"call!"
The red heat wave blew up in the passage, blowing away the fireball suspended in mid-air, and even blew away Xia Lu and Anli who were completely unresponsive, causing the two girls to fall to the ground screaming in pain.
There was only one person who was not hit by the heat wave.
That was the fiery red figure that released the hot wind and caused the grand explosion.
She wears a dark dress, an ominous veil, and is petite, but her whole body exudes strange magic. There is also a girl with the word "fire" on the veil.
Who else could it be besides the team’s Huo Chui
Huo Dui just stretched out a hand and released the terrifying hot wind, causing the hot wind to form a red heat wave, engulfing it as an enemy.
only...
"I didn't expect to meet in a place like this. Is it a coincidence or inevitable?"
Such a voice came out from the heat wave without a care, mixed with some emotions that were half-smiling.
"...!?"
Huo Chuang's face under the veil seemed to have changed, as if he had never thought that the result of his attack would be like this.
However, Huo Chui's reaction was not slow at all, even if he wanted to retreat.
Unfortunately, this girl was still a step too slow.
"Bang!"
The invisible cannonball formed by pure mental power was like a substantial iron hammer, exploding heavily on Huo Dui's body.
"Well... !"
Huo Chui snorted, and his whole body was blown away. He fell to the ground. After rolling for several times, he managed to stabilize his body. He turned over, but he was holding his chest, as if he had suffered a lot. impact.
It was only then that the heat wave in front gradually dissipated, allowing a coat emitting bright fire powder to appear with a hunting sound.
Luo Zhen was wearing this coat, standing unscathed in the center of the dissipating hot wind. His gaze was not directed at Huo Chui, but at the passage behind Huo Chui.
There, a figure walked slowly.
In his hand, he held an oil lamp.
He was wearing a dress.
There is a mask on his face.
There was a hint of courage in his eyes.
It was Magnus.
Magnus looked at Huo Dui.
"Huo Chui, come back."
In a cold voice, he gave this order.
"... ... yes."
Huo Chui immediately restrained his magic power reluctantly and returned to Magnus.
It seems that it was not Magnus who ordered Huo Chui to attack Luo Zhen, but Huo Chui who regarded Luo Zhen as a threat without authorization and unilaterally planned to exclude him.
Luo Zhen also knew that it was not Magnus' attack just now, but Huo Chui's unauthorized attack.
Because Luo Zhen did not feel Magnus's magic power flow into Huo Chui's body, and the attack just now came from Huo Chui's own magic power.
This is not a strange thing.
The six girls in the team are all taboo dolls made using the flesh and blood of the Akabane clan, and all of them can generate their own magic power.
Moreover, because they use "Red Wing Blood" as a living material, the girls in the team can generate much more magic power than ordinary forbidden dolls, almost as much as humans.
This also results in the girls in the team having very high self-discipline, and they are able to fight independently even if they are separated from the puppet users.
However, it would be too naive to want to hurt Luo Zhen just by doing this.
Magnus's eyes fell on Luo Zhen's coat for a moment.
Back then, during the first confrontation in the academy, when Huo Chui was sent to attack Luo Zhen, it was also because of this coat that Huo Chui's attack failed.
It was the same now. Huo Chui's attack landed on the coat and didn't even cause any damage.
Under such circumstances, no matter how stupid he was, Magnus could guess that the coat was extraordinary.
"A magic tool? Or a special automatic doll?"
Magnus murmured under his breath.
Hearing this, Luo Zhen just smiled.
"you guess."
Like this, it sounds like teasing or mocking.
Magnus remained silent, just staring at Luo Zhen.
Luo Zhen's eyes also went up to meet him, and they collided with each other's eyes.
The two people's gazes seemed to spark fierce friction, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"Why... why is Magnus here?"
"The second...man..."
Xia Lu and Anli then got up from the ground with difficulty. Looking at the situation in front of them, one was full of surprise and the other was full of fear.
Huo Chui, on the other hand, began to exude magic power all over his body, looking like he might strike again at any time.
The atmosphere at the scene was so solemn that it was beyond words.
Immediately afterwards...
"You two should calm down a little. Fighting in a place like this is not a commendable behavior."
Such a voice carries an indescribable sense of presence and oppression, as if it wants to suppress the tension in the entire air, it slowly comes out.
The speaker of the voice was a person familiar to everyone.
"Agnezhen-san, and the children of the Birao family, it's great that you are all right."
Saying these words, a magician with a strong physique and powerful magic who is at the top of this academy and the top of the 19th century appears here.
"Study... Dean...!?"
Xia Lu and Anli were surprised at the same time.
None other than Edward Rutherford.
It was naturally impossible for Luo Zhen not to notice the dean appearing around him.
However, Luo Zhen did not look at the dean, but still stared at Magnus. Only then did he look away slightly, glanced at the dean, and smiled with his lips curled up.
"It's really intriguing that the principal and chief of the college appear together in such a secret facility that is unknown to everyone."
Luo Zhen raised such a sensitive topic extremely sharply, causing the tension that had just been suppressed by the dean to rise again.
However, this is the question that requires the most doubt.
Obviously the only people who fell into this place were Luo Zhen and his party, but the dean and Magnus appeared together in a place like this. Isn't it worth pondering
"It seems that there are a lot of secrets hidden here that will interest many people, right?"
Luo Zhen continued to mention such a sensitive topic indifferently, causing Magnus to narrow his eyes and remain silent. Xia Lu and Anli also looked trembling.
Only the principal remained calm-faced.
"Don't call us so suspicious. We came here specifically to find you and prepare to rescue you."
The dean said these words helplessly and in a dumbfounded way, which finally made Xia Lu and Anli's expressions soften a little.
However...
"The two of them seemed to have entered from the other side of the passage, rather than from the cave-in. This proves that the two of them know that there are secret underground facilities here. It also proves that the two of them can enter and exit here freely, right?"
Luo Zhen said with a smile, as if he didn't know how to praise.
"I'm really grateful to be able to come to the rescue. Now that safety has been ensured, how about you two take us around here and have a tour?"
With one word, the tense air finally became heavy.