Chapter 448: Chapter 448: Remedial Measures
Bella calmed down a little after hearing what Li Wei said.
She stared at Li Wei and asked, "What do you mean?"
Li Wei turned to Abak, his gaze cold. "You should ask him."
Bella’s gaze fell on Abak, hardening.
"Abak."
Bella’s tone was anything but friendly.
Abak looked at Li Wei and Bella, shocked and inwardly groaning.
He never expected Li Wei and Bella to know each other.
Abak hastily explained, "Thunder General, please calm down. I honestly didn’t know these Flying Magical Beasts belonged to the Lord City Lord."
"I saw these Flying Magical Beasts constantly damaging the Hundred Flowers Garden, so I thought I’d ask Grand Mage Li Wei for help."
"Really, all he needed to do was drive them away. Who knew Grand Mage Li Wei would act so fast and kill all the Flying Magical Beasts in one go? It’s really not my fault."
Abak was making excuses, pushing all the blame onto Li Wei.
Hearing this, Li Wei let out a cold laugh.
"Oh, great. So it’s all my fault now."
Beyond his anger, Li Wei realized he had been used by Abak.
Bella stared at Abak and cursed, "Bullshit! You’re telling me you didn’t know the City Lord was raising these Flower-Picking Bees?"
"Stop making excuses! You’re just Kira’s lackey! Prepare to die!"
With that, Bella moved to attack Abak.
Abak stumbled back in a panic, shouting, "Thunder General, you have to calm down!"
"Don’t forget the agreement between the two City Lords."
At his words, Bella paused, calming down slightly.
"Damn you! Even if I don’t kill you, I’ll make you suffer!"
As she spoke, she sent a bolt of lightning crashing down on Abak.
CRACK! ZAP! FIZZLE!
Abak’s Magic Shield shattered instantly, and all the Defense Magic Items on his body were destroyed.
His limbs trembled uncontrollably as black smoke rose from his body. His hair stood on end, fried into an afro.
THUMP!
Abak collapsed to the ground, electrocuted, gasping for breath in terror.
Bella looked at Li Wei, asking in confusion, "Why did you help him?"
Li Wei spread his hands helplessly. "How was I supposed to know he was one of Kira’s men? He said he needed my help dealing with some Magic Beasts troubling Flying Flower City and that he’d cover my travel expenses back to the Elemental Tower, so I agreed."
"I’m just as frustrated that it turned out like this."
Li Wei shook his head and sighed.
’So frustrating.’
’I thought I was just getting rid of some troublesome Flying Magical Beasts.’
’I can’t believe I was set up.’
Li Wei glanced at Abak, wishing he could just burn the man to ashes.
’But there are too many people around. It’s not a good time to act.’
’I have to consider my public reputation, at least a little.’
’I’ll just have to settle the score with him in secret later.’
’If I brazenly kill the Vice President of the Mage Association, I probably won’t be able to use their Teleportation Arrays anymore.’
Bella glanced at the miserably charred Abak. Having vented her anger, she now began to worry about what to do next.
These Flower-Picking Bees came to the Hundred Flowers Garden every day to gather from the flowers, all in preparation for the Hundred Flowers God sacrificial ceremony.
Now, the hundreds of painstakingly raised Flower-Picking Bees had been burned to a crisp by Li Wei’s fire.
It was now a huge question whether the Hundred Flowers God sacrificial ceremony could even be held on schedule.
Li Wei felt a little embarrassed. He asked, "What are these Flower-Picking Bees used for?"
"Are there any remedial measures we can take?"
Hearing this, Bella began to think about a solution.
She said, "The purpose of the Flower-Picking Bees is to extract the Essence of Hundred Flowers. The Essence of Hundred Flowers is a required material for the Hundred Flowers God sacrificial ceremony."
"You’ve killed basically all of the Flower-Picking Bees the City Lord was raising. We can’t find this many bees again in such a short time. Relying on the few dozen left, there’s no way we can gather enough Essence of Hundred Flowers before the ceremony."
Li Wei keenly identified the key point.
He said, "So the key is having enough Essence of Hundred Flowers. The Flower-Picking Bees themselves aren’t essential."
Bella replied, "Without the Flower-Picking Bees, we can’t gather the Essence of Hundred Flowers."
Li Wei smiled. "It seems you don’t know much about Mages. For a Mage, nothing is impossible."
Extracting essences was something he had done many times before.
Li Wei said, "First, let me see the Essence of Hundred Flowers you’ve collected. Then show me how the Flower-Picking Bees produce it."
Hearing this, Bella glanced at Li Wei. "You have a way?"
"Fine. Follow me."
Bella led Li Wei, flying toward their current encampment.
Soon, Li Wei saw a cluster of round tents situated on a hillside.
He asked, somewhat surprised, "You’re living here?"
Bella said, "Kira is in control of Flying Flower City right now. To avoid conflict with him as much as possible, we had no choice but to move out here."
Li Wei recalled what Abak had said and asked, "What was that agreement between the two City Lords that Abak mentioned?"
Bella went, "Oh," and said, "Oh, that. It’s just a verbal truce."
"Neither Alice nor Kira wants to see Flying Flower City destroyed, so they both agreed to prohibit Professionals at Tier Four or above from fighting near the city."
Li Wei nodded, indicating he understood.
The two of them descended toward the largest white, round tent.
The Flying Flower Swordswomen patrolling around the tent saw the two descend and only relaxed their guard after recognizing Bella.
Bella pushed open the tent flap directly and said, "City Lord, look who I brought!"
Alice was inside the tent studying a map. Hearing Bella’s voice, she smiled and said, "It couldn’t be Li Wei, could it?"
Bella looked amazed. "Huh? How did you know?"
Li Wei walked in, and Alice greeted him with a smile. "Li Wei, long time no see."
"Long time no see, Alice City Lord," Li Wei replied.
Alice said, "No need to be so formal. You can just call me Alice."
Bella pressed, "You still haven’t told me, how did you know it was Li Wei?"
Alice didn’t keep her in suspense. "Evelyn told me yesterday that Li Wei had come to Flying Flower City."
Bella’s face immediately fell. "She told you, but not me."
"Do you know who killed the Flower-Picking Bees?" Bella asked, her expression turning serious again.
Alice hesitated for a moment, then looked at Li Wei and asked tentatively, "It wasn’t you, was it?"
Li Wei gave a wry smile. "It was all a misunderstanding..."
He explained what had happened.
After learning the cause and effect, Alice nodded.
She didn’t say much about it.
The urgent task now was to find a way to make up for the shortfall caused by the deaths of hundreds of Flower-Picking Bees.
Li Wei explained his reason for being there to Alice.
Alice immediately agreed and personally took Li Wei to the beehive to observe the production process of the Essence of Hundred Flowers.
Li Wei had been unwittingly used, ruining Alice’s plan.
He felt guilty about it and wanted to make up for his mistake.
The two arrived at the Underground Beehive.
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