Chapter 37: A Maid Should Have Cat Ears!
After putting away the contemplation potions and politely rejecting the other potions that Eren had offered him, Dio continued to wander the black market. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, unlike the previous nervousness, Dio, who has achieved his main goal, now finally has the leisure to buy what he needs.
A battle with the mid-level mage Arudo made Dio realize some of his problems: he relied too much on his abilities.
Dio's ability is called "Dark Domination", which is essentially a control over a "dark matter" that absorbs light, and uses it to attack and defend.
In the past, Dio was not only able to shape these "dark matter" as freely as plasticine, but also made weapons or armor like the Seven Deadly Sins. It can also spread out "dark matter", forming a black fog that can isolate the line of sight. Or the black fog can be further diffused, forming an invisible realm full of "dark matter", making it impossible for other fire and frost abilities to successfully cast their abilities in the "dark space" and so on.
It can be said that Dio's dark ability is indeed very powerful, and when Dio was so powerful that he had just come to this other world and had not yet adapted to the rules of this other world, he was able to confront Principal Alice, who was a legendary powerhouse.
However, after signing the contract with Aisha, Dio's strength was greatly limited. In addition to the familiar "dark matter" being replaced by an unfamiliar "dark element", the strength was forcibly limited to about the first order by the contract, which also made Dio, who used to be able to mobilize a large amount of "dark matter" between gestures, feel a little constrained.
After all, the amount of dark elements that a first-order strength could control was too little for Dio, who had always liked to suppress enemies with strong strength.
And this feeling of restraint reached its peak in the battle with Arudo.
Arudo was only an intermediate magician and a junior demon sorcerer, but the difference in rank made it impossible for Dio, who had turned into the appearance of sixteen years old, to fight against Arudo, and could only run for his life under Arudo's attack.
The arrival of Melia and the others was a complete accident. But with the strength of everyone, at the end of the battle with Arudo, in the face of the extremely powerful Arudo after demonization, Dio finally had to break the seal and kill Arudo in his heyday.
Perhaps in the eyes of Melia and the others, it was already a blessing to be able to successfully defeat the demonized Arrudo. But in Dio's opinion, he had to fight with all his strength to be able to defeat an enemy with only a meagre "intermediate" strength, which can be regarded as a complete shame!
It was also after this battle that Dio began to reflect in his heart.
(If I don't have a strong enough ability, I won't fight...... Are you kidding! )
Abilities, or magical abilities, were limited by Aisha's strength, and Dio couldn't get enough of them in a short period of time.
However, before the ability awakened, Dio had also defeated many enemies who seemed to be much stronger than him, relying on his human skills and various equipment. Therefore, after some self-reflection, Dio is naturally ready to pick up his old way of fighting.
An Assassin style based on its own fighting ability, supplemented by weapons and abilities!
However, in this different world where there are no guns and ammunition, Dio can only choose some substitutes according to his past habits.
For example, a strong crossbow used to replace a gun, and an alchemy potion used to replace a grenade, etc.
After spending hundreds of gold coins again and buying some equipment that was still eye-catching, Dio, who was picking and choosing some strange alchemy potions, suddenly heard a dispute.
"Do you want to buy it? If you don't buy it, get out! ”
"I wanted to buy this thing, but! I don't want to be wronged! ”
"Look clearly! I'm the best of the best! ”
"Even if it's the best goods, you're too expensive!"
"That's the price! Roll if you don't buy it! ”
After a heated argument, the customers who wanted to buy a certain item left angrily, and the onlookers scattered after losing their fun.
Curious, Dio walked towards the place where the argument had just taken place, and realized what had just happened.
A slave merchant stood in front of a large pile of cages with an angry face, and in the cage behind him, a slave stood out.
It was a pretty cute little catwoman with white cat ears and a cat tail.
"That's a cat demon from the Phantom Beast Realm! Looking at this appearance, I'm afraid it's still a pure-blood! Unfortunately, the price is too expensive......"
Listening to the discussions of those pedestrians who were reluctant to leave, Dio, who looked at the white kitten demon, gradually curled the corners of his mouth.
"Boss, how do you sell this product?" Dio naturally walked up to the slave merchant and asked in a flat tone.
The slave merchant looked at Dio, who was dressed as an assassin, frowned slightly, and replied nonchalantly, "A thousand gold coins!" No counteroffers! ”
"It's a bit expensive, but it's worth the money...... I want it. Dio nodded and began to reach for the money.
"Are you sure?" The slave trader asked with some surprise, and after seeing Dio directly roll his eyes, the overjoyed slave trader quickly opened the cage and led out the kitten demon who was bound by several shackles.
"Wait." Just as the slave merchant reached for Dio's money bag, Dio suddenly spoke. After carefully looking at the kitten demon up and down, he still asked word by word in that rather flat tone: "What about slaves, subordinates, contracts, and covenants?" ”
"This ......" The slave merchant's movements froze suddenly.
"You...... It can't be that he hasn't domesticated this little guy yet, right? Dio leaned into the slave merchant's ear and asked in a cold tone, "Or is this little guy actually a master, but you just secretly caught it in your hands?" ”
"This ......" The slave merchant's forehead suddenly sweated, and his eyes began to wander.
"The cat demons of the Phantom Beast Realm are very arrogant people, and if there is no restriction of the slave contract, they may turn against their master at any time...... You say, what will happen to you if I just untie the shackles of this kitten? ”
Dio chuckled and grabbed the shackles on the kitten demon's wrists, and the black light on his hand flashed slightly, and the slave trader heard the "click" very clearly.
If you look closely, a fairly obvious crack has appeared on the shackles on the kitten demon's left wrist.
"You, you, you ......" frightened, the slave trader couldn't speak.
"Don't worry, I know the rules...... I didn't intend to rob your slave, and I didn't take the initiative to touch this kitten demon, I just accidentally unchained her, and then prepared to watch her kill you......" Dio chuckled twice, reaching out and grabbing the shackles on the kitten demon's right wrist. Strangely, the kitten demon didn't have any struggle, just looked at Dio quietly.
"Wait!" The slave merchant hurriedly shouted, then looked at Dio, who was smiling but without a smile in his eyes, and said with some horror, "I'll sell!" I'll sell her to you! Please don't unshackle her! ”
"How much?" Dio asked in a flat tone.
"No, don't want money, I gave her to you!" The slave traders were so anxious that they were about to cry.
"That's not good...... Dio shook his head, his tone still flat, "or maybe it's a gold coin." ”
"Good, good!" The slave dealer took a gold coin from Dio's hand, and then shoved the reins of the kitten demon into Dio's hand, and then quickly turned and reared, hiding straight behind several cages.
"Hehe......" sneered twice, and Dio led the kitten demon and left.