Chapter 12

Chapter 95 Leonard's last words

　　Arthur had no intention of blocking Ince Zangwill's move underground. After all, he was not familiar with Saint Selina and was not from the Church of the Night.

　　Therefore, he has no obligation to protect the ashes of Saint Selina.

　　He did not stop Ince Zangwill's actions. On the one hand, he did not want to force the poisonous snake into a desperate situation and be bitten by him.

　　As a classic tactic in ancient China, besieging three buildings naturally has its own truth.

　　If the enemy does not think that he is in a fatal situation, he will hesitate and will not have the idea of ​​​​fighting to the death.

　　Moreover, Arthur did not come to Blackthorn Security Company specifically to fight Ince Zangwill.

　　His main purpose of coming here was, on the one hand, to try to see if he could get a hold of Klein, but he failed.

　　On the other hand, it was to "accidentally" set the Blackthorn Security Company on fire during the battle with Ince Zangwill.

　　As the Nighthawks stronghold established by the Church of the Night in Tingen City, the Blackthorn Security Company has a certain mystical significance.

　　This is just like the world in Arthur's previous life, where the bricks and tiles of ancient royal palaces were more valuable than the bricks and tiles of ordinary people's homes.

　　Of course, this example seems a little inappropriate, but the meaning is that.

　　Therefore, the Black Thorn Security Company, which is the base of the Nighthawks in Tingen City, can be regarded as an important building to a certain extent.

　　And Arthur, who "accidentally" set it on fire, naturally received a certain degree of feedback from the potion digestion.

　　After all, as an arsonist, it would be too embarrassing if he couldn't set fire while fighting.

　　Since he was going to set a fire, it would be logical to accidentally burn down the Blackthorn Security Company, which was the venue for the battle.

　　Moreover, Arthur is helping the Church of Night to resist its enemy, who is also a traitor to the Church of Night.

　　No one can say anything wrong with such behavior.

　　Of course, because Tingen is just a small city that is not too important.

　　So although Arthur received feedback from the digestion of the potion when he set the Blackthorn Security Company on fire, the degree of digestion was not too great.

　　If he wanted to have a better acting effect, I'm afraid Arthur would have to target the church.

　　For example, the Tranquility Cathedral, the headquarters of the Church of Night, and the Holy Wind Cathedral of the Church of Storms.

　　However, these places are not places where loopholes can be exploited.

　　If Arthur dares to set fire to these places, what will happen...

　　Therefore, although Arthur had a small degree of digestion of the arsonist's potion in his body during the burning of the Blackthorn Security Company.

　　But he had already lowered the priority of using this method of digestion in his mind.

　　No other reason, just because this way of acting is too easy to attract hatred.

　　After all, if you want to get better feedback on potion digestion, you need to burn buildings of important significance.

　　But since those buildings were important, how could they let Arthur burn them down so easily?

　　Therefore, it is not advisable for Arthur to use burning buildings as a means of acting as an arsonist's potion.

….This

　　He needs to find a way to play that is more suitable for him.

　　...

　　Queen Backlund, Earl Hall's Mansion.

　　"Susie, you wait outside, I'll take a shower first."

　　Audrey touched the golden retriever's head and said to it with a normal expression.

　　"Ugh...but isn't it morning now?" Susie blinked and asked with some confusion.

　　"Ahem, well, as a lady, it is natural to keep yourself clean and tidy at all times. Anyway, I will go in first, and you can help me stay outside and don't let anyone in."

　　After saying that, Audrey quickly entered the bathroom.

　　Then, as usual, she took off her clothes and started taking a shower.

　　After a while, Audrey felt that the time was almost up, so she wrapped herself in a bath towel and began to whisper quietly:

　　"You are a fool who does not belong to this age;"

　　"You are the mysterious master above the gray fog;"

　　"You are the yellow and black king of good luck."

　　"I beg you to hear me."

　　"Because of Qilinges' incident, my father hired an extraordinary person to protect me, and there was secret surveillance that I didn't know about. I finally found the opportunity to pray to you. I want to ask for leave for next week's party. I believe these will fade away soon."

　　Audrey knew in her heart that it would be very risky for her to participate in the Tarot Club not long after the Chilingers incident.

　　So at this tense moment, she had no choice but to take advantage of her bathing time to ask Mr. Fool for leave for next week's Tarot meeting.

　　The same thing happened to Alger the Hanged Man.

　　Although his description was different from Audrey's, he was praying for the same thing.

　　But at this time, Klein was naturally unable to respond to their prayers.

　　And they had no idea about this. After all, how could a mysterious and powerful existence like Mr. Fool respond to their prayers all the time?

　　Even Hurricane Lieutenant General Qilingos, who possessed the powerful magical item "Creeping Hunger", was easily killed by Mr. Fool's favored ones.

　　Naturally, they would not have the slightest doubt about the mystery and power of Mr. Fool.

　　...

　　In the flames of the Blackthorn Security Company, except for Arthur who was standing and Klein who was lying down, there was no one else in the house.

　　After all, not to mention the news of Arthur's battle with Ince Zangwill just now, just the Sun Flame Talisman thrown by Leonard before could make the clerks here realize that something was wrong.

　　These people were all insiders who had experienced mysterious events, so naturally when they sensed something was wrong, they all left here as quickly as possible.

　　Because they knew in their hearts that leaving here without delay would be the greatest help to the Nighthawks.

　　Arthur looked at Klein's body on the ground and prepared to carry it out.

　　Because he felt that the more intact the corpse was, the less difficult it would be to revive it, and the less resurrection energy it would consume.

　　If he didn't get Klein out, his body would probably turn into a charred corpse.

….This

　　In this way, the unknown resurrection energy that needs to be consumed may be more.

　　Not only that, but the burnt Klein didn't look like much.

　　Before carrying Klein's body, Arthur also put back his heart that was taken out by Ince Zangwill.

　　Just as he was about to go out, a figure with bronze skin and a white shirt appeared in front of him.

　　Arthur was not surprised by this. He pointed to the place where Ince Zangwill left and said:

　　"That person just went down not long ago."

　　"He moved very quickly and is no longer here." The visitor said in a low voice.

　　This person is none other than Azik Eggers, who used to be a history teacher at Klein.

　　Azik looked at Klein's body on Arthur's back, and a trace of sadness could not be suppressed in his eyes.

　　His voice was a little deeper, and he said to Arthur:

　　"I'll go after him, you kill Klein..."

　　"Don't worry, I will put Klein in good place."

　　Seeing that Mr. Azik's emotions seemed a little uncontrollable, Arthur hurriedly spoke.

　　Azik nodded silently, took one last look at Klein's body, and then quickly disappeared.

　　Arthur carried Klein and ran out of the burning Blackthorn Security Company.

　　But the next second, his steps stopped.

　　Because at this time, he felt that the magic medicine in his body was causing a little digestion.

　　Why do I feel like I'm digesting at this time? What did I just do? Arthur couldn't help but fell into thinking.

　　The only thing that happened just now was the arrival of Mr. Azik.

　　And his arrival actually has a lot to do with Arthur.

　　After previously deciding to target Blackthorn Security Company for arson, Arthur began to prepare for it.

　　If you want to burn this place down in a reasonable and irresponsible way, you can't do it directly. You can only "accidentally" burn it down during the battle.

　　After all, in the original work, the battle between the three Dunnes and the true heirs reduced the Blackthorn Security Company to ruins.

　　Then Arthur can naturally burn this place down during the battle with Ince Zangwill.

　　But if you want to fight Ince Zangwill here, the first thing you need to get rid of is the quill.

　　Because even if Ince Zangwill can't control this pen well, as long as he can write a sentence during the battle, this will be a devastating blow to Arthur.

　　So if you want to prevent Ince Zangwill from using this pen in this battle, you have to find someone with enough weight to restrain it.

　　Mr. Azik, who was once the Death Archon and had a huge hatred for Ince Zangwill, was naturally the best choice.

　　Therefore, not long ago, Arthur went to meet Mr. Azik specifically and left some information for him.

　　Including Arthur asking Alsace to go to Backlund two days ago, it was all so that Mr. Azik could come back earlier than in the original work.

　　This will put huge pressure on Ince Zangwill, leaving him no time to take out his quill to deal with Arthur in this battle, but can only use it to delay the return of Mr. Azik.

….This

　　this way, Arthur has the ability to reluctantly entangle with Ince Zangwill, and he can take the opportunity to set fire.

　　As for what if Mr. Azik breaks through the quill's delay and really comes back in time to kill Ince Zangwill?

　　What Arthur wanted to say was, if you kill him, just kill him, it's not a big deal.

　　The only value of Ince Zangwill is that he undertook the task of delivering pens.

　　And since he can do this task, Arthur can do it too.

　　What's more, the goddess and the golden-haired priest combined have a total of 10,000 minds, and Arthur doesn't think this is their only plan.

　　These two people are like DC's Batman. When implementing plan A, the subsequent plans B to Z are definitely ready.

　　So, why did Arthur invite Mr. Azik over and let him hunt down Ince Zangwill, so that the arsonist's potion in his body would be digested?

　　After thinking about it, Arthur had some guesses in his mind.

　　He believes that the essence of "arson" is actually a kind of destruction and destruction.

　　And what did Arthur's actions destroy?

　　He destroyed Ince Zangwill's plan to a certain extent, preventing the other party from getting the ashes of Saint Selena unscathed and then being naturally promoted to a demigod like in the original work.

　　Mr. Azik's pursuit will inevitably cause Ince Zangwill to be chased around like a rabbit.

　　As a result, his promotion progress will naturally be greatly delayed.

　　Therefore, Arthur believed that the feeling of potion digestion he just felt was because he had caused certain damage to Ince Zangwill's plan.

　　And the reason why there is only one point is because Arthur has not completely destroyed his plan.

　　If Mr. Azik successfully caught up with Ince Zangwill and killed him, then Arthur should get subsequent digestion feedback.

　　After running out of the burning security company, Arthur first placed Klein's body in place and sorted out his remains.

　　Then, he walked towards Leonard, who was lying not far away and was injured by Ince Zangwill and kicked downstairs.

　　At this time, Leonard had a deep scratch on his chest and abdomen. He was lying on the ground, and he had reached the stage where he was taking in more air than outgoing.

　　Arthur knelt down, checked his injuries first, and then asked with a heavy face:

　　"Is there anything else you want to say?"

　　Leonard slightly pulled down the corners of his mouth, revealing an ugly smile.

　　"Am I...dying?"

　　Arthur pursed his lips and said nothing.

　　Leonard took a breath with some difficulty and said:

　　"This... is good, at least Klein... won't be alone.

　　"I always... thought... I was the protagonist of the era, just like... someone like... Emperor Roselle...

　　"But just now...I couldn't even protect...my own teammates, haha...it doesn't matter if someone like me...is dead...there is no need...to face...his brother...and sister..."

　　Leonard's voice became a little choked at this time, and he said:

　　"It's a pity that... I couldn't... see the captain before he died... What a pity..."

　　He turned his head to look at Arthur, his voice became urgent at this time, and said:

　　"I, I want to ask for something, please let the captain bury me next to Klein, and let us be companions, okay, okay?"

　　"Okay." Arthur replied in a low voice.

　　After speaking, he stretched out his right hand and placed it on his chest, pulling out a small ball of green light from his body.

　　Then, he pressed this ball of light full of life onto Leonard's body.

　　After doing this, Arthur said to Leonard with a smile in his eyes:

　　"However, I think it's better for you to tell him yourself."

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Chapter 96 After the War

　　After Arthur pressed the ball of light full of life on Leonard's body, the bone-deep scar on the poet's classmate's chest gradually began to heal.

　　After a while, the wound that could have seriously injured him to death was restored to a minor injury.

　　Although it was still bleeding, it was no longer fatal.

　　Leonard looked at the many wounds on his chest that had recovered with a dull expression, and then looked at Arthur blankly.

　　After going back and forth several times, he finally realized that his injury had been treated.

　　Me, I don't have to die? Leonard blinked, still immersed in the sadness and depression of dying.

　　"Why not, treatment first?" he asked blankly.

　　Arthur reached out and put his fist to his lower lip, coughed slightly, and said in a calm tone:

　　"I just saw that you were very involved in what you said, and I couldn't bear to ruin that atmosphere."

　　Leonard's expression instantly became distorted, and he wanted to stand up as soon as he turned over, but...

　　"hiss..."

　　His movement to get up was too violent, and he pulled the wound on his chest, causing him to fall to the ground again.

　　Arthur's treatment only turned his life-threatening injuries into life-threatening injuries, but did not completely cure him.

　　Because this kind of treatment would consume Arthur's vitality, he naturally saved as much as he could.

　　Even though he devoured the true offspring, his vitality could be restored by eating meat.

　　But if too much is lost at one time, it will still have an impact on Arthur's body.

　　Therefore, before finding the critical point of loss, Arthur should still be cautious about the use of this treatment method.

　　Leonard lay on the ground, grinning in pain.

　　After the pain subsided, he pointed at Arthur, but he didn't know what to say.

　　Damn it, this guy did save his life.

　　Leonard's character would not allow him to say bad words to his savior.

　　But let's not scold him. The poet classmate felt that he was really angry, and there was a feeling of anger in his chest.

　　After thinking for a while, he slowly stood up and looked around.

　　Soon, he saw a wooden trash can not far away.

　　So, Leonard took a few steps forward.

　　Then, he kicked the trash can away.

　　After being kicked away, Leonard turned back and looked at Arthur fiercely, with a hint of threat.

　　And Arthur didn't panic at all.

　　Firstly, it's because Leonard can't beat him at all.

　　This is the second time...

　　"It's a pity that Klein..." Arthur sighed lightly.

　　Secondly, at this time when Klein was killed, the poet classmate probably would not have the intention to cause trouble for him.

　　Sure enough, after hearing Arthur's words, Leonard's expression gradually became calm.

　　His eyes showed obvious sadness, and he was afraid to look at Klein.

　　"It's better to take a look. After all, one look is enough to miss one." Arthur said in a low voice, as if he was also grieving for the passing of Klein.

　　Leonard took a deep breath and then let it out slowly.

　　He staggered towards Klein's body and slowly squatted down.

….This

　　Looking at Klein's bloodless face, tears kept flowing from Leonard's eyes.

　　Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he turned his head and looked at Arthur, with some hope in his eyes.

　　Arthur naturally understood what he meant, but he could only save people who were still alive, but he did not have the ability to bring the dead back to life.

　　Therefore, he shook his head slightly, indicating that he was powerless.

　　The light in Leonard's eyes dimmed.

　　He was silent for a moment, and then whispered with the last glimmer of hope:

　　"Teacher, can you..."

　　Pales' old voice sounded:

　　"Don't say that my current state is not complete, even when I am at my peak, bringing back the dead is something that even the gods may not be able to do.

　　"You have been a Nighthawk for so many years, you should know this in your heart."

　　The light in Leonard's eyes went out.

　　He lowered his head, inserted his hands deeply into his hair, and let out an extremely suppressed cry.

　　Seeing this, Pales could only sigh.

　　When Ince Zangwill attacked Klein, Palles only just noticed it before it was too late.

　　In the final analysis, Ince Zangwill was too determined to kill Klein quickly, and his actions were quite decisive.

　　Unless Palles is in good condition, Leonard's colleague cannot be saved.

　　In the subsequent battle between Arthur and Ince Zangwill, Palles was unable to contribute much because high-level items from the audience were involved.

　　Because this would most likely expose Him, thus attracting Adam, the King of Angels in the audience's path.

　　And Adam is Amon's brother.

　　However, Palles did not do nothing.

　　Originally, Ince Zangwill's claw was enough to kill Leonard directly.

　　But because of Palles, Leonard was only seriously injured and did not die on the spot.

　　He originally planned to take advantage of Leonard being kicked downstairs and away from the battlefield to treat him slowly.

　　As a result, he saw the blond young man running down after a while, and he didn't look too nervous.

　　So Pales was not in a hurry to restore Leonard's injuries because he saw that the blond boy was going to cause trouble.

　　Sure enough, what happened next was a good show for Pales.

　　As for Palles' previous paddling, Arthur had some expectations.

　　He knew that Palles would not provide much help in this battle, so he did not have too many expectations for it.

　　However, Arthur also knew that this old man would not easily watch Leonard die.

　　After all, a suitable host like a poet classmate cannot be found casually.

　　Moreover, Arthur had gone out of his way to resolve the misunderstanding between the two of them. Presumably, the relationship between the old man and his fellow poet would not be as rigid as it was at this time in the original work.

　　That's why Arthur wasn't too impatient when Leonard was kicked off.

　　As the Blackthorn Security Company caught fire, the rising black smoke gradually began to attract the attention of surrounding residents.

　　However, they all naturally ignored the combination of two people and one corpse on Arthur's side at this time.

….This

　　Seeing this, Arthur knew that it was Palles who was using his extraordinary abilities to prevent others from discovering them.

　　And he also secretly began to suppress the flames.

　　Because Arthur no longer needed to burn buildings to digest the potion, there was no need to keep the fire burning.

　　At this moment, a group of figures suddenly appeared at the end of the street.

　　That was Dunn and the extraordinary people from the other two churches.

　　After Dunn gradually noticed something was wrong in the suburbs, he led the Punishers and Mechanical Hearts back as quickly as possible.

　　Unfortunately, even though they had moved quickly, they were still a step too late and only caught up with the finishing work.

　　With Arthur's secret suppression and the help of these extraordinary people who came to the rescue, the fire was quickly extinguished.

　　Mechanical Heart and the Punishers went underground to deal with the Sealed Artifact Riot.

　　Dunn came directly to Arthur and the others.

　　"Captain, Klein..." Leonard couldn't continue talking.

　　Dunn didn't speak. He walked to Klein's body in silence and looked at the pale and blood-stained face quietly. His gray pupils were filled with sadness, pain and self-blame.

　　He blamed himself for not noticing something was wrong earlier, and was sad and painful that he had lost another good teammate.

　　However, as the captain of the Nighthawks, Dunn does not have that much room to allow himself to continue to be immersed in these emotions.

　　So he stood still for a few minutes and closed his eyes.

　　When he opened his eyes again, Dunn's expression had returned to calm, as if he had suppressed all the negative emotions.

　　At least that's what it seems.

　　Dunn turned around and looked at Arthur, and said in a low voice:

　　"Thank you for your help, otherwise my team members would be seriously injured."

　　This thank you is not only to thank the other party for his help today, but also to thank the other party for his previous help.

　　Whether it was Old Neil and Cornley's narrow escape from death, or the magic potion digestion method called "acting method" obtained by Dunn, it had a lot to do with the blond young man in front of him.

　　"Haha, I just did it casually. Well, when I was fighting just now, I accidentally burned down the stronghold of our Nighthawks. This..."

　　"A house can be rebuilt after it burns down," Dunn said in a calm voice.

　　But those who have passed away will never come back.

　　He didn't say the next sentence, but Arthur already understood what he meant.

　　Dunn looked at the Blackthorn Security Company that was burned into darkness not far away, and said to Arthur:

　　"I need to deal with Chanis Gate first. If you need anything, you can tell me, or you can talk to Leonard."

　　"I will if necessary." Arthur nodded.

　　Dunn glanced at Klein one last time, then turned and left.

　　He must let his busy work suppress the pain in his heart and dilute the sadness of losing his teammates again.

　　Moreover, Luo Yao is still guarding Chanis Gate, and he doesn't know what the situation is.

　　Although there was no bad news from the Beyonders who went down, which proved that nothing serious happened to her, Dunn still had to confirm before he could feel relieved.

….This

　　After Dunn left, Leonard said in a dull voice:

　　"Teacher, if I had listened to you, acted well, and been promoted to a nightmare, wouldn't Klein have died today?"

　　Pales was silent for a while, then replied:

　　"Maybe."

　　He had no way to give a suitable answer to this assumption.

　　Because after he was parasitic on Leonard, it was normal for this kid to be wary and suspicious of him.

　　Pales actually had no dissatisfaction with this matter.

　　only...

　　"It's just that the strategy you used to deal with me was not very good."

　　"I... don't quite understand." Leonard was a little confused.

　　"Oh, Anduin, what would you choose to do if it were you?" Pales did not answer Leonard's question directly, but turned to Arthur and asked.

　　"If it were me, if I felt that you had any ill intentions towards me, I would try my best to expose it to the church. Either I would die or you would die. Either way, neither of us would be dead.

　　"And if I find that you have no ill intentions towards me, then I will use your power to make myself stronger as soon as possible, so that even if anything happens, I will have the ability to counterattack." Arthur thought for a while, Gave his own answer.

　　"Do you understand, Leonard? Whether I go to your Church of the Night to deal with me, or use my power to get promoted quickly, it is a good idea.

　　"But you chose the worst one,

　　"I thought I was your adventure, and I felt that I was the protagonist of the era, but I didn't trust me. I only made a simple attempt at acting, and I was dragging my feet during the acting.

　　"But since you are afraid of me and think I have ill intentions towards you, but you don't want to find a helper to deal with me, so you can eliminate me as a hidden danger as soon as possible."

　　Having said this, Pales sighed softly and said:

　　"Such an indecisive way of doing things. Hey, Leonard, you are indeed partly responsible for today's incident."

　　After a pause, Pales continued:

　　"Boy, you need more growing up."

　　In fact, it can be seen from the original work that Leonard basically did not make any effective response to Pales' parasitism.

　　He was just delaying in vain, but this did not change the status quo at all.

　　And when it comes to this kind of thing, being indecisive is actually just sitting back and waiting for death.

　　At least for Arthur, he will definitely make a choice between being a self-destructing infantryman and being Xiao Yan.

　　Either go all the way to the dark side, bet that the soul in your body is not malicious, and see if you can have a bright future.

　　Or just blow yourself up on the spot and let everyone lie down together.

　　Arthur stepped forward, helped Leonard up, and asked:

　　"What are your plans next? Do you want to continue to be a night watcher here?"

　　Leonard was silent for a while, shook his head and said:

　　"No, just like the teacher said, I need to grow more, otherwise things like today will inevitably happen again."

　　He took a deep breath, then made up his mind and said:

　　"I'm joining the Red Gloves."

　　"Haha, that's right. I thought you would sink because of this blow." Pales' voice sounded a little pleased.

　　"I won't just sink like this, because I still want to avenge Klein. But I am a little worried. If I join the Red Gloves, I will need to go to the church's headquarters, the Serenity Temple, for training." Leonard hesitated. said.

　　"Haha, are you worried that I will be discovered by the higher-ups of your church?" Pales chuckled.

　　"Um."

　　"Don't worry, if the 'parasite' could be discovered so easily, my enemy wouldn't be so fearful.

　　"Of course, there are traces of 'parasites', and the Church of the Night will have a way to confirm this, but it is quite complicated and troublesome, and will also cause losses and dangers, and may even affect their goddess.

　　"So don't worry about that until you get to the top of the church."

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　　Chapter 97 The poet's conjecture

　　In the original work, the relationship between Palles and Leonard was quite stiff at the beginning.

　　It was during the red glove training at the Church of the Night headquarters that after the two showed their cards, the relationship was somewhat eased, but they were still not that close.

　　Only with various subsequent events did Leonard gradually begin to trust Pales.

　　And now, after listening to the conversation between Leonard and Palles, Arthur realized in his heart that the old man Palles began to truly teach Leonard as his student.

　　The relationship between the two of them can probably be compared to the relationship between Yao Lao and Xiao Yan.

　　Although Leonard had called Pales his teacher before, that was probably equivalent to being a registered disciple, just like the relationship between a lecturer and a student in a university, where he only taught knowledge but not the principles of life.

　　But now, Pales has truly begun to preach and practice, and regards Leonard as his personal disciple.

　　Because, he began to teach Leonard a mature philosophy of life. This is something that can only be done if he truly treats his fellow poet as his junior.

　　As for such changes that are different from the original work, Arthur is happy to see them.

　　Because this means that what he has done in this world has really begun to have an impact.

　　And in a good way.

　　It can be seen from the original work that Mr. Pales is actually not simple.

　　Because he successfully escaped twice under the serious pursuit of the three-eyed guy.

　　Of course, this was due to the special nature of the thief's path, and the fact that the three-eyed boy was more interested in extraordinary characteristics and less interested in the old man's life.

　　But being able to run away twice under the Three-Eyed Boy's attack and still survive until the finale shows the prudence and determination of Mr. Pales.

　　After all, in the original work, only one and a half people could escape from the pursuit of the three-eyed boy.

　　Both times, Palles escaped by cutting off his tail, which can only be counted as half, so the total is one.

　　As for the other half, it is naturally Klein.

　　Because he truly "escaped death", he can only be considered half of it.

　　It is precisely because they were able to escape from the powerful and oppressive Amon that they were even more extraordinary.

　　If it were to escape from someone who made a little profit, then naturally there would be nothing worth bragging about.

　　After all, a person's evaluation actually has a lot to do with his opponent.

　　For example, Zhang Liao during the Three Kingdoms period, although he entered the Martial Arts Temple, he still felt that it was not interesting when calculating his achievements.

　　This is because it was Sun Shiwan who carried him into the martial arts temple.

　　Relying on the record achieved by defeating Sun Shiwan, this gold content is still somewhat watery.

　　Compared with him, no one can doubt Wuhou's gold content.

　　Because his opponent is the old turtle Sima Yi, the future Emperor Xuan of Jin.

　　Moreover, this person is a powerful person who can beat the opponent to the point of being unable to come out of the city under the extremely unfavorable conditions of attacking nine mines from one mine.

….This

　　This fully illustrates that a person's achievements are largely reflected by his opponents.

　　After waiting for a while, the Beyonders of the three major churches finally suppressed the uprising of the sealed objects.

　　But this is just a temporary solution.

　　If you want to really solve the problem of Chanis Gate, you have to request support from the Church of Night headquarters and ask them to send people to repair the damaged night realm.

　　And those things naturally have nothing to do with Arthur.

　　Therefore, after Dunn took the Nighthawks to collect Klein's body and went to St. Selina Church, Arthur said goodbye to Leonard.

　　Looking at Arthur's retreating figure, Leonard suddenly asked:

　　"Teacher, is there anyone in this world who can control time?"

　　"Yes, I could do it in my heyday, of course, only to a certain extent." Pales didn't understand why he asked.

　　"Then do you think there is a possibility that we Nighthawks would have suffered great losses in this incident, and after experiencing this, I began to become stronger for revenge.

　　"Then I met Anduin in the future and became very good friends with him. Then the three of me, him, and you, the teacher, worked together to send Anduin to the present to reverse the tragedies that had already happened. "

　　After listening to Leonard's words, Pales fell silent.

　　After a while, he finally said:

　　"Leonard..."

　　"Teacher, do you also think what I said makes sense?"

　　"No, I just want to tell you to stop daydreaming in the future.

　　"Also, read less of the novels written by Russell.

　　"This will affect your already low IQ."

　　Leonard: ...

　　...

　　After saying goodbye to Leonard, Arthur walked towards the house he rented here.

　　However, he didn't go far when he saw a figure appearing in a deserted alley next to him.

　　"Mr. Azik, are you back?" Arthur stepped forward and said hello.

　　"Well, it's a pity that I didn't catch that person." Azik's face looked a little unhappy.

　　He hated the man Ince Zangwill who took away his child's skull and killed his student Klein.

　　However, when he was chasing Ince Zangwill, he encountered various accidents just like when he came to the Blackthorn Security Company before.

　　One moment he met a powerful and strange spiritual creature, and the next moment he pursued him into some weird and complicated place.

　　Therefore, under these unexpected interferences, Azik finally lost the trace of Ince Zangwill.

　　After all, although he has recovered somewhat now, his memory is still incomplete, and so is his strength.

　　Therefore, under the interference of 0-08, it is normal for him to miss when chasing Ince Zangwill.

　　But even so, Azik was not without gains.

　　Because he knew in his heart that the magical item in Ince Zangwill's hand that could control people's destiny would definitely not be free of cost.

　　Azik was chasing him so closely, and Ince Zangwill had to use that magical item frequently in order to escape, so he would definitely not feel better.

….This

　　Coupled with the injuries he suffered in the previous battle with Arthur, if this person does not spend some time recovering from his injuries, he will basically not want to be promoted to a demigod.

　　And Arthur also expected Mr. Azik's failure, and he did not expect to be able to kill Ince Zangwill right now.

　　He knew in his heart that ever since he obtained Saint Selina's ashes, the former Archbishop of the Church of the Night had become a pawn.

　　A chess piece that will deliver the quill to the golden-haired priest at the right time.

　　Therefore, Ince Zangwill is already a grasshopper after autumn, and can only jump around for a few days.

　　Naturally, Arthur didn't need to spend any time dealing with him.

　　"Mr. Azik, we will still have a chance. If I find traces of this person later, I will ask Alsace to pass the news to you." Arthur said to Azik with a serious expression.

　　Although he would not specifically focus on dealing with Ince Zangwill, if there was a chance, it would be better to kill him as soon as possible.

　　After all, as the saying goes, to cut the weed, you have to get rid of the root.

　　"Okay, thank you very much."

　　...

　　In a deserted wilderness, a wolfish figure suddenly emerged from the spiritual world.

　　This man was none other than Ince Zangwill, who had just been hunted down by Azik and was in a state of ecstasy.

　　At this time, after using 0-08 to create accidents many times to escape pursuit, the spiritual energy in his body was almost dry.

　　Therefore, Ince Zangwill has no way to use 0-08 anymore.

　　But fortunately, after escaping many times, he finally got rid of the powerful descendant of the God of Death and successfully survived.

　　And at this juncture when his condition was so bad, the quill miraculously did not act like a monster, which made Ince Zangwill feel a little lucky.

　　Although he knew in his heart that the reason why he was unaware of the strange Extraordinary who had previously ruined his plan was probably because the quill was covering him up.

　　But Ince Zangwill no longer has enough spirituality to suppress 0-08. Since 0-08 is now peaceful and not acting like a monster, he will naturally not be stupid enough to provoke this damned beast at this time. pen.

　　After another short rest, Ince Zangwill recovered a little.

　　So, he re-entered the spiritual world, preparing to find a safer place to better recuperate and restore his spirituality.

　　And not long after he left, another figure appeared here.

　　This is a rather handsome-looking middle-aged man with a mustache. He is wearing a burgundy double-breasted dress and his blond hair is meticulously combed.

　　The man glanced around briefly with his scarlet eyes, and frowned slightly at first.

　　Then he laughed softly again:

　　"Oh, I just didn't catch it. Such a coincidence. It seems that the water in this small city is very deep. I have been out of touch with the times for too long? Is this the way I play now?"

　　...

　　After buying two big bags of ingredients, Arthur returned to his rented house.

　　The ingredients include blood sausage, foie gras and other large amounts of meat, making it a complete meat feast.

　　The reason why they bought so much food was naturally to make up for the shortfall caused by the battle during the day.

….This

As mentioned before, although Arthur gained powerful self-healing ability by devouring the true offspring.

　　But since it has not reached the level of the shepherd's flesh and blood magic, there is no way to rely on "eating from hand to hand" to produce and sell it on its own.

　　And Arthur was seriously injured in today's battle, and a lot of blood was spilled.

　　Although his wounds have now healed on their own, the energy consumed cannot be replenished.

　　Therefore, he needs to eat a lot of food to make up for the losses caused by the body's self-healing.

　　As soon as he opened the door, Arthur saw Alsace squatting at the door.

　　"Hey, little guy, are you welcoming me? It's a rare encounter." Arthur said with some surprise.

　　He bent down and picked up Alsace, nuzzling the cute puppy with his face.

　　"I smell blood, you are injured." Alsace's voice was a little low, and sounded a little unhappy.

　　Arthur was stunned for a moment, then said with a rather tough-guy smile:

　　"It's just a minor injury, it's not a problem, and it's already recovered."

　　Arthas didn't speak, but gently licked the blood on Arthur's face.

　　Seeing this, Arthur smiled and said:

　　"Don't worry, I promised you that I won't cause trouble that I can't handle. I have a sense of propriety.

　　"Besides, I want you to stay with me and live together until the end of our lives, so I won't die easily."

　　"Yeah." Alsace responded dully.

　　After stroking the puppy's furry little head twice, Arthur placed it on the sofa and walked into the kitchen carrying the purchased ingredients.

　　He planned to cook a big meal to reward himself after a battle.

　　After the Blackthorn Security Company battle, Tingen's affairs can basically be said to be done.

　　After digesting the Provocateur potion, he was promoted to Arsonist, sealed the true heir, and obtained two Sun Flame Talismans.

　　In addition, we have some preliminary ideas about the rules for playing the arsonist.

　　So Arthur naturally felt at ease and no longer had to work as hard as before.

　　However, before going to cook the food, Arthur had to go to the bathroom and take a good shower.

　　After all, he had experienced a bloody battle before, and now his body was dirty.

　　After Arthur entered the bathroom, Alsace lay quietly on the sofa, wondering what was going on in his little head.

　　After a while, its ears moved slightly.

　　"Didn't catch it?" Alsace asked softly.

　　A deep and mellow voice came into its ears:

　　"Well, there is a deeper secret in this matter. The gatekeeper is just a pawn, so I didn't insist on pursuing it."

　　"Oh." Alsace shook his tail, his voice very calm.

　　"Huh, you don't seem surprised by this?" the voice asked curiously.

　　"Because my master reserved some means when fighting him, he must have taken some care. In addition, what you just said can be summarized in one sentence, and there is no need to say so much." Arthas muttered softly.

　　"Oh? What are you talking about?"

　　"You're scared."

　　"..."

　　"I'm not scared."

　　"You have the final say." Alsace said nonchalantly.

　　The voice fell silent, seeming to calm down.

　　After a long time, the voice continued to ring in Alsace's ears:

　　"You are good at provocation."

　　"My master taught me."

　　"Hey, little guy, I have a question."

　　"Just ask."

　　"Since you know that the janitor is not that easy to catch, why do you still ask me to hunt him down?"

　　Arthas shook his ears and said:

　　"Well, because I think you're awesome."

　　"Hey, I like that answer, but I want to hear the truth."

　　"Well, because I don't like it."

　　Chapter 98 The rising puppy

　　"It looks like he's unhappy."

　　An extremely simple and crude reason.

　　And when this reason comes from the mouth of Alsace, a cute-looking puppy, it seems extremely inconsistent.

　　This immediately made the voice freeze, and I didn't know how to continue the conversation.

　　"Well, this reason is very... very good." The voice could only comment dryly.

　　"My master also taught me." Alsace seemed a little proud.

　　"..."

　　"Ahem, by the way, what are your plans next?" The voice changed the subject a little stiffly.

　　Hearing this question, Xiao Zai's expression became more serious.

　　"I plan to be promoted to a magic master, and then I will work hard to continue my promotion. I don't want to wait until next time something like this happens, and I can only watch on the sidelines without doing anything.

　　"My master is right, it is better to rely on heaven and earth than to rely on yourself."

　　"Oh? Have you finished digesting your apprentice's potion?" the voice asked in surprise.

　　"It has been digested a long time ago." Alsace wagged his little tail proudly.

　　Just as the puppy was cooing, Arthur also came out of the bath.

　　After coming out, he went into the kitchen and started cooking the ingredients.

　　Seeing this, Alsace traveled from the spirit world to the kitchen.

　　"Arthur, I have good news for you." Arthas squatted on Arthur's shoulders, licked his face and said.

　　"What's the good news?" Arthur asked while handling the ingredients.

　　"Hey, the good news is that I can be promoted to Master of Magic!" Arthas said in Arthur's ear.

　　"Can you be promoted to Master of Magic? Have you finished digesting the potion?" Arthur asked in surprise.

　　"of course."

　　"Well, then I have a question..."

　　Arthur washed his hands and dried them.

　　Then he lifted the puppy on his shoulder to his eyes and asked:

　　"When did you little thing secretly start acting?"

　　"Oh, how can we say that acting is secret? As talented as we are, as long as we are a little serious, we can easily digest the potion." Arthas looked like he was scolding Fang Qiu. .

　　"Really? So Xiaobai, you are so talented?" Arthur said with an amazed look.

　　"Hmph, of course~"

　　"So, talented classmate Xiaobai, how long did it take you to play the apprentice?" A curious look appeared on Arthur's face.

　　"Uh...well, only two or three days."

　　"Two or three days..."

　　Arthur nodded, seeming to believe it.

　　However, just when Alsace breathed a sigh of relief, Arthur raised his hand and flicked its ear.

　　He said angrily:

　　"You little thing, do you think I'm easy to deceive? You're still a liar for two or three days."

　　"Ugh...stinky Arthur, don't flick my ears." Alsace used his furry little paws to pull his own ears, and then muttered.

　　"It's okay if you don't play. Then tell me honestly, have you been acting like me before?" Arthur shook the puppy in his hand and asked angrily.

….This

　　Fortunately, he thought this kid was really lazy, and he had always racked his brains to make him study hard before.

　　But now he discovered that this brat had been playing him all along. How could Arthur not be angry?

　　It is not impossible to digest the magic potion in two or three days, but that requires meeting many conditions before it can be achieved.

　　For example, one may be born with a certain sequence of potions, or one may act like a high-sequence Extraordinary like Arthur did before.

　　Although according to Bishop Laman, Alsace has strong vitality and extraordinary spirituality, which makes its promotion much easier.

　　But to say that it can digest the apprentice's potion in two or three days is still nonsense.

　　So there is only one truth. The laziness of this little kid is probably just an illusion. He must be acting secretly behind his back.

　　As for why it had been hiding it from him before, but now it was confessing it, Arthur also had the answer in his heart.

　　However, Arthur didn't intend to say it out loud, because some things just need to be known in his heart, but it would be too boring to tell them plainly.

　　"Oh, how can I play you? Look at my sincere expression, am I the kind of dog that can deceive people?" Alsace tried to be cute.

　　"Heh, I think your little thing shouldn't be a dog, but a fox. Forget it, I'm too lazy to keep arguing with you."

　　Arthur didn't want to continue arguing with this little kid, so he just let it pass.

　　"However, although you have finished digesting the potion, the Master of Magic has not collected all the ingredients for the potion, and there is still one main ingredient missing.

　　"But you don't have to wait too long, it should be within the next few days."

　　In the last Tarot session, a three-way transaction was conducted between him, Derrick the Little Sun, and Alger the Hanged Man.

　　Calculating the time, Little Sun should have already obtained the extraordinary weapons that Alger promised to provide him, and was on his way to hunt the soul eaters.

　　So in a few days, Arthur will be able to get two warm soul-eater stomach bags.

　　"Oh." Alsace nodded, without asking where his potion ingredients came from.

　　After dinner, Arthur came to the study with his plump puppy in his arms.

　　He put the puppy on the table, then took out a blank diary, filled the pen with ink, and started writing.

　　"Huh? Are you writing a diary, Arthur?" Alsace looked at it with some confusion and asked.

　　"It's a diary," Arthur replied while writing.

　　"Hey~ didn't you say that those who write diaries are not serious people?"

　　Alsace's little face suddenly showed an expression of disgust.

　　"This is not a diary written for myself." Arthur said calmly.

　　"Ah? Isn't the diary written for myself?" Alsace was a little confused.

　　Arthur tapped the puppy on the head with a pen and explained:

　　"In addition to writing a diary for yourself, you can also write it for others to read."

　　After a pause, he continued:

　　"Not only that, but you can also write it in someone else's voice and then show it to another person. This is the beauty of a diary."

….This

　　Oh... I seem to understand why you said that serious people don't keep diaries anymore." Alsace said suddenly.

　　It looked at Arthur who was writing and wagged his tail, feeling a little guilty.

　　In fact, it is also secretly writing a diary, and the main content recorded is the embarrassing things that Arthur usually does.

　　But then Alsace comforted himself by thinking that he was a dog and not a human being, so it didn't matter whether he was serious or not.

　　"Then who are you writing this for?" Alsace shook his ears and asked curiously.

　　Hearing this question, Arthur suddenly smiled and said:

　　"Our dear poet classmate will be leaving in a few days, and I am preparing a farewell gift for him."

　　A gift he will never forget.

　　"Huh?" Arthas was a little confused.

　　The little guy's curiosity was aroused by this sentence, and he moved next to Arthur to see what he was writing.

　　After watching for a while, the expression on Alsace's face gradually became a little strange.

　　It looked at Arthur, and then at what he had written on the table, and hesitated to speak, and hesitated to speak.

　　Finally, Alsace couldn't help but said:

　　"Arthur, I have something I don't know whether to say or not."

　　"Then don't talk about it."

　　"No! My conscience does not allow me to keep silent about this." Xiao Zai'er said righteously.

　　"Oh? If that's the case, then just say it." Arthur put down the pen in his hand and looked at the little guy in front of him playfully.

　　Arthas took a few steps back and came to the edge of the desk. He said with a smile:

　　"Arthur, I think I can only be regarded as a fake dog, and you are the real dog."

　　After saying that, the little puppy turned around quickly to avoid Arthur's hand reaching out to grab it, and then got into the spirit world.

　　It traveled through the spirit world and came to the window sill, but before it could say anything, it found Arthur standing in front of it and grabbed it.

　　"Haha, come on, what else do you want to say? Keep talking." Arthur grabbed the puppy and looked at it with a half-smile and said.

　　After practicing using ghost vision for a long time, he can already control this ability freely.

　　If Alsace uses long-distance spiritual world travel, then Arthur really has nothing to do, after all, he can't catch up.

　　But Arthur could vaguely see some traces of this short-distance shuttle.

　　Coupled with the flashing ability brought by the flashing ring, he can easily catch this little kid who is now a little carried away.

　　However, even though he was caught, Alsace did not give up at all.

　　It said with a righteous look:

　　"Even if you catch me and use force to coerce me, I will still use my unyielding voice to tell the truth.

　　"I think you're much better at 'dogs' than me."

　　"Haha, unyielding voice, right?" Arthur sneered.

　　"Yes, I love my master, but I love the truth even more. I can't kill all those who tell the truth. If I die, there will be others after me!" Alsace held his head high and said seriously.

　　"Okay, okay!"

　　Arthur held the puppy in one hand, and a flame rose in the other.

….This

　　He looked at Alsace who was starting to get a little panicked and said:

　　"Since you want to stick to the truth, then I will let you know what power is."

　　"Let you, like those predecessors who uphold the truth, have a taste of being burned at the stake. What do you think?"

　　"Wait, don't be impulsive, hold the fire farther away." The puppy flapped its short legs and tried to break free.

　　"It's okay to take it a little further, but then do you still insist on the truth?"

　　"I won't insist anymore." Alsace saw that the situation was not good and was very decisive.

　　"Humph! That's pretty much it." Arthur then put the child down.

　　...

　　In the guard room in front of Chanis' door, Leonard sat quietly at the table and waited.

　　He had previously collected Klein's body into St. Selina Church together with other Beyonders who came to help.

　　Now, he is waiting for his captain Dunn to finish his work.

　　Because he had something to tell the captain.

　　After a while, Dunn walked in with a tired face.

　　Leonard stood up and asked somewhat eagerly:

　　"Captain, how is Luo Yao?"

　　Dunn rubbed his forehead, sighed, and replied:

　　"She is in good condition, she just fainted due to the riot of the sealed artifact.

　　"But the guardian behind Chanis Gate is not in good condition, I'm afraid..."

　　Leonard's green eyes dimmed for a moment, but he quickly forced a smile and said:

　　"At least... at least one survived."

　　"Yes, at least one more person is alive." Dunn said in a low voice.

　　Leonard took a deep breath and then expressed his decision:

　　"Captain, I've thought about it, I want to join the Red Gloves."

　　Dunn stopped rubbing his forehead, put down his hand, looked at Leonard's red and swollen eyes, and was silent for a long time.

　　He lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Okay, I have sent a telegram to the church to report the situation here.

　　"When the people from the temple come, I will help you apply."

　　Leonard pursed his lips, hesitated, and then asked:

　　"Captain, don't you ask me about the sequence? The addition of Red Glove requires at least sequence seven."

　　Dunn twitched his lips, forced a smile, and replied:

　　"That's nothing worth asking."

　　Dunn came to Leonard and helped him straighten his collar.

　　Then he patted his shoulder and whispered:

　　"After becoming a Red Glove, you should be sent to Backlund. You should be more careful in everything then."

　　"Yes, Captain."

　　"The situation there is more complicated than here, and the cases will be more dangerous. You need to be more cautious when encountering problems."

　　"I understand, Captain."

　　"Especially this incident, we all have a good memory. If we notice anything wrong, we must report it immediately."

　　"I will remember...Captain..."

　　"I will always stay at Tingen. If you feel tired, come back and have a look."

　　"Yes..." Leonard was already crying.

　　"Don't cry, be strong." Dunn's eyes were red, but he resisted and helped Leonard wipe away his tears.

　　Leonard took a deep breath and finally controlled his emotions.

　　He said: "Captain, I...I'll go notify Klein's family."

　　He died right in front of my eyes, but I had no effect.

　　I should be the one to face the scene I least want to face, I will...

　　Dunn smiled gently and said:

　　"I'm still your captain now, so naturally I'm the one to do this."

　　He turned around and walked toward the door.

　　"When will you become the captain, you will be qualified to do this.

　　"But I hope you never get the chance, never get this opportunity."

　　Dunn walked to the door, stopped, turned his back to Leonard and said:

　　"By the way, I forgot one thing."

　　"Captain, tell me." Leonard looked at this familiar scene and thought in a daze that he had gone back to the past, before everything happened.

　　Dunn said in a low voice:

　　"I know what you want to do. You have to take my share with you and return it to that person together if you have the chance."

　　"I will, I will definitely do it, Captain." Leonard replied softly.

　　…

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