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Both men remained calm upon seeing Sandoni.

They had already anticipated the arrival of the enemy when they sent away the Fools.

What's a bit surprising is that Sandone arrived so quickly. Did she rush here immediately after receiving the news?

Or is she nearby, not at the Fatui stronghold?

Columbia spoke, attracting Sandoni's attention.

"Sandogne".

Inside the cave, Columbia's voice slowly rang out, introducing Lin Mao's identity.

Sandoni fell silent, his gaze shifting to the unremarkable Lin Mao, his voice filled with doubt.

"You mean, he's the Lin Mao that Arecino mentioned before?"

Columbia nodded gently. "Yes."

Sandoni fell into thought.

"That's strange. I remember there was news a while ago that he was in Nata. How come he's suddenly in Nordkalle?"

"But it doesn't matter."

Sandoni shook his head, looking directly at Lin Mao with a calm gaze.

“When I first mentioned you to Arecino, I built a model using you as data to enhance Pronia. This is a good opportunity to test Pronia’s strength and see how well my model is built.”

"I value harmony and don't like to fight with others. You should find someone else."

“Unexpected.”

Sandonne crossed his arms. "Arechino said you're a confident person, but I can't see where that confidence comes from. You don't even dare to face Pronia."

“You’re wrong.” Lin Mao slowly shook his head, mimicking Sandoni’s gesture, his voice radiating confidence.

"I'm only giving you some face, lest you, the dignified executor of the Fools..."

His gaze swept past Sandoni and looked towards the cave entrance behind her.

Several groups of fools were waiting outside.

Lin Mao withdrew his gaze and continued, "So that you, the dignified executive officer of the Fools, won't lose face in front of your subordinates and colleagues."

Suddenly, the sound of the machine starting up came, and Sandonne's indifferent voice reached Lin Mao's ears.

"You should think more about yourself."

Sandone climbed off Pronia's shoulder, and Pronia cracked his knuckles, his gaze falling on Lin Mao. He then unleashed a powerful burst of energy from behind, instantly rushing towards Lin Mao.

boom!

Ripples spread through the space, absorbing all the power of Pronia's punch. The ripples continued to spread, eventually becoming several smaller ripples that stopped in the nearby void, with the spear tip emerging from the center of the ripples.

Lin Mao waved his hand, and an attack flew out, aimed directly at 'Trainer' Sandorne.

Sandone remained calm as Pronia appeared before her, her arms crossed to form an energy barrier.

Whoosh!

The energy barrier was directly penetrated by Lin Mao's attack.

His attack involves space. How could an energy barrier that doesn't involve space withstand his attack?

Pronia reacted quickly, trying to catch the flying spear with her backhand, but her hand could only pass through the spear and could not touch it.

"Bang!" Lin Mao uttered a syllable, and the spear suddenly took shape, getting stuck in Pronia's palm.

Zizizi!

Pronia's right hand was destroyed, sparks flying from it, but he didn't give up. He aimed his left hand at Lin Mao, gathering energy to form a projectile and firing it.

With immense force, it could destroy the cave when it hits the ground.

Lin Mao calmly stretched out his hand, and the energy cannonball gleaming with blue light stopped right in front of him, which he gently grasped in his hand.

How did you do that?

Sandonne frowned slightly as he looked at the shell in Lin Mao's hand. It should have exploded as soon as it stopped moving.

Why did it remain peacefully in Lin Mao's hands?

She couldn't help but ask.

"It looks to you as if it's hovering in my hand, but in reality it's moving at high speed in the space I've created."

Lin Mao kindly answered.

Not only that, he was also intentionally accelerating the movement speed of the energy projectiles, constantly increasing their speed like a particle accelerator. If they were thrown now, the explosive power would be several times stronger than Sandonne had anticipated.

Pronia took a step forward, intending to continue attacking Lin Mao.

However, Sandone stopped him and, following instructions, Pronia returned to peaceful mode. Unfortunately, compared to before, its right hand was ruined.

"It seems the strength of the model I built was still too low. I should increase your values ​​several times to make it more suitable... I lost this time. I'll leave Columbia, this fugitive, with you for now. I'll come back to you after I upgrade Pronia. I hope you can do just as easily next time."

The power of space is indeed troublesome... It seems we need to hurry up and study it to see if we can create space-based attack or defense measures.

Sandoni left with his head down.

Once outside, he looked at the group of fools waiting there, glanced back at the cave, and said coldly, "Fall back."

"I didn't expect Sandoni to arrive so quickly."

"Let me guess, she found out from her subordinates that you were with a stranger, which is why she came so quickly."

Sandonne paused, glancing coldly behind her. "Ridiculous. I just happened to be doing research nearby. It has nothing to do with you or her."

Columbia's voice came from behind her.

"Sandonie said it has nothing to do with us."

Lin Mao's explanation came through.

"Oh, you can just take what I'm saying in reverse."

Columbia's voice rang out again.

"So, her arrival so quickly has something to do with me being with a stranger?"

A 'well' shape appeared on Sandone's forehead, his hands, hanging by his sides, clenched into fists, and he turned to go and cause trouble for Lin Mao and Columbia.

"Even if I die today, I will kill these two!"

"Let's go to Pronya!"

The other fools looked at each other in bewilderment, then realized what was happening and immediately stepped forward to persuade her, forcibly dragging Sandoni back.

"Please, Lord Puppet, consider this matter carefully!"

"Yes, yes, let's plan this carefully! I believe Lord Puppet can defeat that despicable man!"

"For now, avoid his sharp edge; the next time you meet him, he'll be the one avoiding yours!"

"..." Sandone was persuaded. He shook off the hand that was holding him, sat on Pronia's shoulder, and glanced at the Fools below. "Go back and report to your posts. Each of you should write a self-criticism of no less than two thousand words and hand it to me in two days."

After saying that, Pronia led Sandone away in another direction.

The Fools were left standing there, dejected.

……

"He's leaving already?" Lin Mao raised an eyebrow. He really thought Sandone was going to come back and mess with him, but he didn't come and just left.

Turning to look at Columbia, who had a blank expression, a strange look appeared on his face as he recalled what she had just said.

"I never expected you to be such a cunning person."

Columbia, with her thick eyebrows and big eyes, turned out to be this kind of person.

No.

I should have realized it much earlier.

The fact that she was driven away by Sandonne for singing during the day and then sang at his doorstep at night shows that Columbia has a cunning side.

Columbia didn't speak for a moment, but tilted her head.

"..."