Lord of Mysterious Wizard

Chapter 84: Chapter 84 Hastu Club

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“Sigh~”

Tang Qi stood in a puddle of black murky liquid, his body slightly bent, gazing at the black heart on the ground that had been left with nothing but its shell, exhaling a long breath. The scene just now was unexpected even for Tang Qi, a sudden, extreme danger.

Originally, it was just a Demon that posed no significant threat, but who would have known it would suddenly turn into an “Evil God Seed.”

In that second, Tang Qi felt the threat of death.

Keep in mind, after taking the “Fog Body” Secret Medicine, even when he continuously battled against dozens of Ghouls, over ten Evil Spirits, plus the Scarecrow, some nameless Demon, and the Mud Monster—these three Abnormalities—he had no sense of crisis.

However, before, Tang Qi had the premonition that if he had acted even a second later, the situation would have been irreparable.

Now, Stanna lay collapsed on the ground behind him, her eyes tightly closed, her brows also deeply furrowed as if submerged in a nightmare, possibly suffering from some kind of aftermath. She had done nothing, just been glanced at by that tentacle. Tang Qi was not sure if it could even be described as a glance, since the tentacle, apart from meat tumors, had nothing but a mouth and did not possess the organ known as eyes.

He was immune to that glance because of the overwhelming Melting Furnace Power; Stanna, unfortunately, was not so lucky.

Tang Qi helped Stanna onto the sofa, pondered for a moment, then raised both hands, placing them on either side of Stanna’s head. Faint golden Light Flames overflowed, and as the warm breath touched her head, the look of Pain on her face instantly eased.

After maintaining this posture for ten seconds, Stanna gradually returned to normal and seemed about to awaken soon after, which made Tang Qi remove his hands.

Rising up, he walked back toward that chaotic space.

A mishmash of Magic Mosquito corpses, Demon corpses, and the Evil God Seed, gruesome and disgusting. Yet amid them, there was a faint ghost light flickering.

Spoils!

As Tang Qi walked over, he couldn’t help but recall the Information Fragments that had just passed through his vision.

It was not the Demon’s, but the Evil God Seed’s.

[Curios: Evil God Seed.]

[State: Fertility failure.]

[Information Fragment One: An unknown seed bestowed by an Evil God, it can reside within a Life Form and find the most desired Evolution pathway for the host.]

[Information Fragment Two: This seed has failed to gestate, unable to sense its Lord, it will indiscriminately release the Evil God’s Power, annihilating all Life it senses.]

Not many Fragments were available for Tang Qi’s perusal, just these two. The rest, too vague and fragmented, could not manifest in Tang Qi’s vision. He feared forcing a reading would lead to something even more terrifying.

But just these two already made Tang Qi’s scalp tingle slightly.

Before this, Tang Qi had dealings with the Witch’s alternate personality that resided within Sally, which was already a terrifying experience. But compared to the scene just now, Tang Qi would rather tangle with the Witch again—at least the Witch of Misfortune was communicable.

The so-called Evil God Seed gave Tang Qi a sense of chaos and malevolence in those few seconds.

Some words in the Fragments also struck fear into one’s heart: reside… the most desired Evolution pathway… Lord… indiscriminate annihilation… Tang Qi sensed a clear whiff of conspiracy once again, and it was an unmistakably pronounced scent of conspiracy.

Combining the Information Fragments previously obtained from the Demon, Tang Qi vaguely deduced some things.

“A wealthy young businessman who desired to enter the Extraordinary World bid on an Evil God Seed at a mysterious gathering. Then the seed took residence in him, and the Evolution path it chose for him was to become a Demon. That businessman might have liked insect amber, especially those containing mosquitoes, but he certainly wouldn’t want to turn into a mosquito Demon.”

“No normal person would think that way, but the Evil God Seed still determined that this was the businessman’s most desired path, and ultimately the businessman succumbed to the innate instincts of a Demon.”

“If Stanna and I hadn’t intervened unexpectedly, he might eventually have succeeded in making that seed gestate and then Summon the so-called Lord. What would happen then?”

In an instant, many thoughts crossed Tang Qi’s mind.

Some of them were so terrifying that even thinking about them made him shudder.

“I hope this seed is precious, and every chosen target should be specific. Otherwise, if this thing were to spread indiscriminately…”

Thinking up to the point of Horror, Tang Qi couldn’t help but shake his head, temporarily suppressing those thoughts, his attention returned to the ground.

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He squatted down, put on gloves, and quickly rummaged through the contents.

Soon, two items appeared in Tang Qi’s hands.

From the young man’s corpse, the only things that were still intact.

One was a Curios.

The other was not.

Tang Qi first looked at the Curios. As expected, it was an amber. Just as the young man himself had said, lying in his palm was a pale yellow, perfectly round “glass bead,” inside which was a peculiar mosquito. Its entire body was bright red, including its wings, as if it weren’t a real mosquito, but rather a fine piece of art.

Tang Qi looked at it carefully, and the special interface popped up as usual.

[Curios: Red Mosquito Amber.]

[State: Intact.]

[Information Fragment One: This is a newly born Curios, containing a Red Mosquito which represents an evolutionary pathway for mosquito monsters. Breaking the amber might release a fully evolved Red Mosquito, or a failed product – a matter of luck.]

[Information Fragment Two: It could be precious material for Professions such as Secret Alchemists, Artifact Casting Masters, beast tamers, and others… High-level Secret Alchemists could even use it to develop a new series of enhancement Secret Medicines.]

“Nice find!”

As the fragments of information flowed past, Tang Qi immediately came to a conclusion.

The amber in his hand was undoubtedly a very precious material, so he immediately fell into a dilemma.

Keep it, or hand it over to the police?

The former could mean taking on unnecessary risks, something Tang Qi always strived to avoid.

But soon, after seeing the second item, he made up his mind instantly.

“Don’t keep!”

What made Tang Qi decisively utter these words was a small card he was rubbing in his hand, only half the size of a palm. It seemed to be made of iron, but it felt very smooth and cool to the touch, a bizarre card with a black base and two lines of letters engraved on it.

“Hastu Club!”

“Here, you can have everything!”

“Huff!”

As Tang Qi looked at each carefully crafted letter, a strong sense of aversion surged within him. His sharp perception told him that the malice contained within this non-Curios card was second only to the Evil God Seed he had encountered before.

It was a subtle, insidious malice, with unimaginable polluting properties.

Tang Qi swiftly pulled an evidence bag from his chest and placed both items inside.

Then he stood up, turned around, and handed the evidence bag to Stanna, who had awakened and come over.

“Is there a problem?”

Stanna’s question was met with a silent nod from Tang Qi.

After several previous collaborations, the female police chief had also come to understand some things—for instance, if this tough guy chose not to take the spoils of war, it indicated there was something wrong with them. Handing them over directly to the official authorities was the safest way to proceed.

Even though Stanna was immensely curious about the Mysterious Side, being a rookie who had just set half a foot into it, her decisiveness in making choices did not fall short of Tang Qi’s.

As she took the evidence bag, Stanna had already taken out her walkie-talkie to call the detectives to handle the scene. This includes dealing with the body, some survival insect eggs, and the items in the evidence bag, all of which would be quickly packed up and sent to higher official hands.

Just like the previous Wrong Magic Book and the treasure map.