"Suddenly urgent, I'm very sorry." Oliver said nonsense with sincerity, "We have no way to contact you, so we can only leave without saying goodbye."
Jesse Dillon raised well-shaped eyebrows and blue eyes like frozen lake water. "Oh—is that so?" He clutched his chest sadly and let out a long, stage-actress sigh. "That's too bad, I have a hunch we'll get along! Well, Noe is such a heartbreaking place, so I'm just here to say goodbye to you all—"
As he spoke, he casually knocked on the black seal task sheet, and signed a task without looking at it. Oliver took this opportunity to quickly lose the coordinates on the operation panel of the teleportation array, and threw a golden page with a little distress. The monitoring beam swept across their faces and stayed on the black seal for a moment, before the dizziness and bumps unique to the Great Teleportation Array grabbed them in the next second.
Vincent Town is extremely remote, and the large teleportation array can only send them to the nearest medium-sized city. This time the teleportation distance was extremely far, and after the light flashed, only Ann and Adrian were still standing. Nemo himself had a terrible headache, and after such a toss, he lay on the ground in a daze, and he almost began to wonder if his head was still attached to his neck. The grey parrot struggled to get out from under his robe, took a few steps crookedly, and shook his head desperately.
Oliver covered his mouth and leaned against the wall, looking like he was fighting to the death with nausea.
The guard on duty gave them a playful glance. But when he saw the snake head on the black seal, he suddenly stood up straight and put his hand on the hilt of the saber.
"Anyway, I got rid of it." Ann didn't want to talk to the two struggling boys, she turned to Adrian. "I remember Willard being more Mooney here?"
"That's right." Adrian nodded. "Nearly 80% of Willard's population believe in Mooney."
"It's good, it's so much more comfortable." Ann shrugged. "They can't wait to see Ladd jokes... Hey, have you two rested enough? Lying here for a long time will cause trouble for others."
Oliver straightened up with difficulty, while Nemo rubbed his temples hard and sat up slowly from the cold hard stone slab. Perhaps it was determined that these dangerous elements had no intention of provoking trouble, the guard sighed in relief and slowly removed his hand from the hilt.
"This gentleman." Oliver wiped his mouth, trying to keep his voice steady. "Is there a hotel near here?"
"Yes." The middle-aged guard replied cautiously, "Walking down this street, there is a four-leaf clover within five hundred steps to the south."
"Good start." Ann stretched hard, her joints rattling. "Finally can rest in peace, my God."
The four-leaf clover hotel is well-known among adventurers, and there will be at least one near the Great Teleportation Array. Its accommodation is not so good, it is convenient and cheap. Since the boss has some contacts with the top management of the mercenary guild, few people make trouble in the store. Unfortunately, there is a downside to being popular—
"Is the shop gone?" Ann asked disappointedly.
"Yes, ma'am. There are only single and double rooms left." Although it was dark, the girl in the light green uniform didn't look sleepy at all, her voice soft and sweet. "There are four people in total. One double room and two single rooms are recommended. The price of a single room is slightly more expensive, but in terms of conditions—"
"Two double rooms will do. We have limited funds." Ann waved his hand, "Oliver and Nemo have one, and Clos and I... Do you mind, Clos? Anyway, I don't have the habit of sleeping naked."
The knight commander nodded slightly in agreement, and Oliver nodded weakly. And Nemo held his eyelids tightly, and his head was a mess - even if he was given a stable now, he would have the confidence to fall asleep immediately in the smell of horse manure.
"Then it's settled..."
"How rude to a lady!" a familiar, annoying voice called from behind them.
Nemo woke up almost immediately. "Am I asleep?" he asked warily. "Why do I seem to hear that Dylan—"
"A single room for this lovely lady. In addition to two double rooms, I can share a room with you." Jesse Dillon smiled sweetly at the girl who received the guests, and the young girl blushed suddenly. "I'll pay the bill—just make amends! You guys seem so busy, you don't seem to have time for a drink together."
"Okay." Oliver opened his mouth before Ann opened his mouth. He twisted himself hard so that he didn't sound so weak - Oliver's expression didn't change, but Nemo, who noticed, gasped for him. "We're really busy, so we'll be clear. Mr. Dylan, I don't know why you're here to...?"
"It's all arranged by fate." Jesse Dylan stepped forward, a little suspiciously shy in his tone. "I don't know what the mission on your side is, and you just saw it, and I just took a random mission. It's probably what people call 'fate'—"
Oliver rubbed the goosebumps on his arms and twitched the decent smile on his face.
"And I'm in love at first sight!" the pretty blond youth announced, with a serious tone. Nemo subconsciously turned to look at Ann - Ann's face was ashen.
"Oh, it doesn't have to be this lady, I haven't figured it out yet. You, you, you, and you." Jesse, apparently seeing Nemo's actions, raised his right hand and pointed them one by one. "… it's all my type, which is really embarrassing."
This time, An was not the only one who turned blue. Nimomo took a step back silently, An Ze clenched his fists, and the electric light between his fingers made a small crackling sound. Adrian's expression did not change, but there was indeed a murderous aura in the air.
"Thank you for your generosity." Oliver squeezed these words out of his teeth, "Remember, we've settled."
"It's really heartless." Jesse said with emotion, "This kind of cold place is not bad."
Oliver shuddered visibly. He took the key from the girl, and dragged Nemo out of the front room. And Ann also took the key to the single room and ran away quickly - before leaving, she did not forget to give the knight commander a sorry look.
"Is Mr. Cross all right?" Nemo scratched the parrot's neck. After a week in the sewers, the hot bath and soft bed made him feel like he was in paradise. "Wouldn't it be nice to leave him there alone?"
"He has a lot of combat experience." Oliver rubbed his hair violently with a towel, "... He has more knowledge than us, so he should be able to handle it."
"That Dylan isn't great." Nemo sighed comfortably, burying himself under the covers. "…but I can't figure out what he can get from us."
"I don't think it's great either." The grey parrot finally spoke after a long absence, and Nemo and Oliver's eyes instantly focused on it.
"...Another superior demon?" Nemo asked in shock, yawning abruptly. "Are the superior demons everywhere now?"
"I'm not sure, I don't feel anything." Bagelmore sounded rare seriousness, "He must be hiding his breath. Maybe some tricks I don't know have appeared in these years... but even By some means, that Dylan's strength is at least above me - I mean my flesh and blood."
"…I'm starting to worry about Mr. Cross," Nemo murmured.
"He is a sea scorpion black seal. According to Ann, he should be a great danger." Oliver frowned. "Baggarmoru isn't that strong either. Mr. Cross hasn't lost his strength. It's a good thing to say, now..."
The grey parrot frantically grabbed Oliver's hair and forcibly interrupted him.
"I'll take a look anyway," Oliver said, throwing the grey parrot aside. "You go to bed first, and if you can't do it, you can make Mr. Clos squeeze with us."
As a result, he almost bumped into Adrian head-on as soon as he opened the door - Adrian Cross had a pillow under one arm and made a knock on the door with the other hand, which was now awkwardly parked in the air.
"Uh... Mr. Cross." Oliver took two steps back and let Adrian enter the room. "Are you all right?"
"… Dylan is too noisy." Adrian thought for a moment and concluded in a heavy tone. "Lend your floor for a night's sleep."
Nemo is reluctant to imagine the concept of "noisy" that can make the former trial knight commander run away: "You can sleep in the bed, and Oliver and I will just squeeze one."
Oliver rarely said anything, he just quickly made room on his bed.
"Thank you." Adrian didn't refuse, he sat upright on the edge of the vacant bed. "Now that I have time, Mr. Wright, may I have a chat with you?"
"You don't need an honorific title, just call me Nemo." Nemo replied holding the pillow, the other party's posture was too formal, he was a little embarrassed to lie down directly. "what's wrong?"
"About you... your situation." Adrian said seriously, "If you don't mind, you can tell me the cause and the effect. I've seen enough demon warlocks, maybe they can help."
Nemo was completely awake. He jumped up from the bed as if he had met a savior. From being attacked by Bagelmore until the battle with Witherspoon, Nemo describes every unnatural place like a bean.
Then his hope faded away between the knight-commander's frowning frown.
"Generally speaking, there are three kinds of abnormal contracts with demons. If the human side does not have any talent for magic, and the demon insists on making a contract, human beings will directly dry up and die after making a wish. We call this 'poor law reaction'. Another This is extremely rare. When the human magical talent is stronger than the demon's flesh and blood, they will die together after the contract is successful due to the incompatibility of the spell system. This is called 'excessive rejection'. Therefore, the superior demon will definitely evaluate the prey when choosing the erosion target. qualifications.”
"You only said two." Nemo's Adam's apple slid nervously.
"The last type is 'cannibalism'. We have only seen one case - the experiment done by Della Reynion. Even if humans have been eroded by superior demons, they can still make contracts with other superior demons." Adrian's face showed A bit of disgust. "After the wish is fulfilled, the two pieces of flesh and blood will fight in the human body, devour each other, and the stronger party will gain the dominance of the body. When they do that, the human body as a container will be greatly distorted, and the victim of the last time The whole body swelled up, almost filling it up..." He looked around, "this room."
Nemo shuddered at the spacious room.
"He definitely didn't have that kind of situation," Oliver interjected. "I witnessed the whole process of being attacked by Bagelmoru, and he was basically never separated after that."
"I can guess." Adrian said, "I really haven't seen this kind of anomaly, I can't help, I'm very sorry."
"No, I'm much more at ease," Nemo said hurriedly. "It may be that Bagelmore is too weak."
The grey parrot, who had been huddled under the quilt since Adrian entered the door, got out of his head and let out a dry howl of grievance.
"Actually I have a question to ask." Nemo shoved the grey parrot back, trying to change the subject. "Since you hate Della Laineen so much, why are you giving him the information? If he can reproduce the reason for your loss of power..."
"It can't be reproduced. If that information was really valuable, I would never make that mistake." Adrian sighed, "I know you're curious, and I have nothing to hide—I don't know why It would lose power, and in short, I didn't do anything special. It just… disappeared all of a sudden."
Nemo was really feeling better this time, at least he wasn't the only one in the room being played with inexplicable reality.
"It turned out to be like this, completely beyond my expectations."
"Yes, I'm also very... Wait?!" Nemo shuddered and summoned the shadow directly. "Jesse Dillon? When did you—"
"It's because you chatted so happily that you didn't notice me at all." The blond young man in the corner casually held the pillow and gestured cheerfully with his other hand. "It's a waste of me to sleep in that room all by myself, and you see, I don't have much money--so I just gave it away. Dear Nemo, can you get these shadows out of the way? I'm very timid!"
"The floor is still empty," Oliver said slowly. "Please, Mr. Dylan."
"Isn't this bed capable of sleeping two people? Don't be too outspoken."
"Please." Adrian stood up decisively. Instead of lying down on the floor, he stood up against the wall. The former knight commander's eyes were sharp and tireless, and he looked like he was going to stand all night.
"Do you hate me so much?" Jesse said scowling, as if being dumped by a longtime lover. "Even if you lose your power, I won't do anything too much to you. Although I don't mind being watched by others, I prefer the kind that you love and I want—"
"Shut up!" the other three roared at the same time.
,Wonderful!
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