Fortunately, the power of this formidable enemy quickly dissipated, the carpet returned to the ground, the tables and chairs remained motionless, and the clothes were no longer tight.
The members of the "Mechanical Heart" team, as if they had just been choked, were now finally able to breathe freely, and so they gasped for air.
Meanwhile, the severely wounded "zombie" had already escaped.
Max and his team cleared away the surrounding tables and chairs and immediately chased after the enemy to the backyard. They found that the squad that had just made a flanking maneuver was blocked by the flowers, trees and shrubs in the yard. Although they had eliminated two enemies, some of them had escaped.
At this moment, Ikonser also caught up, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no one had been killed: "The enemy is stronger than we thought!"
He knew perfectly well that it was the demigods of the "Rose School" who had made their move: "Fortunately, we arrived very suddenly, and they fled in panic."
Otherwise, a single demigod would have been enough to wipe them out. Fortunately, the demigod had some reservations and did not linger in battle, but instead covered his subordinates' escape.
Almost all members of "Mechanical Heart" were injured, mostly from being hit by tables and chairs or pricked by plants, but the injuries were not serious.
The uninjured members began searching the entire villa, where most of the people were dead, especially the women, most of whom had been brutally tortured to death.
After conducting a quick search, Iconsel and Max smoked cigarettes while watching the busy doctors and their subordinates.
Ikonser smoothed his messy brown hair: "We need to give Odis a bigger bonus this time, otherwise even if everyone here dies, we might not notice anything unusual."
Max exclaimed, "The 'indulgence' faction of the 'Rose School' is as cruel and bloodthirsty as ever."
He then added, "Odis previously expressed his desire to obtain the 'wizard's' potion recipe."
Ikonser was taken aback: "Try to persuade him to choose other rewards. The voice of the evil god will become more and more obvious at the level of a 'wizard', and he will become a huge destabilizing factor."
Max stubbed out his cigarette: "I'll try my best to persuade them."
...
In a dilapidated apartment in the southern part of the bridge area.
The escaped members of the "Rose School" indulgent faction, while tending to their wounds, cursed the group of official extraordinary beings.
In another room, a pale-faced, lifeless "vengeful spirit" stood obediently in the center of the room.
Suddenly, it felt as if a hand had grabbed his heart, causing him to kneel on the ground in agony.
A phantom figure appeared on the windowpane, accompanied by a cold voice: "Fool, you've already been exposed after only a few days!"
The vengeful spirit quickly explained, "We...we've always been very careful."
"How did the official extraordinary individuals obtain this information?"
The vengeful spirit was also aggrieved; it had no idea!
...
On Sunday morning, the parts for the "Flaming Arrow" that had been ordered from the foundry arrived.
These parts have been sanded and polished; a quick brush and they're ready to use.
After washing and drying, Odis taught Kena to carve the parts using mutated flamingo leg bones.
The carving process is skillful; mixing the juice of agave with the blood of a mutated flamingo will soften the metal in a short time.
Although the softening time is only three seconds, it is enough to complete the carving using flamingo leg bones, which are much more fragile than metal.
Odis first used a white pen to draw the engraving patterns on each part, and after demonstrating, he handed this repetitive work over to Kaina.
It will take at least three or four days to complete the carving.
Around noon, Simon came again: "Sir, I have good news. We can go to King's Row for the game tonight."
"This is your first time participating. If you win, you'll get £260, and if you lose, you'll still get £150."
Odis slowly nodded: "Are there any rules?"
Simon immediately replied, "You may use one melee weapon if you complete the match in the designated area."
"When one side faints or suffers an injury that affects their fighting ability and has to end the match, the other side wins."
"If you withdraw from the competition without a reason, you won't get a single penny."
Odis chuckled: "In other words, at least some blood must be drawn before the match can end."
Simon stood there obediently. If Odis didn't know his background, he could have easily retorted with a mocking expression, "Do you think noblemen's money is so easy to earn?"
But he dared not say that at the moment, and for a moment he did not know how to reply.
Odis then asked, "When are we going?"
"I'll pick you up at six o'clock tonight."
Odis nodded: "Okay."
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
Nothing much happened all afternoon. Odis had originally planned to go to the Bo Fight Club again, but thinking about the extraordinary fight that night, she decided to conserve her energy.
So he spent the whole afternoon thinking about how to write the book about fighting.
First, Odis planned to include Bajiquan in his book, making it part of his own school of martial arts.
Of course, it still couldn't be called Bajiquan. He had already figured it out: he could lie and say that it was a lost fighting style obtained from an antique.
He originally wanted to continue lying that the school originated from Emperor Roselle, but then he thought that Bernadette might question him, so he decided it was safer to keep the origin of Bajiquan vague.
If Klein happens to see this book and comes looking for it, then you should either acknowledge him as a fellow countryman or continue to play dumb and say that it comes from an elven antique.
As Odis conceived the idea, he took notes on paper, and within an afternoon, he had a general idea for the book.
He plans to name the book "The Essentials of Martial Arts". First, it will have an overview and guiding principles of martial arts. Then, it will introduce Bajiquan and several other common styles. Finally, it will include numerous case studies to describe the techniques for using martial arts in actual combat.
About 100,000 words should be enough, then I'll contact a publisher.
Around 5 p.m., Odis had an early dinner and asked Kena to watch the shop.
Around six o'clock, Simon arrived in a horse-drawn carriage to pick up Odysseus.
After getting in the car, Odis said, "Let's go to 75 Hailin Avenue first."
"Okay." Simon knocked on the carriage and loudly gave the driver the address.
Back home, Odis changed into a clean and neat knight's outfit before going to the basement.
The basement was filled with a dazzling array of extraordinary weapons that he had either tested or made. These weapons included metal crossbows, large and small axes, shields, and rifles, but the most numerous were swords and small axes with various functions.
In the end, Odis chose a sword and a cane. He wrapped the sword up, picked up the cane, and went out of the basement. He then took a half-face mask from the study.
Odis usually doesn't like to carry a cane when she goes out, so she felt a bit awkward about suddenly carrying one today.
They got back into the carriage and traveled for about half an hour before arriving at 155 King's Road.