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The chanical birds were as fast as a beam of light.
They flew past the shoulders of two guards, circled above the crowd for a while, and then suddenly burst into a piercing screech!
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The sound was so loud that it almost deafened the people nearby!
Several guards imdiately showed signs of pain, they involuntarily covered their ears, their bodies beca weak, and they collapsed one after another.
The gamblers who were originally watching the commotion were also affected by the aftermath of the screech, and they started to run around in panic.
The two chanical birds then swooped down and crazily shuttled through the crowd, moved to another place, and started screeching again.
In an instant.
The area near the gate was in chaos.
The dwarf looked around with a satisfied expression on her face, but then she looked at the tall and thin mage in front of her with so surprise.
He seed unhard.
Her gaze quickly locked onto the small book he was holding in his hand.
Unfortunately, she was too short to see more than the edges of the defensive psalm through the gaps in Matthew's fingers.
"Hmph!"
The dwarf snorted heavily.
But she didn't continue to provoke Matthew, instead, she walked confidently to the counter next to the gate.
At this ti, the seductive woman who was in charge of reception was also groaning in pain on the ground, unable to take care of the things on the counter.
The dwarf reached out her right hand and jumped up.
She didn't reach it.
She didn't get discouraged, moved a little closer, and jumped again!
This ti she got it!
Matthew saw her take a chip wrapped in iron from the counter.
Without any extra movent, her right hand suddenly emitted a burst of red light, and the chip also started to glow.
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「Prompt: You notice that the chanist in front of you is performing "Item Infusion" on the chip.
Item Infusion: One of the basic abilities of a chanist, the infused item will change its basic properties (there is a certain randomness)」
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The next second.
The dwarf threw the chip with all her might—her expression was relaxed and casual, and her eyebrows were full of coolness.
But under the heavy armor that didn't fit her figure.
Her movents seed clumsy and strenuous.
It was just a small chip she was throwing, but it gave Matthew the illusion that she was throwing a heavy shot put.
Bang!
The glowing chip hit the black gate.
Dust and smoke billowed.
A few seconds later.
A huge hole appeared in the middle of the gate, standing directly opposite, the scene behind the door was clearly visible.
Matthew leaned over and clearly saw that behind the door was a very spacious office.
In the middle of the office was a luxurious desk.
Behind the desk sat a fat man with a shiny head and a cigar in his mouth. He looked to be in his thirties and was frowning at the uninvited guests outside the door.
"Are you Yu Lian?!"
The dwarf asked through the gate.
The fat man raised his hand and slapped under the table twice. Imdiately, two young won wrapped only in a piece of silk cloth around their waists crawled out from under the table.
The two won walked straight out of the office door as if no one else was there.
One of them was wiping her mouth as she walked, cursing as she went:
"Yu Lian, can you drink less and eat less chili next ti?!"
Yu Lian's face didn't change.
It was only after the two won left that he coldly replied:
"I am Yu Lian, do you have any complaints about my door?"
As he spoke, he stood up.
He was tall and fat, completely overpowering the dwarf in terms of montum.
But the next mont, his pants fell down without warning.
"Damn it! Mary, Susan! Where's my belt?!"
Yu Lian quickly held up his pants and roared in the direction where the two won had left.
Unfortunately, no one answered.
The dwarf's eyes flashed with intense disgust.
But she still took a step forward:
"Yu Lian, I want to talk to you."
Yu Lian, holding up his pants, sat down on the chair and slapped the table:
"Co in and talk."
The dwarf walked in without fear.
Matthew, who had been watching the drama for a long ti, also quietly followed in.
After a while, the guards who heard the news blocked the area near the gate.
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"So, how much did that bastard Butcher give you?"
Yu Lian put his ankles on the office desk and shook his cigar.
"Who is Butcher?"
The dwarf countered.
"Not Butcher? Then it must be Fellig, right? Damn it, I invited him for dinner last month, and he dared to send soone to smash my place!"
Yu Lian suddenly seed furious.
The dwarf coldly said:
"I don't know what you're talking about, but the nas you ntioned have nothing to do with . I'm here for a woman."
Yu Lian imdiately showed an unbearable expression:
"Woman, always won! Hundreds of won co and go in my casino every day, which one are you talking about?"
The dwarf snorted coldly:
"You must rember Lily, right?"
Yu Lian thought hard:
"Lily? Which Lily? Is it big-breasted Lily, or the Lily with a mole on her butt, it can't be the one with a tattoo on her stomach, she's almost fifty!"
The dwarf's expression was cold, as if she had seen through Yu Lian's acting, she just said to herself:
"You deceived Lily, you told her you would be with her, but in the end, you chose to abandon her.
She's not doing well now, she's lost her appetite, and her ntal state is terrible.
I must seek justice for her.
If you can't give
a satisfactory answer, then I will give myself a satisfactory answer.
I haven't blown up a casino yet, no chanist doesn't like explosions."
The threat in the dwarf's words was more than obvious.
However, Yu Lian was not angered, he just seed a bit confused.
At this mont, Matthew stepped forward:
"Can't rember?"
Yu Lian waved his hand:
"I've abandoned too many people in my life, it's really hard to rember all at once."
"So you admit you're a scumbag?"
The dwarf's eyes beca sharp.
"Hey! Even if you're a chanist, you can't swagger around in my office!"
Yu Lian yelled discontentedly at the outside.
"Close the door!"
Soone outside reminded:
"Boss, the door is closed, there's just a hole."
Yu Lian slapped his forehead:
"Then just co in directly, Sugar Treasure, Sugar Treasure, co out my good boy!"
As his words fell.
Several chaotic roars could be heard.
A huge monster suddenly burst out from the side hall next to the office!
Its body almost filled the space.
Its three heads repeatedly rubbed against the corridor between the office and the side hall.
A large amount of saliva ford a drizzle, sprinkling on the faces of everyone in the office.
With a slight sour taste.
This was a purebred Hellhound!
If it weren't for the collars tied around the necks of the monster's three heads, with a dozen thick iron chains tightly bound behind, it would have pounced on the dwarf and Matthew by now!
"Look, look, look, I'm not a pushover either. If you really have the ability to plant bombs all over my casino, then go ahead and blow them up, blow everything up to the sky, but as long as I'm alive, I can rebuild at any ti! Everyone in Kordo City knows that my na, Yu Lian, is the golden sign of the casino."
He forcefully pressed the cigar head into the ashtray, sparks flying:
"Now get out of here, fix the door for , pay a fee, and I can agree to leave you with one hand - don't look at
like that, Sugar Treasure may not be hungry now, but for a small guy like you, eating a dozen is more than enough."
The dwarf didn't say a word, just put down the backpack behind her.
She lifted a corner of the backpack and took out a round object sared with heart graffiti.
"This is Paradise, once detonated, it's equivalent to the effect of a fifth-order spell Silent Mont - if you don't know this spell, then you should at least have similar common sense: after a spectacular and beautiful explosion, it's the quietest mont in the world."
The dwarf coldly stated:
"It can not only blow up your casino, but also send you and your dog to the underworld - no, the Hellhound is tenacious, I can't guarantee that it will definitely be blown up, maybe it will survive, and then enjoy your body. I heard that dogs are very loyal animals, but when they are extrely hungry, the owner's body is not inedible, right?"
"Hey! Calm down, calm down."
Although he didn't know if the dwarf was telling the truth, the round object in her hand did cause Yu Lian and even Matthew to tense up.
The latter didn't say a word, opened a private room with a defensive chant.
This is a very interesting protective spell, it will generate a magical singularity at the caster's location, and through this singularity, you can enter a dinsional space of about twenty square ters.
The singularity will be damaged if it is injured, and the dinsional space will also collapse and disintegrate.
However, the people inside will not be affected by the first wave of damage, but will appear where the singularity originally was.
This spell is perfect for hiding from explosions.
Despite being ready to dodge at any ti, Matthew still tried to persuade:
"Hey, lady, things haven't gotten to that point yet, there's still room for communication, listen to , put down the bomb first, okay? We can have a good talk."
The dwarf glanced at Matthew, giving him face, and stuffed the bomb back into the backpack.
The next mont, she put the backpack on the ground and sat cross-legged on the floor, effectively stuffing the bomb between her legs.
The dwarf's posture actually looked a bit cute.
But the presence of heavy armor and bombs constantly reminded the two n in front of them that this lady was not a little brat who ca to ask for candy, but a chanist known for her astonishing destructive power.
"Can't you really rember which Lily it is?"
Seeing that the dwarf's mood had stabilized, Matthew turned his head and asked Yu Lian again.
Yu Lian looked very troubled:
"These days, every woman who cos out likes to call herself Lily, how can I rember... no, can't you let your lackey stop talking?!"
He seed to choose to vent his frustration on Matthew out of annoyance.
The dwarf sitting cross-legged on the ground looked up at him:
"He's not my lackey."
Yu Lian looked at Matthew in confusion:
"Then why did you co in with him? You two, one tall and one short, you're always following him, and you always co out to diate when things are about to get stiff, isn't this what a lackey should do?"
Matthew thought about it and felt that the other party's words made sense.
"I'm a separate visitor, from Junliu Island, this is Li Witchy's introduction letter."
Despite Yu Lian's bad attitude, Matthew didn't get angry, just patiently explained.
"Li Witchy? The Sea Turtle King? If you see him, tell him to calm down, the sea turtles on the north shore are almost eaten by him!"
Yu Lian complained a few words, then looked at Matthew with so apology:
"I'm sorry, I misunderstood your identity and encountered such a thing. Actually, this is not the usual state of our Happy Casino. Although there are troubles in the casino every day, today's absurdity is the first ti. Do chanists really have this ability? Say blow up and blow up, then what do we need mages for!?"
"Ah, I don't think I have ti to read this letter now."
Matthew shook his head with a smile:
"No rush, Lily is important."
As soon as he heard the na Lily, Yu Lian's face imdiately showed a look of collapse.
Matthew reminded:
"According to this lady, it should be a woman you've hurt recently."
Yu Lian held his head and said:
"I swear, there are many won I've hurt, but I really haven't been with any Lily recently!"
"If you can't, just blow it up. I have so protective scrolls and body protection charms here, just to test their quality."
He looked at the dwarf on the ground with so determination.
The dwarf did not back down.
She glared back forcefully.
Matthew had no choice but to switch to another target for diation:
"Lady, I can see that Yu Lian doesn't seem to be lying, and in fact, he doesn't need to lie. If you can provide more information, it might help our communication."
The dwarf turned her head to look at Matthew, her eyes still fierce, looking unwilling to speak, and silently hugged the backpack in her arms.Matthew spoke softly, "Speaking of which, I still don't know your na. I've always been interested in chanists, and today is the first ti I've t one. By the way, my na is Matthew, a Mage, well, a Necromancer. May I have the honor of knowing your na?"
The dwarf's fierce gaze softened slightly.
She coolly replied, "Popo."
"My na is Popo Wilkins."
Then she turned to look at Yu Lian, "Lily is a peripheral mber of the Huo Sisters Association. She was driven away by you a month ago. When I found her, she was covered in wounds, and she said they were all caused by you."
Yu Lian shivered at her words, "A month ago? I only fired two or three people then. Wait, could it be Brin?"
Popo asked in confusion, "Who is Brin?"
"A female worker, she used to work at Half-Day Lover, you know, hehe... never mind, you probably don't understand, it's the na of a brothel!"
"Later, because she was always stealing from custors, she was kicked out by Half-Day Lover. Since I had looked after her business before and she didn't steal from , I gave her a chance to work in the casino."
"She didn't steal anything during her ti at the casino, but she tried to seduce
several tis. I didn't agree, tis have changed, and I'm no longer interested in her."
"Then one day, she bribed the security and sneaked into my bed, which scared . After that, I handed her over to Orkin, who was my security manager at the ti. He always liked Brin. She didn't refuse and happily stayed with Orkin."
"After a while, about a month ago, Orkin made a serious mistake at work, causing the casino to suffer heavy losses, so I fired him."
"Brin left with Orkin."
"Well, if you hadn't specifically ntioned the ti, I wouldn't have rembered. It seems that Brin's stage na was Lily?"
After listening to Yu Lian's account.
Popo frowned, "You're lying!"
Yu Lian spread his hands, "I'm telling the truth, Sugar Baby can testify!"
"You've been fooled, stupid woman! That Brin is the one who encouraged you to co here to die!"
"Damn it, can't you use your brain and compare our statents to see which one is more reliable?"
Popo responded expressionlessly, "One is a casino boss, the other is a dependent female worker, who do you think I would believe?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Lian exploded, "You can ask anyone in Kordo City about my reputation! I've done all sorts of bad things, but I never lie."
Popo still seed very stubborn, no matter what Yu Lian said, she remained motionless, clutching her backpack as if she had turned into a statue.
Yu Lian went to great lengths to explain, and finally asked, "Can you give
a little bit of trust? Young chanist? Damn it, if it weren't for your special profession, you'd be lying in Sugar Baby's stomach by now!"
Popo didn't say anything.
"I believe him."
At this point, Matthew stepped forward, his eyes fixed on Popo, his tone very gentle.
"So you're in cahoots!"
Popo looked at Matthew warily.
Matthew laughed, "Actually, the best way to figure out what's going on is to confront each other. Of course, I guess the lady Lily behind you wouldn't want to co here."
"I have a question for you. When Miss Lily was telling you about her experience at the casino, she must have shown you her wounds, right?"
Popo nodded heavily, then added, "It was when I saw her wounds that I was filled with rage and swore to avenge her!"
Matthew asked, "Were her wounds fresh or old?"
Popo hesitated, "It seems... it seems there were both new and old ones."
"She told you herself that she was driven away a month ago. In a month's ti, even the most serious skin injuries should have healed, right? Let alone fresh ones."
Matthew calmly said, "I can't guarantee that every word Mr. Yu Lian says is true, but Miss Lily obviously lied to you."
"She's taking advantage of your sense of justice."
For the first ti, Popo's eyes flickered.
She seed to have never thought that things would take such a turn, and her expression was sowhat panicked.
Although this emotion only lasted for a short ti, it was fully captured by Matthew.
"A very young chanist, with a sense of justice, easily stirred up by others, stubborn, sharp-tongued, not very communicative, but seems to be quite powerful."
He quickly labeled Popo with various tags in his mind.
At this point, Popo seed to be sowhat persuaded.
Her face was slightly red, and she looked at a loss.
But she still clung to her backpack and dared not let go.
Matthew signaled Yu Lian with his eyes not to provoke her.
Then he took a risky step forward, "What's wrong? Popo, if you're willing to believe , we can put down the bomb first and continue to discuss this matter calmly."
Popo blinked.
Then Matthew heard her whisper, "But things have already co to this, it seems awkward not to blow sothing up."
Matthew was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
After struggling on the spot for a while, Popo finally stuffed the bomb back into her backpack and put it back on her shoulder.
"I guess I oversimplified things. I, I, I'm sorry."
Under the helpless gazes of Matthew and Yu Lian.
Her apology was as soft as a mosquito's hum.
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"Prompt: You have successfully diated a nearly inevitable conflict, you have gained the elent of the Balance domain: Coordination*10!
Elent accumulation completed.
You have the opportunity to enter the "Balance" domain, do you want to enter?"
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Deep in the rainforest.
In a narrow valley.
Accompanied by a mournful cry, the green, mountain-like creature finally fell at the mouth of the valley.
The fall of the Tyrannosaurus caused a great commotion.
But this ti, no animals were scared away nearby.
This is because this life-and-death battle concerning the promotion ceremony has been going on for a full nine days!
Nine days of fighting.Lumiere finally managed to take down the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
At this mont.
He was lying on the neck of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, spitting blood in a frenzy.
His injuries were severe, almost fatal, but as long as the Tyrannosaurus Rex died before him, everything would be different.
Before long.
A bright light shone down from above, illuminating Lumiere like a spotlight.
Lumiere was instantly moved.
He knew that this was the guiding light of the Black Banyan Dream!
He had completed the hunting ritual.
He was about to receive a blessing and officially advance to the fifth rank as a Child of the Rainforest!
More importantly.
He finally had the chance to et the Spirit of the Rainforest that he had been longing for.
In the past.
He had only heard about the Spirit of the Rainforest from the elders who had completed the advancent ceremony.
This was enough to make him yearn for it day and night.
And today.
Today was the day he would et the Spirit of the Rainforest.
The guiding light gradually disappeared.
Lumiere felt a sense of elation.
He was being gently lifted upwards by a force.
He felt as if he was flying to heaven.
After an unknown amount of ti.
Lumiere found that his injuries had healed.
Before him was a lush banyan forest.
And under a giant banyan tree, Lumiere was surprised to find a grand throne!
He nervously moved his gaze from bottom to top.
Suddenly.
He saw a sowhat small figure sitting high above on the throne—
It was a small flying squirrel, lying on its back in a human-like posture!
Lumiere was taken aback.
He plucked up the courage to ask:
"Um, excuse , are you the Spirit of the Rainforest?"
The flying squirrel did not answer.
It just stared at him coldly.
Lumiere hesitated for a mont, but eventually knelt down slowly.
The next mont.
The majestic voice of the flying squirrel rang in his ears:
"You've done well, you deserve more rewards."
"But you're not yet qualified to et the Spirit of the Rainforest."
"Unless, you can complete another task for the Spirit of the Rainforest."
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(End of Chapter)
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