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"...Me, me."
Large beads of sweat appeared on the young man's forehead. Enduring the pain, he murmured:
"I took all of that young master's belongings..."
"Pick it up?"
The village chief laughed in anger, grabbed the man's hair, squatted down, stared into his eyes, and said menacingly:
"The second son of the city lord of the Nuli family, ranked forty-seventh on the floating islands, had his personal belongings stolen by a lowly commoner like you? Do you want to hear what you're saying?"
"I...I really did find it!"
The young man was on the verge of tears, struggling with his limbs as he cried out in despair:
"His carriage was overturned by the roadside at that time, and I even asked him if I could pick it up. His silence was a tacit agreement!"
"Damn it, still so stubborn!" The village chief roared, slapping the man more than a dozen times with both hands, cursing loudly.
"Tell me quickly, besides taking his valuables, what else did you do?! The patriarch of the Nuri family is coming to Lonely High Village in person after receiving the summons!"
“I also…” The young man’s face twitched, and after a moment of hesitation, he said in a low voice, “I also took his clothes…”
The village chief gasped, his hands trembling as he gripped the table, and asked incredulously:
"They're wearing my clothes, and you call that picking them up?"
"I figured nobody wanted him..." the young man said with a simple, honest smile.
"never mind."
The village chief waved his hand weakly and said, "It's hopeless. Tell your old mother to prepare to collect your body."
"...Actually, there are more."
The young man awkwardly shifted his body, lowered his head, and muttered under his breath:
"His young apprentice was a bit too sloppy. I figured our fields were all bare, so I gave his apprentice the same haircut..."
"..."
The village chief lost consciousness instantly, and after shivering for a while, he groggily got up from the ground.
"No, no... We need to quickly appoint a lord. Only then will the floating island families not directly target me..."
Just as the village chief was about to shout for the guards to march towards the main city, a flash of light appeared inside the house, and the magic array in the inner room was instantly broken by a powerful magical force. Then, a mysterious person wearing a hooded coat suddenly pushed the door open from the outside and entered.
The mysterious person was none other than Artemis. Seeing that she had once again caught the village chief abusing his power, she was instantly filled with rage. With a wave of her slender hand, she threw out the magical item chosen by the shopkeeper of Senhai Territory. Countless grass seeds immediately clung to the barren ground and, under a surge of intense magical energy, sprouted countless tiny grass leaves.
"Plant Guardians!"
With a low shout from Artemis, a thick vine smashed the table beneath the young man to pieces with a loud crash, then wrapped around his body and flung him behind him in a flash.
"You, you're from the Nuri family? No, you are..."
The village chief was startled and tried to back away, but the hard vines blocked his way like steel cables. Before he could stop, his body slammed into the vines, and he cried out in pain.
"I remember now, you're that elf from a few months ago!"
He pointed at Artemis in terror and screamed in a shrill voice.
“I ask, you answer.” Artemis didn’t respond to the village chief’s guess. She manipulated the sharp vines, which hung like countless blades in front of the village chief’s neck, and asked coldly:
"Whom have you sent to Jinnang City?"
"I..." The village chief was about to offer a evasive explanation when a sharp blade of grass pierced his neck. A drop of blood slid down his collar along with his cold sweat. His body froze instantly, and he stammered:
“Yes, there are elves like you, and some pure maidens, and...and vigorous young boys...No, don't kill me! Oh! And some descendants of blood warriors..."
As Artemis listened to the village chief's account, her suspicions about the evil ritual grew stronger. She calmed herself, took a deep breath, and after a moment's thought, asked:
“Repeat the words that Lord Dragonhorn told you in their entirety. I know he must have made demands regarding the targets.”
"Yes, yes, it is..."
At this point, the village chief suddenly revealed a smug smile.
Artemis frowned, suddenly sensing something was wrong. She quickly dodged, only to see the young man she had just saved suddenly pounce past her, his dark object locking onto her wrist.
The magic within her body instantly froze, and even the vines that had been floating in front of the village chief drooped down.
"I knew it, elves are stupid creatures."
The village chief smiled and nodded at the fawning man, then slowly strode forward and said smugly:
"A few months ago you were arrested for saving someone, but I didn't expect that this method would still work on you a few months later. A sprite is a sprite, stubborn and inflexible."
"Kid, our savior has arrived." He laughed and put his arm around the man's shoulder.
"Offering this spirit to the Nuri family will at least save our lives!"
"It's all thanks to the village chief's excellent teaching," the young man said, bowing and scraping.
"Have we fallen into the same trap again...?"
Artemis looked down at the magic-suppressing shackles on her right wrist and suddenly found it somewhat amusing.
The scene flashed through her mind: she had been escorted to Jin Nang City by vigilant and tense guards with spears. At that time, although her hands were bound by magic-suppressing shackles, not a single guard dared to risk their lives to search her. The violent magical fluctuations, even when completely stagnant, still carried immense power.
Humans are so stubborn and inflexible... except for my eldest brother.
Artemis gave a strange smile. Under the puzzled gazes of the village chief and the young man, she took a step forward and raised her right hand, which was shackled with magic-suppressing chains.
"Aren't you... underestimating mages?"
The powerful magic that had been stagnant for only half suddenly trembled. An overwhelming will drove the magic that could not flow freely, pushing and compressing it inch by inch, like an unstoppable hydraulic press, ruthlessly stuffing the magic into the magic-suppressing shackles.
If the stagnant magic of the five rings had accumulated too much anger during the long period of confusion and suffering, then at this moment, she would unleash it all, just like her love and hate, clearly and distinctly!
Click.
With a crisp cracking sound, the magic-suppressing shackles suddenly burst open, then slumped in two and fell to the ground with a thud.
"Magic, is it really such an inconvenient thing?"
Artemis smiled faintly as she swallowed the blood that welled up in her throat and uttered a phrase that Latis often used.
Suddenly, she felt a lightness in her body and mind. A drop of life-giving magical essence slowly condensed in her empty body, which was filled with magical damage. This magic fell into her parched body, like the prelude to a rainstorm, bringing a moist feeling.
Amidst the thunderous rain of magic, Artemis chuckled knowingly.
With this, she finally advanced to become a sixth-circle mage.
Chapter 276 Elf Side Quest 6. For a Better Encounter
"Lord, young master, this is the location of the village chief of Lonely High Village."
A burly man with a fierce face stood outside the village chief's mansion, respectfully introducing himself to the nobleman behind him:
"The new lord of Dragonhorn Territory has not yet taken office, so we can take this opportunity to interrogate him without worrying about anyone holding us accountable."
"it is good."
Nig Nuri, who was called the city lord, nodded and waved his hand to signal his men to bring out the village chief. He had only come to hold the village chief accountable in private, so he did not want to make a big fuss and only brought one of his men.
Seeing his men had already run into the village chief's mansion, Nig turned to look at his son, whose face was full of resentment, sighed helplessly, and said:
"Xin, how could you be tricked twice by such unruly people from this remote and impoverished place? The first time I let you leave the floating island, this happened. Or is it that I've been too untraining in your upbringing?"
"Father!"
Sin Nuri shouted, his face showing frustration. He was so focused on returning to Lonely Village to avenge being tricked that he had no idea what was going on. He vaguely remembered a sinister hooded man standing by the roadside watching him, with a pair of ghostly blue eyes peeking out from the darkness of the hood. After that, all he could remember was a dizzying blur.
"Forget it, you've barely fulfilled your mission by showing your face to the noble forces of Siyuanhua Castle. It's just that you're still too inexperienced when facing forces other than the nobles."
Nig shook his head, patted his son on the shoulder, and continued:
"The nobles of Siyuanhua Castle want to advance into the floating islands, and the floating islands also want to settle in Siyuanhua Castle. This is a mutually beneficial transaction, and there will inevitably be many means outside of the nobles' involvement."
"Let your brother lead the charge, and you can follow behind and hone your skills first... Don't underestimate the other forces in this world. Lord Winter, who was blown to pieces, is still watching us from the sky!"
"Me... sigh! Fortune changes every thirty years. When I achieve fame and success, I will definitely shave the heads of all these unruly people's second brothers!"
Xin touched his shaved younger brother with resentment, gritted his teeth, swallowed the humiliation and bitterness, then calmed himself down and looked at Nig, saying:
"Father, doesn't the experience of that Lord Winter demonstrate that cooperating with the Black Hats is extremely risky? Should we continue like this? Even without cooperating with them, as nobles of the floating islands, we can still rise to power in the capital, right?"
"It is the stage for the power of Siyuanhua Fortress."
Nig emphasized the place name, frowned, glanced at Xin, and said:
“Syuanhua Castle is not the capital of the floating island. Everything, including cooperating with the Black Hat and cooperating with the Queen, is a transaction. We are on different sides. You must remember not to categorize yourself as a member of the Norard noble group.”
"I understand, Father."
Xin nodded dejectedly and said honestly:
"But the interests of the forces I can currently contact are too difficult to understand. If the Queen's goal is to allow the capital forces to infiltrate the floating islands, then what is the Black Hat organization's purpose in constantly maneuvering between them? And what about these local forces, such as Lundia? Why did the Black Hat send Lord Winter to infiltrate Lundia, only to have him killed by the mages?"
Nig nodded approvingly and said:
"You've noticed these oddities, which shows you haven't let your bloodline down. Have you ever considered that the Queen might have some connection with the Black Hat organization...?"
Before the words were finished, the man who had been sent to summon the village chief ran out in terror, collapsed to the ground with a thud, and shouted:
"Lord! The village chief of Lonely Village, he..."
"He what?"
Nig's brow twitched suddenly, and an inexplicable panic instantly gripped his heart. He quickly grabbed his subordinate's collar, and seeing him trembling and unable to speak, Nig cursed under his breath. He moved, activated his flying technique, and flew at top speed towards the inner room of the village chief's mansion.
boom!
A few seconds later, he landed heavily on the ground. Before he could regain his footing, a strange, fresh scent of grass and trees entered his nostrils. He immediately sensed something was wrong, pushed open the door to the inner room, and then froze in shock.
Countless lush green vines held the village chief and another man suspended in the air, like X-shaped chains, leaving them nowhere to escape.
The vigorous vines seemed to have deliberately left a way out, not binding the two people completely, but instead intertwining into a structure like a python. The more the bound people struggled, the tighter the bindings became.
Judging from the condition of the two village chiefs, they clearly struggled violently in terror, which is why they suffocated to death in this merciful restraint.
"Who is it?..."
Nig murmured in shock. He had considered the existence of elves, but the last Herod elf in the world had been declared executed by the Dragonhorn Lord months ago, so his mind was completely blank at this moment.
Suddenly, a gentle breeze blew from behind. Nig turned around and saw that his son and his men had come over. He opened his mouth, about to say something to them, when he heard a soft sizzling sound coming from the inner room.