Part 2 The Faceless Man Chapter 131 A Throwing Away Money
Inside the underground shooting range of the Krag Club.
After practicing shooting, Klein attentively maintained the attached revolver and adjusted the ratio of purification bullets, demon hunting bullets and exorcism bullets to 3:1:1.
Exhaling, he exhaled, put away the revolver, straightened his jacket, and slowly returned towards the first floor hall.
He had just heard the waiter mention that today’s limited supply was pan-fried keelfish.
Just as he entered the cafeteria, Klein saw his acquaintance Talim Dumont, the equestrian trainer with short brown curly hair from a shabby aristocratic family was eating his lunch with unfocused eyes.
Klein went over with his own plate, sat down, and greeted him.
Talim craned his head to look at him, his lips opening and closing a few times, and was silent for three or four seconds before, finally, mumbling:
”Sherlock, do you know, recognize one of those people with strange abilities, very powerful, rarely seen?”
Recognize, you are in front of …… Klein slightly moved his eyebrows, did not make a positive answer:
”What do you want?”
Talim opened his mouth, but said nothing.
He looked grave and thought for a while, and squeezed out a smile:
”Nothing, I was just curious to ask.”
Last time, you asked what to do if you fell in love with someone you shouldn’t love, and this time, you asked if you knew someone with strange abilities …… Is this a way to settle the other side and completely cut off your friend’s thoughts? What kind of person is worth this risk? Hiring an assassin is equivalent to murder ah! Klein muttered something wordlessly and sliced a piece of fish without fine spines and stuffed it into his mouth.
Talim sucked in a breath and quickly finished his plate, wiping his mouth with a napkin.
He seemed to have recovered and said with a smile in his eyes:
”Mike wants to hire you for a few days to be his bodyguard.”
Mike Joseph? That reporter from the Daily Observer? I remember he was quite good in “The Golden Rose”…… Klein laughed:
”What does Mike want again?”
Talim spread his hands and said:
”I’m not sure, he just casually mentioned this matter, seems to be related to an interview task, he said he will visit you the day after tomorrow, hope you have time to take this commission.”
”I’m not really sure.” Not knowing the specifics, Klein did not reply in the affirmative.
Just then, an illusory cascade of prayers rang in his ears, coming from a lady.
”Ms. Magician? She was ready to sacrifice money for the formula? Kraven sped up and finished the rest of his food, then drained his black tea in one gulp and went to the reception desk to ask the waiter to open a rest room for him.
After sealing the room with the Wall of Spirituality, he entered the gray mist and found that his judgment was correct, the magician was applying for the sacrifice ceremony.
Forsyth had delayed because she only had 370 gold pounds on her person and had to go to the bank to withdraw part of her deposit.
After some maneuvering, she saw the 450 pounds of cash disappear into the “Illusory Door”, and a recipe was added to her mind:
”Sequence 8, Master Juggler.”
”Primary ingredients: stomach pouch of a spirit eater, 20 ml of blood from a deep-sea marlin.”
”Auxiliary materials: 5 ml of essential oil made from gooseberries, 10 grams of powdered threadball grass, one blooming red chestnut flower, 80 ml of pure water.”
Finally, finally got it! It had been years! With a burst of elation, Voorhees couldn’t help but pace back and forth, hesitant.
Then she took out a pen and paper to write down the recipe, so that she wouldn’t forget it and have to bother Mr. Fool.
If I can’t meet someone who doesn’t know the market, the main material is at least 300 pounds a piece, and I only have 430 pounds left …… I have to work hard to make money to make it …… I, I have to write a new book! Forsyth instantly felt energized, no longer the procrastinator in the middle and late stages of procrastination that he had been before.
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At 7:55 p.m. on Wednesday evening, Klein, carrying his entire savings, stepped into the house where old Mr. Wise Eyes was holding his party with rather mixed feelings.
He was dressed in black robes, with the shadow of a hood covering his face, and wore an iron mask.
”1,674 pounds in cash, and five gold coins, this is the new pinnacle of my fortune, I wonder how much will be left after this party ……” Crane mused as he entered the sitting room and swept around by the light of the flickering candle flame.
Huh, the apothecary hadn’t shown up, was there a delay? Klein frowned slightly and took the same seat he had last time.
After a few minutes, the old Mr. “Wise Eyes” clapped his hands lightly and said:
”Let’s begin.”
No sooner had his words fallen than someone else spoke up, and it was the heavily shrouded lady who seemed to have the backing of the artisans behind her.
She pressed her voice:
”Is the friend who sold the ‘Briber’ formula last time here?”
”I am.” Klein replied succinctly.
The lady, visibly relieved, reached up and pushed down her iron mask and said:
”We have the extraordinary weapon you need this time, or, of course, you can opt for cash.”
”What extraordinary weapons?” Klein pressed his inner restlessness.
The lady organized her words and said:
”It’s a whip woven from the feathers of the Sacred Sunbird.”
”Normally you can disguise it as a belt.”
”When used, it will be covered in pure, sacred light fire, and any Necrotic-type monsters that are lashed by it will suffer great damage, and the weaker among them may even be obliterated outright.”
”It can also be used to imbibe liquids to create ‘Sun Holy Water’, but this will reduce its spiritual upkeep to one month at a time.”
”Currently it can be effective for thirteen months.”
”If you’d like, I can trade it for the ‘Briber’ formula for no additional cost to you.”
Sacred Sun Bird? It’s not the Sacred Sun Bird, ah, if it’s the latter’s feather, I’ll take it! Of course, only the tail feathers will do, that can be used to formulate Sequence 4 “No Dark One” magic potion …… Klein is still satisfied with the weapon itself, but the problem is that there is a considerable overlap with the effects of the purification bullets and exorcism bullets, and it can only be used for thirteen months. It would also shrink by one month for each copy of Sun Holy Water created, and by then, he would have to replenish similar items again.
Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at the main seat:
”Mr. ‘Eye of Wisdom’, can you elaborate on that brooch you mentioned last time?”
”Well, write it down on a slip of paper with a price that can satisfy you.”
He was afraid that the other people in the room would also be interested in that brooch after hearing the introduction and thus raise the price, so he decided on an ad hoc basis to have the other party use the writing method.
”Okay.” “Wisdom Eye” let out a smile and had the attendant bring a pen and paper.
While he wrote, the members of the party continued with their transactions, and some even asked heartily about the price of that whip, receiving the answer that they would talk about it later.
After a while, Wisdom’s Eye finished his introduction and handed it to Krynn through the attendant.
Klein unfolded it, and found that the words on the paper were in printed form, and there was nothing special about it.
Very careful well …… he carefully read up:
”‘Sun Brooch’, which can also be called ‘Summer in Full Bloom’, is analogous to the weaker kind in a level 2 seal.”
”With it as the center of the circle, a ten-meter area will be filled with pure warmth, normal people will not be able to notice it, but Necromorphic monsters will be constantly harmed, and they will be like a pool of water under a blazing ball of fire, ‘evaporating’ at a rapid pace, even if the Grievous Souls and Specters are similarly so, they’ll just be sustained a little bit longer. ”
”In such an environment, powerful Necromancers are significantly weakened.”
”The wearer is difficult to be possessed and contaminated by evil spirit-type monsters, and is able to use ‘Summon Holy Light’, ‘Make Holy Water’, ‘Fire of Light’ ‘Cleansing Slash’, ‘Immunity to Fear’, ‘Sacred Oath’ and ‘Solar Aura’ spells. ”
”The disadvantage is that as long as you wear it, you can never feel cool and are always in terrible heat, young man, don’t underestimate this state of affairs, the parched and irritated you will step a little into the abyss of losing control.”
”I can only sell it if I bid up to £2,000.”
”Don’t try to haggle, you should know very well that I’m not too short of money and am a collector.”
It’s a lot stronger than I thought, the last time the “wise eye” old man said too vague …… Klein looked at the heart thumping, after a few seconds of thought, looked sideways at the lady with the “artisan” on her back. ” lady:
”900 pounds cash.”
The normal selling price for the Sequence 7 Magic Potion Formula was around 800 pounds.
”Sold!” The lady replied without hesitation!
…… I should have known that I would have opened it for 1000 pounds …… Klein squeezed out a smile.
He was a man who kept his word and didn’t back out, exchanging the prepared formula for £900 in cash, and the banknotes on his body instantly surged to £2,574, which was enough savings for a single man to live well for the rest of his life.
And after an appraisal by old Mr. Wise Eyes, the lady read the recipe again with satisfaction:
”Sequence 7, The Bribe.”
”Primary ingredient: one ‘Cry Baby’ flower, odd-faced marijuana crystals.”
”Secondary ingredients: 5 drops of golden mandrake juice, 5 drops of black mandrake juice, 4 drops of psychedelic grass essential oil, 80 ml of red wine.”
After completing the deal, Klein took a breath, looked at Mr. Wisdom Eye, and spoke solemnly:
”2000 pounds, I want that ‘sun brooch’.”
”Wisdom Eye” laughed twice:
”Frankly speaking, in fact, I am not too eager to sell, but since I have ‘2-081’, the existence of the ‘sun brooch’ is not a necessity, and I have already made an offer, backtracking is not my style. ”
”Wait for me for three minutes, I’ll go get the ‘Sun Brooch’.”
”Okay.” Klein replied with meaty pain and anticipation.
By this time, the gazes of the extraordinary people in the sitting room were all on him; a £2,000 deal rarely came up in an ordinary party at this level, and might not come up once in a year or two.
And from those gazes, Klein clearly detected a certain amount of greed and covetousness.
After a short period of silence, the transaction continued until the “Wisdom Eye” returned, and in his open palm lay a dark golden brooch in the shape of a sunbird.
A small amount of sweat could be seen on the Wise Eye’s face.