After the second round, the six members of the Darko team plus Aceba walked down the road talking and laughing all the way, and being able to win the second game cleanly was a huge boost in their self-confidence, sweeping away the haze of the heavy defeat in the first round. In the next round of the third round, they only need to beat the weaker Nairobi side to qualify as second in the group.

Several people quickly walked back to the tree fort, but stopped at the door.

"Hey, who's standing at the gate of our yard?" Leah pointed to the gate of the Tree Castle yard, where a man in a crisp tuxedo was standing, already waiting for their return.

Otto took the first step and stood in front of several people, and Ashiba felt that the atmosphere was not right, and immediately yelled and was about to rush. Kevin hurriedly ran up two steps and grabbed Otto, "I've seen this person in the casino, it doesn't seem to be malicious, you guys wait a minute, I'll ask first." ”

Darko and the others then remembered that the man was neither carrying a weapon nor having magic fluctuations on his body, obviously not for fighting, but because of Wendy's matter, several members of the Darko team were almost exhausted, so they overreacted, but fortunately, Kevin stopped him in time.

Kevin approached the man first, but heard the man say first, "Congratulations to a few friends from Team Darko, who performed well in the second round and showed great strength. ”

Kevin replied lukewarmly, "Thank you, are you congratulating on behalf of the Gafreshak family?"

The tuxedo man smiled at first, and then crossed over to Kevin and introduced himself to Darko and the others behind him, "I'm Salver Gafreshak, and I'm temporarily in charge of the business of St. Yale's casino recently, so I'm just here to congratulate you on my own behalf." ”

Darko and the others also suddenly realized, and they all remembered the image of this person, Salver was the first heir to the Gafreshak family, so they naturally recognized it. But for some reason, he didn't remember it until he revealed his identity.

Wendy whispered, "It can make us not remember his identity for a short time, this is already a law-level ability, and the bloodline of the precept priest really deserves its name." ”

Each of the four legendary bloodlines specializes in different classes. The Demon Warlock bloodline of the Roche Crundining family, the necromancer bloodline of the Nike Remons family, and the Punishment Knight bloodline of the Cappadocia family all have a huge auxiliary role in the corresponding professions, and the bloodline abilities awakened by family members are also related to the corresponding professions nine times out of ten.

The precept priest lineage of the Gafreřak family has an extremely powerful auxiliary effect on the art of truth, and can even influence others in their words and deeds. This effect has nothing to do with prophecy, it is the ability to invisibly make people around them pay attention to only certain things, and ignore other key things. As for Salver, Dacko and the others couldn't recognize themselves for a short time, it was just a small test.

Kevin's eyes became serious, but a smile appeared on his face, "It's the first heir to the Gafreshak family, it's been a long time." ”

"The first in line to the throne are all imaginary, and I prefer to make friends, do business, or something. As he spoke, Salver walked over to Darko and the others, and stepped forward to greet them in turn.

Phyllis also wants to find out why Salver came to them, so she invites him to go into the Tree Castle with her. Phyllis and the others looked back and forth, and finally Kevin asked, "I wonder what Mr. Gafreshak has been doing lately, will we get some intersections?"

Salver replied nonchalantly, "Of course, it's to eat from the mountains, and if you open a casino, you will get some profit from it." ”

Kevin smiled and said, "You want to make a profit, it's not easy to do it? 10% of the commission per game, I'm also very greedy." ”

"The family is big, and there are many people who need to be fed, and the two young ladies know this best, and the funds you can come to participate in the Alchemy Grand Prix are also earned from the family's various trades. Salver was referring to Phyllis and Leah, "Relying only on the pump, after all, it is only a fixed income, if you want to contribute something to the family, you can't make more money without working hard." ”

Kevin had already guessed what the other party meant, so he followed him and said, "If you want to make more money, you can only find a way to manipulate the game. ”

"Haha, thanks for the compliment, but unfortunately it wasn't my handiwork, and I wouldn't have set up such a clumsy match-fixing. Salver shrugged, "The third round of the Alchemy Grand Prix is flooded with fake matches, this is already a well-known, even conventional. They unexpectedly made a fake match in the first round, which was indeed unprepared, and they did make a lot of money, but they didn't take into account the idea of the Alchemy Guild. ”

"Although the Alchemy Guild is taking a cut of it behind it, it still has to maintain the fairness and fairness of the game on the surface. The bitch did it, but the torii still has to be erected. Kevin smiled and said, "Looks like that Gafreshak team should be the work of Joyas and Milley." Salver, the heirs behind you have all come up with results, I wonder what kind of plans you have?"

"Haha, exactly. The farce made by those two boys is both unsightly and ruinous. Salver first clapped his hands and laughed a few times, and then said in a straight tone, "If I come to manipulate the competition, I will naturally choose the third round, so that it is reasonable and will not be disgusted by the Alchemy Guild." ”

"For example?" asked Leah tentatively.

"For example, the match between Darko and Nairobi. ”

Darko and the others all sank in their hearts when they heard this, thinking that it was really coming, Kevin pondered the words and asked, "There are 8 games in the third round, why did you find us?"

Salver pretended to rub his temples with difficulty, "The casino business is not easy to do now, everyone knows that there are more match-fixes in the third round, and the bets are more cautious. ”

"I don't know what kind of result you want, you don't want us to lose, right? ”

Kevin made a joke that wasn't funny, but it made a few people on the Darko team get serious. Salver laughed, "Haha, it's easy for you to win, but it's hard for the winner to control the time. After all, you can't exactly get an orc warrior to win at the right time slot, and it's much easier to lose than to manipulate the stun time with the right extended-release potion. ”

"This can't be!" Leah was the first to cry out angrily, "We've been preparing for so long, why should we give up the game for you?"

Although Aciba couldn't understand human words, he felt Liya's anger and yelled at Salver.

Phyllis was stunned for a moment, then sneered and said, "Salver, don't be too presumptuous, what good can you come up with?

What Phyllis said was transmitted to her by Wendy, after all, they are both heirs of the Nine Great Families, and Phyllis and Leah have far more weight than others in talking. She said this extremely cleverly, Salver can come to make this deal, he must have his own confidence, although he doesn't know what his confidence is, but if he wants to negotiate the conditions, he must first exaggerate his losses, say that winning the championship is an inevitable thing, and get six holy weapons, so that he will first stand on a commanding height, no matter how much the other party bargains, he will not lose.

Salver was also stunned by what Phyllis said, and then shook his head with a wry smile, "I'm not old, and I don't have a small appetite." ”

"Since it's a deal, of course, both sides have to be mutually beneficial, I don't know if we want to give up the six holy weapons, do you have anything to compensate?" Kevin also immediately understood the intention of Phyllis to say this, and directly took the six holy weapons to talk about things, so that the later conditions could not be negotiated, and it was logical to refuse the fake match transaction.

Salver was silent for a moment before he sighed, "I prepared four contracts before I came, and now it seems that the Dako team really deserves to be taken seriously, so let's show you the best trading conditions." ”

Salver's palm was raised in front of him, the space ring on his middle finger lit up slightly, and a fist-sized crimson crystal nucleus appeared in his palm, and the magic fluctuated very strongly. Kevin immediately became uncalm when he saw this crystal nucleus, and he stood up suddenly, "Eighth-order flame crystal nucleus?"

Salver was noncommittal, and the crimson nucleus was retracted as the light flashed in his palm, and then an emerald green nucleus appeared. Liya was also shocked, and hurriedly approached, "The green crystal nucleus is also an eighth-order? What kind of monster is this? Forest giant? Or is it a butterfly feather flying kite?"

Salver still didn't answer, the light in his hand kept flickering, and one after another eighth-order crystal nuclei appeared in his hand, and everyone present took care of them. Phyllis's dark system, Darko's ice system, and Otto's thunder system, although they were mentally prepared and did not show excessive interest, they still couldn't help but take a few more looks.

Finally, Salfo paused, and a pale cyan crystal nucleus appeared in his hand, but the crystal nucleus was fleeting in his hand, and it only appeared for a moment before it was withdrawn. But Wendy's cloak figure trembled violently, and Salver stared at Wendy's eyes with a hint of cunning, and then changed to a smaller crystal nucleus, "I'm sorry, I took it by mistake, the eighth-order qi crystal nucleus used for trading should be this one." ”

Until Salver had finished displaying all the crystal nuclei one by one, Darko and the others still hadn't come back to their senses, and the value of the eighth-order crystal nucleus was naturally not as good as that of the holy weapon, but it was also comparable to the legendary-level equipment. It's impossible to say that Darko and the others weren't impressed, but they were all very calm, and they knew that the other team wanted to lose the game. The time and effort they had put into the Alchemy Grand Prix before couldn't be bought.

"Now that I've shown my sincerity, this is a contract. Salver took out a piece of magic paper and placed it on the table with its back side up, "You can discuss it carefully, and if you agree, then sign a contract, but I'm sure you'll agree." ”

Phyllis raised her hand to take the contract, but Salver reached out to block it, "Wait." ”

"What do you mean?" said Phyllis frowned dissatisfied.

"Personally, I suggest that you read this contract after I'm gone, or I'm afraid you won't be able to make a pleasant deal. Salver smiled undiminishedly, but looked in Wendy's direction with a meaningful look, and then flew out of the Tree Fort through the window, disappearing into the city at a rapid pace.

"Hmph, it's a mystery. Phyllis grabbed the contract at random, and after a few glances, her expression changed instantly, she hurriedly threw away the contract, rushed to the window and shouted, "Where's Salver, don't let him run away!"

"What's wrong?" Leah took the contract and changed her face after reading it for a while, "It's really unreasonable to dare to use Wendy's identity to blackmail us!"

Otto leaned in and looked at it and said, "No wonder he asked us to wait until he was gone to read the contract, for fear of being killed." ”

Kevin took the contract from Leah's hand, and after reading it, he still said calmly, "Aren't there still six eighth-order crystal nuclei? Why are you ignoring this? Coercion and temptation are just as much, obviously Salver knows that threats alone will not work, so it is also expensive." ”

"Why are you still talking to Salver!" Exclaimed Phyllis angrily pointing at Kevin.

"Now that things have developed to this point, no matter how anxious you are, it is useless, or sit down and study it carefully. Kevin spread his hands helplessly.

"I'm sorry to trouble you again. Wendy didn't let out a deep breath until then, "It was the mood swings I had when I saw Salver's heartstone that he took out at the beginning, and it made Salver identify me." ”

"Heartstone, is it the one Salver said he took the wrong one, what is that?" Darko and the others only glanced at it at the time, and didn't see anything special about the stone.

"It's a heartstone, maybe not many in the entire Amecian plane. When I first became the Tempest Maiden, I was granted a piece by Edward, and setting that heart stone in jewelry can greatly speed up mana recovery. Wendy said, taking out a blue gem from the spatial ring, the same one Salver had taken out earlier.

Darko and the others took the heart stone and looked around, and they were amazed that there were such rare gems in the world. When Darko was in the Temple of Prophecy, a magnifying glass that could speed up the recovery of mana could be loaded into the treasure chest of the Prophecy Pope, but this also function was only a gem, and the value was only high or low.

"It's such a rare gem, no wonder we didn't recognize it. Darko handed the Heartstone back to Wendy, thought for a moment and said, "It seems that Salver only suspected your identity, so he took this Heartstone to test it." ”

"Yes, when I saw the Heartstone, I remembered what I had experienced in the church in the past, and I had unnecessary mood swings, which Salver noticed. Wendy sighed softly, "I'm to blame for this." ”

Darko hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't say that, we've been in the same boat for a long time, and now we're all in the same boat, and he's threatening our entire team." ”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple," Kevin shook his head and said, "Phyllis and Leah are not ordinary, Salver doesn't need to offend us because of the interests of a game, he may also be instructed by some people." ”

"Well, I think so too, whether the money they make can offset the loss of the crystal nucleus is in two words," Otto was still thinking about the crystal nucleus, "maybe someone is deliberately trying to harm us." ”

"Not really, the casino is far more profitable than you might think, not to mention that if we lose the game, Merkelt will be able to qualify, and the Gafreřák family will inevitably make a deal with them to make up for this money. ”

"Looks like there's a lot of people staring at us!" said Leah, gritting her teeth.

"That's normal, no one is jealous of mediocrity. ”

"What's the matter, let's figure out what to do in the next game! Phyllis folded her arms around her face, half hesitant and half struggling. Of course, the Nike Remones family also has an inventory of eighth-order crystal nuclei, but she also needs to contribute to the family to get it, and such a simple way to obtain it can be regarded as almost unearned, "To get so many eighth-order crystal nuclei, the Gafreshak family is really willing to do it." ”

"Are we really going to give up the game?" said Leah, a little impatiently.

"This lure is indeed very moving, and the coercion is deadly enough. "Kevin has been doing trial tasks for so many years, and he only got a seventh-order crystal nucleus by luck, which shows how rare a high-order crystal nucleus is. Whether it is embedded in weapons or jewelry, such a high-level crystal nucleus can raise the magic level of the caster to a higher level, which is what every mage can only dream of.

Thinking that Salver actually threatened them with Wendy's identity, Phyllis immediately began to scold Salver for his shamelessness, only Darko was still carefully studying the contents of the entire contract, "The content of the contract is that in the third round of the match against Nairobi, we can mix the potion according to the formula he gave and give it to Asiba to drink, we can get six eighth-order crystal nuclei, as well as his secret of Wendy's identity." ”

Wendy sneered, "If he had told the Storm Church of my identity, I would have made the Gafreshak family pay enough before I left St. Yale." ”

Lia grabbed Wendy, "But without you, our game would be over here, we spent a lot of effort to deceive the Storm Church's search, isn't it just to win the championship?"

Wendy sighed, "But if you sign a contract, won't you just not qualify, and the game will end here?"

Otto shook his head impatiently, "This matter is so annoying, you can't win a game by strength, and you have to kill people, so there is no way to control your fate in your own hands?"

Otto's words struck a chord in the hearts of the people, and they were all agitated by the complexity of the matter, and they all bowed their heads in silence. Asiba seemed to feel the heaviness of the atmosphere, shaking his head uneasily, looking left and right.

After a while, Darko suddenly broke the silence, "It's not impossible. ”

Darko's words attracted the attention of the others, and Phyllis hurriedly asked, "What's the way? What's the way? Is it going to assassinate the orc warriors of the Nairobi team?"

Darko pointed to the contract and said, "The key point is this potion. ”

Otto looked at the recipe for the potion on the contract and asked, "You mean to find the antidote to this potion and refine it together during the competition?"

Leah also looked at the contract and groaned, "This is the recipe for the hibernation mixture, a powerful coma-inducing potion, and it is not easy to find an antidote to neutralize it." Normal antidotes take a long time to prepare and research to discover, and what we lack is time, not to mention that this kind of antidote usually requires very rare magic plants, and the types of magic plants provided during the game are not complete. ”

"There is no need for an antidote. Darko organized the wording, and then said word by word, "Salver said before that it is impossible to accurately make the orc warrior win in a certain period of time, so it is difficult to control the time for the winning side, and as long as the corresponding slow-release potion is used to manipulate the coma of the orc warrior, you can control the time for the losing side to lose the game." ”

Kevin suddenly realized something, and hurriedly took out the paper with the odds recorded and looked at it, "That's right, usually the time period with the highest odds is 5-10 minutes, and sure enough, our game is no exception, and the release time of that potion is likely to be 5 minutes later!"

Five minutes later, I said that...... We just need to win the game in five minutes?" Wendy saw that things had taken a turn for the better, and a glimmer of hope rose in his heart.

Otto and Leah glanced at each other, and then Leah said, "The effect time of the coma-causing potion will not be too short, but it may not be 5 minutes, the specific effect needs to be tried to know, I will refine the potion with Otto for an experiment on Aciba!"

Darko's eyes also flashed, "Killing the carving is not conducive to a long battle, the next one is the most suitable to use it, I have to hurry up and become proficient." ”

"Wait!" Phyllis clapped her hand on the contract, "Anyway, it's a fight against the water, let's sign this contract first." ”

Otto also laughed, "Isn't this a little challenging, I'm going to go all out in the next game!"

"On the other hand, it's not necessarily a bad thing, now that we have signed a contract with Gafreřák, they can't reveal Wendy's identity anymore, and if we run into Gafreřák in the knockout rounds, they won't have much to threaten us." ”

Wendy looked around in a complicated circle and nodded heavily.

Darko smiled deliberately and said, "What are you grateful for, but I agreed to sign this contract for the sake of that eighth-order crystal nucleus." ”

The others were also amused by Darko's words, and in the midst of this laughter, a purple-gold law contract appeared out of thin air, blooming brightly.