By the time Lily and the others returned to the hotel, the sun had completely set. Because they had picked up a little harpy, they were questioned by the city guards for a long time at the city gate - since the last time the undead snake
After the incident, the city guards remembered Lily as a troublemaker. A few days ago, the Chamber of Commerce complained to the Lord's Mansion, but the Lord was busy strengthening the defense of the northern port and ignored the Chamber of Commerce's protests.
After returning to the hotel, Lily and the others met an unexpected person...
"Ah! It's that big crow!" As soon as they entered the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, Lily pointed at a weird man in black trench coat who was sitting in the corner eating with his back to them and shouted, "He actually came here too!
"
Hearing Lily's words, the big crow that had been fighting with Lily and the others spat out all the contents of its mouth. Then he quickly put on the beak helmet placed on the corner of the table, stood up, and stared at
Lily and the others said coldly: "I didn't expect you to be able to catch up here! You are indeed the lackeys of the Book of the Dead! Come on! Let me... Ouch!"
Before the big crow could finish speaking, the fat proprietress of the hotel smashed a pot on the big crow's head, pointed at the messy table that he had just sprayed on the ground, and gave a lecture. The general meaning was that if you don't eat, don't waste food, waste.
Don’t affect the appetite of other customers when it comes to food. Don’t argue in the store if it affects the appetite of other customers. Don’t fight in the store if you quarrel...
The big crow apologized while cleaning up his table. Lily and the others watched him finish his work in silence, and then he looked at Lily and the others: "...Anyway...are you chasing me here to do something in this city?"
You are really overestimating your capabilities. The city guards of Otez City will not condone you hurting people in the city..."
"No, no, no, no..." Lily quickly shook her head and waved her hands, pointing to the second floor and said, "We live here, and we have nothing to do with that Book of the Dead."
"It doesn't matter?" The big crow obviously didn't believe what Lily said, and snorted coldly, "Then how do you explain the power of death in you? Only people from the Book of the Dead have it..."
"Um... you two..." Aisela looked at the guests around her weakly, looking like they were watching a show, her face turned red, "Would you like to find a quiet place to talk alone?"
Lily and Crow obviously noticed that they had become the focus of everyone's attention. Lily hurriedly ran up to the second floor with a red face, while Crow followed after hesitating.
Lily returned to the room with Big Crow, sat on the bed and swung her legs, staring at Big Crow's mask curiously: "Did you make your mask yourself?"
"This is a helmet, specially customized to block the power of death." Da Crow sat back on the chair and rubbed the back of his head that was so painful from being hit by the landlady just now. His tone was much gentler than downstairs, "I have investigated it.
You have been here for a long time. Although there are many doubts, the undead giant snake outside Otez City was attracted by you, right?"
"Hey! That's why you suspect that I am a member of the Book of the Dead?" Lily rolled her eyes and said with a depressed look, "We were chased by that big snake for a long time! And what you said about 'death'
The power' was also gathered in my body by absorbing the black smoke emitted by the big snake. You seem to be very familiar with the Book of the Dead?"
"I have been tracing the traces of the Book of the Dead. Most of Dix's side is controlled by them, so I was forced to come here..."
"That is to say, you escaped from Dix just like Aisela, right?" Lily looked like she suddenly understood, and turned to look at Ji Ye, who was standing quietly in the corner, "Ye Ji, the Book of the Dead is here
There is a branch in Otez City, right? Why not leave it to this big crow!"
"It's not Big Crow, my name is Nieku!" Big Crow seemed very annoyed, "My clothes are specially made to prevent the power of death from invading my body! Otherwise, who would like to wear such thick clothes everywhere in summer?
Run!"
"Don't you like me calling you Crow? Well..." Lily looked like she was thinking hard, then showed her pointed tiger teeth and said with a smile, "Then I'll call you Raven!"
"So my name is Nie Ku!" The big crow almost scratched the back of the chair! "You guy! Are you teasing me on purpose?!"
"Pfft~ Don't be angry~ Raven-chan~" Lily suppressed a smile and apologized without any sincerity, "I can't help it, I always think of strange things when I see your helmet~"
"You'll be satisfied with this!" Nieku took off his helmet angrily. Lily, who was laughing and leaning back and forth, suddenly choked on her own saliva in shock when she saw the big crow's face: "Ahem...female...
…Girl?!”
That tall crow in strange clothes turned out to be a woman who was not particularly good-looking, but very heroic! Her long pale blond hair fell on her shoulders as her helmet was removed, and her blue-purple eyes stared angrily.
Looking at Lily, Lily suddenly blushed: "Hey, don't stare at people like this~ They will be shy~ Uh-huh!"
Aurelia, who was combing Lily's hair, raised her hand and gave Lily a chestnut to help her return to normal: "Ahem... Anyway, Sister Raven, we are not bad people~"
"Hey~ your tone now is so disgusting..." Nieku looked at the cute Lily with disgust. Without the helmet, her voice finally sounded a little more feminine... Although it was still relatively neutral, but
It's much better than the original Weng Sheng Weng Qi, "I will naturally judge whether he is a bad person or not!"
Lily stuck out her tongue, spread out her left hand, and let the power of death gather in her palm: "By the way, you are familiar with this power, right? Tell me what it is?"
Seemingly aware of the emergence of the power of death, Nieku quickly put on his helmet and pushed a lens on the right side of the helmet over his right eye: "That's right! It's this power! How did you capture them? Even ordinary ones.
Even the undead cannot withstand such terrifying power! Only people from the Book of the Dead can control them!"
"You can see them through this helmet?" Lily looked at the funny-looking bird head mask in surprise, "I thought no one else could see this power except me!"
"To be honest, these are my special lenses." Nieku took off his helmet again and pointed at the monocle and said, "The crystal used in this lens was also seized by me from a member of the Holy Book of the Dead. It seems that they also
You need to use a special medium to see this power... You said you can see them directly? How strange! You are obviously just an undead that does not even have a high level..."
Lily looked at Neku with black lines on her head and said through gritted teeth: "I'm really sorry for being a coward! Have you ever fought against people from the Book of the Dead? Some of my companions are also following them, but they have sacrificed a lot.
The big snake was released by the target they were tracking... maybe... I got some news from the Queen of the Harpy before, saying that people from the Book of the Dead once met in the forest where we went in the afternoon.
, it seems like there are three people.”
Nieku frowned and asked quickly: "When? Where is the specific location?"
"I don't know about this..." Lily shook her head and spread her hands helplessly and said, "You know, there were so many harpies watching me kidnap their queen. I would be lucky if I could escape. I only asked so many questions.
The news just ran away... Speaking of which, you almost killed us!"
"Oh, it's not because you provoked the harpy..." Neku looked indifferent. After all, they were still hostile at that time. "But how much death power do you have in your body now? Don't you feel any discomfort?"
"
"Ah... indeed." Lily stared blankly at the beating black flames in her palm and said to herself, "I always feel like there is a voice telling me to quickly kill all the creatures around me.
...But it’s okay as long as you ignore it~”
"No...ignorance?!" Nieku stared at Lily in disbelief, "Impossible! As long as that power infects the spirit, it will induce negative emotions in the soul to the greatest extent! My
It was because of this...it was because of this...that I personally killed my companion..."
Having said this, Nieku's mood obviously dropped. Killing her former partner with her own hands was indeed something she could not forgive herself for...even if she did not do anything wrong at the time.
"I don't know either..." Lily touched her chin and took away the power of death. After all, this kind of thing can be used a little less, "But I always feel that it is not too harmful to me... but it can be
Increase my strength."
Nieku nodded, confirming Lily's guess: "This power seems to be used by the Holy Book of the Dead to strengthen the undead. You are also an undead, so you will naturally feel that you have become very powerful... But you are not a Dixian, right?"
How did you transform into a high-level undead?"
"Well... I'm not sure..." Lily looked sideways and changed the subject, "What is the long beak on your helmet used for? Can it filter the power of death? That kind of power
Isn’t it just like the plague?”
"Hmm... I don't know if it's useful..." Nieku's tone weakened obviously. He turned his helmet over and over and whispered, "It's just... in theory... it should..."
"Pfft... Okay, okay, just think it can block the power of death..." Although Lily intuitively felt that the power of death in her hand could completely penetrate the mask, Lily still decided to keep silent, "You...
The props—such as flash bombs and sonic boom bombs—were you all made by yourself?"
Nieku couldn't help but feel a sense of pride on his face: "Of course! I once studied with a dwarf craftsman from Alkari for a period of time! Props of this level are certainly not a problem!"
"Where do you want craftsmen from the Alkare Council?" Lily always thought that the Alkare Council was a place where a bunch of old men with white beards gathered together to tinker with magic. She never expected that there would still be craftsmen.
"The Great Sage has been convening craftsmen and magicians from all over the world to participate in the research of magical technology in the past few years..." The speaker was Aurelia, who had finished combing Lily's hair and was tying her braids. "That raven over there should be right.
They are the outstanding craftsmen who were summoned."
"Hi! My name is Neku!" Neku obviously hated people calling her crow, but Aurelia didn't seem to hear Neku's complaints. She didn't even raise her eyelids and carefully tied Lily's braids.
"Okay, okay~ Anyway, let's wait until my partner comes back. I don't have much information about the Book of the Dead - I'm confused right now..." Lily originally expected to get it from someone with knowledge of the matter.
After hearing the news about the power of death, it turned out that Ji Ye and Nieku seemed to only know about the existence of this power.
"I will also stay in this hotel, and I will keep an eye on you." Although Nieku's suspicion that Lily is a member of the Book of the Dead has been eliminated, Nieku still won't completely trust Lily's empty words.
Lily.
After Nieku left, Lily began to look at the harpy loli she had picked up. The little guy seemed to have fallen asleep since being stunned by Nieku's sonic bomb, and was now curled up on Lily's bed.
He was snoring softly, with a trace of crystal saliva flowing out of the corner of his mouth...
"Mmm~ So cute~" Lily poked Harpy Loli's little face with her hand. Harpy Loli just snorted and continued to sleep heartlessly, "Aurelia, you
Do you know how to sign a contract?"
Aurelia smiled and shook her head and said: "I am not a magician. Although I have a general understanding of some contract principles, I cannot help you contract this harpy. You can find the man named Lan Tian
With the help of mercenaries, she should know how to contract monsters."
"Ah... Then we can only wait until the people from the Dragon Spear come back..." Lily touched the soft paws of the little harpy with a happy expression on her face, "Ah~ so soft~ and the cat's
It’s like a meat pad~”
"Ugh? (QAQ)" The little harpy woke up after being tortured by Lily. He looked at the room full of strangers with tears in his eyes, looking like he was about to cry at any time...
PS: PS: I bought a train ticket for the 22nd. I guess I won’t be able to update it on time for the 23rd. Sorry~