Chapter 276: How to Get Stronger
Kevin's question obviously meant how to make sure I wouldn't be deceived, but the other person didn't seem to care. The phrase "then continue to charge money" is more like the attitude that if you love to believe, you will give, and if you don't believe it, you will get out.
"Can I know how I'm going to get stronger?" Kevin asked again.
"I'll give you an assessment of your strength and give you some advice on how to get stronger," the other person replied, "If you can do that, you will definitely get stronger." ”
"Suggestion?" Kevin smiled and gave him a difficult question, "Just like me, I can't accept the elemental physique, so I can only use magic shields and magic missiles. Fighting spirit is also red, crazy hard training in the army, and also experienced life and death, but still can't break through, probably to the top. How else can someone like me get stronger?"
The other party just glanced at Kevin: "If you want to know, you have to charge the money first." ”
"How much?" asked Kevin.
"We also have a set meal here," the other party took out a small notebook from his pocket, "You can charge at least 1 crystal coin, but the increase in strength will be very small, and it is very likely that you will not feel it." Then 10 Crystal Coins, 100 Crystal Coins, and 100 Crystal Coins, in turn, rose until they reached one million. The magnitude of getting stronger will gradually increase, and when it reaches a million, I will do my best to create the most suitable training method for you, unless you don't listen to me, you will be reborn. ”
"Can you elaborate on what the recommendations are?" asked Kevin.
The other party disdainful: "Everyone's situation is different, and the advice is naturally different." If you want me to reveal other people's suggestions, that's how irresponsible I'm not responsible. ”
Kevin was silent for a moment, and he could see that the other party was not the one who relied on this to eat, and his desire for money was not necessarily heavy. If a strong person wants to make money, there should be many methods, and this method in front of him is obviously the most unreliable. The house was very dilapidated, but he and his table were very clean and tidy, maybe this was just a temporary stay for him, and the real residence should be somewhere else.
There was a lot of dust in the house, there were a lot of cobwebs, there were almost no signs of fighting, and the few scratches on the walls were relatively old. A few days ago, many people came here to visit him, and if someone was deceived, there would inevitably be impulsive people who flipped the table on the spot. But judging from the traces in front of him, either the person who lifted the table was subdued in an instant, or everyone really praised it and no one did it.
"Can I pay in cash?" asked Kevin. The recharge between crystal cards requires a certain amount of experience, and it is best under the premise of relative trust and safety, otherwise it is really easy to be taken away, and it may not be possible to beat it.
"Yes. ”
"In that case, give me a crystal coin first," Kevin was as cautious as ever, "tell me how to get stronger." ”
The other party pinched the crystal coin and looked at it, as if he was distinguishing between the fake and the fake, and then put it into the space ring: "Yes, you said that you can't do magic, and you can't do it, right?"
Kevin had a black face, always feeling that he was cursing, but he had to agree.
"Then you can practice your driving skills," the other party suggested, "Won't this make you stronger?"
Kevin gritted his teeth, Kevin himself knew about this, did he still need the other party to remind him, but he couldn't say that his suggestion was wrong, and just a crystal coin was indeed a similar suggestion.
"So, how do you practice your driving skills, and what kind of vehicle should you learn?" Kevin continued.
"Whatever. The other party replied.
"Can't you explain it clearly?" Kevin wanted to give him some questions, "Where did I get the chariot to practice my skills?"
The other party just smiled calmly: "If you want to ask another question, then continue to charge the money." ”
Kevin didn't answer, he turned his head and looked around again, and finally his eyes fell on the crystal ball on the table, and he asked, "What is this?"
"Decorative items. The other party replied casually.
"It's so shabby, and it's going to be decorated with this?" Kevin asked.
"Is there a problem?" the other asked rhetorically.
"No," Kevin replied, "but since it's just decoration, can I take a closer look?"
The other party looked up and glanced at Kevin slightly wary. Kevin laughed: "No, you want a set meal too, right?"
"Look, don't touch it with your hands. After all, the other party gave in.
Kevin immediately approached to observe, and the small spoon on the side also wanted to come and look, but Kevin gestured to stop her and let her continue to look around. The appearance of the crystal ball is round and smooth, crystal clear, it looks very valuable, and the fluctuations of the surrounding elements show a periodic law, which should be true, and it is in some kind of working state.
Crystal balls can be used for many purposes, but in order to activate them, they must be constantly supplied, either by manpower or by a circle. At this time, it is a working state, but the other party is sitting and does not move, it can only be that there is a magic circle embedded in the table, or...... There was also a man squatting under the table.
"It's a nice table, can I get a closer look?" asked Kevin.
"Yes, but don't touch it. ”
Kevin was immediately unkind, his head almost flat, not so much looking as listening. The whole table is wrapped in a purple tablecloth, which looks very mysterious, and you can't feel anything from the outside, but when you feel it up close, you can still detect some elemental fluctuations.
Kevin moved quickly against the left, as if he was looking for any flaws in the needle and thread of this tablecloth, but in fact, he forcibly pushed the opponent's circle back through the perceptual element, of course, if he couldn't push it out, he could at least forcibly write down the distribution of the circle and go back and study it slowly.
The little spoon on the side was a little nervous, and Kevin's head was almost in the other party's hand at this time, if the other party had itchy hands and hands, the little spoon was really worried that he might not be able to save it.
But fortunately this didn't happen, Kevin straightened up in a moment, and the smile on his face was still the same: "Ah, this tablecloth is really exquisite, it seems to be very expensive." ”
The other party didn't answer, and his eyes were a little cold when he looked at Kevin. Kevin knew that if he made a mistake this time, most of the other party would kill people, so he hurriedly changed the topic: "Then let's do it, I'll come up with another crystal coin package, and talk to me specifically about how to practice driving skills." ”
"A package can only be used once, and if you want to spend more, you have to spend more than 10 crystal coins. The other party replied.
Kevin thought about it, 10 crystal coins is not a lot of money, and even if he is fooled, he will not lose much. Immediately paid again, but also reminded me: "I want to get practical and effective advice, and I don't want those common sense things, such as exercising hard, asking more questions, etc., and I don't want to give those fantasy things." What to eat rare medicinal herbs, what to buy more powerful equipment, etc., to pick up urinals by the river, etc. Understood?"
The other party took 10 crystal coins: "Just such a little money, it's a lot of requirements." ”
Kevin didn't speak, waiting for the other party's conclusion.
The other party looked up at Kevin carefully, and finally spoke after a long time: "Fighting spirit is not good, magic is not good, and I don't want to practice driving skills, so catch a monster as a pet...... Preferably, start with the cubs. ”
Kevin's heart skipped a beat, his face couldn't hold it, changed color slightly, and then hurriedly touched his face with his hand to cover it up. The small spoon on the side subconsciously stretched out his back, ready to pull out the gun.
"That's a normal suggestion," the other party said in a flat tone, "It's worth these ten crystal coins, right?"
Kevin calmed down and made eye contact with the man. The other party's eyes were calm and unpretentious, as if it was really just a casual suggestion, but this sentence was too coincidental, and Kevin had to be vigilant.
"Okay, thanks for the suggestion," Kevin said no more, "let's go." ”
"Welcome back next time," the other said, "remember to help spread the word, because you have indeed gotten stronger." ”
Kevin paused, turned back and asked, "I don't know what you call it yet?"
"I forgot my name. The other person smiled, not like a joke.
Kevin was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "What about ...... What's your code name?"
The other party flashed a look of surprise for a moment, then laughed again, but did not answer. Kevin didn't ask any more questions, and immediately left with the little spoon.
The two went all the way back to their hotel and closed the door. After the little spoon looked around, he cautiously asked, "This man seems to know a lot of things?"
Kevin was silent for a moment: "This person ...... Forget it, you go back first, I'll think about it alone, it's not suitable to talk about this here. ”
"Good. Little Spoon immediately went out and left, leaving Kevin alone at the table. Pull out a piece of paper, draw a diagram of the magic array you just felt, and start to push backwards.
It was pushed backwards until the evening, and finally rushed to several possible magic arrays, and selected the most probable one - the magic element movement path recording array diagram. This kind of magic array is purely for research use, and it requires expensive crystal balls, which are disdainful for ordinary people.
The first thing that ordinary people learn is how to use the magic circle in battle, the magic circle to improve their strength, and this kind of pure research without combat effectiveness is rarely involved. It's complicated and expensive, and it's more like something that an organization would use to gather some intelligence.
What spell the mage uses, the elements will inevitably fluctuate, and the fluctuation path will be different for different spells. Recording the path of fluctuations in this way is naturally one of the ways to study spells, especially some new spells, unpopular spells, or confidential spells.
To put it simply, this person may do the same work as Kevin, the difference is that Kevin mainly collects machinery or formation diagrams, while he collects personal combat skills. On the grounds of the so-called opening of training courses for the strong, let the strong show him his strength one by one, and then take the opportunity to steal the research.
This explains a lot of the problem, he doesn't really need money, it's just a pretense.
But collecting this kind of thing is really not like a one-man job, you can do it alone, but follow-up research is different. Even if you know the path of the element, you don't know the spell, and it's not so easy to reverse-study it, how many people can restore the action of splashing water from the trajectory of splashing water.
What's more, high-level powerhouses are generally not interested in low-level combat skills, because most of them are useless. As soon as the Sword Master level makes a move, it is a few tens of meters of fighting energy, and whoever still uses things like close-quarters joint skills, it is all used by novices. A strong man who desperately collects techniques in the kobold realm is really against the style of ordinary strong people.
It can only be said that there is organization behind him, and he is also the one who accepts the task. So where is he from? Imperial, from the Church of Light, from other countries, or from his own?
To be honest, Kevin's first reaction at that time was his own person, and the possibility was really very high. The mission was the same as his own, and the ambassador said to Kevin at the time, "It's good for you to meet him", which is really meaningful. And most importantly, he seems to know that the little tiger is in Kevin's hands.
If he was from the Empire or from the Church of Light, Kevin would not have had such an easy time here. You must know that the two parties are fighting for this, and if they know that it is in Kevin's hands, it cannot be ruled out that they will do it directly. And if it's not, it's really likely to be your own person. Because Kevin told the ambassador directly, and the ambassador may also have been in contact with him.
Lou Baole country is so big, I'm afraid that not only his own group was sent over, but also someone secretly protected it. The most likely is someone from the Assassins' Guild, I heard that many excellent Assassins are active abroad all year round, of course they will not reveal their identities, and naturally they will not communicate with Kevin.
Kevin finally asked him what his code name was, which was actually a very direct temptation, but the other party did not answer.
It's just that this speculation is a little too optimistic, after all, the stakes are high, and Kevin doesn't dare to procrastinate. And the other party has never revealed his identity, and these alone are a bit of a catch.
But this matter must be clarified, just because the other party may know that the little tiger is in his hands, it can't be calculated so easily.
Kevin sat alone at his desk, thinking about it late at night, and finally made up his mind. Calling the little spoon, the two of them went out late at night to see him again.
The main city in the middle of the night is full of dangers, especially in this kind of remote place, where every dark place can be murderous. Ambushes, traps, and poisons are everywhere here, and no matter how careful you are, you may not be able to avoid them.
The little spoon carried the gun the whole time, and Kevin had already drawn his sword from its sheath and let the parrot patrol first in the air.
Ping An came to the door of the training class, and a person had been hanged in front of the door, which the parrot had already told in advance, and the two were mentally prepared, and they didn't know who hanged them when it was too dark.
The two hesitated for a moment in front of the corpse, there was no him when the day came, apparently newly hanged. Was he killed after having a conflict with the people inside? And he was hanging from the public? Or did he step on some kind of mechanism?
"Forget it, let's withdraw. After much deliberation, Kevin decided to admit it. After all, neither of them is strong, so there is really no reason to go in and take risks.
"Good. Little Spoon didn't have any opinion, and the two immediately turned around to leave.
Suddenly, there was a pop behind them, and the two turned around sharply, only to see that the rope was broken and the body fell to the ground. This time I happened to fall in the moonlight, and I could clearly see his face, sticking out his tongue and glaring at him, but I didn't know who this person was.
The two wiped their sweat, and Kevin's sword picked up the rope around his neck to check, the fiber of the rope was divergent and broken. It seems that it can't withstand gravity and then breaks, but on closer inspection, Kevin sees that the rope seems to be brand new......
"Run!" Kevin didn't hesitate, turned around and ran, and the little spoon immediately followed, pulling Kevin to increase his speed.
There was obviously some commotion behind him, but when he stood up, Kevin had already run away, and the assassin's speed was not covered after all.
Rushing all the way back to the hotel, Kevin was already out of breath, but the little spoon was still relatively calm.
"How do you know there's a problem?" the little spoon wondered.
"That rope was broken artificially, and the new rope didn't really break easily," Kevin replied, "and it was probably some kind of gravity spell that forcibly broke it, and when we went up to check on the body, we fell into the trap of the other party." ”
"Who would want to deal with us?" asked Little Spoon.
Kevin took the key to open the door, and suddenly found a piece of paper on the ground, which appeared to have been stuffed through the crack in the door. The two squatted down to check, and saw that the paper read: "I let you escape today, and I won't be so lucky next time." ”
Kevin and Little Spoon glanced at each other, the words were imperial script, and the people who could get here and know exactly where Kevin lived were basically the people in this hotel. It won't be some kind of robbery team in the wild, to be more clear, most of them are Imperials.
"Threatening letter?" Spoon was surprised, "just use this to scare us?"
Kevin is not optimistic, and the Empire is already eyeing him. As for the reason, the Don Chariot and the Comma Chariot are almost identical, which is a bit of a challenge to their intelligence. The people of the empire went through field investigations, discussed and held meetings, although they acted a little slower, but they were not idiots after all. Originally, Kevin did things almost seamlessly, but the domestic research institute was too lazy, and getting an identical car over was a problem for Kevin.