Back to Grande's basement.
"Please stop threatening Charlie." Zach was helpless. Does O'Neal think this is funny, constantly emphasizing this kind of thing when someone is at their most vulnerable? Zach approached the stone platform, waved his hand, making the already transparent O'Neal become more transparent, and looked at the pale Charlie, "And you, put away that fearful face, what is in front of you is just a man walking toward death. Earthbinder, anything he says is lighter than air."
Anyway, Charlie's mouth was blocked, and his only reaction to Zach's barely consoling words was to continue to grow pale. At this speed, tomorrow morning, this guy would be able to clear his Bruch bloodline.
O'Neill seemed to be about to say something, but he only made a small hissing sound, and the blurred figure in the space flickered, floating out of the basement.
Zach also took one last look at Charlie and prepared to go up. Unexpectedly, O'Neal came down again after a while, his body became more solid. It seemed that he had 'abused' Ryan once.
"Dinner has already started up there." O'Neill said to Zach before floating to the stone platform again.
Zach's footsteps in the basement of the preparation room were retracted - if no one came to tell him, he wouldn't go up there, why would he suffer. Zach's thoughts were quite simple, and he stood back on the edge of the stone platform, looked at O'Neal, and reminded him to keep his distance.
O'Neill was quite conscious and did not continue to mention his regrets. Instead, he pointed at the cloth in Charlie's mouth and said, "Can you take it off? I'm a little curious about the foreign vampires in the central region."
Zach was a little hesitant and looked at Charlie for confirmation, 'You promise not to scream? 'Mainly, Zach himself is also curious about the living conditions of these foreign vampires who were originally at the bottom after the Secret Alliance left.
Charlie blinked and Zach removed the cloth.
O'Neill was very direct, "Where are you hiding?"
Charlie moved his stiff jaw - the only joint he could move now, "I, we are underground..."
"That's not right." This wasn't even an answer, but O'Neill directly denied it. "I've looked for it. I even went to the original gathering place of the Secret Alliance to look for it, but no one was there. Well, that's not right either. There are some scavengers. I'm out there, picking up some things left behind by the Secret Alliance."
"Me, we have been moving and have not stayed in one city for more than a month..."
"Well, that can explain it." O'Neal looked at Zach with a serious look, "It may be a little unbelievable to you, but in the middle of the country, (foreign) vampires are the bottom of the bottom, and other alien races are because of the four secret alliances. They hated them after centuries of rule, and the demons didn't like them either. Most of the information about vampire gathering places was released by demons. In the middle of the chaos fighting for territory, the only thing everyone could agree on was that 'we all hate vampires.'" O'Neill shook his transparent head, "Fortunately, the vampires in the middle are still very weak." They are all foreign vampires, and even free movement is a problem. Then he probably couldn't help but whisper, "What a pity, I didn't come across one."
Zach ignored O'Neal and looked at Charlie, "If your life is so miserable, why don't you leave. Barton in the east at the beginning of the year. This is when the rumors of Borderlands appeared. Why didn't any vampires come to Barton?" It's not sympathy. , Zach has no sympathy for foreign vampires. Who would sympathize with the things he threw away? Zach didn't throw away many things, think about Ian.
Kim is here, Madison is here, Riley is here, yes, why don't the foreign vampires come to Barton
"No, it's not that bad..." Charlie's pale face actually looked a little aggrieved, "Novel will always find a place of refuge..." Charlie's neck couldn't move. For a creature with a foreign object stuck in its heart, he couldn't move it. His eyes were quite flexible and he looked at O'Neill, "Besides... there are also some aliens who don't hate vampires that much. I am working for a skinchanger. I do some physical work for him and occasionally give him some blood. He helps hide me. …”
O'Neal's transparent face was now sympathetic, and his eyes fell on Zach, "As I said, the bottom of the bottom."
Zach shook his head slightly, almost unable to bear to tell the truth to Charlie, "Charlie, you are being held captive."
"No, no, I don't feel..."
Zach waved his hand and didn't want to say more. The Holy Lord had made the vampire look like this, and there was no point in discussing it. However, Zach had a better understanding of the living conditions of the foreign vampires in the central region. They were no different from the livestock sold in the market. "Get ready for a new beginning." Zach said this to Charlie, and his movements did shake Charlie's chest. The metal cone in front of him enlarged the wound.
"I wouldn't be so impatient." O'Neill looked at Zach's movements and said this inexplicably, "When I came to Grande, Rimel was also coming here. Of course, your friend Eve and that It’s not convenient for Lidya to come out, it’s Flanders who comes.”
"Flender is coming to Grande?" Zach raised his eyebrows in question, "Why?"
"Oh." O'Neill looked like he had just remembered something. "When I came here, a demon floated to Smith Manor. It was said that the Newton demon was attacking Barton's demon barrier. Please ask Rimmer to defend it."
Zach was stunned for a moment, "Say it again?"
The shadow of the basement stairs swayed, "He is telling the truth." Dora swayed her two small arms by her side. Due to her height, her eyes squinted at O'Neill, "You look better than Si Bella expected it to be in better condition." Then she walked directly to Zach and stretched out her hand, "Bella asked me to bring this." She handed it to Zach, who was still talking before reacting, "Only for O'Neal's use." Then. It was a vial containing soul-inducing grass seeds, "Don't let your wizard (Sem) touch it, and don't let O'Neill get close to Ryan. Sibella's exact words."
Zach's reaction seemed a little slow. He looked at the bottle in his hand, blinked, and realized that this was Sibera's giving up on O'Neal's whereabouts after Corden didn't wait for O'Neal. If O'Neal wants to be in Grande, then let him. Bar!
As expected of Sibella, she actually guessed that the reason why O'Neal was in Grande was the soul-inducing grass seeds. This mother was worried enough.
Zach threw the bottle in his hand directly to the transparent O'Neill, no matter how he caught it, he frowned and looked at Dora, "What is the truth?"
"Barton's demon barrier is under attack." Dora's attention was attracted by Charlie on the stone platform. She pursed her lips and walked over directly. The cloth beside the stone platform was grabbed, and she put it on her hand and held it on Charlie's chest. The metal cone…
Pulled out.
"ah-"
Dora directly pinched Charlie's mouth with her little hand, and the tragic sound gradually turned into a weak moan, "We are short of manpower." Dora then turned around and looked at Zach helplessly, "Fisher's ship Another batch of 'goods' has been lost. Bumi and his people are at Massa Port. I can only send over a dozen people. We need everyone who can move."
Zach was quiet for a while, and then said his name, "Tam." He sighed and repeated, "Tam." It was still too late to stop him in Newton yesterday.
"What's wrong with Tam?" Dora had no idea what Zach was talking about, but she was very serious. "I saw Tam and Leo are also up there. They are still useful. Take them with you." Dora remembered something, "I saw Flanders on the way." She looked a little speechless, "He's the only one." It was meaningless, but fortunately there was something to add, "But it looked like he was carrying a bunch of props. , it should be of some use..."
Zach was already rummaging through the blood jar in the corner, "Charlie, do you like sheep?"
Everyone understands what Zach is doing, trying to help Charlie recover as soon as possible. The vampire's restraint on the devil is all based on the blood that corrodes the soul. Charlie, who is now as white as paper, has no effect at all.
"Dora, go to the border first, I need information."
"Where is the Demon Lord Newton?" Dora was confirming.
Zach nodded. Dora has already said that vampires are short of manpower, right, so they shouldn't waste blood on some minions, right
As the shadow in the basement tightened, Dora disappeared. Zach took one last look at O'Neal, who was completely solid at this time, "You stay here."
The reason for saying this is that after obtaining the exclusive soul-attracting grass seed, O'Neal returned to the full power of the Earthbinder with a look of eagerness on his face - you haven't ignored that this guy is a 'mental patient' who committed massacres, right? . According to the behavior pattern revealed in his words, he must have missed the possibility of killing the vampire, and now he doesn't want to miss the chance to kill the demon.
But this is a typical self-perception bias. The earth-binding spirit in its prime state is just an earth-binding spirit. So what if he is a wizard? During the colonial war, wizards discovered that they could not control the undead spirits—demons and angels—that were attributed to the Holy Lord's faith. O'Neill is now less of a threat to demons than a human hunter.
O'Neill, who was reminded, pursed his lips and stopped moving. Zach left the basement.
Let Dora locate the location of the Newton Demon Lord. Of course, Zack will not run to the border so quickly and expose his position. They are all **oss, and Zach’s self-perception is super accurate.
Zach went straight upstairs, and the Newton Demon attacked Barton. It was absolutely impossible that the Black Witch didn't react.
Sure enough, there was already a message on the answering machine. It should have been left by Zach when he was in the basement. Danny was not here, so no one reported such small things... Zach pressed play. It's Yuehua.
"Copy that. Well, it's interesting. From the Gatekeeper of Purgatory, please give me a call when you find out."
The first to respond was naturally the list of Barton’s aliens.
"Oh, by the way, today I found an opportunity to officially get to know Trisha and her family. They are a good family. Now I have 60%, no, 80%, to leave Trisha in Newton~"
Zach pointed his finger at the table. Do you need to make another call? Need not-
"Oh, there is one more thing, haha, I didn't want to mention it, but at this time, haha, if I don't mention it, I will miss it~"
Inexplicably, Zach remembered the time when Yuehua Baiying was still in Barton, and when Louise was still human. The two black witches saw the scene of Louise's death, missed the reality of Louise becoming Toledo, and became Gangero in the explosion 'accident' in Cozier's shop.
Remember, these two black witches said something similar, 'It would be pointless to tell you in advance, wouldn't it? We still want to know how things became like this step by step, spoilers are too bad~'
And this habit of treating death scenes in such a playful manner is probably a common problem among Sammler's Black Witches. Can you remember another thing - Maya saw Coulson's death after taking over the cold case three years ago, and did she tell Zach directly? No, it's a detective game with a God's perspective.
What Yuehua wants to say at this time is probably the same -
"We saw the scene of a large number of Newton demons dying a few days ago~ Of course, we kept it a secret~ We also want to see how things turned out like this apart from the actions of the demons~ Haha, until, Yesterday, Tam was too talkative~"
Zach shook his head at the air. This habit of the black witch was really bad... Okay, Zach had to admit, it was good. If anyone with similar precognitive abilities could experience and enjoy life as immersively as the black witches, the world would probably be a much better place.
"Anyway~ Now it's the end of the death incident~ Of course, I can tell you more details, such as where you killed the demon lord of Newton and left the city without a mayor again, haha, but , leave these to you to enjoy~I don’t want to be the surprise spoiler~enjoy it~bye~"
The message is over. Zach didn't know if his mood had gotten better or worse, but it was definitely complicated.
The only good thing is that Dora came and went quickly, and the rushed atmosphere was gone. Zach was not anxious at all. The ending has been spoiled. The rest is just like in the message, just enjoy it. .
Zach slowly looked out the office window at the dinner in the backyard.
It was an unexpectedly lively but chaotic dinner. Table manners no longer exist under Mo's 'hot pot'. Everyone, the workers in Austin, Allen's employees, and Grande employees are not at the table where they should be, and they are all surrounding that and the east side. The giant pot with the round moon reflecting each other, holding onto sticks (chopsticks) made of unknown things like primitive people, pouring food into the pot, fishing out food from the pot... tell the reason for the accident. , everyone seemed to be having a great time, no one noticed the dinner, and the host was not present...
Zach felt like he was being looked up to and lowered his head. Ah—the only one not enjoying dinner, Kate, was looking up at Zach in the window.
Oh, this reporter was still waiting for her boyfriend to pick her up. Zach decided to enjoy it and opened the window, "You should have something to eat~ Who knows when your boyfriend will come over~"
"Why don't you come down!" Kate didn't have a good look on Zach, "Your girlfriend is busy preparing ingredients for everyone, what are you doing!" Oh, Louise used busyness to avoid joining the dinner, clever.
Zach grabbed a bottle of wine and said, "This is my dinner~ Share?"
"No need!" Kate stopped looking up and went to the table to get a clean set of tableware.
Zach did it on purpose, James' car was about to drive into Grande, Zach wanted James to see his girlfriend 'enjoying' dinner at Grande. (.)