Martin looked at the four people at the table.

He was in a trance, the "weeping angel", the high wall, and the castle he had just faced disappeared in the blink of an eye, but his body's reaction was very real, and he didn't understand what was going on.

Before he could calm down and think, the familiar madness pierced his head like a fig, and the burning sensation spread.

The feeling of wanting to laugh unbridled and to see others make a fool of themselves has returned, and it is stronger than before.

Fortunately, he didn't feel like he was going to be swallowed up by this feeling, unlike the last time he came here, he was completely incapable of parrying.

"Is it because I'm used to this stronger sense of madness? No, there was a tendency to get worse just now, and something was stopping it. ”

Martin rubbed his forehead, and the madness, though strong, didn't worsen.

He lowered his hand and looked up at his left, confirming his suspicions.

The middle-aged man who had been eating had a card in his hand.

Scholar's Breath.

After the middle-aged man took out this genesis card last time, his sense of madness subsided a lot, and it seems that as this man said:

"The madness of the 'chariot' can only be alleviated by the 'lantern'."

He pondered for a moment, then said:

"I have contacted the Dark Alchemy Society as you requested, and have used the [Salt of Life] you gave to gain the trust of some of the [Bluebeard] who developed the potion."

"You didn't get into it?"

The man said to Martin as he ate.

"You know the situation of the Dark Alchemy Society, with my identity at the time, I am afraid that entering it will immediately be detected wrong, causing suspicion."

Martin voiced his concerns at the time.

"Build a good relationship with the other party in the name of cooperation, and then look for opportunities to enter, so as not to attract suspicion."

The middle-aged man put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth and continued:

"You just do what I say and you don't arouse suspicion."

"You're acting so stupidly now, wasting the 'salt' I gave."

His tone was so arrogant, and his tone revealed a strong aura of superiority.

"Do you know how long it's been since the last meeting?"

Martin was a little unhappy with his tone.

"What's more, I haven't found your so-called [Flesh and Blood Grass] at all, this kind of thing is a taboo existence in the Dark Alchemy Society."

Martin remembered that Harris had failed to concoct [Goddess's Embrace] many times, that is, because [Flesh and Flesh Grass] had caused the "Disaster of Kisses", so [Goddess's Embrace] was listed as a banned drug even though its quality was only a black magic potion.

After listening to Martin's words, the middle-aged man did not refute anything, but raised his head slightly and said with some doubts:

"Taboo?"

"Are those people in the Alchemy Society already cowardly to this extent..."

"In that case, it's not your fault."

"Of course it's not my fault!"

Martin retorted inwardly, but remained unmoved on the surface.

"I need to gain the trust of the Alchemy Society, do you still have items like the [Salt of Life]?"

This was the argument he had thought of before, and he needed this man's help if he wanted to make further deals with Harris and the Alchemy Society.

"That's the only part of the 'salt'."

"But to deal with those useless old guys, you can just make them a bottle of white potion according to the recipe on the recipe."

The middle-aged man said lightly.

"For humans, the xenomorphs have disappeared completely, and the absence of [Alchemy Dog] means that there is no [Recipe], and the last time a new potion was concocted in the Alchemy Society, I am afraid it was still when I was here."

"This man must have a very close connection with the Alchemy Society."

The last time he let Martin into the Alchemy Society, he mentioned "taking back what belongs to him", and it is likely that he is a member of the Dark Alchemy Society, and his position in it is far greater than that of Harris.

"But I'm short of materials, and I can't collect too few potions."

Martin went on to describe his predicament to the other party.

"The 'big harlot' Ophelia of the [City of Innocence] has a black market in all major cities in the Mir Continent, and Kavides must have it too, you can go and check it out."

The middle-aged man looked at the blonde woman with a slightly changing expression on the other side of the card table, and said meaningfully:

"I know you don't like her, Mary, but you have to admit that in the black market of [City of Innocence], you can buy anything, as long as you have enough gold."

"The City of Innocence?"

It was the first time Martin had heard the title.

The middle-aged man did not speak, but Mary, whose face returned to normal, turned the red wine glass and said slowly:

"It's a city of 'blood taxes' and gold gems, ironically called innocence, but it's the pervasive sin that makes it work."

"I remember that it had a common name in the black market in these cities."

"The notes of the red shoes."

Blonde Mary added.

Hearing this, Martin immediately remembered his experience in the Dark Side of the Moon.

The Red Shoes Note is a shop that appears during the night in the Screaming Tent, where Martin and the others left the Dark Side of the Moon.

"On the surface, it is a dance performance venue, but behind the scenes, it is actually a black market......

Martin still remembers the delicate figure of the dancing lady at that time.

"Okay, I'll check it out."

He didn't reveal anything, nodded in reply.

With the topic closed, Martin asked the second question he had come up with.

"I recently got a fifth-tier card from the 'Libra' deck, and I wanted to ask if I could use it as a trade."

After he got the Libra card, he thought that he could trade with a few people at the table, so that not only was it secret, but there were probably many cards that could be exchanged in the hands of these people, and he had a lot of options.

"It's rare, it's a 'Libra' brand ......"

The thin man in the suit, who had been watching the play next to him, interjected.

"Looks like he's got some interest in this card......"

Martin speculated secretly.

"What do you want in exchange?"

The old-fashioned middle-aged man spoke again.

"'Spoon'."

"I'm going to exchange the 'spoon' cards other than the [Alchemy Dog]."

"Oh? Haven't you found any other 'spoon' cards out there for so long? ”

The fat red-haired man said mockingly, with a sinister smile on his face.

Martin ignored him, and the fat man kept looking at him unpleasantly.

"What suit of the fifth order?"

The old-fashioned man continued to ask.

"Plum blossoms."

Martin told the truth.

"Functional Cards......"

The man thought for a moment and continued:

"I can trade the 'spoon' of the third order of the block and the reverse card with you."

"That's fair."

Martin had previously asked Hynes about the exchange value of the genesis card, and the man's offer was largely in line with his previous assumptions.

"Deal."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man once again drew two cards from the thick stack of cards in front of him and threw them in front of Martin.

A red square, a black heart.

I saw that their names were ["Gluttony"] and [Chef Saliva] respectively.