Chapter 37: "High-End Gathering"
That is, in humans, there are usually three options for parasitic objects:
This pathway, adjacent pathways, and unrelated pathways.
According to Glerint's memory, it seems that the power of the first two parasitic objects, the "parasite", can be directly absorbed. This means that in addition to the three ways of transmutation, matryoshka dolls, and the use of magical items, the "parasite" can also parasitize the extraordinary people of the adjacent pathway, and then absorb their extraordinary characteristics, so as to achieve the purpose of using the extraordinary abilities of the adjacent pathway.
Normally, in addition to being promoted at the right time, even the extraordinary properties of consuming the lower sequences of adjacent pathways can also lead to loss of control.
But the "parasite" seems to be an exception.
"Maybe it's because they're 'wrong'."
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Twilight covered the land, and crimson disappeared into the thick clouds, and there was no light in all directions.
At the mouth of the Hoy River, sparse figures carrying lanterns gradually converged here.
Gleilynt is one of them:
"I don't know why I have to set the time at night, it's very troublesome to encounter this kind of environment without moonlight, and if it rains again, it's even more annoying."
He whispered a whisper, but heard Carol next to him also lower his voice and explain seriously:
"'Stealers' have 'dark vision' and are not affected by this environment."
Then, she turned to laugh and said:
"And don't you know that night is better suited to stealing?"
β¦β¦ All right! You have a point!
Glerint didn't discuss the issue further, and this sneaky state made him feel like a thief.
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However, when he actually reached the mouth of the river, he realized that the party was not as shabby as he had imagined.
I don't know if it was a hallucination or some extraordinary ability, but a very large auditorium appeared here temporarily. It is made of all-stone, and each part emits a shimmering light, which completely illuminates the inside.
Because Gleilynt and Carol both used masks, they didn't make any more unnecessary disguises, but simply put on a hooded black cloak.
After removing the lantern and verifying the badge, the two entered the hallway.
- You are not allowed to enter without a badge, so Glerint has already gone to the bathroom early and thrown the "Chain of Trickery" and the secret puppet Morgan into the strange space. Of course, this intrigued Carol, but she still remembered the experience of yesterday afternoon, so she did not ask anything rashly.
Although he did it in the bathroom, Gleilynt at least showed himself that he had such a magical means of trusting her.
Walking inside, Carol's voice sounded in Glerint's heart at the right time:
"The front office is a place where items are traded, and there are also a small number of long-term consignments. According to the sequence level, the antechamber is divided into two areas, the low and medium sequence.
The back hall must verify the identity of the 'thief' before you can enter, and there are many rooms after entering, which are used to impart corresponding knowledge to the 'thief' of different sequence levels. β
Transfer of knowledge......
Although Glerint could roughly guess that they were mostly teaching the Extraordinary of the Middle and Low Sequences, some "code" and the like. For the extraordinary ones of Sequence 5 and above, it also includes a lot of common sense that has been tampered with by Amon, as well as ways to prevent parasitism, find traces of parasitism, and even fight parasitism.
But such a statement, combined with the erudition of their "decryption scholars", still made him suddenly a little grotesque:
It's as if this is a serious first-class institution, not a sneaky and stealthy organization.
As soon as she said this, Glerint was very clear about her goalβthe sequential area of the outer hall.
As for why there is no "high-sequence region".
The reason is very simple, after all, there are very few transactions of high-level things, and so many extraordinary people who participate in the party can only save 2-3 orders in half a year, and there is no need to divide another area.
"Do you need to go inside and 'learn'?"
Glerint stepped closer, snorted angrily into the backroom, and asked in a low voice. As he expected, Carol shook her head very clearly, and added in his mind:
"I've learned a lot of these things since I was a child."
This is the gap between one-on-one teaching and auditing learning!
He nodded, and secretly sighed:
The extraordinary world attaches more importance to the backstage than the world of ordinary people, some people are born in the middle sequence, some are born as the king of angels, and some people land with essentia.
No matter how heavy the fate he carried, it was what more extraordinary people longed for but could not get.
Without his initiative, Carol led him directly to the left side of the antechamber, where there were about thirty or so extraordinary people, a few of them showed their faces, but it was not known whether they were real or fake, more were covered with cloaks like Glerint and Carol, and some were wearing masks of various materials.
Glerint still had a masked face under his cloak, and he didn't panic at all.
"Is this the majority of the world's mid-sequence 'thieves'? No, there should be a lot of people who are in the class, and there are still some who didn't come. β
As for the wild "Stealer" pathway Extraordinary, it is very rare, and it is extremely difficult to get to Sequence 5 or even higher, so it is almost impossible to think about it.
However, he also knew that among these thirty or so people, there should be many people who are extraordinary in other ways like himself.
This huge glowing stone auditorium is supposed to be manifested through illusion or something. As a result, there are no tables and chairs in the interior, or they are not functional.
So all the party members here are setting up stalls, which has lowered a lot of grades.
Further in front is a wooden board written in the Guphosak language, with information about magical items and materials for sale, as well as the corresponding items to be purchased.
The ancient Phosak language is claimed to be the origin of the writing of the Northern Continent, and as far as Glerint knows, most of the gatherings of extraordinary people across countries are in the ancient Phosak language, and a few are mainly used according to the location of the meeting. - Regardless of the language used, it is not a big problem, but for those who are experienced and extraordinary, multilingualism is an essential skill, especially Hermes, which is used for sacrifices, and the ancient Hermes, which is relatively simple to pry the forces of nature.
When he browsed the information on the wooden board one by one, Glerint realized that most of the information on the wooden board was the sale of materials from other sources, and there was only a small amount of information on the sale of magical items and seals.
As for the purchase information, he didn't read it.
As he scanned the information, Carol's voice rang out in his heart:
"You're trading in this area, I've got something to do in the backroom. After that, you don't have to wait for me, you can go back to the William Hotel. β
Although there is no need for a trade, she is clearly not here just to accompany Glerint.
Glerint glanced up at her, didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, signaling that he understood.
Subsequently.
After comparing the items briefly, he locked on two of them.
Glerint is now very close to Sequence 6, which means that he will accompany Carol to explore the "Ruins of the Descendants of Tudor" in the future, and there is a great possibility that he will get a magical item corresponding to the "Predator Knight", so his goal this time is mainly to buy a mid-sequence seal of the "Thief" path, and then shatter it into extraordinary characteristics for Jim to use.
He came to the first place first.
The first item is briefly described as a black silk scarf, corresponding to the "Fire Thief". It was sold by a woman who, like Gleilint, hid her whole body in her robe.
According to the information on the board, Glerint found her:
"Hello, I would like to know more about the 'Lost Scarf'."
The figure in the robe seemed to raise its head, nodded in affirmation, and began to state:
"It's an excellent magical item."
Regardless of those strange things that do not contain extraordinary properties, the difference between magical items and seals is that magical items have less negative effects and belong to the kind that can be used normally, while seals tend to be harmful and are not so easy to use.
Characterized as magical items, their prices are generally higher.
Glerint didn't say anything, and listened to her continue:
"It corresponds to the 'Fire Thief', which increases the wielder's agility and can be used to steal an enemy's extraordinary abilities within 50 meters, depending on how well you know the enemy and the enemy's sequence level. Sequences 6 and below are bound to be successful, but not necessarily the extraordinary ability you wish to steal, and higher up may fail.
Steal the extraordinary ability to succeed, within 10 minutes, you can become proficient, while it will take at least 10 hours for enemies to return to normal.
The negative effect of this is that when the stolen extraordinary ability fails, you will also lose some of the extraordinary ability, which will also take more than 10 hours to return to normal.
My insurance is 6,500 rune pounds, or the equivalent. β
"This is a standard Sequence 6 magical item, and the negative effects are relatively small, the only problem is that the price is a little higher, and my purpose is to smash it to obtain extraordinary characteristics, so it is actually more cost-effective to buy a very dangerous 'seal' with a lower price."
Listening to the offer of this female extraordinary, Gleilynt quickly weighed it in his heart, and then he was not too willing to buy this thing.
His purpose is to correspond to the extraordinary characteristics, 6500 pounds to buy a copy of the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 6, no matter how you look at it, the normal trading price of this level of extraordinary characteristics is 3000-4000 pounds, even if there is a premium, it will not be so exaggerated as close to doubling.
However, what people sell is not originally extraordinary, it is a high-quality magical item.
So the offer isn't cheap either, but it's actually quite reasonable.
"I need to think about it."
Instead of refusing outright, Glerint left himself negotiable, and then turned to the location of another item.
The second magical item is an eagle claw, which seems to have a more complex composition, and its seller is an old man with a straight face, and judging by his almost white hair, he may be sixty years old.
"Hello, I want to know more about the 'Raging Thief'."
The old man glanced at him with cloudy eyes, then nodded and said:
"All I need is cash, 12,000 rune gold pounds."
Β£12,000!
Glerint exhaled covertly, and didn't interject, he had seen the note before, saying that he only accepted large cash transactions, so he went to the "Mystery Scarf" first, but he didn't expect that he still underestimated the offer of the owner of the "Angry Thief".
Seeing that this price did not scare Grelynt away, the old man looked at him deeply, and became a little interested in telling.
"This thing is a seal, and the negative effects are very serious."
He first characterized it and gave a frank account of the basic situation of the object.
As soon as he said this, Glelint was even more interested, why did the seal, which had a very serious negative effect, sell it so expensive?
The old man Xu usually has the habit of smoking, first smashed his mouth, and then said:
"'Raging Thief' has the extraordinary characteristics of 'Dream Stealer' and 'Ocean Singer' at the same time, so I won't tell its story, let's talk about the effect.
First of all, it has the property of being alive.
First, it will steal certain items randomly from near to far, prioritizing closer ones, but it's not impossible to steal those farther away. It doesn't hold stolen things, so it's usually thrown away at will.
This is one of the easiest effects to deal with.
Second, it will often take some of the ideas of nearby creatures and use them to improve itself, and according to a certain Sage, the more ideas it takes, the more cunning it should become. β
Speaking of this, the old man grinned, and then recounted rather frighteningly:
"Of course, it's very polite, and for every thought taken away, it adds to you an idea that makes you sing.
Well, the last thing is that its temper is not particularly good, and it can rain lightning strikes at any time to attack the wielder. Of course, this frequency is not high, so it is only once or twice a day. β
This...... You're here to sell extraordinary features, right?
Sell to the extraordinary who has an angel behind them.
There's no way to use this thing, right? Each of these is a very serious negative effect.
The extraordinary properties of two copies of Sequence 5 are worth about 18,000 pounds, but this thing is still a seal, and it takes an angel to restore the extraordinary characteristics, so it is quite normal to sell it for 12,000 pounds.
I have to say that Glerint is very tempted.
"Ocean Singer" He can also entrust craftsmen to make magical items, and it just so happens that he plans to go to the ruins of Sunia's Poseidon War, which are all seas, and it will be very convenient to have such a magical item.
And the corresponding "lightning strike" is also quite in line with his attack aesthetics.
The only problem is that it risks revealing that there is an angel behind it. Of course, it is precisely for this reason that there is no danger, and under normal circumstances, no one would dare to spy on an earthly angel.
After contemplating for a while, he didn't try to make a counteroffer, but said directly:
"Okay, Β£12,000, I want it."
"Well, how should we trade?"
He had plenty of cash, but the "angry thief" was not a seal to carry with him just by listening to the description.
Unexpectedly, the old man turned his head and took out a glass jar filled with sand:
"It's in there, you can open it and verify it, well, I asked a certain Sage to help with some processing, and before noon tomorrow, its anomalies will only be confined to this glass jar."
Without opening it, with a detailed description and a specific object, Glerint quickly used the "Chain of Arcane Magic" to complete a divination, confirming that the things inside were completely in line with the other party's narrative.
So, he subconsciously glanced around, then took 12 bundles of bills from his backpack and put them in another black bag, and handed it to the old man, while taking the glass jar.
Then, he watched silently as the old man began to count the bills.
(End of chapter)