As night falls,

Raymond returned to District 23 from Phillip Academy.

He didn't come home,

Instead, I found a secluded alley and put on all the other gear I bought today.

There is no body armor in this world, but there is a better and lighter "Sea King leather armor".

【Sea Lizard Leather Armor】

+4 Tenacity

Explanation: While it can withstand the bullet penetration of inferior muskets, don't get too much hope that it will keep you alive at the hands of the Transcendent.

Most of the sea kings in the deep sea have a flexible skin that cannot be shot through by a musket.

It is a natural body armor that is lightweight, flexible, and highly resistant to penetration.

The price is also extremely expensive,

This set of conjoined inner armor cost Raymond 45,000 quarks!

It looks like a sharkskin swimsuit, and instead of being uncomfortable, it is warm and comfortable. The high-toughness material also allows it to resist the penetration of sharp objects, and also absorb a large part of the impact force.

Raymond personally stabbed the leather armor with a dagger, but it did not penetrate, so he bought a set of them.

Although tonight I just went to brush the small gangster stronghold of "Tea Beard",

With Hex's three-barreled war hammer in hand, there is no big risk,

Although Raymond has countless guidelines in mind,

But Gou life will always come first.

Check that the equipment and ammunition are correct,

He slowly walked out of the alley.

......

Eight blocks from the Russe Rum,

There is a glittering street of depravity, "Norton Street".

There are almost all the adventurer taverns in the 23rd District, and there are dozens of them.

The neon signs of red lights reflect a luxurious vision.

It has a very different prosperity scene from the other slum neighborhoods in the 23rd arrondissement.

It's a haven for adventurers to release stress, a paradise for gangsters, and a hangover base for mercenaries.

After going to sea to earn money, the adventurer will choose to spend a lot of money to soak in the tavern for a few days.

There are smuggled rum of no less quality than the aristocratic quarters, there are also good call girls, there are various casinos, underground boxing markets...

It is also the largest gold cave in the 23rd district.

If you have money, you can enjoy the service of aristocrats here.

Of course, this is also the source of sin.

As soon as Raymond passed by a small dark alley, he happened to see a hapless man who had been robbed, and was running away like crazy covering the wound on his stomach, bleeding all the way.

......

The landlord "Teabeard" owns his own tavern and is doing a thriving business.

This is also the base of their gang.

Raymond walked around the tavern,

After making sure that there were no deviations between the surroundings and memory, I walked through the door.

"Hey, old Mark's boy..."

"Big Brother Goss."

Raymond smiled and responded, but scolded in his heart.

He wanted to go straight to Teabeard,

Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the door, I met the bald head Goss who was drinking at the bar.

"Yo, you're really here... Money brought? ”

Goss was also a little surprised,

I thought I was going to go to Rum Street again tomorrow and push Mark that old bastard,

It seems that this trouble will be saved.

Raymond raised the leather bag in his hand and said with a smile, "Bring it." You see... Can I introduce the teabeard boss? ”

Goss had a little drunken flush on his cheeks, and said with a mouth full of wine: "You don't need to see the teabeard boss, just give me the money." ”

Raymond subconsciously avoided Goss's hand grabbing the money bag, pretended to be cautious, and said, "I want to return the money to the teabeard boss in person, and make sure that the accounts are really cleared." ”

When Goss heard this, he was slightly unhappy, and said coldly: "You kid can't trust me? ”

"No, it's not that you can't trust you, Brother Goss."

Raymond said preparedly: "I just want to meet Teabeard Boss, and by the way, I want to negotiate a deal with him." ”

After a pause, he added mysteriously: "A deal about the privacy of the high nobles. ”

"Oh? Tell me about it? ”

"No... It's a rare opportunity to make money, and I think Teabeard Boss will definitely want to make the decision himself. ”

"Oh?"

Goss also heard about the kidnapping of Raymond and Princess Irene.

I had a preconceived idea that Raymond might have gotten some secret news from the nobles.

He glanced casually,

It was found that there was no trace of a musket hidden on Raymond's body, so he didn't pay attention to it.

In his eyes,

Even if this little kid hides a knife, he can't hurt anyone.

After all

Teabeard is a transcendent and one of the best swordsmen in the entire city.

Goss was drunk and hazy, and his mouth curled.

"Okay, you come with me."

He was not verbose, hooked his hand, and motioned to follow.

When Raymond heard this, his heart fell.

What he fears most is to throw himself into the air,

If Teabeard is not in the tavern today,

As soon as the money is paid off, then it will not be so easy to find an opportunity to approach him next time.

......

The tavern was noisy, similar to the bar in Raymond's previous life.

The loudspeaker plays heavy metal music unique to this world, with a very strong sense of rhythm, bombarding Raymond's eardrums all the time.

That sound, like someone rhythmically firing a musket,

Bang, bang, bang...

It's like a funeral salute.

The carnival guys on the dance floor in the tavern, exaggerated punk dress, smoky makeup, black lip gloss, tattoos, stud earrings, tight leather pants...

They shook their bodies like zombies, unleashing hysterically.

Alcohol, cigarettes, and restless music plunge them into a kind of intoxicating madness.

The tavern is full of scantily clad young girls, which stimulate the hormones of adventurers all the time.

......

"Sissi, you didn't bring us here, I haven't been to the bar yet. I heard that the wine here is very expensive, and the rum with five quarks outside will sell dozens of dollars here. ”

"Look here, everybody on the dance floor is dressed so brightly! Oh my God, the people here are so rich. ”

"You see those people dancing with muskets on their hands?"

"They are adventurous mercenaries who lick blood from the knife edge. I heard that going to sea adventures is very profitable, especially when you go to explore treasures and kill sea beasts, and you can earn hundreds of thousands of quarks on a trip. ”

"Then they can come back alive before they can get the money. I heard from my father that adventurers who go to sea have a high mortality rate. Unlike us, although the income of living on the island is smaller, it is also stable. ”

"Wow, those waiters' clothes are so exposed, and their chests are exposed..."

"Don't underestimate these waiters, I heard that they can earn tens of thousands of quarks a month, and they are richer than sailors."

"Really?"

"Of course, everyone is classmates, I'll lie to you?"

“......”

A corner of the bar,

A few young girls with green faces were looking around curiously,

They were curious about everything here.

The first girl with a little freckles on her face is naturally Bella's third daughter Sissi.

At this moment, a girl at the same table had sharp eyes and happened to see Raymond walking across the dance floor.

"Hey, Sissi, look, isn't that your brother?"

A flash of surprise flashed across Sissi's face.

She turned her head to look, just in time to see that Raymond had noticed her as well.

Eyes touched, and both saw the surprise and indifference in each other's eyes.

"I've said it so many times, and I have nothing to do with that waste!"

Hearing this, several girls next to them also showed a look of contempt for the same enemy.

"I don't know who spread the rumor that Raymond became a potions master, and he also refined a bottle of potions with a purity of more than 40%, but the results were all deceptive, and he himself admitted that the potion was not refined by him."

"Hmph, I'll just say... How could a waste who couldn't even be transcendent become a potions master? It's ridiculous that Tila's group of sluts still wanted to slap him up, but luckily we weren't fooled. ”

"Why did he come to the bar, though? The bald head next to him looked so fierce. ”

Several female classmates at the same table were talking about it,

"What else? I owe usury. I guess somewhere I got a little money out of here, and I used it to pay off the debt..."

Sissi muttered.

Coincidentally, the bald head Goss also turned his head to see their table of girls.

When Sissi saw the playful gaze cast by the bald Goss,

For some reason,

There was a hint of unnaturalness in her eyes.