You call this the mastermind?

When there was a commotion in the hall, Meren, who had ejected himself, had already taken advantage of no one to notice him, broke open a window at the corner of the stairs, and escaped to the back courtyard of the manor.

Then, before he could stand firm, there were sudden bursts of earthquake-like roars behind him.

Turning around and looking through the broken window, one could see terrifying black giant pythons emerging from the ground one after another like earthworms, with pairs of blood-red eyes staring at each suspicious figure.

At the same time, a large number of small black snakes continued to emerge along the holes opened by the giant python. They were densely packed and spread rapidly, dyeing the originally smooth hall surface into a creeping darkness, causing constant screams of terror... …

"Damn, my trypophobia is about to break out..."

Unconsciously shivering, Melen turned around and hurried away from the roaring building, hoping that the war would not spread to his side——

The reason why he suddenly changed the subject was that he heard Mrs. Chelsea use special means to inform him.

However, even though he knew that the lady was a very powerful witch, Melen was not sure how powerful she was.

What's even more ridiculous is that he still doesn't know whether those enemies are strong or weak!

So now, Meren, who has always been cautious, naturally ran as far as he could, not even in the mood to stay where he was and see what the high-level wizards could do.

"But I should be able to make a lot of money this time."

With this in mind, he turned his head and looked at the surrounding courtyard, which looked chaotic in the night, wanting to find a place where no one was around to take a closer look at his harvest.

As a result, before he could take a few steps, a breathless greeting came from behind him.

"Wait, wait for me, let's run together!"

The voice sounded familiar. Mellen turned around and found that the person who came was actually the short wizard who had dueled with him before.

He didn't know what he had just experienced. His face was pale at the moment, and cold sweat was dripping from his forehead.

When he ran to Melen's side, his steps were even more feeble, as if he was about to collapse.

"Is there someone chasing you from behind?"

Mellen looked wary.

"No, no."

The short wizard looked pale and said: "I just - those snakes - vomit..."

He suddenly bent over and started vomiting, his face was full of pain, and the mixed juice spurted out and splashed all over Meren's trouser legs!

What a damn bad luck.

Melen cursed secretly when he saw this, but the surroundings could not be called safe at the moment, so he didn't care whether the other party had finished vomiting, directly grabbed his arm, and hurriedly pulled him towards the buildings further away.

The surrounding environment was chaotic, with roars and panicked screams constantly coming from behind. In the corridors and paths of the courtyard, there were also servants and guards passing by and even escaping with solemn expressions.

Some people with dirty hands and feet even began to take advantage of the situation and hide the expensive ornaments that they had already spotted in their pockets...

The core of the chaos was in the banquet hall, but at this moment, it seemed as if someone was attacking from the outside, and the entire Ernest Manor was in chaos.

"Please be sure - slow - vomit..."

Melen's steps were very fast, even faster than the guards running around him. This made the short wizard, whose stomach was full of nausea, want to vomit but couldn't vomit at all——

The strong wind kept pouring into his mouth, causing his voice to become distorted.

After finally waiting for Meren to stop at an open-air stable, he managed to speak a complete sentence.

"You're running too fast - Eh? Am I ready?"

As he spoke, the short wizard was surprised to find that his physical discomfort had somehow dissipated!

But even though the nausea was gone, he still felt weak.

So seeing that Melen had no intention of leaving here for a while, he simply leaned against the fence at the entrance of the stable and said with a suspicious look on his face:

"I seriously doubt whether you let your guard down when you dueled me before..."

"Running fast does not mean reacting quickly." Mellen, who was looking at the stable environment, responded casually.

The surroundings seemed safe, and he saw no one else except the horses, so he felt relieved for the time being.

After raising his feet and rubbing the dirty vomit on the surface of his pants on the stable fence, Melen wanted to find a place to sit down, and then check his attribute panel to see if there were any fortune gains.

But the other party obviously had no intention of asking him to be quiet.

"I thought you were an arrogant and ignorant guy who relied on your talent. Unexpectedly, it turned out that it was just a performance on your part."

After sitting on the ground and resting for a while, the short wizard's pale face regained some color, and his words seemed full of energy.

"As a wizard's apprentice, he is willing to take such a big risk to cooperate with Kevin's plan. Such courage is really admirable."

If trouble hadn't come to my door, I wouldn't have taken the initiative to do such a thing...

Mellen thought to himself after hearing this, and said: "Aren't you angry? You came to this banquet without any prior knowledge, and you almost died here."

"It's not like I don't know at all."

The short wizard named Mike said: "Jim wants me to challenge you. Although he didn't say it explicitly, I figured that you should have a grudge."           But at that time, I just thought it was just an ordinary little conflict. I didn’t expect that the matter would be so serious..."

When speaking, this peer's face was full of fear, and he was obviously haunted by his previous experience.

"By the way, I still don't know what your name is?"

"Ig, Ig Wilson."

"My name is Mike Cullen. Thank you very much just now, otherwise I would not have the strength to run away - those reptiles are so scary to death."

After patting his chest happily, he asked curiously: "Do you know who those people are?"

"I don't know either."

Mellen lied without batting an eyelid: "Kevin just asked me to cooperate with him in this scene. Otherwise, I'm basically the same as you. I don't know anything."

Of course this is not true, but Mellen is not afraid of being exposed later——

It was not for nothing that he had ridiculed Kevin at the banquet. If Kevin refused to admit that he planned this incident, then he would have to admit that the purpose of holding the banquet was to cause trouble for Mellen.

While admitting this, he also had to admit that he had suffered a lot from Melen and was severely humiliated by Melen in public.

Therefore, one is a resourceful and heroic image, and the other is a stupid and ignorant sinister villain.

Of the two choices, only a fool would choose the latter.

Even according to Mellen's prediction, Kevin, or the family behind Kevin, would not only not disclose the truth afterwards, but would instead publicize Kevin's wit and bravery in this matter.

After all, as long as there are not many casualties tonight, the whole thing can be regarded as a very exciting plan, worthy of publicity and showing off.

However, as long as Kevin's family publicizes and admits it, not only the guys behind the incident will focus on Kevin.

Even the Kevin family will send people to protect Melen and prevent him from encountering accidents——

After all, I took a huge risk to cooperate with your child's plan, and in the blink of an eye I "died" because of retaliation. This can't be justified, right?

You are so weak that you can't even protect "your own people". Who will hang out with you in the future?

Based on this, this influence can even extend to Mellen’s future situation in wizard society——

Having such a "glorious cooperation" with a child from a top pure-blood family, no one would openly despise Melen's mixed-race identity unless he was a fool.

And what about Kevin himself?

Although he will not really regard Mellen as a collaborator because he knows the truth, but in order to maintain his image, he will inevitably maintain a "close" relationship between the two parties.

As for whether he would do any other tricks secretly, Mellen didn't think so.

After all, there was no hatred between the two parties for killing his father. What he did tonight could be considered a good meal for Kevin.

In this situation, how narrow-minded does Kevin have to be to still want to trouble Melen?

In this way, what happened tonight was a good thing with no risk for Melen.

In the whole incident, he not only gained his destiny, but also got rid of the risk of being targeted by the people behind the scenes, and also solved Kevin's trouble with him.

Because this matter is very likely to involve the assassination of Mrs. Chelsea, she has to accept Mellon's favor.

And if Melen moves around in the wizarding world afterwards, he will also have a more "transcendent" identity than other mixed-races.

It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone!

"If things go smoothly on Arthur's side, tonight's encounter will be completely successful."

Thinking of this, Mellen couldn't help but feel a little confused.

I didn't even see Arthur when there was such a big commotion before. Where did that guy... go?

Because it involved that necklace, Meren was quite concerned about him.

Unfortunately, no one can answer this question now.

The short wizard not far away was chattering, but he was talking about wizard duels, and he also claimed that he wanted to introduce Meren to his teacher.

Mellen didn't know who his teacher was, so he wasn't interested in it, but from what he said, he seemed to be a very powerful guy?

…

Because the smell in the stable was not very pleasant, the two of them decided to move their positions after staying here for a while.

A short wizard named Mike wanted to go to the hall to see what was going on, but Meren believed that this behavior was very risky, so he refused to go.

The two of them rushed in the opposite direction to the hall.

As a result, they didn't go far when they saw a slim figure wearing a ghost mask, screaming and passing by the garden path not far away.

"Isn't this the girl from the second floor who yelled and scolded me?"

Meren was startled when he saw this, and before he could see clearly what was happening behind the girl, the other party also noticed him.

Then he shouted something that made him feel very surprised.

"Uncle Clark, run!"

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