Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 123 On the Road

Andrea Norman woke up.

Half an hour after the serum was injected.

When she opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Iris Clark, who was staring at her with a face full of curiosity.

As for Dalton Curren, he has already triggered the "extremely low presence" buff and has automatically disappeared.

Andrea Norman was startled and quickly shrank back, nearly fainting again.

"Iris, give her some space and let her calm down."

Link offered a casual reminder.

Iris Clarke had almost kissed him, their faces practically touching.

Of all the people present, only Link could have a proper conversation with her.

"I'm just curious."

Iris Clark said matter-of-factly, "I'm really curious, how did you manage to save her using such a reckless and barbaric method?"

The composition of the toxin is unknown, its toxicological mechanism is unknown, and the pharmacology of the serum is unknown.

Everything is unknown.

Link Grand performed a series of fancy pharmacological and alchemical procedures to create a serum that, without even undergoing testing, was simply injected with and hey, the poison was neutralized.

Do you think it's interesting?

Iris Clark found it very interesting and was very curious.

I really want to dissect this brain-dead woman, or cut off some tissue to study it.

Thinking of this, Iris Clark's gaze towards Andrea Norman changed; it became sinister and chilling, as if she were choosing where to strike.

Andrea Norman instinctively crossed her arms and took two steps back, distancing herself from the crazed and violent woman before her.

"It's boring."

Iris Clark clicked her tongue, a hint of disappointment flashing in her eyes.

She was even thinking about whether she could provoke the brain-dead woman into a fit of rage and make her lose her temper and take action.

She wanted to defend herself and beat up the brainless woman, and also take some biological tissue like her arm or leg, freeze it, and bring it back so it wouldn't spoil.

"Iris".

Link couldn't stand it anymore and reminded him again.

It's not that I feel sorry for Andrea Norman, but rather that she has wasted enough time.

"Okay, okay, coming right away."

Iris Clark pouted, deciding against the idea of ​​dismembering Andrea Norman and studying her closely.

She stood up, ignoring Dalton Curren who was glaring angrily at her, and walked over to Link, asking curiously, "How did you determine that those little white flowers could be the antidote?"

This is what Iris Clark is really concerned about.

The things mentioned earlier were just absurd things done when emotions ran high and reason took over.

How should Link explain this?

He thought for a moment and said truthfully, "I felt it could detoxify, so I used it."

Iris Clark was stunned; she actually felt that Link was telling the truth, and not just trying to appease her.

hiss.

Iris Clark gasped.

So terrifying.

Indeed, she is the genius in botany and pharmacology that the witch Celine has repeatedly praised, even more amazing than she was back then!

Iris Clark turned her head away, no longer wanting to talk to Link Grand.

She hated geniuses, especially those prodigies who could do incredible things through talent and intuition.

"Are you alright?"

At this moment, Dalton Collen stepped forward to help Andrea Norman up and asked her with concern.

"Um."

Andrea Norman carefully assessed her physical condition, nodded, and replied in a weak voice, "I'm fine now, thank you, Corin."

Dalton Curren chuckled sheepishly and said bluntly, "Why thank me? I didn't do anything. If you want to thank someone, thank my boss. He's the one who saved you."

"Yeah?"

Andrea Norman lowered her head, as if to encourage herself, wanting to muster the courage to walk up to the big shot who was standing next to the crazy beauty who had terrified her, and properly thank him.

Under the guise of looking down, a very complex emotion flashed in her eyes.

Some things really can't be changed by one's own will.

She truly didn't want things to come to that.

Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, we've come full circle back to where we started.

After taking several deep breaths, he seemed to have mustered his courage.

Andrea Norman walked up to Link, her expression complex, as if she still felt some lingering fear when she looked at Iris Clark. Her voice trembled as she said, "Thank you, boss, thank you for saving me."

Looking at Andrea Norman's behavior, Link instinctively felt that something was wrong. The doubts that had arisen before and after made things seem very strange.

He was suspicious, but didn't show it on his face, saying in a warm tone, "You're welcome. You're Dalton's friend. Since Dalton calls me 'boss,' this is just what I should do."

"I still want to thank you, boss."

As Andrea Norman spoke, her voice involuntarily lowered, and her head followed suit, as if she had realized the reason for her poisoning. Her tone was somewhat ashamed, "I'm sorry for causing you trouble, sir. I hope you don't mind."

"It's alright, don't worry."

Link reassured her a little, but he himself became increasingly concerned about Andrea Norman's strange behavior.

I secretly kept a watchful eye on it.

"I'm sorry, Coron."

Andrea Norman walked back to Dalton Colin with her head down, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry to have troubled you."

"Hi."

Dalton Colin waved his hand dismissively and chuckled, "What's our relationship? Why are you saying all this?"

"Tsk tsk..."

Iris Clark suddenly let out a sarcastic laugh, mocking, "Have you all dawdled enough? Time to get going. Are you going to get mobbed by those big idiots again if you stay any longer?"

This statement truly showed no mercy to Dalton Collen, Andrea Norman, Lutz Berry, and Bamir Valvez.

If those six Tyrannosaurus Rex-like behemoths were just big, dumb bastards, what were they, who were chased all the way by the behemoths and finally trapped in the valley, only surviving because of the narrow terrain at the valley entrance?

A moron even more stupid than a big idiot?

Bamir Valvez's face was stiff, yet he dared not vent the resentment that had been building up inside him.

That's absolutely outrageous!

If it weren't for the bet with the wizard Paro and the need to borrow Link Grand's help, Bamir Valvez wouldn't have wanted to suffer this injustice here.

"We are ready and can set off at any time."

Lutz Berg spoke up in time to express his opinion, thus suppressing the growing dissatisfaction of Bamir Valvez.

"Big boss?"

Dalton Colin looked at Link, his eyes full of questions.

He remembered the big boss saying that he didn't want to get involved with the people in the "New Blood Mutual Aid Association" because it would be easy to be dragged down.

Isn't this situation putting the big boss in a difficult position?

So, after asking, Dalton Corren, without waiting for Link's reply, went straight to Andrea Norman and said, "Let's split up here. I'll go with the boss, and the three of you can travel together and help each other out."

"All right."

Upon hearing this, Andrea Norman didn't object at all and immediately agreed.

She also breathed a sigh of relief, as if not acting with Link was a very relaxing and pleasant thing.

"Let's act together; the more people there are, the more we can help each other."

Lutz Berry didn't want to part ways like this, so he quickly said, "There are too many people in the North District, and we in the South District are already few in number, belonging to Parma..."

At this point, Lutz Berry realized Iris Clark's identity and changed his tune, saying, "Anyway, more people means more benefits."

"What did you say?"

Iris Clark asked Link bluntly, "Are we taking these burdens with us?"

Link shook his head and said to Dalton Colum, "You stay with them, I'm leaving first."

As soon as he finished speaking, Link turned and left.

He only told Iris Clark to follow.

Previously, he had also considered bringing Dalton Colum and the other three along.

There are indeed quite a few people with "pure blood will," and it's not impossible for one person to deal with so many people alone.

But having a team would save you a lot of trouble.

However, Link's intuition and instincts were already warning him when he saw Andrea Norman's series of unusual behaviors.

He has always had great faith in his intuition and instincts.

Since that's the case, they didn't even bring Dalton Columb along, letting him act with the other side.

They secretly made contact to see what kind of trouble Andrea Norman was up to.

"What do we do?"

Seeing Link's decisive and swift departure, Lutz Berry knew that his plans had failed.

He looked at Andrea Norman and asked疑惑地问道, "Why don't you want to work with Link Grand? His achievements and abilities are in no way inferior to Lanny Taylor's. Working with him would save us a lot of trouble."

Andrea Norman kept her head down and remained silent.

It seems that he is still not over the trauma of being poisoned and being startled when he woke up.

Bamir Valvez then shouted, "Hey, I don't believe it! We can't get anywhere without Link Grand!"

Dalton Collins had been holding Andrea Norman's hand, gently patting it and softly comforting her.

Hearing Bamir Valvez address Link by his full name, he flew into a rage, releasing Andrea Norman's hand, pointing at Bamir Valvez's nose, and roaring, "You fucking have to respect my boss! How dare you call him by his full name? Without my boss, would you even be out of there? You son of a bitch, I've been giving you face, and you dare to yell like that!"

Bamir Valvez was so embarrassed by the barrage of criticism that he didn't know how to retort.

What they said is true.

Is this just sophistry?

Pooh!

I, Bamir Valvez, a genius of the lowest fifth rank, disdain sophistry.

He turned his head away, avoiding looking directly at Dalton Cullen's repulsive face.

"Alright!"

Lutz Berry, his face stern, roared, "Can't we stop fighting amongst ourselves? We're making a spectacle of ourselves! Have we forgotten about teamwork and mutual support?"

Dalton Curren curled his lip: "Only a fool would believe that."

Lutz Berry immediately glanced sideways at Dalton Cohen, saying nothing, just staring at him with a sinister look.

Dalton Colin and Buck Watt had been hanging out together for so long that they were practically ruthless and weren't afraid of anything. They immediately glared back.

"Koren..."

Andrea Norman tugged at Dalton Cullen's arm and whispered a call, then turned to Lutz Berry and said, "You shut up too, Lutz. We're all teammates, don't fight amongst yourselves. What kind of behavior is this, all this bickering?"

Dalton Curren muttered to himself, "I don't have a companion like that."

Andrea Norman gave him a reproachful look.

Looking at those slightly reddened eyes, Dalton Curren pursed his lips, but in the end, he didn't go against Andrea Norman's wishes and shut his mouth, no longer arguing.

Lutz Berg also quieted down.

Only Bamir Valvez remained sullen and angry.

A long silence followed.

Lutz Berry broke the awkward silence by suggesting, "Let's set off too, and follow Link Grand and the others."

He paused, perhaps not wanting Dalton Cohen to misunderstand that he had ulterior motives, and explained, "This way, we can avoid many dangers in advance, and not get into trouble without knowing anything, like before."

Bamir Valvez opened his mouth to object, but Lutz Berry glared at him and shut him up.

He rolled his eyes, feeling even more frustrated.

A hint of reluctance flashed in Andrea Norman's eyes, but in the end she did not voice her objection.

Some things shouldn't be made too obvious.

Otherwise, you'll definitely run into a lot of trouble once you get out.

Dalton Cohen didn't say anything.

Just follow along, as long as it doesn't affect the big boss's plans.

And so, the four of them set off again, following the path that Link and Iris Clark had taken.

Ahead, on the road.

Iris Clark and Link walk side by side.

Seeing the four people's movements through the AI ​​connected to the bionic eagle, she asked curiously, "They're following behind, aren't you going to do anything?"

"What should we do?"

Link asked in confusion.

If they want to follow, then let them follow.

If Dalton Colum really wanted to do something detrimental to Link, he wouldn't be a mindless sycophant; he would definitely have noticed and given a warning in advance.

Even if Dalton Colum was misled or betrayed, it doesn't matter.

There are also round flying saucer reconnaissance artifacts and four reconnaissance puppets.

Surveillance is everywhere.

"Place some delayed-action mines or something, and give them a heads-up."

"Iris Clark said matter-of-factly."

Explosions are so much fun!

She loves the sound of explosions.

At this point, Link realized that he hadn't seen Iris Clark use witchcraft much from beginning to end.

I used a wood-based antidote technique the first time I fetched water.

At other times, if a magical artifact can be used, witchcraft should be resolutely avoided.

There might be some trick or secret involved.

Link did not ask rashly.

He turned his attention back to Iris Clark's "suggestion" and said casually, "It's an unnecessary waste. What do you get out of it besides making a noise?"

Iris Clark pouted, made a funny face, and mouthed something, silently complaining:

You cheapskate!

She didn't call Link a poor bastard.

Because she knew that Link had two additional profit-sharing arrangements and that she herself had a strong ability to generate revenue.

After her antics, Iris Clark's curiosity resurfaced, and she asked, "Did you notice something amiss earlier, which is why you refused to let them follow you?"

Judging from Link Grand's assistance, Iris Clark felt that he didn't seem like someone who was keen on going it alone.

There must be a reason why they bluntly refused a team that was already in their hands.

Link didn't hide anything and directly stated the reason: "There are suspicious things about Andrea Norman. A top 30 freshman in the South District, would she just eat whatever's in here? Even if there's something wrong with the fruit, it shouldn't be enough to get infected so easily. Also, she seems very reluctant to team up with me, as if she's hiding something."

"that's all?"

Iris Clark's eyes widened.

"that's all."

Link nodded slightly.

He never hesitates to assume the worst about others.

If there are any doubts, then reject it.

It saves you time and effort.

(End of this chapter)