After both parties tacitly demonstrated their abilities, goals, and wishes, Aiwass and Shadow Demon temporarily reached an agreement.
As the shadow demon sneaked back into Aiwass's shadow again, the shadow that spread like silt throughout the bar was sucked back into the shadow under Aiwass.
Just like a swimming pool with the outlet opened, the shallow lake of shadow soon became "dry".
The warm winter sunshine shines in again, filling the bar room.
It was as if the moist shadow just now was just an illusion.
--very good.
Aiwass breathed a sigh of relief.
Now, the four most important things are done.
Completed revenge for Aiwass, killed the "friend" who betrayed him; successfully eliminated his own evidence; obtained the next clues for investigation; awakened and appeased the shadow demon.
Now, it’s time to have fun opening the treasure chest!
Aiwass listened carefully and found that Haina was still searching below and did not go upstairs.
——It’s time to lick the bag!
He rubbed his hands eagerly and began to search for his trophies.
Aiwass quickly found a small round box about the size of a thumb, which looked like cooling oil. A crescent moon pattern with a human face is etched on it, and a line of small characters "1886-03-071, Living Silver Workshop" is marked below.
This thing looked familiar to him.
This is a drunken dream tincture. A specialty of the Star Antimony Kingdom.
"Good stuff. A good start."
Aiwass raised the corners of his mouth slightly and put it into his pocket.
Drunken Dream Tincture is a magic potion that can stabilize dreams and anesthetize the body so that it is less likely to wake up from a startle. It is an alchemical product of the path of balance. It can also be used as an anesthetic for surgery, but its main use is as an auxiliary drug to enhance the success rate during advanced stages.
In Xianxia novels, it is roughly equivalent to a foundation-building pill. When the level is low, the increased breakthrough success rate is quite impressive.
Zuimeng Tincture is known as the "little promotion medicine" among players, and it can increase the success rate of the promotion ceremony. It's probably similar to the magic potion in classical MMORPGs that can enhance and build equipment that can increase the success rate of enhancement.
In terms of setting, to advance to a professional level, you have to enter a dream and hold a complicated dream ceremony with a very high failure rate. But in the game, it is determined by a cold promotion success percentage. Preparing some special rituals or materials can increase the success rate.
If you succeed, you will advance successfully after a burst of special effects, and the upper limit of the professional level will be increased by ten levels. Then three entries pop up for you to choose one.
This is the path characteristic obtained when the promotion is successful this time.
If you fail, you will be relegated to level 19. If the players are out of materials, they can just prepare a new ritual to advance; for NPCs, if they fail to advance, they will have to wait for a longer and longer cooldown that increases with the level, at least half a month.
Veronica is now a level 19 demonologist and is about to advance to the next level; or she may have failed several times, so she prepared Drunken Dream Tincture for herself.
Judging from the number of ritual spells she has mastered, she should have stayed at the second level for a long time - when the level cap is locked, the memory level can still be improved as usual, but the level will not be added to the profession. .
Aiwass' current promotion from the first level to the second level is not difficult, and he is basically certain to succeed. No need for it yet.
He can use it later when he is promoted from level 19 to level 20.
And because Aiwass is pursuing two paths at the same time, he has to eat two portions.
Zuimeng Tincture itself is not a particularly rare magic potion, so there is no need to cherish it. Its price in Star Antimony is not high, only forty-six White Crown coins. However, it is purely handmade by alchemists, so the supply is insufficient, so it requires a reservation and is limited to purchase.
And the most important thing is that this medicine will be difficult to buy in Avalon for the time being.
Because since two years ago, the Star Antimony Kingdom has become Avalon's enemy.
All alchemical products from the Kingdom of Star Antimony are restricted from being exported to Avalon; correspondingly, Avalon is not allowed to import alchemical products from the Kingdom of Star Antimony, and it also does not allow the country's minerals and timber to be exported to Star Antimony.
Currently, except for a few remaining Zuimeng tinctures on the market in Avalon... there are probably only scalpers who are stocking up and ordering from ten times the price.
Five hundred white coins is just the starting price.
This is a price that Haina could not even imagine. It is about ten years’ salary of an ordinary worker.
It’s not like Aiwass can’t afford it.
He just doesn't want scalpers to make so much money so easily.
He doesn't intend to leave this thing to the Supervision Bureau - even if the Supervision Bureau gets it, it will only resell it at a high price. There is even a high probability that it was sold to the Moriarty family.
Because everyone knows that Young Master Aiwass has recently embarked on the extraordinary path and became a priest. You also need to stock up on Zuimeng Tincture in advance.
——Then there is no need to let middlemen make the difference.
But unfortunately, after finding Zuimeng Tincture, Aiwass couldn't find any good things.
He found only some ritual materials.
But those are all human body materials, such as placenta or baby's scalp. Not only was it of little value, but he had no use for it.
Aiwass had already sworn not to use materials from his own species for rituals - and he really didn't like this cruel behavior. So he didn't take them away. Instead, leave them on Veronica as evidence of her guilt.
The red robe she was wearing was actually valuable.
…But Aiwass felt that he shouldn’t be able to take it off.
Not to mention that this is women's clothing, and Aiwass can't wear it; and Veronica doesn't wear anything underneath, so she just takes off her clothes, which is a bit perverted...
Of course, it would be useless if he got the red robe.
In the game, players have no identity, so they can sneak into the association through red robes. But now that he is Aiwass Moriarty, he simply cannot pass the inspection of the Noble Red Society.
If he really succeeds in joining, he will be threatened by the association in turn. Because once the matter is exposed, Aiwass will not be able to survive in the Kingdom of Avalon. Even the adoptive father, eldest brother and Yulia will suffer from this.
"……Huh?"
Aiwass suddenly pulled out a brass ring that shone with golden light.
It was engraved with a scarred fist, which was clenched tightly and blood dripped from the fingers. And that sparkling "blood" is actually ground ruby powder. Under the sun, it seemed to reflect a dark red viscous luster like real blood.
The next moment, a light curtain popped out:
【Noble Red】
[Extraordinary Accessories (Light Purple)]
[Jewelry-Ring]
[Characteristics: Weak resistance to laws (limited to beyond the path)]
[Spell: Violent choking and coughing (once a day, 1/1)]
[Required: Dark 2]
[Gesture, medium distance, effective immediately]
["——We are all wounded fists, bloody hands, and scaleless blades."]
OK, it’s shipped!
Aiwass eyes lit up.
This is the best product Da Zi can produce!
Weak resistance to law can invalidate the interference and control effects of authoritative paths such as law spells and law tactics-screams at the first level, and weaken the control effects below the third level by one level.
The Authority path is Avalon's most common path ability. If Aiwass wears it, the control skills released by extraordinary beings within level ten will not be able to suppress him; control skills within level thirty will also have their strength reduced by about ten levels. The only drawback is that this thing is too conspicuous, and people who usually wear it can easily mistakenly think it is from the Noble Red Society.
But its effect is really good, and it is very practical in the early stage... It is suitable to be carried around and put in your pocket, and then put on when needed.
The "Violent Choking and Coughing" spell attached to the ring may sound a bit retarded, but it is actually quite practical.
Just using the ring as a medium to cast spells, and requiring two points of dark attribute mana to release this, you can see that it is not a very low-end thing.
"Coughing Technique" is a first-level Transcendence Path spell. Its effect is to put a person into a state of choking. If Aiwass gets the corresponding occult book now, he can learn this spell.
"Violent Choking Cough Technique" is an upgraded version of its second level. Its effect is to put a person into an immediate state of intense choking. Judging from the narrative, it was like pouring an irritating liquid such as red oil or sea water down the nose, and you probably had to cough uncontrollably for several seconds before you could recover.
If a person keeps coughing violently, it is actually difficult for him to exert strength.
Because he cannot inhale normally, his strength will become weaker. The effect in the game is "damage -10%, hit rate reduced by 10%, attack and movement speed reduced by 10%, lasting three seconds", but Aiwass feels that these values must be conservative.
If it were true in reality, it would be very possible to be caught off guard by this move and directly reveal a fatal flaw.
In the same way, a person who is in a state of severe choking and coughing is unable to speak, let alone yell.
Even for a period of time after the effect ends, you may not be able to speak clearly. The mucous membrane has been injured, and it is easy to continue coughing accidentally.
And the ability of the law system of the authoritarian path needs to be shouted out.
From this perspective, this piece of equipment is specifically designed to target the Supervisory Bureau's capabilities. Once discovered, you can use it to stop the enemy and then escape immediately.
Aiwass couldn't help but feel lucky.
——Fortunately, he sold a flaw and seduced Veronica, choosing to use Haina as a breakthrough point.
She must have felt that her shot was too weak to penetrate her defense. Then it would be better to take a shot and then pretend to be dead immediately. When Haina relaxes her vigilance, throw the spell over and kill her instantly.
So she didn't want to show too much threat - because what she needed was Haina's underestimation.
This kind of academicism is very easy to reveal flaws in mentality.
But Veronica knows this... Of course Aiwass also knows this.
He knew that Veronica must look down on Haina, so he deliberately set the stage and pretended that he was going to shoot her, so that Veronica could have a chance to successfully carry out her plan. As Veronica watched her plan come closer to success, she herself had let her guard down.
Fortunately, I dug a hole and chose the righteous sneak attack!
Otherwise, if they really open up a fight, even if Veronica's continuous guided spells miss, she can still use her backhand to weaken Haina with the "Violent Choking Technique".
Moreover, the ring itself is the identity certificate of the "Noble Red" association. And only formal members can get it, not peripheral members like the evil bartender.
Although it is just an equipment in the game...
But Aiwass thought.
In reality, it may have other uses.
Just like Aiwass doesn't dare to wear it on weekdays, for fear of being misunderstood about his identity - the reverse may also be true.
