The sudden voice left Margery and Marchosias in stunned silence.
Upon seeing the source of the voice, both of them were completely astonished.
"A human?"
"Impossible!"
In front of Misaki Bridge, within the range of Fuuzetsu/Seal, a person walked towards the group with powerful strides.
It was natural for Margery and Marchosias to be surprised. Humans should be incapable of moving within the Fuuzetsu/Seal.
However, the human before their eyes was undeniably moving within the Fuuzetsu/Seal and approaching the entire group.
Only Shana's expression remained unchanged. She turned her head, looked at the approaching person, and threw out a comment.
"You're too slow."
Hearing this, Fang Li rolled his eyes, and was too lazy to pay attention to the tsundere Flame Haze. Instead, he shifted his gaze to the astonished Margery. After sizing her up, he grinned and spoke.
"Not a bad figure."
This statement initially left both Shana and Margery momentarily stunned before they abruptly reacted. Due to the recent fiery attack, Margery's clothes had been completely burned off.
"…!" Margery immediately grabbed the nearby large hardcover book, disregarding the intense pain surging through her body, and held it in front of herself.
"Fang Li!" Shana, burning with anger, called Fang Li's name for the first time and swung Nietono no Shana towards Fang Li's head.
Fang Li effortlessly sidestepped Shana's angry swing, ignoring Shana, and instead, he gazed at Margery and uttered a line.
"I have something I'd like to commission you for help."
This sudden statement caught everyone present off guard.
Once they processed it, Margery stared directly at Fang Li and asked, "Who are you?"
Fang Li didn't answer. He simply waved his hand and grasped a dagger resembling a crescent moon.
It was the Moon Blade that Shana had thrown earlier and somehow returned to Fang Li's hand.
Observing the crescent moon-like dagger, Margery's eyes widened, and she glared at Fang Li, shouting loudly, "Was it you who launched the initial attack?!"
"I didn't plan to get involved," Fang Li replied straightforwardly. "But our Flame Haze lodger is quite useless, so I gave her a little assistance."
"Who's your lodger?" Shana retorted.
Ignoring Shana, Fang Li continued to address Margery, "Getting back to the point, I know you're an excellent Unrestricted Spell Master. I'd like to ask for your help in finding a certain Unrestricted Spell engraved in this city. Would you be willing to accept my commission?"
"An Unrestricted Spell engraved in this city?" Margery frowned.
"They have that kind of thing in this city too?" Shana also expressed surprise.
"What's going on?" Alastor inquired bluntly.
"I'll explain the details when we get back. For now, let me finish this task," Fang Li sighed.
He kept his gaze on Margery and continued, "As you can see, I'm just a human, and I am incapable of using Power of Existence, let alone use Unrestricted Spells. This little girl, despite her decent combat abilities, is not an expert in Unrestricted Spells. Only you are suitable for helping me with this."
"So you chose to appear at this moment, intending to threaten me into helping you at my weakest?" Margery sneered and asked, "What if I refuse?"
To this question, Fang Li promptly responded, "No, you will help me."
The certainty and assurance in Fang Li's words caught Shana off guard and even more so, Margery.
However, this only fueled the fire within Margery.
"Interesting," Marchosias seemed to understand the current situation. With a somewhat ear-piercing and vulgar tone, she chuckled, "I'm curious. How do you, a mere human, plan to convince our stubborn and violent lady, Margery Saw?"
Fang Li smiled faintly.
"As for the method, didn't you just mention it?" Fang Li said, "It's just a matter of using threats."
"Ha?" Margery was so angry that she laughed.
"Ha!" Marchosias laughed even louder.
Even Shana and Alastor couldn't help but feel skeptical, unsure of Fang Li's intentions. It was clear to anyone that Margery, a battle maniac, wouldn't easily yield to threats.
How could Fang Li be so confident that his threat would work?
The answer came quickly.
"Sometimes, not fearing threats doesn't mean you're immune to them."
Fang Li, looking at Margery, who was completely exposed and only using a large hardcover book as a shield, seemed indifferent to her mockery. As if speaking to himself, he suddenly spoke.
"For example, for a vengeful person, the most threatening thing undoubtedly is the inability to get revenge, don't you think, Margery San?"
Margery's expression froze.
There was no need to ask who the vengeful person Fang Li referred to was. It was undoubtedly Margery. After all, Margery was a Flame Haze who contracted with the Crimson World Demon King, driven by revenge.
"And I know, Margery San, it seems you haven't found the enemy who took everything from you. That's why your hatred is so intense, intense enough to tolerate no existence of any Denizen."
Fang Li lowered his head, bringing his face close to Margery's, as if jokingly saying, "Perhaps Margery San is not afraid of death, but she is definitely afraid of not being able to take revenge."
"But if you die here, then you definitely won't get your revenge," Fang Li's lips slowly curled up as he said, "So, tell me, does this threat really work?"
The expression on Margery's face had completely disappeared. Instead, she bit her lip, staring fixedly at Fang Li, as if trying to poke two holes in his face with her gaze.
"Tch," Marchosias couldn't help but exclaim, "You're quite bold, little human."
As for Shana and Alastor, they fell completely silent.
Although they hadn't considered taking Margery's life, now that Fang Li had done so, there was no reason to expose it at this moment.
In this situation, Margery took a deep breath and surrendered, speaking as if conceding defeat.
"Good, good, good. I understand. Consider it your victory. I'll help you once my injuries and power recover. Is that good enough?"
Margery's words made Fang Li's eyes flicker slightly, and then he laughed.
At that moment, Fang Li gave a simple response.
"Okay."
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