7 p.m.
Iron Gate Street, Brave Bar.
After almost a month and a half, Varina came to this bar again.
Pushing open the wooden door, he was greeted by the same noise and strange smell mixed with the aroma of wine and sweat.
Moving around, Varina used light steps to avoid the drinkers coming and going, and came to the bar.
"Tuk Tuk"
He knocked on the table of the bar and said: "A glass of Southwell beer, and I'm looking for Caspars."
"5p."
The bartender brought out the beer in a wooden cup and looked at it for a while before recognizing him, "Over there, Card Room No. 1."
Varina placed five copper pennies on the bar and turned around with the wooden cup in hand.
After knocking lightly on the door as a reminder, he opened the door without waiting for a response.
In the room, a large group of people were playing poker games around the table. As for the specific method of playing, Warina didn't know.
His action of opening the door attracted the attention of more than half of the people, but most people only glanced briefly and then looked away.
Among them, Kaspars was the only exception. He saw Varina nodding to him.
Varina closed the door again, and within a minute, Kaspars came out on his own.
"Is your problem solved?"
He closed the door smoothly and said, "You came just in time. The old man came to see you two days ago."
Sure enough... Although Ian was shocked at the time, he would definitely conduct an investigation afterwards, and it was natural for him to find this place... I wonder if he discovered anything?
"Oh?" Varina asked curiously, "What did he say?"
"He asked me to tell you something," Kaspars thought he was going to say a code word. He looked around and then said, "He said you are an excellent bounty hunter."
Varina nodded and replied: "Next time he comes over, you can say thank you for me."
Although Caspars felt a little confused, he still nodded in agreement, and then asked: "What is the purpose of your visit this time?"
"I want to see Maric again." Varina's tone was calm but firm.
"But didn't you just say that your trouble has been solved?" Kaspars frowned and asked, "Why are you going to see him?"
"When one trouble is solved, another one will appear. We are always on the way to solving trouble."
As Warina spoke, he took out a 1-pound note from his wallet in his trouser pocket and handed it over, saying, "I'm sorry to bother you."
"No trouble!"
Kaspars quickly raised his hand and took away the banknote. Without asking any more questions, he turned around and limped to inform Varina.
About five minutes later, Kaspars reappeared at the corner near the kitchen and waved to Varina.
Varina nimbly passed through the crowd and leaned over.
"You go in by yourself, I won't go in." Kaspars pointed to the door of the last room.
Varina nodded, walked over, knocked lightly, then pushed the door open and entered.
At the same time as he entered the door, a dozen living corpses turned their heads and stared at Varina with blank gazes like beasts.
Among them, Maric, who was wearing a white shirt and black vest, asked:
"What are you doing here again?"
Varina took out his wallet from his left trouser pocket, took out 40 pounds in cash, and replied: "I said, I will repay your kindness last time."
Maric lowered his head and returned his attention to the cards in his hand, "Put down the money and you can go."
"No, that's just the first thing."
Varina put the banknotes on the table and continued:
"I have become an extraordinary person, and I also know a lot of knowledge and insights..."
"Let's get to the point!" Maric interrupted Varina's preparation.
"'The body is the prison of the mind, and the world is the prison of the body,'" Warina finished quickly. "I admire this concept and want to learn and follow it."
"Then you go and learn. Why did you come to me?"
Maric's expression did not change, but the movements of the living corpses around him were no longer as orderly as before, which showed that his heart was not as peaceful as it seemed.
"Sequence 6 'Living Corpse', with a strong body, can awaken dead corpses, manipulate ice, and will be affected by the curse during the full moon."
The more Varina continued talking, the more he felt a cold wind blowing into his neck from behind, and the hairs on his body stood up.
No need to think too much, this must come from Miss Sharon's alertness... Anyway, resistance is useless. Warina forcibly relaxed his body and continued:
"After becoming an Extraordinary, I gained an ability that should help you alleviate the effects of the curse."
"Would you like to try it on?"
When Wariner talked about "living corpses," Maric couldn't sit still. By the time he finished speaking, he was already standing in front of Wariner.
He squeezed Varina's shoulder with his hand until he made a crunching sound, "Where did you know this?"
Although Varina allowed Maric to pinch him, he tried to resist, but the result was obvious that his strength was far behind that of the "living corpse".
"There is a lot of occult knowledge recorded in a notebook at home." Varina answered honestly: "I promise, I have no ill intentions."
"Although I know that you are a defector from the Rose School and a member of the Temperance Sect, I have not disclosed your information to anyone."
"What about the notes?" Maric asked.
Varina told the truth: "In my head."
Maric looked past Varina to the bay window behind him, and after a moment he released his right hand.
"You said you have the ability to relieve my curse?" Maric took two steps back, "You can use it and let me see."
Varina nodded.
He first stretched out his hand and touched it in front of his eyes, opening up the gray vision. Then in this state, he selected Maric and a living corpse with his eyes, exported his spirituality, and established a connection between the two.
From the gray field of vision, it can be seen that from the yellow outline of Maric's body, a similarly yellow silk thread extends and is connected to the living corpse on the side.
As soon as the connection was established, Varina felt that his little spirituality was flowing away at an extremely fast speed, just like a reservoir opening to release floods. This was completely incomparable to the trickle of water when connecting to ordinary people!
At this speed, even if Maric didn't resist, his spirituality would be completely drained within a few minutes.
This is definitely not a Sequence 9, especially an ability that a Sequence 9 with low inspiration like "Assassin" can use well!
"What... ability is this?" Maric showed a surprised expression in slow motion.
As expected, he was worthy of being a Sequence 6 Beyonder. Being controlled by this connection, he was only slightly unresponsive.
Moreover, Varina felt that as long as Maric resisted with brute strength, even if he could not break free immediately, his spiritual consumption would be greatly increased, and he would be able to escape quickly.
Seeing that Maric had felt the effect of this ability, Varina immediately canceled the connection.
He would not wait for the other party to break free to prevent possible backlash injuries.
"Your ability is very special." Maric, who returned to normal, took a deep look at Varina and said:
"You go back first. I need to carefully consider your conditions before I can give you an answer."
