"Perhaps this situation will continue for a long time. The police first conducted their own investigation, and then turned to the official Beyonder organization for help. They even found many famous Detectives, but unfortunately they could not catch the Serial Killer. You should also be careful and don't do anything that will easily get you targeted recently."
"Eye of Wisdom" added a few more words. Angel found that his information was similar to that provided by Lola, but these were inside information that could not be seen in the newspapers. Maybe both of them had the police or even some official Beyonder friends, who had some internal information channels.
After hearing the old gentleman's instructions, a man sitting on a high stool spoke, his voice low and somewhat helpless.
"As he said, during this large-scale investigation, a friend of mine was unfortunately found and imprisoned in a prison underground by 'Mandated Punishers'. I need a few helpers to help me rescue my friend."
A prison under a church? Is it a facility similar to "Chanis Gate"? There must be a lot of Sealed Artifact protection, and there are official Beyonder guards at all times. Even if Sequence 6 or even Sequence 5 breaks in forcefully, he may die inside...
Even that Ince Zangwill only dared to trick Saint Selena's Ashes out of "Chanis Gate" instead of forcing his way in to snatch it.
When Angel was thinking, "Eye of Wisdom" shouted loudly:
"'Wild Dog', don't do such a stupid thing! If you want to break through the Storm Church guarded by a whole team of 'Mandated Punishers', as well as their countless Sealed Artifact, all of us can't do it together."
"If he didn't do anything evil, he might have a chance to see the light of day again, but if you or your helpers try to rescue him, your life will be in vain."
After hearing Eye of Wisdom's conclusion, "Wild Dog" looked around again and found that no other Beyonder responded. He beat his thigh in annoyance and whispered:
"How could he do anything evil? Just because he took Potion and became Beyonder, an excellent doctor who has saved countless lives will be imprisoned by them, never to see Sun, or even become a test tool for some Mystical Item?"
"Why? Why is this?"
During his Affliction questioning, the atmosphere in the living room became depressing. The Beyonder here were all "wild" and were not favored by the authorities. They were considered to be time bombs that could cause malignant incidents at any time. Nighthawks's methods were gentler, while Mandated Punishers would catch them when they saw them.
At this moment, hearing about what happened to the friend "Wild Dog", everyone felt a little bit offended. Angel also thought of her semi-official status. She wondered if the two people who knew her identity, Arianna and Cesimir, would take her away if something happened to Mandated Punishers or Machinery Hivemind.
The only way to protect yourself is to improve your strength and be promoted to Sequence, and the most important thing now...
Angel turned his attention to Apothecary Darkwill, who had a bulging waist and chubby cheeks. Seeing that the atmosphere at the party had eased slightly, he made his own transaction request.
"'Apothecary'," she called the other party's code name at the party instead of the name revealed to her in private, "I need the formula of 'Apothecary' Potion, 200 pounds."
This is a slightly lower price than the common Sequence 9 Potion, leaving room for possible haggling.
"Sorry, I can't sell it." Seeing Angel looking at him, Apothecary realized that the first "Apothecary" was calling him. He shook his head and replied, "Well, it's not that I don't want to sell it. You have helped me. If possible, I am willing to sell the formula to you at a low price, but I have made an oath and can only tell the formula to my students, and you obviously can no longer be my student."
He obviously recognized "Dog Mask Lady" who had killed rats and crocodiles in the sewers.
vow?
Angel has a headache. Darkwill's current situation should be similar to the oath she swore under the witness of "Goddess's Sword" not to reveal the formula to outsiders. Maybe this oath is not without flaws, but there will definitely be no solution in a short time.
"But, I can tell you where to get the formula. It's at Backlund." The conversation changed, and the corners of Darkwill's mouth rose up under the mask. "You can get this information for only 200 pounds."
"The information alone costs 200 pounds? Then if I spend another 200 pounds to buy the formula, wouldn't it cost more than 400 pounds in total? This is the price of Sequence 8 Potion! Besides, I can't confirm the authenticity of the clues."
Angel counteroffered without hesitation. Even if the Viscount reimbursed the expenses, 400 pounds was more than her entire savings... no, it was beyond her psychological bottom line.
"Don't worry, he won't take your money, but there may be a small test. As for the authenticity, you can let Mr. Old Man... cough, Mr. Eye of Wisdom identify it."
Angel looked at "Eye of Wisdom" in the center of the field. The latter shook his head. "Only objective things can I determine the authenticity. The clues he said are not among them. But unless he does not want to attend this party again, it is unlikely that he will lie."
"If that's the case, I can only pay half of the money first, 100 pounds. If the clue is true and the other party really doesn't need Gold Pound, I will pay another 100 pounds."
After much hesitation, Angel decided to buy this clue. After all, this medicine man was the only Beyonder she had ever seen who could follow this path. If he missed this clue, Viscount Graylingt would probably have to choose "divineer" or "assassin".
"No, I only accept full payment. Have you ever seen anyone here pay half first?"
Darkwill completely forgot about his behavior of paying half of the reward last time. He shook his head and stopped looking in this direction. Angel also decided to let the greedy Apothecary hang out for a while. Maybe he would change his mind when the party was about to end.
"Then it's my turn to acquire 'Marrow Crystal of the Elven Spring'. I think you are all tired of hearing about it, so if you have this material, don't hide it and sell it to me quickly."
As if he had been offended by the conversation just now, Apothecary asked for a deal with a thorn in his words.
"I have."
"Then I'll see you next week... what, you got it?"
Apothecary looked at another corner. Sitting there was a man with black hair and brown eyes and a beard around his mouth. He had survived the revenge of Sequence 5.
Perhaps because of the dim light, Apothecary failed to recognize the man he had mocked before and asked him to "find a good place to die". Instead, he repeated the question in surprise:
"Do you have it? I said 'Marrow Crystal of the Elven Spring'. Do you have it?"
"Yes," the man took out a cigarette box and pushed open the lid. There was an object that looked like a faded egg inside. When he waved his hand to show it, the sound of running water seemed to come from inside the shaking crystal. "If you are not sure, you can ask 'Eye of Wisdom' to verify it."
"No need for it, this is it!"
Apothecary seemed to be looking at the lover of his dreams, staring at this piece of material with burning eyes.
"Very good. If you know me, you don't have to bother other people. It's 400 pounds."
The man closed the cigarette box and said calmly.
"It's really no need to bother... wait, 400 pounds?" Apothecary Darkwill almost jumped up from the sofa, "This is too expensive, why don't you go rob it!"
"The robbery is not that fast. It's 400 pounds. I bought it for about the same price. You said you could increase the price appropriately."
"I did say it... but I didn't say I could accept such a high price. 300 pounds is my bottom line, not even a penny more."
Apothecary patted his pocket, indicating that he could only afford this price.
"380 pounds, I will lose a lot of money. If you don't buy it, I will return it to the friend who provided the materials." After hearing Apothecary's words, the man's beard-covered mouth grinned, as if he was smiling, "Besides, don't you have other ways to get money quickly?"
"Other ways?"
Darkwill's fat face was full of doubts. Then he thought of something and looked at Angel on the other side.
"Oh, I agree. Let's pay half of it first, 100 pounds." He looked at Angel with a hint of suspicion, and then at the black-haired man. "I even suspected that you are a group and are conspiring to deceive me."
"First of all, I don't know him. Secondly, you are not at a disadvantage. The formula and clues of Apothecary are not unique, but the opportunity for promotion is very rare."
Angel denied with a smile, and used Dark Vision to count out 10 banknotes under the hooded robe, totaling 100 pounds. He handed it to the waiter aside and got a crumpled note from Apothecary.
"Backlund Bridge South District, Harvest Church of Rose Street find Bishop Utravsky, help him complete a task, and you can get the formula."
The bridge South District... is on the opposite side of the river to Backlund Bridge Borough, Harvest Church is Church of the Earth Mother and a few are Loen One of the churches, it is said that Pathway owns "Apothecary" and "Planter". It seems that Darkwill is not telling lies...
Angel carefully put away the note and looked at the dark-haired man opposite. He was taking a wad of banknotes containing Angel's 100 pounds from the waiter. He counted them carefully three times before handing the cigarette box to the pharmacist.
Then he looked towards Angel. The corners of his mouth under the mask twitched, as if he were smiling, but upon closer inspection, he showed a serious expression, as if it was just an illusion.