Quadruple split.

Chapter 2540 The Fatal First Son

"You seem to be in a good mood."

On the third-floor terrace of the alchemy workshop, Luna casually handed a cup of jet-black, yet very 'bright' coffee to Mo Tan, then gently slapped away Lisa's hand that was reaching for the fruit on the table, and said lightly: "Go wash your hands first, I saw you feed the golden firefly without gloves."

"But mentor..."

Lisa pursed her lips and muttered quietly, "I can drink some licorice cream after eating it to neutralize the hallucinogenic effect of the white sand snail."

"Nice idea, but you'll be hiccupping for the next seventy-two hours."

Luna sat down opposite Mo Tan and said to her apprentice calmly, "On average, each burp will produce at least two light red bubbles, accompanied by a severe feeling of suffocation."

"Ugh."

Just as she was about to say that she didn't care about the bubbles, the harpy loli shrank her neck and then obediently ran to the laboratory bench in the house to wash her hands.

"It's a rare opportunity to be lazy for a while, I'm sure you'll be happy about it."

Mo Tan, who had just come to his senses, grinned first, and then asked delicately: "By the way you and Lisa communicate is... quite novel."

"Is there any?"

Luna turned to look at the girl who was standing on tiptoe to wash her hands carefully. Her ethereal voice seemed a little softer than before: "I don't have a mentor, nor have I ever had an apprentice, so I'm not very clear about the 'normal' way of getting along. Would a mentor like me... seem strange?"

"Pfft-"

Perhaps because this girl, who always had a unique and individual style, rarely showed a trace of nervousness, Mo Tan couldn't help laughing out loud, and in return she gave the other party a glance with limited positive emotion.

So, Mo Tan immediately sat up straight and said seriously, "I think it's great."

"I asked if it would seem weird, but this is a good answer."

Luna shook her head, then breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you. I feel a little relieved now."

Then, after washing her hands, Lisa ran over, stood on tiptoe on the table and took a seasonal fruit brought by the Dumbuya City Front. After taking a small bite, she widened her eyes and looked at Luna expectantly: "Teacher, can I get a few more for my parents and Elfin? This fruit is delicious. I heard that Brother Heifan brought a lot of good things to give to everyone, but my father said that many people were afraid of embarrassing Skork and were unwilling to take them. But this fruit is really delicious and they will definitely like it."

"can."

Luna nodded and wiped the corner of Lisa's mouth with her sleeve. "There are three boxes in the locker on the first floor. These winter pears are in the top box. Take them home first and ask Alfin and the others to eat them together later."

Lisa nodded excitedly, then shook her head: "Teacher, I will just give one to each person. Let me count. There are six people in total, including mom and dad, Elfenrena, and Granlot, so I will take six fruits and leave the rest for you and Brother Heifan."

"Take them all, and I'll ask Hei Fan for them later."

Luna waved her hand and then added, "The afternoon refining class is cancelled. You can practice punctuation at home with your parents. I will check it tomorrow."

"Okay! Goodbye, Master!"

Lisa nodded happily, then turned to Mo Tan and said with a generous smile: "Goodbye, Brother Heifan too."

"Goodbye."

Mo Tan also smiled back, raised his hand and rubbed the head of this girl who didn't know the ways of the world but was very likable. After thinking for a while, he took out a gold coin with a soft glow from his bag and stuffed it into Lisa's hand: "Take it, it's a belated gift."

"Wow, it's money. Thank you, Brother Hei Fan. Lisa likes dad, mom, friends, mentor, delicious food and money!"

Lisa stood on tiptoe excitedly, turned around and shouted to Luna: "Teacher, look, Brother Heifan gave me money..."

“This is not ordinary money.”

Luna interrupted the girl's chatter and asked Mo Tan in a firm tone, "Is there any magic on it?"

"Well, although I don't know what the specific magic is, when Fialli gave it to me, she said that this gold coin would bring good luck to the holder. Later, I looked at it from the perspective of a person from another world. Although there is nothing useful in the effects and notes, the quality is genuine [Excellent]."

Mo Tan explained briefly to Luna, who had an 'explain it to me' expression on her face, then he coughed lightly and said to the excited harpy loli, "This gold coin is not ordinary money, it is a talisman, so instead of spending it, you should carry it with you to maximize its value."

"oh oh!"

Regardless of whether she got money or a talisman, the girl nodded vigorously, then flapped her wings and ran away. Mo Tan and Luna watched the child running home with the box upstairs, and only took their eyes off her when she disappeared from their sight.

"Leisa is a good kid."

Mo Tan looked at his alchemist again and sighed from the bottom of his heart: "He is a good child in every aspect."

"Ah."

Luna nodded, picked up the coffee in front of her and took a sip, then she frowned and started adding sugar to it, and it was a compressed version that would be so choking that it would kill people if used in cooking.

"I really want to get everyone in Skolk to a safe place if I can."

Mo Tan sighed, took a sip of the strange coffee in front of him, which had an unusually clear taste and a very strong aroma, and whispered, "Even if this is their home, they can settle down in the Holy Land first and come back when the north is stable. At worst... we should send the old people in the village and children like Lisa away."

Luna shook her head slightly and said simply, "They won't want to leave."

"They may not want to leave, but they should not be forced to stay here."

Mo Tan looked at the setting sun in the distance that was gradually sinking to the west, and murmured: "What I can do is to make up my mind to protect the daily life of this village."

Luna didn't respond to this, but just said to herself: "The people of Skolk are very good to me."

"I know."

Mo Tan nodded and chuckled, "They even call you 'Luo Jia'."

"Yeah, but it's not because they want something from me."

Luna looked into Mo Tan's eyes and said softly, "It's because they agree with my behavior."

Mo Tan was stunned at first, then he leaned back in his chair and smiled bitterly: "It's different, Luna, you are helping them in a practical way, whether it's food, water or using alchemy to cure diseases and relieve pain, it's worth it for everyone..." "What about you?"

However, Luna did not let Mo Tan finish his words, but simply asked: "Have you been recognized by them?"

Then there was a long silence.

"..."

In the end, although he didn't have the inhuman talent of [Chivalry·Honesty], Mo Tan still told the truth: "Yes."

"Ah."

Luna nodded, and then stopped talking about the slightly heavy topic, and instead turned the conversation to the gift that Mo Tan had just given to his apprentice: "Why did you give the amulet that the Saint of Fortune gave you to Lisa?"

"Because I can't think of any other suitable gift for the moment."

Mo Tan took another sip of coffee, leaned back in his chair and said leisurely, "Feiyali said that thing will bring good luck. Considering what will happen later, the child deserves better luck than me."

Luna thought for a moment and then said, "What I want to say is, is it okay to give the gift that the Saint of Fortune gave you to someone else?"

"Fiali won't care."

Mo Tan waved his hand and said with a scumbag look on his face: "She didn't put much thought into it when she gave it to me, so I naturally feel at ease giving it to little Lisa."

"Oh."

Luna nodded slightly, then stared at the unique necklace worn by Mo Tan and said, "Don't give away the [Pathfinder] I gave you."

"what?"

Mo Tan was stunned at first, then he clasped his hands together in an extremely exaggerated manner, holding the [Pathfinder] in his palms, and said in a shocked voice: "Are you crazy? This is my lifeblood. Unless you kill me, even if you want to snatch it, I will never give in!"

"……Um."

For a moment, the alchemist girl's mouth seemed to raise a gentle arc, but it soon disappeared like an illusion.

For the next period of time, neither of them spoke. Luna opened the alchemy notebook that she never left behind, put it on the table and began to read silently, while Mo Tan closed his eyes and dozed off in the warm breeze and mild sunshine.

Of course, since he was not in a 'chaotic neutral' personality, he had no way of actually falling asleep in the [Realm of Innocence], not even the most minimal light sleep. But even so, this period of time where he could think of nothing and rest his eyes in a comfortable environment was still a luxury.

It's not just Mo Tan himself, but everyone who is enjoying this leisurely daily life at this moment is like this.

Although the phrase "the calm before the storm" depicts tranquility, the real theme and main melody is undoubtedly the storm.

For Priest Hei Fan and his friends, the so-called storm can only be a conflict with the bloody barbarians.

At that time, there would be absolutely no possibility of reconciliation, compromise or concession. The conflict could only be stopped when one side was completely defeated and became a loser in an objective sense. It would be a conflict with no way out.

At this moment, the adjutant and chief astrologer of the Dumbuya City Front Army forcibly named the "Black Brahma Independence Army", whose members include the 'Dumbuya City Garrison' and the 'Skolk Resistance Army', is led by the Black Brahma priest of the Dawn Sect and the current Skolk Elgar Yale as the commander-in-chief. The two saints and the leadership teams of both sides are the core backbone of the force, and the chess game has begun.

The raging fire that engulfed the city of Dunbuya, devoured nearly a thousand gray lizard hunters, and caused the entire continent to fall into a huge earthquake was the first child of Priest Hei Fan.

The first son is fast, crazy, dangerous and deadly.

After this chess piece falls, the supreme ruler of the Cliff of Broken Head, the Evil Eye King who sits firmly in the first chair of the Blood Barbarian forces, will pay the price for his mistakes at the first moment.

The deadly gears began to turn the moment the Evil Eye King first sent his messenger to Dunbuya City, and drove the invisible noose in the process, just for this sudden tightening moment.

Mo Tan didn't think that the scheming Lizardman King would be kept in the dark forever. In fact, in his judgment, even if he deliberately fanned the flames, the Lord of the Cliff of Broken Head would probably see through the truth before the Holy Church Alliance got wind of it and realize that this was a conspiracy against him.

But Mo Tan knew very well that the Evil Eye King could do nothing, at least before the Holy Church Alliance officially launched an attack.

In fact, he had to carefully hide all his edges and claws, grit his teeth and crawl on the ground, allowing the Holy Church Alliance, which had always been unable to gain an advantage in front of the Blood Barbarians for decades and had not even had a chance to see the Cliff of Beheading after he succeeded, to step on his head and call him to account!

If any of the teams at the Cliff of Broken Head under the rule of the Evil Eye King were not where they were supposed to be during the process of the Holy Alliance sending people to investigate the situation, the already boiling situation would most likely see a second escalation, and end with the Holy Alliance completely losing control, and the Blood Barbarian forces that had been competing with it for a long time being completely destroyed in an instant.

The reason is simple. The sentence "two gods' favored ones disappeared on the front line of the battle with the blood barbarians, and their lives and deaths are still unknown" is enough to make a claim for the Holy Church Alliance.

Although this claim is very reluctant, and may even become the fuse that shakes the "stability" and "credibility" of the Holy Alliance in the eyes of other forces, the Blood Barbarian, who is the fuse, will definitely not see the day when the former will suffer the consequences of destroying himself.

In Mo Tan's imagination, after realizing his own "betrayal" belatedly, the Evil Eye King would probably deduce the whole picture of the "game" at the first moment and obtain a crucial card in the process.

That is to say - the two gods' favored ones are 100% not dead.

The reason was very simple, that is, as the biggest suspect in this "disappearance", the Evil Eye King knew better than anyone that he had absolutely no intention of killing the two saints, let alone putting it into action.

Under this premise, the claims of the Holy Alliance are castles in the air and endless water, and their practicality is far less than their deterrent effect.

But the thing is, Mo Tan doesn't mind the Evil Eye King having this intelligence. Unlike those 'protagonists in bardish stories' whose enemies are all idiots rather than wise generals, he is a very realistic person.

Because of this, he often likes to place the player on the other side of the chessboard in the cold and ruthless reality and wait for the other party to make a decision.

A decision that has been fully influenced by myself and has been thoroughly analyzed.

Norms that conform to reality and logic can easily predict decisions dozens of steps ahead.

This is far beyond the limits of imagination, tantamount to performing a suicide decision in public.

In summary--

No matter which decision the Evil Eye King makes, it will not prevent Mo Tan from enjoying the leisure and tranquility at the moment with peace of mind.

Chapter 2531: End

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