Because of the contract that could advance the salary, Al advanced a month's salary in advance, a total of one hundred and fifty gold coins.

This is actually quite a lot of money, after all, even the full tuition fee for a year in a magic academy like Ceylon is only a hundred gold coins, and if this money is used for daily expenses, you can live a luxurious life for a year.

The reason why Al advanced such a large sum of money was certainly useful.

He arrives at the Mystery Shop with a bag of gold coins.

As with the last time I visited, the Mystery Shop is not mysterious, and the only thing that can be called mysterious is the word Mystery Store on the plaque hanging in front of the store.

The shopkeeper was still the same sleepy old man as before, and in the slanting afternoon sun was crumbling and fishing, and his gray hair looked a little pitiful and old.

Al quietly walked inside.

"Boss. ”

Al let out a whisper.

The old man ignored it and seemed to be sleeping soundly.

Al didn't bother the old man's sleep anymore, he casually checked the other contents of the mystery shop.

Just like last time, the products in the store are full of dust and debris, and people can't help but wonder how such a store can survive in such a place.

Al's gaze swept over the goods that looked like miscellaneous items.

It's a completely different feeling now than the first time I visited this store, it seems that there are secrets hidden behind every item, but it seems that the business of this store is not very good, and the strange picture book called the Demon King's Roar and the Maiden that Al saw last time still seems to be left in place and untouched.

Al casually picked up a clay pot at hand.

This clay pot looks very old, the whole is brown, the surface is extremely rough and has not been glazed or anything like that, the only thing that can be called decorative is the black pattern on the clay pot.

The pattern seems to depict a scene of human hunting and dancing, and the human is depicted with simple black lines, the head is a black hollow circle, and the body, hands and feet are black lines.

This clay pot......

Alzai looked at it carefully, but didn't notice anything different.

However, Al did not dare to slack off, after all, this was the shop where he had obtained the magical ring that could shape, and the appearance of such an ordinary clay pot in such a shop that seemed to have no secrets might be an unusual thing in itself.

As Al studied the bottom of the pot, a hand rested on his shoulder.

This hand was unusually cold, so that Al couldn't help but tremble slightly, his hands holding the clay pot suddenly did not grasp it firmly, and the clay pot in his hand lost its support and fell to the ground in an instant, shattering with a clatter.

Such a scene made Al stunned for a moment.

He turned to look behind him, only to see the old shopkeeper get up and appear behind him at some point, and it was his unforeseen slap on Al's shoulder, causing Al to smash the clay pot to the ground.

"How much is this? I'll pay you. ”

Al asked apologetically.

He was ready for the other party to offer a high price, after all, when he came here to ask for a price before, nothing was cheap.

"No, it's just an ordinary clay pot, it's not worth much. ”

The old man said casually, which made Al quite surprised, which seemed to be completely different from the impression that the other party brought to him last time.

The old man narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Al with a look that made Al a little hairy, especially staring at the black gloves that El's ring had conjured for a long time, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It seems that you have not only mastered it, but also made it stronger. ”

"What?"

Al asked.

"What do you say?"

The old man asked rhetorically.

Al immediately understood what the other party meant, from the direction of the other person's gaze.

"It turns out that the boss already knows what it does, so why do you buy it so cheaply, I actually came here to make up for you. ”

"Give me money?"

The old man raised his eyebrows and his eyes widened, revealing the most surprised expression that Al had ever known him.

"Yes, because I feel that the ring you sold me is far from worth the price, and I always feel that I owe you something. ”

The old man stared at Al for a long time with a confused look in his eyes, and that gaze made Al feel like he was about to see through his cloak and see his face under the hood.

He smiled.

The exposed teeth were neat but yellow, one by one shining in the sun.

"It's really interesting little guy, I didn't expect that there would be such a zài in our clan. ”

"Huh?"

Al tilted his head slightly and looked at him, he didn't understand what the old man was talking about.

"It's so innocent and cute, if it was before, I might have been disappointed and angry with you, but now I have some admiration for people like you, I have been studying the human moral system all these years, and I have found that there is indeed a lot to learn from it, although it seems that they provide too much protection for the weak. ”

Al became less and less aware of what the other was talking to himself.

"But in fact, you don't need to make up any money, let alone thank me, the ring you gave you was not worth much, because no one else could use it at all, even I couldn't use it freely, and it took me a lot of effort to transform it into a ring at that time. ”

The old man said frankly.

"Okay. ”

Al finally put away the idea of compensating the old man in the shop, and it seemed that the other party was a more powerful and clear person than he had imagined.

Al bowed deeply to the old man in front of him.

"Thank you uncle for selling me the ring, I will use it well. ”

The old man in the shop opposite narrowed his eyes slightly, silent.

"Now that you can change it skillfully, can you tell me how you used him to fight?"

Fight?

Hearing this, Al couldn't help but glance at the weird picture book titled The Demon King's Roar and the Maiden's Scream on the shelf next to him.

The old man noticed his small movement, and he turned his head with Al's gaze, and saw the book on the shelf clearly,

He grinned.

"The little guy really has a future, and he immediately found the most correct way to use it, hahahaha. ”

Al frowned at this comment.

"Really?"

He naturally understood that what the old man was talking about was the book on the shelf and the contents of the book, because there was only one book on the shelf where Al looked at it alone.

"But I don't think it's easy to use.,Those moves can only be used after subduing the other party.,And why are the targets of the attack all women?I always feel that many moves are very strange.,Unspeakably strange......"