Before the battle, Lamias did not have a landline phone with her … In such a high-intensity battle, any electronic gadgets she had would probably be destroyed. Therefore, it was good enough that she was able to find a landline phone.
Even if the landline phone in front of her was an antique rotary dial, Lamias did not say anything. She lifted the cylinder and pressed it against her neck. Then, she poked her finger into the rotary dial.
A few seconds later … a dozen seconds later … a minute later, Lamias suddenly put the cylinder back and left with a cold face.
The phone was still working. There was signal. Obviously, she could call the outside world.
However, Lamias discovered a shocking fact. After getting used to using a modern cellphone, she did not have the habit of remembering phone numbers … except for her own phone number.
"This place is not far from the school. It's at most half an hour's drive away."
"That woman named Eve … I didn't expect her surgical skills to be so superb. But now, the pain is more intense. I'm afraid it's because the anesthesia has worn off."
"The armor will automatically repair itself in five hours. After five hours, I can use the armor's built-in healing technique to recover."
"This manor has been hiding a secret since the beginning. Should I investigate it carefully?"
Countless thoughts appeared in Lamias's mind. Finally, she decided to walk around the manor in the courtyard. This was within the range of activities allowed by the owner of the manor.
"After five hours, the armor will be activated. When I face Eve, I won't be as passive as I am now … I can also investigate the strength of Eve and the owner of the manor … Hmm, what is this?"
When night fell, Lamias, who had walked out of the manor and came to the courtyard, heard some singing … It was the voice of a woman singing.
But obviously, it was not Eve's voice. This instantly overturned Lamias's inference that only the owner of the manor and Eve lived in the manor.
The voice came from the attic on the east side of the manor. Lamias walked out a few steps and looked up. Under the dim light, she saw something sitting in front of the window sill of the attic.
A shadow, a square shadow … A bolster.
One of them could sing and was currently singing. She had big eyes and looked like she had walked out of a cartoon — a bolster!
Lamias's eyes widened. Even though she was in the inhuman world and was used to seeing all kinds of strange things, she still couldn't help but be surprised when she saw a pillow with hands, feet, eyes, a mouth, and even a singing voice.
Magical creatures — she could only deduce in this direction.
Magicians were a group of eccentric people. They would use magic to create many magic puppets to serve them. Lamias had seen a lot of magic puppets in the past, commonly known as gargoyles. They were the servants that most magicians liked to create.
But a bolster … a bolster that could sing, this was the first time she had seen one.
Lamias felt that this pillow was fundamentally different from the Gargoyle Golems that moved sluggishly. Just as she was about to get closer to the pillow to study it, the pillow on the attic window sill seemed to have noticed something.
It looked down and blinked. The bolster jumped into the window and pulled the curtains close. Then, the lights in the attic were turned off.
Lamias opened her mouth in surprise and then shook her head … But she was even more afraid of the owner of the manor who could create such a sentient bolster.
Although the owner of the manor looked like he was in his early twenties, it was very likely that he was hundreds of years old. Magicians were a group of people who could maintain their youth with secret potions.
"He said that he only moved here a few weeks ago … What is his purpose?"
"Is he … someone from the [Magician Association]?"
Lamias had more and more doubts in her mind. After thinking about it, she felt that if she didn't know the origin of the owner of the manor, it would bring a lot of uncertainty to what she was going to do in the town.
…
Boss Luo, who was reading in the study, suddenly heard a sound.
It was the sound of someone knocking on the window with a stone … Boss Luo walked to the balcony and opened the window. He saw Lamias in the courtyard looking up at him.
The way she threw a stone to call someone was like the childish style of the last century. Boss Luo leaned against the guardrail in front of the balcony and asked curiously, "What's the matter?"
"You said that I can't go up." Lamias shrugged and said, "Your big house is so quiet. I think you are a person who likes quietness, so I can only choose this method … After all, there are so many rooms, but only this one seems to be occupied."
He was on the balcony and she was in the courtyard. She raised her head and he lowered his head. The night was bleak. The temperature in the suburbs was lower than in the town, so the air was condensed with mist.
The smell of grass filled the air.
Boss Luo felt that this kind of conversation was quite interesting, so he smiled and said, "Why are you looking for me, Ms. Lamias?"
"Let's get straight to the point." Lamias had simulated the conversation with the young master of the manor many times and finally came up with a plan. That was why she threw a stone. "I want to know why you know about the Holy Relic of Reversal."
"Because I have some special information channels." Boss Luo said casually — but this information came at a price. It was exchanged with life … and time.
Of course, he did not care about the consumption of this kind of information — after all, it was not related to the big secret of all the sub-worlds and the dimensional crevices.
As expected!
Lamias was shocked. She was even sure of something, so she continued to raise her head and asked, "You … are from the [Magician Association]?"
"No."
"No?" Lamias frowned and pondered for a moment before saying, "You came here for that thing?"
She was testing … that thing — whether the other party knew or not, such a tone would always attract the other party's interest.
That thing — anyone would be curious about such a tone.
— Hey, do you know about that thing?
— What thing?
So.
"I wonder what that thing that Ms. Lamias is talking about is." Boss Luo asked curiously, his eyes glowing with interest.
Lamias suddenly asked, "What do you think of this town?"
"It's a good place." Boss Luo said casually, "Calm, peaceful, friendly … it's a very suitable place for a vacation."
"Other than that?" Lamias blinked and guided him step by step, "That's right, it's like a paradise. It's hard to even feel that there's any evil here. Even if there's some fighting and causing trouble occasionally, it's only because the young people are curious and naughty. They're not bad at all."
Boss Luo smiled and said, "What are you trying to say?"
Lamias said seriously, "Do you know about petitioners? You must know, after all, you even know about the Holy Relic of Reversal."
"So?"
Lamias said slowly, "In this town, the probability of producing petitioners is much higher than any other place — it's even comparable to the headquarters of the Holy Church … So, don't you suspect something?"
"Oh … You mean, this town has a way to turn people into petitioners?"
"It's a way to make petitioners." Lamias smiled and said, "Or rather, there's something that makes the people born in this town purer than those born in the outside world, and makes the people living here purer."
"Maybe it's just because the people here are simple and honest." Boss Luo said casually.
"University." Lamias said calmly, "University students are not born and raised in this town, they're almost all from other places. But after these people graduate, they can still produce petitioners, but the probability is much lower — because, after they graduate, they leave this town. "
"Miss Lamias, you said just now. Let's get straight to the point."
"We suspect, no …" Lamias suddenly said in a deep voice, "We speculate that there's something in this town that is continuously transforming or cultivating the souls of the people living in this town, so that they can reach the standard of becoming petitioners, or even get close to this standard. And this thing is very likely to be … a Holy Relic! "
"I'm not interested in the Holy Relic for the time being." Boss Luo shook his head. "If you're interested, I might not return your pendant to you so soon."
Hearing this, Lamias couldn't help but ridicule — How could this guy describe this kind of robber's behavior so righteous and upright?
"But I'm interested." Lamias said directly, "So, I want to ask you to help me get the thing that can transform the souls of this town's residents."
Boss Luo said, "Miss Lamias, why are you so sure that I can help you … Also, you said 'we' just now, why don't you go and help your companions?"
"Of course, there are some special reasons." Lamias said indifferently, "This matter can only be done by me alone — the rules don't say that I can't ask for external help."
"I'm easily subdued by you." Boss Luo shook his head.
"You don't have to do it yourself." Lamias naturally didn't believe his nonsense. "You can ask your servant to do it. I can feel that the servant girl named Eve has extraordinary abilities. Don't worry, I won't let you do it for nothing … The world is so big, I'm sure you can find something that interests you. "
"I admit." Boss Luo nodded. "There is indeed something that interests me at the moment."
"Tell me," Lamias said bluntly, "I can give you something that even [Magician] won't refuse."
"For example?"
Lamias suddenly said, "What do you think of me — I mean, how do you think of me compared to [Inhuman]?"
"With all due respect, Miss Lamias, you're just an ordinary person." Boss Luo said indifferently, "Whether it's mentally or physically, you're not beyond the scope of an ordinary person."
She didn't care at all and nodded. "Yes, I'm indeed an ordinary person, but … look carefully."
As she said, Lamias slowly squatted in front of Boss Luo and pressed her palm on the ground.
She didn't do anything, but a faint light circle suddenly appeared on the ground … In the light circle, a few rays of light intertwined like lightning. After a while, Lamias withdrew her palm.
But at this time, she was holding a black stick about twenty centimeters long and half a finger thick.
"Extracting the iron element from the soil …" Boss Luo thought for a while and said, "Your spiritual power is not high, obviously it's not a superpower, but you can control metals, interesting ability."
Facing the unfathomable Lamias, Boss Luo suddenly stretched out his palm.
A small black stick suddenly stretched out from the soil and grew crazily, reaching the height of the balcony where he was standing.
Luoqiu stretched out his hand and flicked the black stick lightly, suddenly there was a metallic sound. He shook his head, "It's not difficult … and it's not enough to interest me at the moment."
Lamias's proud expression suddenly became stiff … She opened her mouth but couldn't say anything.
So angry!
But immediately, a blazing light burst out from her eyes — this manor owner is really not simple!
She suddenly laughed, "No, this is not the ability to control metals … This is [Alchemy]! What you saw just now is an ability called [Refine]! The basic principle is equivalent exchange, drawing a refining array, then you can create anything through refining! Refining this iron stick is just a demonstration, in fact, I can refine other things. "
With that, Lamias put her hands together again and pressed them on the soil. This time, a stone pillar appeared from the soil … about one foot high.
Boss Luo knew about alchemy … How could he not know? Miss Maid's body was the crystallization of alchemy.
But the alchemy that Lamias performed seemed to be quite different from the alchemy of this world — the key point was, she had no magic power.
So, this was a completely different concept from the alchemy of this world, but it had the same effect — and it could be used by ordinary people.
"Very interesting." Boss Luo nodded at this time.
This was not an ability that should be in this sub-world No. 003 … Just like Nan Xiaonan's Star Creation Technique to create Star Creation creatures.
— I don't believe you won't take the bait!
Lamias smiled faintly at this moment — This refined ability came from another world!
How could this not make people feel surprised? Even the most brilliant magician couldn't ignore this refining ability that violated the existing system!
Lamias didn't even forget how shocked the higher-ups of the Cultivation Association were when they saw this kind of miraculous refining ability — from that extraterrestrial visitor!
"I can help you." Boss Luo smiled at this time, "But it's just a help, it won't necessarily succeed. The price is that you have to explain this alchemy to me … What do you think?"
"Okay." This was not beyond Lamias's expectation. She nodded, feeling very satisfied.
Of course, teaching was not a problem … But whether she could learn it or not, she didn't promise at the beginning, right?
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