Chapter 41: Strength (4k)

Lady Loshaerna: "If you are interested in the 'Power Card Face', you can hire a private investigator and investigate at the Misty Compass Tavern after ten o'clock every night, and you may find something different." ”

"Fate is uncertain, and that's all I can reveal."

"Okay, that's all for tonight, we'll see you later."

Colly left the club and returned to the shop to sit for a while, completely unthinking, and came to the Misty Compass Tavern in disguise.

"Is there anything special about the nightlife at ten o'clock in the evening?"

"Most of the people who come to dine at the Misty Compass are aliens, and there are also a small number of ordinary people chatting here."

"The intermingling of races is comparable to a wall of inspiration, with inexplicable growling and cooing, and dialects mixed together completely incomprehensible."

"No, it's not. The people are sparse, and the alien races whose clan gods are hard to find all speak the lingua franca, have no sense of stability and have no sense of stability, and they are stumbling and living in such a world. The main source of the alien population is the mountain fortresses, and the fertile and fertile plains are mostly in the hands of ordinary people......"

The stiff collar that stands up high, the wide-brimmed fur hat that is deliberately lowered, the peeping action that looks left and right, and can't help but be cranky.

"From Mary's performance and intelligence, it is confirmed that the extraordinary person in the Tower Path is an ordinary human race, and there were many people in the Winged Bird Mercenary Group back then, but they only chose Elaud in the end, and it seems that they have no intention of attracting aliens to develop members."

"Do you want to, or can't, or are there a limited number of cards, or is there some special reason?"

"Or should I lure out the Extraordinaries of the Tower Pathway and give them an opportunity to 'spread the cards' and observe their methods or directly intervene in their powers? It's hard, I can't even grasp the timing of their shot. ”

"If they're good enough at prophecy and divination, they might be able to avoid my layout entirely, and I'll be led by the nose."

As she pondered, Colly stared at Mary and found Mary walking into the Misty Compass.

"The devil's sense of smell...... That's right, she's just come out of the tavern over there, and what she's doing at the Misty Compass Tavern? ”

Corrie lowered the brim of her hat, and this strange blocking action did not alarm anyone.

I saw that Mary was in a beautiful mood, her purse was bulging, she went to the counter to buy wine and food, and turned her head and squeezed into the table of aliens:

"Hey, sir, I don't see a suitable seat elsewhere, can I sit here?"

It was probably a lizardman eating.

Dressed in light iron armor and leaning on the side of his chair with a scarred iron sword, he slowly fastened lettuce leaves to slices of bread with filament mushrooms, and then added strange sandwiches such as unknown roasted bugs, roasted lizards, and roasted grapes between the leaves.

The lizardman, who was eating a homemade "sandwich insect burger", visibly hesitated when he noticed Mary approaching.

Then he glanced around with a puzzled look, and then fell back to Mary's face, and replaced the lame lingua franca with a human look and movement, which meant: Isn't the table around you very spacious, why do you want to come to my table?

"Oh, I'm sorry, the other tables have already been booked, so I have to come and sit here."

Mary said so, and with a shake of her body, she pulled out a chair and sat down.

Lizardfolk don't have eyebrows, and their facial muscles and skeletal structures don't make expressions as easily as ordinary humans.

He just put his plate and food back and didn't make a sound.

Mary took the opportunity to push the two portions of food onto the table, and the topic abruptly changed: "Would you like a drink?" I'm in for a treat! ”

However, out of sight of the lizardmen, Mary put her hands under the table and pretended to organize her backpack and pulled out the card on her left forearm.

"Anthropologist!"

The faint fluctuations of extraordinary characteristics spread out, and the lizardman was obviously not an extraordinary person, and said with a puzzled and reluctant gaze:

"What the hell do you want to do, this beautiful young lady?"

It worked! Mary smiled brightly: "I didn't do anything, I just suddenly became curious about you and wanted to talk to you!" ”

Lizardman: "Talk? I'm just a regular lizardfolk mercenary, not like those candy sellers. ”

Mary raised her hands shyly and covered the Apple machine like a nymphomaniac: "It's so direct, people don't know your name yet." ”

The lizardman was obviously a little embarrassed, and his small eyes glanced up to the side twice before he said, "Just tell me to warm my tongue, is there an assigned task or what's the matter?" If you accidentally drop something into the swamp, I can help you get it back. ”

Mary exclaimed, "Really? That's amazing! I mean, my God, would a lizard like you do this kind of work? ”

The lizardman stopped chewing with a warm tongue: "As long as you can make money, you can do anything, and it doesn't violate the rules of Mammoth Horn." ”

Mary pushed over a glass of wine: "I have a ring that fell into the sewer, can Mr. Warm Tongue help me find it?" ”

Apparently influenced by the "Anthropologist" card, the lizardmen naturally accepted the drink, ate the food by dividing it by two, picked up arms and left the Misty Compass with Mary.

"......" Colley sat in the corner, covering his face with one hand, holding an unlit pipe between his index and middle fingers, and with the other hand in his pocket, playing with the worthless prop crystal, and pretending to take out his pocket watch from time to time.

It's exactly ten o'clock?

Mary's suspicion in her mind skyrocketed, immediately surpassing that of the tin can salesman.

Colly quietly left the Misty Compass, hiding in the night, following Mary and the Lizardman Warm Tongue.

After turning around, Mary and the lizardmen came to the alley of the abandoned neighborhood, pointed to a sewer opened by a stone slab, and said:

"That's it, I accidentally dropped the ring!"

The lizardman was visibly surprised: "Do you want me to go down from here?" It smelled worse than the rotting mushroom people in the Black Swamp, and I don't know how long it would take to wash it off the gear by the river. ”

Mary blinked: "You can take off your armor and go down, I'll take care of it for you." ”

"Uh...... Well, I'll do it myself, and I'll be responsible for losing money if the dirty water stains your dress. ”

The lizardman was unaware of the anomaly, and quickly removed his leather armor with his hands and feet, revealing seemingly smooth but keratin-rich skin.

While the lizardmen were digging the sewers, Mary sneaked into the abandoned house and pulled out two large buckets of water.

Ke Li was a little surprised: she was not a weak woman who was powerless, she was very experienced in carrying water, and the water did not splash out.

Unaware, Mary took the Enchanted Dust Cleansing Powder out of her pocket and waited for the lizardmen to leave the sewers.

"Kind young lady, you are so thoughtful, I will help you clean the ring."

Mary took the opportunity to invite:

"Mr. Warm Tongue, do you believe in fate? I'm very curious about your body structure, you really are...... It's amazing, and I want to take advantage of today's rare opportunity to study your body and ask you a few questions? ”

"Huh?" The lizardman who was cleaning with a water scoop had no time to wonder when he saw Mary stretch out her salty pig hand and grab it.

"Hey, hey! Miss, I'm a serious mercenary, I'm going to call a patrol if you do this again! ”

As if she hadn't heard, Mary grabbed the lizardman's tail with burning eyes and kneaded it as hard as if she were holding toast: "It's amazing! This clammy, greasy, and powerful tail feels like an extra part of the body, but it is full of function and use. ”

Before the lizardmen could scream, they were caught by the swaying gold coins.

Mary's eyes widened, and she said with a look of demonic fanaticism, "You need money, right?" As long as you are given money, is it okay to do so? ”

The lizardman warms his tongue: "But ......"

Mary took out the second gold coin: "This is for academic research!" ”

The lizardman warmed his tongue and hesitated, stammering: "Okay, I'll touch it for you, don't talk nonsense when you're done researching......"

Mary nodded excitedly, and then took out a magnifying glass, light stone glasses, and notebook in a serious manner, and wrote and drew on the wooden board:

"The first question, how do lizardmen judge each other's gender? I don't see your gender characteristics. ”

As she spoke, Mary's gaze wandered over the base of her tail and under her abdomen, as if to examine the authenticity of what she was saying.

The lizardman's warm tongue was like being electrocuted by an electric eel when he was caught by a fish, and he couldn't help but shake his whole body, and said a little embarrassed: "I, we, like the crocodile people, are all hidden in the body between the scales and skin, and I am a little ashamed to be a human being......"

"The skeleton of the male is not the same as that of the female...... No, it's men and women. ”

"I see." Mary ignored the lizardman's embarrassment and continued to ask, "Second question, the lizardman's skin is very colorful, but the facial muscle expression is very limited, many times it will use congestion to dilate blood vessels, change the scales and skin color of the cheeks, use red to express anger, blue to express disinterest, etc.?" ”

"You can ...... Can you demonstrate the change of expression of congestion and expansion? ”

The lizardman warmed his tongue and fell into confusion: "Not all lizards have chameleon blood, I won't be that!" ”

Mary nodded: "The muscles are quite strong, I haven't seen your mammalian organs, I heard that some lizardmen can mate and breed with ordinary humans after reaching a certain age, do you think you are a mammal?" What race is the child born? ”

"Uh, this, can I get dressed first......"

The lizardman warms his tongue and his brain is overloaded, and his mind begins to be unable to keep up with Mary's investigative research.

"No, you have to study it clearly." Mary forcefully pushed the lizardman to the ground, carefully examining the construction of her palms and feet.

What a pervert, is an anthropologist your way of playing?!

Things are gone in a strange direction!

Colly covered his mouth, he finally knew that Enzo was not lying, and that the aliens' complaints about Mary were true.

Behind the Mammoth Horn is the Alpine Fortress, most of the aliens are from the Alpine Fortress, and the native aliens have just arrived, and it is estimated that no one has ever seen Mary toss like this.

This strange woman turned bad at the speed of light after getting the money, no wonder Kestrel and Yuelan met her, and they had a ghostly expression on the spot.

If this is called Beauty and the Beast, it can be used to interpret the power card tarot cards, and the picture is so confusing that it is impossible to decipher the effective content at all.

The weirdest thing is that I don't know if it's the influence of the Anthropologist's cards, or if the lizardman himself is a bit.

Ever since Mary pushed him down, he had been a little reluctant to return the favor, vaguely a little excited and excited.

It's also very strange, like some strangers who don't have special skills are treated like treasures when they come to other countries.

Satisfy the vanity of the other party, break the shame of the other party, provoke the possessiveness of the other party, and test back and forth on the edge of crime......

Who the hell is the succubus?!

Miss Mary, you didn't go through the demon sequence back then, didn't you really be forcibly abducted by the Tower Pathway!

The moment he held back his strong desire to complain, a series of images flashed in Ke Li's mind, and he suddenly understood everything:

"A false power provider, in essence, is to select qualified 'quasi-extraordinary', which is equivalent to digging into the corners of other sequences in advance."

"Definitely know how to divination, at least there will be card divination in the specialty, otherwise the flaws and intentions in the motivation of the behavior will be very obvious."

"I couldn't confirm my anomalous sequence, thinking I was a 'quasi-extraordinary,' so that blank card pointed at me incorrectly."

"That's the good news, the anomalous sequence has some kind of stealth, and as long as I don't actively reveal the details, they won't know that I did it."

"And referring to Ilaud's case, the Tower Path seems to have the confidence to blend in with other extraordinary sequences, and doesn't care if it gets out of control."

"What are they going to do? Forcibly stuff cards to other sequences of extraordinaires, and want to use the pressure of life and death of the dog jumping over the wall to get people out of control? ”

Collia's eyes are unfocused, and the mind and inspiration resonate subtly with the spirit world:

"No, no, the Tower Pathway must have their advantage in doing this, and in the same way as the Ancient Ones, they are all quietly contributing to the ultimate goal behind the scenes, the difference is only a conspiracy and a conspiracy, confusing their identities and taking advantage of the opportunity to do it when the unlucky ones need help the most."

In his hand, he drew a blank card: "The Heart of the Tower is summoning...... Heartbeat, resonance? What exactly is the reason? ”

Knock knock.

Suddenly, Ke Li felt a strange heartbeat, his whole face turned pale in an instant, sweat unconsciously wet his vest, and his eyes were slightly hideous.

In the next second, the crystal was melted by the demonic fire, forming a card shell that sealed and cut off the mind, and this uncomfortable strange feeling disappeared in an instant.

"Whew, before I knew it, I was dead again...... I didn't expect this sentence to be the key, the key that can resonate with the heart. ”

"At that moment, there was a strange force that wanted to take advantage of it, but unfortunately it was rejected and resisted by my extraordinary characteristics, which led to a subtle conflict between the two, and a slight loss of control in a sense...... It turns out that it takes less than a few seconds to get out of control, and it will make the state so bad. ”

I'm so tired, physically and mentally exhausted, more tired than running for hours after drinking travel holy water.

"The goal of the Tower path is control, but their means are not intense control of the mind and personality, which provokes strong self-rejection and resistance. Instead, like the hapless lizardmen, under the influence of a common goal and false support, they gradually bypass the protection of self-consciousness and unwittingly become an accomplice and victim of the Tower Pathway......"

Ke Li lowered his head and looked at the blank card in the Mind Crystal Seal, and a few lines of words actually appeared on it:

What strange attempts are you making again? After leaving the tower, our power will be limited, don't reveal our characteristics!

Continue to hand cards to the right people according to the rules and unite our strength, the end is coming, and we must do it.

Well? This...... Could it be that the superior of the mysterious person is extraordinary, who found out that his subordinates were lazy and fished and immediately supervised and disciplined?

Ke Li looked at him strangely, and suddenly felt that the layout of the tower path was not so seamless.

If you can catch the cultist headquarters in the way of the tower, wouldn't you be able to borrow the hand of the griffin empire and directly complain about the blasting of it?!