Pale Emblem

Chapter 101 Visitor
The dream arena can now evolve the environment Victor is familiar with, including the items in the environment and the corresponding characteristics of various items.

For example, Victor evolves his rented hut in the dream arena.The furniture, ceramic utensils and other items in the house are almost exactly the same as in reality, except that there are fewer living people.Not to mention living people, the evolved rented house does not even have the most common floating mosquitoes.

Obviously, the dream arena cannot evolve living creatures.

But the point is that the evolution of the dream arena refers to reality, not according to Victor's memory and cognition.

Therefore, Victor was able to use a set of simple refining equipment to conduct more than 400 dispensing experiments, and failed more than 400 times before finally getting a bottle of medicine samples.Assuming all this happened in reality, he could fill half the room with wasted medicinal materials.

The cost to a pharmacist of developing a new drug is prohibitively high.Victor completed the pharmaceutical experiment in a dream, without wasting any raw materials.

The reality-based evolution of the dream arena can correct Victor's cognitive bias towards reality.It means that regardless of whether he understands the various characteristics of medicinal raw materials, Dreamland Arena can help him grasp the various mysteries of medicinal raw materials through the evolution function.

Of course, the evolution function of the Dream Arena is not limited to testing new medicines, it has more uses.

Victor evolves his temporary home and evolves the house next door as well.But in reality, he has never visited the neighbor next door at all, and he doesn't know what the neighbor's room looks like and what items are in it.

Out of curiosity, Victor sneaked into the neighbor's room when they were not at home, and found that the items inside were exactly the same as the evolution of the dream.

For environments that Victor does not know, the Dream Arena can evolve; for items that Victor does not understand, the Dream Arena can also evolve.Dreamland Arena is like an omniscient god who can reproduce the environment around Victor and evolve it without any difference.

Of course, Dream Arena is far from being "omniscient", but he has indeed achieved "knowing everything".

The specific rules of the "evolution" function are as follows:

First of all, the environment for the evolution of the dream arena must be a space with Victor as the center and a radius of 150 meters.

Secondly, there must be flowable wind elements in the engraved space.

Third, Victor must stay in place for at least 5 minutes before the flowing wind element can reproduce the item information in the space.

Fourth, the dream arena refuses visitors, and living creatures will not be evolved.

Finally, the evolved space environment of the Dream Arena can be superimposed 4 times, and the radius of the engraved space reaches 600 meters.But the results of one evolution will be replaced by the results of the next evolution, and cannot be reproduced.

The "Descent" function of Dreamland Arena is that the mythical three-headed lizard descended on Victor, giving him a new elemental affinity.The "evolution" function is to reproduce Victor's surrounding environment information and item information with wind elements in Dreamland Arena, and Victor himself is only used as the coordinates of the reproduction.

From the two functions of "Arrival" and "Evolution", it can be seen that the Dreamland Arena actually has its own will.Victor couldn't imagine how He exercised his will, but he didn't feel that it would hinder him.

The dream arena is the manifestation of his soul, and it is impossible to harm himself no matter what.This also means that switching element affinity and using wind elements to perceive the environment are all Victor's innate abilities.But he has forgotten a lot of things, and he can no longer freely use his previous extraordinary talent.

Victor felt that he was getting weaker, not stronger.Even though Dreamland Arena currently provides the two functions of "Arrival" and "Evolution", there are still various conditions and restrictions.It's nothing to be happy about.

In fact, all things on the main material plane, thousands of laws are reflected in the sea of ​​four elements.Because the dream arena is located deep in the dark side of the sea of ​​fire elements, it can reproduce the things perceived by the wind elements and evolve the laws and mysteries in it.

This is almost the authority of the Creator, which has transcended the concept of "strong" or "weak".

If one day, Victor recovers his memory and finds himself, he can only use the wind element to perceive the surface of things, but he will definitely lose the authority of the law of evolution.

This is the difference between a true god and a mortal.

The gap between true gods and mortals is insurmountable.

However, Victor is a special case, he can even be called a "God Stealer".However, he has not yet fully realized how valuable the "evolution" function is.

The new psychedelic medicine has achieved initial success in the evolution, and Victor left the dream arena and returned to reality.He opened his eyes to see Harvey clasping the arms of Ruth and Jessica with both hands, preventing them from rushing downstairs.

The two women are now in a frenzy because a visitor has come downstairs.In their view, strangers are intruders and must be driven out, otherwise they will feel insecure.

"Victor, you're awake!" Harvey exclaimed in surprise.There is no pressure for him to control Ruth and Jessica at the same time, but he should try to avoid too much physical contact with these two women.Ruth and Jessica were less polite, scratching, biting, and spitting at Harvey.Harvey could only use his superb force technique to move their center of gravity and drag them to this side, but he also looked embarrassed enough.

Victor frowned and said, "Make them dizzy first."

When Harvey heard Victor's order, without even thinking about it, he lightly pressed Ruth's cervical joints with his thumb, and the tiny shock was transmitted to the brain to make her unconscious immediately, and then he did the same to Jessica.

"These two girls are really annoying. They dare not hit them, and it's useless to scold them." Harvey said, watching them faint on the floor, shaking his head.

Looking after a madman is difficult, and if the madman is still a professional, it is even more difficult.Harvey may have sympathized with what happened to Ruth and Jessica, but after spending so many days with each other, there is only disgust left.

Victor nodded and said, "I'll prepare the potion today and give it to them. They won't be so manic in the future."

Before Harvey had time to be happy, he heard Victor say again: "However, they still need someone to take care of them. The function of the new psychedelic drug is to make them emotionally stable and unresponsive. The side effect is to temporarily reduce intelligence. After taking the drug, they eat and wear There must be someone to help them with clothes, and to prevent them from getting lost."

Harvey thought for a while and said: "As long as they don't beat people, it will be fine. We can spend money to buy two strong and obedient barbarian slaves to take care of them. The Black Pig Tavern rents out barbarian slaves. I will go back and ask , to see if they sell barbarian slave girls. But I guess, the price of barbarian slave girls is not cheap. We may have to find the thieves union again and sell some treasures."

Victor wasn't afraid to spend money, and he didn't care about insignificant details as long as Harvey got things done.However, Harvey and McGrady are also idiot country bumpkins. Regardless of their age of five or sixty, they actually know nothing about the ghost tricks of the Thieves Guild.

In fact, they need a smart and capable person to take care of the daily chores in their place.Otherwise, they will be deceived.

Victor left Ruth and Jessica lying on the floor unconscious, and he and Harvey went downstairs together.In the living room downstairs, Maddie is receiving the tailor from Water Snake Town.

The bald half-elf old man was here to deliver clothes. The movement upstairs made him terrified, for fear that two lunatics would rush down and beat him up.

Seeing Victor and Harvey come down the stairs, the tailor bounced off his chair reflexively.

McGrady comforted: "Mr. Meepo, don't worry. The girls are asleep now... Well, they will sleep when they are tired."

In the living room besides the tailor, there was a barbarian slave with a leather collar around his neck.It's big, ugly, and scary at first glance.However, compared to the barbarian warrior Victor saw in the Bolang Town plantation, this barbarian slave had loose muscles and a fat body, lacking that ferocious wildness, just like a fat pig raised in captivity.

It was the first time Victor saw a male barbarian slave, and he took another look curiously.

"Sir, this is my savage slave. He usually does rough manual work in a tailor's shop. You have ordered a lot of clothes, so I'll ask them to bring them here." The tailor explained sarcastically.

In the eyes of the Disa half-elf, the status of male barbarian slaves is far worse than that of barbarian female slaves, and is equivalent to livestock.They would not allow a stupid, dirty male slave into their house, considering it a humiliation.

My dwelling is not a stable, how can you bring animals in?
Fortunately, Harvey and Maddie don't have such vanity-based prejudice, but circumcised and captive slaves don't deserve their respect.

Harvey mocked coldly: "Tailor, do you expect this thing to protect you?"

The tailor took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and explained embarrassingly: "I just let it help to carry things." Then, he turned around and scolded the slave who was twice his size: "Idiot! Get out of here quickly!" ?”

The barbarian slave obediently left the house, and when he went out, he closed the door carefully, trying not to make any noise.

Standing on the bench, the tailor first tried on the custom-made clothes for Victor, and if there was something that didn't fit, he could change it on the spot.He put on a cotton shirt for Victor, and while measuring the length with a tape measure, he exclaimed: "I have been a tailor for more than 30 years, and I have never seen such a perfect figure as Mr. Victor. Straighten your arms, please?" Doesn't feel right?"

"No." Victor stretched his arms according to the little old tailor's request, and asked, "Your barbarian slave is very obedient... Are all barbarian slaves so obedient?"

"You mean Obi? It is a barbarian slave I raised since I was a child... Some people laughed at me and said that Obi was a bastard born between me and a barbarian slave girl. In fact, Obi was seriously ill when he was young and was thrown by slave traders Sewage ditch, let me pick it up, it didn't cost a copper. However, Obi is stupid and can eat, I spent a lot of money raising him. After getting along for a long time, I have a little affection for him , like raising a stupid dog."

The little old man, the tailor, chattered: "Obi's personality is pretty docile, and he never caused trouble. Otherwise, he would have been beaten to death. There was once a caravan steward who saw that Obi was obedient, and offered 80 urns to buy him. I I have raised it for 19 years, and I am not willing to sell it, because I am afraid that it will cause trouble in the caravan and be thrown into the mine by the steward, and then Obi will be finished...Mr. Victor, please try this coat."

Victor put on a brand new coat, which was made of cotton and silk blended material. The texture was average, but the workmanship was fine enough.Wealthy half-elf families would buy several of these coats as formal attire for more formal occasions.The rich and powerful families in the city-state definitely don't like this kind of clothes, but it looks particularly outstanding when worn by Victor.

Just putting on a set of well-fitting clothes, Victor naturally exuded a noble and elegant temperament.The tailor's eyes lit up, and he repeatedly praised: "Perfect, impeccable... This suit is my most outstanding work. Mr. Victor, would you try these trousers again?"

Victor picked up the trousers hanging on the back of the chair and asked, "You just said that if Obi is thrown into the mine, he will die?"

"Oh, I heard that the wild slaves who work in the mines are rough and fierce. Most mine owners can only allocate a place for the wild slaves to live in, and let them take care of themselves. My Obi is timid and very honest. If it enters the mine, it will definitely be beaten to death by those barbarian slaves." The tailor shook his head and said: "The barbarian slaves live in a village in the mine, and the half-elf guards are unwilling to enter their village. The mine owner supervises them to work with food .As long as they can complete their tasks, mine owners are unwilling to take care of their affairs, and it is not easy to take care of them.”

Victor asked with great interest: "Isn't the owner of the mine afraid that the slaves will escape?"

The tailor replied: "Sir, I don't know about other city-states, but in Fallen Leaf City, if the local residents see a strange barbarian slave without a master around them, they can kill it, no compensation is required, and they can go to the security station to get a reward. I Always tell Obi, don’t leave our neighborhood. Those who don’t know it will cut off its head. Therefore, the armed caravan would rather use more expensive barbarian slaves than barbarian slaves, because they are afraid that the barbarian slaves will kill them. The caravan is in trouble."

Harvey next to him interjected and asked, "Meepo, do you know what the barbarian slaves and barbarian slaves in Water Snake Town sell for?"

"Master Harvey, that's not good." The tailor thought for a while and explained, "Slaves are not worth much. 60 gold towers should be able to buy a good slave. However, there are very few people who buy slaves. Everyone still likes to buy barbarian slaves. Some of them are expensive and some are cheap. I heard that the cheapest barbarian slaves in the slave market in Northland cost 100 gold towers. Most people can’t afford them.”

"Doesn't the Black Pig Tavern sell barbaric slave girls?"

The tailor hesitated for a moment and said, "This...you have to talk to the tavern owner. If the price is right, he should sell it, right?"

McGrady was not interested in the barbarian slave trade. He cared more about the little apprentice last time, and asked casually, "Mr. Meepo, where is your apprentice Stephanie? Why didn't you bring her here?"

The little old man's expression froze slightly, and he said annoyedly: "Don't mention it. I took her in as an apprentice because of her pity. Who knew that this orphan's hands and feet were not clean. She stole a ball of gold thread from the shop and was arrested in the tailor's shop. The maid caught him red-handed. I chased her away."

Although the tailor tried his best to hide his panic, how could his performance be hidden from the perception of Victor and others?

Maddie narrowed her eyes slightly, and asked again: "Is Stephanie an orphan? Do you know where she lives now?"

The tailor mentioned Stephanie's orphan status, and an ordinary business traveler would think of the Orphan Gang.Meepo felt that what he hinted was obvious enough, but McGrady didn't understand the doorway at all.In a remote settlement like Bolang Town, orphans must be adopted, it is impossible to let them wander around, and they have no place to wander.

Maddie takes a fancy to Stephanie's qualifications and sincerely wants to take her away.

The tailor in Watersnake Town misunderstands that Maddie wants to track down the "Goldfinger" gang.He didn't dare to speak too much, and vaguely stated that he didn't know the whereabouts of Stephanie.

After Victor and the others finished trying on the clothes and paid the final payment, the tailor immediately bid farewell and hurriedly left the house.

Maddie rubbed her chin and said, "This guy has a ghost in his heart. Could it be that Stephanie has been sold to a slave trader by him? My lord, if possible, I still want to find Stephanie and take her away."

Victor did not comment, he listened for a moment, and said lightly: "Someone is here again, the caravan steward and caravan guard who brought us into the town."

Harvey was furious immediately, and said frowningly, "Their buddy Lockebie betrayed our information, and I didn't go to them to settle the score, but they actually came to the door? I really think I dare not kill them?!"

(End of this chapter)