Volume 1 Winter in Halma Chapter 40 Necromancer
The curfew in Halma, which is usually officially enforced after 12 o'clock, is not regulated until then.
Andu walked down the street and greeted a rickshaw driver.
"Go to the Orim Magic Shop in the central district of the city. Andu told the driver his destination.
The middle-aged coachman nodded and smiled, pulling Andu through the street.
Andu looked at the buildings around him and sighed deeply.
In Robert's confession, a lot of important information is mentioned.
Among them is the secret of the cemetery and why he attacked Andu.
Robert's reason for attacking the two of them is simple, the gangsters he has offended over the years give him enough reason to attack anyone who knocks on his door.
As for the secrets of the cemetery......
"Necromancer......" Andu muttered to himself.
Half an hour later, Andu finally arrived at Halma's more famous potion shop, the Orim potion shop.
Andu paid for the car, told the coachman not to leave in a hurry, and walked quickly into the Orim Magic Shop.
"What do you need, sir?" the waiter stepped forward with a smile on his face.
"I'll take a look. Andu said casually.
The waiter saw that Andu had no intention of asking, so he politely did not say more.
Andu didn't buy the materials he needed right away, but his husband roughly swept through the entire store before coming to the counter.
"I need some materials. Andu said calmly.
"Okay sir, you can just say the materials you need, and I will arrange someone to help you find them. The young herbalist at the counter politely pointed to the waiter next to him.
"I suggest you take the notes, I need a bit more material. Andu thought for a moment and said euphemistically.
"Don't worry, I can't be mistaken. The herbalist said confidently.
"I need two hundred grams of purple rock powder, one hundred and fifty milliliters of grumpy flower horn elk blood, and eighty milliliters of the extract juice of the sunflower grass......"
The young herbalist's originally smiling expression began to become strange as Andu kept reporting new materials from his mouth, and finally his face became more and more serious, and finally he had to pick up a pen and paper and make a quick note.
Andu reported nearly thirty required materials, and after he stopped, the herbalist was still hurriedly taking notes.
After a long while, the young herbalist put down the pen in his hand and looked at him with some embarrassment.
"Sir, there are five kinds of materials you want, which are not in stock in our store for the time being, and you may need to wait for two days, if you are not in a hurry, we can help you make a reservation." The herbalist said implicitly.
In the process of explaining, the herbalist had been observing Andu's reaction, and only after seeing that Andu did not have an impatient look, he continued.
"In addition to these, there are two ingredients you need, purple rock powder and grumpy flowerhorn elk blood, which we may not be able to provide in our store. ”
Andu bowed slightly, he also guessed something about this result, after all, the purple rock and the irascible flower-horned elk are relatively rare materials.
Originally, he had planned to borrow some in the church's garden, but now that there were basically all in the potion shop, he didn't plan to take advantage of it.
"When will I get the materials I need?" Andu asked.
"Friday at the earliest, no later than this weekend. The herbalist thought for a moment and replied.
"Well, I'll come back on the weekend, and I'll pick up the materials when the time comes. Andu said decisively, and after speaking, he touched it from his arms and asked, "How much is the total amount, I paid in advance." ”
The herbalist picked up the pen again, quickly calculated on the paper, and after a while said, "A total of six silver dollars and four zlotys, because you need more materials, and we will save you a fraction." ”
"Thank you. Andu finished paying the money.
After receiving the documents provided by the herbalist, which were similar to the invoice proof, Andu did not stay long, and after leaving the Orim Magic Shop, he quickly found the coachman just now.
"Back to McDonald Street. Andu said succinctly.
"Howler!" cried the coachman enthusiastically.
......
"Why hasn't Andu come back yet?" Elizabeth looked at the time and put down the chopsticks in her hand in an anxious mood.
"It's past seven o'clock, shouldn't it!" said Elizabeth as she walked to Andu's room.
Looking down the window of Andu's room, she could see most of MacDonald Street, and if Andu returned, she would definitely be able to see it first.
Elizabeth looked at the few pedestrians on the street with a distracted mind, and finally found her target on a rickshaw that was slowly approaching.
"What a waste!" Elizabeth said angrily, looking at Andu in the car.
"Good work. Andu paid for the car, looked at the other party's forehead sweating in the winter, and said sincerely.
"Get used to it. The coachman laughed.
"Bless you. ”
After soothing his chest and thanking the other party, Andu went straight to the apartment.
Before he could enter the house, he saw Elizabeth standing by the door open, looking at him.
"How do you know I'm back?" Andu said with a dry laugh.
"Hmph!I thought you wouldn't be here today!!" Elizabeth sneered.
"Ha, Walkley has something to do to drag me to the central part of the city, so it's delayed. Andu said with a smile.
After saying that, Andul pulled Elizabeth, pointed to the house, and said, "Let's go in and say, how bad is it for the neighbors to see?"
Elizabeth angrily shook off Andu's hand and walked into the house first, leaving Andu with an embarrassed face.
"It's so hard to serve!" Andu said bitterly.
Before Andu, who had entered the house, could speak, Elizabeth's complaints came flooding in.
"The food is cold!"
"You didn't know to notify me in advance!"
"Now that you're rich, aren't you, you're tired of walking, and you're making rickshaws, when will you be able to buy a house like this!?"
"If you do this again in the future, I won't cook for you, you go out to eat by yourself!"
Andu looked at the girl's serial offensive, and hurriedly squeezed out a smile and said: "Yes, yes, it's all my fault, I will tell you in advance next time!"
I don't have a mobile phone, so I'm going to tell you what! Run back to tell you??
Didn't I make a rickshaw just to get back early?
Andu, whose heart was full of tears, tried his best to coax in the kung fu of a meal...... No, it was the best to please Elizabeth and finally make Elizabeth not so angry.
After repeatedly promising to go home on time in the future, notify you in advance, and never do anything to waste money, Andu finally returned to the room.
Call...... It's not an easy day......
Andu sat in his chair and was silent for two minutes, then took out his notebook and began to summarize the day.
"In general, I am quite satisfied, and I got the situation of the abandoned cemetery in the southern district......"
"The actual combat is not as flexible, but with previous experience, it is still barely acceptable. ”
"Necromancer...... In the current situation...... It's too dangerous......"
Halfway through writing, Andu paused and fell into thought.
The results from the afternoon inquiry revealed that Robert had nothing to do with the evil thing.
Be a thief by profession, part-time tomb robber, archaeologist, mercenary, adventurer...... Robert, only because of a mission, happened to be caught in this accident.
Everything originated from a quest in the Adventurer's Guild.
An unknown person in the Adventurers' Guild issued a quest to find bloodthirsty leeches, considering that they have a certain potion effect and can be used to draw some unique cards, this quest is naturally placed on the quest board, and there is no suspicion.
As a part-time adventurer, Robert has been in the underground society of Halmar for many years, and immediately found his way to this quest.
So after getting the quest item Bloodthirsty Leech, Robert originally planned to submit the quest directly in the guild, but unexpectedly learned that the publisher asked to trade in the suburbs.
Although this is rare, it also happens in the Adventurer's Guild.
With doubts in his heart, Robert came to the trading place in advance, but at this time he found out that the place was a cemetery!
With horror in his heart, he decisively chose to give up the transaction.
He smells danger with experience, and it is precisely because he has been in the dark world for many years that he has a certain understanding of many evil things.
Since the other party chose this place to meet, it is very likely that they will hide nearby, and if they rashly make a move to escape at this time, it is very likely that they will collide with the other party!
It was late in the evening, and he arrived at the cemetery an hour early, and out of fear of the unknown and certainty of his own hiding ability, he immediately found a hidden place to hide.
Holding the other party, he must not have imagined that he was hiding around the reverse thinking, Robert stayed in the grass all night.
It wasn't until dawn that the person who had posted the task finally appeared!
Dressed in a large black cloak and carrying a thin, insane-looking man, he came to a tombstone and released a large number of, according to Robert's recollection, black, bloodthirsty leeches!
In just a few minutes, those black leeches had eaten away at the crazy man, leaving only a few strands of torn clothes!
That's where the rags Pete saw came from.
Andu recalled this part of Robert's statement, and the look of horror on the thief's face as he told it, and his face was heavy.
Robert probably didn't know what the man was doing or why.
But Andu knows that the other party is using the living sacrifice of the necromancer!
Bloodthirsty leeches transformed by black magic, also known as scavenging leeches, are highly destructive and photophobic.
After eating enough flesh and blood, scavenging leeches are usually used by necromancers to refine them, and are one of the important materials for necromancers.
Andu was sure that the black-cloaked man was a standard necromancer, and at least at the second-order level!
Because a first-order necromancer can't completely control the irascible scavenging leech at all, and the slightest carelessness will be devoured! Only a second-order necromancer would dare to use this dangerous creature!
According to Robert, it may have been that it was almost dawn, and the necromancer did not immediately take it away after waiting for the scavenging leech to devour the crazy man, but dropped a cloth bag and quickly left.
Later, Robert induced Pete to take the crystal ball in the cloth bag.
Under the sun's rays, the photophobic scavenging leeches turned into pools of black pus, polluting large areas of the surrounding area, and Pete's wounds were scratched by contaminated branches, which gave them the breath of evil and could not heal for a long time.
Unaware of the other party's actions, Robert quickly fled the cemetery after dawn, and at the same time, curiosity and greed for the cloth bag led him to find Pete.
And then there was this series of things.
"What a dangerous world!" Andu murmured in a low voice.