Chapter 517 A brute will be tempered by an eccentric.
Chapter 517 A brute will be tempered by an eccentric.
"You had a lot of fun today! Let's hang out together again next time!"
In the evening, after a hearty barbecue dinner, Nan Xiaofeng and his group concluded their shopping trip for the day and said goodbye to each other at the entrance.
Sasha hurriedly carried a beautifully packaged bag. She had changed back into her original shawl and thermal underwear, but Lin Muyao had forcibly stuffed the pair of thick, uncomfortable woolen pants into the bag.
Instead, she wore a pair of warm fleece-lined tights that accentuated her healthy, slender, youthful curves.
"Thank you so much everyone today... The barbecue was delicious, and the dress was... beautiful too!..."
"No need to thank me, it's just a couple of pieces of clothing. Sasha, the woolen hat you gave us is much better than these."
Lin Muyao chuckled as she spoke, wearing a knitted hat on her head, which was even specially shaped like cat ears, making her look very cute.
The girl's cheeks flushed slightly; she was a little shy from Lin Muyao's direct praise.
"It's getting late, Sasha, you need to fly back before sunset, don't waste any more time."
"Okay, goodbye, let's play together again next time."
""Bye-Bye--""
Watching the winged girl spread her wings, leap into the air, and disappear into the afterglow of the setting sun, Nan Xiaofeng murmured to himself with a touch of melancholy:
"That's amazing! It flies without making a sound, but it's a shame it can't fly at night."
Hua Ling nodded gently, gazing in the direction where the winged girl had disappeared, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, instead of rushing to board the subway for their return journey, the group took out their phones to check the time, and then took a longer route towards the side exit of the mall.
The dog-girl, sitting leisurely on a bench by the flower bed, came into Nan Xiaofeng's view.
"Hmm?...Woof!"
Upon looking up and seeing the three people walking towards him, Wang Xiaowang immediately jumped off the chair, wagged his tail, and rushed forward like a giant, unleashed Bernese mountain lion.
Lin Muyao decisively dodged Wang Xiaowang's vicious dog pounce, but Nan Xiaofeng reached out and caught her steadily.
"Sniff sniff sniff... Woof! Did you guys just eat barbecue, woof?!"
The dog-girl circled the three of them, sniffing them, blinked in confusion, and then immediately cried out.
"Yeah, Xiao Wang, didn't you also eat at the seafood buffet with Sister Tianqing and the others?" Nan Xiaofeng complained.
"While steamed oysters with garlic are indeed delicious, woof... So, what activities do we have for tonight, woof?"
After thinking it over carefully, the dog girl decided to stop talking about food and asked directly.
Nan Xiaofeng paused briefly, opened the Divine Stone Memoir, and flipped to the Marigold training plan.
"According to our previous plan, today should be—to continue to consolidate Marigold's magic cannon proficiency. It would be even better if we could have some actual combat experience."
"But where did all these combat dogs come from? Didn't we just take down a weirdo with obsessive tendencies the day before yesterday?" Wang Xiaowang asked curiously, raising the ears that were perched on his head.
Speaking of obsessive eccentrics, Nan Xiaofeng felt a strange and inexplicable sense of unease.
The eccentric individuals driven by obsession were not the first type their team had encountered; in fact, they were quite common.
In most cases, it is because someone's strong obsession affects the surrounding astral magic, thus gathering into the most fitting form of that obsession and triggering monster disasters.
According to Bai Ling and Yue Tianxin's subsequent investigation and analysis, the obsession represented by that strange person was "the intense resentment of someone who was bitten by mosquitoes at 3:30 in the morning and then had their face slapped by a Cantonese elf when they got up to go to the toilet," which is why they took the initiative to attack the cockroaches in the sewer.
Just as Nan Xiaofeng was about to lead the team to the righteous rooftop to meet Marigold, the weirdo alarm suddenly went off, catching everyone off guard:
[Strange Person Alert]
[Strange Person Alert]
[A strange person has been detected at the Rongcheng Municipal Concert Hall. Please immediately proceed to the nearest shelter!]
"Here comes the practical experience! Quickly, call Marigold, let's go right now—"
Before he could finish speaking, another private message from the Divine Stone made Nan Xiaofeng freeze in his tracks:
[Sender: Hero Association]
[The Heart Moon Fox has been confirmed to have appeared and is assisting in the evacuation of the crowd.]
The seriousness on the girl's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a calm and serene expression.
……
The melodious sound of music echoed outside the concert hall.
It was a piano piece, melodious and beautiful, with a loud sound that could be heard clearly throughout the entire street.
The source of this sound, however, was that twisted and bizarre structure outside the music hall, the only part of which remained intact:
A giant, strange figure resembling a piano. But there were no broken bricks or tiles left behind by the strange figure during its rampage.
Is it because it is not destructive?
No – the glass decorations on the exterior of the concert hall are completely shattered, and the windows of surrounding office buildings and vehicles on the roadside are also broken.
Even the marble ball at the entrance was cracked into several pieces; it's hard to imagine what kind of attack could have shattered it.
Above the strange man's head, a golden fox-girl magical girl floated in the air, observing the enormous, piano-shaped black shadow on the ground as she spoke to the person beside her:
"Its attack method is quite interesting. It's the first time I've ever seen a strange creature that attacks with sound waves."
"It's probably due to the characteristics of the piano as a musical instrument; it's certainly interesting."
Hellcat crossed its arms over its chest, did not summon the cat paw gauntlets, and calmly watched the piano monster, instead of rushing forward to launch an attack as it had done before.
Even the usually eccentric Cheshire Rabbit stood obediently on the roof of the music hall, carefully observing the strange man's every move.
Even after several trails of flying magic streaked across the sky, when the Hyacinth Squad arrived at the scene, none of them showed any intention of attacking the monster.
"Heart Moon Fox! You..."
"You're going to say those classic lines again, aren't you? Miss Hyacinth seems to really like that cool tone~"
The fox spirit anticipated Hyacinth's words and interrupted her before she could finish speaking.
Hyacinth choked on half a sentence, but decided not to argue with the little fox. She looked down at the huge piano-playing monster on the ground and immediately became nervous.
Something's not right, something's very wrong!
In the past, the Heart Moon Fox Squad was incredibly ruthless when facing wild monsters. Apart from witch-level monsters, nothing could survive for even a minute under the combined power of the cat and rabbit doubles.
But why did they leave this strange person unresolved even after I arrived at the scene? Could it be...?
"So, this is another monster you summoned? How despicable!"
Hyacinth raised her magic wand, pointing it directly at the fox girl floating not far away, and said angrily.
The golden-haired fox girl was taken aback at first, then turned her tail and immediately understood what the hyacinth meant. Her face immediately showed her usual cunning and wicked smile.
"Hmph~ So that's what Miss Hyacinth thinks~?"
"Stop talking nonsense! It must have been you who did this, right?! Watch me tear this thing apart!"
Before Nightingale, sensing the uneasy atmosphere, could even speak up to stop her, Hyacinth had already grasped her broadsword and slammed it down on the piano freak with all her might!
But out of the corner of her eye, she saw the rabbit girl and the gray wolf standing on the roof of the music hall, as well as the twin Alice standing next to them. All four of them had expressions that said, "I can't help but laugh just thinking about what's going to happen."
Then, the Xin Yuehu group made a unified movement: they covered their ears.
【【【【Bang!! 】】】】】
A terrifyingly loud bang erupted the moment the greatsword struck the piano-playing freak.
The glass in most of Chengdu shattered instantly.
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