Chapter 216: Partnership
With the increase of mystical knowledge, Lawrence Hillman gradually believed that the so-called dream objects became reality just a mental illusion created by witchcraft, and not a real dream come true, in fact, a wizard took a fancy to him, so he used this method to hand over his wizard notes to him, so that he became a wizard.
Therefore, Lawrence Hillman is very grateful to this mysterious wizard who helped him see the real side of the world, and he is eager to meet him.
It's just that no matter whether he relies on his own ability or Rupert Fitz's financial resources, he can't find this wizard, and even in the various organizations in the dark world that are related to wizards, there is no such thing as the sixth chief, so he feels that this sixth chief is likely to be the most mysterious tower wizard, and he is the descendant of the tower, which is one of the reasons why he is extremely proud of blood witchcraft.
Although many years have passed, he has long had no hope of finding the whereabouts of the owner of the note, but what he didn't expect was that today he unexpectedly had a clue, and it seemed that the other party seemed to know the owner of the note very well, which also made his hope that had been silent for many years resurfaced from the depths of his heart.
"I know who he is, and I know why he's called the Sixth Chief. Leo nodded happily and admitted the blood wizard's guess, but he didn't mean to continue, but very calmly picked up the wine bottle and glass in the tent and poured himself a drink.
Seeing Leo's attitude, Lawrence Hillman didn't know what the other party meant, his face was slightly gloomy, but he still took the initiative to speak: "What price do I need to pay to get relevant news?"
Although Leo had a different idea of how he did the equivalent exchange, he didn't feel the need to change the way the equivalent exchange did things for those who were just friends, and for strangers like the blood wizard who were not only not friends, but had never even met in person.
So when the blood wizard saw through Leo's idea and offered to exchange, Leo didn't continue to take it, but bluntly set his own conditions, saying: "I only have two conditions, one condition is the method of making special bullets, and the other condition is that I want your blood witchcraft." β
When Lawrence Hillman heard this, he shook his head without hesitation and said, "This can't be. β
If Leo's request was just blood sorcery, he might have considered it, but when it came to the trait bullets, he didn't even have the idea of thinking about it.
Ever since the French Empire's armies used airships, which were flying fortresses, to demonstrate the devastating power of special bombs in warfare, all private companies with special gunpowder formulas were nationalized and all formulas were recovered under the strong tactics of various countries.
Although it is not difficult to obtain the formula of the special bullet due to the relationship between the Blood Wizard and Rupert, the first powerful person in the United Kingdom, it will inevitably cause irreparable rift damage to the relationship between the two, which the Blood Wizard does not want to see. He knows very well that his identity is taboo in other countries of the world, and once he does not have Rupert's umbrella, many organizations in the dark world will be eager to attack him.
Leo was not surprised to see the Blood Wizard's decisive opposition, but he didn't know that the reason for the other party's resolute opposition was the formula of the special bullet, but he mistakenly thought that the other party was unwilling to show his blood witchcraft.
So, he thought about it for a while, and then said, "In that case, I'll change the condition, I want your blood research data." β
"Blood research data?" Lawrence Hillman was stunned, this time he did not object immediately, but looked at Leo with some puzzlement, in his opinion, Leo's identity is more like a mercenary or a bounty hunter, improving his strength is the most important thing, how can he be interested in this kind of academic information?
Leo said specifically: "Since you can create blood sorcery, then you must know a lot about blood, and I have collected and studied all kinds of blood, so I need those research materials." β
"What do you want this for? do you understand?" the Blood Wizard asked rhetorically, with a scholarly haughtiness.
"Can you understand, that's my business," Leo glanced at the blood wizard and said, "You just need to tell me if you're willing to trade?"
"Yes. The Blood Wizard thought for a moment and felt that there was nothing to lose in this transaction, so he nodded and agreed, but added: "It's just that there are a lot of these materials, and it will take a while to sort them out. β
Leo didn't have an opinion and said, "It's okay, when will you sort it out, just give it to me, you should be able to find me when I think about it, right?"
The Blood Wizard said that as long as Leo was in the world of Velon, finding his whereabouts would not be a big problem, and the two then made a simple witchcraft contract. Lawrence Hillman urged impatiently, "Now you can say it, right?"
Leo said the main information about the Sixth Chief, "His name is TomΓ‘sh Kosatsky, and he is one of the ten chief wizards of the Wizarding Guild, and he testifies to the Sixth Tower, so he is also known as the Sixth Chief. β
"TomΓ‘sh Nowitzki, is this the name of the Maris Kingdom on the Minsk Continent, is he a Mares?" When the blood wizard heard this name with obvious national characteristics, he immediately thought of the corresponding country, but then frowned and said, "However, when did the Maris Kingdom have a wizarding association? and call itself a tower?"
"He is supposed to be a descendant of the Mares, but he is not a citizen of the Mares Kingdom, and the Wizarding Society is not in the Mares Kingdom, but in another hidden place, which is called Silvermoon City. Leo deliberately vaguely said selectively.
"Silvermoon City, there really is Silvermoon City!" If he had doubts about Leo knowing the master of the note just now, then this suspicion has now disappeared. The name of Silvermoon City is recorded in the notes, and it was named after Rupert when he built the Manor and the Mage Tower.
Because Silvermoon City was a clue, when he traced the owner of the note, he also investigated the location of Silvermoon City, but in the end, he found that there was no record of Silvermoon City in any documents.
Leo continued while the other party was pondering: "This lord has also studied blood witchcraft, and has achieved results, and the name of your own witchcraft is also called blood magic, but this witchcraft is also regarded as a forbidden art by the wizarding association, so the complete witchcraft has been sealed, and the adult is also under house arrest, and he is not allowed to participate in any witchcraft research, nor is he allowed to pass on his blood witchcraft to other wizards in the wizarding association." β
"No wonder he gave the notes to me, an ordinary person, and no wonder they haven't reappeared since they were handed over to me?" Lawrence Hillman had some reverie and delusions because of Leo's words, taking it for granted that he had solved the question that had plagued him for years, and that he had been in a much happier mood lately.
However, while the blood wizard waited for Leo to continue, Leo stopped and did not speak again.
"Why don't you go on?" asked Lawrence Hillman, frowning and having a bad premonition in his heart.
"What needs to be said is done, and what is left to be said. Leo gave the Blood Wizard an expected answer.
Lawrence Hillman was obviously a little dissatisfied, and said in a slightly heavy tone: "That's all there is to it?"
Leo took out the contract made by the two of them and retorted, "What you want is the information of the owner of that wizard's notebook, and I told you this information as well, isn't it enough?"
"You ......" Lawrence Hillman didn't know how to refute Leo's words for a while, and his whole face darkened when he saw the explicit terms of the contract, because he realized that this clause that allowed Leo to be opportunistic was exactly what he had asked to add.
However, he was annoyed, but he was not hostile to Leo because of this, after all, in his opinion, although Leo was opportunistic, there was nothing wrong with it, what was wrong was that he had some mentality from time to time, which made him ignore many details.
Although he was not able to get more useful information from Leo, it was worth it to solve a problem that had plagued him for years.
"I'll get things sorted out and delivered to you as soon as possible. The Blood Wizard quickly regained his composure and said to Leo.
This sudden change in mood made Leo a little surprised, originally he thought that the blood wizard would be angry and make a move with him, and he also happened to be able to see how strong the blood wizard was, so as to gauge his current strength among the powerhouses in the Velen world.
But the Blood Wizard's mentality and principles of doing things were somewhat unexpected by him, which disappointed his expectations, and at the same time made him feel that the Blood Wizard was not a simple person, and it was best not to become an enemy.
After saying that he would fulfill the contract, Lawrence Hillman added: "I originally wanted to ask you something about 9 Golden Oak Street, but now it seems that I have too few chips to trade, so there is no need to ask." Let's talk about cooperation, shall we?"
"Cooperation?" Leo said with a smile, "What do we have to work with?"
"Circle of Plague. The Blood Wizard said.
"You know I'm here to find the Plague Ring?" Leo frowned and said, "You planted eyes and ears in Sylvia's men?"
"Of course...... Impossible!" The blood wizard deliberately paused and looked at Leo, wanting to see the depth of his relationship with Sylvia from Leo's expression, but in the end he only saw the blandness and indifference, so he continued quietly: " I actually don't know what you're here to do, it's just a temptation, after all, in the current Miria City, there are not many things worthy of the attention of high-ranking wizards like you and me, and it is easy to guess your purpose by eliminating some impossible things, plus other external factors, such as the content of your conversations with those scavengers, etc. β
Leo was silent for a moment, and said, "You are here to find the Ring of Plague, on the orders of Rupert Fitz?"
The Blood Wizard shook his head and denied, "No, the reason why I didn't go to Lancy with Rupert and chose to stay in Miria City is because of other things, and it has nothing to do with the Plague Ring. β
Leo asked tentatively, "So since you offered to cooperate with me, that means you know the whereabouts of the Plague Ring?"
"I don't know. The Blood Wizard shook his head again, and when he saw Leo's displeased expression, he knew that this kind of question and answer could not be passed, so he directly said what he knew: "I don't know where the Plague Ring came from, but I know that the six hands you found were not the ones who found the Plague Ring, he was looking for something else, and the person who assigned him was me." β
"You're the instructor?" Leo was surprised.
Lawrence Hillman explained: "Maureel Barbert is one of the few experts in medical school who studies the human body, and what he has been working on in the past few years is very important to me, because research is taboo in medical school, so he didn't take the research materials with him when he left Miria City. β
"If I'm not mistaken, that Morlie Barbert's research project and funding should have something to do with you. Leo suddenly interjected.
The blood wizard didn't deny it, but he didn't admit it either, he just continued what he had just said, and said, "Because I was held back by other things, I asked people to find the best lone scavenger six hands and take out those research materials. It's just that I didn't expect that Molie guy to be even bolder than I expected, and he dared to study the Plague Ring, and when the six hands arrived at the laboratory under Molie's villa, the things there had already been searched, and he just took the rest of the things. It's just that he was too greedy and thought he could bargain in front of me, so he ......"
"How are we going to work together?" asked Leo directly after getting a general idea of the situation.
The Blood Wizard proposed, "I have some men here who can assist you in finding the Plague Ring, which is much faster than if you were alone. β
"What do I have to give?" asked Leo again.
Lawrence Hillman made a condition: "It's easy, after finding the Plague Ring, let me study it." β
"Is that easy?" Leo confirmed.
Lawrence affirmed, "It's as simple as that. β
"In that case, let's cooperate!" Leo held out his hand toward the Blood Wizard.
Lawrence also shook Leo's hand, which was a partnership.
Later, Leo did not stay in the tent for any longer, and after asking Lawrence for some details about the various forces in Miria City, he got up and left.
Just as Leo was gone, a wizard covered in black robes walked in from outside the tent, and as he walked in, a black viper emerged from the clutter in the corner of the tent, crawled onto the wizard's body, wrapped around his arm, and turned into a beautiful serpentine bracelet.
This person seemed to be familiar with the blood wizard, and without saying hello when he came in, he sat directly on the chair opposite Lawrence, and then asked, "Is he really from Nine Golden Oak Street?"
"It should be. The Blood Wizard replied.
The black-robed man said with a little dissatisfaction: "In that case, why don't you ask him about the number nine Golden Oak Street, you know how many people are interested in the secret in it, and they must be willing to pay a lot of money to buy it." β
The blood wizard just looked at each other indifferently in the face of his companion's questioning, and said nothing.