A paradox lies in front of Annan at this moment:

The report that Michael was misused means that Annan's travel has become dangerous -

Annan asked for help from the Blue Dragon, so he needed to leave Breeze City and go to the secluded suburbs-

If Annan wants to solve the security problem, he has to seek the help of the blue dragon -

Seeking the help of the blue dragon requires the protection of the mage tower carriage -

"Leave it to me."

Michael said this and left the tavern. It wasn't long before a mage tower stopped at the tavern's door. The white paint is not freshly painted, and the Mage Tower emblem is no different from the real thing.

"This is the Mage Tower Carriage?"

"Borrowed from my other friends." Michael replied to Annan's surprise, "She doesn't mind having one more report on her." ”

Annan gave him a thumbs up: "You are as reliable as Mr. Fast. ”

"I'll help you, and you're still scolding me?"

Sitting in the carriage, Annan left Breeze City and came to the glade where he had been before.

The familiar summoning technique tore the space apart, beautiful scales and thick limbs like works of art appeared on the other side, and a dull murmur that reverberated drifted into the woodland—

The pale veil-like ghost floated to the chasm, as if observing Annan, dancing a few times to awaken the sleeping blue dragon.

The position of the scales changed, and the dull murmur disappeared, turning into a low and rough voice, with a hint of lazy voice: "Human, you are disturbing the great dormancy of the dragons. ”

"Sorry to bother, I'd like to buy some magic items from you."

"I'm a dragon! Not a businessman! ”

The grass beside the chasm rippled with the roar of angry wake, the mountains of treasure tumbled down coins, and ghosts and skeletons scrambled back to their original form, still bare the bare rocks beneath them.

Annan seems to have an insight into some kind of truth.

"I'm willing to pay...... Money that satisfies you. ”

After a brief silence, the giant dragon pupil appeared behind the rift.

"What do you want to buy?"

"Defensive magic items."

The blue dragon commands ghosts and apparitions in dragon language to retrieve several rings and mage robes from the corners of the "rocky mountain covered with a layer of treasure".

The skeleton leaned at the feet of the blue dragon and moved its jaws, and the three ghosts held the mage robe and ring, and the blue dragon introduced the spells they burned separately: the clean mage robe burned the anti-malicious detection spell, stone skin, shield technique, and cleaning technique; The blood-stained mage robe only had spells to defend against malicious detection.

The three rings are inscribed separately: Fireball; Summoned by the lower elements; Scouting.

The blue dragon set a price for them according to the greedy nature of the dragons: 50,000 gold coins, 20,000 gold coins, and three 10,000 gold coins.

"You give me 10,000 gold coins, and I can buy them from somewhere else." Annan said helplessly.

The Veil Ghost approached the Blue Dragon at this time, and seemed to be telling the Blue Dragon the true price of these magic items, keeping them close to the price of the town.

The good news is that the price of these magic items is actually 20% lower than those in the town, and the bad news is that Annan still can't afford them.

However, Annan already had too many hopes for buying magic items...... He had another deal.

"Your Excellency the Great Blue Dragon......" was still the beginning of the familiar sentence, and Annan said respectfully: "Have you ever heard of leasing?" ”

"What's that?"

"A kind of paid lend-lease. For example, if I borrow this mage robe from you, the ownership of the mage robe is still yours, and no one can take it away, I only have the right to use it, and I also need to pay you a sum of gold coins every day. ”

The things are mine, and the money is mine.

Blue Dragon couldn't think of any drawbacks, but felt that something was wrong—it wasn't supposed to be this way.

"Which one do you want?"

The gilded mountain of stubble finally made the blue dragon unable to hold back.

Annan gestured to the mage robe where the four magic spells were burned.

"So...... You are to give me 50,000 gold coins every month. ”

"This is impossible, I can buy it for 50,000 yuan, why do I have to spend 50,000 yuan to rent it for a month?"

"You're teasing a blue dragon?" The blue dragon's sharp teeth slowly emerged.

"Just hope for sincere cooperation."

As he spoke, Annan opened the box at his feet, and the oil lamp that he had carefully placed in the wooden box in advance made the gold coins shine with golden light.

Whoa-whoa-whoa

Annan grabbed the heavy gold coins and let them slip from his palm: "I thought we were already familiar with it, and it seems that we still want to give these beautiful elves to the ugly merchants......"

"How much do you want!"

"300 gold per month, plus a magic ring that can unleash the fireball technique once a day." Before the blue dragon spoke, Annan continued: "300 gold coins a month, 3,600 gold coins in a year, and 36,000 gold coins in ten years...... And ten years is just a few sleeps for the great dragons. ”

“…… Well, it's a deal! ”

As if worried about Annan's remorse, the blue dragon asked the ghost to throw the mage's robe and ring to Annan.

Annan, who got the ring, also threw 300 gold coins at the opposite side of the rift.

The pleasant sound of the gold coin falling made the blue dragon's vertical pupils no longer sharp, and he narrowed intoxicatedly—

"Wait......"

The blue dragon's vertical pupils returned to sharpness, and the angry dragon's roar shook the forest.

"Why are there some gold coins left in the chest?"

"Because there's nothing left to buy."

Annan swept the bottom of the box, about sixty or seventy pieces...... Well, it seems to be a little less.

Looks like I'm going to talk to Martin when I go back.

But how could the blue dragon tolerate the gold coins disappearing in front of his eyes-

"What do you want! Tell me! I'll lend it to you! ”

Annan replied sincerely: "I don't need anything more......"

The remaining rings are not worth the cost of any more.

But the blue dragon refused to leave, and when there was not much time left in the rift, it found a chess piece in the shape of an eyeball, and said, "I will allow you to touch it...... The rest of the coins are mine! ”

"What is this?"

"Artifact."

Annan's expression gradually became solemn, he didn't feel that the blue dragon was deceiving himself, so he stretched out his hand and touched the chess piece in the dragon's claws.

The indescribable information came to mind at the moment of touch: this evil spirit chess is called "Apocalypse Forecast", and it will count down the major events that the holder is about to encounter.

Annan appeared in front of his eyes, as if the whole world was flashing a countdown for him. And now, the countdown reads: twenty days.

"That's it!"

As the blue dragon retracted its claws, the strange countdown disappeared.

Annan kept his promise and pushed the crate along with the gold coins into the rift, got into the carriage with some doubt, and returned to the Morrowind Tavern.

"Michael, do you know the Evil Spirit Chess?"

"What's that?"

Michael's reaction showed that he didn't know, and that Blue Dragon had no reason to deceive himself.

Annan, who was temporarily unexpected, suppressed his curiosity about the major events that would happen in twenty days, and returned to the present: since he is not Levi's, how can he get rid of this troublesome identity?

Announcing the truth on a suitable occasion?

"Do you think a banquet is the right occasion?"

"What's the right occasion?"

Michael felt that Annan was going to be stupid when he returned.

"Announce to the outside world that I'm not Levi's."