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Chapter 339 The Two People in Vastly Different Circumstances
Latis carefully examined the bird's body, and after confirming that all the wounds and bruises had been healed, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and laboriously dressed her in a thick nightgown.
The little bird had already fallen asleep due to the excessive energy it had expended using its abilities, but it instinctively clung to Latis's clothes and pressed itself tightly against him.
Latis stroked the robin's head, watching her expression gradually become peaceful. He shook his head helplessly and pinched her cheek.
Fortunately, things are different now. When he first came into this world, he couldn't even heal Ate's leg injury. It wasn't until he bought an earring with "natural healing" properties that Ate's injuries were healed.
Now, he can even achieve multiple effects at once, such as replenishing life force, healing wounds, and revitalizing blood circulation, by changing the enchantments in the same spell and manipulating the flow of magic energy, without having to search for different spells with corresponding effects on the magic network.
Time passed by unnoticed, and Latis is now fully capable of facing any predicament.
Latis chuckled and mischievously pinched the little bird's nose. Only after seeing the sleeping bird frown and make a miserable face did he stop this act of giving birth.
He stood up, walked to the door, nodded to the half-elf outside, sighed, and couldn't help but mutter:
"It's nothing serious. That kid is so stubborn. He didn't say a word while eating, but he looked like he had just wrestled with Serfa. It's comparable to the time when I was a kid riding my bike downhill and tumbled down the mountain with it. Damn, they're all brats."
Ateliers peeked into the house and glanced at the sleeping bird, letting out a slight sigh of relief. Then, she looked curiously at Latis, blinked, and asked:
"Big brother has such a glorious history..."
“…You heard wrong.”
Latis, without batting an eye, severed ties with his previous self. He coughed lightly, gently closed the door, walked to the railing outside the room, gazed at the mage's territory in the night, and sighed:
"I didn't expect the little bird to grow up so much faster than I imagined. She looks so cute, but she's actually so strong-willed."
"Big brother, you mustn't underestimate everyone!" Artemis joked, walking over to the railing, placing her hands on it, and cupping her cheeks as she spoke.
"But what I heard the little bird say just now really startled me. She suddenly became a great hero!"
"I'd rather she relied on everyone a little more..."
Latis muttered something, then shook his head knowing it was impossible, and complained:
"What's going on? You girls are all so cunning! Are you going to end up with someone becoming a gigolo?"
"Actually, everything we did was just to get closer to you, you silly big brother!"
The half-elf thought to herself, smiling as she looked at Latis's profile. The rugged features of that peerless hunchback, though he would occasionally reveal a strange grin, were, in her eyes, the most perfect being in the world.
She slightly raised her head, looked into the distance, and said with a tight smile:
"Then you'd better work hard, big brother. If I surpass you, I won't let you leave my room, okay?"
"?"
Latis turned to look at the half-elf whose cheeks were slightly flushed, and a feeling of sarcasm immediately arose in his mind.
He now understands that although the little sprite seems to have high attack and defense every time, she has actually already entrusted all the possible counterattacks she might trigger to "the wisdom of future generations". Now, she is not afraid at all when she says such provocative words.
The problem is, isn't this "descendant" also yourself?! You silly elf!
He couldn't help but let out a soft snort and sneered:
"Little elf, I might surpass you in a couple of days, and you're still laughing like that!"
"……Eh?"
The half-elf was stunned for a moment before realizing what Latis meant. She blushed and exclaimed:
"I wasn't talking about 'exceeding'! You bad brother! Oh dear... goodnight, brother!"
Latis watched Arterifus turn around and flee in panic, and burst into laughter.
Sure enough, when faced with overly arrogant challenges from girls, a real man should fight back fiercely!
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"According to the robin, this scanner already contains the device data of the 'Magic Network Node'..."
Latis examined the digital camera-like device in his hand for a moment, then fell into deep thought.
The two Black Hat members who were reduced to ashes by his magic bombs have already had their bodies disposed of under his control, and the production workshop did not suffer any serious damage. After reporting to the school, the school probably won't care what they gained from it.
It's just a question of when Principal Fisherman will see his warning in the beacon and purge the black hat groups that have infiltrated the ranks of those receiving funding from the university.
Latis recalled the situations that had occurred in the simulation. It seemed that Bogu Academy had been completely swept up and sided with the Queen due to too much infiltration, while Qing Teng Academy was completely due to poverty and the high cost of supporting students.
He could try to win over either of these colleges to his side.
As for the Queen's Academy... since it's named after the Queen, there's probably nothing that can be done about it. Fortunately, the Queen's Academy mainly teaches how to run the kingdom, and its combat power isn't particularly strong.
He shook his head, examined the model engraved inside the scanner, and then set it aside.
If you can't learn it by studying it, and you can't understand it by watching it, then you should just leave it to the professionals, like Little Bird.
Then, Latis picked up the magic radar, operated it for a moment, and frowned.
This imitation magic radar does resemble his original magic radar based on his personal magic network, except that the interface is rougher and the detection accuracy for magic fluctuations is much lower.
The advantage is that you can import maps into it, instead of just showing the terrain undulations like the original Magic Radar.
However, although this imitation magic radar is not competitive with the original magic radar, it illustrates a point: the Black Hat organization has made initial progress in cracking the magic network, at least they can use the magic network's permissions to exercise convenience in a rudimentary way.
Latis's consciousness dipped slightly, and he used his personal magic network to touch the simulated magic radar. In an instant, all the radar images on it disappeared.
Seeing this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, the reason he dared to say it was a rudimentary application was because the simulated magic radar did not actually have the authority of the magic network. Instead, it briefly replicated a "local area network" while "connected to the network" to conduct detection in a small area.
In other words, the Black Hat organization took a bowl, filled it with some water from the Magic Network river, and temporarily borrowed the water, but they don't know how to create the water themselves based on the structure of the Magic Network.
Thinking about it this way, it's fortunate that the magic network key that Arte stole from Dragon Horn Territory didn't fall into the hands of the Black Hats, otherwise their cracking progress would definitely have accelerated instantly.
However, judging from the simulated scenario, the black hat organization probably murdered a cyber police officer somewhere afterward, and then used the cyber police officer's magic key to make a major breakthrough.
As for now, if there's an opportunity, we must trip them up a bit.
Latis stroked his chin, his eyes lighting up.
He still has 110,000 Black Hat coins! It's just a matter of when he can infiltrate the Black Hat organization. If Serfal could ruin the Black Hat economy, he can definitely do the same. Anyway, he can't be worse than Sildoon, right?
Latis put away the instruments on the table, glanced at the little bird sleeping soundly on the bed, shook his head helplessly, and gently got into bed and lay down next to her.
He originally wanted to let Little Bird go back to her own room to sleep, but considering that she had worked hard all night, and that Art had also asked him to praise Little Bird, he could only let Little Bird "night raid" again.
However, this situation can hardly be considered a night raid, as the little bird was already drooling while sleeping.
Latis reached out and wiped the robin's beak, then chuckled as he looked at her sleeping soundly.
The little bird had not yet fully understood its differentiated abilities. It only knew that it could become a small robin, carry small objects, and eventually reside in other people's hearts until it was discovered and expelled by the main consciousness.
Of course, if she resides in Latis's heart, she can stay there indefinitely with Latis's tacit approval. However, he is afraid that he might occasionally think of something risqué that the little bird might sense, which would cause his dignified older brother persona to collapse.
Also, birds don't seem to be very suitable for learning magic, because if they have magic power, it's easy for people to sense that magic power has entered their bodies.
Perhaps her strength will improve to some extent once she becomes more adept at using her abilities, but for now, it seems she still needs some time to digest them.
The abilities of the Coricchus are indeed diverse, but even so, Latis believes that his little bird's abilities are unique.
Such a lovely child was sold off by the clan; what a bunch of blind fools.
Latis shook his head, rested his head on the pillow, then reached out and placed his arm under the bird's head, pulling her into his arms.
A faint, sweet fragrance of downy feathers wafted over, giving one a very warm feeling. Latis couldn't help but lean closer and sniff the little bird's face, then smiled and kissed her forehead.
Suddenly, his expression changed, and he quickly banished the image of the brother and sister boiling water from his mind, taking a deep breath.
"Go to sleep, go to sleep. I still have a bunch of dragon crystals waiting for me to collect tomorrow."
Latis snapped his eyes shut and lay down perfectly still.
After a few seconds, he slightly raised his head, met Brother Niu's gaze for a moment as Brother Niu also raised his head, and said with a frown:
"You go to sleep too!"
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As dawn approached, Yashutia and Kambinash arrived near the crater of the floating island.
She has an alchemical exoskeleton, so running is easy for her, but it's still a bit too difficult for Camby Nash, this old nerd, and the group of nerds following behind him.
"Wait, wait a minute, little girl!"
Cambinash's straw-like hair was now a tangled mess, obscuring her face. She groaned and waved to the approaching Yashutia, pleading for mercy:
"My magic power is too weak right now to sustain me for such a long period of rapid movement!"
"what?"
Yashutia, who had already left Kambinash a hundred meters behind, stopped, turned around and looked at Kambinash, who was disheveled like a rag doll, and asked curiously:
"You've been a lich for so many years, haven't you ever exercised?"
"Exercise...the body?" Kambinash was stunned for a moment. She slowly approached Yashutia, and under her curious gaze, she lowered her head guiltily for some reason, stammering:
"No, no... I spend most of my time in a state of slumber..."
"Flying like that?"
Yashutia couldn't help but frown and mutter:
"Then what's the point of you turning into a lich? You've been doing nothing for so long, haven't you just wasted all that time?"
"I...I..." Cambine Nash opened his mouth in surprise and embarrassment, unable to think of a way to explain for a moment, so he lowered his head in shame and said:
"I'll start exercising as soon as I get back..."
"That's pretty much it."
Yashutia smiled to herself and nodded.
Throughout the journey, she kept instilling various ideas into Cambinash. With her alchemist's keen insight, she could clearly see that although Cambinash was very old, he rarely used his brain, which gave her an opportunity to take advantage of him.
Yes, Yashutia hadn't forgotten that Kambinash carried a portion of the sorcerer's power that he intended to give to that damn "I sell ditch in Atlantis." In order to intercept this power, she was going to put all her effort into thoroughly manipulating this simple-minded old woman.
"Sigh, I've been walking for most of the day, and I'm getting a little tired of maintaining this Demon Gathering Tower."
A spirited Yashutia spoke to a somewhat weakened Cambinash: