The Tale of Hero Alice's Social Death

Not only Milia was stunned, Alice and Flammy were also stunned. They thought of what Milia said just now, and looked at Milia in unison. Alice slowly said:

"Millia... The current situation of your contract should be saying that the contractor is in the direction pointed by the arrow?"

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"This... The appearance of the contract should indeed point in the direction of the contractor, but it shouldn't be, these contracts were signed thousands of years ago, and the mermaids can't live that long, even if they are blood The descendants should have been diluted to an undetectable level after thousands of years, not to mention that the mermaid clan has been wiped out."

Milia also seemed to be a little confused, obviously she didn't expect to have such unexpected gains by taking a few mermaid contract books to show off, she took the contract book that was automatically folded into an arrow in disbelief, Unfolding it and reconfirming the above information, "...I got it right, this is indeed the contract of the Mermaid Clan."

But it is precisely because she got it right that Milia finds it even more inconceivable. As she said, the main function of this kind of contract is to enforce the content of the contract, and detecting the position of the contractor is just a bonus, and the effect is not good. Strong, after three or four generations, it is generally undetectable, but now thousands of years have passed since the signing of the contract.

If you say that you took the wrong contract, and took the wrong long-lived species with an average lifespan of thousands of years, then Milia can understand. After all, the birth rate of such long-lived species is generally low, and even in the past few thousand years, it may be separated. Several generations of blood relatives were then detected by the contract, but in terms of the lifespan of the mermaid clan, it is impossible to only have a few generations apart for thousands of years.

"Since you can't figure it out, then don't guess, can't you figure it out if you just find the target?"

Although Milia finds it unbelievable, Alice thinks this is not a bad thing - if there is no problem with the contract, it means that there are indeed descendants of mermaids in this world, even if the blood is thin, there is no problem, as long as It is enough for Alice to make the totem of the mermaid master effective.

"It's not so easy to find the target. When I made these contracts, I put the main function on enforcing the content of the contract. For the function of finding the contractor, I just added the most basic magic guidance , that is to say, it can only point in one direction, and nothing else can be determined.”

Milia looked at Alice helplessly, feeling very helpless about her naive thoughts, "In other words, the direction the arrow is currently pointing at can only show that the target is within the same hemisphere of Yingxing. direction, but the distance cannot be determined, the target may be a few meters away, but it may also be on the other side of Fluorescent Star."

"This is difficult. The entire hemisphere of Yingxing is too large. If you only know one direction, it is almost impossible to find the target."

Flammy also looked at Milia with some trouble, "Speaking of which, you only added such a positioning function, didn't you think that it would be inconvenient if you want to find a contractor in the future? After all, you can't Guarantee that you will never have to find a contractor in the future, in case you want to contact the contractor for some reason, what are you going to do?"

"It's very simple. There was no no-flying order in my era... It's better to say that in my era, there were very few flying magics. Even if you use wind attribute magic to force you to fly, you often can't control the flying speed and steering. , which is different from the wind-attribute magic developed in your current era that is specially used for flying."

Milia shrugged and explained, "So in my era, I could fly in the sky at will. At my speed, if I fly with all my strength, it is not very time-consuming to cross half of the fluorescent star, so I Just take this thing and fly in the direction at full speed, if the arrow suddenly changes direction, it means you have found the target."

"...It's really a simple and crude method, but it's true that it's only practical in your era."

Alice was also very speechless when she heard the words. If this method was really useful in Milia's era, it would not work in this era. There are already satellites in this era. If Alice dared to fly at high speed across half the screen Xing, that will definitely cause an uproar, even the four demon kings and human kings can't control public opinion.

Of course, Alice can also use "magic concealment" to cover up all her aura and even magic fluctuations, but telling the truth that on the way to leap over half a fluorescent star, there will inevitably be quite exaggerated sonic booms and air currents, and these will still be captured Yes, when the time comes, these abnormalities that appear out of thin air but cannot find the source may become more troublesome.

If concealment is to be considered at the same time, Alice may only be able to restrain her flight a little bit, but if the speed is controlled too slowly, so slow that people on the ground and satellites in the sky will not detect it, then she may fly half a mile away. The time-consuming of Yingxing is too long-although it is the worst result to find the target after crossing half of Yingxing.

"Then what should we do now, it seems that we can't determine where the target is if we only know the location?"

Flammy glanced at the contract in Milia's hand, thought for a while, and said as if suddenly thinking of something, "By the way, Milia, can the descendants of mermaids live on the ground? The person who signed the contract with you should be a purebred mermaid, so the target that can be detected should have a strong mermaid blood."

"That's how it is. If the target of the contract is really the descendant of the mermaid race after two or three generations, then some of the characteristics of the mermaid race should be retained... If the rest of the blood in his body is terrestrial life, maybe there is no need to grow it." Living in the water, but the requirements for the water environment must be quite high.”

Milia nodded and said, "In this case, we can consider searching the coastal and river areas in this direction. Although lakes can also provide life for mermaids, this kind of water source that doesn't flow very much is not suitable for mermaids. Not a great environment to live in, so it's best to search the areas around rivers and oceans."

"If you start from here..."

Alice took out her mobile phone and opened the map, then drew a straight line according to the direction pointed by the arrow made by the folded contract book in Milia's hand, and took a closer look at their location, "Crossing three rivers, Then it went straight into the sea."

"Did it extend directly into the sea? Then our main search target is the junction of these three rivers and the straight line you drew, and the seaside area it points to."

Milia's soul floated to Alice, glanced at the map on the mobile phone, and a straight line drawn by Alice on the map, and said, "Nearly half of this straight line that draws half a bright star is in the sea. , but although the mermaids can survive in the sea, they will not live in a deserted place, so there is no need to consider the sea."

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"So it turns out that the effect of the totem is linked to the bloodline concentration, which we didn't expect. In this case, the problem of the main totem of the mermaid clan is not 'unable to activate', but 'the effect is almost zero after activation'. It's normal that your right hand can't solve it."

After leaving the museum, Alice also contacted Christine who was in another Gryffin Kingdom. According to what Christine said, Haight was helping them contact the best sealing art research experts, so now Christine Being idle is also idle, so I was concerned about Alice's situation, "So you are going to find the mermaid next?"

"It's hard to say whether it is a mermaid. After all, Milia's contract can sense the blood relatives of the contractors who have been separated for several generations. Maybe the person who is found in the end does not have many characteristics of the mermaid, and may need to live in It’s more like a mermaid near the water.”

Alice also responded, "However, we also tried to guess why the blood relatives of the mermaid who signed the contract thousands of years ago survived to the present after only a few generations. It may be because of the mermaid or her Among the children, some had offspring with other longevity species, and then lived to the present by relying on the bloodline of the longevity species."

"Longevity species... it is possible. Although the offspring born from the combination of longevity species and other bloodlines will not live as long as pure-blooded longevity species, the lifespan will definitely be greatly extended."

When Christine heard the words, she made a voice of approval, "For example, Flamy... Her father is a dragon, so although Flamy may not have a lifespan of tens of thousands of years like a pure-blooded dragon, she can live a long life." Thousands of years should be no problem, if the descendant of the mermaid has the blood of the longevity species, it is not impossible to live for thousands of years."

"However, many long-lived species have some physical defects, such as vampires are afraid of the sun and so on... There are no obvious defects at present, and it seems that the only long-lived species that behave very tyrannically are dragons."

Milia also heard Christine's voice coming from the mobile phone, and she floated to Alice's cheek and said to the mobile phone, "Unfortunately, we still don't know which longevity species the descendant of the mermaid has." Bloodline, otherwise it may be possible to further narrow the scope of the search through the racial characteristics of the longevity species."

"I'm still not sure whether the other party has the blood of the longevity species. Maybe there is some special way to live for so long. For example, I have heard that there is a special alchemy that can make alchemy props that make people immortal."

Flammy's strength is not weak, of course she can hear Christine's voice on the phone, she glanced at the people who discussed her, and said, "Instead of guessing whether it's a mermaid or not It is better to go to the target area to find out if you can find the target."

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After another handover with the curator of the museum, Alice and the others set off—because of the existence of the no-fly order, Alice and the others naturally couldn’t travel by flight, so as usual, they teleported to In the teleportation club closest to the target location, and then took the bus to the target location.

According to the direction pointed by Milia's contract, there are only three intersections along the way, so Alice and the others are only looking for the area at these three intersections - the first intersection is in the Kingdom of Vulcan There happened to be a small town called Raya Town beside this river, so their goal was naturally here.

And luckily, not long after entering Laya Town, Alice and the others found an empty corner and asked Milia to take out the contract book, and then let the contract book try to search the target location, and saw The direction of the arrow in the contract has changed!

This is good news, which means that the target is likely to be in this small town. Even if it is not in this small town, it means that the target may be on the way Alice and the others came just now, and Alice and the others can also rule out the distance. The two distant target points and the nautical miles are gone, and then we just need to go back and look for them.

"Let's try to see if we can find the target in this small town first. It would be best if we can find it directly."

Alice took out her mobile phone and opened the map of this town - I have to say that this town called Laya Town is really remote enough, and there is very little content about this town on the map, except for drawing Apart from the general structure map of the town, only the town government and a few chain stores have signs, and the rest of the shops and communities have no signs.

According to the direction indicated by Milia's contract, Alice drew another line on the map of the town - the path of this line really pointed to the riverside area on the edge of Laya Town, it seems that if there is no accident Well, the target they are looking for may live by the river. After all, if there is a mermaid blood, they will spend a lot of time in the water.

Just when Alice confirmed the target location to go to, Flami also came back. When Alice and Milia were confirming the direction of travel, Milia also asked the nearby residents to see if they knew Knowing about "people who like to soak in water", after all, people with such a strange hobby may have some impressions.

"They don't seem to have heard of this kind of person. It seems that the mermaid descendant is hiding quite deep, or he is not in this small town."

Flamy shook her head, and told Alice what she had just inquired about, "But there are indeed people living by the river in Raya Town, there is a small fishing village there, and the people living there make a living by fishing... The town seems to have few official magicians, so it seems to be a very remote town."

Students who can graduate from the Academy of Magic are basically official magicians, and the remoteness of Raya Town has led to a low level of education here. Most people only learned some basics from textbooks in junior high school or high school. There are very few little magicians who can really go out and graduate from the magic academy.

Although Alice and the others seem to know magic, it is mainly because the environment that Alice comes into contact with at the beginning is different. By accident, she was regarded as a brave man. I am afraid that it will be difficult for Alice to get in touch with the circle of magicians in a short time.

"Then go and have a look. If the target is really in that fishing village... a strange person who spends a lot of time soaking in the water every day, but no one notices the abnormality, it can only show that he is hiding well .”

Alice also frowned slightly. She only hoped that the mermaid descendant would not be too weird. After all, she hoped that the other party would cooperate with her in using the main totem of the mermaid family. .

The first thousand and twenty-one chapters of fraud gang Alice and his party (by mistake

The fishing village by the river in Laya Town is not very large. When Alice and the others arrived at this fishing village, it happened to be evening and it was dinner time, so there were only a few people on the streets of the whole fishing village, but there were a few houses in the village. Almost all the chimneys above are smoking. Obviously, people in the fishing village are basically eating at home now.

But there are no people on the street, which is not a bad thing for Alice and the others, which just means that they don't need to deliberately look for a corner where there are no people to act. Alice took out the contract in the bag and found it. Then a little magic power was injected into the mermaid contract book, and the contract book instantly folded into an arrow.

"Huh? The direction this arrow points to...?"

However, to Alice's surprise, the arrow that was folded from the contract did not point to the river outside the fishing village, but pointed directly into the fishing village—this shows that they are indeed close to the goal guided by the contract, and that goal Now it is obviously not in the river outside the fishing village, but in a certain house in the fishing village.

"The mermaids don't have to be submerged in water for 24 hours to survive. Their characteristics are closer to that of amphibians, but they have higher requirements for water."

Milia's voice reached Alice and Flammy's ears through magic power, and she explained to them, "What's more, the target we are looking for may not necessarily be a purebred mermaid, but there is a high probability that it is the one who signed the contract." It’s just the mixed descendants left by the mermaids, so even though they still need water, they can still live normally on land.”

"So it is very likely that the other party's external performance is no different from ordinary people, right?"

Alice nodded to express her understanding, and walked forward according to the direction pointed by the origami arrow in her hand, "And the other party probably concealed his bloodline, and even concealed his identity as a long-lived species... After all, I remember When registering the longevity species, every bloodline must be registered, and the mermaid bloodline is no exception."

"Maybe the other party knows what happened to the mermaid tribe, so they hide their identities in such a small fishing village."

Flami looked around. This small fishing village can be said to be quite backward, a bit like a village hundreds of years ago-the modernization of this world has progressed rapidly, but some remote places are still not affected by modernization. Transformation, maybe even the magic net has not been touched much, this small fishing village is obviously such a village.

However, it is precisely this kind of village that makes it easier for the other party to hide. Who would have imagined that the mermaid tribe that was artificially exterminated more than 3000 years ago still has a descendant left here?

"It should be here."

Soon, Alice and the others found their target, an ordinary-looking one-story house, and the arrow folded from the contract book in Alice's hand was pointing straight to the house——Alice and the others circled around just now. Walking around the bungalow, I found that the arrow was always pointing here, and finally determined that the target was inside the house.

"I didn't expect the descendants of the mermaid tribe to hide in such an ordinary and backward place."

Milia was also a little surprised. The mermaid clan was a big clan among the orcs back then, and they even had their own kingdom. They were not on the same level as other orcs. Interfering with the plans of the first generation of demon kings, and being used by the first generation of demon kings to wipe out the clan, the end is quite miserable.

"But I didn't expect to find it so soon... I was prepared for the worst. I thought that I might have to search all three junctions with the river, and maybe I would find the seaside."

Flamy was also a little emotional, but after the emotion was over, she looked at Alice and the soul of Milia hiding beside Alice, and asked, "But after we see each other later, how should we talk to him?" How about explaining the situation? After all, we don’t know him, so if we come to him without a proper reason, we will be regarded as a fraudster, right?”

This is true. Although Alice and the others wanted to find the mermaid descendant to help them stop the plan of the first demon king, they didn't know the mermaid descendant at all before, so they rushed to the door, but a normal person Everyone would be wary of Alice and the others, let alone the descendants of the exterminated race.

After a little discussion, Alice and the others chose a reason that seemed more reasonable, which was the census—pretending to be an official was easier for the people in the house to put down their guard, and at the same time, there were reasonable reasons to see the people in the house. Everyone, to prevent the mermaid descendant from hiding in the house and unwilling to come out.

"...Why does it feel like we are really scammers?"

After the discussion was over, Alice couldn't help but complain—of course, even though that's what I said, but in order to be able to meet the descendant of the mermaid tribe, if you're a scammer once, you should be a scammer, anyway, they're not real To cheat money, and in a sense, Alice and the others' purpose is actually to avenge the Mermaids.

Afterwards, Alice knocked on the door, and then stepped aside a bit, allowing Flammie to stand in front—the reason is also very simple, Alice's body does not really look like a person who can participate in work, just Just like the last time I pretended to be a waiter, if it was Alice who came, others might easily become suspicious.

In contrast, although Flami also looks very young, her height is at least in line with the level of a normal working person, so although others may think that "the staff member in front of me looks so young", they also I don't think there is anything inappropriate.

Soon, there were some noises from inside the door, and then the door was opened, and a middle-aged man who looked a bit tired appeared in front of Alice. A big and a small match, but they probably think they are not bad people, so they are not on guard, just asked with some doubts:

"Excuse me, are you...?"

"Hello, we are in charge of the census. Although we just conducted a census a few months ago, there are some places that need detailed inquiries..."

Flammy quickly explained the situation to the middle-aged man—of course, it was a fake situation, and Alice took a look at the unsightly middle-aged man, and used magic sound transmission to pair the The soul of Milia in the book asked:

"How is it? Milia, is this man a mermaid?"

"It's not like... this guy doesn't have any mermaid characteristics, and he doesn't have the feeling of being filled with water attribute magic power like a mermaid."

Milia replied, "It seems that our target is still in the house, and we don't know the relationship between this man and our target... It doesn't feel like he looks like a long-lived species."

Chapter 22 Open your eyes and talk nonsense

The man who opened the door was obviously also a little confused. After all, although Flamy looked a lot taller than Alice, he looked quite young, but he didn't seem to think too much about it. He probably just regarded Flamy as a They were the kind of people who came out to work early. Compared with Flammy and Alice, they didn't look like any threatening people.

Of course, in this world where magic exists, it is indeed difficult to judge whether a person is threatening or not based on appearance alone, but generally speaking, no matter how talented a person is, he will not be as young as Flami. Girls have the ability to threaten other adult magicians, even the leaders of the Guards are almost middle-aged.

However, there are still exceptions. I heard that brave men and demon kings can possess natural disaster-like power at a young age, and the leaders of the imperial guards are just a few tricks in their hands-but it is obvious that this man is completely indifferent. He thought that the two little girls, Flamy and Alice in front of him, were brave men or demon kings, but he had seen photos on the magic net.

"Please come in. There are only three people in our family including me. My wife is still working in the town and has not come back. There is still my daughter in the house."

After a short thought, the man still believed Flamy's words. He probably didn't think there was anything wrong with Flamy, so he turned sideways and let Flamy enter the house. After Alice followed Flamy into the house When he was there, he smiled and said, "This is your sister, it's so cute to accompany her to work at such a young age."

The corners of Alice's eyes twitched slightly, and finally she endured it and didn't have an attack—after all, this man's thinking was quite reasonable. Alice was so small that she didn't look like a government employee, so she was treated as Fulla Mi, the younger sister of the "staff", is also in line with the conventional thinking of ordinary people, at least she will not be suspected.

After following the man into the house, Alice could smell the obvious smell of vegetables coming from the house. Alice could even recognize that it was the smell of fish soup. This is quite in line with the characteristics of the fishing village. After all, most of the people here They all make a living by fishing, and this man is also a fisherman, so eating fish is considered a home-cooked dish for the people here.

And in the room inside the house, Alice and Flamy finally saw the daughter the man said—it was a girl with light blue long hair who looked about the same age as Flamy. When Alice entered her room, she was sitting at the table reading a book. After seeing someone coming in, she was obviously surprised:

"Dad, are these people...?"

The man who entered the room with Flamy and Alice explained to the blue-haired girl the purpose of Flamy and others coming here—of course, it was the purpose of the census that Flamy and the others were talking about. It seemed that there was no doubt at all, but Alice secretly used magic sound transmission to ask Milia's soul hidden in the bag:

"How about Milia? Is this girl what we are looking for?"