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He mentally prepared himself and looked down at the patch that resembled silver patterns.
[Silver Demon Locking Gold Pattern: A body enchantment patch driven by intense energy. The greater the performance gap between the user and another, the stronger the reduction in spell power, up to a maximum of 99%. Note: Can be used as a container for succubi; when a succubus is contained within, the user's overall performance will increase dramatically.]
"...awesome."
Latis shed two hot tears, and with a tragic air, lifted his robe and pressed it against his lower abdomen.
"Ah...this can actually work too if you apply it to your arm..."
Yashutia stared blankly into Latis's fiery eyes, then rationally swallowed her words.
Chapter 89 What is this?
"These cloud irises should be enough for my brother and me to use as pages in our magic books..."
Ateliers picked up the long grass stems placed on the ground, and with a flick of her magic, opened a dimensional rift.
The raw materials for magic book pages and blank scrolls are almost identical, only the proportions are slightly different...
She counted the materials stored in the gaps and muttered to herself:
"Cloud calamus is used to make paper, then magical plants and minerals rich in magic are ground and coated on it to form a platform that holds the materials for the spell and the reaction process... Luckily, I also have moonlight lotus leaves and water magic sand I collected earlier."
Artemis bent down to look at her reflection in the river, touched her fluffy short hair, and sighed.
"It's a pity he cut his hair to avoid trouble. I think he would have liked it more if it were the handsome long-haired older brother he had when he was a child..."
Suddenly, she noticed the elegant earring that had accidentally peeked out when she turned her head, and she couldn't help but tremble. She quickly lowered her head and hid it in her hair.
"This is...this is so embarrassing."
Artemis stood up, took a deep breath, patted her face, and was about to turn and leave when she suddenly felt a pinching sensation on her body, followed by two light taps on her head.
"B-Big brother, what's wrong!"
She steadied herself against the tree, her legs slightly weak, and calmed her breathing, connecting with the half-elf stone sculpture in her mind. Before she could even ask a question, a commotion reached her ears.
"Halt! If you come any closer, we'll open fire!"
"Why are you all so nervous? I'm not Black, I'm just a little tanned. Isn't my skin color normal?"
"That's my older brother's voice. Who is he talking to?"
Artemis immediately understood Latis's intention and, sensing the direction of the stone sculpture, began to fly rapidly.
The voice from the stone sculpture continued to echo in her mind.
"Hey, I already told you I didn't bring a gun, do you guys really need to be so wary?"
"You said you weren't carrying a weapon! What is this?!"
"Damn it! Where the hell are you touching?! This is my innate soul bone! It's just a bit long, don't you have one too?"
"you you!"
"Alright, alright, I'm the captain of this squad. Who are you, and why are you with the Demon Squad members and their subordinates?"
"You're the captain? Captain, the Imperial Army asked me to give you... oops, I misspoke. Um, let's talk privately..."
"The Demon Squad? The Captain?"
Artemis's face turned pale instantly. She gritted her teeth, her magic surged wildly, and she shot out like a missile.
"Black-hatted sorcerer, you dare touch my lover? You're dead!"
……
[The commission has been updated]
[Details: A large number of signals from the Black Hat Sorcerer organization have been detected in the center of the southeast trade route, approximately forty miles from the city. Please proceed to eliminate the hostile forces.]
[Reward: Defeating a Black Hat Warlock will earn you 500 Magic Network Points.]
[Current progress: 0%]
The carriage door was knocked on while it was moving. The inspector was taken aback, then quickly opened it and looked at Slingk, who was standing steadily at the front of the carriage.
"Your Highness, what are your orders?"
"I need to go ahead and take a look; I sense something is wrong."
Slinger explained calmly.
"How far is it from here? His Majesty instructed me not to let you go too far alone." The inspector looked troubled.
Slinger looked at the location of the quest, which was still more than 30 miles away, on the magic radar. Just as he was about to sigh and stay in the caravan, he suddenly noticed that the Morning Light wreath he was wearing on his wrist had begun to wither.
"The Morning Glory flowers planted at Siyuan Flower Castle seem to wither more easily than those in the wild... Even though I've used magic to sustain their life force, is this still the case?"
"Your Highness?"
Slinger lowered his slightly raised wrist, nodded, and said:
"I know it's a very nearby place, and I'll be back soon."
After saying this, she quietly bowed, and then the magic of flight formed a pair of pure white straight wings behind her. She gracefully held down the hem of her long dress and flew away.
……
"Are you the captain of this squad? What's your name?"
Latis patted the man next to him on the shoulder and asked casually.
The man subtly moved two steps to the side and said warily, "Tell me your identity first! Who are you? Are you a member of our organization?"
“Oh, I almost forgot.” Latis took out the Black Hat family's honor badge, flashed it in front of the man, then stuffed it back into his bag, speaking with a hint of superior authority:
"Your team was ambushing Princess Slinka here, right? This trap is making way too much noise. This is so unprofessional!"
"Little, little princess Slink?" The man's voice trembled as he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. In that brief glimpse just now, he had actually seen a badge that was even more luxurious than the captain's identification!
"Those exquisite bird's nest carvings... could they represent a hierarchy within an organization I'm unaware of?!"
"You didn't know?" Latis was taken aback, then quickly added, "Tsk, you let it slip. You're not allowed to tell anyone. This is a secret."
"Yes, I understand..." The man swallowed hard, suppressing his panic, and asked nervously:
"My name is Hegus. What are your orders, sir?"
"Shouldn't I be asking you that?" Latis laughed. "Your trap failed to ambush the mission target, but it ambushed me instead. How come?"
He glanced sideways at the drenched-in-sweat Heggs and shouted sharply:
"say!"
"It was an accident, really an accident, sir..." Haggs explained dryly.
"Hmm?" Latis looked coldly at the speechless Haggs and laughed, "Why is your face red?"
“Energetic, full of energy…” Haggs mumbled incoherently as his vision blurred.
"Alright, take me to see what kind of goods you have now," Latis said arrogantly, mimicking the sex and power struggles he had seen in his past life.
Haggs took a deep breath and quickly said:
"Alright, alright, this way please, sir!"
……
"I wonder if Arte will arrive so soon. Although I can get away with it for now, looking at this bunch of scum, my fists are already itching to punch him..."
Latis snapped out of his daze and watched as Haggs slightly lifted the carriage's bedding, revealing the girl cowering in the cage.
"This is a large shipment that will soon be sold to the Beerus family on the floating island. It is of high earth magic affinity, and they need slaves like this to be responsible for daily maintenance."
Heggs's demeanor gradually returned to its arrogant state. He gently sniffed the foul odor from the cage and laughed with ecstasy:
"Of course, sometimes these large shipments would be driven to Lundia and sold at auctions. Many reclusive mages who couldn't find apprentices would choose to buy slaves to be their handymen."
Latis frowned and asked:
"Londia's auction houses actually allow the sale of slaves?"
“Underground, an underground auction,” Haggs corrected. “It’s obviously forbidden under the watchful eye of the God of Light, but they have no reason to arrest a group of mages bidding on the photo cards, do they?”
“I see.” Latis tried to avoid looking at the girl’s despairing eyes. He pointed to the largest carriage and asked:
"What's in there? It's so big. Is it a monster?"
“Only senior captains can handle the transportation of monsters.” Hagus chuckled self-deprecatingly. “My captain and the little girl next to you are just squad leaders. You’ve probably seen too much high-end stuff, you don’t know that our squads mainly sell meat.”
"What the hell?" Latis looked at Haggs with a bewildered expression. "A bunch of grown men, selling meat?"
“Yes…” Haggs lifted the bedding, revealing the poor people in the cages, barely clothed. He looked at the men and women, who were either desperate or numb, and channeled some magic into the silence spell patterns that had solidified on the cages.
"These are goods being transported to the shallow underground to be sold to monsters as food or breeding tools." Hagus shrugged, completely oblivious to Latis's dark expression, and said casually:
"Norad has no shortage of missing poor people; these are our currency for trading with the shallow underground, inexhaustible and ever-flowing."
"Lilia, can you still listen to this?"
Latis suddenly spoke, cracking his stiff fingers and twisting his neck.
"Daddy, their souls are in so much pain! Lilia doesn't want to hear it..."
A crisp sound rang in his mind. Latis could clearly sense Lilia's low spirits. He nodded, looked at the bewildered Hagus, and said:
"Damn, a youth without passion is a wasted youth..."
He took a deep breath, kicked off with his right foot, and instantly unified his waist and stance, unleashing a powerful uppercut!
boom!
Haggs's jaw instantly deformed, and he flew backward in a slump, tears still streaming from his dazed eyes. Completely disoriented from the fall, he forced himself to kneel on the ground, enduring the ringing in his ears, and laboriously looked up at the silver lines that had appeared on Latis's lower abdomen.
"An Alliance Across Worlds!"
Latis pointed sharply to the sky, and a crack appeared in the air, from which a pink arm emerged.
"Who...is summoning...this queen...Hey, what are you doing!"
Latis, speechless, dragged the succubus out of the dimensional portal, threw her on the ground, and pointed fiercely at his own abdomen, saying:
"Enough talk, let's get started!"
"Huh?" Sasha covered her head in confusion, glanced around instinctively, and stammered: