How can you become stronger if you don't build up bonds?

"Thump."

The madwoman suddenly collapsed to the ground and fell silent.

shock--

Tina was instantly jolted awake.

died?

She quickly went forward to check.

There was no breath, and no pulse.

I only punched him once and slapped him twice!

Tina felt a chill run down her spine.

Tina has killed people before, but usually she kills bandits or wanted criminals.

And most of them are long-range kills, leaving little evidence of their actions.

But at this moment, the crazy woman had quite obvious marks on her face and stomach from being hit.

She was the one who provoked me first!

What should we do...?

Wallis's laws seem different from Hossman's... the consequences of murder are severe.

wrong.

Is this crazy woman really a Wallis?

Tina suddenly remembered something.

According to Doss, Baron Haug has a female mage by his side who has been giving him advice.

In a remote place like Scar Town, no other female mage would want to stay. In addition, the madwoman also knows about Alberta and the necklace, so it can be basically concluded that she is that person.

Haug is the person Lin Wei needs to get rid of, so how good can that female mage's fate be?

She provoked me first, and then I accidentally killed her. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that statement!

This kind of person definitely doesn't have any good intentions coming to Wallis; they might be doing something bad in secret.

If Lin Wei investigates thoroughly, he'll definitely uncover some secrets.

For example, the small bottle she just took out is definitely a contraband!

Thinking of this, Tina quickly searched her body and found the bottle.

I helped Lin Wei catch the criminals red-handed, which is no different from making a meritorious contribution!

Tina felt more and more confident as she thought about it...

"Tina—"

"Whoa!?"

Upon hearing that sound, Tina's heart nearly jumped out of her chest.

Turning around, I saw Lin Wei's figure already appearing not far away, walking straight towards us.

She grabbed the "corpse" on the ground, instinctively wanting to hide it.

Unfortunately, the area is completely deserted; there's not even a rabbit that can hide there, let alone a single person.

"She attacked first, I was just acting in self-defense—"

Only when she actually stood in front of Lin Wei did Tina realize that all the psychological counseling she had done before was completely useless.

"You fought her?"

"Yes, yes..."

"Are you alright? Wait a minute, what's that smelly stuff here?!" Lin Wei couldn't help but cover his nose.

"Gurgle—ah!"

The word "stinky" made Tina collapse in tears, clutching her head.

Yes, the smell was getting stronger and stronger, and it was becoming more and more nauseating.

"It was because she was throwing something at me while she was acting crazy that I lost control of my strength—"

"Is that your scent?"

Upon hearing Lin Wei's words, Tina felt like she was about to faint.

Surprisingly, Lin Wei didn't show any strange expression. He wiped his nose with his hand and then walked over normally.

"What did you just say you were splashed with?"

Lin Wei's grasp of the key points is a bit strange.

But Tina obediently handed him the bottle and then recounted the accidental killing in an extremely roundabout and evasive manner.

After listening, Lin Wei nodded, then squatted down to examine the madwoman's "corpse".

Lin Wei's examination of the "corpse" was more thorough than Tina had imagined.

Isn't this a complete disbelief in what I say?!

"I'm not lying to you, I only hit her three times in total—"

"Hey, why are you taking off someone's clothes like that??? You're doing something to a corpse..."

"Tina, this is a magic puppet."

Lin Wei's ears were throbbing from Tina's noise.

"What, what is a puppet...?"

"Don't you know? It's a high-end puppet, a large-sized lifelike doll."

"Huh...?" Tina was stunned.

After standing there thinking for several seconds, she said, "You mean, I didn't kill anyone, I just broke a toy...?"

"It's not broken, just think of it as a coincidence."

Lin Wei, as always, didn't explain too much to Tina.

The quality of Lan Zhu's puppet was much better than Lin Wei had imagined. When it was still, it was impossible to tell whether it was a person or an object. Some of the internal structures of the clothes were so realistic that Lin Wei felt it was a waste.

Wallis currently lacks mature puppet technology, making Lan Zhu's life-size puppet an extremely valuable trophy.

It turned out to be... a false alarm.

Tina finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Wei kept touching the puppet, a behavior that made her feel very evil.

You already have Luya and you're still interested in this kind of thing? Tsk...

"Tina, what else did the puppet do to you?"

Lin Wei wanted to learn more about the functions of this magic puppet.

Tina was suddenly reminded:

"It seems like she cast a weakening spell on me. I feel like my strength has decreased a lot, and my speed has also decreased. I used to be much faster than I am now, it's like my level suddenly dropped... uh—"

Tina's words came to an abrupt end.

You can't bring up topics related to levels casually!

Furthermore, one must not allow one's qualifications to be tested by members of the Holy Church!

Tina was just a few days ago relieved that Zoreni wasn't a divine revealer, and Lin Wei didn't care much about this kind of thing either.

"Losing a level..." Lin Wei repeated the word, then his expression turned strange.

Did she still find out?

"The mage from Reno is so wicked! He actually used such disgusting magic!"

"It's okay, even if you lose a level, it's not a big deal. You'll level up again in a while."

Lin Wei loudly condemned her, then took the opportunity to offer some words of advice to Tina.

"Hmm, I just said it looks a bit like a level drop. Maybe it's some kind of weakening spell I've never seen before. The effect will wear off after a while. You don't need to ask the Holy Church to help me check..."

"Okay, okay, that's for the best. I also thought it was quite troublesome to find those divine revealers..."

The two arch-rivals reached an astonishing consensus at this moment.

"Tina, why don't you throw away all your outer clothes?" Lin Wei still felt they smelled too bad.

"Then what should I wear...?"

"Give."

Lin Wei took off his cloak and threw it over.

"Just make do with this for now."

Although Tina was almost overwhelmed by the stench of her own body, she still had some reservations about wearing the clothes that Lin Wei had taken off.

"There's money in the cloak pocket. You can go straight to the clothing store and buy a new outfit, then go back to the inn and take a shower."

"!good--"

Tina instantly gripped the demon cloak tightly in her hand.

"I'll go find someone to move the puppet. You should change your clothes."

After saying that, Lin Wei immediately turned and left.

For the first time, Tina felt that Lin Wei was quite reasonable.

After Lin Wei walked away, she quickly took off all her outer clothes and threw them far away, then put on the large cloak.

Yes, that's just right to cover the whole body.

After putting on her clothes, Tina began rummaging through the pockets of her cloak.

A gold coin...this one is...a big gold coin!

A sense of joy and abundance welled up in her heart, and even her brain began to heat up.

Tina was about to head towards the south gate of Scar Town when she found that her legs were a little unresponsive.

This is followed by a violent urge to cough:

"Cough cough cough—"

"What's wrong with me... cough cough cough—what's wrong...?"

Tina's legs gave way and she fell to the ground with a thud.