Male Succubus Apocalypse

Mia maintained her patrol route. When she learned that Xu Heng had returned, her original plan was completely disrupted.

However, she had to go and she couldn't suppress her uneasiness.

So, after leaving Xu Heng and walking for a distance, he immediately led the team to a more remote place in the suburbs, and then entered an alley, allowing the patrol team to hide.

Be prepared to talk about personal matters.

She had been keeping an eye on the alley, not for no reason.

She got off her horse and said to the sisters who followed her, "Everyone, please allow me to put aside my responsibilities as captain today. I need to take care of some personal matters. I can't wait any longer. Please forgive me. I will bear all the responsibilities if I am discovered."

Mia said this with a serious face, and began to take off her sword and heavy armor. She was obviously talking about something selfish, but it seemed like she was giving orders to the team members.

When not facing Xu Heng, the team members felt that Captain Mia, who was less determined but more scheming than the previous captain, and therefore had the courage to not fear known consequences, was back.

"It's okay, Captain, just go ahead!"

"I have heard the news. You should go to him now."

"We can patrol at any time. You know we have good mouths. You can rest assured."

The team members expressed their understanding, and some even came down to help Mia take off her light armor.

Because the patrol team is supported by commercial taxes, once any violations occur, they will be greatly affected by public opinion, so the institutional requirements are very strict.

Merchants in Jincheng do not allow money-eating beasts to "eat" their hard-earned money. Failure to perform obligations and any loss will not be tolerated. If you desert your post, others may do the same.

In addition to objective factors, the patrol team will also specifically select individuals with a stronger sense of morality and investigate their backgrounds, and there will be an extremely strict probation period.

During this period, only those who have participated know how strict the scrutiny of all the merchants in Jincheng will be. They will use all kinds of means to bribe or even threaten, just to see whether this team that they have spent money to protect themselves is qualified.

Only after passing the test will merchants' attitude towards the patrol team change 180 degrees, because the patrol team is also given the responsibility and right to crack down on unfair business competition and bribery.

On the contrary, after passing the test, businessmen often hope that the patrols would be less strict.

Merchants are also divided into factions. There are conservatives who have experienced the establishment of the patrol system, and there are also newly joined open factions. They have very different attitudes towards the patrols.

Sometimes in business wars, the patrol team itself is the bargaining chip.

However, from the patrol team's perspective, the team generally prefers new-school businessmen, who are more tolerant, but the main source of funds is the old-school business forces in Jincheng, and they have to abide by the requirements of the financiers. The contradiction between these can be reflected in Clara's mentality when she first wanted to go to Xu Heng's newly opened store.

Therefore, Mia considered her behavior of leaving her post to be very serious and she must give a guarantee to her teammates.

She was also touched by the team members' understanding of her personal feelings.

"Alas, you guys are like this... The big sister is gone, and I haven't led you well. Now you are taking the lead in violating the rules. I am really not doing my job as a captain." Mia said with some self-blame after her teammates took off the last piece of armor and revealed the linen clothes on her back.

"Mia, what are you talking about? Big Sister Clara is Big Sister Clara. You are you. You can never be her. On the contrary, Mia, you are much better than Big Sister in being shy. You are working hard as a captain."

"Yes, the big sister is too perfect. None of us can be like that. But Mia, you are not bad as a captain. On the contrary, you are more real and emotional. You make us feel less stressed. How can you be incompetent?"

"So, Mia, be brave! The big sister never relied on us, but as the new big sister, you should rely on us more. If something goes wrong, we will bear the responsibility together!"

"Okay! We are all good sisters! Then I won't be pretentious and I'm leaving!" Mia felt warm in her heart at the sincere expression of the team members in front of her, and she turned around and ran away.

"It's a pity for Big Sister Clara, Mia, don't follow in her footsteps! Come on!"

"I must get my new brother-in-law!"

"Whether the happiness of the sisters can be guaranteed in the future depends on you, the captain, to help them!"

Just as she turned around, the inexplicable voice of encouragement behind her suddenly became louder. Mia didn't expect to be teased like this at this time, and she almost fell down while running.

She steadied herself, feeling somewhat helpless towards her sisters. However, she was really not in a good situation either, so she could only tacitly give a thumbs up to the ones behind her.

……

"Mr. March has brilliantly transformed ..."

"Quissus! Don't tell me this first! Nolan is seriously injured like this, and you tell me that things are going well? Oh, you think it's okay as long as the tavern is good, right? At the beginning, I told you to protect people first! Protect people! Do you understand?

This is the person you protect? You protect him like this?"

In the basement, in Nolan's room, a dark shadow merged into the light.

Xu Heng followed Quess to pick the lock - with Xu Heng's permission - and used shadow magic to cover his body. To the outside world, he was just a shadow on the ground. Then he sneaked into the tavern, so as not to be discovered by the boys and to take a good look at their most normal state.

The tavern had indeed changed, and Quessus was about to introduce it to him, but when he went to see Nolan in the room, it would have been fine if he hadn't looked, but his blood pressure rose as soon as he saw him - fortunately, the doors of the rooms were not locked. Xu Heng deliberately asked the water element slime waiter, who could be controlled by him, to bring water to Nolan, and then cleverly opened the door of the room and lurked in.

As soon as he entered, he saw the big guy who was fine a month ago, now wrapped in bandages, lying weakly on the sofa, staring at the light above his head in a daze, and gesturing from time to time - it was obvious that he was reviewing the battle.

After he finished the gesture, he gasped in pain twice.

When the water element slime came in, this guy forced himself to stand up to greet it, and said thank you happily, treating the water element slime as a friend.

"Thank you, but I never knew your name, haha. The waiters in your restaurant are all a bit aloof. I don't know where Brother Heng found that person... Uh, I'm not scolding you." Nolan took the hand with both hands, grinned, and said to the cold and expressionless waiter in front of him, only to realize that his words were not very nice after he finished speaking, and scratched his head awkwardly.

The water element slime was just a tool, with only the simplest front desk service language system set up. It was enough to deliver water, so Xu Heng could only let him turn around and leave.

Nolan was stunned. "Oh, sorry, I'm not good at talking..." But he couldn't chase him out. His physical condition didn't allow it. He could only hold the water, sit down, and muttered in annoyance: "He is a good man who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. I must apologize to him next time."

Then he continued to look at the lights, not knowing what he was thinking.

This silly look made Xu Heng feel uncomfortable, but also a little relieved - because Nolan's performance did not look like he had opened the devil's "shackles", so maybe the situation was not so bad.

But he couldn't help but curse at Quessus.

"Mr. Xu Heng, please listen to my explanation. The reasons behind this are very complicated..."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to your explanation. There are so many peak silver-level players, and you are a gold-level player. You can't protect a bronze-level player?"

Quessus' tone was a little flustered, but he tried his best to maintain his composure.

"Sir, Mr. Nolan is now at the fourth level of Silver. After winning eight consecutive games in the Bronze level Death Arena, he was promoted to the fourth level and then won four consecutive games in the Silver level Death Arena. This serious injury was caused by the fifth victory.

However, we have judged that Mr. Nolan could have easily won, but something went wrong, and it was indeed our inadequate protection..."

"What's wrong?"

"Mr. Nolan...seems to have been given a certain dose of paralysis potion, causing him to suddenly lose control of his fighting spirit during the battle and be ambushed by his opponent. We were about to attack him, but he still managed to kill his opponent. The incident happened suddenly, and he was later brought back by your other brothers who were also in the black market. In order not to expose ourselves, we did not immediately analyze Mr. Nolan's body.

The drug was administered very professionally, and Mr. Nolan quickly released the antidote, which made it difficult for us to investigate. We had to rely on Mr. Nolan's abnormality at the time and my sensitivity to blood to make our judgment.

It’s just that… our follow-up investigation revealed that his opponent was also drugged, and it was poison, but the drug was administered at a different time. It can be said that the fight was completely controlled, and the purpose was to injure Mr. Nolan.”

"You guys are by my side every day, but you can't find out that I drugged you!"

"Mr. Xu Heng, it seems that you are aware of the problem. We followed him every day, so why didn't we find out? We couldn't even find out who drugged him."

"You're asking me? I...wait..."

Xu Heng was almost overwhelmed by anger. He always felt that Quessus was quibbling, but the strategy Quessus adopted, which made him realize his blind spot, finally calmed him down.

Quessus's protection was very comprehensive. A month ago, he was able to learn the details of all the cubs' daily lives through Quessus's mouth, which showed him the professionalism of his protection.

So it was very unusual for the boys to poison without being discovered, not to mention that the person who poisoned them could not be tracked down. And coincidentally, the antidote was quickly released - Quessos and his men almost didn't realize that they had been poisoned. This series of processes had to be done by the executors themselves, so it was impossible for them not to be discovered.

The only possibility and blind spot is that the poison was placed in the tavern, and the person who placed the poison... was someone in the tavern. So, it’s not that Quessos and his team can’t find out, but that they can’t find out. Maybe they already have the answer?

It’s not that he didn’t notice the drug, but he was not there at all.

Damn!

After logically deducing this, Xu Heng couldn't help but think that something seemed strange and missing after he arrived at the tavern.

It turned out that Krolitz seemed to be missing, because if he was there, he would probably have started to act crazy and argue with him.

Julie didn't react either, which meant that Krolitz was indeed hiding as expected, secretly exerting mental influence on the entire city.

It's like a spider enters the house, but it just makes you feel uncomfortable and then disappears into the house. That's the most terrifying thing.

Could it be that he was the one who poisoned it? He could indeed make Quess ignore his existence, but why? No, that's not right. He had made an oath first, so it couldn't have been him.

Who could that be?

"Quissus, I want to ask you, is Machi still in the tavern?" Xu Heng asked with a trembling voice.

"Your Excellency, he is not here now," Quessus replied, hesitating a little but still saying it.

Quessus is a seventh-level vampire. The reason why he dared to refuse him to stay in the tavern and continue to protect him was because he could actually detect every move in the tavern through smell and more high-functioning senses.

Action can be taken quickly.

So now, Quessus took him straight to Nolan's room without looking at other places in the tavern, and he was also aware of the movements of everyone in the tavern.

"Then..." Xu Heng was about to speak, but the door of Nolan's room was knocked, which temporarily brought his attention back to the present.

Because Nolan was injured, he shouldn't have participated in the massage in the morning. Looking at his condition, it was difficult for him to even stand.

So who knocked on the door? When walking through the corridor, the signs in front of other rooms were all open for business - this sign was added later, probably by March - while Nolan's sign was replaced with a unique sign saying "Closed".

It couldn't be someone else, so who was it? And how did they get into the tavern? Quessus didn't seem to be on guard...

"Who is it? March?" Nolan came back to his senses and asked the person outside the door with some confusion.

"It's me, Mia, Nolan. You said that with that black card, I can come to see you anytime when there are no customers." The voice coming from outside the door gradually became more subtle and quieter.

"Of course, you are my friend, not a guest. Come in. Why did you choose to come and play with me today? Did you come here to see me get ambushed by some bastard?"

"Then I came in... Why, can't I just come to see your injury? And, I know you were drugged, and as a friend, I must vent my anger for you... And I have a surprise news to tell you."

"Huh? How do you know? You weren't there? You were at work. Who told you? And what's the surprise news?"

The conversation continued, but Xu Heng in the shadows was so shocked that he was speechless.

Mia, who just said she would work hard, now came straight to the tavern, and even met me, and knew that I was coming back for a surprise inspection. Is it so blatant?

Are you here to tip off? Are you on such a good relationship? Great, your relationship with the guests is this close.

There are also black cards. I do have a plan to make a batch of VIP cards. The first person I gave it to was Clara before she left, and I also told March a few words about it.

But how come a month later, it turned into a privilege card that allows one to enter and exit the tavern freely and visit the kids? In this case, how should we deal with the situation where the card holder comes at the same time?

Or was it that only one copy was issued to each of the eight people? — Nolan even said “we are friends”.

The more you don't want them to do something, the more they do it.

Xu Heng felt that it was not that simple. Machi was very bold and might have other plans.

Just making friends? Or cheating kids?

Besides, how did Mia know that Nolan was poisoned? According to the words, she was not there.

Even Quessos has to rely on experience and judgment.

At first, the more he thought about it, the more terrifying it was. Xu Heng felt that there was an invisible hand behind him controlling everything, and these hands couldn't be Krolitz's.

And it was more likely, no, it was definitely someone in the tavern, right beside him. He couldn't accept it.