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"Damn it! I was just about to escape! Hsiu, what are you doing?!" Mengdie, left with no choice, had to move away from the hole and continue fighting. Meanwhile, Hsiu, holding a small flame in his hand, said calmly, "Miss Mengdie, please respect the invention of this 'genius' scientist. The sleep bomb was just developed last week, and now is the perfect opportunity to test it! Alright, I'll continue chanting the spell, and you just hang in there a bit longer, we'll be done soon!"
If Mengdie felt somewhat apologetic towards Hsiu for her unintentional punch earlier, now she was filled with rage, wishing she could immediately smash his face into pulp! What kind of person was he? Was he seeking revenge for the punch earlier?!
Trapped and unable to escape, with men crazily lunging at her, and with a so-called "genius" scientist and a "mediocre" magician blocking her way, Mengdie was filled with murderous intent.
"Just go on a killing spree, then!" thought Mengdie.
"Mengdie sister! Hang in there a bit longer! It'll be over soon!" Nia looked worriedly at Mengdie, who was defending herself with a dagger, unsure whether to keep waiting here or to rush back to the mayor's residence to call for Edward's help.
"...Dance in my hand, oh flame, heed my call! Fireball spell!"
Finally, Hsiu finished chanting the spell. The small flame, initially only the size of a flame, now formed into a small fireball the size of a ping-pong ball. He aimed precisely at the sleep bomb still lying on the ground and threw the fireball with all his might! It hit the bomb's fuse accurately and bounced off. The fuse then started to emit dazzling sparks, burning out in just a few seconds! With a loud "boom", the sleep bomb exploded violently!
Shocked by the explosion, everyone was stunned. Mengdie quickly covered her nose and held her breath, while the men, seeing nothing unusual apart from the loud noise, surrounded her again. It was tough for Mengdie to fight without breathing.
Ten seconds... Mengdie could still bear it.
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Twenty seconds... It was getting a bit long...
Thirty seconds... The small fireball was still bouncing around the shop, occasionally hitting a man, igniting his beard or clothes.
After a minute, Mengdie couldn't hold it anymore. She let go and shouted, "Hsiu! Why haven't they fallen asleep yet?!"
"How strange, how very strange?! Could there have been a mistake in the ingredients?" Seeing that no one in the shop had fallen asleep, Hsiu, instead of helping Mengdie, started to pull out his wand and draw formulas in the air, just like he did the night before. Nia, seeing this, immediately grabbed his wand-wielding hand and bit it hard! Hsiu jumped to the side, holding his bleeding arm, his face showing panic.
"Hurry up and save Mengdie sister! You useless scientist, useless magician!"
Nia's bite made all the formulas in the air dissipate into the fog. Hsiu seemed to finally realize the situation, looking at the noisy crowd in the shop with a troubled expression.
"How... What should I do? I can't fight," he said.
Nia completely gave up on this magic apprentice. Just as she turned to go back to the mayor's residence to get Edward's help, the wall beside her was suddenly broken open by a man.
It was a man, with flickering flames still on his clothes.
Looking back at Mengdie, her demeanor had completely changed from the panic earlier. She stood in the center of the shop, her fists wrapped in cloth. Her eyes, now calm and profound, reminded one of the day she fought the royal knights.
"Ha ha ha ha ha——!!!"
The men didn't seem to notice the force with which the previous man was thrown out and continued to laugh crazily, lunging towards Mengdie in the center. At this moment, Mengdie didn't continue to dodge. Instead, she exhaled steadily and when "that thing" flew into the right position, her hand struck out like lightning, gently tapping "that thing." It followed the trajectory of Mengdie's palm in the air, forming a red streak, and accurately hit the chest of the man closest to Mengdie. With a "bang," his chest emitted a muffled sound! Like the man before, he was violently thrown out! And when he landed, his chest was also burning with a small flame!
"The fireball! You useless magician, it's that fireball you released!"
Nia, excited, pointed at the still-burning small fireball and cheered loudly! Mengdie stood still, her fists wrapped in cloth, steadily suspended in mid-air, striking out a punch whenever the small fireball came close. The small fireball would bounce off someone's body and immediately return to Mengdie. Using this simple and clever technique, in less than ten seconds, the last of the twenty or so standing men were all lying on the ground, groaning and holding their chests.
"The last one!"
The fireball bounced back, and Mengdie relaxed her fists, turning them into palms. Using the incoming fireball, she gently touched it with her palm and then quickly spun in place. Her long hair danced with the rotation of her waist, leaving the men lying on the ground stunned.
After a few rotations, the speed of the small fireball finally slowed down and began to hover slowly above Mengdie's palm. Gradually, the no longer bouncing small fireball began to dissipate slowly, finally turning into tiny red fireworks and vanishing into thin air.
"Phew..."
Mengdie took a long breath, rubbing her slightly swollen arms. She turned around and walked back to the fat woman, who was staring at Mengdie with her mouth wide open, not knowing what to say. Mengdie clasped her hands together.
"I'm sorry for damaging many things in your shop," Mengdie said sincerely with an apologetic tone, "Please allow me to compensate you for the damages."
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