Chapter 208: Secret Talk in the Dark Alley
Madias was really a little panicked, he couldn't figure out what was going on...... It stands to reason that all of this should be a smooth one.
Since that day, he overheard that the Garros hillbilly was going to go far away, Matthias took a lot of effort, first inquired about the time he went out, and then sent several people to monitor him, and that morning, when he found out that he was really going to leave the Magic Guild, Matthias was really happy, and immediately found his magic mentor, and asked him to track down the Garros magician and find a safe place to kill him...... In Matthias's mind, the sixteenth-level archmage took action personally, not to mention one Ferret, even if there were ten Ferrets, he stayed in the Magic Guild with peace of mind these days, and he didn't even go out of the door once, just to wait for Agus to bring him back good news.
As a result, what he was waiting for was standing in front of him alive with a thorn in his eye.
And just now, he was still in a contest and drew with Medellin!
Matthias stood in front of the crystal ball and stared at that face for a full minute before he was sure that he was not mistaken, this guy who was tied with MedellΓn was really the same Ferre from Garros!
Matthias couldn't sit still any longer, and he had to go back and ask his magic mentor what was going on.
"Morning, Magician Matthias." Lin Li said hello with a smile on his face.
"Early." Now Matthias's heart is like a fire, and he still has the heart to entangle with him, and after hurriedly saying hello, he passed by Lin Li and hurriedly went to the outside of the guild hall.
This time, Lin Li didn't continue to provoke, but just smiled secretly in his heart: "Argus, good luck." β
"Why does this guy look weird......" Mason muttered quietly as he looked at Matthias' back in the distance.
"His heart is empty." Lin Li smiled and didn't continue to explain, but just told Mason Ouling to let them go back first, he planned to go out for a walk, and he might not come later.
"Then Ferry, be careful yourself." Before Ma Sen left, he was still a little uneasy: "I always think that kid is abnormal, maybe he is doing some small actions." β
"Don't worry, I'm fine." This time it really made Masen guess correctly, Madias did make a little move, but it doesn't matter anymore, Fire Feather Mountain is Fire Feather Mountain, Orlana is Orana, under the nose of the Magic Guild, Lin Li believes that Madias is not so bold to dare to move himself.
This is no joke...... The outcome of the bet half a year later is directly related to Osric's mausoleum, if he really has three longs and two shorts, and even the magic guild loses the opportunity to compete for Osric's mausoleum, Medellin is really going crazy, and when something happens, I'm afraid even Verheim won't be able to clean it up.
For the sake of momentary anger, it is not very wise to provoke such a big enemy as the Magic Guild.
As for Madiasmin not understanding this truth, Lin Li is really not worried at all, it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand, as long as Verheim understands, as long as he doesn't use the resources of the Maraton family, what waves can a Madias make, can he find another great magician to assassinate him?
So Lin Li was very relieved to leave the guild hall and walk down the street towards Barker's weapons shop.
"Morning, Buck Boss." Business in the weapons shop didn't seem to be doing very well, and when Lin Li entered, he saw only two adventurers choosing weapons there, while Buck was listlessly leaning against the counter and dozing.
"Morning, Wizard Ferrey."
"How's it going, Boss Buck, have you delivered any good things in the past two days?" After Lin Li entered the door, he took a look and found that there seemed to be a lot of new equipment in the store, and it seemed that the craftsmanship was still very good, and Lin Li was also a little interested at the moment.
"No kidding, Wizard Ferrey......" Buck laughed a little frightened, what was this young magician in front of him, how could he not know? That's a character who can casually take out the eternal pure gold, what can make him look at it, how can it be an ordinary thing, even if he searches all over Orana, it is estimated that he can't find much, let alone his own weapon shop, whose business is getting worse and worse.
"By the way, Boss Buck, how's your business going?" As soon as he saw Buck's face, Lin Li knew that most of the good things were sent, so he didn't continue to ask at the moment, but just casually pulled the topic away.
"Don't mention business......" I didn't expect this casual mention to make Buck frown, only to see the middle-aged merchant sigh, with a very disheartened expression.
"What's wrong?" Lin Li couldn't help but be a little curious, he hadn't seen the equipment in Buck's shop, even from the perspective of his forging master, the craftsmanship of these equipment was good, and for ordinary adventurers, it was even better, and Buck had the same benefit, he knew that he couldn't beat him to death with a stick in business, even if it was those high-priced equipment that cost tens of thousands of gold coins at every turn, his profit was only one hundred and two hundred gold coins, and in the nearby streets, the equipment in Buck's shop could be said to be the lowest price.
So Lin Licai couldn't figure it out, the quality and price were right, how could the business be bad?
"Business in the store has been getting worse and worse lately...... Buck sighed, looking a little helpless, and just as he spoke, the two adventurers who had chosen weapons looked around, and they didn't seem to have chosen their favorite weapons, and after a few critical glances, they also shook their heads and went out.
"These two guys really don't have a vision...... Lin Li pursed his lips, and glanced out the door with some curiosity, but saw that after the two adventurers came out of Buck's shop, they entered a weapon shop on the opposite street: For a while, Lin Li couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "Boss Buck, is that weapon shop over there newly opened?" β
"Well, it just opened a few days ago."
"Oh......" Lin Li nodded, and didn't continue, this is too obvious, the reason why Buck's business here is getting worse and worse is mostly because of the newly opened weapon shop on the opposite street, but this is normal peer competition, and it has nothing to do with Lin Li.
"No way, he has the sign of the Maraton family, and the business is good."
"Someone from the Maraton family?"
"It should be, I quietly went to see it once two days ago, and the equipment there is indeed produced by the Maraton Forge Workshop."
"Then you're in big trouble......"
"It doesn't matter, the business is bad, anyway, I'm about to return to Moon City, my son writes every day to urge, just take this opportunity to end the business." Buck said that he didn't care much, but the look of loss on his face couldn't be hidden, after all, it was a business that had been running for more than ten years, and no one could accept it if it was over.
"That's good......" Lin Li smiled and pulled the topic away again.
There was no business in Buck's shop this afternoon, and Lin Li was not in a hurry, so the two chatted there without a word, but they didn't think it was too much time, and it wasn't until about evening that Lin Li came out of Buck's shop.
After coming out of the Buck shop, Lin Li was not in a hurry to return to the Magic Guild, but walked along the street towards the newly opened weapon shop.
He was going to go over and have a look...... Of course, it has nothing to do with whether Buck's business is good or not.
He just didn't think it was normal.
Hearing Buck say this just now, he subconsciously felt that the Malaton family should not open a weapon shop in this place at this time, as for why he felt so, he really couldn't understand it for a while, but it didn't matter, anyway, it was idle and idle, it was good to go to the Maraton family's weapon shop to see, after all, it was the best weapon shop in the Kingdom of France, in case there was any unexpected surprise.
"Mr. Ferrey......"
Lin Li had just walked to the corner of the street, but suddenly heard someone calling his name, the voice sounded very low, as if a mosquito was calling, plus it was evening at this time, the sky had gradually darkened, Lin Li opened his eyes and looked there for a long time, only to see a familiar figure at the corner of the street.
"What are you doing, Argus." Lin Li frowned and asked, muttering even more in his heart, what is the situation with this guy, hasn't he already let him go, why did he come back to find himself again? Can being a captive be addicted too?
"Can I talk to you?" The look on Agus's face looked a little sneaky, and after looking around for a long time, he lowered his voice and asked Lin Li.
Although Lin Li was puzzled, looking at the look on Argus's face, it didn't seem like a joke, although Lin Li was puzzled, he still nodded reluctantly: "You find a place." β
"Follow me."
As if he was afraid of being seen, Agus buried his head all the way, and took Lin Li around a few street corners before stopping outside a dark alley.
"It's okay Argus, it's remote enough, let's talk about anything here." Lin Li glanced at the dark alley, and his heart was slightly vigilant.
"Okay." Agus hesitated for a moment, then continued: "That's right, Mr. Ferrey, Matthias came to me in the afternoon......"
"I know." Lin Li nodded, in the afternoon, he watched Madias walk out of the guild hall, how could he not know what Madias was going out in such a hurry, except for asking his magic master for clarification, it couldn't be anything else...... "You...... Did you tell him something? β
"Don't be kidding......" Lin Li rolled his eyes, thinking that Lao Tzu was not full of food, and ran to tell Madias, have you ever seen a cat snitch a mouse?
"But ......"
"But what?"
"But I feel that Madias seems to be suspicious of me......" Argus shook his head, his expression extremely anxious: "As soon as Madias came back this afternoon, he asked me directly, if you really broke through the realm of the Great Magister." β
"You mean he knows we've fought each other?"
"Yes, so I want to ask, did you accidentally ...... when you spoke" Agus's voice became lower and lower, although he didn't say anything "accidentally", but the sneaky gaze clearly told Lin Li - I was suspicious of you!
"Shut up......" Lin Li glared at him fiercely: "Then what did you say?" β
Being glared at by Lin Li like this, Agus retracted his gaze stupidly, and continued in a low voice: "I have no choice, I can only admit that I have fought with you, but I am unlucky, I encountered the battle between the six major mercenary groups and the Saloman snake, and you took advantage of the chaos to run away, as for whether you really broke through the realm of the Great Magician, I don't know......"
"Yes." Lin Li nodded, with a bit of approval in his expression: "It should become good." β
"But I don't know if Madias believes it or not......"
"He can only believe, think about it yourself, what happened in the cave, you know, I know, Sheehan knows, as long as the three of us don't say it, the ghost will know if I ran out of the chaos......"
"I hope so......" Argus still looked a little worried.
"By the way, Argus ......" After the matter was finished, and was about to leave, Lin Li suddenly remembered the newly opened weapon shop: "Do you know why the Maraton family opened the weapon shop next to the Magic Guild?" β
"This, I don't know very well, business matters, has always been Gao De's ......" When Argus said this, his face couldn't help but show a little doubt: "But one thing is very strange, recently, the Maraton forge seems to have shipped a lot of magic equipment, I don't know if it has anything to do with this new weapon shop......"
"How much is a lot?"
Agus thought for a moment: "It is estimated that there are hundreds of ......"
"It definitely doesn't matter, hundreds of sets of magic equipment won't be sold out until next year...... Lin Li said, the look on his face changed: "Wait, what did you just say, Maraton Forge Forge shipped hundreds of sets of magic equipment out?" β
"I didn't ...... That's right. β
"Good." Lin Li gritted his teeth and spit out two words, and when he looked at Agus again, the expression on his face was already a little scary: "Agus, how about doing me a favor?" β
"Huh?" Agus was stunned for a moment.
"Help me inquire about where the equipment that was shipped from the Malaton forge has gone."
"This ......" Argus frowned, and his expression looked very embarrassed: "I'm afraid it's not easy, you know, I'm just Madias's magic teacher, I can't say anything about business at all, and now when I'm so sensitive, if Madias knows about my relationship with you, I'm afraid I'll ......"
Agus explained in a nagging voice, but Lin Li didn't listen at all, and just said to himself: "Take this matter well, and I'll help you recover your magic." β
"Good!" When this sentence came out, Agus immediately changed his tone, but after finishing speaking, he seemed a little uneasy: "However, can my magic really be restored?" β
"Absolutely." This time Lin Li really didn't talk nonsense, although Argus was sucked out of his magic power by the vampire fangs, but in essence, this is a normal energy transfer, since Lin Li can use the vampire fangs to absorb his magic power, he can also return the magic power to him, because these magic powers themselves are Argus's, there is no caste conflict when transferring, what Lin Li has to do is only make small changes in the magic pattern.
Of course...... Because the vampire fangs are plated with the metal of the gods, the magic power stored on them will definitely have some consumption, and the longer the time, the more powerful this consumption will become, no more than ten days at most, and the magic power of this sixteenth-level great magician will be completely consumed by the metal of the gods, and converted into the power of the vampire fangs themselves.
So Lin Li kindly reminded again: "But you must be fast, if you can't help me do this within five days, then I can't guarantee it......"
"Good!" Agus gritted his teeth, and finally decided to trust the young magician one more time.
Because he thought about it, he couldn't think of any reason for the other party to deceive him, if he just wanted to let himself help him, then he could use other methods, such as violence and threats, and now the strength of the two sides has long been completely reversed, this young magician has become a great magician, but he has lost his magic power and fell into the realm of a magician.
On top of that, the temptation to regain the magic is just too great.
For a former great magician, letting him stay in the realm of a magician is even more painful than killing him, this is like a multimillionaire who suddenly becomes impoverished overnight, a huge contrast between the front and back, and even makes a person completely collapse.
"Well, you hurry up yourself, as long as you can get this matter done, the matter of recovering your magic power is on me." Lin Li smiled with satisfaction.
For Lin Li, this is the really important thing, for this matter, he can even give up the powerful magic power that he has already reached, that is the magic power of the sixteenth-level Great Magister, once it is completely absorbed by the divine metal on the vampire fangs, it can immediately increase the power of the vampire fangs by several levels, but this is no longer important, the most important thing now is that Lin Li must know where those hundreds of sets of equipment have gone.
If you go to the Nest of Shadows, don't blame Lao Tzu for being unkind...... "That's right, Argus." Before leaving, Lin Li explained a few more words to Argus: "If Madias asks about the matter on Huoyu Mountain again, you must bite the word to death, just say that I ran away while the chaos, I will see if there is a chance in the past two days, find a time to talk to him, and let him believe that what you said is indeed true." β
"Okay."
The two discussed the details again, and then they left the dark alley.
After coming out of the dark alley, Lin Li was no longer interested in going to the newly opened weapon shop, and he went directly back to the residence of the Magic Guild.
Lin Li pushed open the door, but saw that there was sitting in the living room, in addition to Masson Ouling, there was actually Kevin, Lin Li couldn't help but be a little puzzled for a while, didn't Medellin say that he asked people to arrange a place for Kevin, why was he still in his room so late, could it be that the old guy forgot about it angrily after capsizing in the gutter?
(To be continued)