Chapter 9: The Mysterious Buyer
Ten minutes later, Ellie and I went downstairs, and the mysterious buyer was already waiting in the hall.
'You're Miss Ellie, aren't you?' As with the waiter's account, he was wearing a wide robe at that time, and the whole person was tightly wrapped, so he couldn't see his appearance clearly, and he could only judge from his voice that he was a middle-aged man, speaking with a distinct Donglu accent.
Ellie nodded and said, 'Well, you're Mr. Hans?'
"Yes, I have heard from the middleman before, unfortunately because of some accident interrupted our transaction, the middleman said that he did not want to interfere in this transaction again, but I really want to get the thing in your hand, so I have to find it myself, if there is any surprise, I hope to forgive me.'
'Well said, but how can I be sure that you are the real Mr. Hans before then?' I'm sorry, I didn't mean to doubt you, but it's just that it's too risky to do what we do, so you have to be cautious.'
Someone who came was amused: 'Of course, of course, you are also responsible for us guests. The price we negotiated through the intermediary was 1,000 gold coins, of which 50 gold coins were owned by the middleman, and you took the order on the 20th of last month, and agreed to bring the goods to Karadzan for trading within a month, for which I also paid a deposit of 100 gold coins, these details are enough to prove my identity, right?'
"No, the advance we agreed on at that time was obviously one hundred and fifty gold coins!?" Ellie suddenly said sharply, don't say that this girl is quite fierce if she has a straight face.
The other party smiled and said unhurriedly: "That's right, at the beginning, your offer was indeed one hundred and fifty gold coins, but I didn't agree, and finally after much discussion, it was decided to be one hundred gold coins, and the middleman did not complain much about this."
Ellie nodded, and her nervous expression suddenly eased: "That's right, Mr. Hans, please forgive me, I was just testing you just now.'
'I know, can we trade now?'
'Of course, does the money bring?'
Hans took out a small bamboo box from his robe and patted it: 'A thousand gold coins are a lot, but what about the goods?'
Ellie looked left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention, so she reached out and took out a white cloth package from behind her, opened a corner, and suddenly revealed the edge of a mirror, although the luster was a little dull because of the age, but the connoisseur could still see at a glance that the entire frame was made of fine pure gold, Hans was immediately excited when he saw this, and even his breathing became a little short. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"That's right, that's it, that's it... As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to touch it, and when Ellie saw this, she immediately hid the bag behind her.
"I'm sorry Mr. Hans, I know you like this thing, but it doesn't belong to you at the moment...
Hans also seemed to realize that he had lost his temper at this time, and laughed dryly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you don't know how important this thing is to me, I've dreamed of it all these years, so it's inevitable that I'll be a little forgetful just now, so let's pay for it with one hand and deliver it with the other." ”
"Yes." Ellie sat down with him on a chair by the window, and Hans put the small bamboo box on the coffee table, and opened it about a third, and from the angle of Ellie and I, I could clearly see that dozens of cylindrical red cloth packages were neatly placed inside, and at first glance it seemed to be a pile of red candles.
"Fifty gold coins for one, a total of twenty, please take it."
"That's rude." Ellie said and put the "sunglasses" behind her back, reached into the box and began to check, just in case, she would tear a hole in each package to see if it was full of gold coins, and the guy named Hans seemed very patient at this time, sitting there and letting Ellie check the count, which formed a sharp contrast with the excitement just now, which couldn't help but make me a little curious, why did this guy want to get the "sunglasses" so much, could it be that he knew the real purpose of this mirror?
"Can you ask a question? Mr. ”
"Please."
"Why do you want this thing so much?"
"What, does this have anything to do with our deal?"
"No, I'm just asking casually, and if you find it inconvenient, you can leave it alone."
"Oh, actually, it's nothing, I'm a collector, I especially like some of the artifacts left over from the ancient civilization of the Western Continent, the design and craftsmanship are simply beautiful, so I want to get my hands on it whenever I have the opportunity, is there a problem?"
"Do you know what this thing is for?"
"Purpose? Oh, I've heard that the ancient civilization of the Western Continent was extremely technologically advanced, and even had the power to manipulate nature, maybe there is some secret behind this thing, but for now it is a precious collection for me... ”
He spoke in a calm tone, and I couldn't find anything wrong with the content, but I always felt that his words were too leaky, and it felt like it had been rehearsed in advance, and I was about to continue to ask, but Ellie had already finished checking it.
"Alright, the number is fine."
Hans looked very happy when he heard this, stretched out his hand and smiled, "Then please." ”
Ellie nodded, reached out and took the mirror out of her back and handed it over, I hesitated a little, on the one hand, I felt that there was something wrong with the matter, but on the other hand, I could not find enough reason to break the transaction, and when I saw that the mirror was about to be handed to Hans, suddenly the door of the hotel was kicked open.
"Don't move!" A soft voice sounded, and what appeared in front of me was actually the elf beauty who appeared in the Blue Moon Bar last time, and the other party couldn't help but be stunned when they saw that it was actually the two of us.
"How are you?"
"Ahh Just when she was stunned, she suddenly heard Ellie's exclamation, and then she saw that Mr. Hans actually snatched the mirror in her hand and broke out of the window!
"Stop him!" Seeing this, the elf beauty hurriedly rushed outside and shouted a command, it seems that they actually came to this Hans for this trip.
At this time, I hurriedly came to Ellie's side and asked, "Are you okay?" ”
"It doesn't matter." Ellie waved her hand, and it seemed that it was all right, and I thought that it was my priority to get the mirror back first, so I lifted my foot and climbed out of the window, and when I got outside, I realized that Mr. Hans had already been blocked, and it was none other than the two I had met at the bar.
At this time, I only heard the heroic man say: "Surrender!" "Needless to say, this one speaks so succinctly everywhere, and that Mr. Jack is not ambiguous.
"Don't think!" After that, the man flicked his coat and finally revealed his true face, and I saw that he was emaciated, and his body was covered with strips of cloth, which at first glance looked like he had just been beaten, but on closer inspection I found that they were not ordinary strips of cloth, and they were densely covered with incantations.
"Conjurer!" At this time, I saw the heroic man frowning, muttering in a low voice, and there was some embarrassment in his tone, but this is also understandable, everyone knows that the human species itself does not have magical power, and if you want to perform magic, you must use external forces, and there are two ways, one is to use the power of the gods, and the other is to reach a contract with the devil and obtain magic by selling your soul, which is the so-called "black magic" in the world, and among them there is a particularly powerful "forbidden art", The method is to wrap oneself in a cloth full of incantations, and then use blood as a sacrifice to obtain far more powerful mana than ordinary magicians, comparable to ghosts and gods, and these people are called "sorcerers", of course, the reason why this method will become a "forbidden art" is because its cultivation process is extremely bloody, often taking the lives of many innocent people, and secondly, because this spell itself has great side effects, every time you use magic power, it will reduce the life of the cultivator itself, and it is said to become a "sorcerer" After that, it is rare to survive for five years, but even so, there will still be many people who do not know how to live and die in order to gain so-called "great power" and moths to the fire, if this guy in front of him is really a sorcerer, then even if the opponent is a "Templar", I am afraid it will be a fierce battle!
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