Pallez (Three in One)
Soon, the door opened.
A man with dark hair and green eyes appeared, yawning. He was wearing a casual white shirt and black trousers, the hem of which was casually fluttering in the air.
Lorry smiled and politely removed his hat in acknowledgment.
"Good evening."
Was it him? Leonard's heart skipped a beat. He hadn't expected that the person knocking on his door so late at night would be the strange man he had seen when dealing with a ghostly incident before.
Yes, a weirdo.
The strange man who was described as "too dirty" by the Old Man.
"Good evening, sir." Leonard, a hint of wariness creeping in, said casually, "We don't seem to know each other. Is there something you need?"
Lorry gently shook his head. "I'm not looking for you."
"Ha..." Leonard chuckled silently, his expression seeming to say, "Are you out of your mind? If you weren't looking for me, why did you come knocking on my door?"
But his smile quickly faded, because of the visitor's next words:
"Find Him."
He, she, and it are pronounced differently in Loenese.
Him? Could it be that the person he's looking for is the Old Man? How does he know about the Old Man's existence! Leonard's expression changed drastically, and without hesitation, he Dream Infiltration.
He failed.
Lorry stood at the bottom of the steps with a smile, "Aren't you going to invite me in?"
"Old Man! Old Man!" Leonard panicked instantly, repeatedly asking in his mind, "What do we do now? He's discovered you!"
An aged voice slowly rose:
"What are you afraid of? Haven't you learned the etiquette of entertaining guests? Just invite him in, or perhaps you want to discuss things here?"
"So you're Angel..." Upon hearing the slightly aged voice, Leonard immediately calmed down and even considered asking the other person a question.
Unsurprisingly, he only received a sneer in response.
Leonard, long accustomed to such occurrences, paid no attention, quietly took a deep breath, and nodded to the uninvited guest outside the door. "Please come in."
"Thanks."
"I'm going to say this," Lorry said slowly, and followed Leonard into the house.
He was fine at the door, but now, sitting less than two meters apart, Leonard looked at the smiling visitor on the Long Sofa and suddenly felt uneasy. It wasn't until the aged voice reminded him that he snapped back to reality.
What do you want from me?
"Find Him..." Lorry casually corrected, then suddenly paused, realizing he'd picked up the habit of Believer of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.
He chuckled inwardly and continued:
"I would like to purchase a Sealed Artifact corresponding to the ' Fire Thief ' level."
A dozen seconds later, Leonard sneered:
I have the item, but why should I sell it to you?
After glancing at the megaphone, Lorry thought for a moment and held up two fingers:
"My sincerity comes from two pieces of information; you may choose one."
First, the whereabouts of Amon.
"Secondly, the whereabouts of Mobet."
Amon?! Leonard's green eyes instantly turned to horror. He had heard the Old Man mention this surname before and knew that he was the Old Man's enemy.
After calming down a bit, he carefully considered a second name.
Who is Mobet?
As he pondered, he heard the Old Man's voice, which sounded slightly different from his usual tone, as if it carried a hint of reminiscence, a touch of vicissitude, and a trace of remembrance.
Tell him he needs both pieces of information.
In exchange, the price of the Sealed Artifact can be appropriately reduced.
"Okay..." Leonard thought to himself, then looked at Lorry: "I'm interested in both of these things. If you want to make a trade, one piece of information isn't enough."
Lorry sighed, picked up the top hat beside him, and put it on his head.
"Sorry to bother you."
Having said that, he stood up from the Long Sofa.
"Uh, wait a minute!" Leonard exclaimed quickly, "I haven't finished speaking yet. In exchange, the price of the Sealed Artifact can be reduced."
Lorry stood in front of the Long Sofa and said:
"I need to Soothsayer before deciding whether to do business with you."
Leonard narrowed his eyes and said:
"7000 pounds."
Upon hearing this number, Lorry's lips twitched almost imperceptibly.
Original price?
"After the discount," Leonard replied.
Who says the "poet" is stupid? He's incredibly clever! He managed to sell Sealed Artifact for 7,000 pounds, but after the discount, it's still 7,000 pounds!
I'll go to Church to pray later, and then tell Archbishop Anthony that the Posner Face Mask Factory plans to donate money to the church on the condition that a Nighthawks named Leonard Mitchell be transferred to work at the department store to fully utilize his mathematical talents... Lorry thought to himself, and said in a low voice:
"6,000 pounds plus those two intelligence reports, that's my bottom line."
Leonard had originally planned to try and bargain by arguing that the negative effects of the Sealed Artifact were extremely minor, but he was stopped by the aged voice in his head:
"Alright, if you hadn't stopped him, you might have been able to take the initiative."
"Just say yes, there's no need to dwell on such a small thing."
Leonard sighed dejectedly and nodded, saying:
"It's possible to trade."
But I must first determine whether your information is accurate.
"No problem." Lorry sat down readily, speaking up before the other party could urge him.
"Amon is in the Forsaken Land of the Gods."
"As for Mobet, he's currently in a rather peculiar state, outside the Real World, and returning to reality might not be a good thing."
The Forsaken Land of the Gods... not in the Real World... Leonard was shocked and hurriedly asked the Old Man, but received no response.
After a long while, he heard a sigh:
Let's make a deal.
"Aren't you worried that he's deceiving you?" Leonard asked himself.
The aged voice chuckled "Hey," but said nothing more.
Seeing this, Leonard didn't ask any further questions. He told the visitor to "wait," got up, and went to the Bedroom. A moment later, he came out with a red glove.
It's called "Fire Seed," and it can change color and disguise itself at will.
As he spoke, he had a sudden thought, and the red gloves instantly turned black.
At the same time, he continued to introduce:
"It can enhance the user's charisma and make his words highly persuasive."
"It has an Beyonder Ability to Stealing targets within a 50-meter range. The more you know about the target, the easier it is to Stealing what you want; the more ignorant you are, the more random and luck-dependent it becomes."
"When the target Sequence is higher than 6, failure is possible, and the higher the sequence, the greater the probability of failure."
"After a successful Stealing, the original target loses that Beyonder Ability and must wait at least 12 hours to recover, while the owner of the ' Fire Seed ' can use it skillfully and maintain it for about 10 minutes."
There are two negative effects:
"First, there is a significant chance that you might lose your belongings while wearing it."
"Secondly, after use, one of your Beyonder Ability will be lost for at least 12 hours, but only one ability will be available within this timeframe."
Lorry took the "Fire Seed" glove, looked at it over and over a few times, then put it back on the Tea Table and pushed it back to Leonard.
Leonard couldn't help but look bewildered.