Chapter 68: Late Reward
Sha Wei remained in the private room, smoking, alone.
After leaving the Oriental Restaurant, Bill quickly took the carriage back to the brick building in the West End, and the carriage moved slowly forward, he also pondered the information revealed by Shawei and thought quietly.
"The group of people, violation, default rules. 」
"Isn't the person with extraordinary power a wizard, why doesn't he just describe it as a wizard, and there are special groups other than wizards?"
"It seems that the Holy See is the de facto master of the mysterious world, so why is the person with special abilities willing to follow the rules set by the Church?"
With known clues, he couldn't come up with an exact answer, but for a wizard like Bill, who was a halfway monk, he urgently needed to understand the rules of the mysterious world.
But the only clue he had now was the date and address of the messenger left behind by the crow, which was perhaps the best opportunity for Bill to learn about the mysterious world and even participate in it.
"Hehe, Savoy thinks I'm from what he calls a mysterious world, but I don't know as much as he does. ”
The carriage soon arrived at its destination, entering the brick building and ascending the wooden steps, the old apartment still smelling of sterilization and dust.
The male tenant walked out of the bathroom shirtless in slippers, and Bill frowned unconsciously, and a sense of disgust was spontaneously born.
In this building, you can see raunchy men and women every day, and Bill has a few thousand gold pounds in his bank account, and he has had enough of this terrible living conditions!
During the time Viscount Goode was tracked, Bill was already looking for a new home, and Britts prices fluctuated dramatically depending on the location.
The house price in the residential area on the west side of the capital is about 4 gold pounds per square meter, and the price of a townhouse in the wealthy area on the east side is about 10 gold pounds a square meter.
Before the Spring Revolution, ordinary citizens were not eligible to buy single-family compound villas in the aristocratic district, so there was no market value for the villa area on the south side, but this changed within a week of the government reform.
After losing the preferential treatment of the nobility, many nobles lost their jobs in the government and could not continue to live in the capital, where life was very stressful, so they sold their properties one after another.
However, the specific price depends on the specific location, the closer to the central street, the higher the price, this rule probably applies in every city.
"I have to move as soon as possible and enjoy life as soon as possible. ”
"Damn, why hasn't the reward arrived yet, will the brother trick me?"
Rudely stabbing the door open, Bill was a little irritated.
He was already rich, but the fantasy of a good life had not yet begun, and he did not know where to be transported by the Brotherhood's ship because of the danger reward......
"Bill, with your delivery, they're upstairs!"
In the evening, the fat woman's voice suddenly came from downstairs, and Bill stopped tidying up the room, and his eyes instantly lit up with a smile.
"Ah, it's finally here......"
Soon there was the creaking of the stairs, and two strong men carried the wooden box and headed straight for room 207, each step thick and heavy.
The two delivery men were a little familiar, probably the guys who had been following Johnny, and they nodded slightly when they saw Bill, not smiling.
After laboriously carrying the wooden box up the attic, the Brotherhood guys seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief after the items were delivered.
"It's hard work, but the Brotherhood's shipping line is slow enough that I thought I'd see it this time next year. ”
Serve the guy two glasses of water, Bill jokes casually.
"Tsk, it's not that you have to ask us to transport it to you, the capital has strict inspection of contraband, and the fog has sealed the sea a while ago. ”
The big guy gulped down the water and rudely wiped his chin with the back of his hand, while the other beefy guy crooked his mouth to express his displeasure.
"In order to get the goods to you as soon as possible, we took a detour from the Geelong Strait on a foggy day, and we were almost discovered by pirates, so you shouldn't comment on our efficiency. ”
"It's not something that anyone can ship to Britts. ”
"The Strait of Geelong?"
"Yes, you don't know about the Strait of Geelong, where pirates are rampant, and the navy can't do anything about them. ”
It was the first time Bill had heard of this place name, and he couldn't help but wonder, is the place rich in pirates similar to the pirates of the Caribbean?
During this time, he would also buy a few books to read to learn more about the history and humanities of this world, and it seems that he also ignored a very important point, which is the common sense of geography.
But the best way to pass the time is to read detective novels serialized in newspapers, and there are no televisions or computers, so you can only go to the theater or peek next door with a shadow if you want to watch action movies.
Bill doesn't have this hobby.
The Brotherhood guy stayed for a moment and then hurried away, wondering if it was an illusion, Bill felt a hint of sympathy in the big man's eyes when he looked at him, and the burly man gloated.
"Have these underground organizations gotten any news about me?"
"Tsk, it's really troublesome, it looks like I'm going to be in trouble again. ”
Shaking his head and thinking wildly, although he was used to headaches, Bill didn't want them to get worse.
Draw the curtains so that there is no gap, and lock the door.
There was no light in the room, and when he raised his hand to rummage through the shadows for the key, the shadow circle appeared out of thin air, and it was no longer limited to the ground.
After all, at this moment, this room is full of shadows.
With the naked eye, it can be seen that there are swirling ripples on the surface of the shadow circle slowly flowing inward, the channel is only the size of a palm, and the arm easily enters the shadow space, which feels cold to the touch.
When the fingertips touched the target, he hooked up the black shiny metal key ring and dragged it out, and it happened naturally.
Bill quickly opened the first layer of wooden boxes, and the inner iron box was engraved with inscriptions, which Bill could not read, so he copied all the symbols on the iron box on the Book of Shadows to be on the safe side.
After many days, the palm of his hand touched the iron box again, and he planned to send the shadow in first, and use the shadow eyeball to observe what was locked inside.
The shadow spread and flowed through its fingertips, and the shadow eyeball crept out of it, making close contact with the main body's face for the first time, and it blinked thoughtfully as it quickly understood the task.
It's just that the shadow eyeball seems to frown hesitantly after seeing the iron box, it doesn't want to go in.
"Come in and help me see what's going on inside, don't you want to know too?"
Bill felt that he was convulsing, and he was talking to his shadow so calmly, but there was no one around, so he took it as talking to himself.
Pointing his finger close to the iron box, he seemed to see the shadow's eyeballs tilting back, black droplets of sweat coming out of it, resisting the work.
But it couldn't resist the will of the body, and Bill slammed his finger into the keyhole of the iron box, and his eyeballs spread out like ink, turning into shadow spots and squeezing in, converging in the iron box......
Poof!
The iron box is like a powerful heart, suddenly jumping, and the contents are responding violently.
Poof!
The shock is transmitted to the brain through the fingertips, the optic nerve is connected, and the picture in the brain is fragmented, and there is chaos.
Cluck-cluck......
Cluck-cluck......
The double-layered iron lock is being hit by something, and the heavy iron box is shaking!
The shackles seem to be about to be torn, and the chaotic and weird picture is suddenly cut off!
A drop of cold sweat broke out on his forehead instantly, and his brain was dizzy for a moment.
Quickly retracting his fingers, the pitch-black dagger sliced his wrist, and black blood rose into the air, wrapping the iron box that seemed to explode as quickly as possible, forming a pure black square prison.
Bang bang!
The inside of the prison suddenly swelled a little, emitting a dull and violent continuous explosion sound, and countless sharp protrusions made the black blood prison hideous, like hundreds of explosives being locked in a safe and detonated at the same time!
When the tight prison was squeezed and deformed by the iron sheet, Bill hissed constantly.
It was as if 10,000 steel needles had pierced into the bone marrow, his mind trembled coldly and numbly, black blood kept flying out, and he was using his own flesh and blood to prevent the explosion from expanding!
The sound waves passed through the black blood into the shadow abyss, which lasted for about ten minutes, and all the sound disappeared, and the house returned to peace.
Only Bill was still holding on to the iron box, trying to calm the rhythm of his heartbeat and catch his breath......
It was more dangerous than he had ever imagined, and only three thoughts were popping into Bill's head at the moment.
You must not open the iron box here!
The move is imminent!
And......
What's going on here!?