"I can't imagine it." Ethan shook his head. Such a novel statement was too complicated for an old man like him.
"You just have to know that nothing will happen to her. She always appears there mysteriously and then disappears mysteriously. Her appearance means those two are busy for the time being, and her disappearance means that she has gone to look for her mother."
"It's incredible. I still can't believe that she is the captain's daughter." Ethan sighed, "Can the so-called blood magic be so magical? If I learn it, can I also create a child?"
"I'm afraid not. I asked President Xiao. He told me, 'The birth of life cannot completely violate the laws of nature. For humans, two parts of flesh and blood are necessary to create miracles.'"
"It means I have to find someone to go with me."
"Is such that."
"It's a bit troublesome. If it's just flesh and blood, it's not difficult, but I don't want to use deception..."
Ethan had something else in his mind that he didn't say. He was already this old - to little Emily, he and Luca were both her grandfathers. If he was asked to date a girl seriously now, he might not be able to do it.
"Maybe the situation isn't that bad." Li Ang comforted him, "Look, if women can do it with women, then correspondingly, men can do it with men."
"Shut your mouth, Corneril, I know you can't hold your fart well!"
At the same time, on the other side, the three outsiders who had been standing anxiously outside the tall city gate finally waited for the internal reception.
With the sound of creaking gears, the huge door panel was pulled up and lifted, revealing a spacious doorway and a tunnel paved with bluestone slabs.
Luca stood behind the doorway and waved at them, signaling the three to come in quickly.
Tilan took half a step forward and then paused.
She didn't follow the Sally brothers in until she was sure that they had walked in and were fine. At the same time, she began to look around the inner city curiously.
"How clever of you." Luca saw through her caution. "Why would you wait until now if you wanted to harm me? You can even fall asleep while reading a book. I don't know whether to say you are lucky or unlucky."
"I think it's lucky!" Tilan said seriously.
If this place really was... really was the place she had guessed, then if she hadn't happened to come across the library, if she hadn't happened to fall asleep while reading a book, if she hadn't happened to - and had inexplicably entered this dream world, then she might never have discovered this secret in her entire life!
Isn't this good luck? She can still distinguish between good and bad!
"Don't talk too much on the way." Luca glanced at the Sally brothers, "You haven't been certified yet, I'm going to take you to see the 'doctor' first. Before that, don't look around or touch anything, otherwise if something happens, I can't guarantee that I can send you back."
Is he trying to intimidate us?
Tilan's eyelids twitched a few times, and he looked at the Sally brothers again, only to find that the two men did not show any expression.
So she also kept silent, and obediently let Luca lead her into the ground floor of a bell tower, wandering around in the dark and narrow tunnels and corridors, and taking the elevator up and down 15 times, finally arriving at a spacious room.
The overall tone of the room was green, including the carpet on the floor, the flags and paintings on the wall. There was also a row of potted plants in the corner, all of which were some weird plants she didn't recognize.
Why does this flower look like it has teeth...?
Out of curiosity, Tilan moved a little closer.
She didn't forget Luca's instructions, and she didn't plan to touch it.
She just wanted to take a closer look, so that shouldn't be a problem, right?
"If you don't want your nose bitten off by the genitals of a fang flower, I advise you to stay away from them."
Along with the warning, a man in a white coat, with a big nose and brown curly hair pushed the door open and hugged Luca first.
"Good night, Master Luca."
"I'm no longer a wizard... But you, Femi, I told you at the beginning that even if the king and nobles lost their jobs, you could still continue to be a doctor."
"It's all thanks to His Majesty for giving me the opportunity." The man, Fermi, nodded his chin seriously, then looked at the three people waiting, "Are they the ones?"
"Yes, please go through the process for them."
What does it mean to follow the process?
Tilan became more and more curious.
It all sounds very formulaic...Are there a lot of people like us?
She thought of the cars and people she saw on the street before she came in, and had to admit that this "Dream City" was quite lively. If those people had also been inspected like them, then this process must have been repeated at least a thousand times.
"That's easy." Fermi raised his eyebrows. "We're even halfway through the walk. What's under your feet is not a carpet, but a carnivorous plant that reacts violently to pollutants, the Devil Grass Seed."
what?
It would have been better if he didn't say it. After he pointed it out, Tilan and Moore among the three were startled and quickly lowered their heads to check their shoes.
Fortunately, it's nothing serious... there's nothing weird on it.
This carpet looks like ordinary grass. Is it really the "devil grass seeds"?
Hmm, but the name does sound familiar.
But they soon discovered something was wrong, because the grass under Wright's feet began to ripple, and the grass sprouts shot out more than one meter high in the blink of an eye, tightly wrapping around Wright's legs and pinning him there.
"Oh, Mr. Sally."
Fermi showed a regretful expression.
"What have you done with your real body?"
"Nothing." Wright sighed, "I just... I thought the cells of the Mimic had their own magical properties, so I transplanted some of them into the leather gloves I was wearing."
"Such a thing!" Moore was shocked and angry. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because you didn't ask, my stupid brother."
Tilan didn't understand at all.
What is Mimic?
Why do they seem to know what these two people have done?
"You are wasting everyone's time, Mr. Sally." Fermi walked to the desk, opened the drawer and searched around, and finally came back with a test tube.
"Xenoviruses aren't a big deal these days. To put it bluntly, when something needs it, it's given preference, but now that it's not needed, that privilege is gone... Can you accept the loss of your leather gloves, Mr. Sally?"
"…Do I have the right to say no?"
"I'm afraid not."
"Then I'll accept it." Wright said with a smile, "Let me see your methods."
Fermi smiled back at him, then quickly uncorked the bottle and splashed the liquid in the test tube in his face.
"Ouch——!"
Wright screamed and covered his face, and smelly white smoke continued to spew out from between his fingers.
"Wright!? Oh my god what did you do to him!?"
"take it easy!"
Just when Moore was about to go crazy, Wright suddenly stretched out a hand to stop his brother.
"Don't be nervous... I'm fine... This feeling... Oh~~~ This feeling is more comfortable than soaking your feet in the cold weather..."
As he spoke, he lowered his hand, revealing a face that did not change at all.
No—it’s not like there has been no change.
Tilan had been observing from the side, and if asked to comment, she would say that Wright-Sally now looked more energetic and his expression was much kinder than before.
Smelly white smoke was still wafting from his body. The smoke surrounded his back and formed a distorted ghost face, which was trying to scream.
"what--!"
"Paji!"
Fermi reached out and crushed it.
"If you haven't received systematic medical training, don't play with something as dangerous as a foreign virus." He sat back at the table and began to write, shaking his head. "If you had come a week later, you might not be yourself."
"???"
Moore looked over there and over there in doubt, all his anger focused on his outrageous brother: "Wright——"
"I promise I won't play next time."
Wright waved his hand and glanced at Luca, who was standing by with his arms folded, "What will happen to me in reality?"
"It will also be 'purified'." Luca nodded. "You don't think that dreams are just dreams and cannot interfere with reality, do you? This is not an ordinary dream. This is a miracle called the 'Fantasy Realm', a condensation of great thoughts. You can take everything here seriously."
"Great thoughts?" Wright narrowed his eyes.
"That is something more noble than 'God'." Luca raised his chin to him.
"Excuse me--" Tilan couldn't help it, "So that means this place was created by something more powerful than 'God'?"
"That's about right."
"So they are here to help us?" Tilan stared.
More powerful than God, why should we be afraid of the Gray Mist Evil God?
The Eclipse Abyss is a piece of cake... As long as these things are willing to take action, it can be solved, right?
“Well…” Faced with her request-like question, Luca felt a little embarrassed.
"Your Excellencies should be busy with something and unable to leave right now, but I guess this is the case... I think as long as they come back, we can handle it, but we have to play a role anyway."
"In this regard, ahem! I especially need your opinion on this." He put on a serious face to Tilan, "I will take you to a good place later... Then I will have to rely on your memory - are you sure you have seen the 'Eclipse' with your own eyes?"
"I...I'm sure!"
"That's no problem, Fermi!"
"The list is ready." The doctor tapped the table with his pen. "Security check reports for three people, two copies in total. They can take one copy themselves, and remember to send the other copy to President Xiao."
"Isn't there a 'Night Owl'?"
"Unfortunately, 'Night Owl' is not at home today."
"Then you help me deliver it!" Luca rudely shirked his responsibility, "Don't you see I have other things to do? It's a deal, I'll treat you to dinner next time you come!"
"Then you actually..."
boom!
Without waiting for Fermi to refuse, Luca dragged the three people away.
"What I actually want to say is that Cassius should have a day off today, so why don't you go find him..."①
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①: Moren Shaw, Luca Pilarcon, Femi, the chief physician of the palace, Captain Cassius and others are all characters who appeared in the later period of "Blood and Bone Pride". The "Bellamore" mentioned above refers to "Tucker Bellamore", who was responsible for controlling the intelligence system of the Corrupted Blood Kingdom.
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Leaving the tower, Luca led the group to the street. He did not lead them into other tall towers as they had expected, but directly led them to a place similar to a dock.
There is a pier here?
Tilan looked around in great surprise.
This was still the city, and in the distance I could see the shadowy outline of the tall city wall, but here… this flat wooden plank stretched out for a long distance. Did it look like a dock? It couldn’t be anything else except a dock, right?
But the problem is, there is no water...
She stood on the extended planks of the dock, looking down from the edge, and could see nothing but a roiling, vaguely creeping silver mist.
And visibility was very low. The silver mist itself had very limited luminous ability, and the farther away it was, the darker it looked. She could see clearly at this distance thanks to the lights around the dock. She didn't know why Luca brought them here.
"Eight fifty."
She heard Wright call out a set of numbers.
Is he talking about time?
Ah... yes... there are clock dials on almost all of those towers, eight fifty... anyone with eyes can see it.
Wait, at 8:50 in a place like the pier...
"coming."
Luca nodded, "Don't say anything when you see anything later, or you'll be considered a country bumpkin."
As soon as he finished speaking, the three of them saw a tall wooden ship coming from the foggy sea in the distance.
The structure of this ship is very old, and it is actually the ancient sailing ship... It docked at the dock and lowered the ladder, and figures began to jump down.
These people are so young...
The first thing Tiran noticed was their age.
