my armed maid

Chapter 9 08: Equivalent Exchange

In the abandoned mansion, the ferocious smile of joy on Wright's face had not disappeared, but the battle situation in front of him changed instantly.

Nolen grabbed the cloaked man's left hand and activated the duelist, activating the second-level spell "Electric Shock".

Duelists can activate different magic arrays based on the magic cards contained in the array structure bin. Nolen himself will also carry multiple different magic cards with him to deal with different scenarios.

When he first encountered danger, the magic card carried in the duelist was the second-level spell "Explosive Fireball", but he still chose not to activate it.

Although the bursting fireball is powerful, its casting speed is slow, and the fireball also has its own flight trajectory. If the opponent is a skilled knight, he may actually be able to avoid it.

Nolen knew that his advantage was surprise. If he could not win the first shot, the situation would be extremely unfavorable to him.

So in a split-second decision, he quietly changed the magic card in the structure compartment from exploding fireball to electric shock.

The four basic elements of Eden are earth, water, fire, and wind, but in fact there are eight different elements. In addition to these four basic elements, there are also four "allomorphic elements":
Earth attribute allomorphic element: wood.

Water attribute allomorphic element: ice.

Fire allomorphic element: light.

Wind attribute allomorphic element: thunder.

Eight different elements extend into eight different spell types. "Electric Shock" is the second-level spell of the thunder system.

The advantage of this spell is that it occurs very quickly after being activated. Especially when it is close to the body, it is almost impossible for the opponent to avoid it.

So, after inducing Wright to let the cloaked man fight with him in close combat, he found an opportunity to launch an electric shock, causing the cloaked man to lose his fighting ability in one fell swoop.

Even the body of a third-level knight is not immune to the damage of electric shock. Even if he is not shocked to the point of cardiac arrest on the spot, he will scream in agony, twitch all over, and completely lose the ability to resist in a short period of time.

The difference between life and death was in an instant. As the pressure on his neck suddenly lightened, Nolen pulled out the dagger from his waist and inserted his backhand into the neck of the cloaked man.

"呲-"

The dagger was inserted from the side, almost piercing his neck. Nolen pulled out the dagger, and a large amount of blood spurted out, quickly staining his entire hood red.

Even if he is an extraordinary person, as long as he hits the vital point, he is no different from ordinary people.

The man in the cloak fell to the ground, twitched for a while and then stopped moving. The torn wound on his neck was like a faucet that couldn't be turned off. The blood spurting out soon dyed the ground red.

"Are there any helpers? They should be gone."

Nolen wiped the blood on the dagger with the man's cloak and looked at the stunned Wright, "Mobilizing too many people can easily be traced, and you don't have time to leave yourself more backup options. You have nothing to do, I guess. Right? Wright."

"You...are you a mage? No, you didn't chant a spell, you used a magic circle to cast a spell!"

Wright was completely confused, "But where did you draw the magic circle? You actually had a way to hide it on your body!?"

In the common sense of alchemists, magic circles are drawn on walls, floors, and some special bases. Nolen's performance just now was completely beyond his imagination. Rather than being unwilling or afraid, he is now More of a shock and confusion.

Nolen smiled, revealed the duelist on his left arm, took out the "Electric Shock" magic card, and inserted the "Explosive Fireball" into it.

"I'm a genius, so I can."

He said softly, "Let me also give you a message: Don't touch things that don't belong to you. If you are so greedy, sooner or later you will run into someone you can't afford to offend."

The duelist shimmered, and Nolen reached out to Wright, and a red magic circle stretched out from his fingertips.

"Fire spell "Explosive Fireball"..."

Wright's pupils dilated instantly, and his head suddenly became clear, "It turns out you were the one who killed Rusty!"

He couldn't help but laugh hysterically: "Hahaha, I thought you were so noble, but it turns out you and I are the same kind of people? No, you are worse than me. You actually attacked your own teacher. You are simply crazy!
"You killed your teacher and took his property, and now you got what you wanted? But you must be careful. When the truth is revealed, your reputation will be ruined!"

"You... a traitor who deceives his master and destroys his ancestors!"

The blazing fireball fell with the words, drowning his crazy laughter in the flames. Nolen lowered his hand, and a transparent flat rectangular magic crystal fell off from the magic chamber of the duelist's arm guard and fell to the ground.

After releasing two second-level spells, the magic power stored in this magic crystal has been exhausted.

He took out the spare magic crystal and inserted it back into the magic warehouse, and hid the arm guard in the sleeve of the black robe again.

The alchemist howling in the fire has been burned into humanoid charcoal. "……I am not wrong."

He was the only living person left in the abandoned mansion. He was muttering to himself, and he didn't know who he was talking to.

"It's not me who's crazy, it's you."

……

After dealing with the traces and returning to Rusty's workshop, Nolen changed his clothes and came to Yuna's room.

Aysha came once in the morning and helped her clean her body and prepare breakfast. At this time, she was lying on the bed quietly reading an alchemy-related book that Nolen gave her last night.

Seeing him enter the room, Yuna closed the book and quickly focused her eyes on the Ouroboros badge on his chest, which was his status symbol as an alchemist.

She looked like she had not rested well, her face was haggard and her eyes were bloodshot, but when she thought about the unfortunate experiences that had happened to her in the past two days, this state was natural.

"Nolen, you said you could help me reattach my legs."

She asked hesitantly, "What you are referring to...shouldn't be a prosthetic limb, right?"

What she wants is not useless prosthetics, but legs that can truly allow her to stand up, run, and fight with her.

"It's a prosthetic limb. I don't know those advanced magics that can resurrect human flesh and bones, nor do I have the magical potion that can make people grow severed limbs instantly."

Nolen replied rigorously, "If you came to see me with the severed limb within a short period of time after it was cut off, I might be able to help you reattach it, but in the current situation, the only way is to reattach the prosthetic limb." .

"Don't worry, the prosthesis I prepared for you must be movable, otherwise it will be meaningless. Don't worry about this."

"So that's how it is..."

Yuna had never seen a moving prosthesis, but at this time she could only believe what Nolen said and hesitated, "Then, what can I do for you? I can't afford much money for the time being. "

Even as young as her, she would not be naive enough to think that the alchemist in front of her would go to great lengths to save her for no reason.

But now she really has nothing: her family property was looted by the prairie people, she became disabled, and her horses, weapons and valuables were all taken away by the so-called "search and rescue team" outside the city.

With her current appearance, the City Lord's Mansion would never hire her again. She was too embarrassed to ask her friends for help, and her former friends probably wouldn't help a disabled loser.

In the tradition of the Roland Empire, disabled people are considered to be unfortunate, unclean, and useless defective products, and even being close to them is considered bad luck.

The only asset she had left might be her pretty face, but she wasn't sure whether Nolen would be interested in a disabled person.

It would be fine if you were interested. Now that I am not even afraid of death, what should I be afraid of?

"I'm not helping you for money. I plan to make an investment in you. To put it bluntly, it's a transaction."

Nolen picked up a chair and sat on the bedside, and said, "There is a principle in alchemy called equivalent exchange, that is, whatever is lost, there must be something gained; whatever is gained, there must be something lost. What is gained is equal to what is gained. The corresponding costs are often equal on both sides of the scale.

"Now I give you the opportunity to trade. I put your legs on one end of the scale and promise you the necessary conditions for fighting. Then, what chips can you put in exchange for me?"

He spoke clearly, and Yuna fell into a brief silence.

After careful consideration, she really couldn't offer many valuable bargaining chips at the moment. Even the remaining beauty, she thought, was not enough to exchange for a pair of precious legs that could be used for fighting.

But thinking about it on the other hand, why did Nolen want to save her in the first place when she already had nothing?He must have discovered some treasure from his pile of ruins, right?

I have nothing to lose. If you want anything, I'll give it to you.

I gave everything I had just for another chance.

Thinking of this, she raised her head, and her blue eyes met Nolen's amber pupils.

"I can exchange everything with you, as long as you can let me stand up and give me a chance for revenge."

She said seriously, "After I take revenge on the prairie people who killed my parents, I am willing to become your slave."

Having legs is freedom, being a slave is not freedom.

I trade freedom for freedom. There is no fairer exchange.

(End of this chapter)