Five minutes later.
In Eden Garden.
Richard handed Tinwood over to the Lich Old Man for safekeeping and quietly listened as the Lich Old Man gave a detailed account of Tinwood's earlier betrayal.
Raising an eyebrow, Richard looked at the Lich Old Man and said, "So you really weren't Tinwood's match before and nearly died. That Eight-Armed Skeleton saved you and severely wounded Tinwood? By the time Pandora stepped in, Tinwood was already gravely injured and on the verge of death, which was why Pandora could deal with Tinwood so easily and send me those messages?"
"More or less." The Lich Old Man nodded woodenly.
"Then that Eight-Armed Skeleton is quite powerful. You clearly made him, yet you have no idea what he is capable of. He's rather mysterious." After thinking for a few seconds, Richard looked at the Lich Old Man and asked, "I'd like to communicate with him now. Do you know where he is?"
"Him..." The Lich Old Man tilted his head slightly and looked into the distance.
Following the Lich Old Man's gaze, Richard saw an eight-armed skeleton wandering around in front of more than a dozen new Magic Puppets several dozen meters away, as though browsing through a marketplace.
After "picking through" the dozen or so Magic Puppets for a while, the Eight-Armed Skeleton reached for one of them. With a crack, it exerted a little force and skillfully removed an entire arm. Then it bent the arm slightly, stuffed it into its stomach, and turned to leave as if nothing had happened.
The Lich Old Man's face darkened. Pointing at it, he said irritably, "That's him! He's getting more and more outrageous. He comes every day to dismantle my Magic Puppets. If I weren't too old to bother fighting, I'd definitely have a proper