Chapter 39: Talisman
"Fuck... He asked for 100 pounds, why didn't you just go and rob him?!"
In the basement of St. Amanda's School, listening to Aldridge's offer, Dorothy complained in her heart that she did not have so much money at the moment.
"Anything related to secrets is so expensive that it's shocking. This 100 pounds is almost enough for Greg to buy the apartment he rents. Where the hell do I get so much money in cash?"
Dorothy covered her forehead and thought. At this moment, she looked at Aldridge who was smiling kindly in front of her. She felt that the other party was smiling like a profiteer.
"Well, Mr. Aldridge, could you please make the price a little cheaper? I don't have that much money right now..." Dorothy said to Aldridge. She tried her best to use her cute looks to make herself look more lovable, but Aldridge didn't buy it at all.
"Haha, I've told you, Miss Meshus, I'm a man of rules, and price is also a rule. I'll quote a price that I won't change even if the sky falls. If you don't have enough money, you can slowly gather it together. You can come back whenever you have it. I can afford to wait for ten or eight years." Aldridge continued to talk to Dorothy with a chuckle. Hearing his words, Dorothy's face sank, her mouth flattened, and she waved her hands to stop pretending.
Dorothy was in a dilemma now. She only had about 20 pounds in cash at the moment, and the mysterious item was nothing special. The corpse ring could be said to be her main equipment now, and she definitely couldn't sell it. There was only one finger left with the spiritual power of the "cup". Was she going to use the ring as a power bank? Then, what else could she have to exchange it for?
Just as Dorothy was worried, she turned her head and saw several bodies covered with shrouds beside her. These were the minions from the Holy Communion that Dorothy had dealt with before.
Looking at these corpses, Dorothy suddenly had some ideas.
"Mr. Aldridge, may I ask, since these communion soldiers are dead, to whom should the items on them belong?"
Turning around, Dorothy asked Aldridge, who answered casually.
"According to hunting rules, whoever kills the beast owns it."
Hearing what Aldridge said, Dorothy couldn't help but feel relieved, thinking that it seemed that the other party really adhered to principles. And under the current circumstances, even if Aldridge said that all the things belonged to him, Dorothy would have no choice.
"So, except for the last one who was killed by you, all the items on the others belong to me?"
Dorothy continued, and Aldridge nodded silently.
Seeing Aldridge's attitude, Dorothy was delighted, and then she decisively lifted the cloth and started to lick the bag.
These minions did not look like extraordinary people, but at the last moment they burst out with powerful and incredible inhuman energy. If ordinary people who were not extraordinary people wanted to do this, they would most likely rely on some external objects.
In other words, these minions might have some extraordinary items that can be given out at the Holy Communion!
Dorothy lifted the drapes on the bodies one by one. After she lifted one of the drapes and looked at the body underneath, she was slightly stunned.
Under the piece of cloth was a skin-and-bones corpse with a wide-open mouth and eyes. From the clothes on him, it could be seen that he was one of the two drivers who had shown extraordinary physical strength and almost forced Dorothy to use Dragon Roar.
"Fuck, a mummy? How did it suddenly become a mummy? This person must have been shot to death by my corpse puppet? Being shot to death shouldn't turn him into a mummy, right? "
Looking at the scene in front of her, Dorothy couldn't help but frown and think, then she began to lift the shrouds covering the other corpses one by one, and then found that the body of another coachman had also turned into a mummy.
There is something fishy...
Seeing this scene, Dorothy began to bend down and search the bodies seriously. Then she found a bunch of war supplies from the four bodies. Then, Dorothy arranged the war supplies on the ground and counted them slowly.
Four six-shooter revolvers, 124 rounds of ammunition, two watches, eight cigarettes, four pounds and 57 cents in cash, and finally... seven palm-sized pieces of toilet paper with mysterious red patterns on them and an abstract cup in the middle.
Dorothy found one piece of this kind of straw paper on a coachman she killed, and then found two pieces on the other three bodies. It can be seen that this is their basic configuration.
That's it...
Looking at the toilet paper in her hand, Dorothy thought that this was the only thing that most resembled a esoteric item.
"Mr. Aldridge, do you know what this is?"
Holding a piece of straw paper, Dorothy asked Aldridge who was drinking tea at the side, and Aldridge just glanced at it and answered.
"I know...but the appraisal fee is 10 pounds."
"Damn... what a dishonest businessman..."
Listening to what Aldridge said, Dorothy complained in her heart, but after hesitating for a while, she still opened her schoolbag and took out 6 pounds in cash, and then added the 4 pounds she had looted before, making a total of 10 pounds in cash and handed it to Aldridge. Now Dorothy only had 14 pounds left.
Unhurriedly, Aldridge took the money handed over by Dorothy with a smile, then glanced at the toilet paper in Dorothy's hand and spoke silently.
"This is a talisman. It originated from the birth-eating talisman of the Afterbirth Cult. Now, basically every 'Cup' guild will make it. The talisman is a one-time use. After using this talisman, it will enhance the user's physical strength by devouring the user's physical strength. For ordinary people, using it once will almost exhaust all the 'Cup' in the body, and then they will become like that. So... if you don't have enough 'Cup', it's best not to use it."
As Aldridge spoke, he pointed to the two mummies on the ground not far away. Dorothy was startled when she heard Aldridge's words.
"Consume the spiritual energy of the 'Cup' in the body to enhance physical strength? This is the purpose of this thing, but if there is no extra 'Cup' accumulated in the body, then this thing will consume the 'Cup' that everyone is born with to maintain vitality, which will become a waste of life... No wonder those two guys turned into mummies... This is the consequence of losing the last 'Cup'."
Thinking about this, Dorothy felt that the Holy Communion was probably going to make a big investment this time. These were obviously assassins...
"Then Mr. Aldridge, can you give another price for this symbol?" Dorothy continued to ask Aldridge, and after Aldridge thought for a while, he spoke directly.
"The Shengku Talisman is not a high-level technique, but it still costs a bit to make. How about this, I can charge you 30 pounds for each one?"
After listening to Aldridge's words, Dorothy directly handed him four talismans and said.
"Deal, now you can tell me the ritual. Oh, and remember to give me the 20 pounds."
"Haha... no problem, just wait a moment."
As he spoke, Aldridge slowly walked towards a door in the basement. After a while, he came out of the door with an envelope and several banknotes in his hand.
"Here you go, Miss Meshhos. Everything you want to know is in here. But I still want to remind you a little bit. Although it's very small, there are still some poisons in it. You'd better be prepared when you read it."
Looking at the letter handed over by Aldridge, Dorothy's eyes lit up. Finally, her promotion was settled. Now Dorothy just wanted to go home immediately and open the letter to read it.
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