Alien world

Chapter 64 64. Apocalypse Forecast
A paradox lay before Annan at this moment:
Michelle's reports of carriage abuse meant that Annan's travels had become dangerous—

Annan asked Blue Dragon for help, so he had to leave Breeze City and go to a secluded suburb——

If Annan wants to solve the security problem, he must seek the help of Blue Dragon——

Seeking the help of the blue dragon requires the protection of the mage tower carriage——

"give it to me."

Michael said so and left the tavern.Not long after, a mage tower carriage stopped at the entrance of the tavern.The white paint wasn't fresh, and the mage tower insignia looked like the real thing.

"Is this the mage tower carriage?"

"I borrowed it from my other friends." Michael replied to Annan's surprise, "She doesn't mind having an extra report on her body."

Annan gave him a thumbs up: "You are as reliable as Mr. Fast."

"I help you and you still scold me?"

Sitting in the carriage, Annan left Breeze City and came to the forest glade last time.

The familiar summoning technique tore apart the cracks in the space, beautiful scales and thick limbs like works of art emerged at the other end, and the reverberating dull hum drifted into the woodland——

The pale veil-like ghost floated in front of the crack, seeming to be watching Annan, and danced around happily to wake up the sleeping blue dragon.

The position of the scales changed, and the dull humming disappeared, turning into a low and rough voice with a hint of laziness: "Humans, you are disturbing the great sleep of the Dragon Clan."

"Sorry to bother you, I want to buy some magic items from you."

"I am a dragon! Not a merchant!"

The grass beside the chasm rippled from the angry roar that was awakened, and the mountain of treasure rolled down the coins, and the ghosts and skeletons hurried back to their original appearance, but the bare rock under the coins was still exposed.

Annan seemed to have an insight into some kind of truth.

"I'm willing to pay...money that pleases you."

After a brief silence, the giant dragon pupil appeared behind the crack.

"what do you want to buy."

"A magical item of defensive nature."

The blue dragon commanded the ghost and the skeleton to find several rings and mage robes from the corner of the "rocky mountain covered with a layer of treasure" in dragon language.

The skeleton moved its jaws at the feet of the blue dragon with a "clack-clack" and the three ghosts held the mage robe and the ring. The blue dragon introduced the spells they recorded respectively: the clean mage robe burned the defense against malicious detection spells, stones, etc. Skin, shield, cleanse; that blood-stained mage's robe has only protection against malicious detection.

And the three rings were engraved with: Fireball; Summoning of Lower Elements; Scouting.

The blue dragon priced them according to the greedy nature of the dragon clan: [-] gold coins, [-] gold coins, and three [-] gold coins.

"Give me [-] gold coins, and I can buy them from other places." Annan said helplessly.

The veil ghost approached the blue dragon at this time, as if telling the blue dragon the real price of these magic items, making them close to the selling price in the town.

The good news is that the prices of these magic items are actually 20% lower than those in the town. The bad news is that Annan still can't afford them.

But Annan originally had too much hope for buying the magic item...he had other deals.

"Your Excellency the Great Blue Dragon..." Annan said respectfully at the beginning of the familiar sentence, "Have you heard of leasing?"

"what is that?"

"A paid lease. For example, if I borrow this mage robe from you, the ownership of the mage robe still belongs to you, and no one can take it away. I only have the right to use it, and I also need to pay you a sum of gold coins every day. "

The stuff is mine and the money is mine.

Blue Dragon couldn't think of any shortcomings in this, but felt that something was wrong-it shouldn't be like this.

"Which one do you want?"

In the end, Blue Dragon couldn't hold back the stern and inward-looking Gilded Mountain.

Annan pointed to the mage's robe inscribed with four spells.

"Then...you have to give me fifty thousand gold coins every month."

"That's impossible. I can buy it for [-] yuan, so why spend [-] yuan to rent it for a month?"

"Are you teasing a blue dragon?" The sharp teeth of the blue dragon slowly emerged.

"Just hope for sincere cooperation."

As he said that, Annan opened the box at his feet, and the oil lamp that was placed in the wooden box schemingly made the gold coins shine golden.

Whoa- whoa-

Annan grabbed the heavy gold coins and let them fall from his palm: "I thought we were familiar with each other, it seems that we still want to give these beautiful golden elves to ugly businessmen..."

"How much do you want!"

"300 gold per month, plus a magic ring that can release fireball once a day." Before the blue dragon opened his mouth, Annan continued: "300 gold coins per month, 3600 gold coins per year, 36000 gold coins per ten years... and Ten years is but a few sleeps to the great dragon."

"...Then, it's a deal!"

As if worried that Annan would repent, Blue Dragon asked the ghost to throw the mage's robe and ring to Annan.

Annan who got the ring also threw 300 gold coins across the crack.

The melodious sound of falling gold coins made the vertical pupils of the blue dragon no longer sharp, and narrowed intoxicated——

"and many more……"

The blue dragon's vertical pupils became sharp again, and the angry dragon's roar shocked the forest.

"Why are there some gold coins left in the box!"

"Because there's nothing left to buy."

Annan scanned the bottom of the box, about sixty or seventy... well, it seems that there are a few less.

It seems that I have to go back and talk to Martin.

But how can the blue dragon tolerate the disappearance of gold coins in front of his eyes——

"What do you want! Tell me! I'll lend it to you!"

Annan replied sincerely: "I don't need anything..."

The remaining rings are not worth the money.

But the blue dragon didn't want Annan to leave. When there was not much time left in the rift, it found a chess piece in the shape of an eyeball, and said, "I allow you to touch it... the rest of the gold coins belong to me!"

"what is this?"

"Artifact."

Annan's expression gradually became solemn. He didn't feel that the blue dragon was deceiving him, so he stretched out his hand and touched the chess piece in the dragon's claw.

Indescribable information emerged in the mind at the moment of touch: this evil spirit chess is called "Apocalypse Forecast", and it will count down the major event nodes that the holder will encounter.

Annan saw a countdown as if the whole world was flickering for him.And now, the countdown reads: 20 days.

"All right!"

As the blue dragon retracted its claws, the strange countdown also disappeared.

Annan obeyed the agreement and pushed the box and the gold coins into the crack, got into the carriage with some doubts, and returned to the Morrowind Tavern.

"Michael, do you know Ghost Chess?"

"what is that?"

Michael's reaction showed that he didn't know, and the blue dragon had no reason to deceive himself.

Annan, who was unexpected for the time being, suppressed his curiosity about the major event node that would happen in 20 days, and came back to his eyes: since he is not Levi's, how should he get rid of this troublesome identity?
Announcing the truth on an opportune occasion?

"Do you think a banquet is an appropriate occasion?"

"What's the right occasion?"

Michael felt that Annan would speak stupid things after he came back.

"Announce to the outside world that I am not Levi's."

(End of this chapter)