Charlotte let out a long breath and said, "I haven't thanked you yet, Vinnie."
Vinnie Arsenault said softly, "I'd originally wanted you to pay a sum of money to compensate the families of those detectives and settle this peacefully. I didn't expect Aubrey Teuton Atwood to send assassins ahead of time. In the end, we still had to settle it through a duel."
Charlotte asked, "Who are my likely opponents in this duel?"
Vinnie pondered for a moment before asking, "Mr. Mecklen, can you honestly tell me whether you're a Low-Order, Mid-Order, or High-Order Transcendent?"
Charlotte answered without hesitation, "Fourth Order!"
On the Old Continent, First through Sixth Order were Low-Order Transcendents, Seventh through Twelfth Order were Mid-Order Transcendents, and Thirteenth through Eighteenth Order were High-Order Transcendents. Beyond Eighteenth Order, there were further titles!
Vinnie Arsenault shook her head and said, "Then you'd better avoid the duel!"
"As far as I know, you have at least two Mid-Order challengers and one High-Order challenger!"
Charlotte could not help cursing indignantly, "Aubrey Teuton is simply a scoundrel. How could I possibly defeat challengers above Mid-Order? Not to mention there's a High-Order one."
Vinnie Arsenault could not think of a solution either. She suggested, "I heard you cultivate Bloody Glory. Perhaps you could spend heavily to acquire a Vampiric Weapon."
"However, Vampiric Weapons rarely appear. If you want to buy one now, you must conceal your intentions. Otherwise, people will maliciously raise the price."
Charlotte did not think this was worth hiding. He said, "I have two Vampiric Weapons!"
Vinnie Arsenault breathed a sigh of relief and said, "With Supernatural Weapons, perhaps you can contend with the two Mid-Order Transcendents. But that High-Order one..."
"He's Addison's older brother. There's no way to bribe him."
*I have to choose Machu Picchu as the dueling