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After Shangguan Wen exchanged glances with Alexia and the other two girls, he ordered Gamma to retreat with the members of [Shadow Garden]. The show was over, and it was time for another person behind the scenes to perform the next one.
The six-eyed masked man, no, his name should be Vice Principal Ruslan Barnett.
After the fire that was about to be lit turned into an ice sculpture, Ruslan Barnett, who was planning to walk leisurely, had to run back to his office, quickly take off his disguise, and reveal his true appearance as the deputy director of the academy.
"I thought the deputy director was going to die here in this outfit."
Ruslan Barnett suddenly looked out the window and saw Shangguan Wen already waiting there, holding his shameful record in his hand.
"It's you, Sid Cagelo"
"It's me, you're surprised?"
"When did you discover me?"
"Well, in terms of actions."
Chapter 83 Xueli
"You know too much, Kagelo-san."
Seeing that he was exposed, Ruslan Banet drew the sword from his waist with his right hand, and took out the ancient relic [Eye of Greed] and the control device with his left hand and used them directly.
Four tentacles grew out of his back, and his entire body was under the control of the violent magic of [Eyes of Greed], with his cheeks completely deformed.
"This power was originally intended to be used against Shadow Garden, but now I'm using it as a warm-up practice against Kagairo-san!"
After saying that, he rushed forward with a confident smile.
"Oh, stupid"
Shangguan Wen used only one move to instantly kill Ruslan who was using the [Eyes of Greed]. Ruslan fell down under his eyes that exuded an air of impossibility.
"Old man, here comes a useless person to use, help me fool Xueli."
In Shangguan Wen's perception, Xueli was coming here step by step.
When Xueli opened the door, Shangguan Wen shouted:
Deputy Director Barnett
"adopted father"
Hearing her adoptive father's name, Shirley pushed open the door and ran straight over. She looked at her adoptive father lying in a pool of blood, and then witnessed the mannequin jumping out of the window and escaping with the traces of the Diabolos Cult on its back.
"Xue...is that Xueli?"
Xueli's tears streamed down her face as she said:
"Godfather, don't say anything. I'll have Sid carry you away and go find a doctor."
Ruslan Barnett looked very anxious and took Shirley's hand and said:
"No, I've been stabbed several times, and the blades are poisoned. They're all fatal. It's too late. While I still have breath, I'll tell you the truth."
"About the Diabolos Cult"
Shirley's face turned pale in an instant, and she held Ruslan Barnett's hand tightly (although she didn't know Ruslan was dead at the moment), as if it was her only support in the world.
"Godfather, you speak, I listen..."
"Shirley, I've actually been secretly investigating the Diabolos Cult, even going so far as to join one of its members, hoping to go undercover and inform the kingdom. However, the Diabolos Cult is more cunning and powerful than we imagined. Many people in the kingdom have been infiltrated. This organization attempts to use ancient relics to achieve their ulterior motives, and the Eyes of Desire are just one of them."
Ruslan Barnett's voice grew fainter, but he insisted on speaking every word. "I approached you because you are the daughter of my sponsor. You witnessed her assassination. They came to take you away. I wanted to protect you and prevent you from being involved in this conflict, but it seems I was too late."
Xueli was stunned when she heard this. She had never thought that her adoptive father would be burdened with such a heavy secret, and she had never thought that she would be related to this mysterious organization.
"Godfather, what should I do? I don't want to be their pawn."
Shirley's tears welled up again, and she felt unprecedented confusion and fear.
"Shirley, join Shadow Garden. They are the persecutors of the Diabolos Cult and can be trusted."
Ruslan Barnett pulled out a gem that shone with a strange light from his pocket and handed it to Shirley. "What is this?"
"This is a token. With it, people from Shadow Garden will come to you. You can choose to join or not."
As he spoke, Ruslan Barnett spat out a mouthful of black blood.
"Godfather, you...you will be fine, right?" There was a hint of pleading in Xueli's voice. She didn't want to believe what she saw.
However, Ruslan Barnett just shook his head slightly, his eyes full of trust and expectation for Shirley.
"Xue Li, the future path depends on you."
After he finished speaking, his eyes gradually became dull and his hands fell limply. Xueli collapsed to her knees, crying out her adoptive father's name, but all she got in response was cold silence.
"Let's go, Xueli. We can't stay here any longer. The Knights are coming. We can't guarantee that there aren't any spies from the Diabolos Cult lurking within the Knights."
Shirley had no choice but to leave. Not far away, she heard approaching footsteps, and the person was shouting, "Come and protect Lord Barnett."
When we arrived at a safe place, we saw that Xueli's eyes were red and the handkerchief in her hand was deformed.
"Cid, how much do you know about the Diabolos Cult?"
"I don't know much, but I know they are an evil force with great ambitions, trying to rule the world."
Xueli asked again:
"What about [Shadow Garden]?"
"The Avengers, the new ambitious, neither side is good, it's just that in the competition of the worst, the newly born [Shadow Garden] is stronger than the [Order of Diabolos], but it's hard to say in the future."
Xueli nodded. She had also read many history books. Many powerful kingdoms in history perished because of internal divisions and civil wars.
Then she fell silent. Too many things happened today, completely destroying the three views she had built up over the years.
His adoptive father died to protect him from the persecution of the [Cult of Diabolos], and his classmate Cid in front of him has an unclear relationship with [Shadow Garden].
But Sid is right about one thing: we can’t make a choice in a hurry.
"Hey, Cid-san, do you think the people from the Diabolos Cult will come looking for me again?"
Shangguan Wen thought for a moment, shook his head and said:
"It's hard to say. Anyone with talent, regardless of their field, will be recruited by the Diabolos Cult. Even if you're unwilling to join, you'll fall under their powerful financial offer. They'll offer you irresistible bargaining chips."
Xueli frowned upon hearing this, the uneasiness in her heart flickering like a flame in the winter wind, ready to die. She recalled her adoptive father's warnings about the Diabolos Cult. That organization always seemed to find human weaknesses and manipulate them.
She didn't want to be that kind of person, and she didn't want her adoptive father's sacrifice to be meaningless.
"Xue Li, you can do this."
"How to do?"
Shangguan Wen gave advice:
"Pretend to be depressed and unable to recover because of Vice-Principal Barnet's death. This way, you'll be a useless person in the eyes of the Diabolos Cult, and useless people are not worth recruiting. But you must not really be depressed, and you must become stronger."
Xueli smiled happily. This was one way to avoid the Diabolos Cult's relentless pursuit and become stronger.
Chapter 84: The Girl and the Goblin from Another World
After confirming that her sister Alexia, Princess Rose, and Claire were all safe, Alice Midgar took her men to the frozen lecture hall. Even without walking over, one could feel the biting cold.
"So powerful! There's actually such a powerful magician in Shadow Garden. Is this good news or bad news?"
The three women exchanged glances at each other. Shangguan Wen performed the spell with one hand, without chanting any spells. His relaxed posture seemed to be completely at ease. This was good news for [Shadow Garden], but bad news for [The Diabolos Cult] or the Kingdom of Midgard.
Alice sighed and said:
"Hey, I'm busy lately."
Alexia is deeply afraid that her sister will do something stupid and stubborn, and what if she finds something she shouldn't find and investigates it privately?
"Sister, please be careful when investigating something. If you find any danger, stop immediately. Safety comes first."
Alice knew that this was out of her sister's concern. She told herself that the people from the Diabolos Cult entered the academy through the internal escape passage, which meant that there was still a traitor in the academy's upper echelons. Anyone who knew the passage was a suspect. Many people were involved, some of whom were her teachers, elders, and brothers and sisters in the royal family.
On the other side, Shangguanwen713 received Zeta's message
"My Lord, I discovered creatures from the Other World at the place where the Diabolos Cult once used the Black Rose. They are the Goblins you mentioned to us! And the girl you just rescued."
As he spoke, Zeta activated the video communication function on his magic phone and broadcast the live broadcast of what was happening in front of him to Shangguan Wen.
Hundreds of goblins, big and small, fell in a pool of blood. The blood-stained unmanned dogs and pacifists stood in front of Zeta. One of them was holding a blond girl covered in dust and holding a weapon.
"Oh my god, a goblin? Hmm~ Zeta, have the pacifist and the unmanned dog with you dissect the goblin's body."
"Yes, my Lord."
Although he didn't know what Shangguan Wen was going to do, Zeta still ordered it to execute, and asked the unmanned dog that followed him to use its sharp claws to cut open the body of the larger goblin.
Shangguan Wen was watching the goblin corpses being dissected bit by bit on the other end of the communication. This was completely different from the dissection of humans and orcs. As more and more goblins were dissected, it was discovered that they were all male goblins, with no female goblins.
"My Lord, these dead goblins are all males."
Shangguan Wen rested his chin on his hand, thinking. According to the Black Rose's otherworldly connection channel, otherworldly creatures should appear when two planets intersect. But now the time is wrong, and the otherworldly creatures appear here...
"Well, I see. Send the autopsy footage to Ita and bring back a few bodies. Have the unmanned dogs carry elemental flamethrowers and burn the rest. Leave surveillance equipment here, and you return with the girl."
"Yes, my Lord."
Zeta did not waste any time and directly activated the teleportation magic scroll and returned directly to the experimental base of [Shadow Garden]. Shangguan Wen also activated the teleportation magic circle and rushed to the experimental base.
When Shangguan Wen arrived at the laboratory, Yita was like a completely crazy female scientist, shouting:
"Goblin, Goblin, I didn't expect that the goblins my Lord mentioned actually exist. Let me see what's new."
The assistant next to him helped Ita wipe his sweat, handed him a scalpel, and so on.
Zeta, who saw Shangguan Wen coming, walked up and said:
"my lord"
"Thank you for your hard work, Zeta. We found the goblin and the girl. Have you found anything else?"
Zeta recounted the situation:
"Yes, I feel that the magic there is stronger than in other places. I don't know if it's my illusion, but it feels like something is staring at me, and then disappears in the blink of an eye."
Shangguan Wen took Zeta's hand, and Zeta's face turned red all of a sudden. He carefully checked every inch of Zeta's skin to make sure that she had not been branded by the other party.
"It's not your illusion, but Zeta, you are being watched, watched by someone from another world. Tsk tsk tsk, it seems the peace won't last much longer."
Zeta immediately thought of their enemies:
"[Black Rose]? My Lord, it seems that the [Diabolos Cult] is frequently using [Black Rose] in places unknown to us."
"Well, the Diabolos Cult is not stupid. We can't rule out the possibility that they have studied the Black Rose hundreds of years before us."
Ita came out of the laboratory with a gloomy face and came to Shangguan Wen and Zeta and said:
"My Lord, Zeta, within the goblin we just dissected, we discovered the flesh and blood of humans and subhuman women."
Shangguan Wen frowned, staring at Yita with a sharp gaze, his voice low and firm:
"Are you saying that these goblins contain the flesh and blood of humans and demihuman women?"
Ita nodded, clenching his fists, clearly extremely excited.
"Yes, my lord. This wasn't just simple consumption; it was an unprecedented, unholy ritual union. Judging from the state of these remains, they suffered immense pain and torture in their lifetime, and the goblins seemed to have become some kind of carrier, carrying these unfortunate souls."
Zeta turned pale upon hearing this. She could hardly imagine what kind of cruel truth was hidden behind this. He whispered:
"What does this mean? Does it mean that the Diabolos Cult has mastered some kind of technology that can control life and even transcend racial boundaries?"
Shangguan Wen pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke:
"Zeta, it's not the [Diabolos Cult], but the existence behind the goblins from another world. Ita, continue your research, but be careful. I don't want to see any accidents happen."
A hint of determination flashed in Ita's eyes:
"I understand, my Lord. I will analyze the structure of these goblins as quickly as possible and eliminate these evil creatures through their flesh and blood genes."
Ita was angry. In her eyes, the guys who created the evil goblins were just like the Diabolos Cult.
Shangguan Wen turned to Zeta:
"Zeta, when you're investigating alone, remember, safety comes first. We don't need sacrifice, but outsmarting. Bring your drones, unmanned dogs, and pacifists. If anything goes wrong, retreat immediately."
Zeta responded with joy:
"Um"