Chapter 17 Magic Cabin
After running at the ground at high speed for a long time, everyone felt exhausted. If the centaur girl had not been kind-hearted and asked Holk to slow down a little, she would have been lying on the ground long ago.
The worst person is Frank. His agility is only one line higher than that of ordinary people and his running speed is the slowest. The old guy took care of him with lightning in the middle. Now the egg on his butt is still pitch black, exuding the fragrance of roasted pork. Fortunately, his zombie body has good resistance to lightning, otherwise, he would have turned into a scorched corpse now.
After running like this for a long time, they finally saw the "magic hut" where the old guy lives before sunset. Everyone had vicious speculations about the magic hut mentioned by this old guy. Qin Lun even directly imagined it as the dark and terrifying forest wooden house full of human specimens of the witch Maiya.
However, when they really saw this "magic hut", they found that it was different from everyone's imagination. Holk's magic hut is a classic-shaped villa manor, located on a small hill with a gentle slope. The manor is surrounded by a vibrant meadow and flower beds, and in front of the door is a bluestone avenue extending to the distance.
"Master, you are back!" Seeing Holk landing from the sky, a group of small creatures less than one meter tall opened the door to the manor.
This creature's green eyes were extremely large. If it weren't for its short ears and its nose was as long as a wooden stick, Qin Lun misjudged it and thought he had seen a group of different versions of "Didi". The little creature was wearing a strange green dress, which seemed to be sewn from a huge leaf.
"Ha, they are prairie elves, hardworking and capable, with super memory, and the best assistants to magic experiments!" Seeing everyone's surprised eyes, Holk showed off proudly.
"It's just that the hiring fee is a little more expensive!" When everyone looked away, the old mage raised his white beard and muttered in a low voice.
"In my opinion, this old guy doesn't want to find an experimental assistant who is taller than himself!" Hansen sarcastically said in the team channel without hesitation.
Looking at the old white-bearded wizard who was only at Sas' waist, not as tall as the magic broom, and most of the magic robe was dragged on the ground, everyone couldn't help but nodded secretly. However, no one dared to show it on his face. The strength of this old thing was too terrifying. If they destroyed their entire team, they didn't even need to take a breath.
"Okay, you are waiting in the hall. I will continue to finish the previous magic experiment!" Holk thrust his face and warned everyone angrily, "Don't run around. There are many magic traps in the magic room. If it is triggered, people will die. Don't say that Old Holk didn't warn you! Eat and drink, the elves will send you later."
"It turns out that the magic experiment was interrupted and we were angry!" Everyone was speechless, and Hill guessed it.
"Master Hallk, when will you end the magic experiment?" Michel asked boldly.
"Ha, maybe... it's about two or three days!" Holk hesitated for a moment and gave an unreliable answer.
"Two or three days?" This time, even Qin Lun couldn't help but curse privately. The old guy said that someone would come and take them away in two or three days, and would also give them a choice.
By now, the five people in the team have basically confirmed that the old mage is just a guide, responsible for receiving visitors from the world in this area. However, the guide who is responsible for this kind of work should at least answer some of their current questions to let them understand their situation so that they can make a better choice in a few days.
The old guy's current behavior is obviously not responsible at all, but given the old guy's strong strength, everyone can only dare not speak out.
"No, Master Holk, you are lazy!" A crisp and beautiful scolding sounded in the manor hall.
"Michelle!" Cora, who had the best relationship with the Centaur girl, couldn't help but turn a pale face and couldn't help but sweat for her.
"Aunt Michelle, this old guy is a nuclear bomb. It doesn't matter if you want to die. Don't let us explode too!" Sars whispered in a low voice on the team channel with a bitter face.
Qin Lun looked at each other two murderers, and couldn't help but smile in his eyes. They were not worried about Michelle at all. Along the way, they had already seen that the old mage admired this kind-hearted centaur girl, otherwise they wouldn't have listened to Michelle's call several times and deliberately slowed down their flight speed to make them run more comfortable.
"Ha... OK. Let me sort out the laboratory and come to find you later!" The old mage frowned and muttered reluctantly.
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"Qin Lun, come and try it. This thing tastes good!" Sass and Hansen each held a plate of "caviar" and swallowed it. They had not eaten since last night and had run for half a day, and their belly was already hungry. There was a layer of smooth liquid on the surface of this "caviar", which tasted delicious, as big as a grape, and showed a pearl-like color.
"Haha, you two gluttons!" Hill shook his head and savored it carefully with a glass of sweet wine.
"It seems that the magicians in this world live a luxury!" Qin Lun smiled and grabbed a mango-shaped fruit on the fruit plate. Since he merged with the elf bloodline, he felt that his taste had become much lighter. He didn't like too fishy food.
"Hey, little guy, what is this caviar called?" Sass wiped his mouth, stopped a large porcelain plate on his head, and asked the grassland elf who was busy serving desserts. He was preparing to prepare more of this food during his stay.
"Caviar? No, sir, this is the egg of the harp. It was just delivered this morning. It's very fresh!" The elf narrowed his big eyes and tilted his head to introduce it.
"Ahem!" Sass retching with an ugly look, and even Hansen frowned and put down his cold cut.
The two of them are usually cold and cold, but the key is that the three words "very fresh" are too powerful. When they think of the unknown liquid on the surface of "Haudess Egg", they can't help but feel disgusted.
"Hahaha, it makes you hungry and eat!" Hill laughed.
"Little guy, then what are they eating?" Hansen pointed at the "mango" in Qin Lun's hand unwillingly and the sweet wine in Hill's hand.
"Mr. Half-Elf eats the heart of the oak demon, and another gentleman drinks the urine of fluorescent bats, which are the most magical magician food!" The elf puffed up his cheeks and said seriously.
"Puff!" Hill sprayed the sweet wine in his mouth all over the floor. However, Qin Lun had no reaction and continued to gnaw on his "mango". The heart of the oak demon, that is, the heart of the tree, was not much different from fruits for him, because they were all grown from plants anyway.
"Gurl!" Sass didn't bother to laugh at Hill, swallowed his saliva, and asked in a pleasing manner, "Little guy, do you have any cooked meat, such as poultry and livestock, and wine made from grain!"
"Yes, there may be some leftover yellow lamb and ale in the kitchen!" The elf replied respectfully.
"That's fine. Can you help us get it?" Sass was overjoyed and quickly asked the elf for it.
"Of course, but are you sure you want to eat those things?" The elf looked at Sass with a weird look.
"Oh, yes!" Seeing the elf's strange reaction, Sas hesitated for a moment. However, he was not full yet, so he had to bite the bullet and say, praying in his heart that the so-called yellow mutton and ale must be "real".
"I don't need to change my food, and I don't need to change my two ladies!" Qin Lun held the fruit plate in front of him, watched the elf remove the food of the other three guys, and then said lightly, "I just checked it. The 'Geen' in the prairie elf's mouth refers to the three-eyed wolf dog raised by the magician. The yellow mutton and ale you want are dog food..."
"Hehehe!" Looking at the other three people with a embarrassed look, Michelle and Cora couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckled.
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"Ha, my matter is handled. Please ask any questions if you have any questions!" After the sky was completely dark, Holk also returned to the hall.
The old wizard's original black wizard robe was replaced, and he changed into a white nightgown full of flower buds. Even the pointed hat on his head was the same, and there was a fluffy cotton thread ball hanging down at the top. If it weren't for his white beard that grew to his knees, sitting cross-legged on the wide sofa would be like a cute little child.
As for now, I can only call it an old naughty boy! However, for this moody powerful mage, everyone had to hold back their laughter and look at each other. In the end, Michelle spoke first.
"Dear Master Holk, you said before that we will face a choice. What kind of choice is it?"
"Ha, don't you really know? No, visitors who have entered the inner world usually have learned about the existence of the inner world..." Holk touched his white beard and frowned on his own, as if he was puzzled.
"We really don't know, Master Holk, can you explain it to us?" Hill asked carefully.
"Ha... Then how did you come in?" Hallke finally became interested and asked curiously.
"That... Master of the Great Master, you should be able to see that we all have a little ability. In fact, we are investigating the tragedy in the Crystal Lake area. That's why..." Qin Lun's eyes flashed and he slowly told his previous actions.
"Ha? So that's how it is!" Holk blinked his eyes and muttered in a low voice, "That dead man Jerry didn't make it clear when he was dying. I thought the other end of the teleportation array had been packed!"
After Holk stammered and told the story, everyone suddenly realized that half of their previous guesses were correct.
The undead mage who was originally guarding the teleportation array in the Crystal Lake Camping Area was indeed attacked by the apostle team, and he died as soon as he returned to the inner world, leaving only a few words. Then, Holk was replaced here as the guide.
However, before the Necromancer died, he didn't have time to explain clearly. Holk was a research madman again. Most of the time he came here, he either went out to collect experimental materials or spent in the laboratory.
Not only did he not go to the other side of the teleportation array, but he didn't even finish reading the message given to him by the Magic Association, which resulted in the Crystal Lake Camping Area being blocked for twenty years.
"I thought there were two troll apprentices from Jerry's dead ghost who had been guarding!" Hallke was a little embarrassed in a rare manner.
Everyone rolled their eyes, deeply for the troll Fink and his brothers.
Those two guys were originally noble magic apprentices, but because of Holk's irresponsibility, they worked as savages in the Crystal Lake Camping Area for twenty years, waiting for the arrival of the real magician. In the end, they were buried in the hands of the guardian left by their teacher, which was extremely sad.
Chapter completed!