Chapter 201
It was another calm and peaceful morning.
Loren, who returned to the hotel, was enjoying a hearty breakfast. Although it was not the little wizard who did a little regret, in order to thank him, the hotel boss also did his best and tried his best. There was a table of "flower clusters".
Only overnight, the leader of the Gang of Crutches was replaced!
No one knows who did it. Unimaginable rumors circulated throughout the gutters and south of Eboden City, both true and false. But there is one thing that can't be faked-Van Sterno's corpse.
The murderous, but pretending, polite Van Sterno was hung on the sign of the Gutter Lane Pub. If it weren’t for the clothes, no one would have been ravaged by that one. It can be seen from the face that this is actually the boss of the crutches!
No matter who did it, being able to quietly kill the leader of the gang of crutches is enough to prove how terrifying, vicious and merciless this person is.
The hotel boss didn’t know if the wizard did it, but he did accept the invitation of Van Sterno and came back unharmed, and then the van Sterno was killed. Kill it!
This impossible is a coincidence...
Such a big thing happened, but the crutch gang in the gully alley did not have many waves, and a guy named "Luca" took over After surviving Yingou Lane, and annexing the "Copper Plate Group" overnight, the power of the Cane Gang continued to increase, and completely controlled all the surrounding taverns and underground casinos.
But these have nothing to do with Loren, he just wants to finish the breakfast quietly.
Fresh carrots are paired with white tender and small apricot meat, plus moderately-tasting cream and coriander. Add sugar and water to boil it, and it is a plate of authentic buttery carrots-if it is stir-fried over low heat, add an appropriate amount The black peppercorns are perfect when paired with white wine.
The staple food is Eboden’s characteristic crepes-the prepared batter is warmly fried, fresh vegetables and a little chicken are cut into cubes, and herbs are added for seasoning, which not only smells unusually strong, but also more suitable Served with light-tasting food and meat marinated products, and the food can be rolled inside after being cut, which is very convenient.
With a glass of rosé wine full of sincerity, the charming fragrance seems to be like closing your eyes and you can see a slender girl sitting on the opposite side, gently lifting your upper lip with her little finger , Slowly sliding down her chin, her throat and collarbone, with the food in her mouth, the taste buds bloom, and the breath of the tip of her nose makes her feel as if she is within reach...
Loren has always enjoyed this process very much. Because of Asriel, who often wandered between the void and reality, his distinction between the two gradually began to blur, but food made the matter of being alive extremely real.
There is no better way to feel your own existence than "eating."
Of course, the one sitting across from him is not a slender girl, but a blond boy with a pair of scarlet pupils with an unexplained smile on his face-admiring black hair like a bonsai Wizard's leisurely and contented expression.
"So now the guy with the same name as that elf, named'Luca', and the Cane Gang in the Gutter Lane are already yours?"
"No, generally speaking I will speak more cautiously." With a little pride, Loren put down the knife and fork in his hand: "So it should be said...they are almost mine."
Although not 100% I am sure, but at least in the short term, that scarfaced man would not dare to betray him easily-or before the appearance of someone more cruel than himself, or willing to spend a lot of money to buy him, the whole gang of crutches is his eyes and ears, and Become an important source of money for yourself.
Loren has some savings himself, but in this world money is never enough to spend. even more how Gutter Lane is more than just getting money... Lightly touching the gold-plated ring that originally belonged to Van Sterno, a smile flashed across his mouth inadvertently.
"Dear Loren, your pretending to be humble is so funny." Shrugging his shoulders, Asriel's face has a little joking smile: "Apart from this gang, what else can you gain? "
"It's true...there is something else." Loren looked at his eyes very playfully: "But why should I tell you?"
"Because we are good friends "" The boy's face flashed with a pair of innocent, big eyes: "And...you won't forget? The spirits of the two of us are interactive, dear Loren, you are basically impossible to hide from me. "
"..."
"There should be no secrets between friends, right?"
"Unsurprisingly, kidnapping Isaac, plus thinking It’s the Bellini family who will kill me—it’s not clear who it is, and Van Sterno is just a tool for starting."
At this step, Loren went straight to it. Right away: "But where exactly Isaac was sent, no one knows where it is now. They are only responsible for bringing Isaac out."
"That means leaving again. Entering a dead end, the clue is broken again?"
"No, on the contrary, it should be said that everything is clear." The black hair wizard's expression was surprisingly calm: "Whether it is Isaac or alchemy potion, everything is It is related to the Bellini family. All clues and directions are in this family. The next step is to find a way to get close to the Bellini family."
"It happens that there is one recently. A very good opportunity to meet this demand."
The Bellini family’s Midsummer Festival banquet will be an important opportunity for myself, and may be able to take advantage of this time to find a turning point for two things at the same time— —If your luck is really that good.
But the premise is...I can really find the opportunity to get involved in that banquet.
Although he has successfully been recognized by the nine-pointed star wizard tower, he is only a wizard from outside the country. The Bellini family is impossible to send himself an invitation, especially The Verlo Bellini wizard, who was shameless by himself, was even more hopeless with him.
Of course, if the purpose is just to get involved in the banquet, there are many ways to do it, and you don’t have to get an invitation—the servant delivering the meal, the helper in the kitchen, or pretending to be some kind of original The guests attending the banquet...
Before that, they need to be fully prepared and plan everything that needs to be dealt with. It's still early, and what I have is the opportunity to prepare instead of rushing to challenge.
This will not be a journey of pleasure and entertainment, but a battlefield where no gunpowder can be seen, in various senses.
"In addition, there is this ring."
Fiddling with the gold-plated ring left by Van Sterno, the black hair wizard casually placed it on the table-the ring There is a circle of engraved rune in the inner ring. Although I don't know what incantion is, it can be regarded as the final trump card by him. Obviously, it is not ordinary goods.
"This is probably the source of the void power in Van Sterno, and it is really weak." Shrugged, who didn't care about the boy: "It's almost the same as that'fluorite lamp', what's the problem?"
"Of course, if I remember correctly, the fluorite lamp appeared in Eboden less than a year ago, and the incantion on this ring is obviously higher than the'Firefly Spell' high level. "
"So what, low-level incantion." Asriel twitched his lips disdainfully: "What does this mean?"
"This is enough to explain Eboden's alchemy And the level of spell studies is rapidly improving-in other words, the wizards of the nine-pointed star wizard tower, there are still many strengths that have not really been shown."
The power of the void will affect Reality, so that the original ordinary life will be distorted by its power into a monster, ghoul, ogre, vampire... are all the same, only the degree of influence is different.
So since creatures will be affected and distorted, wouldn't lifeless items be affected?
Playing with the ring in his hand, Loren’s eyes were full of curiosity: “Yes, they can only engrave a low-level enchantment on a certain item, so they can create a stronger one.” Alchemy weapons' How long will it take?"
Asriel's face showed a little surprise...It was just a surprise, and he still had no interest in these things.
"By the way, did I tell you that the nine-pointed star wizard tower has a very interesting golden cup?" The black hair wizard suddenly asked: "It is said to belong to some ancient'fairy' , Seems to have a power similar to yours."
"You mean the golden cup...Could it happen to have a nine-pointed star engraved on it?"
"Oh , Have you seen it?"
The face of the lazy teenager suddenly showed a look of astonishment, and the scarlet pupils flashed with an unpredictable luster:
"My dear friend, you Sure enough, it always surprises me!"