At the spiritual level, Eileen transmitted a strong emotional wave, the phenomenon of being disturbed was very obvious, and Qingtong also showed the same state, while Qingtong's emotions were relatively stable, so no fatal danger should have occurred.
Charlie rushed out of the tavern, following the guidance of the soul link, running frantically.
Soon, in a dark corner, Charlie saw a group of apprentices in gray cloaks, and the consciousness indicated that the three girls were surrounded by them in the middle.
This is the core area of Twilight Town, why did this happen?!
Charlie roared, "What are you doing? A group of people bullying a few girls?!"
The crowd parted a little, and someone turned back.
Then, a dog-like creature crawled out of the gap, its body stiff and its gait unsteady, looking very ill, but when Charlie looked closely, the sight before him made him shudder inwardly.
Another strange life that overturns his worldview!
It is a dog-like creature as strong as a calf, with no fur on its body, made up of pieces of different colored beast carcasses, the gaps in the flesh sewn together with rough hemp threads, and the oozing viscous corpse fluid constantly seeping out of the seams. The key bone parts are riveted together with steel bars, using the skull of a fierce bull, with a pair of sharp horns on its head, but below is a dog's bloody maw with overlapping fangs, a long string of foul-smelling drool hanging from the corners of its mouth.
The key issue is not how ugly it is! How disgusting! How terrifying! But that it actually bares its teeth and growls at Charlie like a dog!
"Charlie, is that you?" Qingtong's voice came from behind the crowd.
Judging from the tone, she has only received some fright, and Charlie said in a deep voice, "It's me, don't worry, I'm here!"
"Oh! A hero has jumped out!" A person pulled down his cloak, revealing a gray-white withered face, a few strands of yellowish hair hanging down from his sparse scalp.
A person crouched in the shadow of the cloak, whispering in his ear, "Brother Duke, he's the one who cut off my left hand!"
Charlie's keen hearing caught the extremely faint sound, and he sneered inwardly. So it's an "old friend".
Charlie deliberately looked at his left hand and said, "Looks like the hand has recovered, no wonder you haven't learned your lesson!"
The latter gave a hateful look.
"This is the first time I've seen such a bold new apprentice! My darling, isn't that right?" Duke opened his mouth and laughed, a shocking stench that was hard to bear, is the stench proportional to the strength of the necromancers in their domain?
The stitched dog swayed its head, sticking out a large, bright red tongue, making a gurgling sound.
"Why are you surrounding my team members?" Charlie questioned.
"What do you think?" Duke's stiff face cracked a smile, his gaze inadvertently drifting into the distance.
Following his line of sight, Charlie saw a familiar figure, dressed in a smoky uniform, upright and righteous. Sensing something, the person happened to turn back, revealing a sinister smile, then turned his head again, acting as if patrolling, with him monitoring this area, the other inspectors won't come over.
He is the inspector who warned Charlie before, Charlie doesn't even know his name.
Looks like a group of local bullies are causing trouble!
Charlie smiled, "Your target is me, let my team members go, I'll play with you. Besides, such trash surrounding people can only bring some disgust! If you dare to make a move, why wait for me to come?"
Duke made an assessment, "Clear-headed, not bad in courage, but not very smart, I heard you keep challenging people to duels of glory! Is that right?"
"Yes! Of course, it's aimed at certain people, if they are senior students, I'm not so arrogant as to have no brain!"
"Do you think you have the right to choose?" Duke said impassively.
At this time, the stitched dog let out a low whine, its stiff body crouching down, entering a pre-battle stance.
Unfortunately, they don't know that Charlie just got some information from the tavern - the inspectors in Twilight Town enforce the law very strictly, and absolutely do not allow brawling incidents in the core area of the town. If encountered, they will arrest on the spot and carry out whipping punishment according to the circumstances.
If someone dares to resist, you'll find that dozens of inspectors will swarm in within a very short time, arrest you, and the disciplinary measures will leave you with lifelong memories.
Charlie smiled faintly and said, "Don't think that by colluding with an inspector, you can put on a good show. If he dares to violate the rules, you don't need me to target him, his fate will be worse than mine! Put away this trick of scaring the newcomers!"
"Hmm! You seem to know a bit about the tricks!" Duke looked at Charlie in surprise and said, "Then do you know the tricks of the Necromancy Academy? Since you're familiar with the rules, let's try it, see if you can get them out of here?"
Seeing Duke's confident look, Charlie frowned slightly. The other party is relying on his status as a local bully to play tricks, can Charlie really fight him?
Charlie believes that as long as he dares to show such a tendency, that inspector will definitely rush over and bellow that Charlie is violating the rules, and summon the other inspectors to attack him.
How to break the deadlock? This is a problem, but judging from Charlie's expression, he seems to have found the answer.
Charlie cupped his hands in front of him, and an orange-red flame energy began to coalesce in his palms. As he muttered something, the fireball raised above his head grew more and more intense, gradually expanding, the color changing from dark red to crimson, orange-red, bright red...
The blazing light illuminated an area of fifty meters around, like a sun slowly rising in the gloomy Twilight Town, dispersing the mist and dazzling the eyes.
"Are you crazy?!" Duke hissed in a low voice, at a loss.
This seemingly calm young man has indeed made a decision that leaves Duke at a loss - the craziest things are the best way to break the deadlock, but they will also bring some unpredictable consequences.
Beep!!
A series of urgent siren sounds came from the distance, tearing through the calm of Twilight Town, and a few gray-uniformed inspectors rushed towards the direction of the blazing sun with a terrifying momentum.
However, the situation underwent some unexpected changes under the gaze of the crowd.
The refined fire elemental suddenly dispersed, the threat level plummeting rapidly, being pushed up by Charlie, soaring into the sky, bursting over the lush tree canopy, and exploding in the air, startling a flock of crows to scatter in all directions. The active fire elemental and the thick moisture in the air interacted and extinguished each other, blooming into a brief and brilliant firework.
Charlie's move actually made Duke heave a sigh of relief, at least in this accident, he has no responsibility, so he won't actively jump outHere is the English translation:
The necromancy apprentices saw the group of hurrying inspectors and quietly dispersed the encirclement, the twisted undead assemblage creatures also being withdrawn into a specific space.
Qingtong took the opportunity to pull Eileen and rush out, hiding behind Charlie.
"What are you doing? Trying to burn down all of Twilight Town?" The questioner was indeed the inspector who had conflicted with Charlie before.
According to the general thinking of a newcomer, they should have directly accused Duke of causing trouble for no reason and bullying the new apprentice, undoubtedly they would have pushed him clean, Charlie's side having no evidence, falling into a passive position, and that inspector would have gained a breakthrough to intervene.
Charlie showed a bashful smile and pointed to Qingtong, who was being subtly blocked by a group of necromancy apprentices in the corner, and said, "This is a way of contacting our team members that we agreed on. Just now I couldn't find them, so I used this method to attract their attention.
I'm sorry, it's my first time in Twilight Town, I'm not clear about the rules here, I hope you can understand, I promise it won't happen again!"
As an inspector with three years of night watchman experience, Durand could not detect any abnormality in Charlie's expression, and he believed his inspector captain could not either.
Durand sighed inwardly, feeling a bit troubled by this newcomer. He neither cried out nor compromised, his EQ was not low, his tactics were endless, and he was good at using the rules, even though he had the power to judge, he felt at a loss.
Reasonably speaking, investigating the causes and consequences of this incident, Simon was wrong in the first place, it's just that Durand was embarrassed by a newcomer, and he was extremely unhappy, not wanting Charlie to have too smooth a time, which newcomer to Twilight Town is not obediently respectful to the inspectors, except for him.
At this point, Durand was somewhat regretful of accepting Duke's request and getting involved in this matter.
In fact, he cannot delve into the current situation, as an old inspector in Twilight Town, he has heard of the bullying of the main campus apprentices by the necromancy apprentices, and it is not difficult to guess the truth in front of him, a group of necromancy apprentices surrounding a few newcomers.
"Okay! Since this is your first offense, I believe you didn't mean it, I've noted your words, don't let it happen again!" Durand glanced at the inspector captain beside him, who seemed to have no objection to the current judgment.
Thus, a major event that had attracted the attention of half of Twilight Town dissipated into nothingness, many curious apprentices dispersing with mocking laughter.
"Do you think it's over like this?" Duke quietly approached and whispered in Charlie's ear, "Anyone who dares to defy the necromancers will pay a heavy price, our story with you has just begun! Wait and see! I'll let you taste the camaraderie of the undead brothers!"
What a pack of vengeful and disgusting creatures, being entangled by them, Charlie will probably not be able to carry out tasks smoothly, and will not feel safe in the wild either. Charlie may have a way to extricate himself from the predicament, but his team members will be in trouble, really headache-inducing, such a lack of rules and discipline, Charlie is somewhat disappointed in the management of the Necromancy Division.
Charlie smiled and said, "Is that it for today? But I'm not planning to let you off!"
Duke sneered, "Heh! I admire your courage!"
"I don't want to be entangled like this, let's do it straightforwardly, according to your rules, how about it?" Charlie flashed his apprentice badge and said, "Otherwise, this matter will only get bigger, I don't know if your teacher has the ability to settle the influence of two crystal badge apprentices? If it gets out of hand, being an apprentice is not a very glorious thing!"
With a group of ruffians, you can never reason with them, and Charlie doesn't want to bring up their teachers behind them, that would be a sign of incompetence.
As for this detail, Duke was actually already aware, and of course he didn't want to stir up that kind of trouble either, he was just purely motivated by the desire to annoy Charlie.
Duke sneered, "Okay! I'll arrange three life-and-death duels for you, of course I won't take advantage of you, the three opponents will all be first-year necromancers. After you finish these three matches, regardless of the outcome, our grudge will be settled!"
A carousel battle, or an away game, facing three unknown opponents, the opponents have two chances to probe him, quite unfair, but Charlie seems to have no choice but to refuse.
"Don't agree to him!" The Gossta brothers panted as they rushed over.
The other three girls also expressed opposition.
Charlie went against the majority opinion and said in a deep voice, "Okay! I'll wait for your arrangement!"