A large cloud of white mist rose from the vehicle enveloped in flames, and the deafening sound of the explosion seemed to make the ground tremble.

"call out!"

Hearing the sound of the explosion, Nangong Nayue reacted quickly. Without caring about Claire who was chatting with her, she moved to the explosion site.

Upon arriving at the scene, Nangong Nayue was stunned.

Unlike the scene she imagined of the escort personnel being seriously injured and dying, what unfolded before her eyes was purple-blue magic power breaking through the sea of ​​fire and carving a path from the outside of the sea of ​​fire to the center of the sea of ​​fire.

In the center of the sea of ​​fire, at the end of the road, there is a slightly thin figure wearing a black coat with his back to Nangong Nayue. There is a leisurely man with a calm temperament that is incompatible with the sea of ​​fire. In contrast to the dangerous environment of the sea of ​​fire, there is a special sense of heroism for a moment.

But at this moment, Nangong Nayue was not in the mood to appreciate this special scene. She turned her gaze to the back of the figure.

Several tentacles stretched out from behind the black figure, with dozens of unconscious men hanging on them. They were all security personnel that Nangong Nayue had thought would die in the explosion just now.

"Um?!"

As if sensing Nangong Nayue's presence, the man who had been standing quietly there, as if thinking about something, turned his head. The upper half of his face was covered with a black mask, and only the lower half of the white face could be seen.

"Shadow!? How did you get here? Did you cause this explosion?"

Recognizing the identity of the person in front of her, Nangong Nayue's nerves instantly tensed up. Thinking of the explosion just now, Nangong Nayue naturally thought that the explosion was caused by Shadow.

"Let go of my men!"

Having said that, Nangong Nayue herself did not hold out hope that Shadow would release the guard members.

If the explosion just now was really caused by Shadow, then Shadow definitely has bad intentions, and holding the hostages is in Shadow's favor.

To Nangong Nayue's surprise, when Shadow heard her request, he just glanced at Nangong Nayue with contempt, then controlled the tentacles behind him to throw the guards on top towards Nangong Nayue, then turned his head back, extended his magic power, and began to explore the car in front of him.

Nangong Nayue hurriedly used space magic to teleport the guards flying in the air away, and once again focused his attention on Shadow.

Now Nangong Nayue has retracted her previous thoughts. Judging from the fact that Shadow didn't care about the security guards just now, the explosion should not have been caused by Shadow.

On the contrary, it is very likely that Shadow rescued her men when the explosion occurred. So where did the explosion come from?

Nangong Nayue was not stupid. She quickly discovered that the center of the explosion was the car escorting the orcs, and guessed that the explosion was caused by the orc.

The shadow appeared here probably because of that orc, or the organization behind the orc, what does he know?

"Da da da……"

The sound of footsteps was unusually clear in the sea of ​​fire. Shadow withdrew his magic power, turned his body, and walked out along the path opened by his magic.

"I wonder if Lord Shadow has discovered anything. Could you please let us know?"

Seeing the black figure about to pass by her, Nangong Nayue no longer hesitated and took the initiative to ask.

The current situation is obviously that Shadow knows more than her. Anyway, all forces have lifted the wanted warrant for Shadow. Her asking Shadow this matter is just like conducting a public survey, which is not against the rules.

Unexpectedly, Nangong Nayue would speak. Sid stopped and subconsciously turned to look at Nangong Nayue, but he reacted instantly and smiled with interest.

What to do? In his imagination, he would not say a word throughout the whole process and would only leave a mysterious figure to Nangong Nayue.

No, now that I've come back, I have to say something, so I'll just use the Diablo Cult setting from the beginning.

"It's just rats in the dark trying to get out of the sewers."

"I wonder what this so-called rat is..."

"You don't need to know."

With a mysterious smile, Sid continued to move.

"It's just a game I play to kill time."

Magic power so dense that it could be called sticky suddenly rose from Sid's body and knocked away the silver sword that was shot at him, and the silver sword fell to the ground.

"Shadow! What did you do to Sid?"

Pulling the sword from the ground, Claire pointed it angrily at the person standing there. Because of the huge magic power surrounding her body, she emitted a dark shadow of wind pressure.

"Claire, calm down, is there some misunderstanding here?"

Na Yuejiang, who was standing by, was frightened by Claire's behavior and quickly stood between the two of them, fearing a conflict.

"There is no misunderstanding, Shadow. What did you do to Sid? Why did Sid fall into a coma as soon as you appeared? Why hasn't he woken up yet?"

Pushing Nangong Nayue away, Claire continued to question Shadow, and as she spoke, a hint of murderous intent appeared in her eyes.

When the explosion sounded and she saw Nangong Nayue moving away through space, Claire originally planned to take Sid and leave quickly.

But when she turned around, she found that Sid, who was standing next to her, had fainted for some reason. She didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that Sid was frightened by the attack just now.

It was not until she had tried various methods, including using a portion of the Phoenix's tears, and found that none of them could wake Sid up, that she realized that something might have happened to her brother.

After asking Aurora in her body and getting the answer that this might be caused by the appearance of the shadow, she ran away in a hurry. She didn't dare to bet whether this coma was temporary. What if this coma was permanent?

"What! Sid fainted?"

After hearing what Claire said, Nangong Nayue turned to look at Shadow, hoping that he could give me a reasonable explanation.

So... I just fainted, why are you guys reacting so strongly?

Looking at the two people in front of him, Sid rolled his eyes behind the mask.

He just wanted to achieve the achievement of the Strongest Shadow, so he used slime liquid to mold a puppet model and placed it in the place, adding a little magic power to maintain the body shape and mimicry.

The shape of this puppet is very lifelike. Unless someone stabs the puppet's heart with a knife, it is impossible for anyone to find out that this puppet is made of magic.

The disadvantage is that this doll is a dead object and cannot be controlled by him. It will fall over if touched.

By the way, the inspiration for this technique came from Na Yue Jiang's magical body. In order to replicate it perfectly, he observed Na Yue Jiang for almost a month before he copied down the magical trajectory of Na Yue Jiang's body.

Sid shrugged as he looked at Claire, who was in a tense and angry mood.

Well...it doesn't matter. The worst that can happen is to get one more achievement of "Friendly Sister and Respectful Brother" of Shadow Master. He has wanted to complete this for a long time. It's just in time to cure his sister's recent epileptic symptoms.

You know, this kind of scene where a person with the power of shadow needs to beat up his relatives for some reason has long been included in his list of achievements of the power of shadow. This is a famous scene in the anime of his previous life.

Although usually, this kind of character will either be whitewashed or evolve into a big boss, it doesn’t matter... He is confident that his sister won’t find out.

As his thoughts turned, Sid decided that he would beat up Claire to vent his frustration about being dragged into Rias' ranking for no reason by Claire. He lost 3.4 million Zeni, which was enough for him to be a Pochi for a morning. As for the extent of the fight...

Otherwise, I should be more ruthless and beat my sister directly to the hospital to recuperate for a while. Otherwise, I always feel that with my sister's crazy nerves, she will probably go crazy and cause trouble for me in the future.

Forget it. I can't bring myself to do it right now. I'll wait until my sister really goes crazy and then break her legs. That way, when Claire comes out of the hospital, her out-of-control nerves will probably be attracted by other things.

"I personally hate the idea of ​​'why' because it's really boring. Things have already happened. Instead of thinking about why they happened, it's better to think about how to solve them first. It's not too late to think about it after the thing is over."

Strolling to Claire's side, Sid's voice was not loud, but it fell clearly into Claire's ears.

“Now, there are two possibilities for your brother. One is that his coma is temporary and he will wake up when I leave.

The other possibility is that his coma is permanent, and if we don't take this opportunity to wake him up, he will never wake up again. From a probabilistic point of view, the two possibilities are 50% each. What will you choose?"

"Ah...thank you for your guidance. I know what to choose."

Claire raised her head and thanked Sid with a bright smile.

"bass!"

The next second, Claire's face changed, her eyes revealed a bit of ruthlessness, and with a flick of her wrist, the long sword drew a silver line in the air, and purple magic energy gushed out from the long sword, like waves created by rowing on the sea, attacking Sid's neck with unstoppable force.

"Qiang..."

Black liquid gushed out of Sid's black coat. The black liquid gathered in Sid's hand and condensed into a black sword, blocking Claire's sneak attack, making a continuous sound of metal collision.

"I admire your courage, but it's a pity that it's only courage if you succeed, but recklessness if you fail."

Cid casually pushed away the black sword and the silver sword, and gave Claire a gentle but mocking smile.

----

The explosion startled Lanyu Asagi and the old orc who were doing a deal in the restaurant. Both of them became alert and wary of each other, suspecting that the explosion was caused by the other party, and secretly prepared to escape.

It was not until a few dozen seconds had passed and they saw nothing unexpected happen at the scene that they realized the explosion must have come from somewhere else. They restarted the transaction, but they could not let go of the suspicion in their hearts.

"You are unwilling to swear an oath to the God of Magic, nor to other gods. So, may I ask, what do you want to use to make me believe that you will abide by the deal when the time comes?"

"Ms. Sorcerer, we can swear an oath to our beast god and let him be our witness."

"Ha, then I guess we don't need to discuss this deal."

Lanyu Asagi sneered and planned to give up the deal. She might agree to it even if Loki was asked to do so. After all, a set of dependent chess pieces was too tempting. In order to achieve her two goals, she would try it no matter what.

But asking her to swear to a beast god whose existence she didn't even know...it would be better to just tell her directly and let her believe in the other party's credibility. What kind of person could be introduced by the witch of Netheril?

If you don't believe in God, why don't you believe in the Demon Network?

As everyone knows, the Lord of Netheril is notoriously indifferent to other people's affairs. The witches under him fight with each other every day and provoke world wars everywhere, but this lord never jumps out.

If the Lord of Netheril, who is theoretically the only one capable of interfering with the operation of the magic network, does not intervene, the magic network will become a truly ruthless swearing machine.

I swear in the name of the God of the Demon Net that if you fail to keep your promise, the Demon Net will really mobilize the energy in the earth veins and launch a blast from a distance of tens of thousands of miles.

The Demonic Network is the only dead program in the world that cannot be shaken by anything. After all, the Lord of Netheril doesn't care.

"Ms. Editor, the Beast God of our orcs definitely exists, he just hasn't been born yet."

Hearing the old orc's words, Lanyu Asagi just sneered in her heart.

Anyone can write a blank check, but the point is that I'm not an orc, so why should I believe in your blank check?

Seeing Lanyu Asagi's contempt for his aerial beast god, the veins on the old orc's fists bulged, but he still suppressed his anger and continued to speak.

"If Miss Spellsmith is unwilling to swear an oath to the Beast God, then we can trade face to face."

Lanyu Qiancong stopped moving away from the table and looked at the old orc.

"One hand for money and one hand for goods?"

"Exactly."

Lan Yu Qiancong fell into deep thought. To be honest, this deal was unreliable no matter how she looked at it. Under normal circumstances, she would never agree to it, but...

"Okay, deal, but the transaction location is still here."

Compared to this deal, the chances of successfully competing with those pure-blooded mythical beings who are stronger than her in both talent and strength in school, while the rules haven't been changed yet, seem even smaller.

She is confident in her ability. If it were before, she would have a great chance of winning if she had taken out all her best tactics.

But things are different now. The younger generation of elites who will get dependent chess pieces from their families after graduation or who are not interested in dependent chess pieces will most likely participate. She has no confidence that she can beat this group of elites.

Not to mention that if she really took out her most precious treasure, those people would probably fight for her while fighting for her dependent chess pieces.

Rather than taking such a big risk competing with them, it would be better to try other channels to obtain the chess pieces. Of course, just in case, she set the location of the next transaction to be the original place.

"can."

When Lanyu Asagi mentioned the transaction location, the old orc's face curled up slightly, but it was a pity that Lanyu Asagi was distressed by his situation and did not notice this.

Chapter 117: Claire and Aurora, who are fanning the flames and confronting each other

"call out!"

The silver sword that was wrestling with the black sword was treated as nothing by Sid. He moved his arm, a purple-blue aura burst out, and the black sword light passed by where Claire was.

He reacted quickly to block the attack, but was still sent flying into the air by the powerful purple magic attack.

He turned around and did a backflip to offset most of the impact. After landing, he immediately took a few steps back, holding the silver sword in his right hand and sticking it into the ground for support. His left hand was still shaking from the impact just now.

"Aurora!"

Shouting the name of the tenant inside her body, Claire stepped forward and wanted to continue the attack, but suddenly stopped, looking down at her body with a look of astonishment on her face.

He wanted to say something, but immediately raised his head and looked to the right, holding the sword in his hand horizontally in front of him.

A black figure appeared in front of Claire, a black sword flashed across, and Claire flew out again.

"Da, da, snap!"

This time, Claire had no strength left. She took two steps back, her trembling legs unable to support her and she knelt on one knee, breathing heavily.

With just two strikes, Claire's body reached its limit. Not only were her hands shaking, but she felt that her internal organs were also vibrating along with her hands.

Not caring about her own body, Claire frantically called out Aurora's name in her heart, but she could not feel Aurora's presence, and no bloody magic power flowed out of her body.

The call was fruitless. Seeing that the shadow began to move again, Claire gritted her teeth and a look of determination flashed in her eyes.

"If you don't give it to me, I'll take it myself."

"Qiang!"

The sound of collision was heard again. This time, Claire successfully faced off against Shadow with her swords again. The blood-red aura gushing out of her body formed a confrontation with Shadow's purple aura.

"what……"

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