"You should be lucky...I just ended my experiment."
The air in the hut returned to its familiar calm as the darkness faded, and the classical atmosphere reflected by the midday sun reappeared in front of Duan Qing's eyes. However, as he looked around at these interior decorations, he had completely lost the original atmosphere. I felt relaxed - as the dark power faded, the furniture and furnishings that had been shaken by the strong energy gradually returned to their original appearance. They were placed in an orderly manner around here, along the lines of the living room. The surroundings are arranged in an orderly manner, and some books are placed on some horizontal wooden shelves, which makes the scholarly atmosphere here more obvious. There are also statues engraved with various unknown meanings and neatly arranged record books. As the sunlight entered, he appeared on a desk opposite the stairs. It was placed together with some exquisite papers and pens. A cup filled with hot water was also steaming, and he slowly recovered by himself. The calm water indicates the peace in this room.
The only things that are incompatible with this place are probably the various bottles and jars placed on the shelf next to the desk, as well as the various unknown objects soaked in them.
"Don't worry, kid."
The woman in black robe who walked downstairs pointed in the direction where Duan Qing fell to the ground, and levitated a small chair next to him. It seemed that she was using this method to signal the uninvited guest who had just been rescued by her to sit down. There: "I have lifted the protective magic here, so... this place is safe."
"Ah ha ha ha..." Duan Qing laughed twice as he moved his limbs, and then rubbed his twisted arm: "Anyway, thank you very much... Uh, what is your surname?"
"I'm Gardevoir." The woman put her hands together in front of her belly and glanced at Duan Qing lightly: "If you don't think it's appropriate, you can call me Shana."
"Gardevoir?" Duan Qing opened his mouth wide when he heard the name: "Shadow Mage Gardevoir?"
"Yes, the one at the back of the Twelve Thrones."
The woman covered in black gauze smiled softly and walked slowly in front of Duan Qing: "Is there any problem?"
"Well……"
Thinking of the black light that bound him before, Duan Qing's eyes became much clearer again. He scratched his nose and hurriedly looked away from the other party's mysterious veil: "It's nothing, it's just that... he is famous. A candidate for the throne actually stoops to such a remote place..."
"As you can see, I have little interest in the battles between those forces. The demand for the so-called gangs and thugs... is far less than theirs." The voice of the woman in black robe was full of unique emotions. Low: "And..."
"Since Eduin and the others are in such a miserable state now, it is only logical to keep a low profile..."
She folded her hands and sat back, then with a slight sound of breaking through the air, she sat on another wooden chair that flew in the air.
Nian, the power of Nian...
Duan Qing's eyes widened again, and then he suddenly reacted to a name she mentioned before: "No...you mean Eduin?"
"What, you know that annoying guy too?"
There was an inexplicable smile in Gardevoir's tone: "Although I hate that guy very much, we are now considered an alliance, so I still know very well about the situation between him and his like-minded people."
"So, so..." Duan Qing pointed at the other party hesitantly: "You, and those restorationists... are you all in the same group?"
"Restorer?"
The woman covered in black gauze looked at Duan Qing motionlessly for a while, but her eyes that seemed to be real penetrated the veil and shot in front of him: "Why do you say that?"
"Uh... isn't it?" Duan Qing's expression became even more embarrassed: "That Jialuo, and the black mist just now..."
call--
A hint of coldness suddenly passed through his neck, scaring back all the words he had just wanted to say. The magician in front of him also put down his slightly scratched hand, and his tone became much stiffer: "No. Comparing the power of Shadow to Convina's third-rate magic, his corrosive aura... is just a defective product after abandoning its destiny."
Duan Qing seemed to sense a hint of danger from the other party's answer. Duan Qing did not dare to continue questioning her evaluation. Instead, after a period of silence, he carefully changed the topic: "Well... uh, what were you doing just now? ?”
"About the production of magical phases and the feedback and resonance of the composition of living particles."
Without hesitation, she spoke a large number of words that were difficult to understand. The woman named Gardevoir tilted her head, as if she did not expect the other party to understand, nor did she have any interest in explaining clearly: "The current situation is Although the progress is very poor, we finally made some new discoveries... huh?"
"Uh, ah ha ha ha..." Duan Qing's scratching of his head stopped in mid-air because he found that this mysterious and powerful BOSS-level figure seemed to be staring at his right hand: "That... I didn't want to I am just asking casually..."
"Really?"
The woman in black robe stared at the other person's face and suddenly raised her hands in front of her belly: "Your ring..."
"That doesn't seem to be the answer."
A mysterious force once again surrounded Duan Qing's body, and at the same time brought the suffocation feeling he had just experienced back to his facial features, but this feeling only stayed for a moment before dissipating into the surrounding air again. opened. The furniture in the entire cabin also shook a little as the power dissipated, and then gradually returned to its previous calmness. Duan Qing, who had always been highly nervous, also slowly relaxed his body, because the hand that was originally on his finger The ring on it had already flown to the other person's hand: "Well... the exquisite ring seems to contain a trace of other energy... No, that's not right."
"This is Wiggins' handiwork." She asked in a low voice: "It has the effect of clearing magic...right?"
"You, you know Wiggins?"
Finally realizing the seriousness of the problem, Duan Qing calmed down the expression on his face: "Are you from the Council of Mages?"
"There are other powers here." The woman named Gardevoir did not answer Duan Qing's question, but continued to lower her head and stroke the surface of the ring: "Let me see... such pure magical energy, and Or the energy of the water system...was blessed by that little girl Christine, right?"
"Little, little girl?" Duan Qing's face began to ooze with cold sweat: "You, you..."
"That girl definitely didn't mention her age to you, and she was too embarrassed to mention it, but with my qualifications... it's not too much to call her a little girl." The woman replied without raising her head: "As for Other elements...is this the power of the wanderer?"
"..."
Duan Qing smiled helplessly while scratching his face. He didn't know what to answer for a moment, but a subtle stream of light broke the silence first and threw it back into Duan Qing's arms: "Is he okay?"
"Are you referring to Rex?" Duan Qing responded hesitantly: "He, he left Tania, and I don't know where he went now..."
"Ah……"
The woman in black robe did not ask any more questions, but sighed slightly. Finally, after a wordless silence, she looked at Duan Qing's face again: "I have the orthodox ring of the Council of Mages, and I am also protected by two great magicians. The master has blessed you...the Mage Council seems to favor you very highly."
"You...are you also a great magician?" Duan Qing asked tentatively: "A member of the Seven-person Council?"
"Your magical attainments seem to be poor."
Once again avoiding Duan Qing's question, Gardevoir slowly shook his head: "Whether it's theoretical cultivation or the magical energy in your body... none of them have reached the level of a magic apprentice."
"They would actually give you such an honor..." She said lightly: "Are you a descendant of Wiggins?"
"I'm not a rich second generation, or even a magician." Duan Qing replied helplessly: "I'm just an adventurer, taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others..."
"Oh, really?" The shadow mage with his hands folded also returned to his original appearance, and seemed to be very satisfied with Duan Qing's answer: "This idea is very in line with the needs of this city... If you are really a talented person, A capable guy, Gaara and the others should also be very happy.”
"So who am I working for this time..." Duan Qing muttered in a low voice: "Restorer or candidate for the throne?"
"Why, don't you even know what your commission is?"
"Oxon said that all my joint tasks this time are written in this letter."
Replying to the other party's words in a muffled voice, Duan Qing slowly took out the black envelope in his arms: "But I read it three times, and it just had this address written on it... Hey, hey, hey?"
The strange power once again seeped into the air around Duan Qing, rolling out the letter in his hand. After spinning half a circle in the air, it accurately fell into the hands of the woman in black robe opposite: "Study Apprentices who are not good at art...let me take a look."
"If you want to see it, just say it. It's not like I won't show it to you..." Duan Qing, whose right hand was still raised in the air, muttered dissatisfiedly: "Also, I told you that I am not from your sect anymore... Huh? "
A black stream of light like a flame suddenly burned from the woman's hand, completely wrapping the black letter. Then, with Duan Qing's expression as if he had seen a ghost, it once again disappeared from his sight: "It turns out It uses the power of shadow as a seal, hehehe..."
Hey, I was tricked...
Looking at the letter that was undamaged in the black flames, Duan Qing cursed to himself.
The small house full of peaceful atmosphere once again fell into silence. For a while, there was only the rustle of the woman in black robe quietly reading the letters. After a period of silence, Duan Qing's ears finally heard Gardevoir's reply: "It turns out in this way……"
"You want an 'invisibility potion'... don't you?"
"……ah?"
Duan Qing was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Da, probably so..."
"Although I don't know what you want with that thing, as the owner of the Black Magic House...as long as you can afford a reasonable price, I will naturally provide you with a reward."
Slowly shaking the envelope in his hand, Gardevoir raised his head again. His eyes that had been looking at Duan Qing began to wander: "But... preparing an invisibility potion is not an easy method, and I don’t have much time to look for materials…”
"You can directly order any materials needed." Duan Qing immediately patted his chest: "As qualified adventurers, even if we are asked to go up mountains of swords and seas of fire..."
"You don't need to stress it, it's all written on it."
Shaking the envelope in his hand toward Duan Qing as if sarcastically, Shadow Mage Gardevoir's voice seemed to have become much lazier: "The collection of materials, the preparation of preparations, and the rewards... these are all things a man named The people from Mo Shang Qing Shan will be responsible."
"is it you?"
"Yes, it's me."
Duan Qing replied awkwardly: "Um...how much is the reward?"
"Two thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven free coins."
The woman skillfully reported a series of numbers, and then turned her attention to Duan Qing's face, which was starting to turn blue: "Is there any problem?"
"Free coins!?" Duan Qing jumped up from the wooden chair, and then slowly sat back down in the other person's sight: "No, that... I mean, can't you see it?" In terms of the Mage Council’s reputation, it’s a little cheaper…”
"This is the public price. If you change it at will... my future business will be very troubled." Gardevoir replied calmly: "But..."
"If it's for the sake of the Mages Council..."
Her eyes seemed to have turned into substance again. Her eyes circled around Duan Qing, and finally she smiled faintly at Duan Qing's slightly uneasy reaction: "I can consider... using other ways to settle this matter. Account."
"Oh? What method?"
"Of course...the commission has been completed."
Shadow Mage slowly stood up and walked towards the stairs. At the same time, in a burst of invisible manipulation, he returned his seat to its original position: "I will give you a list of the locations of the materials on it. They are easy to find near Liberty City, and as long as you have enough skills... it shouldn't be a big problem to collect those things back."
A piece of paper stacked on the desk gradually floated up with her voice, and then slowly fell into Duan Qing's arms: "Come to me after the collection is completed, and I can start making it, but I can I want to remind you..."
"If you encounter a situation like today again when you come, please don't rush in."
Her voice was magnetic and ethereal, becoming more distant as the figure climbed up the wooden steps: "Without my control over the shadows..."
"You won't be so lucky next time."
