Chapter 248 The party starts again
On Saturday night, Angel knocked on the side door of the house where "Eye of Wisdom" lived according to the specific frequency he saw in the newspaper GG. Then he put on an iron mask, a hooded robe, and entered the dim living room.
Under the flickering candlelight, a dozen or so people dressed similarly sat casually. Some familiar people had already started whispering to each other. They had not attended a party for too long and even dared not go out. They were excited to see other extraordinary people in the same situation again.
The old man "Eyes of Wisdom" was still sitting on the single sofa next to the coffee table, his hands tucked into his robe, watching the guests enter the living room one by one.
Angel found a corner to sit down and looked at the members attending the party. He found the fat pharmacist, the lady who seemed to be selling weapons frequently, and Detective Sherlock Moriarty.
"It's almost time. Looks like these are all the people here today. No need to wait for latecomers." Eye of Wisdom whispered, "To be honest, I was surprised to see so many people here."
"Let's get started."
As if they had been suppressed for a long time, the people attending the party began to rush to sell items and express their demands.
The fat pharmacist first sold some healing potions and potions that enhanced certain abilities, then coughed lightly and said:
"I need a supernatural creature for experiments, one that's not too threatening."
"Supernatural creature? You should catch it yourself. Who would carry something like that around? Wouldn't it be safer and more convenient to just kill it and preserve the supernatural material?"
A sneer came from the corner, and from the sound it came from the "Black Snake" who was suspected of having a connection with the Aurora.
Pharmacist Darkwill immediately retorted, "If I could tame a supernatural being, who would be so foolish as to kill it? The dead can only be used as materials, but the living supernatural beings can become my helpers, making me even stronger..."
His voice gradually lowered, as if he realized that he had revealed some secrets.
Could it be that he is planning to tame extraordinary creatures to work for him?
Angel pondered. After obtaining the potion ingredients at the last gathering, the pharmacist had undoubtedly been promoted to the next level. Perhaps he had some special way of using extraordinary creatures for his own benefit, just like Audrey "Justice"'s extraordinary dog...
No one else responded to the pharmacist's request. All of these people were wild Beyonders of low sequence. They lived cautiously in the big city of Backlund, barely making ends meet. How could they have the leisure to raise a Beyonder creature in captivity?
"Perhaps you should hire a few people to help you catch one. Or, I have another idea," Moriarty said, his tone serious and his voice loud. "First, you can tame an animal you need, and then feed it the potion. That way, you will have an extraordinary creature that obeys your command and is of the sequence you need."
"This is too extravagant. A potion costs hundreds of pounds, and there's a high probability that animals will go out of control or die after taking the potion. Unless someone owns a mine, no one would do this!"
Darkwill thought Moriarty was joking and retorted somewhat angrily. Seeing that no one else responded, he retreated back into the sofa and stopped talking.
After the other items were traded, the woman who often sold extraordinary weapons spoke:
"Is the lady who last time asked me to search for extraordinary weapons here?"
Did she get a weapon?
Angel was delighted and responded, "It's me. Do you have the weapons I need for sale?"
"Yes," the woman nodded, "but this is a custom weapon, so you'll need to go there in person."
She didn't say where she was going, but Angel immediately understood what she meant: the user of the weapon needed to meet with the craftsman behind her, explain the requirements in detail, and negotiate a price.
But this is equivalent to "online transaction" going "offline", and there is a high probability that the craftsman is not the lady herself, which means that it involves another person who did not attend the party, and the safety is questionable.
"Give me the address first, and I'll find time to go over there."
After hesitating for a moment, she decided to get the other party's address first, and then decide whether to meet the craftsman. This way she could be adequately prepared and even do some divination in advance to avoid being trapped.
But handing over the craftsman's address was equivalent to exposing the other party. Angel had already prepared for the lady's refusal, but he didn't expect the other party to be very straightforward. She took the note, quickly wrote the content, and handed it to the waiter.
Angel understood everything after just one look. No wonder the other party was not worried about the safety of the craftsmen at all.
"Ms. Carvey's Watch Shop, Green Park Street, West End, opposite Lever Church."
I never expected that after arriving in Backlund to "retire," Ms. Kavi from Enmat Harbor would actually resume her old profession. Anyone who dared to harm the craftsmen of the "Mechanical Heart" near the Lever Church would be truly asking for death...
After putting the note away, she smiled at the lady and said, "I'll find time to go there. Thank you."
"It's okay, just consider it as your share of the profits."
There was even a hint of apology in the lady's words, which puzzled Angel.
"This time I've brought 50 bullets with different effects. Twenty of them are 'Purification Bullets' that can purify ghosts and wraiths, 20 are 'Demon Hunter Bullets' that target corrupted creatures, and 10 are 'Exorcism Bullets' that restrain evil monsters. The effects last for over a year and a half. Also included is a revolver of the same caliber. The total is 500 pounds, or you can pay more in exchange for the recipe for 'The Briber'."
In a loud voice, she introduced the items she was going to sell today.
No wonder they were talking about "sharing profits"... It turns out she was inspired by my last sale of Transcendental bullets and expanded her business here. These bullets were likely made by Kavi or some other similar craftsman. It seems this woman might have a background in the "Mechanical Heart," or even be an official, keeping an eye on this Transcendental gathering while selling some of the Transcendental weapons for some "extra income."
Angel was not indignant. The materials she used to make "Gathering Storms" were rare, and she needed to keep some for herself, so the number of bullets she sold was small, and she could even sell them to Mr. A. There was not much competition between the two.
To her surprise, Moriarty, who could use "air bullets", was very interested in these bullets. He quickly bid, and then a man raised the price to 600 pounds. After hesitating for a few seconds, he made a price that the other party could not refuse:
"I have the recipe for 'The Briber.'"
"Excuse me, sir, I want the formula first," the woman said to the man bidding, her voice changing with excitement. Then she looked at Moriarty and asked, "How much are you willing to bid?"
"These 50 bullets, plus a supernatural weapon or magical item that can deal with wraiths and undead spirits, if the effect is good, I can make up the difference.
"If anyone else has weapons, items, or spells with similar effects, I want them too."
He said the latter sentence to the other participants.
"Savage" is a Sequence 8 potion, so the "briber" this woman desperately needs is likely a Sequence 7 from the same source. A formula of this level is generally worth around £800, perhaps with a premium of £1,000. If you deduct the £500 for the bullets, the remaining amount happens to be the same price as the weapons she usually sells... It seems that Moriarty has received a commission to deal with the undead and the wraiths, and is preparing for it?
Angel had no way to deal with these targets except for her own cursed black flames, and "Storm Gathering" was only effective against physical targets. In the past, she could kill resentful spirits through the combination of "Blood Thirst" and "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption", but unfortunately that weapon was damaged. This was why she was eager to buy an extraordinary pistol.
After the assessment, she felt she could not help much, so she did not speak up.
The lady quickly offered the terms of the deal: 50 rounds of ammunition and a "Sunfire Dagger".
This weapon was once sold at the "Eye of Wisdom" gathering, but no one wanted it at the time. It unexpectedly survives to this day. It grants the user resistance to most cold and disease effects, and has a chance to emit flames when attacking, which has a special effect on undead and wraiths.
It has similar side effects to many magical items whose power comes from the "Eternal Sun". Holding and using it for a long time will turn the user into an idiot who can only praise the sun.
Moriarty seemed not very satisfied with the weapon. He shook his head slowly and finally decided to exchange the "Briber" formula for 50 extraordinary bullets and an additional 500 pounds in cash. The other party agreed to the request without any hesitation, which made Angel very envious of the "craftsman's" ability to make money.
Seeing that no one continued to speak, Angel took out the iron bullet box, opened the lid, and showed everyone the Beyonder characteristic of the "Devil Dog", the transparent crystal with lava surging inside, and said:
"I found this on the corpse of a supernatural creature. I'm not sure what it's used for. Perhaps anyone of you would be willing to buy it?"
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