"Truly!"

The blood-colored clown in the crystal ball laughed louder and louder, and the next moment it seemed like he was about to crawl out, which made the black-robed wizard feel creepy. Even if he was a wizard, he had never seen such a strange thing, and with a shake of his hand, he threw the crystal ball out.

"Smack!"

With a bang, the crystal ball did not fall to the ground and shatter, but was caught by a person.

The black-robed wizard looked over, couldn't help but breathe, and saw that it was a clown who caught the crystal ball, or a person dressed as a clown.

The other party is a little thin, with a clown mask on his face, and the mouth on the mask is cracked open, forming an exaggerated smile. But the aura on the other party's body was cold and dangerous, and the face under the mask that the black-robed wizard could even imagine must be full of banter at this time, which was in stark contrast to the smile on the mask.

"You...... Who is it?" asked the black-robed wizard aloud, only to find that his whole body was trembling. He was afraid, he was involuntarily afraid, the clown in front of him did not show any extraordinary strength, but it made him feel like a natural enemy, it was incredible.

But that's just the way it is.

At this time, the clown spoke, and said to the black-robed wizard, "You can call me Jack, of course I prefer you to call me Mr. Clown." ”

"Mr. Clown, are you ...... What do you want to do?" the black-robed wizard asked loudly after taking a deep breath.

The clown fiddled with the crystal ball in his hand, and did not answer the question immediately, but said to the black-robed wizard: "You must have been very puzzled before, why the crystal ball was damaged, after all, you used it correctly. Here, I want to say sorry to you, the crystal ball was damaged because I did a little trick. And what I'm here to do, too, is very simple, is to prevent you from reporting the necessary information to your superiors. ”

"You!" the black-robed wizard's eyes widened and his soul trembled, he didn't expect the clown to know more than he thought.

"Huh. The clown laughed and looked at the black-robed wizard, "It's strange that you know your secrets, don't you? Actually, don't be surprised, it's normal, because, I've been dealing with you for a long time." ”

"You...... Who the hell are you?" the black-robed wizard took a deep breath.

"Let's put it this way, I am the remnant of the Black Spirit Empire that you once destroyed, the remnant of a failed test piece, the seed of a great one. It is impossible for an existence like me to confront you head-on, and the failure of the past is a lesson. Therefore, only when you fail miserably, will you do your best to clean up the mess.

To put it simply, it kills you so that you can't pass the word on to the rest of the people. Although I know that it is difficult to keep the East Coast secret for a long time, if it can be delayed for a while, it will be delayed for a while. The longer it is delayed, the more difficult it will be for you to deal with it, and the better it will be for us. After all, most of your energy is taken up by the Main Continent, right?" the Joker said slowly.

The black-robed wizard didn't know what to say anymore.

"Alright, alright. The clown said, as if he felt that the time was almost up, his eyes narrowed slightly, "It's time, say so much, I should send you on your way." ”

As soon as the words fell, the clown held the crystal ball with a strong hand, and it was strange to say, and he saw that the crystal ball began to deform like mud, and was pinched into a dagger by the clown - a crystal dagger with a blood red color.

Grabbing the crystal dagger, the clown approached step by step and stabbed at the black-robed wizard's heart.

The black-robed wizard's eyes widened, trying to resist, trying to use the most powerful spell to resist. But he found that at some point, a force restrained him, making him unable to move, and could only watch as the blood-red dagger stabbed into his body and into his heart.

"Bubbling ......"

The black-robed wizard saw blood flowing from the wound, and the blood-red dagger pierced deeper and deeper, and intense pain was born, and at the same time, the power of fate on the dagger poured into the depths of his body.

The black-robed wizard felt his vitality pass quickly, his consciousness became more and more blurred, and the next moment, there was a "boom" sound, and the world fell into darkness.

......

Cave.

It is still an inconspicuous cave in the mountains hundreds of miles west of the Deep Blue Castle, and a bonfire burns quietly in the cave.

The bodies of the sorceress Elle and the male wizard Gabe lay on the ground, while the black-robed wizard stood stiffly between the two corpses.

He was holding a crystal ball in his hand, but he didn't throw it out, and there was a constant flash of light inside. He froze, motionless, with a blank expression and blank eyes, looking like a soulless puppet.

Where the black-robed wizard was facing, a man wearing a clown mask was standing.

The clown glanced at the black-robed wizard, shook his head lightly, approached the other party, picked up the crystal ball in the other party's hand, and crushed it with a slight force. Then he noticed something, tilted his head slightly, and looked at the entrance of the cave.

The next moment, the footsteps of "Da Da Da" sounded, and an old man in yellow walked in.

"How's it going, Jack, is it over, I hope you didn't mess up?" said the old man in yellow as soon as he walked in.

The clown glanced at the other party, and said without any tone: "Of course it's done, I do things, do you have any mistakes, librarian, Mr. Manhattan?"

"I'm ......" the old man in yellow opened his mouth and was speechless.

At this time, the clown grabbed one of the black-robed wizard's hands, carefully took off a black iron ring from one of the other party's fingers, and then took out a palm-sized wooden box from his arms, and carefully put it away.

After doing this, the clown looked at the old man in yellow and asked, "How is the situation on the battlefield?"

"The battlefield has been dealt with almost completely, and everything that should be perfected has been perfected. The old man in yellow said, and then sighed lightly, "But I didn't gain much." I've seen corpses, and almost every corpse has had the iron rings on their hands. Many of the fingers were already twisted, and it seemed that the kid didn't do it, but forcibly ingested it with a wind spell, so he broke all his fingers. So that's probably all there is to it. ”

After speaking, the old man in yellow also took out a palm-sized wooden box from his arms, and when he opened it, he saw that there were more than a dozen spatial iron rings inside.

The clown glanced at it and said softly, "It's okay." Since that kid has the heart to take all the iron rings away, it means that he knows what it is and knows how to use it. And we, get our hands on it, it takes a long time to crack one, far less than him, it's better to let him take it. ”

"So, you're bullish on him?"

"Of course. The clown said, without concealment, "That is, there was no him at that time, otherwise maybe the experiment would not have failed, and we wouldn't have to hide." Now that he's got the prize and looks like he's going to the Main Continent, I think he's likely to give me a big surprise. ”

"Then wait. The old man in yellow said, "I don't have much thought now, I just want to go back to the library to rest, after all, we rarely come out for such a long time, and we are very unaccustomed to it." ”

"What are you going to do when you go back, keep guarding the library?" asked the Joker.

"Heh, can't I play chess with you? The old man in yellow said, "You clown chess, after this period of time, I have studied it very thoroughly." From the very beginning to the present, my record with you is 123866 games, 59,234 wins, 64,021 losses, and 611 draws. I'm confident that in five years, I'll have more wins than losses. ”

"That's it. The clown said, he didn't think the old man in yellow was talking big, and suddenly blinked his eyes and said, "However, I think after playing for so long, the clown chess has fallen behind, and we should play a new chess competition." ”

"New chess, you have a new invention?"

"It's not my new invention either. ”

"What kind of chess is that?"

"Backgammon. The clown said softly, without explaining anything, and walked out of the cave with such a sentence.

The old man in yellow stood in place, slightly puzzled: "Backgammon, what is backgammon?" As he spoke, he chased him out, and disappeared outside the cave.

Inside the cave, the black-robed wizard fell to the ground with a "plop", and his whole body fell to pieces like a piece of porcelain.