Even goblins are dangerous in this other world!

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He picked up the last document from the ground and placed it in his palm.

This is a good opportunity to try out the newly learned heating array.

As the materials were added one by one, Luo Xiu skillfully pressed all the materials into the magic circle to heat and refine them. Then, his magic power suddenly surged out, and he clenched his fist tightly.

call out--

With a soft sound, the materials in Luo Xiu's palm fused and condensed, about to complete the final alchemy.

At this moment, Luo Xiu released the suppression array.

Goo-goo-goo-goo.

The materials that were about to solidify suddenly boiled up again, becoming violent and unstable.

Just as Tata had predicted, Luo Xiu had actually succeeded in refining the corrosive potion after the seventh explosion.

After that, he began to learn new magic arrays.

The four extra fryers were deliberately thrown out by him to avoid being disturbed. He had noticed that with the alchemists blocking the streets, the day was unusually quiet; apart from the sound of his fryer, there were no other frying noises on Mammon Street, making it the perfect time to study.

He used a magic circle to control the unstable liquid, then pushed open the door and walked outside.

Just about to throw it away.

But then they saw that the alchemists, who had completely blocked the street, had parted the gap and created a passage.

A familiar figure exuding murderous aura emerged from the passageway.

"Tassanya?"

Luo Xiu was taken aback:

"What happened to you?"

Tassanya was covered in blood. The red scales on her arms were mangled and broken, some even turned outwards, revealing raw, bloody skin. A large piece of the scale on her waist was also missing, as if it had been shattered by some heavy blow. Her tail drooped to the ground.

Her head appeared to be the least injured part, with only some bloodstains on her face. Her bright red hair was tied in a ponytail at the back of her head, with a red ribbon fluttering in the wind.

In response to Luo Xiu's question, Tassanya knelt on one knee:

"Tassanya followed Lady Leila's instructions to bring Miss Nika to Master, but on the way she encountered a villain who claimed to be challenging you. She wanted to capture him, but Tassanya was not strong enough and the villain escaped. Please punish me, Master."

To be honest, Tassanya said a lot, but Luo Xiu couldn't understand anything from Nika onwards. After listening to everything, he only understood one thing.

"Your injuries were from being beaten up, right?"

Luo Xiu casually clenched his fist, instantly condensing the liquid that was about to explode into a ball of green liquid, then looked up at Tassanya:

"Did you memorize that person's scent?"

Tassanya didn't understand what Luo Xiu meant, and nodded hesitantly.

Luo Xiu nodded:

"Just write it down. Where is Nika?"

Tassanya immediately stood up and pulled Nika out from the aisle between the alchemists.

Nika looks much better now than she did yesterday. The injuries she sustained from the beating were healed by the priest at Milair's request. She also took a bath, changed her clothes, and had a good night's sleep. Her complexion is much rosier now.

"Miss Nika, it's nice to see you again."

Luo Xiu spoke:

"Tasanya, take Miss Nika back to her room to rest first."

Upon hearing this, Tassanya immediately led Nika into the grid shop.

Luo Xiu then looked up at the alchemists who were still waiting for the pot to boil, and said:

"Go back, gentlemen. The frying is over for today; we're out of ingredients."

Wow!

Upon hearing Luo Xiu's words, the alchemists erupted in excitement; they hadn't had enough yet.

Many alchemical materials were even thrown from behind the crowd, hoping that Luo Xiu could explode it again.

Looking at the materials scattered all over the ground, Luo Xiu had a sudden thought and said:

"We really don't have enough materials. If we do, we'll continue tomorrow."

Crackling!

Various alchemical materials fell from the sky like raindrops.

"Thank you all, see you tomorrow."

After Luo Xiu finished speaking, he turned around and walked back to the alchemy grid shop, intending to have Tassanya clean up the materials on the ground later.

"Tasanya".

Luo Xiu gestured for Tassanya, who was cleaning, to stop.

Then a white, healing light shone.

In the blink of an eye, Tassanya's injuries were completely healed. The areas where the scales had fallen off grew back with fine new scales, and the mangled flesh also grew new flesh.

Tassanya moved her arms and legs and was even surprised to find that she was more energetic than before she was injured.

"Thank you, Master."

Tassanya was about to kneel down in gratitude, but Luo Xiu stopped her:

"Go and collect those materials outside first."

Upon hearing this, Tassanya went out to gather materials.

Luo Xiu looked at Nika, who was sitting alone on a small chair in the room, and smiled:

"Miss Nika, it's been a long time."

"It's been a long time, Mr. Luo Xiu. I received a lot of care and help from Miss Leila, Miss Miler and Miss Tassania yesterday. I am very grateful."

Nika stood up and bowed deeply.

"I'm actually not quite sure what happened. Miss Nika, could you tell me about it?"

Luo Xiu smiled and spoke.

Nika immediately recounted the entire incident to Luo Xiu.

When Luo Xiu heard that Nika's beloved had died, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"So, Miss Nika, you mean you saw your beloved's body, but while you were out looking for someone to collect the body, it disappeared?"

When Nika's sweetheart was mentioned, Luo Xiu thought of the boy he had seen in the arena that day.

Chapter 127 The Extraordinary Beloved (Part 2)

That night, he had seen a boy in the arena who looked ninety percent like the boy in the painting in Nika's room.

But the boy ultimately died at the hands of the female manager of the arena, entangled and stabbed to death by thorns used as a shield.

“Miss Nika, could you describe in detail the scene where you saw your beloved's... corpse?”

Luo Xiu asked.

Nika nodded, her eyes red-rimmed.

"That day, I was refining waste materials on the scrap metal street as usual, but I just ran out of refining fluid. The refining fluid is rationed, and you have to go to the inventory manager to get more each time you use it."

“I was worried that I would be beaten if I was slow at work, so I was thinking of hurrying to get it. But after I had only taken a few steps, I felt someone cover my eyes from behind, and then I inexplicably fainted.”

"When I woke up, I found myself in a dilapidated room, and in front of me was... the corpse of a tree."

As Nika spoke, overcome with sadness, tears welled up in her eyes:

"I was terrified. There were many dried bloodstains on the tree, and it was covered in bloody holes. It looked like it had been dead for quite some time. After crying for a while, I thought about running out to find a body keeper to collect the tree's body, and then taking the tree out of town and home..."

"When I finally found the body collector and returned, the tree's body was gone..."

Nika's tears kept falling; perhaps only she knew the pain she was experiencing at that moment.

Luo Xiu remained silent.

The examination shows that Nika did not lie.

Putting yourself in her shoes, this trip to Kanriel was indeed very sad for her.

After his beloved left, she never sent a single letter, completely cutting off contact. He saved up money for a long time to find her, but nearly died at home from a mushroom disease. He finally made it to Kanriel City, a strange and unfamiliar metropolis, only to face setbacks at every turn. Trying to earn a living, he was forced into hard labor on the scrap metal streets, where he was beaten daily. When he finally saw his beloved again, he discovered she was a cold, lifeless corpse.

"Miss Nika, are you sure the person you saw that day was the one you love?"

Luo Xiu spoke up.

According to Nika's description, the corpse she saw, riddled with bloody holes, was likely the boy Luo Xiu had met in the arena that day. However, the boy's appearance differed somewhat from Nika's beloved, especially since he didn't have the beauty mark at the corner of his right eye.

"Ok?"

Nika, who was sobbing, looked up, not quite understanding what Luo Xiu meant.

"What I mean is, how did you become so sure that the body you saw that day was that of your sweetheart?"

Luo Xiu changed his question. Although he knew that repeating this question would hurt the girl in front of him, he still felt that the boy he met that day was not Nika's sweetheart.

"Because, because he was still wearing the mushroom stone pendant I gave him around his neck."

As she spoke, Nika wiped away her tears and took a pendant out of her pocket.

The pendant looked crudely made; the cord was woven from several thin black threads and tied to a mushroom-shaped stone with spots at the end.

Looking at the pendant, tears streamed down her face.

"This pendant was a gift from the tree when it gave me the bellflower necklace. I made it myself, and I took it off when I saw the tree's body..."

Nika cried bitterly, while Luo Xiu looked at the pendant and breathed a sigh of relief.

He was certain that the boy he killed in the arena that day did not have this necklace around his neck.

This makes a lot of things make sense.

Someone moved the body of the boy Luo Xiu killed in the arena that day to Nika's front and put the necklace around the corpse's neck to make it look like Nika's sweetheart.

But who is it? And why would they do this?