sturdy soldiers suddenly appeared. In a few strokes, they tied up the two fighting men and dragged them away quickly.