Chapter 188: Night Rise
The autumn night was silent, the cool breeze was bleak, and there was not a single pedestrian on the street.
Amid the sound of horses' hooves, a cab pulled out of the corner and stopped at the end of the street.
The glow of the gas street lamps formed a long winding dragon that stretched above the Tasok River not far away, disappearing into the fog and darkness of the night.
This is Lily of the Valley Street in the southern area of the bridge.
A gentleman who looked to be in his thirties got out of the carriage and, after paying the fare, stood at the intersection and watched the driver drive away.
A moment later, he walked into a dark alleyway on the side of the road and was gone.
No one noticed that in the darkness, the gentleman stretched out his hand and scratched his face, dispersing an illusory cloud of black smoke, and his figure suddenly became slender and graceful.
The next moment, her figure was transparent and disappeared.
……
Mid-Lily of the Valley Street, Dunn's rented house.
It was nearly eleven o'clock in the night, but the living room was still brightly lit, and the thick black cloth curtains blocked the light and concealed this little abnormality.
The four residents sat on the sofa in the living room, chatting without saying a word.
"Ademisol made 15 pounds today, isn't it?" Harold laughed, his tone slightly teasing.
"We've earned it together," Ademisor snorted with some displeasure, "You found the bounty task."
Lydia, who was sitting on the single sofa, kneaded her arms and looked at the two curiously:
"15 pounds is a lot, almost enough for my previous monthly salary.
"Why do you listen to your tone, it seems that you still dislike it? Can you tell me what kind of task it is?"
"Find someone."
Harold yawned, cocked his legs, and continued:
"100 pounds if caught.
"His so-called revelation picture is really just right, no more, no less.
"We walked back and forth on White Rum Street all morning before we saw the target in the distance, but he was gone in a blink of an eye.
"When I went to report the news and receive the bounty, because there was no evidence, it took a lot of effort to explain and get 15 pounds.
"It's a lot of money alone, but it's a lot of money."
Ademisor snorted again, "It's not all good things you're looking for."
"Didn't I get 15 pounds, which is already good."
Lydia glanced at Dunn, who was leaning on the sofa with her eyes closed, and said in a slightly lowered voice:
"If you don't have a suitable bounty tomorrow, you'll have to come with me to the captain's physical training.
"I think it's going to be more torturous than what you're going through today."
In order to strengthen the persuasiveness of this sentence, she also deliberately raised her arm that had become sore.
"Whether or not there is a suitable bounty tomorrow, he will have to be trained." Dunn's voice suddenly rang out.
Just now, he completed a dream play and regained his sobriety.
"Isn't Valera here yet?" Dunn asked.
Lydia quietly observed Dunn's expression, and seeing that he was not angry, she replied with a smile:
"It should be soon.
"Teachers usually go out quietly after 9 o'clock in the evening, calculate the time, it's almost there."
"Hmm." Dunn nodded.
He didn't say much, but stopped continuing to play in his dreams, and sat quietly listening to the chatter of the three team members.
Dunn didn't notice that it made them talk a little less often.
……
"Looks like you're getting along pretty well."
A crisp voice with a smile suddenly sounded, and the expressions of the four people in the living room changed, first surprised and then delighted.
Valera revokes the witch's invisibility abilities and appears in front of them.
She wore a women's shirt and trousers, a dark blue stand-up collar trench coat, and a slender waist skirt that she wore every day, showing more sassy power
sense, and another unique charm.
"Teacher."
"Miss."
Lydia and Ademisore greeted each other familiarly, and Dunn nodded to Valera at about the same time, only Harold ......
His mouth was wide open, but he didn't know what to call it.
For the past two months, he has been playing the role of Valera's brother Kiri, either calling him "sister" or calling him by name in a more intimate tone, and in a few private exchanges, in order to avoid embarrassment, he also subconsciously omitted the title.
So, he froze now and could only smile awkwardly.
Valera smiled and nodded in response, sat down on the empty sofa beside her, looked at Harold, the corners of her mouth slightly curled, and teased:
"I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you unfamiliar?"
After her reminder, Dunn and the others noticed Harold's embarrassment, and the corners of their mouths also contained a little smile.
"Uh, this ......" Harold looked at him, but for a moment he couldn't find a suitable answer.
"Maybe you can call me like they do," Valilla said with a smile without embarrassing him for too long, "If you don't like 'Miss' and 'Teacher,' you can use 'Ma'am'."
"After all, the title is just a code name used to distinguish identity, so you don't need to pay special attention to it."
Harold gradually withdrew his wandering gaze.
"Yes, ma'am."
He breathed a sigh of relief and walked out of Kiri's identity completely, no longer feeling embarrassed.
"I'm going to get the Lost Mask."
As he spoke, he got up and went upstairs.
"There's no hurry," Valeera smiled and held out her hand to stop her, "That's not the main purpose of my visit."
"I arranged for you to get together, and I had to come and see how you were doing.
"Looking at the situation of your chat just now, I think the atmosphere is still very harmonious, so I can rest assured."
As she spoke, she opened the wooden box she had brought, took out the rune steel sword and folding crossbow inside, and placed them on the table, along with the small iron badge on her chest and a whalebone rune on her waist.
It took some time for Valera to explain the four items.
She brought four extraordinary items to make up for the team's shortcomings and strengthen their ability to resist danger, with the intention of one for each person, but in the end, Dunn didn't ask for any of them.
The negative effects of the "Thief Badge" were relatively severe, and the fearless Ademisol took over; The rune steel sword was given to Harold, and no one but him used the melee weapon; The Folding Hand Crossbow and the Clown Rune were given to Lydia.
Dunn's claim is that he is incapacitated after pulling people into his dreams, and that it is better to give extraordinary items to his teammates who are cooperating with him, and that it is enough for him to have a pistol himself.
Due to time constraints, Valilla didn't talk to them for long, and left with the Lost Mask before half past eleven.
She shuttled through the darkness and quickly crossed the Beckland Bridge, and it only took a few minutes to arrive at the "Brave Bar" on Iron Gate Street.