Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

8.10 - You hide it from me

"Just a civilian?"

Elder Yuhong couldn't help but frown, and Elder Minghei beside him immediately coughed lightly, suggesting to his old partner to pay attention to his facial expressions.

"Yes, after a few interactions, he does give me a commoner vibe, different from the people in the family."

Fortunately, Viviana did not notice the change in Elder Yuhong's expression, and also gave new information.

"After several contacts? Have you had many contacts?"

This time it was Elder Minghei's turn to lose control and he asked questions right after Viviana's words.

Viviana became alert immediately after hearing this question. If she told anyone about what happened in Shadou Canyon, then the fact that she had violated the orders of the two elders and sneaked out to practice would be exposed!

"No, no, twice... or maybe a few times, hehe."

Viviana stuck out her tongue playfully, hoping to get away with it.

The two elders were both elderly people who had seen all kinds of beauties, so they accepted this statement for the time being because of Viviana's cuteness.

Then, Elder Yuhong got back to the point. In short, he had to find out the "composition" of this Banning first - no matter how he looked at it, this young man who seemed to have gotten close to Viviana was very suspicious!

"Then why did this Banning appear in the Green Ghost Lair? The name Banning was not on the list given to us by the maze instructor."

Elder Yuhong lied here because he didn't want Viviana to know that the Feiqi family had sent two teams of death row prisoners to Dris Town. In addition, he had not told Viviana before about the special operation that would merge the three maze bosses into one.

"He said he came to participate in the maze expedition, but was late. Then the maze entrance happened to open and he went in... Are the two elders suspecting that Banning is an enemy? I don't think he is. If he is an enemy, then there is no need to help me leave the maze."

Viviana's answer clearly showed that she was aware of Elder Yuhong's suspicion of Banning, and her defense was indeed reasonable.

In fact, Banning not only helped Viviana escape from danger, but also contributed to the Red and Black Elders' escape from the Goblin King and the Bloodthirsty Snake.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Banning had not appeared in the maze, the three of them would probably not have been able to survive the maze, the Green Ghost's Lair.

However, Elder Red and Black would not tell this matter.

They will remember Benning's kindness, because the Feiqi family "will avenge any grudge and repay any favor double", but the Red and Black Elders will never "assist" this brat whose background is unknown.

"Viviana, what you said makes sense. It's just that you're so inexperienced that you don't know that some enemies are good at hiding their true identities. Sometimes, enemies will help you to gain your trust before causing you greater harm."

Elder Yuhong has already noticed Viviana's affection for Banning. Although this affection is not the kind of love, it is also extremely dangerous.

To do this, he had to plant the seeds of vigilance in Viviana's subconscious mind to prevent Banning from doing anything again.

Viviana nodded, not quite understanding what Elder Yuhong said.

——(Greater harm? Is there anything in this world that could be more harmful than death?)

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Regarding the topic of Banning, the Red and Black Elder stopped there and did not ask any further questions. Instead, he talked to Viviana about the plan for the next stage of cultivation.

As elders, they are very clear about the limits of communication with the younger generation. If they show strong aggressiveness and control from the beginning, they will most likely lose Viviana's trust, and then they will no longer be able to obtain information from Viviana.

You can't kill the chicken to get the eggs.

On the other hand, the Red and Black Elders actually obtained a lot of information about Banning in the maze, which they saw and heard with their own eyes and ears.

In the eyes of the Red and Black Elders, Banning can be considered an enemy for the time being, but they still need to remain highly vigilant.

Judging from his combat performance in the maze, the Red and Black Elders believed that he should have the strength of level three to four, and in terms of adaptability and the diversity of offensive and defensive means, he was even better than Viviana.

It is difficult to explain why he is so young yet has such strength, and he is not even a noble. This is because the cultivation resources possessed by nobles are completely incomparable to those of ordinary people, unless this guy is a rare genius.

In addition to overall strength, the Red and Black Elder also cares about two skills he has used, namely teleportation and shadow clone.

If any one of these two skills, especially teleportation, were sealed into a "skill stone" and put up for auction, it would be a treasure that the nobles would fight over, but this kid possessed both.

Again, if Banning wasn't a noble, there's really no way to explain it.

Finally, one thing that concerned the Red and Black Elders was that this kid Banning could actually use the language of the demons.

Although the Red and Black Elders only knew a little bit of the demon language, they did hear Banning provoking the Goblin King in the demon language in the Green Ghost Lair.

The Red and Black Elders, who had just returned from the battlefield, knew very well what it meant for such a young boy to be able to use the demon language.

If this had happened in a more peaceful setting, Banning would have been immediately captured as a spy of the demon clan - this was one of the reasons why the Red and Black Elders were always wary of Banning.

However, the main reason why these two old men disliked Benning was that they were afraid that Viviana would be abducted by this wild boy Banning.

Although the Red and Black Elders have no blood relationship with Viviana, after more than ten years of getting along with her, they have long regarded Viviana as their own granddaughter.

Regarding the possibility of Viviana falling in love, the two elders’ principle is that no matter who wants to be with Viviana, even if it’s just to touch hands, it must be agreed by both of them at the same time!

However, to be honest, due to face issues, the Red and Black Elder has not yet discussed the topic of love with Viviana.

All along, they thought that Viviana was devoted to training and cultivation and would not have any thoughts of falling in love, so there was no problem in continuing to delay... But today, this brat named Banning sounded the alarm for them, no, he broke the alarm bell!

Therefore, after Viviana left the church, the Red and Black Elder immediately did two things.

The first thing was to decide who would talk to Viviana about love. The two used rock-paper-scissors (a best-of-seven game) to decide the winner. In the end, Elder Minghei lost, so he was responsible.

The second thing was to call the people from the Feiqi family intelligence organization and order them to immediately investigate the background of this kid Banning.

According to the motto of the Scarlet Qi family, no matter what Banning's identity is, the Red and Black Elder will first repay him. Then, if Banning approaches Viviana or the Scarlet Qi family with bad intentions, the Red and Black Elder will kill him after repaying the favor.

8.11 - No Clues (Part )

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October 187, 7

〖18:32 pm〗

[Confession death countdown remaining: 16 days]

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As the sky gradually darkened, on the mountain road, Jiang Ran and Vanessa were still chasing after Ice Star Shirley and the others who had left earlier.

Along the way, Jiang Ran was observing the traces left by Shirley and the others, and there was no sign of fighting. This means that the wave of pursuers that Jiang Ran and Vanessa dealt with was the fastest group of enemies.

However, Jiang Ran did not think this was a good thing, but instead made him suspicious.

According to Vanessa, the werewolf royal family is a very powerful existence. Since they personally went out this time and successfully poisoned Ice Star Shirley, how could the pursuit operation to reap the fruits of their labor be so anticlimactic?

Logically speaking, shouldn't all kinds of powerful forces keep popping up and forcing Jiang Ran and the others into a desperate situation?

Something is wrong...

(Whether it was the deliberate intention to "capture" him alive, or the slackness in the pursuit...it was all too unnatural.)

(Perhaps, we have fallen into some kind of trap...?)

Jiang Ran looked at Vanessa and her deer spirits who were following him, and felt more and more that something was wrong with the current situation.

If the werewolves came for revenge, then isn't Vanessa, who is still a member of the Snow Deer family and can control deer spirits, more worthy of their attack than Shirley, who has been away from the Snow Deer family for a long time?

So why did the werewolves only poison Shirley? Was the poison too precious, or was Vanessa too weak to be poisoned?

The more Jiang Ran thought about it, the more he felt that the werewolves' actions were very strange. He even began to speculate that the werewolves' real purpose was not to hunt members of the snow deer family or to capture them alive, but to have other intentions.

(Next time I have the chance, I'll have to find a way to capture the werewolf alive and interrogate him.)

Jiang Ran didn't have enough clues, so he could only think about this for now.

All he could do now was to reunite with Shirley and the others as soon as possible, and then have a good rest to recover his magic power.

After coming out of the maze and fighting with the werewolf pursuit troops, Jiang Ran's remaining magic power is now in jeopardy, but this "out of ammunition and food" situation is actually far better than expected.

When Jiang Ran was replenishing Viviana's magic power in the maze·Green Ghost Lair, he had already prepared for wasting a lot of magic power before activating the "Dragon Eye Crystal Necklace·Goblin's Greed".

However, after actually using the necklace's skill "Goblin's Secret Vault", Jiang Ran discovered that this skill actually has a special mechanism that is both an advantage and a disadvantage.

The description of the skill "Goblin's Secret Vault" states that "when withdrawing magic power, you can only withdraw it all at once." Jiang Ran's understanding of this is that 20,000 points of magic power will be transferred into his body instantly, and the part that exceeds the magic power limit will be wasted immediately.

However, during the actual operation, Jiang Ran discovered that the 100 magic points were not transferred to him at once, but were gradually transferred over time. The transmission rate was about 200 magic points per second, and it took seconds to complete the transmission. Once the transmission started, it could not be stopped.

Based on this characteristic, Jiang Ran regarded himself as a transit station for replenishing magic power for the Dragon Eye Crystal Necklace. He first "fed" Viviana and then absorbed the remaining magic power.

This not only reduced the waste of magic power, but also allowed Jiang Ran and Viviana to return to full magic power, which really helped a lot in the maze.

However, this transmission method also has its disadvantages. If you encounter a situation in the future where you need to obtain a large amount of magic power immediately in a short period of time, the "Goblin's Secret Vault" will not be able to meet this need. This is something you need to pay attention to.

Getting back to the point, the situation of Jiang Ran and his temporary team is now precarious.

If the werewolf army attacks again, Jiang Ran, who has no magic power, will not be able to do much, and Vanessa will not be able to handle it alone with her strength.

Even if he reunited with Shirley and the others, and added Heloise and Pride as fighting forces, it would still not be safe enough.

The key to maintaining stability is, first, to find a way to detoxify Shirley, and second, to let everyone have a good sleep.

In order to delay the werewolf pursuers as much as possible, Jiang Ran took out a small portion of his precious magic power and used the effect of "Trickster·Word Spirit" to control wild animals, leaving a lot of confusing footprints for the enemies who might chase him.

(Hopefully it will have some effect.)

Looking at the setting sun about to fall below the horizon, Jiang Ran felt increasingly uneasy.

When night falls, the danger only increases.

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The sun finally set. Under the cover of night, Jiang Ran and Vanessa had no time to eat dinner. They continued on their journey until they found Shirley and the others at the foot of Mount Camille.

The time they were separated was not long, only four or five hours, but the reunion after the separation gave them a trance-like feeling of transcending life and death.

“Fei…!”

As soon as Heloise saw Fike, she ran over quickly, but when she saw Vanessa was also there, her excited expression was forced to subside a little.

"The prophecy of the Evil Tiger King God was accurate. Messenger of the Good God, you have indeed returned safely."

In the end, Heloise couldn't hide her joy and hugged Feke's arm. However, this intimate gesture seemed to Vanessa like a "declaration of sovereignty" to her, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Afterwards, Captain Pride and Branch Chief Pame also came over quickly. Only Ice Star Shirley was still sitting on the ground with her back against a tree to rest.

Under the moonlight, it was not difficult to tell from Shirley's pale face that her physical condition was still very bad.

"Has everyone eaten yet? If not, let's discuss this while we eat. The situation is not optimistic right now."

Although Fike did not directly state that he would take charge of the situation, after he and Vanessa arrived, all eyes were focused on him, and he naturally took over the role of team leader.

There was no need for discussion, as everyone understood that now that Ice Star Shirley was poisoned, the most reliable person among them was Fei Ke.

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A moment later, everyone sat around under a tree and ate roasted rabbit meat, which Heloise had hunted nearby while waiting for Fike and the others to join them.

Everyone is concerned about what happened to Fike in the maze, but Fike says that the more urgent and important thing now is the werewolf attack.

He briefly told everyone about the werewolf repulsion, then confirmed everyone's current physical condition one by one. Finally, he told Ice Star Shirley that the werewolves might want to "capture alive" this time and asked her opinion on it.

After eating some rabbit meat, Shirley's mental state improved a little, but for some reason, her eyes were full of vigilance towards Feike, and also a little bit of... shame?

"Maybe they do have a special purpose, but whether they want to kill or capture alive, it's the same to us."

Shirley also didn't take the capture seriously, but she then said a very important piece of information.

"Instead of talking nonsense like that... I think what we should really focus on is tonight. If the werewolves really want to capture someone alive, then except for Vanessa and me, you... probably won't survive this night."

After Shirley finished speaking, she looked up at the night sky. At this moment, a bright "full moon" was gradually rising.

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8.12 - End of the Road

Jiang Ran didn't understand what Shirley was saying, but Vanessa was enlightened.

She had been sent to the Green Lizard family for foster care for so long that she had forgotten one of the ancient mottos of the Snow Deer family:

"Don't go out on full moon nights."

All the admonitions handed down from the ancestors had their reasons, and the reason for not going out on full moon nights was that the werewolves would gain more powerful abilities under the shining light of the full moon.

Unfortunately, tonight is the night of the full moon.

The light of the full moon clearly illuminated the fear on Vanessa's face.

"Could it be that the werewolves' follow-up troops haven't attacked yet because they're waiting for the moon to come out?!"