Magic Items

Balthazar waved his hand at Horvath, and an invisible energy blast shot out, blasting him away.

Just then Horvath, who was leaning against the window, crashed through it and fell from the second floor onto the street, landing right next to Dave, startling Dave.

Dave quickly asked the man who had fallen from the building, "Are you... are you alright?"

Seeing that the other person had stood up unharmed, Dave asked, "Who are you?"

At this moment, the surrounding Chinese people, seeing Horvath's strange appearance, assumed it was part of the performance and began to clap and applaud.

Charlotte, however, was watching the dragon dance and didn't notice Dave on the other side.

Seeing the applause around him, Dave cheered and clapped along, saying, "Yeah, I did a great job, just like them!"

At that moment, Balthazar stood in front of the broken window and shouted, "Dave, run!"

Upon hearing Balthazar's words, Dave immediately realized what was happening and quickly ran towards Charlotte's direction.

Upon seeing this, Horvath placed her hands on the dragon-patterned decorations on the leather armor on her stomach, and the dragon-patterned decorations instantly came to life.

The dragon dance Charlotte was watching instantly transformed from a prop into a large lizard with wings on its back, a dragon's head, and claws, while the performers inside the dragon's body entered.

At this moment, the Magic Dragon let out a roar, instantly causing panic among the spectators, who scattered in all directions.

Following the principle that magic should not be revealed to the world, Balthazar waved his hand and countless colored papers appeared, covering the Magic Dragon and preventing those on the outside from seeing what was happening inside. Instead, they instinctively followed the others and fled in all directions.

After briefly concealing the Magic Dragon, Balthazar turned around and looked into the room. Maxim was hiding behind the wall, with a curtain hanging behind him.

Maxim, who was preparing to launch a sneak attack, did not notice the change in the curtain. Suddenly, the string hanging from the curtain wrapped around his neck and pulled him in front of Balthazar.

While manipulating magic with both hands, Balthazar said, "Quiet!"

A chain wrapped around Maxim's legs, another around his left hand holding the wand, and yet another went into his arms, took the Grimhold, and threw it to Balthazar.

Balthazar took the Grimhold and ignored Maxim. He turned and went to the window, then jumped out. He was going to deal with Horvath and the Magic Dragon.

Although he knew Charlotte possessed considerable power and wielded magic called Ninjutsu, he was unaware of her exact strength and could not allow anything to happen to Merlin's successor.

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On the other side.

At that moment, Dave ran up to Charlotte, grabbed Charlotte arm, and shouted in terror, "Dragon! Dragon!"

Charlotte slapped Dave's arm away and said calmly, "That's not a dragon, it's a lizard!"

Charlotte was somewhat disappointed that the dragon dance performance had been transformed from an Eastern dragon into a Western Magic Dragon. It was a pity that this Magic Dragon wasn't the K'un-Lun Elder Beast, otherwise, skinning and dismembering it for use in-game currency or to extend its lifespan would have been excellent.

Charlotte patted Dave on the shoulder and said, "Keep yourself safe. I'm going to deal with this giant lizard."

Charlotte leaped and flashed to the top of the Magic Dragon's head, unleashing the Heavenly Spear Foot!

A downward kick landed squarely on the dragon's head.

"Boom!"

The immense force instantly caused the standing Magic Dragon to stretch out its limbs and collapse to the ground, its head slamming into the earth and creating a deep crater.

Charlotte's kick, delivered with Strength of a Hundred, surprisingly didn't result in a headshot, prompting the exclamation, "Her defense is quite high."

Charlotte straddled the Magic Dragon's head, grabbed its horns, and gave it a sudden, powerful tug.

"Snap!"

One of the dragon horns was snapped off, and the Magic Dragon roared in pain. At the same time Horvath, the dragon horn on the Magic Dragon carving on the armor also broke off.

Horvath touched the dragon-shaped carving with both hands, and the dragon horns that had been trained instantly returned to normal, while the dragon horns that had been broken off from the Magic Dragon under Charlotte's feet grew back.

Seeing this change, Charlotte immediately sensed something was wrong. She turned her head and looked into the distance. Under her Byakugan gaze, the confetti raining down was no longer an obstacle. She immediately spotted Horvath in the middle of the road.

Seeing that it was this person causing trouble, Charlotte kicked the Magic Dragon at her feet again, sending it flying into a deep pit in the ground.

"Brush!"

The next moment, Charlotte flashed and appeared directly in front of Horvath.

Before Horvath could react, a Kunai appeared in front of him, and his vision suddenly rose behind him, revealing Charlotte's figure and a headless corpse.

As Horvath's head fell to the ground, his body went still, and he fell backward.

With Horvath's death, the Magic Dragon that he had been controlling, without Mo Fei's infusion, reverted to being just a prop for dragon dancing.

Seeing the leather armor on the other person's waist and the dragon-shaped ornament, Charlotte ripped it off and grabbed it in her hand.

Ding! Items requiring recharge have been detected. Do you wish to recharge?

Upon hearing the system notification, Charlotte discovered that this magical item could also be used to recharge.

At that moment, Balthazar came to Charlotte's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Great job, you're very strong."

Balthazar glanced at the items in Charlotte's hands, then said, "Put them away, these are your spoils!"

Charlotte, then with a flick of her hand, the magical item entered Charlotte's Storage Space.

Upon witnessing this, Balthazar exclaimed in surprise, "Space magic? A very suitable spell."

Seeing that the danger had passed, Dave ran over and recounted everything he had just witnessed to Balthazar...

On the second-floor windowsill, Maxim released Balthazar's control, stuck his head out and looked down, where he saw Dave, Balthazar, and Charlotte.

Looking at the three people in front of him, Maxim frowned slightly. Who was the other person?

At that moment, the sharp-eyed Maxim noticed the Dragon Ring on Charlotte's finger and exclaimed incredulously, "This is impossible!"

Realizing he couldn't fight alone, he fled the scene.

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Watching the incessant chatter of Dave, Balthazar took out Grimhold from his pocket. When he saw that the portrait on the Grimhold was of his lover, he felt a pang of sadness.

Charlotte's gaze was also drawn to the object, just as two police cars pulled up with sirens blaring.

Seeing this, Charlotte said, "We should go!"

The three then walked outside, got into Balthazar's car, and drove towards Charlotte's Agency.

In the car, Balthazar said to Dave, "The Grimhold has been found, and the ring now belongs to Charlotte. Your mission is complete."

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