Buying Everything

Wen Lisa immediately bowed to the newcomer.

"Captain Bonar, you're still on duty this late?"

Luke glanced at the newcomer and continued waiting beside the counter to pay.

The Imperial Secret Agent named Bonar had been staring at Luke ever since he came in.

A female Elf, with short emerald-green hair cut to her ears, beautiful—very beautiful, carrying two blades, and wearing a long black lace glove on her right arm...

Just as the intelligence report had said, she matched the description of that dangerous killer.

Bonar asked Wen Lisa, "Did this Elf buy all these things?"

Wen Lisa replied, "Yes, Captain Bonar. This Elf bought all these things. Once I finish this transaction, I can close up and get some rest."

Bonar asked Luke, "Miss, may I ask what you plan to do with all these mysterious items? I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Bonar, and I'm the captain of the Second Special Task Force at the Raging Wave City Central Branch of the Imperial Secret Intelligence Bureau."

Luke glanced at Bonar.

"Good evening, Captain Bonar. I bought these things to study the Secret Arts. If you're concerned, you can inspect them."

Wen Lisa was afraid the deal might fall through, so she hurriedly said, "Captain Bonar, all the mysterious items sold at the Whisperer's Mystic House are legal.

Madam Mishir can vouch for that."

"Of course I trust Councilor Mishir." Bonar continued asking Luke, "Miss Elf, you've bought so many things. My men and I can escort you home. It's very late, and it could be dangerous for such a beautiful Elf to be out alone."

"I can protect myself." Luke took out the Silver Blade from the Blade Bearer Brotherhood, spun it once between her fingertips, then put it away and asked Wen Lisa, "How much?"

Wen Lisa checked the amount she'd calculated. "The total is 1,473,200 Imperial Marks, but you only need to pay 1,450,000."

Luke took a money pouch from her Spatial Backpack and counted out some Gold Vouchers, Silver Vouchers, and Imperial Marks for Wen Lisa.

Then she began putting the boxes of mysterious items into her Spatial Backpack one by one.

The Silver Blade of the Blade Bearer Brotherhood. Spatial storage Magic.

Bonar respectfully bowed to Luke. "I had no idea you were a member of the Blade Bearer Brotherhood. Would you honor me by telling me your name?"

After packing everything away, Luke replied, "I'm not a member of the Blade Bearer Brotherhood. A friend gave me this dagger and said it could help me avoid some unnecessary trouble.

"As for my name...

"Clear Sky. A cloudless sky.

"If there's nothing else, goodbye."

When Bonar heard the name Clear Sky, he instinctively reached for the sword hanging at his waist.

But he stopped himself from drawing it.

As soon as he saw the Elf leave, he hurried after her.

"Miss Clear Sky, did you kill Jumu the Horned Demonkin of the Mad Axe Gang in Cape District?"

As Luke stepped out of the Whisperer's Mystic House, she saw a group of Imperial Secret Agents gathered outside.

They all had their swords drawn, watching Luke warily.

Bonar came hurrying out behind her.

The atmosphere instantly grew tense.

Luke replied, "I did."

"Did you also kill the dozen or so people in the Windbreak Alley warehouse district?"

"I did." Luke admitted it without hesitation, her right hand resting on the hilt at her lower back. "Any other questions, Captain Bonar?"

The temperature around them dropped rapidly.

Raindrops fell from the sky, then turned into ice pellets that clattered against the stone road.

Thirty meters away, the road was dry, without a single raindrop or ice pellet.

The scene fell unnaturally silent.

A luxurious carriage approached in the distance. When the coachman saw what was happening, he immediately yanked the reins to stop, then quickly turned around and whipped the horses into a frantic retreat.

The temperature kept dropping.

Some of the agents began to struggle, their bodies trembling from the cold.

The strange phenomenon reminded Bonar of the report on the Windbreak Alley murders.

Every victim had been frozen into an ice sculpture.

They had faced their enemy head-on, yet none had put up any resistance before dying.

At the Mad Axe Gang Headquarters, she had killed over a hundred people in just a few minutes, including several battle-hardened Mad Axe Gang veterans.

Going by the timing, Jumu the Horned Demonkin hadn't lasted a minute before she cut off his head.

Bonar couldn't understand how this Elf, who didn't look particularly formidable, could be so deadly.

Could I take her in a fight?

And she had the backing of those old nobles, too.

Bonar saw frost forming on his eyelashes.

"Miss Clear Sky, you've misunderstood. We have no intention of making an enemy of you." In the end, Bonar didn't dare try to arrest the Elf. He waved for his men to retreat from the frost-covered area, then said, "The incidents in Windbreak Alley and with the Mad Axe Gang aren't under the Secret Intelligence Bureau's jurisdiction. Cape District isn't our territory, either.

"Besides, you're a friend of a member of the Blade Bearer Brotherhood."

Luke asked, "So I can leave?"

"Of course. Welcome to the Central District of Raging Wave City. I hope you have a pleasant evening..."

"Goodbye!"

Luke leaped onto the rooftops and quickly vanished into the night.

She didn't want to get entangled with these Imperial Secret Agents. If they fought, she'd have to raise Clear Sky's level, and using up too much of her phone's battery could affect what came next.

After Luke left, the freezing phenomenon outside the Whisperer's Mystic House vanished.

Bonar turned and went back into the shop. He found Wen Lisa huddled behind the counter, shivering from the cold, and asked, "What did that Elf buy?"

Wen Lisa handed him a sheet of paper. "Everything that Elf bought is listed here. Captain Bonar, what just happened? Why did it suddenly get so cold?"

"It's over now. You should close up and get some rest..." Bonar took Luke's shopping list and noticed a few items on it. "Some of these things seem connected to the 'heart' that went missing from the Alchemist Association.

"Was the Blade Bearer Brotherhood behind it?"

After buying all the necessary items and materials, Luke ran between buildings until she left the city and reached the sea.

Now it was time to summon the Red Dragon Nilcolon.

In the moonlight, the sea breeze carried waves that washed over the beach again and again. Following the summoning guide on her phone, Luke drew a Six-Pointed Star Magic Array in the sand.

Then she took out the Sulfur she had bought and sprinkled it evenly along the lines of the array.

She lit the Fin Whale oil lamp and placed it on the first point of the array, then set five crystals on the other five points.

She recited the incantation.

Five beams shot out of the lamp and entered the crystals, which immediately began to glow with a soft light.

Luke walked to the center of the array and took out the 120 cm × 120 cm sheet of paper made from Alfalfa, laying it on the ground. As she recited the incantation, the soft paper hardened until it was like a stone slab.