Hessiana and Vivian stood in the living room, staring at each other. One was ready to pounce on Hao Ren and the other was ready to run away. The atmosphere of reunion was like a banquet at Hongmen — it was their signature way of getting along.
After Hao Ren confirmed that his house was not in danger of being demolished, he looked around the living room. He was looking for Lily, but he could not find her.
"Where's Lily?"
Vivian pointed to the back door. "She was fighting too hard and accidentally froze herself. She's melting in the backyard."
Hao Ren was stunned. He quickly walked to the back door and waved to the three of them. "Find a place to sit. Make yourself at home. I'm going to check on Lily."
After leaving the four vampires in the living room, Hao Ren left the scene as if he was fleeing from a disaster. When he came back to the house, he was shocked by what he saw. There was a large ice cube in the open space behind the house. Lily was in a threatening posture inside the ice cube. There was a bonfire around the ice cube, and the flames licked the ice cube, giving off steam.
The little demon Y 'lisabet was adding firewood to the bonfire. As she did so, she mumbled, "Slow roasting on medium fire, slow roasting on medium fire …"
Hao Ren put his chin back in place and knocked on the crystal-clear ice cube. "Looks like it was a good fight."
Lily stared at him for a long time before she blinked. She looked embarrassed. She wanted to shake the ice cube off, but it was not ordinary ice. She could not exert any strength in it. She could only melt it slowly.
"Hello, Uncle Ren!" Y 'lisabet looked up and saw Hao Ren. She was very sensible and did not forget to add firewood to the bonfire.
Hao Ren nodded and then waited to see when Lily would melt. But he did not wait long before he heard the sound of ice cracking. Lily's popsicle was quickly covered with tiny cracks. When the ice had melted to a certain extent, the husky could finally shake the ice from the inside.
Hao Ren quickly grabbed Y 'lisabet's arm and dragged her aside. Almost at the same time, the ice cube shook violently from the bottom up, and then ice shards exploded like fireworks. When Y'lisabet lit the fire, she roasted Lily from the bottom up. So, the melted and cracked ice was from the bottom. Lily's head was still frozen in the ice, which made her look as stupid as could be.
"Crack!" Lily finally broke the last ice shell on her head. She shook her head hard, took a deep breath, and then sneezed loudly. "Ah-choo!"
Hao Ren patted the ice shards off his body and carefully went up to her. "Are you … okay?"
"Mr. Landlord, you're back!" Lily greeted Hao Ren energetically. She swung her arms and then looked at the door with gritted teeth. She then rushed in. Her roar could be heard on both sides of the street. "Battie! I'm going to kill you! "
Hao Ren was shocked and quickly reached out to stop her. "Hey, don't! Inside — "
But Lily's speed and momentum were not something that ordinary people could stop. Hao Ren saw a flash of white light before his eyes. He grabbed a handful of white hair in his hand: it was from Lily's tail. Before he could react, the husky had already rushed into the house, into the encirclement of the four vampires.
Then came the sound of fighting. At first, it was Hessiana and Kassandra who were surprised and then Lily who was running away. The second half of Hao Ren's sentence was lost in the wind. "There are too many of them inside —"
Half an hour later, a large group of people gathered in the living room. It was a mess. Vivian stood in the middle of the broken coffee table, arms akimbo, and scolded everyone. "You, you, and you — Doggie! Hessiana! And Hessiana's two clowns! Look at what you've done to the room! It took me a lot of effort to clean it up! You're so happy, Mr. Landlord. If you had stopped Doggie, nothing would have happened! "
Hao Ren snapped out of his daze and looked at Vivian with a strange expression. "Wait a minute, I'm the victim here. This is all my furniture. Why am I being scolded along with them?"
Vivian was still akimbo for a moment. Then she moved aside. "Oh, you don't count. Continue to be happy."
Lily curled up on the sofa, her head against Hao Ren's arm. "This is a big loss. This is a big loss."
Looking at the husky, Hao Ren could not get angry. He could only press her head hard. Then he looked up at Hessiana, who was sitting on the sofa, looking sad. "So, are you hurt badly?"
Hessiana's head was full of bite marks, and her eyes were still in a daze. "Everything happened so suddenly. Why did it chase after me and bite me?"
"You look like Vivian," Hao Ren pointed at Vivian. "And you're a good fighter."
Nangong Wuyue was mopping the floor, cleaning up the dog fur and blood. She had just returned home when she encountered the terrifying fight. She did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Look at you guys. It's not easy to come back from a 'business trip'. Can't you guys stop for a while? Aren't you tired enough?"
Hessiana was holding a small mirror to check the bite marks on her face. She was startled when she heard what Nangong Wuyue said. "Business trip? What business trip? What are you busy with, Lady Vivian? "
"Helping someone save the world," Vivian said, glancing at Hao Ren. She then pouted at Hessiana. "Show us what you brought. And tell us about the situation."
Hessiana nodded, but she looked at Hao Ren with distrust. "He can handle it."
"He's the boss here. He calls the shots." Vivian frowned. "You're prejudiced against Mr. Landlord. Didn't you two work together in Athens? You should know that he's capable. "
Hessiana pouted, but she did not dare to refute Vivian. Hessiana reached out and picked up a suitcase next to her. It was an ordinary-looking black suitcase, similar to the small suitcase that employees carried when they went out for work. However, after Hessiana unlocked the complex password lock on the suitcase, a strange smell of blood wafted out of it.
The smell was so strong that it was nauseating. But it was completely sealed inside the suitcase. Hao Ren poked his head out to take a look. Sure enough, the inside of the suitcase was unusual. It was covered with a layer of grayish-white leather of unknown material. It was densely covered with blood-red Letta runes and magic circles. The small suitcase was a very intricate and complicated magical item.
The internal structure of the suitcase was so complicated and mysterious that Hao Ren could hardly believe the words "Shanghai Luggage Factory" were written at the bottom of the suitcase.
Nangong Sanba was just watching from the side. But when he saw the structure of the suitcase, he was stunned. "What's inside? Why would they need such a tight seal? "
"A demonic item." Hessiana carefully took out something wrapped in black goatskin from the suitcase. "To be honest, even in the world of the otherworldlings, this thing is not common. But the human-turned-wizards can make this incredible thing."
Hessiana unwrapped the black goatskin. It was a shriveled, black, weird thing less than a foot long. It looked like some kind of fish, but it had a horrifying 'face'. Its huge teeth and hideous triangular eyes made it look very creepy.
Lily looked at it in amazement and blurted out, "Salted fish?"
Hessiana was speechless.
"This is the larva of the Purgatory Flasher. It has been a specimen for hundreds of years," Kassandra explained softly, not minding Lily's description of the 'salted fish'. "This thing is not something that our dimension should have. It comes from the Mythological Era, a different dimension called Purgatory, which was once connected to Earth. It is very, very dangerous."
She then added, "Of course, it's not a problem to call it a salted fish. Because the Purgatory Flasher is indeed a fish, and this is its dried fish."
Hao Ren was speechless.
Lily still remembered the horror of the red-haired Vivian. She frowned and looked at the salted fish. "What does this thing have to do with the magic book?"
"The one who made the magic book and the salted fish … err, the one who made this specimen," Hessiana said with a serious look. "And the wizard should have made more sorcery items. His original purpose … is probably related to Lady Vivian."
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