Shameless Warlock

Contrary to Xu Nan's expectations, this seemingly docile little rabbit behaved so irritable and aggressive in front of the Soulstealer hatchlings. It kicked Akai's chest with its hind legs, jumped out with this strength, and made a beautiful interception in the air—swallowed the tadpole-shaped creature in one bite!

The surrounding water tanks also made a slight sound, and even caused a certain degree of resonance.

Although the Superspiritual Vision couldn't interpret this emotion, Xu Nan could also faintly feel that it was a kind of instinctive fear.

According to Akai, the mood swings of soul stealers are very, very small, especially when they are young, but this kind of fear is so strong that they can smell it with their noses.

This is blood suppression between creatures.

No wonder Akai said that the rabbit is the natural enemy of the soul stealer.

"Adult Soulstealers will be very afraid of rabbits, and will involuntarily tremble slightly when encountering rabbits; they will massacre rabbits near the territory where they live, and reject any similar life forms."

"The Soulstealer larvae are even worse. Rabbits often behave like the bravest hunters in front of them. They can track the location of the Soulstealer larvae within a certain range, and at the same time, when facing them, they have an absolute advantage." Advantage."

Akai gently stroked Feifei's head to calm her down a bit:

"Because Soulstealer larvae can parasitize, only the brains of humanoids, and only the gray matter of the brains of humanoids can provide them with the necessary nutrients for transformation. Rabbits are not so good. Even if these disgusting tadpoles find a chance to drill When it reaches the rabbit's head, it can't eat anything, and finally exhausted itself to death on the way to find enough gray matter..."

In the original world of Soulstealer, Stephen Sand's scholars discovered a large number of biological populations, but there were no rabbits.

They conducted in-depth research on this, only to find that the Soul Thief could not overcome their innate fear of rabbits.

And in the war that year, Stephen Sang proposed the [Rabbit Project], which had a good effect against the army of soul stealers - after all, even high-level soul stealers could not overcome the fear or hatred of rabbits .

Once this tendency is manifested, it is easy to be recognized by people. In this way, the greatest advantage of the Soul Thieves is gone.

It is said that the streets of Stephen Sand back then were full of lively little rabbits... and witches or wizards in bunny clothes.

While dressing like a rabbit doesn't make you immune to soulstealers, it's still believed to bring good luck.

To this day, in some wizarding realms of Stephen Sand, rabbit-related symbols are considered a sign of good luck, which actually has something to do with the invasion of the Soul Thief Legion.

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Despite having a weird and amusing weakness like "fear of rabbits," Soulstealers are a group that shouldn't be underestimated.

Most frighteningly, they are always evolving.

They are like locusts or ghosts wandering among the stars. Wherever the Soulstealer Legion goes, all populations will end up being extinct. Their bodies will be taken away, their lands will be plundered, and their resources will be exhausted. .

When the existing population resources cannot meet the expansion of the group, they will start to invade other worlds.

It's a never-ending cycle.

Those populations that have been parasitized by soul stealers will have their genetic advantages inherited to a certain extent by soul stealer larvae.

Some scholars believe that the so-called high-level soulstealer is actually the genetic embodiment of this constant optimization. If they are allowed to evolve, they will reach the form of "perfect creatures" in the process.

All in all, this is a population that violates the conventional cognition of life, is extremely destructive, and also has imaginative evolutionary potential.

Now, the vanguard of the Soul Thief Legion appeared in Stephen Sand.

A big battle seems to be imminent.

Xu Nan and Akai checked the water tanks in the underground plaza. Akai used his authority to call in a group of wizards in black robes whom he had never seen before to deal with the Soulstealer larvae.

And they themselves continued to explore the deeper parts of the underground plaza.

Because when they were counting the Soulstealer larvae, they discovered a more hidden secret door here!

"Where does this lead to?"

Xu Nan looked at the entrance of the hidden secret passage in amazement.

This place was actually located between two rocks, and with his dark vision, he didn't notice anything unusual.

And just now, Akai concluded that there was a secret door behind it just by relying on his hearing, which made Xu Nan really suspect that the profession of demon hunter and thief might also be relatives.

"Partner." Akai was obviously more calm.

Xu Nan nodded. This kind of judgment is reasonable. They found no trace of the existence of other people in Thomas' home, but since the Soul Stealer Legion wants to infiltrate Stephen Sand, Thomas must not be the only one.

There are so many Soulstealer larvae here, and Thomas is usually busy with affairs, so he must not be able to take care of it by himself.

Then the answer will be ready to come out.

This road, with a high probability, is the road leading to the home of Thomas' accomplice!

The two explored this secret passage alone, and about four black-robed wizards followed from afar.

This secret passage was much longer than the one leading to the underground plaza in Thomas' house. They walked for about ten minutes and found nothing along the way.

The ghost knows how these soul stealers dug such a long secret passage under Stephen Sand's city without being discovered!

Akai's face was ugly.

Although he had only recently returned to the position of deputy captain of the law enforcement team, his responsibility was still heavy when the city was invaded by foreign enemies.

If it wasn't for Xu Nan, Stephen Sang might have been attacked by the Soul Stealer, and no one would have discovered it in advance!

He clenched his strength and moved forward holding his breath.

After a while, an upward step finally appeared in the dark passage ahead.

Without any hesitation, Akai rushed up and kicked open the rather thick iron gate without saying a word!

The soul stealer has a transcendent perception of danger, so there is no need to hide it at this time, just go straight to it!

Boom!

A huge hole was directly kicked out of the iron gate by Akai's terrifying force. Immediately afterwards, the senior demon hunter, like a Devilsaur, staged a good show of tearing down the iron gate with bare hands in front of Xu Nan.

Bang bang bang bang!

Sharp echoes echoed endlessly in the dark passage.

Xu Nan followed, took a closer look, and found that it was a wine cellar.

Not far away, there is a row of precious wines and some ice cubes. Further away, more cabinets.

"This architectural style..."

Xu Nan reacted instantly.

This is the basement of the Rapunzel Inn!

"Miranda, there is indeed a problem!"

Xu Nan took a deep breath.

He recalled the strange guy "Toby" he met earlier, and the circumstances that Miranda and Thomas apparently knew, and things seemed to become clearer.

Before, he wondered how Thomas locked onto himself who had just disembarked from the Queen's spacecraft and arrived at Stephen Sand.

Now it seems that the proprietress of the Rapunzel Hotel probably gave him the information.

Miranda is most likely also a high-level soul stealer!

And Toby, the guy who is suspected of having epilepsy, probably didn't integrate smoothly, leaving sequelae.

"I'll go, these days I actually live in the old den of the soul stealer..."

Xu Nan felt a little scared after thinking about it.

They found several separate rooms in the depths of the wine cellar, and indeed found Toby whom Xu Nan had seen before, and another man of medium build.

Both of them were tied to cold stone pillars, and a strange rune was engraved in the center of the room, which was very similar in shape to the hatchling of Soulstealer, but more complicated.

Whoosh!

A cyan and blue light flashed, it was A Kai holding the [Dead Spirit Detection Technique] scroll to determine the identities of these two people.

Soon, the blue light turned into a dazzling crimson!

The scroll itself was even more ups and downs, making a siren sound!

This means that these two people are soul stealers!

Akai shook his eyebrows and put away the scroll.

"They're all dead."

"It was done by their own people."

Akai went up to check, and frowned slightly: "They have been dead for a long time."

"The one in the room on the left is very similar in stature to [the attacker at the back of the head]. It should be him. I haven't seen the one on the right."

Xu Nan recounted what she had seen and heard in the Lettuce Inn.

Akai nodded: "We must find a way to catch that proprietress."

At this time, the Paradise Lost system ushered in a welcome notice——

[Your shared task - the sneak attacker in the back of the head has been completed! 】

[Number of Newcomers Supported +1]

[You and Xie Yutong's blood relationship +2]

The reward was almost exactly the same as before, except that the degree of blood kinship seemed to unlock the blood resonance and have a chance to provide a little benefit, Xu Nan didn't feel any benefit.

Sure enough, taking a trumpet is still thankless?

At the moment, he concentrated and followed Akai to the entrance of the cellar.

According to Akai's plan, they will quickly sneak into the Rapunzel Hotel, cooperate with the law enforcement team to block the outside of the hotel, and make sure to take down Thomas' accomplice!

But just at that moment, when the law enforcement team said they had completed the blockade of the Rapunzel Inn, two wizards in black robes ran over:

"vice captain!"

"We found two people in the basement!"

Akai was stunned for a moment: "And the basement?"

"Isn't this the cellar?"

A black-robed wizard nodded and said, "Just now, when a brother was searching, he found a more hidden secret door..."

"Leave them alone."

Akai was a little impatient: "Knock them out and tie them up."

"But..." The black-robed wizard hesitated.

"What's the matter?" Akai growled a little irritablely: "Say something quickly!"

"Yes!" The black-robed wizard shuddered, and immediately said quickly: "Those two people are a bit special, and they didn't respond to our questions."

"But the detection spell shows that they are not soul stealers!"

Not a Soulstealer?

Both Xu Nan and Akai were a little surprised.

"Take me there to see!"

Akai forced himself to resist his unhappiness, and the two followed the black-robed warrior around the cellar for a while, and they found a small secret room.

In the secret room, there is a black-robed wizard waiting in formation.

There are bunk beds on the left side of the room, and the rest of the furnishings are very simple, but they are tidied up very clean.

A plainly dressed woman was sitting on the edge of the bed, her eyes were numb, and she didn't know what she was thinking; beside her stood a tall man who looked like a man, his whole body was wrapped in thick clothes , looks ridiculously bloated.

As soon as Akai came in, Xu Nan noticed his abnormality.

His body instantly became extremely stiff.

After a while, he relaxed, and his voice was extremely low:

"You actually degenerated to cooperate with Soul Thief?!"

"Do you know what you're doing?"

It sounded like his anger had already exploded, but for some reason, when facing this woman and that man, he actually forcibly endured it.

The two black-robed wizards took a look at Akai and retreated knowingly.

Only the strange duo, Xu Nan and A Kai were left in the room.

Xu Nan didn't leave, not because he was interested in the gossip between A Kai and this man he obviously knew, but because the Lost Paradise system refreshed the notification again——

[Your shared mission - Helena's whereabouts has been completed! 】

[Number of Newcomers Supported +1]

[If you have promoted newcomers three times, you will get a chance to repay them! 】

[You and Xie Yutong's blood relationship +3 (currently: 6)]

[The blood relationship between you and Xie Yutong is greater than 5 points, and the first stage of blood resonance is automatically unlocked! 】

[Your insight level is permanently +1]

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Naturally, Xu Nan couldn't digest all these dazzling information in one go.

But it is an indisputable fact that the task of Helena's whereabouts has been completed.

He didn't believe that Xie Yutong could find Helena even if he worked in Roger's Tower of Elements, so there was only one possibility left: the ordinary-looking woman in front of him with shabby clothes was the legendary forbidden alchemist Helena!

And that guy wrapped in clothes is her son, an alchemy puppet named "Little Sun God"!

Akai seems to know both of them.

Facing his scolding, the woman seemed to have finally come to her senses.

She looked at Akai expressionlessly, her chapped lips moved slightly:

"So, what are you going to do with him?"

Akai glanced at the tall figure beside her, his expression became very tangled, but he still said quickly:

"Follow me, I will really protect you this time."

The woman laughed dryly and said:

"This time? Really? Do you think I'll trust you again?"

"That year, after you kicked me out of the house, I didn't expect anything from you..."

Akai walked up quickly, grabbed the woman's thin shoulders, and fixed his eyes on her eyes:

"Listen to me, Helena!"

"That's the end of the nonsense. I don't know how much you have been wronged in the past, but this time, you really caused a big disaster!"

"All alchemists are looking for you, you can't keep hiding!"

"Only I...I can help you."

"follow me……"

There was a hint of pleading in his voice.

"How can you help me?"

Helena sneered: "Everyone wants to know the secret of God's Alchemy?"

"Can you stop everyone?"

Akai was silent.

"I can try it," he said.

"As long as you give me a chance."

"A chance to make amends."

There was a rare tenderness on his resolute face.

Helena ignored him.

She just gently held the mechanical wrist of the puppet beside her, and sighed softly:

"That's too late."

"elder brother……"

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