"Want to run?" Syudos didn't know how many times he had struggled after being suppressed by the Blood Shackles. At first, he could still take a breather within the Magic Array, but once Lin Yun became a 9th Rank Great Mage and had nine Magic Arrays, Syudos thoroughly lost his temper.
The power of the nine Magic Arrays pressured Syudos to the point where he couldn't even raise his head. He could only let Lin Yun crush him, and if he resisted, he would be suppressed by the nine Magic Arrays. This kind of dark days were incomparably torturous for Syudos.
Now, after being released by Lin Yun for the first time, Syudos finally had the opportunity to build his happiness on someone else's pain. How could Syudos be polite to Xiuban?
"Damn, I can't run, how could you dare to run?"
Syudos' Flame Shackles coiled around the Draconic Beastman and tightly bound him. Under the shockingly high temperature, Xiuban let out a blood-curdling screech.
"I only came out to take a breather, I swear I didn't want to run!" The Draconic Beastman looked as if he was drowning as he struggled with all his might.
But no matter how much he struggled, how could he escape from Syudos? That was a genuine Upper Rank Flame Spirit. Just in Human Shape, it already had the power of a Peak 9th Rank High Mage, and in its Flame Spirit form, its power was close to that of an Archmage.
Xiuban was at most a 9th Rank Great Swordsman, and one that hadn't received much martial training. In front of Syudos, he wasn't much stronger than an ant.
"Sir Syudos said you wanted to run, yet you still dare to deny it?" The Upper Rank Flame Spirit was simply unable to restrain its anger. It directly hung Xiuban from the carriage and roused the Flame Shackles to lash Xiuban's body.
After no less than a hundred lashes, Xiuban's flesh was lacerated and he was dripping with blood. Only then did the Upper Rank Flame Spirit vent a bit. "Let's see if you still dare to run!"
"I … I won't dare …" The pitiful Draconic Beastman was already on the verge of death when he was freed from the Flame Shackles. He was lying in the carriage, swearing not to run while inwardly cursing, 'Damnit, I'm not crazy, why would I run after being beaten like that? Do you think I'm addicted to getting beaten?'
"You're smart." Syudos coldly snorted and once again turned into a ball of flames, floating within the spacious carriage.
But this time, Xiuban didn't dare to attack again. That was a harmless Light spell. Syudos' lesson almost made the Draconic Beastman lose half his life. He didn't dare to move for the entire night. Every time he saw that bright flame above his head, he would feel a chill in his heart.
Lin Yun recovered from his deep meditation at dawn. He glanced at Xiuban in the corner of the carriage and saw the scorch marks all over his body. Lin Yun naturally knew what had happened.
"How was it? Did you sleep well?"
"I slept very well, I slept very well …" The Draconic Beastman had tears and snot flowing down his face, but he had no choice but to squeeze out a stiff smile and nod to show that he had slept well.
"Looks like you got along well with Syudos …" Lin Yun smiled and recalled the Upper Rank Flame Spirit before taking out a palm-sized crossbow from his pocket. "I still need to study that beast tooth necklace, so I can't return it to you for the time being. Take this crossbow and use it first."
"Ah?"
"Ah what? Don't touch it, it's poisonous …"
"You're really giving it to me?" Xiuban naturally knew that it was poisonous. The reason why the Highland Beastmen were called rats among Beastmen, apart from their extremely corrupt morals, was that the Highland Beastmen were very good at using poisons. From the most ordinary warriors to the highly respected Elders, they were all poison experts. As for the Witch Doctors, who were regarded as the soul of the Highland Beastmen, they had lived with countless poisons since birth. Every drop of blood and every breath of theirs carried a powerful poison.
How could Xiuban, who came from the Highland Beastman Tribe, not know that the crossbow was poisonous?
The problem was that the poison was too strong …
Xiuban only needed to smell it from a distance to know that this crossbow's poison was definitely enough to instantly kill a level 20 magic beast. What was even more frightening was that this crossbow itself had a very formidable magic attribute. It could be said that magic and poison were perfectly fused together, even making this crossbow give birth to some kind of spirituality. Just holding it in his hand made Xiuban feel an unprecedented power.
Xiuban even felt that it wouldn't be difficult for him to defeat an Expert Swordsman while holding this crossbow.
"Wh … Why?" Fear appeared on Xiuban's dark red face for the first time.
"Bumpkin, do you know what contract you just signed?" Lin Yun didn't have time to say anything before Shawn's voice came out of the ring. "You just signed a total of seven contracts. Don't ask about the specifics, you only need to know that you sold every part of your body to Merlin. In other words, from the moment you signed the contract, you became Merlin's personal item. In order to protect his personal item, how could Merlin not be generous?"
"…" The Draconic Beastman suddenly paled. He looked at the crossbow in his hand before looking at the calm Lin Yun.
"Personal item is a bit excessive, it can be tactful …" Lin Yun seriously thought about it before asking under the expectant gaze of the Draconic Beastman, "Don't you think it's better to call it a pet?"
"…"
After eating breakfast, the joint exploration team left the Silver Moon Mercenaries' camp. For the next two days, they kept moving forward on the rugged road with great difficulty. The journey from Thousand Sails City to the Four Seasons Canyon was about five days long. During the boring journey, the leaders of the nine major forces would chat with each other when they had nothing to do.
Especially Lin Yun's carriage, which had been harassed the most.
Apart from acquaintances like Solomon and Cadgar, some leaders who weren't very familiar with each other started using all kinds of excuses to board Lin Yun's carriage, saying some nonsense about the weather being good before politely returning to their own carriages. It was like this for two days in a row. Apart from wasting time, they were also wasting time.
It was quite strange …
Lin Yun, who had always been extremely stingy with his time, seemed to have changed in the past two days. He politely received these people every day and politely sent them off, because Lin Yun knew that these people had come to express their attitude towards him. If he didn't meet them, they would feel insecure and wonder if they had done something wrong. They might even be worried that they might provoke the Gilded Rose's retaliation. If two of them were brave enough to take a risk out of desperation, it would truly be self-defeating.
Thus, no matter how busy Lin Yun was, he would take some time out to chat with these leaders. The content of the chat wasn't important, what was important was that everyone had already chatted.
Over the past two days, almost all the leaders had chatted with Lin Yun. The only one who hadn't come was Fran.
Nothing could be done about it, Fran simply couldn't come. That day, Lin Yun's Fire Dragon Roar had almost made Fran lose his life. Although he had relied on potions to recover from his injuries, the damage to his mind couldn't be healed.
That day, Lin Yun had stomped Fran's head into the mud in front of everyone.
After suffering such a huge insult, Fran really wanted to die. If it weren't for the Vaughn Treasury in the Four Seasons Canyon, Fran would have long returned to the Mercury Tower. Why would he continue to stay in the joint exploration team and be criticized by others?
After leaving the Silver Moon Mercenary camp, Fran used his injuries as an excuse and didn't take a step out of the carriage from morning to night. Today, Lys couldn't stand it anymore. After eating dinner, he brought a bottle of potion for treating burns and came to visit Fran.
"Hey, I already advised you …" Lys saw Fran's complexion and knew that his injuries had long since healed. The only reason he was hiding in the carriage was because he was too ashamed to see anyone.
The problem was that hiding wasn't a solution …
'We are about to reach the Four Seasons Canyon, and you were sent by the Mercury Tower to get a share of the harvest. You can't just hide in the carriage and get a share of the harvest, can you?
Moreover, who can you blame?
You were the one who stood up for Lithur, you were the one who wanted a fair fight, and you were the one who made the first move. Who can you blame? Blame Merlin for being too powerful, blame Merlin for casting too fast, blame Merlin for stomping your head into the mud? Aren't you being unreasonable … '
"Alright, Lys, you don't need to say anything else. I won't let Mafa Merlin off." Fran's eyes were filled with hatred as he recalled the humiliation he had suffered that day. Even when he looked at Lys, a faint trace of hostility could be seen in his eyes.
Fran didn't immediately return to the Mercury Tower because of his desire for revenge. Fran was even looking forward to the joint exploration team reaching the Four Seasons Canyon a bit earlier and entering Vaughn's Treasury a bit earlier.
In Fran's eyes, that was the best place for his revenge.
'Aren't you, Mafa Merlin, very powerful? Then let's go to Vaughn's Treasury. That's the treasury of the last Artisan of the 3rd Dynasty, it's the true home field of alchemists. I don't believe that I, Fran, who became a Master Alchemist a decade ago, can't deal with you, Mafa Merlin.
'I'll let you know how serious the consequences of insulting a Master Alchemist are …'
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