Chapter 315: Containment and Seeking Help

"A contained individual?"

"What do you mean?"

Rod couldn't help but ask.

The Tu Ren Zu mage Lady Aona flung out several Mei Bing Feng Fa spheres, cutting off the escape route of the beastified patients who tried to flee.

She was skilled in Jing Shen Xi Fa, but that didn't mean she couldn't use other schools.

She was, after all, an eighth-tier mage.

"Containment doesn't necessarily mean only physical containment. There are many types of magical hazardous objects—sentient and non-sentient, mobile and immobile, living and dead—each different type of magical hazardous object has a corresponding strategy."

"So making my lord Yuliya, who should have been a containment target, one of the six committee members of the Magic Control Union, is also part of your strategy."

"That's right. I don't know the specific process myself, but ever since I became a Bao Mu Fa, my lord Yuliya has been a very friendly person. Although she's somewhat willful, she's happy to help others and keeps her promises, and she's highly controllable—of course, the prerequisite is keeping a supply of pure fresh blood."

Rod always felt something was off.

Such a powerful individual, after being identified as a containment target, had actually become one of the organization's upper echelons.

He couldn't help but ask:

"Does my lord Yuliya know her own identity?"

"Of course."

Lady Aona replied as if it were perfectly natural.

In the short time that had passed, nearly fifty beastified patients in the surroundings had been wounded and killed by ice crystals.

The terrain here was flat, and wiping out this small group was pointless, so the two didn't pursue them, letting them scatter and flee.

"This is because besides being a bit mischievous, my lord Yuliya actually has no ill will. She takes being a containment target very much in stride—rather, the Magic Control Union has provided her with quite a bit of fun."

At this moment, Tally poked half of her delicate little face out from the shadows of Rod's collar.

Her plump pink little mouth was very eye-catching.

She said softly:

"The Vampire King Yuliya once had a relationship with my succubus ancestor Lilith. Legend has it that in the castle of the Moonless Ancient Tomb, they spent countless wonderful nights. By the way, in their bedroom relationship, it was my ancestor Lilith who held the dominant position."

Here we go again.

Succubus unofficial history.

After saying that.

Tally turned her lips bright red, extended her sharp canines, and affectionately bit Rod's neck.

"Don't believe it? Then ask this Tu Ren Zu."

"Obviously, I'm not that gossipy of a person."

Rod glanced at Lady Aona.

She was currently using Cao Kong Fa to collect the frozen living materials.

She hadn't heard the conversation between the two.

Since the probing at their first meeting, this Tu Ren Zu had been treating him very carefully, presumably because of her regard for the scorpion woman Hera.

"Huh? Mushroom people?"

Lady Aona suddenly exclaimed.

On the frozen ground, several mushroom people's corpses were starkly visible, cut into pieces by claws and blades, looking quite miserable.

Right.

The pony girl's intel also mentioned that mushroom people were fighting the beastified patients.

And last time, when they first encountered the Star Spirit Haili, there were also mushroom people's corpses.

"There are several mushroom people clans scattered underground on the Koch Plains."

Rod explained.

Don't be fooled by Shi Ying Town having been attacked by the mushroom person Toru—in reality, most of these creatures are of the good and lawful alignment, and usually won't actively attack other beings.

The Koch Plains are considerably larger than the Dusk Hills.

And because the Claw Valley Mountains block the winter cold currents and the Hansen River originates here, all kinds of grain yields are very high, so historically the races here have also been more diverse.

Perhaps precisely because of this, in the continent's history, many famous battles have taken place on this plain.

This kind of dispute has even continued to this day.

Gale City and Shanlun City on the eastern side of the Koch Plains have always had disputes over the ownership of this land, with no conclusion to this day.

Unlike modern nations on Earth, the territories belonging to nobles here always have disputes over the handover areas due to various historical legacy issues, which is very common.

It is even possible for a small piece of someone else's territory to be enclosed within a certain great noble's domain.

The parties involved in the small territory would be very awkward, that's all.

But then again.

Gale City is separated by the Claw Valley Mountains, while Shanlun City is separated by the Wet Swamp and the Gusmeir Forest—one has considerable military strength, the other is close to the Dragon Star Sea and is extraordinarily rich.

It seems unlikely that a victor can be easily decided.

"Can you find out which clans there are?"

Lady Aona asked.

She looked a little nervous.

"Wait a moment, I'll send a message to ask the people at Shi Ying Town's City Hall."

"Send a message? At this distance?"

As a mage, she knew the range of messaging spells; even using flight magic here would take two hours, so how could a connection be made?

Rod smiled without saying anything.

He used 【Far Voice Chain】 to send a message to the ghoul Pan Ni.

Let her ask about information related to the Tooth Fairy.

Not long after, the ghoul sent back a reply.

"Spore Light, Cap, Mycelium, Spore Tongue, Moonlight Spore — five clans in total."

The mushroom people's clan names really fit their racial characteristics.

They always gave Rod the feeling that they were "edible."

"The Mycelium Clan?"

Ona's brow furrowed.

"What's wrong?"

"I have a child of an old friend in the Mycelium Clan, but this race should be living near damp swamps—"

"Recently the Marsh Toads had a great migration, especially ravaging the swamp and forest areas near Dragon Star Sea. The damp swamp happens to be nearby — perhaps they were forced to leave their homes."

Rod explained.

When he was topping off Sharon's spiritual energy last night, he had finished reading the latest issue of the Snow Hill Evening News, which mentioned this matter.

What?

Why read the newspaper at a time like this?

Please.

Sharon was busy channeling magic power to ease Dimia's symptoms, treating Rod like an oversized charging bank, not focusing on interacting at all, giving no feedback — it was boring, okay?

Luckily there was the newspaper and Tally chatting coquettishly on the side.

"Sorry, Rod, I may have to leave for a while. Mushroom people rarely attack on their own unless they are attacked. I'm worried about that child's safety."

"I'll come with you. I have to patrol a stretch of the Korh Plain anyway."

"Thank you."

Ona wasn't the wishy-washy type either; she expressed her gratitude directly.

Having said that.

"It's just a shame the Shi Ying Town City Hall doesn't have records of where the mushroom people live."

"Can't be helped — after all, it's not under their jurisdiction. But I do happen to know someone very familiar with this."

Ona looked pleasantly surprised: "Just as expected of Rod!"

"It's not guaranteed to work — just a possibility that she might know."

"Whether you know or not, you've already done me a huge favor!"

The rabbit-girl was very grateful.

When she got excited, her pair of pink-rimmed, white-furred rabbit ears stood straight up, pushing her hood back.

They revealed round, rolling red eyes and a small, pretty face — very cute.

Rod's gaze shifted slightly.

His resistance to the exotic races was always not that high.

He suppressed the stirring in his heart.

He took out the communication magic stone given to him by the Star Spirit, Hayley.

(End of this chapter)