Chapter 648 Success
"Oh, you must be talking about the 'Good Place' tavern! I'm very familiar with it. Just one silver coin and I'll lead the way for you right away!"
After hearing Avis's vague description, Cohen immediately understood where Avis was going. While enthusiastically recommending himself, there was a hint of amusement in his eyes.
He was indeed a young master who ran away secretly. He hadn't even grown all his hair yet, but he already knew how to follow his friends to hang out in places like that.
However, although he was eager to take action immediately, Cohen remained calm and even specifically asked for a silver coin as a guide fee.
This is to further dispel the other party's suspicion, because enthusiasm without reason will only make others wary. Only when the target thinks he knows your purpose will he really let down his guard.
But for a young master like this, a tip of one silver coin would not be taken seriously at all.
"No problem, take this, commoner, now lead the way for me."
Hearing Cohen's words, Avis recalled the attitudes of the descendants of the minor nobles, and a trace of deliberately disguised contempt appeared on his face. At the same time, he took out a bulging purse from his arms, took out a gold coin from it and threw it to the other party, speaking in a somewhat arrogant manner.
"As you wish, young sir!"
After receiving the yellow gold coins, Cohen's face immediately showed excitement, and he bent even lower, looking extremely humble.
"I know a shortcut. Please follow me."
As he said this, he turned around and walked towards the alley. Avis also followed closely behind him with an unsuspecting look.
But as they walked, Avis slowly realized that something was wrong.
As Cohen led the way, a colorless and odorless gas component seemed to appear in the environment, but it had a strong paralyzing effect.
As the alley was relatively narrow, the concentration of this gas became higher and higher. Although Avis was still immune to it due to his super strong physique, according to his judgment, 80% of the professionals below level 4 would be infected without knowing it.
After estimating the time when the drug would take effect, Avis pretended to be hit. He staggered and then fainted.
"What happened, sir? Are you all right?"
At this moment, Cohen, who was walking slowly in front, seemed to notice that something was wrong with his condition. He immediately turned around and spoke with some concern.
Seeing that Avis didn't respond, Cohen cautiously took a few steps closer and tried to push Avis, as if trying to wake him up.
But at the same time, a faint green light flashed in his hand when it touched Avis.
"Hehe, so easy! Apart from his better equipment, this naive young master is not much different from a beast waiting to be slaughtered."
Seeing that the magic had successfully hit the target, Cohen's expression completely relaxed. Regardless of whether he had pretended to be unconscious before, now that he had been hit by a [Paralyzing Touch], even if it was fake, it had become real.
That is a prop specially equipped by the City Lord's Mansion for people like them, and its effect is far beyond what is available on the market.
Cohen threw away the used scroll in his other hand and immediately began to search Avis for equipment.
"...three pieces of magic equipment, more than a hundred gold coins, and a space ring. What a great harvest!"
Cohen casually weighed the money bag he had taken from Avis and immediately determined how much money was inside from the weight.
It's a pity that he has never really come into contact with high-end equipment like the space ring. Even if he got the ring now, he didn't know how to open it. He could only take it back and study it slowly.
Carefully hiding the space ring somewhere nearby, Cohen found a sack from a nearby dilapidated house, put Avis in it, and then carried it directly, carefully avoiding acquaintances along the way, and took a shortcut to the back door of the City Lord's Mansion.
After revealing his identity and the gains of this trip, Cohen was secretly taken by the servants to a basement in the city lord's mansion to wait.
"…The quality this time is good, I think you will be satisfied."
After a while, the mysterious hooded man who was always in contact with him walked into the room. After carefully examining Avis's appearance and the items he carried, he nodded slightly and finally turned his gaze to Cohen who had been waiting for a long time.
"Now, tell me the whole story of how you met him."
"Yes, sir! It is like this..."
Hearing the hooded figure's question, Cohen immediately perked up and quickly described the entire process from meeting Avis to "successfully obtaining the weapon".
"I remember you... your name is Cohen, right? You're good enough to take him down with your strength!
The hooded figure nodded, praised Cohen generously, and gave him a generous reward.
“From today on, you don’t have to perform your previous spy duties anymore. I will arrange for someone to promote your position to the level of deputy captain of the city guard.
At the same time, you can now prepare to move. As a benefit of the vice-captain level, you can get a standard house in the Iron Sword District of Midtown. "
"Thank you for the reward, sir!"
Hearing this, Cohen could no longer conceal the joy on his face. He quickly stood up and performed an awkward salute, imitating the manner of the city guards.
"Then now, hand over the things he had on him. You can't touch them."
But after talking about the reward, the figure's next words made Cohen's face change.
"As you command...sir."
Thinking of the upcoming promotion, Cohen gritted his teeth and reluctantly took out the three pieces of equipment and the purse.
Of course, having considered what might happen, he had already taken out some of the gold coins from his purse in advance, otherwise he would only be more heartbroken now.
Glancing at the three low-level magic accessories and the purse, the hooded figure sneered, and the unique aura of a fourth-level professional spread out, while his sharp eyes stared closely into Cohen's eyes.
"I mean everything, Cohen, where is the most important space ring?"
"Space ring? Sir... isn't that it?"
Under the pressure from the powerful professional, Cohen's eyes inevitably flashed with panic, but he still played dumb and pointed at the ring among the three magic accessories, looking ignorant.
"Whether you really don't know or are just pretending, it doesn't matter. Now let me tell you, this is what the space ring is like."
A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth beneath the hood, and the figure casually projected the appearance of several common space rings.
Since the main bodies of low-level space rings are basically made of void silver, they usually have a peculiar, mirror-like silver and black luster.
“Even if you do get it, it’s useless without the corresponding method of use, and it will bring you fatal disaster.
After all, valuable items like space rings usually come with tracking methods, and you never know when someone from the other family will come looking for you.
So, go back to the place where you met him and look for him. Maybe he 'dropped' nearby?"
Emphasizing the word "fell nearby" meaningfully, the cloaked man looked at Cohen, who was becoming more and more panicked by what he said, and then his tone softened again.
"If you find it, I can apply for a bottle of [Beast Blood Glory] potion for you. That will be enough to help you break through to the second-level warrior."
"I understand... Sir, I will go back and look carefully again."
Cohen nodded somewhat frustratedly, not daring to look into the figure's eyes again, and walked away quickly. He felt as if his thoughts had been completely seen through.
Damn, I didn't post this chapter last night?! (End of this chapter)
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