Chapter 580: Mortgage
Conquer the sea coast, Lentina, the capital of the Principality of Sergu.
In the huge coastal city of Bordeaux, hidden between the streets and alleys, in a dim room in the White Stonemasons Union stronghold, an old man wearing a simple cloak and a scarf covering his face is sitting in it. On the large coffee table in front of him, there is a telegraph machine that is beeping. In a regular rhythm, a long piece of paper is being spit out continuously, with continuous dots and lines drawn on it.
On the desk where the telegraph machine was placed, there stood a small monster with a black body, sharp teeth, big white eyes, wide ears, about 20 to 30 centimeters tall, and a monkey-like appearance. The small monster was scratching its ears and cheeks with two illusory chains in its hands. The chains extended out and connected two pale ghosts floating in the air. These two men looked gentle and refined, and seemed to have been clerks doing some kind of clerical work in their previous lives. At this moment, they stared at the paper spit out by the telegraph machine with panic expressions, gazing intently at every symbol on it.
As time passed, the beeping telegraph machine slowly stopped, and the note finished spitting out. Then the two floating ghosts seemed to start discussing something. Seeing this, Edward slowly spoke.
"Hurry them up, hurry up."
Hearing Edward's words, the little monster let out a strange cry, then took two steps forward and attacked the two ghosts with a slap each. The two attacked ghosts twisted in the screams, and then gathered together again. Then they hurriedly tried to interpret the meaning of the note. After completely interpreting it, one of them possessed the little monster. The little monster then picked up paper and pen and began to write quickly on the coffee table. After a while, it handed the written telegram to Edward who was sitting quietly.
After receiving the telegram, Edward quickly glanced at the information on it. After reading the message translated by Ghost, a look of interest emerged on his face.
"The secrets of Haiyuan and the afterbirth? Information about Haiyuan? Interesting... This little thief's asking price is really interesting..."
After reading the telegram in his hand, Edward thought to himself, then he picked up the paper and pen on the coffee table and wrote a reply on the paper. After reading it, the little monster possessed by the clerk's soul began to press the buttons on the telegraph machine and started to send a message to the distance.
At the same time, in the telegraph room of the Artisan Guild of Adria, Dorothy's corpse also saw that the telegraph machine on her side started working again, making a beeping sound and transmitting messages from afar. Dorothy, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately began to interpret it, and her progress was extremely fast. She could understand and translate the content of the telegram in real time just by listening to the sound of the telegraph machine without looking at the paper.
"Little thief, your target is the Haiyuan Cult? As far as I know, there is no major conflict between Hei Meng and Haiyuan. You are not the moth chaser that day, who are you?"
Hearing Edward's response, Dorothy smiled slightly from a distance, and then immediately let the corpse doll come in to reply.
"Who am I? What is my purpose? These are not important, Captain. This has no impact on the transaction between us. You don't need to know any other information except this transaction." After replying, Dorothy began to wait leisurely again. After her real body ate two cookies in the cafe and looked at the scenery for a while, the telegraph machine on the coffee table in the telegraph room rang again.
"You want to take the thing that Haiyuan originally gave me and ask me to help you deal with Haiyuan? This is a bit ridiculous. Haiyuan has that thing now. Do you think I will take the risk of angering Haiyuan and give up the large share in their hands forever just to get the small share in your hands?" Dorothy listened to the sound of the telegraph machine and translated the relevant content in her mind. Then she quickly manipulated the corpse puppet to respond.
"Captain, since you still place your hopes on Haiyuan, why not ask them for another copy of that thing? As far as I know, the representative of Haiyuan was not on your island when the incident occurred, and he doesn't know exactly what happened there. If you say your things were stolen, will they believe it? Don't forget, you are a greedy pirate. If you ask Haiyuan for help, they will probably think you want to blackmail them for another fifty gold bricks...
"Besides... even if they really believe that your things have been stolen, what obligation do they have to replenish your stock? They have already got what they want, and they have the evidence against you. Why should you, a traitor, ask them for more? Even if they are merciful and continue to give you some more things, what price will you have to pay? They only paid fifty gold bricks to force you to leave the evidence that could lead to the destruction of your foundation. If you ask them for more, what terrible things will they force you to do?
"Captain, as a traitor, you will never be truly trusted by the Sea Abyss Church... Even if you kowtow to them and flatter them in the future, I think you know this in your heart..."
With a slight smile on her face, Dorothy let her corpse doll tap the electric key and responded by looking into the distance. She knew in her heart that Edward's vigilance against the Sea Abyss Cult was even higher than her own. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he would never take the initiative to ask the Sea Abyss Cult for help.
Sitting on his sofa, Edward held the new telegram and looked at the information that had just been translated. His face looked ugly and there was a heavy look between his brows. It was obvious that Dorothy's judgment of him was correct. Unless he was forced to no other choice, he would not look for Jian Lin again.
If Edward wanted the Fountain of Youth again from the Abyss Cult, God knew what price they would offer. They might even use extraordinary means to enslave him. Compared with the possible demands from the Abyss Cult, Dorothy's price was much easier for Edward to accept. Whether it was intelligence or secret messages, these were easily paid by Edward.
"Heh... what a well-informed thief..."
Looking at the telegram in front of him, Edward, who had originally had an unpleasant expression, relaxed and smiled self-deprecatingly. He knew that the other party had more information about him than he had previously imagined, and the other party had already figured out his weaknesses and bottom line.
In the process of negotiating a deal, it is particularly important for both parties to have information about each other. The transaction expectations, transaction bottom line, transaction urgency, and other information are crucial to the negotiation. Whoever has more information will have a natural advantage in the transaction negotiation. As far as the current situation is concerned, Edward's understanding of Dorothy is limited to the fact that he knows there is such a thief, and he is not Haiyuan or Heimeng, but a mysterious third party, while Dorothy knows much more about Edward.
With the intelligence advantage, Dorothy had no room for bargaining with Edward's negotiating partner, and Edward quickly agreed to Dorothy's request.
"Okay... I agree with your price. I will exchange the afterbirth and the information about the Abyss for that thing. If the Abyss Cult contacts me again to give me a mission, I will inform you immediately. But before that, you need to give me five dollars first. After I go back, I will try my best to find a part of it and pass it on to you."
Edward's call back activated the telegraph machine, which was displayed in front of Dorothy. Dorothy nodded with satisfaction after hearing it, and then asked the corpse to press the key to continue responding.
"Okay, then Captain, once you have prepared the items, just send them directly to a designated account in the Whitestone Craftsmen's Union. I will then use the Whitestone Craftsmen's Union as an intermediary to deliver the goods you need to you. This time, I hope you will come in person on time to pick them up, and don't give others another chance..."
Then, Dorothy and Edward exchanged several words about the specific details of the transaction. After both sides had no questions, they ended the communication.
After the transaction was settled, Edward sat back on the sofa in the small room, staring at the pile of telegrams on the coffee table in front of him, and fell into deep thought.
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