Chapter 40 Midnight Singing

Outside the door of the workshop is a corridor, and at the end of the corridor is a workshop displaying machine tools. Standing in the corridor, Joan vaguely saw a black figure staggering towards the machine tool, dragging a wrought iron hammer in his hand, and the head of the hammer rubbed against the ground making harsh noises.

The man staggered to the transmission that Tom had just repaired in the afternoon, raised the hammer with both hands, and was about to smash it down.

"Stop!" Joan raised his hand and shot a "frozen ray" that had been prepared, hitting the black shadow's wrist.

clang! Sombra flicked his wrist, and the hammer fell to the ground.

Joan rushed up immediately, and with a wave of his arm, the "Hand of the High Mage" stabbed the man's chest with the dagger tightly. The moment the blade touched his body, Qiao An saw the man's face clearly, and quickly stopped the attack, his face became a little weird.

"Tom, what do you want!"

"Huh?" Tom opened his eyes blankly, looking at the indifferent Joan, and then at the hammer under his feet, looking at a loss, "Strange, why am I here?"

"That's exactly what I want to ask you." Joan pointed to the hammer under his feet. "If you can't give a reasonable explanation for your attempt to destroy the machine tool just now, I can only tell Mr. Flint the truth."

Hearing Joan mention his uncle's name, Tom's drunkenness immediately turned into cold sweat, and he murmured, "Mr. Vida, I really don't know... I was peeing by the river just now, and suddenly I heard someone singing, and then For some reason, someone seemed to be whispering in my ear, urging me to pick up a hammer and destroy the machine tool..."

"So you followed the instigation from your ear and destroyed the machine tool yourself?" Joan asked Tom coldly.

"How is that possible!" Tom scratched his head and added guiltily, "I could never have done such a stupid thing when I was sober. It was all because of the glass of ale that made me faint. I thought I was dreaming, thinking that anyway It's a false dream, it won't really cause damage..." Sensing the suspicion in Joan's eyes, the young dwarf hurriedly swore: "If I lie, Mr. Vader, then I'm a bearded dwarf!"

Joan nodded thoughtfully. Tom doesn't seem to be the kind of cunning person with superb acting skills. If he didn't lie just now, he was probably under the influence of some kind of hypnotic spell without his knowledge. .

If this is the truth, it is not difficult for Joan to understand why the transmission was damaged three times in a row but the culprit could not be found. In fact, the culprit was Tom himself. Tie Hammer, went back to the dormitory and slept until dawn, unable to remember what he did last night.

"Tom, take me to the place where you heard the singing just now." Joan whispered.

"Okay, okay!" Tom realized the seriousness of the situation at this time. He was already half awake from the wine, and ran out the door in a cold sweat.

Joan followed Tom to the river, and heard the familiar singing not far away. Looking in the direction of the singing, two petite and strange figures can be vaguely seen under the rotating waterwheel.

They were a pair of small aquatic goblins, light green skin with sparse scales, shimmering slightly under the silvery moonlight, hair like dark green water plants, their bodies floating out of the water were only three feet high, and one of them was wrapped in water plants of various colors. The braided shawl, the long flowing hair decorated with shell-polished hairpins, looks like a girl, while her companion is shirtless, wearing only a pair of shorts woven with water plants, looks like a boy. The two aquatic goblins have pointed ears and webbed hands and feet. They play and laugh on the moonlit river, sometimes climb on the waterwheel to sing loudly, and sometimes dance on the water waves.

Seeing this wonderful scene, Qiao An couldn't help but be dazed. Tom opened his mouth wide in shock, and finally couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Oh my god! Hammerhead, Mr. Vader, look what that is! Two goblins?"

Before Joan could answer, the two goblins on the opposite river were already alert. They looked in their direction at the same time, waved their hands with a smile, and called out in a clear goblin language, as if they were inviting Joan and Tom to go into the water to accompany them. They play.

The goblin's laughter came to his ears, and Joan suddenly felt confused, and there was an urge in the dark, eager to go to the two goblins. The long-term spiritual practice played a role in this critical moment. Thanks to the assiduous magic training, Joan's willpower was far stronger than ordinary people. Casting the charm spell by himself, he quickly bit his lower lip hard, using the pain to free himself from the charm.

On the opposite river, the aquatic goblin wearing a shell hairpin noticed that Joan was not charmed by her companion, and waved a beam of blue light, trying to strengthen her control over Joan. The magic power of this goblin is stronger than that of her companions. It stands to reason that Joanne needs to show more firm willpower to resist her charm. The eyes of the bloodline suddenly opened automatically, and a chill spread through the whole body like an electric current, instantly dispelling the enchantment spell of the banshee, making Qiao An fully awake.

Joan didn't understand what was going on, so she touched the back of her neck subconsciously. Without thinking about it, she turned her head and saw that Tom had been charmed by another goblin, and was walking towards the Delin River in a daze.

Joan quickly stepped forward to pull Tom, but unfortunately he was not strong enough, instead of being able to hold Tom in time, he was almost dragged into the water by this stocky dwarf.

With a plop, Tom fell off the embankment, soaked in the icy river water, and suddenly woke up with a jolt, screaming in fright, and slapping the river with his hands and feet indiscriminately.

Joan could tell at a glance that this idiot couldn't swim, so he squatted down and grabbed Tom by the collar, warning him loudly not to move.

The young dwarf finally calmed down a little. Following Joan's instructions, he freed his right hand to hold onto the embankment, and climbed up in embarrassment with Joan's assistance.

Tom was drenched like a "soaked chicken", his wet beard was sticking to his face in strands, and he was sneezing and cursing angrily.

"Ah Choo! Damn little goblin! Ah Choo! Just wait and see!"

As if responding to the scolding of the dwarves, there was a crisp laughing sound from the waterwheel on the opposite side. The two goblins stuck out their tongues at Tom and Joanne one after another to make faces, and then jumped off the waterwheel holding hands. The waves, the mischievous goblins dived into the bottom of the river and disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Qiao An couldn't help being angry and funny. At this point, the mastermind behind the destruction of the waterwheel has revealed its true colors, but Qiao An still can't figure it out, why did the two aquatic goblins try to charm Tom to destroy the transmission of the waterwheel? Is it just a prank due to the goblin's mischievous nature, or is there something deeper?

Joan was lost in thought.