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Chapter 176 Closing the Deal
The tinderbox is a fairy tale about Philip, a lucky soldier, who suddenly meets an old witch who tells him to search for treasure in a tree hole.

After entering the tree hole, the soldier brought back a large amount of gold coins, and also got the tinder box that the old witch asked him to get.

Later, he asked the old witch what the tinder box was for, but the old witch didn't answer, and was killed by a soldier with a sword. Later, the soldier discovered that the tinder box could summon three magical hounds.

Using these three hounds, he became the husband of the princess, became the king, and reached the pinnacle of life.

Locke was deeply impressed by this story. When he heard this story when he was a child, he felt that the old witch was evil. The soldier Philip was really a good man. After he got the wealth, he distributed it to the poor, saying that he knew the pain of not having money.

But looking at it now, Locke's first feeling is that this soldier Philip is a white-eyed wolf.

It's like a deal, the old witch gave the soldier wealth, and then asked him to help him get the tinder box, but after the soldier got the wealth, he turned his face directly, killed the old witch, and took the tinder box for himself.

The wealth he used to pretend to be generous to help the poor was brought by the old witch, and the tinder box that helped him become a king to the pinnacle of life was also obtained by killing the old witch black-heartedly.

The old witch helped him gain wealth and did not harm him, but was killed by him. It can be seen that the soldier Philip is definitely not a good person.

Thinking about it again, isn’t this a classic Western show operation? From fairy tales, we can see the classic robber thinking of Western civilization. Sure enough, many stories cannot stand careful consideration.

However, Locke did not act in a hurry, but watched the old witch cast magic on the big tree. After a while, he tied a rope to the soldier Philip and let him enter the tree hole.

Seeing that the old witch finished casting her magic, with a tired look, Locke also understood why the old witch, a magician, was killed by an ordinary soldier.

It turned out that when she opened the magic on the tree, she consumed too much magic power and was no longer able to deal with the soldiers, so she was killed by the soldiers with a sword.

Locke was also curious about the tinder box, but he was more interested in whether the old witch knew any special magic.

In the fairy tale world, there is no such thing as meditation that can be cultivated independently. They are all inherited by the blood, and the method of cultivation is to exercise and purify the blood.

This also means that knowledge related to magic is only in the hands of these people with blood, as if the queen knows many magical magics that Locke has never seen before.

The magic that Locke used to manipulate Lorraine Broughton before was learned from the Queen.

And the queen only taught Locke some ordinary magic, and more advanced and mysterious magic, without revealing anything, even if the two were already close.

Now Locke feels that he may have a chance to get her magic inheritance from the old witch. Before negotiating with the other party, he may save the other party's life and reduce the difficulty of convincing the other party.

After waiting for a while, Locke saw that the old witch pulled the soldier Philip up.

The sound of coins colliding constantly came from the soldier Philip. His pockets, leather boots, marching belt, and hat were all filled with gold coins, making him look bloated.

But the soldier Philip couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear. After all, not long ago he was just a penniless ordinary soldier, but now he suddenly has a lot of money.

The old witch didn't care about these gold coins, she just wanted the tinder box, and she had been looking for it for a long time. As soon as Philip came up, she couldn't wait to ask: "Where is the tinder box, give it to me quickly!"

Seeing the appearance of the old witch, the soldier Philip suddenly thought of a problem. The old witch was not interested in the gold coins in the room, but she insisted on the tinder box. It must be because the tinder box was more precious.

It's just that he couldn't see anything special about this tinder box, so he asked, "What do you want this tinder box for?"

"This has nothing to do with you!" said the old witch, "You have already obtained the wealth I promised, and now you have to fulfill your promise."

"Hmph!" Seeing this, the soldier Philip was even more sure that there must be something special about the tinder box. He immediately waited for the old witch and said, "Tell me what's the use of it, or I'll cut off your head!"

"damn it!"

Seeing the soldier Philip staring at him with the attitude of drawing his sword, the old witch suddenly regretted that she had exhausted her magic power in order to open the magic on the tree hole, and now she had no power at all.

If it wasn't for the person who found a soul match with great difficulty and would not be rejected by the organs in the treasure, he would not have committed such negligence because he was too excited and eager.

"Say it! My patience has a limit!" Philip the soldier urged.

"You damn robber, I shouldn't have brought you here!" The old witch couldn't help but cursed. As a wizard, she always had a sense of superiority when facing mortals.

Facing the threat from soldier Philip at this time, she couldn't help but curse out.

The next moment, the soldier Philip, who was furious, swung his sword and slashed at her neck.

The old witch was terrified, but she was just an ordinary old woman without her magic power, and she couldn't dodge the sudden attack at all.

"when!"

At this moment, there was a crisp metal collision sound.

Only then did the old witch realize that there was an extra person beside her, and it was Locke.

He blocked Philip's sword, and then chopped off the white-eyed wolf's head with a swish.

Coming to the side of the corpse, Locke didn't care about the gold coins, found the tinder box, and said, "You are really careless, and you will be defenseless against a person you just met."

"Who are you?!" the old witch looked at Locke and asked.

"Lock Lee." Locke announced his name and said, "Now this tinder box that can summon three Warcraft hounds is in my hand, and your life is also in my hand. Let's make a deal Bar."

"Lock Lee, you are from the Dark Witch Queen!" The old witch stared at Locke closely: "Why do you know the secret of the tinder box?"

"That's not what you need to know." Locke shrugged.

"I've already said that I won't get involved in the fight between her and the Holy See. I'm just an old hag with little strength." The old hag said.

"Of course I can see it." Locke didn't expect the old witch to know the queen, and the coping strategies he had prepared before also changed.

He released his magic power, made a haughty attitude, stretched out his foot and kicked Philip's body:

"Not only is your magic power inferior to mine, but you are also a fool. You were almost killed by a mortal. If it weren't for me, you would be a corpse at this moment."

"I was just being careless for a while." The old witch couldn't help but said loudly, and then realized that Locke's magic power was much higher than hers, and finally lowered her tone, saying, "What exactly do you want?"

"You have to hand over the magic inherited from your family." Locke stared at the old witch and said slowly.

"Impossible!" screamed the old hag. "I can't give you, a robber, the magic that has been passed down from generation to generation in my family."

"Don't forget that I saved your life, and now it's easy for me to kill you." Locke said with a trace of murderous intent, and then suddenly smiled and said:
"And you just copied a copy of the inherited knowledge and gave it to me. There is no real loss to you, is there?"

Facing the real threat, the old witch fell silent, and said after a while: "I can promise you, but you must also give me the tinder box."

"Yes, but in order to prevent you from going back on your word, I need you to sign this magic contract." Locke said and waved his hand, and a magic contract appeared in front of the two of them.

The old witch read the contract carefully and found that Locke was very careful. The contract even stipulated that after she got back the tinder box, she was not allowed to use the tinder box against him.

The plan in her heart failed, the old witch could only honestly sign her name on it,

At this time, a smile appeared on Locke's face: "Isn't this very good, now I wish us a happy cooperation, and the queen will also appreciate your contribution."

"Hmph!" The old witch snorted unhappily: "Hurry up and give me the tinder box."

"Didn't it say in the contract? When you give me all your magic knowledge, I will give you the tinder box." Locke said:
"Now let's find a place to start the exchange. As for the body of the soldier, let him lie here."

(End of this chapter)