Life is tough, so Honglong resorts to performing?

Chapter 19 Encounter
"So, this is the absolutely safe place you were talking about?"

Inside a deserted, abandoned street in the lower city, Loren looked ahead at the wood elf girl who was reaching out and scratching at the air, and began to doubt her mental state.

He had never heard of anesthetics affecting a person's intelligence, and Loren truly couldn't understand what the other party was doing.

From his perception, Denise wasn't using any magical properties; she was simply waving the air.

"It wasn't like that just now."

After several attempts, Denise's outstretched right hand finally stopped in mid-air, as if she had finally grasped something.

"It will be soon."

Denise's pretty face finally lit up with joy. She turned to look at the bewildered Loren beside her, but didn't offer any further explanation.

The air seemed to vibrate slightly after he uttered just a few complex High Elf words.

Then, she gently twisted her right hand in the air.

A door-shaped entrance, about the height of a person, was then opened.

"This is?"

Even though he had some suspicions, Loren was still a little surprised. Could it really be that?

No way?
"The fragments of Emerald Leaf City can be understood as small demiplanes that exist in relation to the entity of Emerald Leaf City. They are one of the safe houses that the Ye Ying family has modified in Emerald Leaf City."

Denise explained,

"After today, it's yours."

"What?"

Before Loren could even recover from the previous message, the other party sent him a generous gift.

As if afraid that Loren wouldn't accept it, Denise quickly explained,
"After all, it's a safe house. Once it's activated, the risk of exposure will increase."

"This safe house will be obsolete for the next hundred years."

"But it's still a good place to stay. My family has a lot of emergency supplies stored here."

"As a token of my gratitude, those are all yours, Mr. Spike."

Lorenlong was dumbfounded.

Even though he knew the other party was very wealthy beforehand, the extent of their wealth seemed to exceed Loren's expectations.

No, it's a demiplane, something only a legendary mage can control, and you just give it away like that?

Even if it's a fixed piece, it's still a small demiplane fragment that can't be carried around, so its value in the mage market is indeed much lower.

But the Ye Ying family must have modified it, and it's also filled with supplies for dealing with special situations...

Loren suddenly hesitated to calculate how much this thing was worth.

He wondered if he could even disassemble himself and sell the parts, he still wouldn't be able to afford such a thing.

This one instance alone made the deal to save the Wood Elf worthwhile, and even incredibly profitable.

What kind of scum in the lower city can compare to this demiplane?

If it weren't for the fact that she was a minor and might cause trouble for the wealthy woman, Loren would have been willing to accept her as his godmother.

“Fendlía”

"You must remember this word in High Elf, for it is the key to opening this door. At your mage level, I don't think I need to teach you how to imbue it with magical properties."

The elf spoke in a difficult High Elven language, but fortunately, the dragon race had a good aptitude for languages, and Loren learned how to activate it after only one repetition.

"The way to open it is to do what I just did: repeatedly grasp the air until you can hold the handle projection projected onto the main plane in your hand."

"Then recite the opening incantation, and inside is a treehouse in the style of a wood elf, with a very spacious room."

Denise explained to Loren in detail that Mr. Spark's financial difficulties last night had left a deep impression on the elf. And considering that Mr. Spike was most likely unwilling to get involved in the conflict between his family and other families, a secluded house was one of the best ways she could think of to repay him.

Of course, this is just the beginning. Once the scum in Cuiye City is cleaned up, she will repay the other party's life-saving grace in a more open and aboveboard way.

Yes, the impoverished Loren could never have imagined that for some wealthy elven ladies, a demiplane was nothing more than a hidden house.

At this moment, still immersed in the other party's arrogance, he finally couldn't help but ask about the situation of this demiplane.

"Can it hear sounds from the outside world? Can it see what's happening outside? If not, how can you be sure it's someone from your house coming, and not one of those who harmed you?"

"We cannot hear sounds because sound is essentially a vibration, which cannot propagate between different planes."

"But we can see the outside world."

"These safe houses are essentially fragments of the existence of Greenleaf City, and both are consistent in their light waves."

Denise explained that she knew mages were like that, full of curiosity about everything, so she patiently explained.

After asking several more questions, the two said goodbye at the door.

Even after the demiplane gate closed, Loren still didn't leave.

This demiplane awakened his mage soul. What's the principle behind this?

Loren carefully observed the surrounding environment and tested it using various methods.

He wanted to know whether, besides the handle of the projection, this demiplane was still in the main world and could be observed through other means.

He knew he should leave before Ye Ying's family support personnel arrived to avoid suspicion.

But according to his agreement with Denise, she would summon the spirits of the Ye Ying family again in an hour.

To Loren's surprise, someone arrived here before Ye Ying's family's support personnel.

It was a troop of iron cavalry speeding through the air, dressed in standard patrol station magic crystal armor. They came from several directions, surrounding Loren in an encirclement.

Loren frowned, a wave of emotion washing over him.

"Loren Gerlis Izak, come with us, your job is done!"

Sally's visor opened, and the longsword in her hand was pointed directly at the calm-faced red dragon.

Upon hearing this, Loren remained silent.

He looked directly into the other person's face and slowly uttered a sentence.

“Miss Sally, if I remember correctly, it is a serious violation of discipline for an inspector to illegally access another person’s magic crystal terminal location without authorization.”

Sure enough, Sally's expression suddenly changed drastically.

As a dragon who spends most of his time in the lower city, if you ask what Loren is most familiar with, it would definitely be those young patrol officers who constantly walk the gray line.

They are generally born into humble circumstances, are capable, and have an extremely high desire to climb the social ladder. To this end, they navigate between the legal and illegal worlds.

He is a master of changing his tune, especially adept at presuming guilt.

Once someone is deemed guilty, the perpetrator will relentlessly pursue the matter until the person is killed or torn apart and swallowed whole.

Honestly, Loren didn't dislike people like them; greed wasn't a bad word for dragons.

In a sense, Loren felt that he was no different from them, except that as a dragon, he roamed a wider area and was more flexible.

Not to mention, she also helped Loren make his first windfall in Greenleaf City, 40 magic crystals that he extorted from a few petty thieves, which are still lying in Loren's card, untouched.

But she shouldn't be here at this time.

In that invisible demiplane, in that treehouse, stood a high-ranking young lady of the Wood Elf race, preparing to unleash a massive cleanup, watching her benefactor being surrounded by the patrolmen.

(End of this chapter)