In late February, the temperature in the North Continent has not yet warmed up, especially in East Chester County which is close to the Ammantha Mountain Range. The cold current rolling down from the high-altitude mountains still has a temperature close to that of winter, and from time to time there will be a moderate snowfall.
The county capital Stoen City was also covered in heavy snow today. In the warm salon, ladies and young Miss were chatting in low voices, with clear laughter from time to time.
Audrey Hall is listening carefully to a nobleman Miss of a similar age who has just lost his the Lovers and is in urgent need of comfort.
"You are right, Audrey, he is just a passer-by in my life. I should live a good life, show my most beautiful side to everyone, and find a new relationship. In this way, I can proudly say to him..."
"... You blind guy, abandoning me is the biggest Error decision you have ever made!"
She said angrily, attracting curious looks from the surrounding salon members.
Although Audrey was not very optimistic about this approach in his heart, his expression was still gentle, and he would chime in with a few words from time to time, which relieved the anger in the heart of the lovelorn nobleman Miss.
By the way, Potion is digesting "Psychiatrist".
At this time, she noticed that the side door of the room was pushed open, and a lady wearing Church of Evernight Pastor robe leaned out half of her body and looked over. Then she apologized, got up and walked towards the other party.
"Ms. Smin, hello."
She greeted with a perfect smile.
This Pastor of Evernight has been preaching in Stoen City for nearly ten years. His performance is neither good nor bad. He is a member of the lower class of the church.
But in fact, she is one of the secret members of "Psychology Alchemists" and manages a group within Stoen City.
Audrey returned to this city after the New Year and has been completing various tasks and accumulating contributions for "Psychology Alchemists" under the arrangement of the other party.
The two secret sect members looked at each other, took a few steps outside in tacit agreement, closed the door, and stayed away from the noise in the salon.
"Audrey, you have completed these tasks very well. According to your request, I have applied to the above and been allowed to reveal part of the formula of Potion to facilitate your preparation in advance."
"Thank you very much for your help!"
Audrey appropriately expressed the emotions of surprise and expectation. Of course, this is also her true thought. Controlling facial expressions is just a subconscious behavior of "Spectator".
But Simin was very puzzled by the request of the noble Miss. Generally, members who join "Psychology Alchemists" want to use their contributions in exchange for Potion's materials and reduce their financial pressure. However, this Miss Hall repeatedly used his connections and financial strength to complete Psychology Alchemists's internal commissions. While rapidly accumulating contributions, he also spent thousands of Gold Pound.
At this time, she had to spend precious contributions to obtain the formula in advance, even if it was just one of them, Main Materials, instead of saving enough contributions to exchange for Potion at once.
Maybe, maybe Hall Family really has a mine... She sighed secretly and handed a sealed envelope to Audrey.
The latter reached out to take it, but did not check it immediately. Instead, he returned to the salon and continued to participate in the conversation between the noble Miss and his ladies. It was not until the salon was over and he returned to the Hall Family's carriage and had his own private space that he uneasily opened the lead seal and opened the letter.
There is only one short sentence above:
"Hypnotist, one of Main Materials: one of Fruit of the Hypnotic Wind Chime Tree."
Audrey was confused at first, then thought, and finally showed a happy smile on his face.
If the carriage wasn't moving, she almost wanted to stand up, lift up her skirt and dance.
She had heard the name of this material on Tarot Club!
When Gray Fog with "Justice" Miss's request poured out from Angel's eyes, she was in a low-rise residence, looking through the window at the giant red building across the street.
"Miss Empress, do you still have that copy of 'Fruit of the Hypnotic Wind Chime Tree'? This is the Potion material I need for promotion. I am willing to buy it for 2,000 pounds."
Hypnotic Wind Chime Tree...
Gray Fog dispersed, Angel recalled the strange Beyonder Creature on that Nameless Island, and grinned slightly.
At several Beyonder gatherings of Bayam, Angel tried to sell this material many times, but no one took it. She was worried that she could not cash it in, but she did not expect that "Justice" Audrey would get good news.
"'Hypnotist' is the Potion of Sequence 6. Main Materials is usually more than 1,500 pounds. Audrey is willing to buy it at a premium. It seems that her 'Psychiatrist' has almost digested it..."
Angel murmured, she clasped her hands together, chanted Honorific Name of Mr. Fool in a low voice, and quickly replied:
"Tomorrow I will sacrifice this material to Mr. Fool for trade."
After silently adding 2,000 pounds to his deposit, Angel, who was in a beautiful mood, looked out the window again at "Red Theater".
As March approached, Angel, who returned to Bayam and continued to provide "Affliction" to various pirates and Criminal, felt that his role had reached a bottleneck, so he set his sights on the Demoness Sect's node of human trafficking at sea, "Mad Captain" Connors Victor.
We learned from "Vice Admiral of Ailment" Tracy that this pirate, who had a bounty of 3,300 pounds on his head, was one of the important figures in the maritime human trade chain. To catch "Mad Captain" who has been wandering in dangerous waterways for a long time and rarely set foot on land, we can only start with his stolen goods sales channels.
That is, the contact person who sold beautiful girls for him at "Red Theater", a mysterious person nicknamed "Finger".
In addition to her, Klein also entered the critical stage of playing "Faceless". In order to digest the last bit of Potion, he changed his face and disguised his information to enter " "City of Generosity", the largest hospital in the world, became a volunteer, and used this to get close to those who were about to die, listen to their lives, understand their lives, help them fulfill their last wishes, and in this way achieve a true performance that is consistent with their identity, body and mind.
"Hanged Man" Alger Wilson seemed to be very short of money after being promoted to "Wind-blessed". After selling the Azure Shadow Falcon Crystallized Feather provided by Angel, he tried to get her and Klein to board the Nameless Island that was full of Beyonder Creature again to "make another fortune".
Unfortunately, before his plan took shape, he received the order from Church of Storms and took his men on the "Blue Avenger" to leave the port and go to Gargas Archipelago to complete a certain secret mission.
The reason why he said "secret mission" was because he himself did not know the purpose of the mission, and all he currently received was the assembly order.
"Magician" Fors completed the commission of "World" Klein and reported Feysac people and who were wandering around Williams Street to Backlund's Three Great Churches Queen Intis finally found time to perform as "Trickmaster". The method she once tried to share on Tarot Club was to sneak into the circus and become a real "Trickmaster", performing magic and tricks for tourists.
Of course, according to what she said on Tarot Club, this method is very effective. Fors has summed up Acting Rule of "performance", "cheating", etc. Trickmaster, and Potion has also digested a lot of it.
After "Sun" Derrick was promoted to "Solar High Priest", in addition to paying attention to performance and summarizing the rules in life and combat, he was also working hard to accumulate merit and help Angel in exchange for "Poison Needle of the Black-Striped Shadow Scorpion". Since the latter has not been able to find other "Black-Striped Shadow Scorpion", the "desperate" Potion can only rely on Mr. Sun for this part of the material.
Recalling everyone's "progress" at Tarot Club in the past few weeks, Angel stared blankly out the window, observing the guests coming in and out of the largest brothel in the Rhoside Islands, until there was a gentle knock on the door behind him.
"Come in."
She said, invisible threads rushing towards the door, ready to meet the enemy at any moment.
With a click, the door lock was opened, and a man over 1.8 meters tall, with strong muscles and bronze skin pushed the door and entered.
"Miss Angelica, the whereabouts of 'finger' have been found."
Lai Renhui reported, his voice a little hoarse.
"Very good, William, you really match your nickname."
Angel nodded and responded.
This man, who is only in his early twenties but has a weathered face that looks like he is forty years old, is called William and calls himself "Luck" William. Although this nickname Angel is already tired of being heard at sea, it actually matches this William.
Part of the reason is that William, as a "monster" Pathway, and Sequence 8's "machine" are similar in nature to this Pathway's ability to manipulate fate. Another part of the reason is that his experience is somewhat legendary.
Well, experience at the card table.
Utilizing the precise computing power of the "machine", William can win various card and dice games with terrifying winning rates on the premise that neither party is better than the other. According to him, as long as the winning rates are unequal, he can calculate the difference, proactively lose the ones with a low probability, and bet money on the cards with a higher winning rate.
It always felt like he had enjoyed the benefits of the "monster" follow-up Sequence in advance... Angel shook off the strange thoughts in his mind and looked at William, waiting for his follow-up explanation.
"I won a lot at the casino inside Red Theater, and then 'Finger' appeared. His appearance was very obvious. All three fingers on his left hand except the thumb and index finger were broken. I recognized him at a glance."
William said, with his left hand making a three-finger adduction gesture, imitating the opponent.
"He is just like the rumors, he is a 'Luck'. No matter how much I can calculate, I can't compare to his real 'Luck'. I quickly lost all my chips, but I also confirmed in the chat that he will get off work tonight."
"Then let's wait for him here... I borrowed you from Helene. It's true."
Angel praised, then closed the curtains and stopped looking in the direction of Red Theater.
With a specific time point in mind, all that's left is to wait.