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Chapter 9 - Chapter 8 Teacher Aofang, the hermit

Tankaga was driving a carriage pulled by four unicorns, with the Morning Lady leading the other three riders of the Pegasus cavalry, as they raced along the main roads of the continent.

Jess, Mifar, Monica, Yeron, and another knight from the unicorn cavalry were sitting in the carriage.

Although their speed is not slow, the distance between the carriage and the flying horse is not large, indicating their well-trained and good cooperation. All the riders looked relaxed, after all, the water shortage in the city had finally eased and was no longer so urgent.

Zao Nv's rode on a fast flying horse and said, "Just now, the young lady was pestering the old lady to come out with her."

Tankaga responded, "Wow! If I really want the lady to go out, I don't know how many people will worry and worry about it again."

"Fortunately, we didn't let her follow us. The place we were going was not something that a pampered young lady could go to." The pondering rabbit puppet, Monica, made a sound.

"Miss Monisha, where is our destination?" said the early girl, as if she had thought of something

"Whispering Tower." Monica maintained her original posture and said something that seemed unrelated to her.

Tankaga exclaimed in shock, "Tower of Whispers! I heard that tower has devoured the lives of many adventurers. Miss Monica, are you sure our goal is..." Before Tankaga could finish speaking, Jess, who was gnawing on food, spoke up, "Monica, what is that Austrian teacher doing in that place full of dead people and skeletons? It's really frustrating!"

Monica turned her head and said, "What! You look lazy and dying. Isn't there four beautiful women riding horses with you? You've lost interest so quickly!"

Jess, who was gnawing on the food and staring at the scenery, didn't respond. On the contrary, the early girl said awkwardly, "Miss Monica, please don't say that. We consider ourselves inferior to Miss Mifar's beauty."

Monica shook her hand and said, "Don't call Miss Monica or Miss Mifar again. If you don't mind wasting saliva, I might even get goosebumps."

At this moment, Jess also agreed and said, "Yes! What do you call me Mr. Jess? It's not only awkward, but also unpleasant. Besides, you don't have to admit that you're not as good as Mifa, because..." Jess was interrupted by a small flying knife hanging around his neck, and Monica specifically ordered to bring more things. And the one holding the knife is Mifa, who opened his eyes at an unknown time. Mifa, who hid her face in the darkness, had a twinkle in her eyes and a malicious smile. Her dark expression and murderous aura could remind Jess and the people around her of many things without saying a word.

But Yerong stood aside and asked, "What the hell is going on?"

Mifa replied excitedly, "You can't listen! Anyone who knows will die."

Jess, still with a knife around his neck, said, "Strange? So why are we still living well to this day?"

Mifa threw the knife aside and sat back in place, saying, "I don't even think about how troublesome it would be to kill you."

Yerong excitedly pointed to himself and asked, "What about me?"

Mifa looked at the speeding scenery outside the car and said, "If we throw you out of here, you'll lose half of your life if you don't die. What do you think?"

Yerong scratched his head and asked, "Can you tell me a little bit and hit me again?"

Upon hearing this, everyone stared at Yerong fiercely, causing Yerong to feel embarrassed and giggle foolishly.

After a long journey, the group arrived at the Whispering Tower. Looking at the seven story ancient pagoda, combined with the gloomy forest and the crows, the desolate and eerie atmosphere can make many people hesitate. A group of ten people stood in front of the main entrance of the tower, listening to the whispers of the tower's name coming from inside. It seemed that as soon as the sun disappeared on the horizon, the environment would immediately be filled with walking zombies.

Jess held his hands behind his head and complained, "Ah! It's so boring to come to such a bad place to pick on himself. You know, the Austrian teacher who would live here is probably the kind of lonely old man who takes pleasure in scaring people by hiding in the dark. Maybe when we meet, he wants you girls to take off your clothes..." Jess was sticking out his tongue, using his imagination to scare the accompanying Pegasus knights.

At this moment, Zao Nv's hugged her companion and said, "No way!"

"Of course not!" Monica spoke out, "Teacher Aofang is very energetic. Besides, he has his own magical doll 'Wei'er' to help him, which has nothing to do with the bad terms of loneliness and bad."

Jess retorted with a disdainful expression, "Magical doll, that probably has something to do with you, right!" Following his tone, he browsed up and down Monica's rabbit costume again, "So... is this a turtle or a cute little pig? Is it the big monster Godzilla?"

Monica replied, "Godzilla, the big monster? What's that? Stop making a fuss! Wei'er is not inferior to the maid like beauty of Mifar's appearance!"

"So what, what's the big deal! Isn't it just a magical doll?"

"Very human like!"

Upon hearing this, Jess poked his head and asked, "What does it mean to be very human like?"

"Is there anything that should be there? Disgusting! Do you insist that I say everything in broad daylight?" Monica gave Jess a hard pat, and the rabbit smiled with a malicious expression.

Upon hearing this, Jess immediately turned back to the horse carriage and grabbed a few flying knives, then rushed towards the entrance of the tower. After leaving the words "I'll go up and wait for you first.", the figure disappeared into the crack in the door. In addition to murmuring, there was also the sound of ping-pong ping-pong rising inside the instantaneous tower. I saw Monica standing outside the door with a smile, and the others followed her without moving.

In no time, the door opened again, and Jess panted and leaned his hand against the door.

"Monica, are you fooling us? I fought all the way to the seventh floor and didn't see the Austrian teacher you were talking about. Damn it! There's only a bunch of zombies or fusion failures here, and I just let them reincarnate. Eh~! No, I didn't see any beautiful women around either. Tell me! Are you fooling me, right?"

Monica still smiled silently.

On the contrary, Zao Nv's spoke with an incredulous look in her eyes, "Jess, you really hit the seventh layer and then hit it again!"

With an experienced and experienced expression, Yerong patted Zao Nv's shoulder and said.

"To travel with them, one must first learn 'don't be surprised'. It can be tiring to have such a big reaction to everything."

"Monica, why don't you lead the way?" said Mifa on the side

The group entered the Whispering Tower and only saw corpses scattered everywhere and zombies lying on the ground with missing limbs. Although there are still some monsters that have not been solved, they seem to know what fear is and hide on the side, afraid to approach this group of strange invaders.

Jess used a flying knife to eliminate a pitiful monster who wanted to stand up but lacked limbs. Pointing to the nearby staircase, he said, "That's where I got up."

Monica ignored Jess and walked towards a wall to the right of the gate. I patted one of the bricks and the wall immediately snapped into a downward staircase: "Let's go! The teacher is on the basement level."

Jess still maintained the posture of pointing at the stairs, but his expression changed to a dull expression.

"Don't look at me like that. If the teacher and the others were going out, they would have to climb seven flights of stairs every time and face this annoying group of people, that's so troublesome!" Monica finished speaking and walked down the stairs.

Everyone else looked at Jess with sympathetic expressions and then walked on. Only Mifa laughed a few more times.

Everyone descended the stairs and opened a small wooden door. It is filled with various medicines and books, and there are very few places to walk. A special beautiful woman wearing a black long dress, white apron, braided long hair, round glasses, and holding a broom walked out from behind the Book Mountain, which would make all men delude.

"Oh! Monica, you're such a rare guest! Are you bringing friends to play?" With a smiling face and a cute greeting, this alone can capture many men. Not to mention Jess who has already rushed forward.

"Miss Wei'er, your beauty is like that of a goddess. I can't help but thank the person who created you for giving us the opportunity to meet. Your name is like a newly bloomed flower, blooming in the sunshine and bathing in it. It makes me admire the ingenuity of the person who named you. You..." Just as Jess was holding Wei'er's hand and wanting to continue his praise, suddenly a shout came from the other side of the library: "Hello!"! Hurry up and help me, we're going to succeed! "We're about to succeed," Wei Er, who had broken free from Jess's clutches, flashed inside like a black shadow.

At this moment, Monica patted Jess's back and said, "Don't praise my 'ingenuity' like this. Her name was chosen by me. Because Teacher Aofang didn't want to remember anything else, she didn't give her a name and just called it 'Hey!'. I found it too simple, and it's not polite for others to call it that way, so I helped her choose 'Wei'er'. As for the teacher, he probably doesn't know about naming yet."

Just as others were about to fall into a trance after listening to Monica's words, there was a loud explosion inside, quickly pulling everyone's thoughts back to reality.

"Cough! Cough!" A handsome old gentleman walked out of the smoke. Due to the explosion, he was covered in black and dressed in a tall and straight outfit, completely unable to conceal the hidden vitality inside. Probably only his face and skin can be called old.

"Damn it! You should add the dragon beard grass first and then add the ball root. This way, the effect should be restrained, not explosive," complained the old gentleman.

"Teacher Aofang, long time no see," said Monica.

As soon as Teacher Aofang saw Monica's rabbit outfit, he happily said, "Oh my! Isn't that Monica? Bring your children to play with me! Hey! Don't tidy up, go brew some tea and greet the guests!"

Inside, Wei Er's elegant voice came out: "Okay! Master!"

Mr. Aofang led everyone into a place that looked like a laboratory. He swept all the broken equipment on the table into a nearby basket, and dug out about ten different chairs from the pile of miscellaneous items to invite everyone to sit down. At this moment, Wei'er also brought the brewed tea. The exquisite taste of the cup and the strong aroma of the tea are really out of place with the visible environment around it.

After taking a sip of tea, Teacher Aofang said, "What's going on? I haven't finished what you want yet. Why do you come to see me now?"

The rabbit, who was tasting tea, put down the noble porcelain cup in her hand and said, "It's not for that puppet's business. This time, I need to decipher a big text." Monica gave a rough description of the situation.

"Hey! Bring me that big dictionary."

"Okay! Master!" In no time, Wei'er had already taken out a yellowed scroll.

Teacher Aofang opened the scroll and looked at it. "Is that the word?" Monica nodded.

"Hmm! To solve this word... to..." I saw Aofang muttering to himself with his eyes closed, fingers counting one by two: "Hey! 1+1=3!"

"It's 2. Master," Wei Er replied.

Ye Rong looked at Teacher Aofang muttering to himself, who was seven out of three times five and forty-six out of four times six. He approached Monica and whispered, "How come this is happening!"

Monica replied, "The teacher has been living for a long time, and her brain has already reached 100%. In order to remember and update the knowledge she has researched, she has already forgotten all the basic or less important things."

"Yeah! Basic people can help, but advanced ones won't be able to help," Aofang said as he looked at the two people in the conversation.

"Teacher, did you think of it?"

Mr. Aofang dug out a piece of paper and pen from the pile of waste beside him, and compared it to a ghostly character in a big dictionary. He rolled it up and handed it to Monica, saying, "That's probably it. Then spread out the paper and stick it on the door, and you should be able to untie it smoothly."

"What if things don't go smoothly?" asked Zao Nv's

"Haha!" Teacher Aofang smiled and said, "Then you need to run faster because the attributes of those two words are mutually exclusive, and their ability to eliminate is not comparable to ordinary magic."

Everyone looked at the paper roll, a fuzzy feeling floating in their hearts.

At this moment, Jess made a sound and said, "Hmm... Old man Orfang... ah! No, Teacher Orfang."

"What's going on, kid?" Teacher Aofang seemed to have missed Jess's impolite address just now, holding a porcelain cup and enjoying the aroma of tea.

"Do you know the time slit?"

"I know! What's wrong?"

"Is there any way to get in?"

"Yeah!"

Upon hearing this, Jess immediately leaned forward and asked, "What's the solution?"

Teacher Aofang put down the porcelain cup in his hand and extended his index finger to explain.

Using the so-called level ten magic in Monica's mouth, the center of the explosion will cause spatial chaos, and a time gap should appear. As long as you can withstand the power of that pair of annihilations and rely on some luck, you should be able to enter the time gap. If you are not lucky, you may be drawn into other dimensional spaces. However, the usual situation is to go to hell. After all, even gods dare not say that they can fully retreat from the annihilation of large texts. Moreover, it is the most powerful central position. As for other ways, find them yourself! I don't know. "

Jess sat back in disappointment. Mifar pointed to Jess and said, "You..." without any further words.

"Go back!" Monica stood up and said, "Thinking about those things only harms her body."

On the way back, Jess and Mifar each maintained a different silence.

The expression on the puppet costume became quite cute, but no one can be sure if the people inside the silent puppet also have the same expression. Therefore, the carriage in motion fell into a state of desolation. Everyone is thinking about their own affairs, and no one is interested in speaking.

Suddenly, Zao Nv's spoke in a voice, "Ah!"

"What's wrong!" Tankaga asked.

"I remember where I heard the name of the Austrian side."

"Where?" Tankaga asked as if to sweep away the coldness from his body.

"There is a record in ancient books that over 1400 years ago, there was a great chaos on the mainland that lasted for a hundred years. At that time, the demon king's name was called 'Aofang'. It is said that the demon king's Aofang crossed the entire continent with his own strength, forcing all races to unite. A group of people fought hard for three days and three nights, and at that time, the war situation could be said to be shifting mountains and seas, creating lakes and filling valleys. It was only then that the demon king Aofang was jointly eliminated by the brave warriors from various ethnic groups."

Tankaga looked up at the sky and said, "That should just be the same name and surname!"

"The teacher said, 'That's when he got tired of playing and stopped.'" It was like Monica's voice. But the rabbit's expression cannot bring any confirmation to anyone.