Gilded merchant group.
None of the front desk employees on night duty dared to doze off as usual. They tried to straighten their backs and look like they were working seriously, for fear of offending their boss who was currently furious.
"Damn it! The guys from Lanqi Props actually made a third-level magic scroll. Where did they come from??"
"Lord Aznault, I, I heard rumors that there was a civilian genius from the Royal Academy, who was discovered by Lan Qi's people. The scroll of the third-level spell was given to Lan Qi by the civilian student. Props provided.”
"Genius? Commoner!? This kind of shit luck can be encountered by those people!"
As the boss of a business group, Aznault was now frowning and his face was very scary.
Their business group had recently purchased a batch of good goods and planned to do business in props in the Royal City. However, the results were good now and all the limelight was stolen by Lan Qi's auction tonight.
When the quality of everyone's products is actually about the same, if others in the same industry come up with an eye-catching gimmick, the subsequent share of sales will stabilize their head.
Just when Azino was extremely irritable, a "dinging bell" sound sounded from the entrance of the merchant group's store, and a group of three people pushed open the door and walked into the store.
When the front desk staff saw this, they were afraid of being scolded by the boss, so they hurriedly greeted him.
"Hello, sir, welcome to Gilded House. Are you here..."
"I have some things that I want to pawn for money." Liao Yu was straightforward.
"No problem, sir. Please hand over the pawn items and related documents to me. Professional appraisers from the Gilt Merchants Group will conduct valuations. After about one day, please come to Gilt House again and we will Give a value assessment and negotiate with you for final payment. If you are not satisfied with our assessment, you can also apply..."
Boom.
Before the clerk could finish speaking, Liao Yu took out a crystal clear amber gem and placed it on the front desk. This was one of the many items Elena had prepared for him during the Chaos Rift.
"No documents, on-site evaluation, on-site transaction." Liao Yu said concisely and comprehensively.
"Sir, this is against the rules, we..."
Just when the clerk was at a loss, Azino walked out of the back room of the store. He waved his hand, signaling for the other clerks to step back and let him handle Liao Yu's order himself.
"What do you call me sir?"
Liao Yu ignored him.
Seeing that Liao Yu was silent, Aznault seemed to have seen a lot of them. After laughing, he didn't ask any more questions. He picked up the amber gem that Liao Yu placed on the table and observed it carefully while continuing to follow Liao Yu. road:
"Sir, he is unwilling to reveal his name and cannot provide identification, so I can only conclude that your gem is illegal. But don't worry, our gilt merchant group has always been open to rare treasures. We I can pawn it for you, but the price... must be based on the market price of black goods."
After greeting Liao Yu in advance, Azino didn't listen to the assessment at hand.
As the boss of a business group, he naturally has very vicious eyes. Because of this, the more Aznault looks at this amber gem, the more he feels shocked.
Because...this color, this texture, this level of essence with almost no trace of residue...
The longer an amber gem lasts, the better its luster and texture will be, and the more stable its structure will be. Aznor was once lucky enough to buy an amber gem that was 300 years old. He resold it and sold it for dozens of dollars at auction. The sky-high price of 10,000 gold coins.
After all, old amber gems are not only decorations, but also precious magic materials.
And now...
Just touching the amber gem in his hand, Aznault felt a stream of warmth, as if flowing into his body along his fingertips, nourishing the magic power in his body. The impeccable texture was simply unprecedented. I have never seen it before. It is definitely older than the three hundred years ago!
He must get this amber gem!
Aznault suppressed the surprise and excitement in his heart, pretending to look normal on the surface, and planned to test Liao Yu's tone. Who knows, but Liao Yu seemed to find it troublesome and took out three or four more jadeite pieces. , the crystal is on the counter.
But under this scene, no matter how experienced Aznault was in managing his expression, he couldn't hold back at all.
He stared at these treasures with wide eyes. The greed and desire in his eyes for a moment could no longer be concealed.
"Sir, you...your transaction volume is a bit large, but don't worry, our gilded merchant group will definitely be able to absorb it. But please wait a moment, I will go to the back to make preparations and discuss it first."
"You guys, hurry up and make the best tea in the store for these gentlemen!"
It must have been about ten minutes.
Azino hurried over, apologized to Liao Yu for waiting for a long time, then nodded and bowed, and respectfully led Liao Yu and the three of them to leave the store with him and go to the high-end VIP room at the back of the store for negotiation.
Liao Yu didn't say anything, just followed Azino.
The group of people came out of the back door of the store, walked around a few times, and when they came to an extremely quiet dark alley, Aznault suddenly flashed and disappeared from a corner.
Immediately afterwards, from the front, back and left of the dark alley, about a dozen thugs with weapons began to quickly surround Liao Yu and the other three.
Seeing that Liao Yu and others were completely surrounded and unable to fly, Azino, who had disappeared just now, walked out from a distance again. This time, there was another person following Azino next to him...
A young man wearing a robe with a sun pattern and a proud face.
"Lord Blue, look, this is it!"
Aznault flattered him and sent the amber gem that Liao Yu had given him to identify before to the young mage.
At first, Blue seemed a little irritated by being disturbed late at night, and he was huffing and puffing with dissatisfaction.
But when he saw the clear amber gem, the young mage suddenly became energetic, showing the same surprise and greed as Aznor at that time.
"How about Master Blue, I'm not lying to you, and these people actually have a lot of treasures like this on their bodies! I suspect they must have hidden a lot, otherwise they wouldn't be so willing to take them out so casually. !”
Upon hearing what Aznault said, Blue's eyes became even more intense.
He snorted softly, his arrogant face finally turned to Liao Yu, and then he said to Liao Yu and the others in a tone that seemed to be accustomed to being dignified and unquestionable:
"Two choices, you have five seconds to think about it."
"One, tell me everything you know about the gems, and two, go die."
Thousands of years have passed. If anything has not changed, it must be human nature.
The current scene feels so right.
Liao Yu’s evaluation is that the password is correct.
So as a reward for getting it right...
"Hill, have you checked the surroundings?"
Hill?
Who is he talking to?
Do you really think this kind of bluff can fool him?
Not only the young mage, but also the thugs around seemed to be amused by Liao Yu.
It's a pity that the laughter didn't last for a second.
They were shocked to find that the corners of their mouths could not go back, their twitching muscles seemed to be petrified, and their whole bodies fell into a strange stiffness. Only their frightened eyeballs could move around in panic.
Because of this, they realized that the alley had been covered by thick shadows at some point.
At their feet, the shadows behind them seemed to come alive and began to gather quickly towards the center, eventually forming a mysterious man in a cloak, half-kneeling in front of the leading young man.
Liao Yu brought a total of three apostles.
It seems that from before, he has only the Wisdom Demon and the Magic Demon around him, but in fact, the Shadow Demon Hill is always following him, but he is just hiding in the shadows and is his secret guard.
Hill nodded to Liao Yu.
Said she had confirmed the safe environment around her.
In this case, Liao Yu didn't talk nonsense.
"Let's do it."
The moment the order was given, the shadows belonging to them formed from the backs of these thugs and Master Blue, and formed a sharp thorn. The next moment, it pierced directly towards their hearts.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
Several sounds of flesh and blood being penetrated were heard simultaneously in the silent alley, followed closely by corpses that fell to the ground with shadow thorns piercing their backs.
A few thugs of less than level 10 and a mage of level 15 couldn't even create a "battle scene".
Liao Yu's principle has always been not to be the first to use violence.
This has nothing to do with whether he is a human or a demon.
If the boss of the Gilt Troupe was willing to make a deal with him honestly, Liao Yu wouldn't do anything to him.
It's a pity that the other party chose another path.
Liao Yu wouldn't mind if he added a few more achievement points to his "Heinous" title.
This also has nothing to do with humans and demons.
In the blink of an eye, the only person left standing on the opposite field was Aznor, the boss of the gilded business group.
Liao Yu didn't want to kill him for the time being, after all, he was still waiting for him to give him gold coins later.
Judging from how frightened Aznault is now, his face turned pale with fright, their subsequent cooperation should be very pleasant and smooth.
If you get here, it is indeed a very simple and ordinary action.
However, Liao Yu has a habit, which is also a subconscious behavior shared by most players.
Touch the corpse.
Of course not actually touching it.
Liao Yu threw a "check" at the young mage lying on the ground.
Not only can you see if the opponent has any good trophies, but you can also confirm the opponent's death state to prevent forgetting to do the last hit.
However.
When the returned panel appeared in front of Liao Yu, he frowned slightly.
First of all, this young mage doesn't have any props on him.
It was obvious that they came in a hurry, looked down upon them, and didn't prepare much at all.
Of course this is not the point.
What really makes Liao Yu strange is...
[Bulu (death) (parasitized by demon eggs)]
The state of death is nothing.
But what is this...magic egg parasitism?
"Hill, check his body."
Liao Yu immediately ordered.
Hill thought Liao Yu was referring to a body search, so the Shadow Demon extended his shadow hand from behind and quickly stripped the dead young mage naked.
Nothing was found.
It is consistent with what Liao Yu's detective skills obtained.
"Open him up."
Liao Yu sent the order for the second time.
As soon as these words came out, Azno, the boss of the gilded business group, who was trembling next to him, almost peeed out of fear and sat down on the ground, his lips turning blue.
In his eyes, Liao Yu had turned into some kind of perverted murderer.
The magician Dadaya also cast an unexpected look at Liao Yu, as if he didn't expect that Wang was actually interested in corpses.
Only wise demons.
Leon keenly sensed something was wrong. After all, he was the one who understood Liao Yu best among the apostles. The wise demon immediately stopped watching and quickly stepped forward and came to Blue's body.
After receiving the new order, Hill quickly reshaped the original shadow hand into a scythe and pointed it at Blue's chest. Like a superb surgeon, he completely followed Liao Yu's instructions and carried out the "opening" work of disembowelment. .
At first, nothing unusual happened.
It's just a little bloody, and the various internal organs look a little bloody.
But as Hill's Shadow Scythe reached the area below Blue's chest and slightly above his abdomen, Shadow Demon's originally smooth Shadow Scythe suddenly paused.
After seeing it, Hill seemed to have discovered something. The shadow sickle suddenly accelerated. After just a few breaths, Liao Yu saw a...
egg.
Purple black eggs.
The egg was about the size of a palm. There was a layer of tiny tentacles on the surface of the egg, which penetrated deeply into Blue's flesh and blood. It was like a sticky combination with Blue's internal organs, beating and beating, eating away and absorbing the cloth. Lu's blood serves as its nourishment.
It seems that he is aware of changes in the external environment.
This egg actually started to squirm.
It seemed to be moving in Blue's body consciously through these tiny tentacles that penetrated into the flesh, as if to hide in the deeper and more hidden flesh and organs.
It's a pity that Hill's Shadow Scythe fell instantly, blocking the egg's path, and this seemed to stimulate the egg again. It may also be that the egg finally realized that the body of the host Blue was no longer fresh. Energetic.
The egg no longer squirmed, but began to expand rapidly, with a "bang" sound of juice exploding, like an exploding balloon. The various filthy blood and pieces of flesh accumulated in the egg now served as a cover for its escape.
Taking advantage of the filth splashed by the explosion of the egg, a black shadow shot out from the egg. Its goal was very clear, which was to rush towards Aznor, the only living human being at the scene not far away.
Unfortunately...
Hiss...yeah! ah! Roar!
It sounded like a baby crying, but more harsh and sharp.
Before the parasite could run away for even half a second, it was grabbed by another powerful hand and held tightly like an iron vice, unable to move at all.
Zhimo frowned and looked at the parasite in his hand, which emerged from the egg in the human body.
It is smooth and hairless.
Its whole body was covered with mucus, and there were rotten marks everywhere on its skin. Its ugly face was similar to that of the rot demon when it was young.
Its lower body has several wriggling tentacles, similar to the shape of the pregnant demon when it was young.
Its upper body, with two hands that look like blades, are very similar to the sword demon in its childhood.
It has multiple pairs of compound eyes similar to those of a demon.
From its back, there seemed to be traces of undeveloped wings.
The appearance of this parasite is simply like a hodgepodge of demon larvae, in a very weird "four different" form.
The wise demon is very sure.
There is absolutely no such weird larvae among the demons.
Even mutants.
Can...
Leon repeatedly confirmed and even looked in the direction of the demon, but Dardaya also shook his head, saying that he also did not feel... the slightest aura of the demon from this parasite.
In turn, the violent struggle of this "four different" parasite undoubtedly proves that in its eyes, Leon is an enemy and a foreign race.
And you must know that in the demon clan, the apostles and demon kings have a strong ethnic inheritance relationship with all demon clans. Any demon clan, especially in their childhood, will inevitably show a strong affinity to them.
Just when Leon wanted to observe more, he unexpectedly found that after the initial struggle, perhaps because it was separated from the host, the whole body of the parasite began to rapidly shrink and become dehydrated.
When Leon reacted again, in just a few breaths, the strange and strange parasite just now turned into a... shriveled skin bag in Leon's hand.
silence.
The three apostles present and Liao Yu had only one thought in their hearts.
this...
what exactly is it?
Thousands of years later, there is... a strange parasitic egg in the human body that resembles a demon?
Too unbelievable and ridiculous.
The problem must be traced back to its source.
Liao Yu returned his gaze to the mother nest of the "egg", the body of the young human mage, Blue.
No.
Perhaps a more precise identity positioning should be used than "mage".
after all...
Those who would use "sun" as a pattern on their robes. Thousands of years ago, there was only one force.
And even after a thousand years, Liao Yu believes that there should not be another one.
That is what Liao Yu, the demons, and even humans must know. It is also the branch with the most followers and the largest scale among the many fate sects.
Like the dawn breaking through the darkness, like the sun shining brightly - the glorious Holy Religion.
