Stray

    "I'm very sorry for the sudden emergency." Oliver said nonsense with sincerity, "We have no way to contact you, so we can only leave without saying goodbye."

    Jesse Dillon raised her beautiful eyebrows and blue eyes like frozen lake water. "Oh—is that so?" He clutched his chest sadly and let out a long, stage-actor-like sigh. "That's too bad, I have a hunch we'll get along! Well, Noe is such a heartbreaking place, so I'm just here to say goodbye to you all—"

    While talking, he casually knocked on the black seal task list, and signed a task at will without looking at it. Oliver took this opportunity to quickly lose the coordinates on the operation panel of the teleportation array, and threw a golden page with a little distress. The monitoring beam swept across their faces and stayed on the black seal for a moment, before the dizziness and bumps unique to the Great Teleportation Array grabbed them in the next second.

    Vincent Town is extremely remote, and the large teleportation array can only send them to the nearest medium-sized city. This time the teleportation distance was extremely far, and after the light flashed, only Ann and Adrian were still standing. Nemo himself had a terrible headache, and after all the tossing, he lay on the ground in a daze, almost beginning to wonder if his head was still attached to his neck. The grey parrot struggled to get out from under his robe, took a few steps crookedly, and shook his head desperately.

    Oliver covered his mouth and leaned against the wall, looking like he was fighting to the death with nausea.

    The guard on duty gave them a playful glance. But when he saw the snake head on the black seal, he suddenly stood up straight and put his hand on the hilt of the saber.

    "Anyway, I got rid of it." Ann didn't want to talk to the two struggling little boys, she turned to Adrian. "I remember Willard being more Mooney here?"

    "That's right." Adrian nodded, "Nearly 80% of Willard's population believe in Mooney."

    "Very good, so much more comfortable." Ann shrugged, "They can't wait to see Ladd jokes... Hey, have you two rested enough? Lying here for a long time will give Others are causing trouble."

    Oliver straightened up with difficulty, while Nemo rubbed his temples hard and sat up slowly from the cold hard stone slab. Perhaps it was determined that these dangerous elements had no intention of provoking trouble, the guard sighed in relief and slowly removed his hand from the hilt.

    "This gentleman." Oliver wiped his mouth, trying to keep his voice as steady as possible. "Is there a hotel near here?"

    "Yes." The middle-aged guard replied cautiously, "Come along this street, there is a four-leaf clover house within five hundred steps south."

    "Good start." Ann stretched hard, her joints rattling. "Finally can rest in peace, my God."

    The four-leaf clover hotel is well-known among adventurers, and there will be at least one near the Great Teleportation Array. Its accommodation is not so good, it is convenient and cheap. Since the boss has some contacts with the top management of the mercenary guild, few people make trouble in the store. Unfortunately, there is a downside to being popular—

    "The shop is gone?" Ann asked disappointedly.

    "Yes, ma'am. There are only single and double rooms left." Although it was dark, the girl in the light green uniform didn't seem sleepy at all, her voice soft and sweet. "There are four people in total. One double room and two single rooms are recommended. The price of a single room is slightly more expensive, but in terms of conditions—"

    "Two double rooms will do, we have limited funds." Ann waved his hand, "Oliver and Nemo have a room, and I have a room with Clos...Do you mind, Clos? Anyway, I don't have one. The habit of sleeping naked."

    The knight commander nodded slightly in agreement, and Oliver nodded weakly. And Nemo held his eyelids tightly, and his head was a mess - even if he was given a stable now, he would have the confidence to fall asleep immediately in the smell of horse manure.

    "So be it..."

    "How rude to a lady!" A familiar, annoying voice called from behind them.

    Nimo woke up almost immediately, "Have I fallen asleep?" he asked alertly, "Why do I seem to hear that Dylan—"

    "A single room for this lovely lady. In addition to two double rooms, I can share a room with you." Jesse Dillon smiled sweetly at the girl who received the guests, The young girl blushed instantly. "I'll pay the bill—just make amends! You guys seem so busy, you don't seem to have time for a drink together."

    "Okay." Oliver opened his mouth before Ann opened his mouth, and he twisted himself hard so that he didn't sound so weak - Oliver's expression didn't change, but Nemo noticed. Take a breath for him. "We're really busy, so we'll clear things up. Mr. Dylan, I don't know why you're here for...?"

    "It's all destiny." Jesse Dylan stepped forward, with a suspiciously shy tone in his voice. "I don't know what the mission on your side is, and you just saw it, and I just took a random mission. This is probably what people call 'fate'—"

    Oliver rubbed the goosebumps on his arms and twitched the decent smile on his face.

    "And I'm in love at first sight!" the pretty blond youth announced, with a serious tone. Nemo subconsciously turned to look at Ann - Ann's face was ashen.

    "Oh, it doesn't have to be this lady, I haven't figured it out yet. You, you, you, and you." Jesse, apparently aware of Nemo's actions, raised his right hand, Point to them one by one. "...It's all my type, which is really embarrassing."

    An's face turned blue now. Nimomo took a step back silently, An Ze clenched his fists, and the electric light between his fingers made a small crackling sound. Adrian's expression did not change, but there was indeed a murderous aura in the air.

    "Thank you for your generosity." Oliver squeezed the words between his teeth, "Remember, we've settled."

    "Really heartless." Jesse said with emotion, "This kind of cold place is not bad."

    Oliver shuddered visibly, took the key from the girl, dragged Nemo and left the front room. And Ann also took the key to the single room and ran away quickly - before leaving, she did not forget to give the knight commander a sorry look.

    "Is Mr. Cross all right?" Nemo scratched the parrot's neck. After a week in the sewers, the hot bath and soft bed made him feel like he was in paradise. "Wouldn't it be nice to leave him there alone?"

    "He has a lot of combat experience." Oliver rubbed his hair violently with a towel, "... He has more knowledge than us, so he should be able to handle it."

    "That Dylan isn't great." Nemo buried himself under the covers and let out a comfortable sigh. "...but I can't figure out what he's going to get from us."

    "I don't think so too." The grey parrot finally spoke after a long absence, and Nemo and Oliver's eyes instantly focused on it.

    "...Another superior demon?" Nemo asked in shock, yawning abruptly. "Are the superior demons everywhere now?"

    "I'm not sure, I don't feel anything." Bagelmore sounded rare seriousness, "He must be hiding his breath. Maybe something has happened to me over the years. I don't know the skills... but even if it uses some means, that Dylan's strength is at least above my - I mean this piece of my flesh and blood."

    "...I'm starting to worry about Mr. Cross," Nemo muttered.

    "He is a sea scorpion black seal. According to Ann, he should be a great danger." Oliver frowned. "Baglemoru is not too strong, Mr. Cross hasn't lost his strength, it's better to say, now..."

    The grey parrot grabbed Oliver's hair frantically and forcibly interrupted him.

    "I'll take a look anyway," Oliver said, throwing the grey parrot aside. "You go to bed first, and if you can't do it, you can make Mr. Clos squeeze with us."

    As soon as he opened the door, he almost ran into Adrian - Adrian Cross had a pillow under one arm, and the other hand made a knock on the door. It stopped awkwardly in mid-air.

    "Er...Mr. Cross." Oliver took two steps back and let Adrian enter the room. "Are you all right?"

    "...Dylan is too noisy." Adrian thought for a moment and concluded in a heavy tone. "Lend your floor for a night's sleep."

    Nemo is reluctant to imagine the concept of "noisy" that can make the former trial knight commander run away: "You can sleep in the bed, and Oliver and I will just squeeze one."

    Oliver rarely made a comment, he just quickly made room on his bed.

    "Thank you." Adrian didn't say no more, he sat upright on the edge of the vacant bed. "Now that I have time, Mr. Wright, may I have a chat with you?"

    "You don't need a title, just call me Nemo." Nemo replied holding the pillow, the other's posture was too formal, he was a little embarrassed to lie down directly. "what's wrong?"

    "About you... your situation." Adrian said seriously, "If you don't mind, you can tell me the cause and effect. I've seen enough demon warlocks, maybe they can help busy."

    Nimo was completely awake. He jumped up from the bed as if he had met a savior. From being attacked by Bagelmore until the battle with Witherspoon, Nemo describes every unnatural place like a bean.

    Then his hope faded between the knight commander's frowning frown.

    "Generally speaking, there are three types of abnormal contracts with demons. If the human side does not have any talent for magic, and the demon insists on signing a contract, human beings will directly dry up and die after making a wish. 'Poor law reaction'. Another very rare, when the human magical talent is stronger than the devil's flesh and blood, they will die together after the contract is successful due to the incompatibility of the spell system, which is called 'excessive rejection'. Therefore, the superior demon is choosing to erode When it comes to the target, the aptitude of the prey will definitely be assessed.”

    "You only said two." Nemo's Adam's apple slid nervously.

    "The last one is 'cannibalism', we have only seen one case - the experiment done by Della Laineen. Even if human beings have been corrupted by superior demons, they can still make contracts with other superior demons ." A look of disgust appeared on Adrian's face. "After the wish is fulfilled, the two pieces of flesh and blood will fight in the human body, devour each other, and the stronger party will gain the dominance of the body. When they do that, the human body as a container will be greatly distorted, and the victim of the last time The whole body swelled up, almost filling it up..." He looked around, "This room."

    Nemo shuddered at the spacious room.

    "He definitely didn't have that situation." Oliver interjected, "I witnessed the whole process of his being attacked by Bagelmore, and basically never separated after that."

    "I can guess." Adrian said, "I have never seen this kind of anomaly, I can't help, I'm very sorry."

    "No, I'm much more at ease." Nemo said hurriedly, "Maybe Bagelmore is too weak."

    The grey parrot, who had been huddled under the quilt since Adrian entered the door, got out of his head and let out a dry howl of grievance.

    "Actually I have a question to ask." Nemo tucked the grey parrot back and tried to change the subject. "Since you hate Della Laeneen so much, why are you giving him the information? If he can reproduce the reason for your loss of power..."

    "It can't be reproduced. If that information is really valuable, I will never make that kind of mistake." Adrian sighed, "I know you are curious, and I have nothing to do with it. Concealed - I don't know why I lost my power, in short, I didn't do anything special. It just... just disappeared."

    Nemo really feels better this time, at least he's not the only one in the room being played with inexplicable reality.

    "It turned out to be so, completely beyond my expectations."

    "Yes, I'm also very...wait?!" Nemo shuddered and summoned the shadow directly. "Jesse Dillon? When did you—"

    "It's because you chatted so much that you didn't notice me at all." The blond young man in the corner casually held the pillow and gestured cheerfully with his other hand. "It's a waste of me to sleep in that room all by myself, and you see, I don't have much money--so I just gave it away. Dear Nemo, can you get these shadows out of the way? I'm very timid!"

    "The floor is still empty." Oliver said slowly, "Please, Mr. Dylan."

    "Can't this bed sleep two people? Don't be too outspoken."

    "Please." Adrian stood up decisively. Instead of lying down on the floor, he stood up against the wall. The former knight commander's eyes were sharp and tireless, and he looked like he was going to stand all night.

    "Do you hate me so much?" Jesse said sullenly, as if she had been dumped by her longtime lover. "Even if you lose your power, I won't do anything too much to you. Although I don't mind being watched by others, I prefer the kind that you love and I want—"

    "Shut up!" the other three roared at the same time.

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