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"You're quite early."
In the luxurious study room, the two players who had not recovered yet, the first thing they received was some kind of ridicule from the NPC: "But it's still not as fast as me."
"Hey, hey, we are here to do something for you." Duan Qing said in a low voice: "It's good to sneak in, and...it seems that we entered this place first."
"Don't just look at the surface of things, adventurer."
Kima, who changed clothes in a moment, walked to Duan Qing and picked up the list in his hand: "Just like what is written on this piece of paper, these superficial things..."
"There must be other clues that could give us some clues."
"What do you know?" Duan Qing asked back: "You must know more information about the Shadow Society than us adventurers. Since Stanford himself is not a magician, then these things...must have other uses?"
"Clever, little one."
Kima, who was dressed in black, walked slowly to the window sill. He first held the page up to the light and shone it for a while. After confirming that there was no hidden information on it, he turned around and walked to the bookshelf nearby: "The Stanford family is a long-established aristocracy. , their family lineage has been passed down for hundreds of years. It seems to have existed before the birth of the principality, and since the establishment of the principality, they have always stood at the center of power and have never fallen... It can be said that they are a very powerful In the family, the heads of each generation are experienced politicians, rulers, and... qualified warriors."
After looking around on the bookshelf, he turned back to Duan Qing and said, "Yes, their family does not have magician blood, at least... it has never been mentioned in the intelligence."
"That means..." Duan Qing continued what he said: "Now he is interested in magic?"
"Maybe there is such a reason, because the Stanford family has gone downhill." Kima whispered: "The weakness of the principality and the emergence of various internal conflicts have begun to push the nobles who have stood for thousands of years to the edge of the cliff. , even within these old aristocrats, the Stanford family has already retreated to the second line position, becoming the pawns of the Fords family, cheering for their momentum all day long. Although on the surface, they still maintain the aristocratic status However, judging from their contact with more and more people at the bottom, it seems that the family heads of this generation of Stanford do not want to sit back and watch their family decline."
"The head of every family hopes that his family can prosper." Duan Qing said gloomily, not knowing what he thought of, "It's a common problem among nobles."
"You are right, and the same must be true for Stanford." Kima shook the page in his hand: "I admit that as a powerful force, magic is indeed very attractive in the entire free continent, even in The same is true in the aristocratic circle, but... I don't think this is the reason why Stanford is learning magic."
"Why?"
"Learning magic requires talent."
Kima sighed, as if lamenting the injustice of fate: "The Magic Empire thousands of years ago has proven this to the world, so there is a distinction between high and low based on talent, and only then is the Last Magic Empire The collapse. But even the great magicians of that era, who were like geniuses, could not make any breakthrough on this point."
"Talent is talent, no matter how hard you try, you can't change it."
The members of the Shadow Society who said this looked at Duan Qing and Qian Zhihe intentionally or unintentionally: "Except... you adventurers."
Duan Qing touched his nose.
"In all these years in the free world, I have only seen you adventurers who have been able to practice magic through hard work." Kima laughed: "I have to say, you greedy and courageous people The little one has indeed been favored by fate in this regard.”
"Ah hahaha, you deserve it, you deserve it." Duan Qing also laughed, and at the same time looked at the red-haired girl who was holding back the laughter, because they knew that the so-called acquired learning is just because they can add attribute points by themselves: "Such situations are only rare, so please don't care, don't care..."
"Stanford is definitely not as lucky as you." After withdrawing his doubtful gaze from Duan Qing, Kima brought the topic back: "So he must still be unable to practice magic."
"The only thing we can suspect is that other magicians are being raised by his subordinates, the only thing left is..." He raised the list in his hand: "These things have other uses... this is a possibility. "
"Really?" The red-haired girl bit her finger and thought: "I have only seen these things in the Mages Council, and there is no way to determine what they are used for..."
"You don't need to be sure, because I don't know the mystery." Kima waved his hand: "Only professional magicians can understand such things, and even ordinary magic apprentices may not be able to explain them. .”
"So... we need to find a magician to ask?" Duan Qing said helplessly: "Or an alchemist?"
"unnecessary."
To Duan Qing's surprise, Kima blinked with a rather cute expression: "I have a better place where we can figure it out now."
"Oh? Where?"
"follow me."
After saying this, the man in black put down the paper in his hand and walked to the window, then turned over and jumped out: "By the way..."
"Remember to get back on your feet."
"Hey, where are you taking us?"
"Have you forgotten what I told you before?" A subtle voice came from a distance. Although in Duan Qing's rationality, the source of the voice should be far away from him, the voice was like whispering in his ear. :"you……"
"But no one came earlier than me."
"whispering sound……"
He let out a disdainful sigh in his mouth. Just as Duan Qing was about to turn around to check the situation on the desk, the white robe belonging to the red-haired girl jumped from the window sill with the sound of breaking through the air next to him: "Huh, follow me. Just follow...what are you waiting for, follow quickly!"
"Hey, aren't your feet healed yet?"
"It's okay! Let's go quickly..."
Alas, so we are talking about women...
With a helpless sigh, Duan Qing hurriedly put everything back in place, then jumped off the window sill. Paying attention to the sight of the guard in the distance, he followed the red-haired figure in the white robe unhurriedly, and soon returned to the side of the garden he had passed on the way he came. There, the panting Thousand-Zhizhe was standing opposite Kima, waiting with big eyes and small eyes by a pond surrounded by stones.
"What's going on here?"
So Duan Qing hurriedly interrupted the confrontation between the two sides: "Is there any problem?"
"I found this place before you came."
Looking away from the girl with some humor, Kima pointed to a corner of the garden and said: "There, behind the stone, there is a secret door."
"oh?"
Paying careful attention to the surrounding movements, Duan Qing slowly walked around the rock pointed by the other party. Sure enough, below there, next to the somewhat dry pool, he saw a gap belonging to the door: "Well, there is actually a gap in the door. There is something like this hidden at home, and it turns out..."
"It's so bloody."
"What?"
"No, I mean..." Duan Qing waved his hand: "How should we get in?"
"There are three magic alarms on it, as well as old-fashioned mechanical locks and new-style magic locks." With these words in his mouth, Kima walked slowly to the door: "But I have lifted them all before. ”
"Uh...we know you're awesome."
Secretly curling his lips again, Duan Qing stepped forward helplessly, and then with Kima's hand, he easily walked in: "So that means..."
"You checked it out once? Right before we barged in?"
"That's about it."
The latter shrugged, then pointed into the darkroom and said, "Now I just want you to confirm."
Dim lights lit up as they entered, looking like sensor lights in the real world. The magical lights slowly illuminated everything here, presenting the messy tables and chairs to Duan Qing. In front of others. All kinds of bottles, cans, and strange containers and devices are placed chaotically above, below and around these tables and chairs. On the wooden shelves near the corners, each floor is also filled with all kinds of books. With the scrolls and everything, it gives off a magical laboratory-like feel. Frowning and slapping his nose, Duan Qing gradually touched the table closest to him, and then under the gaze of the two people behind him, he reached out and touched a container bottle on it: "The things here... …There’s no danger, right?”
"I've checked everything. It's just an ordinary laboratory." Kima's voice sounded behind him: "So in terms of confidentiality, this place is not hidden too deeply."
"I can see it. But..." Duan Qing raised his head and looked at the chaotic layout of the entire house price: "It seems that you were not very careful in your previous search."
"Oh... the shadow is up there, I didn't do this."
As Qian Zhihe carefully closed the door, Kima raised his hands and said, "When I came here before, these tables and chairs... were just like this."
"That is to say..." Duan Qing turned around and said, "Did Stanford himself do this?"
"I don't know, but as far as I know...Stanford is a person who pursues perfection and likes to maintain a noble demeanor." Kima replied: "You can see from his study that that person...is not a person who likes to make a mess. Guy in his own room.”
"Um...is that so?" Duan Qing suddenly straightened up, then took two steps backwards: "Then what do you want us to see? These furnishings that you can't even understand?"
"Just because I can't understand it doesn't mean you can't understand it either." Kima said with a smile, "For example, the little girl behind me..."
"Huh? That, that..."
"Please don't get excited, miss." The man in black made a courtesy, and then motioned Qian Zhihe to step forward: "Look at that place..."
He pointed to the table in the corner and said, "That thing...is it a lizard horn?"
"Ah, it seems so."
Qian Zhihe exclaimed: "It's very similar to the thing I saw when I was in the Mages Council."
"So...that one over there is the Cormarin potion?"
"Well, I haven't seen that before...but if it's that kind of dissolving potion, there should be a yellow mark on the bottle..."
"Good, we can check it out."
Stepping forward and carefully raising the bottle, Kima slowly returned to the girl's side: "Is this the sign?"
"Yes, yes." Qian Zhihe took a careful look: "Although it has been a long time, I remember it should be like this..."
"It seems that we have indeed found the things on that list here." With a somewhat understanding smile, Kima held the bottle and said: "This can prove many things, such as our Lord Stanford, is indeed doing something. What the experiment looks like..."
"No, that's not right."
Duan Qing, who had retreated to the door, suddenly said: "This proves a bigger problem."
"oh?"
"Time." Duan Qing, who had been staring at the entire room, said without moving his eyes at all: "The time on the list is March 28th."
"So what...uh."
"Yes, you should have noticed."
Carefully observing the direction of the messed up tables and chairs in the laboratory, Duan Qing had an inexplicable smile on his face: "According to what you just said, our Lord Stanford... is not here now."
"He hasn't even been here for several days."
With understanding in the eyes of the other two, Duan Qing began to move along a certain route: "Why would a family head who has not been here for a long time leave such a shopping list? Do you want to buy the materials early and then Are you going to use it when he comes back?"
"Maybe this is his experimental plan, so he wants to hoard materials..."
"Impossible." Qianzhihe immediately retorted: "Some of the things inside cannot be preserved for a long time, such as the magic powder placed there. If they are not used for a long time, they will gradually lose their magical effect. The magic gems over there are stored in the wrong way..."
"That is to say, someone used this place when the owner was not at home." Duan Qing interrupted the girl's explanation: "And... that person doesn't seem to like cleanliness and tidiness."
"Is this...the reason why this place has become such a mess?" Kima whispered: "The real reason?"
"Maybe." With these words on his lips, Duan Qing had already walked to the corner of the room, in front of a bookshelf: "Maybe he doesn't understand magic at all..."
"This is impossible." Kima said immediately: "If you don't understand magic, why would you buy so many materials..."
"There is a way to use magic that does not require knowledge of its internal principles." Duan Qing shook his head and looked up and down at the bookshelf in front of him. "When I was in the fortress, I once saw Use it that way.”
Kima's pupils shrank.
"People who don't understand magic can still use magic. As long as there is someone who understands magic and teaches them in advance according to the established procedures." Duan Qing seemed to have confirmed something suspicious, and reached out to the corner of the bookshelf. He touched it and said, "It's like a doctor giving medicine to a patient."
"And..."
With a strong force, he pulled down a book from the bookshelf.
"Who knows how many people have been to this place?" (To be continued.) Mobile phone users please browse and read for a better reading experience.
