When the goddess of charm favors you, the goddess of luck will not only smile but also pull up the corners of her skirt for you. - Gambler of Fate - Nicholas Marsh

Whenever it was time to make a big choice, Carl couldn't help but think of the grim smile of the dead ghost daddy and the hands that would make people feel very relieved when they were clenched.

It's just that when Carl pushes open the door, he doesn't see the dead ghost daddy, who likes to sit at the table and smoke a pipe, and says to himself, "It's back stinky boy."

Today is the second day of Karl's return from the city of Anko, Moscow. Karl did not resist the Dwarven King's request. After all, Daddy Dead's last wish is not something that can be fulfilled overnight, so far he has not even found the location of the tomb of Julius Caesar, and Daddy Dead has few clues left for him, so it is not a good thing to help the Dwarven Kingdom find out the problem of the gray fog in Cusques City, and it can also kill a boring time.

After returning to the small town of Gran yesterday, Carl began to prepare. But the Dwarven King should not have fully trusted himself, and he did not make it clear what the Grey Mist was. Although, I have promised myself that the materials of the dwarf country can be used at will, but if you can't use any more things, then it will be a pile of waste. So Carl decided to find out what the gray mist was that could instantly corrupt the stubborn dwarves and then recruit a few companions to go with him.

"Fatney, you lazy pig, the sun is going to scorch your poor feathers. Carl placed the rye bread he had bought from Uncle Jem on the east side of the town on the table, and aimed it at Phoenix, who was still asleep in bed.

But the seemingly powerful water dragon bullet turned into a cloud of mist at the moment when it was about to hit Phoenix. Through the white mist, Carl saw a flash of red light flash and disappear quickly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Oh roar, Carl is the one you lost this time. Quickly take out that flame crystal and eat it for me. Phoenix, who was still asleep, flew in front of Carl with lightning speed at the moment when the mist completely dissipated, and his ruby eyes were full of longing.

"Now, take it. Carl took out a flame crystal that emitted a faint red glow from the spatial ring and threw it at Phoenix, "Oh yes!" Phoenix hurriedly pounced on the flame crystal, but he didn't expect to pounce on it. "Carl!" Phoenix knew he was being teased by Carl, and angrily tried to peck Carl on the forehead.

"Hey, Finney. How did I see a bird in the fog that didn't keep its word and used magic?" Karl flicked aside the pounced Phoenix and smiled wickedly.

"It's obvious that you don't talk about credit, I won, and you took away other people's fire crystals. You're still playing people, why did you die so early, Dad, as soon as you left, Carl kept bullying me, woo woo, my bird life is so miserable!" Phoenix spun around in the air a few times, then landed on the table and covered his bird's head with his wings and cried.

Carl looked like he was defeated by you, and threw the flame crystal in his hand on the table, "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you." Here you go, don't cry. ”

After making sure that the fire crystal on the table was not an illusion, Phoenix, who secretly showed a slit, immediately ran over and swallowed the fire crystal bigger than her bird's head, and then showed a satisfied expression, completely forgetting the slightly trembling wings and magic used when the water dragon bullet attacked.

After pouring himself a glass of absinthe water, Karl sat down at the table and nibbled on the rye bread he had just bought in one hand while looking at the information that Daddy Dead had collected about Julius Caesar's mausoleum.

In the days after the death of the dead ghost father, Carl didn't know how many times he went through it. Although he had memorized it, Carl would take it out and look at it every time he returned from a treasure hunt. Because Carl believed that the soul of the dead ghost father was still sleeping in these materials, and did not leave him, even though Carl watched the dead ghost father's soul dissipate before his eyes.

"Wow, wow, wow. A quick knock on the door woke up Carl, who was immersed in the information, and received the information into the spatial ring, Carl got up and opened the door.

"Oh, thank you, Aberham, Carl for your home this time. Karl looked at the panting Kalenezzi at the door, a little confused.

"Oh, Carl, can you let your old friend in and take a sip of water? Without waiting for Karl to reply, Kalenezzi squeezed from Karl's side into the room like a slippery ooze monster.

"Oh, who is this, my dear little Finny, it makes me want to die. Kalenezzi's greasy words gave Karl goosebumps as he stood in the doorway.

"Damn, Karl, you put this disgusting and slippery pleasure in!" Phoenix dodged as Kalenezzi was about to pounce on him, "Oh, little Finny, I'm really sad that you say that." ”

"Stay away from me, you damn wax melter. Phoenix angrily erupted a blazing flame, but there seemed to be an invisible shield in front of Kalenezi, and Phoenix's flame was blocked at a distance of one meter from Kalenezzi, unable to move forward.

"Alright, don't make a fuss about it. Kalenezzi and I have something to say. Karl reprimanded. "Hmph," Phoenix snorted and flew out of the room.

"Carl, that's your fault, little Finny is so cute, how can you murder her. Kalenezzi he.

"Okay, Kalenezzi, what the hell do you want me to do, I can say it now, or else. Karl made a gesture at the door.

"Oh, my brother Karl, how can you do this to me, is our friendship so fragile?" said Kalenezzi as he stood in the room, his eyes rolling wildly, his hands making exaggerated movements, and he had no intention of leaving or saying anything.

Carl stood in the doorway, his head down and his fingers clasped without speaking. Inside the room, Kalenezzi suddenly felt his body a little out of control, and his dirty clothes were lifted by an invisible hand. In mid-air, Karene opened his teeth and claws, and shouted in fright: "Karl, my good nephew, put me down." ”

Carrying Kalenezzi in front of him, Karl said impatiently: "If you have something to say, get out of here." ”

With a "bang", the panicked Kalenezzi sat down on the ground. "Hey, I said Brother Carl, why are you so impatient, how can you win a girl's heart like this, no wonder Nitanya doesn't like you. Kalenezzi did not learn his lesson at all, stood up and patted the dust off his buttocks, still babbling gibberish.

"Bang" This time, Karl didn't give Kalenezzi a chance, and directly hit the storm, knocking Kalenezzi's emaciated body away.

After doing all this, Carl sat at the table and nibbled on the last few bites of rye bread, then cleaned up the table. "Oh, God the Father is above. Carl, you just did a great job. To repay you, I decided to eat one less piece of Flame Crystal tomorrow. Phoenix, who didn't know where he flew over, said excitedly when he saw Carlenezzi being knocked away, "Oh, no, no, no, let's just eat half a pill." ”

But Carl didn't bother with Phoenix, and after cleaning up the table and drying it, Carl walked out of the house. In the open space in front of the house, Kalenezzi was still lying on the ground like a dead body.

Karl walked up to Kalenezi, kicked him hard with his foot, and said, "Hurry up if you're not dead, it just so happens that I have something to tell you." "Oh, Brother Carl, you still care about me. Kalenezzi, who was playing dead, suddenly stood up and wanted to hug and kiss Karl, only to be rewarded with another storm blast.

Moments later, inside the house. Karl poured a glass of Old Tom Gin for Kalenez, who was sitting at the table, and then poured himself a glass as well, then sat down opposite Kalenezzi and said, "Old Karle, what are you looking for me?"

"Carl, I've found Rokens. Kalenezzi, who didn't have a hippie smile at all, said seriously.

After Kalenezzi said the name, the room was as quiet as if it had been cast a silent magic.

Seeing Karl's hand trembling slightly as he picked up his glass, Kalenezzi hesitated and said, "Not long ago, when I was running errands in the capital of the Alvilian Empire, I accidentally saw the figure of Rokens walking in front of me on the street. At the time, I wasn't sure if it was him, so I followed it for a while and finally determined that it was Rokens, who had hit Barnack more than a hundred years ago. ”

"Bang" Kalenezzi waved his hand to sweep away the fragments of the wine glass that had been crushed by Karl's excessive force, and then said, "I didn't want to tell you about this. But based on what I've found with Rokens, if you don't know, you'll probably be at a loss when you meet him. ”

Karl didn't speak, just bowed his head and was silent. Karl believed Carlenez's words, and he had no reason to lie to himself. But why did he choose this time to tell himself this, and he said that he would definitely meet Rokens?

"Karl, you know my relationship with your father, and I will remind you today, naturally there is a reason for me, but please rest assured, I will not attack the son of the deceased, this is contrary to the business scriptures. "Kalenezzi was sincere. If you don't know him, you'll definitely be deceived by him.

"Tell us your terms. Karl looked up into the cunning eyes of Kalenezi's drooping hooked nose.

"The mausoleum of Julius Caesar. Kalenezzi's voice was soft, but it exploded like thunder in Karl's heart.

Seeing Karl's surprised look, Karenezzi drank the last glass of old Tom's gin, and then said to Phoenix, who was far away, "My dear Fatney, please give me another glass." Old Banas just enjoys it, I really don't know where he got it, as a plane merchant, I don't know where to buy such a fine wine, it's really a failure. ”

It's a pity that Phoenix, who was hiding in the corner of the house, didn't even look at him.

Karl got up and filled up the wine for Kalenezzi, and was about to speak. Kalenezzi had already said: "Karl, you don't have to be nervous, you don't have to be surprised. As a partner who has worked with Banas Sr. for many years, I know more about Banas than you do. After all, Banas after the injury is completely different from before the injury. ”

Karl did not deny this. Carl had seen Daddy Dead Daddy sitting alone outside the house late at night playing with a golden compass many times, and Carl was already very young at that time and could already see the feeling of loneliness on Daddy Daddy's face. At this time, Carl would choose to sit on a low chair with Daddy Dead, and watch the three moons, Selene, Pandia, and Visya sprinkle the bright moonlight on the earth.

Carl once asked about Daddy's past, but was rejected with a smile every time. "Hey, why do you want to know my father's past affairs so much? This can't be done, you can't learn from my father, I owe too much emotional debt outside, and in the end I can only hide in this small mountain village to spend my old age, understand?"

"Actually, I told him that old Banas was able to know about the tomb of Julius Caesar. Ignoring Karl's shock, Kalenezzi continued: "After that incident, old Banas was in a bad state. In order not to let the old fellow fall. I told him about the possibility that the wish cup might be hidden in the tomb of Julius Caesar. So Banas, who had a goal, returned to his original appearance, but he didn't expect to be assassinated by Rokens, a treacherous demon, in the end. ”

"What's that—what's it?" Karl stopped Kalenezzi from continuing.

"Well, what is that, Karl, what are you asking?" Karl, who had just been talking, suddenly stopped talking like a quail that had been silenced.

"Does that also have something to do with Roquens?" Karl asked.

"I'm sorry to tell you about my encounter with Rokens now. Kalenezzi had a look of chagrin.

"Kalenezzi, if you don't tell me today, I'll know later. And I have a certain awareness of the early experience of the dead ghost father. It's useless for you to hide it from me. Karl still wanted Karlenez to tell him what had happened to Daddy Die, so that one could become another person entirely.

"Carl will let Rokens tell you when the time comes, this is your dead ghost father and his grudges, and I can't talk about it as an old fellow. However, old Banas was also stupid, and such a smart man couldn't even think of it in the end. After taking another sip of Old Tom's gin, Kalenezzi said, "Then Karl will tell me about you!"

Seeing that Kalenezzi didn't want to talk about it anymore, Karl was no longer reluctant, and then completely told Kalenezzi what happened to him in the dwarf country.

After hearing what Karl had to say, Kalenezzi fell into deep thought. After a long time, Kalenezzi spoke: "Karl, there are too many unknowns in the Endless Plane, and my old Kalene is not the Book of All-Knowing, so I don't know much about the gray mist that you said can cause the dwarves to fall and corrupt. Since the king of the dwarven kingdom said that this gray fog is only for dwarves, then I think you can agree. However, before you go, I think you should find a few buddies. After all, we don't know if there are other dangers in the city. It has to be foolproof. After all, you are the only bloodline that old Banas left in the world, and I can't see that my old friend has no descendants. Hearing Kalenezi's words, Karl just wanted to roll his eyes. The first few sentences are still human words, and the next few sentences are probably trying to promote their own products.

Sure enough, Kalenezzi had already opened his spatial ring and took out a large number of things, "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." If you want to go to the ruins safely and rewardingly, then of course you need to be well prepared, come to Carl, I sincerely recommend this armor for you. Kalenezzi pulled out a pair of rusty, blood-colored armor from the mess of objects in front of him, "Don't look at this armor in a worn state, it's the armor worn by the greatest hero of the Golden Age of the First Age, the Undertaker of the Gods, when he killed the gods, and the blood on it was left by the gods who were killed by Bartole. Put on him, don't talk about Coscus City, even the abyss can have back and forth. Kalenezzi was afraid that Karl would not be able to see and feel the power of the divine blood, so he specially brought the armor to Karl's eyes. "Well, that's good. Just twenty Paradise Coins. Kalenezzi held out two fingers and shook them in front of Karl.

Originally, Karl was not interested in the armor that Carlenezzi took out, and when he heard Carenezy say the price, he directly closed his eyes and stopped looking at Carenezzi.

"Huh, what's wrong with you, Karl, are you sleepy now?" Seeing Karl's disobedience, Kalenezzi took the godkiller armor back into the spatial ring with a rather regretful expression. Then he said to Carl: "It's okay, this one doesn't look good, there are others." Then don't look at this forbidden spell scroll, this one is made of the most precious reverse scales of the silver dragon, not to mention the small city of Koscus, even the current dwarf city of Moscow Anke City is directly bombed to the ground. Kalene put a silver-white scroll in front of Karl in unison, "Oh, sorry, I got it wrong, this is the scroll that teleported to the ninth layer of hell. ”

Karl, who closed his eyes, could no longer stand Callenezzi's nagging, "Old Karle, take out the baby that really suits me." Don't show those things out, I don't know how many times I've seen them. ”

"Eh, young people nowadays just can't hold their breath. Since you kid doesn't want to open his eyes, then I won't force it. With a wave of his hand, after cleaning up all the messy items on the table on the ground, Kalenezzi put away his uninhibited smile and took out a few items from the spatial ring again, "Carl, since the golden compass of old Banas has been left to you. Then I'll just give you a few things that you're sure to need. ”

The first item that was pushed in front of Carl was a pitch-black scroll, and even before Carl could touch it, he could already feel the fluctuations of spatial energy on the scroll. "This is a spatial transfer scroll made from the skin of the Void Beast's abdomen. No one knows what the gray fog that envelops the city of Kuskez is, nor what kind of monsters will be inside. So having an escape scroll that can be unrestricted is a must. This scroll, which was made from the skin of the Void Beast's abdomen, could be used three times according to the spatial energy fluctuations on it. ”

With that, Kalenezzi shoved another object in front of Karl, which was a brand new oil lamp. Curious, Carl picked it up and looked left and right to see nothing unusual. Feeling Karl's puzzled gaze, Kalenezzi rarely hesitated, "I received this thing from a broken nobleman, and I don't know what kind of history it has. But it's perfect for your adventure. ”

Karl was a little skeptical about how useful this oil lamp would be if it had just been made. "Hey, little Carl, your ambition is great, but your knowledge is as short as a bobtail's tail. After taking the last sip of Old Tom's Gin, Kalenezzi smacked his lips, then watched Karl fill his glass before he spoke, "Although I don't know the true origin of this oil lamp, its role is definitely worth this amount!" Karlenezzi held out a finger. "A hundred gold coins?" Karl asked tentatively. "Hehe, 1,000 Dingdan. Karl stood up in an instant after Kalenezzi finished speaking, "It's not good for old Kalie to tease me like this." One thousand Ding Dan coins, why don't you go and rob the dragon's lair?" The popular currencies in the main plane are still mainly gold, silver and copper coins, but there are no possibilities in the endless plane. Some places have different currencies, such as the Paradise Coin that Carlenezzi just mentioned, as the name suggests, the currency of the Heavenly Mountain. Although the Ding Dan coin is only from a small plane, because the metal used to make the Ding Dan coin is too strange, although it is not as good as the Heaven Coin containing rich holy energy, the exchange ratio with the gold coin is also as high as one to 100, which means that the ordinary oil lamp that Kalenezzi just said is worth 100,000 gold coins.

"Hey, I'll just say that little Karl is just short-sighted, only a thing worth 100,000 gold coins, and it makes the son of Banas scared like this, if the enemies of Banas hear it, they won't just laugh to death. Kalenezzi scoffed.

Karl sat down slowly, "Old Calle, what do you think this item does?" ”

"According to your account, the gray mist has only a corrupting effect on dwarves, not on other races. But what if it's just the gray fog on the periphery that is getting worse because it's getting worse? And with this oil lamp, you don't have to worry about that. Kalenezzi stretched out his right index finger, and as a blue fire erupted from his fingertips, the oil lamp was lit.

Carl quietly watched as the flame in the oil lamp burned, "Carl closed his eyes and felt carefully. Karlenezzi's words were like the whispers of a seductive fallen devil, and Karl unconsciously closed his eyes.

Under the clear blue sky, among the green grass, Carl saw an old man with gray hair looking at him with a smile. The moment he saw the white-haired old man, Carl suddenly burst out with a sense of grievance in his heart, he wanted to hug the white-haired old man, and then cry in his arms. "Carl!" Just as Carl was about to run over, Phoenix's angry voice rang through the sky.

Karl, who had escaped from the environment, looked at Phoenix who was looking at him angrily in front of him with some confusion, "What's the matter, Fenni, why are you looking at me like this?" Phoenix just snorted, then flew up and pecked hard at Kalenezzi's forehead, and flew into the corner again.

Karl was a little puzzled, but Finney was angry and didn't want to ask. "That's the peculiarity of this oil lamp, it can magnify the magic you use dozens of times. I just used Illusion on you, and then you were immersed in it. Just imagine, when you encounter an enemy in Kuskes City, and your legal fireball technique is turned into a level 10 spell flame explosion with the blessing of this oil lamp, then what other enemy can threaten you?" said Kalenezzi excitedly as he stood up.

"It's very good, but this ...... The price?" after listening to Kalenezzi's introduction, Karl was indeed impressed. As long as he has the help of this oil lamp, then Carl, who is a fifth-level mage, will be able to turn the first-level spells he releases into the highest-level spells, which is equivalent to eighteen spells that he can release every day, so that he doesn't have to be afraid of any monsters.

"Hehe, little Carl, with my relationship with your dead ghost father, this oil lamp can be used by you first, but among the Golden Kingdom treasures you get, I need to take one for free as interest. Kalenezzi's eyes turned sly.

Daddy Dead is right, Kalenezzi is a vampire. You should never take advantage of him.

With the oil lamp in his pocket, the next few items that Kalenezzi would buy for Carl were the ones he would use in his daily adventures. After the two had a friendly bargain, they were all accepted into the space ring by Carl.

"Alright, little Carl, it's all for you. I don't have anything to do. Your old Uncle Kalie is going to look for the beautiful Nitaya. After drinking the old Tom Gin from the wine glass in one gulp, Kalenezzi disappeared like a mouse in an instant.

Karl couldn't help but feel a chill when he wanted Kalenezzi to like the chubby pig-like Nitaya in the east of the town. As if remembering something, Karl shouted outside the empty door, "What's that oil lamp called?" Kalenezzi's greasy words came from afar.

Karl washed and put away the wine glass on the table, then took out the golden compass left for him by Daddy Ghost from his arms, and carefully wiped it, "Daddy Daddy, Lady Luck seems to have given me a kiss today." ”