Chapter 52: Adventure Showdown
Seven o'clock in the evening.
Iron Gate Street, Brave Bar.
After almost a month and a half, Varina is back at the bar.
Pushing open the wooden door, he was greeted by the same noise and the strange smell of wine and sweat.
Tossing and turning, Varina avoided the passing drinkers with light steps and came to the bar.
"Tuk Tuk"
He tapped on the bar and said, "A glass of Southwell beer, and I'll find Caspers." ”
"5pence."
The bartender brought out the beer from the wooden cup and looked at it for a while before recognizing him, "Over there, Card Room 1." ”
Varina discharged five copper pennies and placed them on the bar, turning around with a wooden cup.
After knocking on the door as a reminder, he pushed the door open without waiting for a response from inside.
In the room, a large group of people were playing poker around a table, but Varina did not know exactly what it was.
The act of pushing open the door attracted the attention of more than half of the people, but most withdrew their gaze with just a quick glance.
Caspars was the only exception, and he saw Varina nodding at him.
Varina closed the door again, and within a minute, Caspars came out on his own.
"Your trouble solved?"
He closed the door and said, "You came just in time, the 'old man' came to look for you two days ago." ”
Really...... Although Ian was shocked at the time, he would definitely investigate afterwards and find this place as a matter of course...... I wonder if he found anything?
"Oh?" Varina asked, somewhat curious, "What did he say?" ”
"He asked me to tell you something," Caspars, thinking that he was going to say a codeword, looked left and right for a moment, and then said, "He said that you are a good bounty hunter." ”
Varina nodded and replied, "Next time he comes, you can say thank you for me." ”
Although Caspers felt a little puzzled, he nodded in response, and then asked, "What is the matter with your visit this time?" ”
"I want to see Marić again." Varina's tone was flat but firm.
"But didn't you just say your trouble was solved?" Caspars frowned and asked, "What are you still going to see him for?" ”
"If one trouble is solved, another will pop up, and we will always be on the way to solving the problem."
Varina said, tactilely pulling the £1 bill from his purse in his trouser pocket, handing it over, and saying, "I'm sorry for you." ”
"No trouble!"
Caspars quickly raised his hand, withdrew the bill, and without asking any more questions, turned around and limped to help Varina.
After about five minutes, Caspars reappeared around the corner near the kitchen and beckoned to Varina.
Varina deftly made her way through the crowd and leaned in.
"Go in by yourself, and I'll not go." Caspars gestured to the door from last time.
Varina nodded, walked over and tapped, then pushed the door in.
As he entered, a dozen or so living corpses turned their heads in unison, staring at Varina with a beastly hollow gaze.
Among them, Marić, dressed in a white shirt and black vest, asked:
"What are you doing again?"
Varina pulled out his wallet from his left trouser pocket, took out 40 pounds in cash, and replied: "I said I would repay you for your kindness last time." ”
Marić bowed his head and returned his attention to his hand, "Money down, you can go." ”
"No, that's just the first thing."
Varina put the banknote on the table and continued:
"I've become extraordinary, and I've learned a lot about ......"
"Getting to the point!" Marić interrupted Varina's foreshadowing.
"'The body is the cage of the mind, and the world is the cage of the body,'" Varina said quickly, "I believe in this philosophy and want to learn and follow it." ”
"Then you're going to study, what are you going to do with me?"
Marić's expression did not change, but the movements of the living corpses around him were no longer as neat as before, which showed that his heart was not as calm as it appeared.
"Sequence 6 'Living Corpse', with a tough body, can awaken the dead, manipulate frost, and will be affected by the curse when the moon is full."
The further Varina spoke, the more he felt a cold wind blow into his neck from behind, and the hairs on his body stood on end.
Don't think about it, this must have come from Miss Sharon's vigilance...... Anyway, it was useless to resist, Varina forcibly relaxed her body and continued:
"After becoming an Extraordinary, I have gained an ability that should help you alleviate the effects of the curse."
"Do you want to try?"
Marić couldn't sit still when Varina spoke of "living corpses", and by the time he had finished speaking, he was already standing in front of Varina.
He pinched Varina's shoulder with his hand until he made a "crunch" sound, "Where did you know that?" ”
Although Varina allowed Marich to pinch him, he had the strength to resist, but the result was obvious, his strength was too far behind that of the "living corpse".
"I have a notebook at home that contains a lot of occult knowledge." Varina replied honestly: "I promise, I have no ill will. ”
"Although I know that you are a defector from the 'Rose School' and a member of the 'Temperance School', I have not revealed your news to anyone."
"What about the notes?" Marić asked.
Varina said truthfully: "In my head. ”
Marić's gaze crossed to Varina, to the bay window behind him, and after a moment he let go of his right hand.
"You say you have the power to ease my curse?" Marić took two steps back, "I'll see if you show it." ”
Varina nodded.
He first stretched out his hand and wiped it in front of his eyes, opening up his gray vision, and then in this state, he used his gaze to select Marić and a living corpse, and exported his spirituality, establishing a connection between the two.
From the gray vision, it can be seen that on the yellow outline of Marić's figure, a silk thread that is also yellow extends out, connecting with the living corpse on the side.
At the same time as the connection was established, Varina felt that his already small amount of spirituality, like the opening of the flood gate of a reservoir, was flowing at an extremely fast speed, which was completely incomparable to the trickle of connecting ordinary people!
At this rate, even if Marić didn't resist, in a few minutes, his spirituality would be completely drained.
This is certainly not Sequence 9, especially an ability that a Sequence 9 with low inspiration like "The Assassin" can use well!
"This ...... What is it...... Ability? Marić gave a look of surprise in slow motion.
Sure enough, it is worthy of the extraordinary person of Sequence 6, and it is controlled by this connection, but there is only some unresponsiveness.
Moreover, Varina felt that as long as Marić resisted with brute force, even if he could not break free of control immediately, his spiritual consumption would greatly increase, and he would quickly get out of trouble.
Seeing that Marić had already felt the effect of this ability, Varina directly canceled the connection.
He won't sit back and wait for the other party to break free to prevent possible backlash and injury.
"You're very special in this ability," Marić, who had returned to normal, gave Varina a deep look and said:
"You go back first, I need to carefully consider your conditions before I can give you an answer."