Chapter 343 Trading and Communication
"800 gold pounds." Hugh said as he looked directly at Miss Justice. After all, the "sun" does not have a common currency in the northern continent.
Deric was not disappointed by this, anyway, even if Miss "Justice" bought it, she would still use it to exchange the formula of the "psychoanalyst" with herself.
800 pounds...... I've been struggling a bit lately, but I can still get it out of my pocket, huh...... It's already October, and it's almost the New Year, and then I'll be an adult, and I'll have a lot more wealth at my disposal......
Thinking of a bright future in a few months, Audrey replied in a brisk and cheerful tone: "No problem, I can give you the money when the party is over." ”
Hugh learned from Audrey's usual appearance, nodded reservedly, and then with the help of Mr. "Fool", he took out a pen and paper and wrote out the recipe of the "Sun Priest" silently.
"Main materials: a red crown of the Dawn Rooster, and a fruit of the Radiant Spirit Tree. Supporting Materials......"
"Justice" Audrey took it, read it carefully a few times, made sure to memorize it before letting it dissipate, and then smiled at "Sun" Derick and said, "I am looking forward to your 'psychoanalyst' formula." ”
Derick nodded and replied earnestly, "I'll find a way to get it as soon as possible." ”
Seeing that their matter was finished, "Trial" Hugh raised his hand again and asked, "I need 'Gondora's golden wings', which of you has the corresponding clues or channels?" ”
Because of her contributions to a series of events such as the Intis spy case, Vera rewarded Hugh with the potion recipe for Sequence 6 "The Judge".
Although this is a bit out of line with MI9 rules, after all, Hugh's qualifications are too shallow, but Vera has a special status, and as long as the decisions she makes are not too out of line, no one wants to really blame them...... What's more, there are not many people in the know, and Hugh is not an outsider, so it is over to turn a blind eye.
But with the formula, the main ingredients of the potions need to be raised by Hugh.
After all, unlike potion formulas, which can be given repeatedly, there are a number of materials, and many meritorious people in the military are still waiting in line for the corresponding main materials, which will not be the turn of rest anyway, even His Royal Highness Vera can't help much.
Among the two main materials, one of them, the "main eye of the Golden Demon Worm", Hugh already has eyebrows, but there is still a big gap in funds, even if it adds the upcoming 800 pounds, it is still a lot worse.
I'm afraid I'll have to borrow some money from Furth and Abner...... Or go to Her Royal Highness Vera to advance next month's salary?
While Hugh was secretly thinking about it, Alger the "Hanged Man" was the first to respond: "I'll keep an eye on you at the Pirate Convention...... However, if the price is very high, I will not help you buy it, at most tell you who the seller is afterwards. ”
From the materials Hugh needed, he had already guessed that Miss "Trial" was most likely an extraordinary person in the "arbiter" pathway, and it was likely that she was an official member of MI9, which was also in line with the character of a noble lady she showed.
As far as he knew, many of the sons of the nobility would serve there.
"Yes, as long as there is definite information, I will pay for it." Hugh replied gracefully.
This is the end of the transaction part, Klein originally wanted to use the knowledge he had to let the "Hanging Man" help him change a magical item of the "Sun" path with little hidden danger at the Pirate Conference, but after listening to what the "Hanging Man" said to Miss "Trial", he knew that the other party would pay a lot of price for those two extraordinary materials, plus he had to help Miss "Trial" pay attention to the materials of the 6th level of the sequence, it is estimated that there will be no more spare energy, so he can only regret giving up.
At the beginning of the free exchange session, the "hanging man" Alger took the initiative to mention:
"'Lieutenant Admiral of the Hurricane' Zielingers' fleet was subdued, and a new pirate general was born, she was also a lady, and her original title was 'Sick Maiden', but after proving her strength as a pirate general, she renamed Zilingers' ship 'Black Death', and thus called herself 'Sick Vice Admiral'.
"The pirate generals have been reinstated to seven again."
"Justice" Audrey was quite interested in the matter of the pirate general, and when she heard this, she smiled and said:
"Four of the seven pirate generals are women, they are really powerful, they are really desirable."
Abner, on the other hand, was thinking in a divergent mind at the moment: Doesn't that mean that there will be another book of Gelman and the pirate in the future?
"No, Miss Justice, pirates are pirates, and they are definitely not as good as you think...... Although the reviews of 'Star General', 'Iceberg Lieutenant General', and 'Pale General' are not bad, who knows what kind of people they are. After pouring cold water on him quietly, Alger saw Miss "Justice" nodding thoughtfully, and then continued to add,
"'Lieutenant General of Disease' used to be the main act alone, good at using curses, black fire, frost, and people who are hostile to her will always have sudden illnesses, all kinds of diseases, no one knows which path she belongs to at the moment, but they are all sure that she is at the level of sequence 5."
Hearing this, Abner smiled and answered:
"Listen to this description and know that she must be a witch.
"You should know that I tracked down a 'Witch of Pain' before. The 'Witch of Pain' can also be called the 'Witch of Disease', and she is best at spreading diseases within a certain range. Infected people may only have skin allergies, colds and fevers at first, but after twenty or thirty seconds, they are likely to turn into severe pneumonia and other diseases.
"And every witch can use 'Black Flame' and 'Frost'."
Crane, who was sitting at the top, listened slightly, which was also his judgment, but looking at Mr. "Tower" who was talking eloquently, he couldn't help but muttered in his heart: "Mr. Tower" seems to know witches very well, and it seems that he is always entangled with them, and even the weapons sold are 'confessions'...... Surely he has tried the same as Russell?
Abner, who stopped to explain, didn't know that Klein was secretly arranging himself, otherwise he would definitely draw a witch gift box on the spot to give back to the past: "Fool" You have encountered a lot of witches!
"It turns out that the 'pain' of 'Witch of Pain' refers to the torment ......of illness," Alger said thoughtfully after hearing this.
In fact, it also has the meaning of "destroying the good and reaping the pain...... It's just that this is the law of witches, so there's no need to spread it here. Abner thought silently.
"Mr. 'Hanged Man', Mr. 'Tower', thank you for sharing." Audrey thanked her for a moment, then said:
"There was a recent serial murder in Beckland, a total of 11 cases, but one of them was confirmed to be a copycat crime, and this serial murder case is characterized by targeting women who used to be street girls but now have regular jobs, and the killer would cut open their abdomen and remove all their internal organs."
"Does this sound related to the worship of demons, what the people of the Blood Cult do? An accomplice to that serial killer in the city of Tingen? He's also killing people for the 'blasphemy card' promised by a certain organization in the mouth of Mr. 'Tower'? "The Hanged Man" Alger made a guess in an instant.
"That's what I thought too." "Justice" Audrey nodded and set her eyes on the "Tower".
Abner deliberately pondered for a moment and replied, "He may have been attracted to Beckland by the 'blasphemy card', but this is not the purpose of his killing. ”
"What's that for?" Audrey asked, puzzled.
At this moment, "Sun" Derick blurted out in a daze, "It's for the ceremony of promotion to Sequence 5." ”
He knows? Also, before the Cataclysm, especially in the Second Age, demons were active in the real world, active on the earth, and were the objects of hatred of the two major forces of giants and dragons, and it is normal for Silver City to have corresponding records...... Their history has not been hidden, tampered with, or broken......
Crane looked thoughtfully at the Sun, then at the Tower and Judgment, both of whom were also familiar with demons as it could have been seen from their "call" above the Grey Mist......
But why didn't Miss "Trial", as an official officer of MI9, arrest her and bring her to justice? Obviously, she has a great sense of justice.
And Mr. "Tower", as a student of Eisinger Stanton's great detective, doesn't seem to help him solve the case all the time......
There's definitely something in that I don't know.
On the other side, Derick explained in detail the specific information of the ritual required for the promotion sequence of the "demon" to 5 "Apostle of Desire", and finally said: "The minimum number of people required to kill for the ritual is 13 people, and the maximum is 49, the more complete the ceremony, the more promising it is to be promoted."
"Between killings, at least three days apart, otherwise it's easy to get out of control, but the interval can't be more than nine days, that would reset the ritual."
"It's horrible...... Audrey sighed heartily, "and it's better to catch him as soon as possible." ”
Hearing this, "Judgment" Hugh also sighed in the position where she started: "It's difficult...... If you want to catch the 'demon', you can only rely on luck, and all the bait and traps are useless. ”
"Why?" Audrey asked puzzled as she looked at the member who had rarely spoken since joining the Tarot Society.
"Because the devil can sense and sense people and actions that are not in his favor, he can always avoid official arrangements...... Hugh was informed by Abner and corroborated in MI9 files.
"Yes, although different demons have different intuition, they can grasp where the danger comes from and who it comes from, so as to stifle or retaliate in a targeted manner...... "Sun" Derick also affirmed Miss "Judgment" in very "textbook" language.
That's a bit scary...... But it's not the same as the "clown's" intuitive hunch, it doesn't seem to be used in battle, but to detect the source of danger in advance and respond in time, which is closer to, well, the "whim" ability in the Xianxia that I watched in my previous life...... I don't know if I, who has this mysterious space above the gray fog, can interfere with or even block this "intuition"? Crane leaned back in his chair, thinking about it.
"This ...... How to deal with this? Do you want to wait for him to complete the ritual and take the initiative to stop killing? Audrey felt like she couldn't even bear to imagine that.
Abner didn't really have a good way to deal with this, otherwise he would have told the teacher a long time ago...... And after he was promoted to "Polymath", he deliberately went out to hang out at night, but unfortunately he didn't meet the demon dog.
The same is true of Hugh. Although she is only an "interrogator", with Vera's acquiescence, she will be in charge of a "Level 2" seal every time she goes on a mission or patrols the streets, and if she really fights, she may not lose to that dog.
After the Sun asked the statue of "a naked man crucified upside down" found on a recent expedition in Silver City, and received a personal response from the "Fool" to the "Fallen Creator", Derrick suddenly thought of Elder Lovia, and then fell into concern for the safety of Silver City
- In the previous Tarot Meeting, he already knew that the "Fallen Creator" was also called the "True Creator", and he was also in charge of the "Shepherd" path.
At this time, Klein, who had estimated his remaining spirituality, hurried up and manipulated the "world" to ask the last question in a hoarse voice:
"Has anyone ever heard of the 'Wishing Lamp'?"