Mystery: Mr. Witch and Miss Hunter

Chapter 6 Party
After dinner, Altaïr got up to pack the dishes, preparing to go to the Extraordinary party held at the bar later.Since the Battle of Faith, similar underground gatherings have sprung up from the East Side.

Although their strength is not very strong - as far as Altaïr knows, there are generally few mid-sequence powerhouses above Sequence 7 in this kind of gathering, but the advantage lies in the large number, even the Orthodox Church does not have effective supervision methods.

Here, Extraordinary people trade some Extraordinary materials or magical items, but only a few large-scale Extraordinary gatherings dare to do transactions involving formulas.After all, ordinary Extraordinary people are unlikely to be able to afford two copies of the potion to test the authenticity. If the host of the party has no ability to ensure the authenticity of the formula, no one will take risks because of this.

However, the host of this Extraordinary party is Gagaran, the "answer all questions" Gagaran.Her sequence seems to have the ability to perform divination with the help of mirrors, and can confirm whether formulas or other items are threatening and whether they are real and effective.

And other Beyonder gatherings obviously don't have Beyonders with similar abilities, and even if there are, their sequence also limits the upper limit of the spirituality contained in the items they can divination.And their upper limit of ability has become the natural upper limit of the gathering size, resulting in the situation that although there are many gatherings of Extraordinary people, there are not many successful situations.

Altaïr hired a two-wheeled carriage, and soon arrived at the door of the "Crucible and Top Hat" bar.Altaïr pushed open the door, and a strong smell of alcohol came to his face.The gang members and bounty hunters in the East District do not have as many entertainment activities as the noble families, so this kind of bar with chess and card rooms and billiard rooms is very prosperous. It is suitable for some assets, but there is still a lot of gap with the regular employees in the West District. used by the Eastside middle class.

Altaïr used his talent as an "assassin" to nimbly pass through the staggering drunks, and came to the small patio in the backyard of the bar.He recalled a moment, and then tapped rhythmically on the wall with his index finger.

Then, the wall cracked open, revealing a reddish-brown wooden door.In the Battle of Faith, a "traveler" was shot dead by the machine gun of the Feysac airship carrying the arbitrator after his spirituality was exhausted.Since this place was still in a war zone at that time, his Extraordinary characteristics were not recovered in time, and finally merged with the wall, turning the wall into a magical item, which was called "the whitewashed wall" by Gagaran.

As long as you knock on the wall according to a fixed rhythm, a spiritual door will appear on the wall.The door is reddish-brown in color, and its shape is no different from that of a normal wooden door.After passing through the gate, the user will be teleported to different places according to the rhythm.

Since it does not need to be carried by others, the owner Gagaran does not need to bear the side effects.This wall has two sides. When knocking on the outside of the wall, the other end of the gate connects to the location preset by the holder; while knocking on the inside of the wall, you only need to knock on your own house number according to the length of the interval. The corresponding number, it will teleport the user to the foyer of the corresponding house in Backlund.

Of course, since the Extraordinary of the apprentice path only has Sequence 5, the teleportation distance of the formed magical item is also limited to Backlund.Otherwise, it would be terrible if he found himself teleported to Intis after opening the door.

And it also has a side effect: every time it is teleported, it will randomly seal an extraordinary ability of the user, which lasts for an hour.In a low-level gathering where everyone is generally in Sequence 8 to Sequence 9, depriving the two Extraordinary abilities is almost as effective as prohibiting hands, so no one here will take the idea of ​​​​throwing something in someone else's hands.

Altaïr pushed open the spiritual door, and the next second, he was already in a bright room with a fireplace.The layout of this house was arranged by Gagaran. Unlike other Extraordinary gatherings, which are generally dimly lit and the faces of the members are blurred, the fireplace and gas lamps here are working normally.According to Gaglan, it's not that he can't afford the gas meter, so what's the point of making the room so dark.

There were more than 20 armchairs with armrests in the room, and all of them were full of people except for the two side chairs.Altaïr sat down on the chair familiarly.

The ability that was deprived when he came in this time was the passive "Abetment to Crime Bonus" of Sequence 8 "Instigator", which didn't have much effect on his frontal combat ability.After all, before Sequence 7, everyone didn't have those fancy little skills. At most, they were better than normal people in terms of physical fitness. Now that the core ability of frontal combat has not been sealed, Altaïr also has confidence in his heart.

"You actually came, we thought you died in some sewer."

A thin man in black robe smiled in a low voice, and greeted Altaïr in a "friendly" way.Everyone here, including Altaïr, put on masks. After all, not everyone wants to let others know their Extraordinary status, because that means trouble.However, the identity of the party members can still be distinguished according to the other party's dress, sitting position and conversation.

"Listening to you is no different than being in the sewer."

Altaïr snorted coldly, put his hands on his chest, bowed his head and closed his eyes to rest.

"While you were away, we had a new member."

Gagran, standing in the middle, nodded to Altaïr, and then to the empty chair next to him.

"It's probably time for her to come now... oh, she's here." Gagran looked towards the gate, where the spiritual gate appeared again. "Sit down, let's get started."

Altaïr cast a quick glance over his shoulder.It was a tall woman. Judging from her body shape, her muscular lines were very well-proportioned, and she seemed to be a type with very strong fighting ability.The other party has loose curly hair, and the brown hair tail is exposed from the hood of the hooded robe.Sensing Altaïr's gaze, she nodded slightly, and sat next to Altaïr.

"Then, the party begins now." Gagaran waved his hand, and sat down on the velvet-covered armchair in the center of the hall.

Everyone was silent for about two seconds, and the thin man in black robe raised his hand and said:
"I have two items for sale here. The first one is a necklace. Its name is "Indulgent Rose Heart". It has three abilities: First, after being infused with spirituality, it can harden the user's skin and can Resisting the frontal shooting of a revolver, only a high-pressure steam rifle can break the defense. Second, as long as it is carried around, it can provide the user with strong recovery power. As long as it is not a fatal injury, even an injury that penetrates the abdomen can quickly Restoration. Third, it also provides the ability to use frost."

"The negative effect is that as long as it is worn on the body, the holder's sense of time will change, and it will speed up or slow down randomly; after using the extraordinary ability of the necklace, there will be a desire to reproduce and mate, and with the use of Gradually aggravated by the length of time. Use for more than 5 minutes, this desire is enough to make a major error in your judgment. If you have not taken off the necklace within 10 minutes of using the necklace, this desire will solidify and remain on The strongest state; in fact, when the desire is the strongest, it is enough to cover your own reason."

"The price is 1500 pounds. Believe me, this is a fair price. If it weren't for the fact that the negative effects of this item are a bit dangerous for me, and I am in urgent need of cash, I would not sell this item easily of."

The little man introduced with some reluctance.

For a mystical item that is almost equivalent to Sequence 6, this price is quite cheap... Altaïr thought about it, and seriously considered whether he needed this item.In fact, the effect of this item is very powerful.Most low-sequence Extraordinary people are only stronger than normal people in terms of physical fitness, and do not have the ability to physically carry bullets.The hardened skin and quick recovery ability of this item will be a qualitative improvement for him in Sequence 8.However, the negative effects are also quite scary.As long as it is worn, it will confuse the user's sense of time, so it is easy to wear it overtime... As an assassin, he still hopes that he can maintain his sanity at all times.After all, no one wants to become a lunatic who only knows how to reproduce and mate.

Shaking his head to restrain his urge to buy, Altaïr looked around and found that there were no bids for the time being. It seemed that they were afraid of the negative effect, and there were really not many people who could come up with 1500 pounds in cash at once.

However, at this moment, the new woman next to Altaïr softly said: "I offer 1600 pounds, you have to tell me the usual sealing method. Also, help me find out the recent movements of the leader of the Blackland Party .”

This lady is richer than she looks... What is she asking about the movements of the Herlanders?Altaïr's eyes wandered a little, which was his performance when he was thinking about things.

The main business of the Blackland Party was the smuggling of spirits and tobacco, as evidenced by their use of the name of the liquor as the name of the party.Lately their gang has been getting more and more money, thanks to the post-war hunger for the lull of alcohol to make them forget about their pain.The leader of the Helander Party led the commission to assassinate the executioner of the Zmangg Party that Altaïr took over.After all, the Blacklanders are a gangster that has risen recently. Although they have sufficient funds, there are many things that cannot be bought with money or cannot be bought immediately, such as high-pressure steam rifles and smart and capable thugs, so they can only entrust Altaïr Such a killer to solve the problem.

While Altaïr was thinking, the deal just now had been concluded, and the lady took the iron box holding the rose heart and the note with the sealing method from Gagran, and sat back in her seat.

(End of this chapter)