Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

"Tell me honestly, what level are you at? What's your combat profession? How much magic power do you have?"

Although Shirley couldn't stand up, she couldn't lose in momentum.

She didn't beat around the bush and just threw out all her questions.

After hearing this, Jiang Ran was not surprised. These problems were all within his expectations. When he decided to "apply" the skill of the "Dragon Eye Crystal Necklace·Goblin's Greed" to Shirley, he already knew that the current situation would occur.

The purpose of doing this is still to match the character of "Feike". Jiang Ran wants to build "Feike" into an influential identity.

As mentioned before, one of the skills of the Dragon Eye Crystal Necklace, Goblin's Secret Vault, can be used to store magic power, and there is no cooldown no matter how many times you store magic power.

To avoid any accidents, before replenishing his magic with Shirley, Jiang Ran first transferred a little bit of magic power into the "Dragon Eye Crystal Necklace" to ensure that there would be no problems in the actual operation, and then he officially began to absorb magic power from Shirley.

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[The above image is from the chapter "8.13 - Shirley's Choice (Part )"]

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Through identification, Jiang Ran learned that Shirley's total magic power was as high as '22120 points', while Jiang Ran's total magic power was '8290 points'. Adding the points of magic power storage space of the 'Dragon Eye Crystal Necklace', it was enough to take in all of her magic power.

So, while doing "something inappropriate to describe" with Shirley, Jiang Ran absorbed magic power from Shirley's body and stored it in the Dragon Pupil Crystal Necklace, until only 1 point of magic power was left in Shirley.

If Shirley could accurately sense the specific value of her remaining magic power, she would probably be shocked again.

Under Jiang Ran's arrangement, he himself is now in a state of full magic power, and the Dragon Pupil Crystal Necklace stores 14842 points of magic power. Even if the werewolves discover them hiding in the cave, Jiang Ran is confident that he can delay the enemy and buy everyone time to escape.

As for how to answer Shirley's question, Jiang Ran had already prepared the answer.

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"Lord Bingjixing, now that you've discovered my total magical power, I can't continue to lie and claim I'm only at the second level. However, I don't think I'm obligated to tell you my true strength."

Even though they had just had physical contact, Fei Ke's answer now was so distant.

Shirley was so angry that she trembled all over after hearing this cold answer, but what made her even angrier was that she had no way to deal with this damn Fike!

"Okay... you don't have the 'obligation' to tell me, right..."

Shirley gritted her teeth and secretly took note of this matter in her heart. One day, she would make Fei Ke kneel down in front of her and admit his mistake and apologize.

"Then let's talk about what you're 'obliged' to tell me. What happened in the Green Ghost's Lair in the Labyrinth today? What exactly does the Scarlet Qi family want to do?"

After all, Shirley was a person with experience. On the road from severing ties with the Snow Deer family to gradually growing into the "Chief Court Magician of the Kingdom of West", her mind had undergone a lot of hardships, so she quickly completed the transformation of her mentality.

Since Fike is unwilling to confess his identity, Shirley will let him say what he must say. And maybe Shirley can also infer clues about his identity from Fike's experience in the maze.

"The matter of the Green Ghost's lair..."

Fike tilted his head back and touched his chin, seemingly recalling what had happened during the day.

After a while, he seemed to have sorted out his thoughts and looked at Shirley again.

"I've already figured out the reason why the Feiqi family sent two teams of death row prisoners here, as well as their true purpose. But before I tell you, Lord Bingjixing, you should still remember our agreement, right?"

8.16 - Tracing the Origin (Second Update)

Of course Shirley remembered the agreement.

If possible, she would like to forget it, and Fei Ke would also forget it.

However, Shirley had already made a judgment on which was more important, "suffering a loss" or "the truth of the matter", otherwise she would not have made an agreement with Feike.

"Don't worry, I am a man who keeps his promises. I will definitely do what I promised you."

Shirley is a person who values ​​reputation and she would never do anything that goes against her promise, but she didn't expect that Feike would immediately say something that left her speechless.

"How about this, let's sign a contract so that we don't just talk without proof, right?"

——(This guy, here he comes again...!)

——(Every time I want to know something quickly, he would drag his feet and disrupt my rhythm...!)

Shirley wanted to get angry, but she held it back.

She noticed that ever since this boy came to her to absorb her magic power, her emotions had been manipulated by him.

Even though this guy is younger than me, he is very skilled in manipulating people's hearts and is almost impossible to guard against.

Then there is only one way to deal with it, and that is to manage your emotions and always keep your "purpose" in mind.

"Signing the contract is no problem, but where can we get parchment and a pen in this stone cave?"

Shirley retorted calmly. She felt that her question had caught Fei Ke's loophole, and she felt very happy.

The next second, Fei Ke took out everything from his bag.

"Don't worry, I have parchment, pen, and ink."

As he said that, Fike began to draft the contents of the contract in front of Shirley, and asked for Shirley's opinion while writing, which made her so angry that she almost had internal bleeding.

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After more than ten minutes, the contract was signed and two copies were made, and each of them took them away.

As agreed, Fike began to explain the truth of the maze incident, but Shirley's mood was greatly reduced after learning the truth.

And if Shirley knew what Feike was thinking right now, she would probably be so angry that she would vomit blood and die.

What Fike was thinking now was that he should be able to fool Shirley by using a half-guessed and half-made-up truth and observing her reaction with mind reading.

I believe everyone who is reading this knows that our classmate Jiang Ran did not grasp any substantial "facts" during this trip to the maze.

Among the members of the Feiqi family, the only one Jiang Ran had real contact with was Viviana. Unfortunately, Viviana entered the maze without knowing it.

As for the two old monsters, the Red and Black Elders, Jiang Ran had no way of getting close to them to extract information, so from this aspect, Jiang Ran's intelligence acquisition work had failed.

However, it doesn't matter if you don't know the truth. As long as there are clues, Jiang Ran can still deduce some things.

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Jiang Ran remembered very clearly that in the original maze teaching, Shirley had mentioned that the maze Green Ghost Lair had three entrances, and the three entrances corresponded to three maze bosses.

However, Jiang Ran only saw one maze boss in the maze, and the strange thing was that this maze boss looked like a new entity formed by the fusion of three originally independent "individuals".

Therefore, Jiang Ran made a bold guess, that is, due to some "reasons" the three maze bosses merged, and this "reason" was obviously inseparable from the strange behavior of the Feiqi family.

In this maze incident, as far as Jiang Ran knew, the Feiqi family did three main things:

1. Two teams of death row prisoners were sent to Dris Town to replace the two normal teams of maze raiders.

Second, he lied about the Scarlet Qi family's list of maze conquerors, and actually sent the powerful Viviana and others;

Third, he arranged for people to kill all the death row prisoners immediately. Judging from the results, it is very likely that all of them except Viviana were killers;

As for the Red and Black Elders, Jiang Ran guessed that they were summoned through the hidden magic seal in Viviana's body, because it was too uneconomical to let two such strong men directly enter the maze.

[Note: Earlier in Shadou Canyon, Jiang Ran had learned the secrets of Viviana's body through mind reading. See the picture below, taken from chapter "3.32 - Wisdom in Desperate Situations (Additional Update)"]

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However, even if the Red and Black Elders entered the maze directly, it would not have any impact on Jiang Ran's speculation.

Jiang Ran discovered through classification that everything the Feiqi family did could be divided into two lines.

The "purpose" of one line is to kill the maze boss after fusion, such as sending Viviana, Red and Black Elder, etc.

The other line's "purpose" is to kill the two teams of people in Dris Town, such as sending two teams of death row prisoners, arranging assassins, etc.

The first plot is easy to understand: kill the maze boss and get the reward. The logic is smooth, but the second plot seems a bit confusing, unless...

(Unless the second line's "real purpose" is actually to merge the "original three maze bosses" into one.)

Thinking about this, Jiang Ran knew that he was very close to the truth. The last question left was why the Feiqi family wanted to merge the maze bosses?

Jiang Ran guessed that there are only three types of answers, two of which are common answers.

If it is an unconventional answer, then there are many possibilities, such as the Feiqi family has a special destiny, or the family history has some grudges and hatreds with this special maze boss.

If this is the case, Jiang Ran can do nothing because he really has no relevant information.

So, leaving aside unconventional answers, Jiang Ran analyzed the conventional possibilities.

There are two common answers. One is that the maze boss is easier to kill after fusion, and the other is that the maze boss after fusion will provide better rewards to the killer.

If the purpose is to level up Viviana, then the Feiqi family should be able to provide many other training resources, including but not limited to going to the battlefield, etc., so when you think about it this way, there is only one option left for the answer.

Defeating special maze bosses can get better rewards, which is indeed attractive to the Feiqi family, which has been unlucky recently.

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In the cave, Shirley listened carefully to what Fei Ke saw and heard in the maze.

The information that Fike brought back immediately made Shirley feel much better. She felt that the reward she promised for "helping with something" was worth it.

At the same time, Shirley also verified her previous guess and confirmed that Feike's strength was definitely at least level four. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to clearly "hear" the "conversation" between the red and black elders of the Feiqi family in such a chaotic and dangerous maze, let alone escape unscathed.

"As long as we completely destroy the two teams of maze raiders first, we can achieve the special conditions for the fusion of the three maze bosses... I never thought the Feiqi family actually knew such a secret."

Shirley finally resolved the doubts in her heart. These big families would indeed do anything to achieve their own interests.

In this incident, the Feiqi family was very conscientious in sending two teams of death row prisoners.

Considering that the Feiqi family was the only one that actually suffered losses this time, Shirley changed her previous mind and decided not to hold them accountable anymore. If anyone asked about it in the future, she would pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Now that the truth has come to light, it is time for Shirley to fulfill her obligations.

"Tell me, Fike, what do you want me to do for you?"

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8.17 - Renewing the Spirit

The reason why Shirley offered to fulfill her obligations was because she had a clear idea in her mind.

Before, Shirley was indeed worried that Fike would make "unreasonable demands", but after experiencing today's escape and the "incident" that just happened, she unknowingly figured it out.

It is Fike's freedom to make any request he wants. Conversely, after being constrained by the requirement of "not doing anything harmful to others", it is Shirley's freedom to agree with Fike's request or not.

If we think about it in an extreme way, Shirley would not rule out the possibility that "Fike actually fabricated a lie to deceive himself" - even if the "truth" he just said is indeed very credible.

Therefore, Shirley will not let herself suffer too much in the subsequent "fulfillment of obligations" stage - in simple terms, it is okay to help with small favors, but nothing too outrageous will be discussed.

And if Fei Ke wanted to take advantage of her while the aftertaste of their previous physical contact was still lingering, Shirley would never agree.

Shirley, who is 28 years old this year, is not one of those ignorant little girls who gets dizzy after being kissed.

She told herself clearly that what had just happened was all done to ensure the survival of the team and was necessary. It did not mean that there would be any substantial changes in her relationship with Fei Ke in the future.

[Note: I have to say, Shirley's experience just now was indeed very good. However, she has now entered Sage Time (please don't check if you don't understand), so her mind is quite rational.]

Then, under Shirley's gaze, Fike finally answered.

"Uh...let me think about it first? I don't have any ideas yet."

Shirley was a little surprised when she heard this, but she quickly figured it out.

She now understood why Fei Ke wanted to sign a contract with her. It turned out that this guy had no intention of using this right so quickly from the beginning. The contract was used to prevent time from diluting memory.

——(If that’s the case…I’m not at a loss.)

——(The longer it takes, the more chances I have to verify whether what he just said is true.)

"Okay, then you keep watch. I'm going to sleep first."

Once the matter was settled, Shirley's tense nerves relaxed a lot, and the sleepiness quietly disappeared.

Seeing her yawning, Fei Ke swallowed the topic that was about to come out of his mouth.

(As for the matter of the Bloodthirsty Serpent Orlosk... let's talk about it tomorrow when everyone is awake.)

"Well, let's go."

Fike followed Shirley and walked a little deeper into the cave, then they each found a place to sit, far apart from each other.

Not long after, Shirley fell asleep leaning against the rock wall.

When this court magician, who is cold on the outside but gentle on the inside, stopped talking quietly, her beautiful face and graceful figure would make anyone who saw her linger.

Fike, who was on guard, looked at her quietly, as if thinking about something.

(Perhaps, her sharp tongue and difficulty in getting along with others is actually a form of self-protection?)

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