You call this magic?

But the barrier set up by Flame before was quickly broken by himself, and it was not as difficult as this time.

Oh, what a sin.

Volume 3: The Death of Fulilian (Part 2): Chapter 67: The Magic of Summoning Treasure Chest Monsters

"That's all." Celie tossed the spellbook of [Petrification] in her hand, her face full of satisfaction. "Alas, what a pity."

"It's not my fault that I can't analyze the theory, it's your magic's fault. I have nothing to do with it!"

"I haven't said anything yet."

"It's written all over your face. I understand without you having to say it."

Ethan immediately learned the [Magic to Summon a Treasure Chest Monster] and casually asked, "How do you manage to consistently produce a Treasure Chest Monster with this magic?"

"Um, do you know why it's called 'summoning' and not 'creating'?" Celie crouched in her own chair without a trace of dignity, fiddling with the spellbook without even looking up. "It essentially summons the treasure chest monster closest to the caster, so there's a certain chance that gold coins will pop out of it."

“…Fuck.” Can treasure chest monsters really drop gold coins?

"Don't overthink it. To entice people to open it, it occasionally uses the belongings of adventurers it's eaten as bait... So maybe that's why the magic spell to identify treasure chest monsters isn't 100% successful."

So that's how it is. Even Fulilian hadn't told him this. It's obvious that the connection between the master and the treasure chest monster is so deep.

"Speaking of which, even though the bodies have been destroyed, the Empire will definitely not let this go." Before leaving, Ethan reminded, "If necessary, I can come forward to negotiate with them."

"Are you stupid? They're already too busy distancing themselves from us, yet they've come knocking on our door. Are you so focused on breaking the seal that you can't even handle something as trivial as this?"

If Celie was successfully ambushed to death or seriously injured, no, even if she was only slightly injured, the Empire would definitely send someone to send greetings immediately. As for what the content was, you can imagine it. The reality now is that Celie not only did nothing wrong, but also killed everyone, or even killed everyone. That means she didn't intend to leave any evidence in the end, and the matter was just covered up.

No, I'm worried about that Levi... Okay, forget it.

"If you really want to help me, finish that magic quickly." Celie stared at Ethan. "Because of the big pie you painted, my patience has increased a lot. This little thing won't bother me anymore."

"it is good."

Leaving Celia's office, Ethan ran into Ran Ze head-on.

"..." As if thinking of what happened before, Ran Ze's face flushed unnaturally. He walked around Ethan and knocked on the door of Celia's office.

Her aura seems different from before, and this woman's mentality seems to have become a lot younger.

Ethan always felt that the words "Keep Away" were written on this petite figure. He wanted to say hello, but after thinking it over, he decided not to.

Just as he was about to leave, Ran Ze's voice came from behind Ethan.

"For the second exam, I will be the examiner."

Looking back, Ran Ze didn't even look at him. His eyes were fixed on Celia's door, waiting to be summoned.

"Uh, ah, well...thank you, I understand, good luck." Ethan didn't know what to say, so he turned around and ran, soon disappearing at the end of the corridor.

"Come in, stop looking, that guy has already gone far away." Celia's voice came from the door, scaring Ran Ze so much that he lowered his head and quickly pushed the door open and walked in.

……

Entering the restaurant opened by the association, Ethan went straight to Fulilian's table.

"So you're all here."

"Yes, Lord Ethan, I just pulled Lady Frillian out of the room." Ferren was standing behind Frillian, fixing her hair.

At this moment, Fulilian's eyes were wandering, and she was yawning while eating pudding.

Hey, no, you just woke up? It's already night time, right?

"Don't you know, Fulilian stayed up all night last night." Yubel said beside her with a look of anticipation, "It made Solitier sleep-deprived."

Just as Yubel said, Solitier had collapsed on the table. She barely opened her eyes when she heard Ethan's voice and greeted Ethan weakly.

This doesn't look like just one night.

"It's okay, it's just three days and nights, I can still hold on." Fulilian's voice sounded.

What are you talking about!

Ethan immediately knew that this wouldn't work. He had only been away from Fleury for a few days, and she dared to do such a thing. What would happen if she continued for a while?

Let’s not talk about Frillian for now, but Solitaire is still a child!

At this moment, Ethan and Philen's eyes met, and they immediately knew each other's thoughts.

This elf must be dealt with.

The two of them silently looked away, as some things were not suitable to be discussed face to face.

Dinner time ended quickly. Everyone forced Lovellian and Solitaire to wash up and go to bed, and then called the remaining two to the corridor.

"Lady Fulilian, this won't work. Even an elf can't bear it. Lord Ethan, do you have any solution?" Philen was worried, as if he had seen the future where Fulilian would continue to mess around.

"Yes, I have. I just learned a trick from Celia." Ethan had just finished speaking when Yubel, who was standing next to him, came up to him with shining eyes.

"what? What?"

Even Ethan said the word "hard work", which obviously has great value.

So Ethan told the [magic to summon treasure chest monster].

Almost instantly, the two girls understood the value of this magic.

No matter which team it is placed in, this magic is useless. At most, it helps adventurers to clear out the treasure chest monsters in the maze in advance. But in the Flillian team, its meaning is very different.

Everyone knows that Frelian is obsessed with treasure chest monsters. Even if she has the magic to identify treasure chest monsters, she still insists on going head-on to fight them, just betting on that 1% misjudgment rate.

This might be related to Celie's research on magic. She would do anything to make trouble for Frillian.

"I want to learn." Philen said decisively.

"I want one too!" Yu Bei'er's eyes rolled around, and it was obvious that she had already thought of several tough things.

"Forget it." Ethan directly rejected Yu Beier, "If I let you learn this, there will be no peace in our family."

"Tsk, so stingy." Yu Beier snorted, but she wasn't too angry. If she wanted to play a trick on someone, she didn't need to use this.

At this moment, Fulilian, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, suddenly shook, and then immediately fell into a deep sleep again, completely unaware that she was about to be in great danger.

The next morning, Fulilian, who rarely went to bed early and got up early, looked at the treasure chest in the bedroom and fell into deep thought.

Volume 3: The Fall of Fulilian (Part 2): Chapter 68: The Second Exam Postponed

Treasure chests, as a specialty of the maze, may contain gold, silver, and jewelry, and they belong entirely to the first adventurer who opens the treasure chest, no matter what is inside.

A treasure chest monster is a kind of monster that specifically confuses human adventurers. The moment a human opens a treasure chest, it will swallow the person who opened the box in its mouth and never let go. If no one rescues the person, it will usually wait until the prey starves to death or suffocates, and then it will digest the corpse, thus completing the eating process.

In essence, this thing has the same habits as the demons, except that one deceives humans through appearance and the other deceives humans through language.

But since humans invented the magic to identify treasure chest monsters, almost no one will be fooled.

The reason why I say "almost" is that I can only mention an elf magician named Fulilian.

She was a strong person who single-handedly raised the probability of being deceived, which had dropped to 0%, back up again.

At this moment, she was squatting beside the treasure chest that inexplicably lay beside her bed, lost in thought.

After a series of brainstorming sessions that no one knew about, she didn't film the magic of identification, but instead came to a conclusion on her own:

"I understand. This should be a gift from Ethan."

You know nothing!

At this time, Ethan and his two companions who were eavesdropping on the conversation in the next room looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Then let me see what my good disciple has brought me—Wow!!"

Following a scream, a sticky swallowing sound, and the sound of struggling, there was soon no movement on the other side of the wall.

"It's so dark, so scary! Save me, Ethan, Fellen, Yubel, Solityl—"

You're calling out names one by one.

"Wow, save me, it's so scary..."

For some reason, every time she was eaten by the treasure chest monster, her tone would become a little strange, with a strong sense of both being a stick and not being a stick.

When I opened the door, Solitaire was still sleeping soundly. I didn't know what she was dreaming about. She even had a sweet smile on her face, which was very adorable.

But it was different with Fulilian. She was swallowed in one gulp while wearing her nightgown, and her lower body was almost completely exposed except for a pair of underwear.

This figure is so miserable...

As if she heard someone coming, Fulilian began to struggle again: "Save me, Feilun!"

"No." Feilun said ruthlessly behind Ethan, "This is a punishment for Lady Fulilian."

"No, I'll be digested by the gastric juice, ahhhh—"

"Then Lady Fulilian will try to come out on her own?"

"The association will be blown up," Yu Beier whispered, "We don't have the money to pay."

Fulilian lost her strength again and collapsed to the ground. "Fei Lun, so ruthless..."

"Lady Fulilian, just reflect on yourself there." Philen snorted coldly. Fulilian would not be suffocated to death anyway, and as for digestion, it was even more of a joke. If Fulilian really had that ability, she would have died countless times already.

In the past, the Brave Squad would occasionally punish Fulilian in this way to make you want to do something naughty.

Philen dragged Yubel, who was planning to watch a play, away, and they both had to go to the association.

Ethan sighed and closed the door. It was not suitable for Fulilian to be exposed in the outside world in her current state. It didn't matter if they saw her naked, but if others saw her naked, Ethan might kill her directly.

"Ethan, save me..." Fulilian's voice was filled with pitiful breath, "I can't breathe..."

"Okay, you should know why Philen is angry." Ethan dealt with the treasure chest monster casually. Fulilian, covered in slime, sat slumped on the ground, her expression showing a bit of helplessness and more guilt.

"I'm an elf... Solitaire isn't human either. I lose track of time when I'm researching..." Fulilian didn't get up for the moment. "Sometimes I get so engrossed in something that it's not uncommon for me to go three or five days without sleeping. But after that, I tend to sleep even longer."

Only elves can play like this, they have more time than they can use.

"I feel sticky and uncomfortable." Fulilian looked at Ethan and stretched out her hand, "Help me take a bath."

Ethan's eyes fixed: "Master, this is not something you can say carelessly."

"Kidding."

Fulilian stood up, her pure white nightgown sticking to her body because of the mucus. Although she didn't have much curves, Ethan subconsciously looked away.

"I thought people like Fellen and Yubel were already within your XP range. How could you even be interested in someone like me?"

"This is just a rule of not looking at anything indecent. Master, stop talking nonsense and go take a shower."

Although there are cleaning-related magics available, they are all in the residence, so it is better to just enjoy the hot water.

……

Three days later, all the candidates received a notice.

The second exam was temporarily suspended and postponed to one and a half months later.

Unexpected, yet reasonable.

Ethan had no objection to this decision because it was most likely due to the previous attack.

Ran went to Fulilian's office to discuss, most likely the safety issues of the second exam.

Indeed, someone launched an attack so close to the examination hall. Although Celie herself was not afraid, the examinees were an important resource for the association, and she was afraid that the enemy would become angry and humiliated.

If I can’t beat Ethan and Celie, can’t I beat your group of candidates?

Although this will have an impact on the association's reputation, it is also a helpless move. Fortunately, with Celia in charge, the association's reputation will always have a guaranteed minimum value.

This is the benefit of being powerful.

"This is the letter that Haita left for me."

Ethan gathered everyone together and showed them the contents of the letter: "I plan to take advantage of this one and a half months to go there and take a look."

"Haita gave it to you?" Fulilian thought for a moment and nodded. "Okay, I'm free anyway."

"I, can we go too?" Philen interrupted nervously.

"Of course, I don't plan to go so far alone." Ethan said. If it was related to Haita, Fulilian would definitely go. Philen and Yubel had agreed before that they would be taken with them wherever they went. It was impossible to just leave them like that.

Since all four of us are going, we can't leave Solitaire alone in Oishaster, right?

So, this time everyone decided to set off together.