Lord of Mysteries: The Good Witch
Chapter 70

Night Market

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Coming to that one? Which?

Angel was confused and couldn't take the other person's topic for a while.

Daly nodded with understanding. "If you feel uncomfortable, go to bed early. I'll find someone else to catch that 'Artisan'..."

Hearing the word "Artisan", Angel's heart tightened, and he subconsciously touched the revolver "Bloodthirst" on his waist.

Could it be the "Artisan" Kavi who helped me identify Mystical Item in the afternoon? She is a wild Beyonder and was reported by others?

"I'm fine, I'm just a little tired in the afternoon, and I didn't have dinner, so I'm a little too hungry... Who is the 'Artisan' you are talking about?"

Angel waved his hand pretending to be nonchalant and asked.

"It's Enmat Harbor's 'Machinery Hivemind' who issued the wanted order yesterday, and it has only reached us now. Tomaz, one of their team members, 'Artisan' in the team, killed two of his teammates when he went out on a mission yesterday and disappeared."

"Is his Potion name 'Artisan'?"

Angel subconsciously thought of Kavi who identified "Bloodthirst" for her today. She was also called "Artisan". Maybe Is this Potion of a certain Pathway controlled by Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, just like "Sleepless" of Church of the Evernight Goddess?

Daly shook her head, took a wanted notice from the indifferent man talking to her behind her, and handed it to Angel.

It depicts a man around 30 years old, with short hair, a slender face, and thick-rimmed glasses, who looks like a school teacher.

Due to the limited details in the sketch, some keywords were also written below the wanted order: short brown and black hair, wearing a black windbreaker, gray loose trousers, thick leather shoes, and an accent typical of the northern part of the kingdom.

"Tomaz is a civilian employee of 'Machinery Hivemind'. He has never had the opportunity to obtain Potion and become Beyonder. He knows some knowledge about firearm maintenance and equipment installation, and usually helps repair weapons and maintain equipment. But At present, it is likely that he took Potion on his own and became a Beyonder. After the incident was revealed, he killed the witnesses and disappeared. According to the wanted order, he may have reached the level of Sequence 8."

"So 'Artisan' is just a profession, not Sequence of Beyonder?"

It's true that people cannot be judged by their appearance...

Angel looked back at the elegant face of Tomaz on the wanted poster and sighed.

This kind of attire can be seen everywhere on the road. If it were not painted on the wanted poster, I am afraid that even walking by would not attract the attention of the police and Beyonder.

But then again, which Beyonder would have "Come and catch me" written on his face?

"This is a big scandal. If they hadn't killed two Beyonders and were seriously short of manpower in Enmat Harbors, they might not have sent us the wanted order at all, but would have dealt with the traitors internally."

Daly lowered his voice and continued.

"However, 'Machinery Hivemind' has used some means to locate the location of Tomaz today, and it is in our jurisdiction, so we applied for a joint operation today."

Daly took a step back slightly, gave way to the man behind him, and continued:

"This is the member of 'Machinery Hivemind' Emmett Harbor Team, Herman, Mystery Pryer Pathway's Sequence 8, 'Melee Scholar'."

Mystery Pryer is Pathway which is the same as Old Neil. Can it be "Melee Scholar"? It's really a weird Potion name... but many Potion have similar, nonsensical names, such as "Spectator", such as "Corpse Collector".

If 22 Pathways, each Pathway 9 Sequence and Potion names are gathered together, it must be a hodgepodge of all walks of life.

The black-haired man named Herman did not say hello to Angel, but said to Daly with an anxious tone, "Ms. Daly, let's leave as soon as possible. Tomaz was located six hours ago. He has probably fled elsewhere."

"Okay, I originally wanted to find another helper, but as you saw, this lady is a little unwell, so I'll go with you alone."

Daly took back the wanted notice for Machinery Hivemind, folded it in half and stuffed it back into his robe, leaned close to Angel and whispered, "Just have a good rest, or go have dinner nearby. First Avenue There are many good restaurants."

Apparently she still thought Angel was "coming to that".

Angel It was only then that she figured out what "that" was. She looked dumbfounded and couldn't find an excuse to refute. She couldn't explain the reason for her inexplicable blood loss.

But Daly's misunderstanding was just what she wanted. In her previous message to Miss Justice in the "Carrion Bird Bar" trading market, the agreed time was from 8 to 10 o'clock tonight. If she was called to help "Machinery Hivemind" capture the fugitive, she would inevitably lose the transaction on the other side.

Herman looked hesitantly at Rupert Norman who was trying to make pipe tobacco with cigarettes, as if he wanted to call on this extra fighting force, but Daly had already walked out of the door of "Silver Bullet" at the lead, so he had to follow quickly.

Angel was also a little confused about Daly not calling other people, but when he saw the "Machinery Hivemind" member who suddenly appeared at the door and followed Herman into the carriage, he suddenly understood everything.

They were armed with automatic weapons!

The Beyonder is worthy of being called "God of Steam and Machinery". Each of these fire support teams composed of ordinary people holds a gun. Although they do not bring the powerful but more cumbersome High-Pressure Steam Rifle, the firepower difference between the repeating rifle and the semi-automatic weapons used by ordinary people is even greater than that of Beyonder against ordinary people.

Coupled with the cooperation of Daly, Sequence 7's "Spirit Medium", it should be a sure win to deal with a defecting Sequence 8, even the so-called "Melee Scholar".

Angel, who no longer cared about Daly's safety, looked back at Rupert, who had a tense face and seemed to be fiddling with his pipe and tobacco leaves, but in fact, his eyes had been secretly looking at the "Machinery Hivemind" team members lining up outside the door. It was not until Herman walked out of the room that his shoulders slumped and he relaxed.

It seems that Nighthawks from Stoen has some trouble with the other party, or is he targeting "Machinery Hivemind" instead of a specific member?

As if feeling Angel's gaze, Rupert stopped what he was doing, looked up at her, smiled and opened his mouth, ready to say something.

Afraid of being entangled by this chatty talker again, Angel pretended not to see it and walked straight out of the first floor lobby of "Silver Bullet".

She hurried to "Carrion Bird Bar" and sold the Star Crystal she had on hand that she couldn't use for the time being.

Bypassing the noisy bar area and entering the third floor of "Carrion Bird" again, Angel was immediately shocked by the lively atmosphere that was far more lively than during the day.

When she first came here, the sparse crowd made her think that Enmat Harbor's Underground Trading Market was nothing more than that, but it turned out that nighttime was the main venue here.

Convenient sea and land transportation provide this port city with a large number of floating people and goods exchange, making underground trading far more prosperous than Tingen City. At this time, the small third floor is like a noisy vegetable market. The designated fixed stalls are already occupied. Others who need to sell goods can only set up street stalls in the corner, or even sell goods directly in hand. Buyers shuttled between stalls, stopping from time to time to inquire about prices and complete transactions.

There were twice as many armed guards as there were in the afternoon. Two were guarding the stairs and two were in the corner by the window, observing every move of the crowd.

Among the crowds, Angel couldn't find "Justice" whom he had never met before, so he had to squeeze through the crowd and come to the message board on the wall.

The message board, which still had one-third of the space left in the afternoon, was now filled with various transaction information, so that new messages could only be found in the gaps between the words and written on the message board in a smaller font.

Some people even erased the information left by others in a conspicuous position and wrote their own. After several fights, the blackboard was smeared into a mess, and many of the newly written words were almost unrecognizable.

The information she wrote about selling Star Crystal is still there. If you look carefully, there are still a few lines of small words left on the side.

"I want them all. The price is negotiable. Look for 'Justice' next to the stall at the stairwell at night."

Sure enough, this deliberately released information attracted "Justice" Miss who was in urgent need of Potion materials.

Angel did not rush to find her, but continued to browse the message board that had been updated to a large extent, ready to see if there was any other useful information.

"Mummy Powder for sale... This should be the information from the stall owner in the afternoon. It seems that she still has a lot of goods, but I don't know if this thing is really effective; Lava Octopus's blood 5 ml (crossed out) has been sold... maybe it was given by 'Justice' Miss Bought it; acquired a Beyonder Weapon... Will you find a seller if you post it in a place like this? The characteristics of "Instigator" for urgent sale... No, there are people who dare to sell this kind of thing. Aren't you afraid that "Gnostic Society" or even "Demoness Sect" will come to kill you?"

Scanning the messages line by line, summarizing the contents of the transaction, she had a general understanding of the trading level of this market.

It seems that although the passenger flow is not much different from that of Tingen City's "Evil Dragon Bar", and even the order is worse due to poor management, the level of items bought and sold by Enmat Harbor is half a grade higher than that of Tingen City. Not only can you buy various Spirituality-rich materials here, but there is also occasionally information about the purchase of Beyonder Weapon and the sale of Beyonder Characteristic. This should have a lot to do with the relatively relaxed "environment" of Enmat Harbor.

Unfortunately, I did not find the Main Materials configured with "Instigator" Potion... Maybe it would be better to write down the material request yourself?

Just when she moved her gaze to the end of the message board in disappointment, a special message written in the corner came into view. The message was written in extremely small fonts, like a stain left on the corner of the wall.

"The next stage of 'Assassin', price negotiable, Saturday 3 to 5 pm, No. 13, bar on the first floor."

This message that may seem confusing to ordinary people, in the eyes of "Assassin" Angel, is the information she has been waiting for for a long time, the next stage Potion.

Give more to the leader

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