Chapter 136: Tailgating
In late February, temperatures in the North Continent are still warm, especially in East Chester County, near the Amanda Mountains, where cold snaps from the high-altitude mountains still show near-winter temperatures, with occasional snowfalls.
The county capital, Stone, was also covered in snow today, and in the warm salon, noble ladies and young ladies were talking in low voices, and from time to time they let out crisp laughter.
Audrey Hall listens carefully to an aristocratic young lady of her age, who has just lost her lover and is in desperate need of comfort.
"You're right, Audrey, he's just a passerby in my life, I should live well, show my best side to everyone, find a new relationship, so that I can proudly say ...... to him"
“…… You blind guy, abandoning me is the biggest mistake you've ever made! ”
She said angrily, drawing curious glances from the surrounding salon members.
Although Audrey was not so optimistic about this approach in her heart, her expression was still gentle, and she echoed two sentences from time to time, dissipating the anger in the heart of the lovelorn noble lady.
By the way, digesting the magic potion of the "psychiatrist".
At this moment, she noticed that the side door of the room was pushed open, and a lady in the priest's robe of the Church of the Night leaned out halfway out, looked this way, apologized, and got up and walked towards the other party.
"Hello, Ms. Smin."
She greeted with a perfect smile.
The Pastor of the Night has been preaching in Stonen for nearly a decade, and his performance is not good, nor bad, and he is one of the people at the bottom of the church.
But in reality, she is one of the secret members of the "Psychological Alchemy Society", managing a group within the city of Stone.
When Audrey returned to the city after the New Year, she has been under the arrangement of the other party to complete various tasks and accumulate contributions for the "Psychological Alchemy Society".
The two members of the secret sect glanced at each other, took a few steps out in tacit agreement, closed the door, and moved away from the noise in the salon.
"Audrey, you have completed several missions very well, according to your request, I have applied to the above, and I am allowed to reveal some of the recipes for potions, so that you can prepare in advance."
"Thank you so much for your help!"
Audrey appropriately expresses the emotions of surprise and anticipation, of course, this is also her real thought, and the control of facial expressions is only a subconscious act of a "spectator".
And Simin is very puzzled by the requirements of this noble lady, generally the members who join the "Psychological Alchemy Society" want to use their contributions in exchange for potion materials to reduce their financial pressure, but this Miss Hall has repeatedly used her connections and economic strength to complete the internal commissions of the Psychological Alchemy Society, and while rapidly accumulating contributions, she has spent thousands of gold pounds.
At this time, she has to consume valuable contributions to get the recipe in advance, even if it is just one of the main ingredients, rather than saving enough contributions to exchange for potions at once.
Maybe, maybe the Hall family really has a mine...... She sighed and handed Audrey a sealed envelope.
The latter stretched out his hand to take it, and did not check it for the first time, but returned to the salon first, and continued to participate in the conversation between the noble ladies and ladies, until the salon was over, and returned to the carriage of the Hall family, and had his own private space, before he unsealed the lead seal and opened the letterhead.
There is only a short sentence above:
"Hypnotist, one of the main ingredients: a fruit of a psychedelic bell tree."
Audrey was puzzled, then thoughtful, and finally had a happy smile on her face.
If it weren't for the carriage, she would almost want to stand up and lift her skirt for a dance.
She had heard the name of this material at the tarot meeting!
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Angel was in a low-slung house, looking through a window at the giant red building across the street as the gray mist poured out of Angel's eyes with Miss Justice's plea.
"Miss Queen, may I ask if the 'fruit of the psychedelic bell tree' is still in your hands? This is the potion material I need for my promotion, and I'm willing to buy it for 2,000 pounds. ”
Psychedelic bell tree ......
The gray mist lifted, and Angel grinned slightly as she remembered the strange and extraordinary creatures on the nameless island.
At several gatherings of extraordinary people in Byam, Angel tried to sell this material many times, but no one cared, and she was worried that she could not realize it, but she did not expect good news from "Just" Audrey.
"'Hypnotist' is a Sequence 6 potion, the main material is generally more than 1,500 pounds, Audrey is willing to buy it at a premium, it seems that she's a 'psychiatrist' who has almost digested it......"
Angel muttered, clasping her hands together and whispering the name of Mr. Fool, to which she quickly replied:
"Tomorrow I will sacrifice this material to Mr. Fool and trade it."
After silently adding 2,000 pounds to his deposit, Angel, who was in a beautiful mood, looked at the "Red Theater" outside the window again.
Approaching March, Angel, who continued to provide "pain" for pirates and criminals from all walks of life after returning to Byam, felt that his role had reached a bottleneck, so he set his sights on the node of the Witch Sect's human population trade at sea, the "crazy captain" Connors Victor.
From the "Sick Admiral" Tracyna, it was learned that the pirate, who had been offered a bounty of 3,300 pounds, was one of the most important figures in the chain of human transactions at sea, and that the only way to catch the "mad captain" who had been wandering in dangerous shipping lanes for a long time and rarely set foot on land was to start with his stolen goods.
That is, the contact person who sold beautiful girls for him in the "Red Theater", a mysterious person nicknamed "Finger".
In addition to her, Crane also enters the critical stage of "Faceling" play, in order to digest the last shred of the potion, he changes his face, disguises the information and enters the largest hospital in the "City of Generosity", becomes a volunteer, and uses it to get close to those who are about to die, listen to their lives, understand their lives, help them fulfill their last wishes, and in this way, achieve a true role that is compatible with their identity, body, and mind.
Alger Wilson, the "Hanged Man", seems to be very short of money after being promoted to "The Wind Bearer", and after selling the Blue Shadow Falcon crystal feathers provided by Angel, he tries to pull her and Klein back onto the nameless island full of transcendent creatures to "make another profit".
Unfortunately, before his plan could be formed, he received an order from the Church of the Storm and left the port with his men on the "Blue Avengers" and went to the Gargas Islands to complete a secret mission.
The reason why he said "secret mission" is because he himself does not know the purpose of the mission, and he has only received an assembly order at present.
"Magician" Falth was finally able to make time to play the role of "master trickster" after completing the commission of "World" Klein to report the Ferssacks and Intis wandering on Williams Street to the three major churches in Beckland, and the method she once tried to share at the tarot meeting turned out to be to infiltrate the circus as a real "master trickster", performing magic and tricks for tourists.
Of course, according to what she said at the tarot meeting, this method has worked, and Foirth has summed up the rules of the master of tricks such as "acting" and "deception", and has digested a lot of potions.
After being promoted to "Sun Priest", "Sun" Derick not only paid attention to his role in life and battle, summed up the rules, but also worked hard to accumulate merits and help Angel exchange for the "Poison Needle of the Black-veined Shadow Scorpion", because the latter had not found other "Black-veined Shadow Scorpions", and the "Despair" potion could only count on Mr. Sun for this part of the material.
Reminiscing about the "progress" of the Tarot Club in the past few weeks, Angel stared out the window, observing the guests entering and exiting the largest brothel in the Rorsted Islands, until there was a soft knock on the door behind her.
"Come in."
She said, invisible threads rushing towards the door, ready to meet the enemy.
With a click, the door lock was opened, and a man over 1.8 meters tall, with strong muscles and bronze skin, pushed the door in.
"Miss Angelica, the whereabouts of 'Finger' have been found."
The visitor reported that his voice was a little hoarse.
"Very well, William, you do live up to your nickname."
Angel nodded and responded.
This man is only in his early twenties, but his face is as vicissitudes as forty years old, called himself "lucky" William, although Angel is tired of hearing this nickname at sea, but on this William's body, there is a little bit of match.
Part of the reason is that William's sequence 8 "machine" as a "monster" path is similar to the essence of this way to manipulate fate, and part of the reason is that his experience is quite legendary.
Well, the experience at the poker table.
Using the precise calculation power of the "machine", William can win all kinds of cards and dice games with a terrifying winning rate under the premise that both sides are not more than a thousand, according to him, as long as the winning rate is not equal, he can calculate the difference, take the initiative to lose the low probability, and bet money on the game with a high winning rate.
It always feels like he has enjoyed the benefits of the follow-up sequence of "Monster" in advance...... Angel shook off the strange thought in her head and looked at William, waiting for his follow-up explanation.
"I won a lot of money at the casino in the Red Theater, and then the 'finger' appeared, and his physical features were obvious, all three fingers of his left hand were broken except for the thumb and index finger, and I recognized him at a glance."
William said, his left hand in a three-finger adduction position, imitating the other party.
"He is the 'lucky one' as rumored, and no matter how much I can calculate, I can't compare to his real 'luck', and he quickly lost all his chips, but he also confirmed in small talk that he will leave work tonight."
"Then we'll wait for him here...... I borrowed you from Elaine, and it was right. ”
Angel complimented, then closed the curtains, no longer looking in the direction of the Red Theater.
With a specific point in time, all that's left is to wait.
(End of chapter)
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