Chapter 25: The Repeater Who Loves to Eat Chinese Peppers
A familiar can also be used to deliver contact spells on behalf of its owner.
For example, Gao Fei's real-life magic pet "Wing Cat" Huzi can deliver the "Electric Claw" for him.
After Gao Fei casts the spell, he first passes the "Electric Claw" to Hu Zi, and then Hu Zi flies to the enemy and scratches the enemy, and then releases the "Electric Claw".
If the magic pet is replaced by the "Eye of the Bead", the function of transmitting magic will also be greatly improved.
"Bead Eye" itself cannot cast spells, but when she enters into a familiar contract with a spell caster, she will gain a special ability called "Ray Casting".
The owner can borrow the eye wave ray of the "Eye of the Bead" as a medium to transmit contact spells, and launch it to attack hostile targets within 60 feet!
When the target is hit by the ray, it will be affected by the spell effect.
Contact spells are divided into two categories.
One is "melee contact", such as "Electric Claw"; the other is "long-range contact", such as "Seering Ray".
Both types of spells can be transmitted through the eye wave rays of the "Pearl Eye".
Imagine releasing the "Electric Claw" through "Ray Casting", wouldn't it be equivalent to changing the attack range from melee contact to a 60-foot long-range shot?
This is a huge advantage!
What's even more powerful is yet to come.
The talent specialty "Ability Specialization (Ray)" of "Eye of the Bead" is also applicable in the "Ray Casting" mode.
This also means that spells transmitted through eye rays have an advantage in attack rolls, and the saving throw DC counts as a double proficiency modifier, making them less likely to be resisted by the recipient.
After calming down his excitement, Gao Fei still had a small problem to settle.
"Bead Eye" is indeed a very good magic pet. Unfortunately, this little monster has a bad personality and a bad taste. He especially likes to imitate other people's speech in a sharp and sarcastic tone, almost like a repeater.
Gao Fei didn't expect her to completely get rid of this bad habit. At least he should respect himself as his master. Don't always say something to yourself while she repeats it next to you, which is annoying.
According to the Monster Manual, beholder creatures have a dull sense of taste and will eat anything, but it is difficult for them to taste the food. Only the stimulation of strong flavors can make them feel the pleasure of eating food.
Fiery red chilies and pungent peppers, as well as such strong spices, are favorite snacks of beholders.
In addition, most beholder-like creatures love what is in their cups and have the capacity to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk.
Friendship gatherings of beholders often start with a vat of drinking and chewing spices, and end with each other exposing each other's shortcomings and crying...
Speaking of spices, Gao Fei thought of the specialties of his hometown.
Open the astrolabe, log in to the system store, and sure enough, in the spice column, I found green peppercorns, also commonly known as peppercorns.
Gao Fei bought 5 kilograms of peppercorns and opened the bag in front of "Pearl Eyes", and a strong peppery pepper smell immediately came out.
The "Beady Eye" has only two organs on its big round face: the eyes and the mouth. It appears to have no nose. In fact, the numerous needle-like stomata distributed all over the body have the function of smelling, and the sense of smell is very sensitive.
Smelling the smell of peppercorns, "Pearl Eyes" immediately opened all five eyes in surprise, staring straight at the packaging bag, eyes full of salivation.
Gao Fei grabbed a small handful of peppercorns and spread his palms.
"Eye of the Bead" immediately flew over, opened its mouth, stretched out its long tongue, and tried to lick the peppercorns in Gao Fei's hand.
Gao Fei clenched his hands and refused to give her food.
"Pearl Eyes" glared angrily.
"Want to eat?" Gao Fei asked her.
"Pearl Eyes" subconsciously wanted to imitate his speech.
However, opening his mouth wide and extending his tongue made it difficult for a parrot to imitate, so he nodded silently.
"You can eat if you want, but you are not allowed to imitate my words in the future. You must obey me obediently. Do you understand?"
"Eye of the Bead" hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of the strong aroma of peppercorns and nodded angrily.
"Answer me now, what is your name?"
"Pearl."
"Eye of the Bead" still opens its mouth and sticks out its tongue, waiting to be fed, and responds telepathically.
"Who am I to you?"
"You are my master."
"Very good." Gao Fei spread his hands with satisfaction.
"Pearl Eyes" immediately pounced on him, licked the peppercorns in his palm with his long tongue, rolled them back into his mouth, chewed them with relish, and narrowed his eyes with satisfaction, looking like he was enjoying it.
Gao Fei saw how delicious her food was, and he was greedy when he saw it. He couldn't help but wonder, is eating raw peppercorns really so good?
He picked up a peppercorn, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it twice.
Suddenly, I felt an indescribable taste that was astringent and numb, spreading from the tip of my tongue to the base of my ears, and my entire tongue became numb.
"Ugh... bah bah bah!!"
Gao Fei felt so uncomfortable that he wanted to die, and quickly spit out the pepper residue in his mouth.
No wonder ancient books often say, "Swallow pepper to kill yourself." This thing can really eat people to death!
Seeing the pain on his face, Pearl giggled with gloating.
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The next morning, Lisa took Albert Franklin's business card and went to visit Mrs. Jones.
After some conversation and observation, Lisa was convinced that Mrs. Jones's testimony was basically true.
At least she didn't lie about the inheritance dispute.
Lisa sympathized with Mrs. Jones's experience, and after returning to the office, she suggested that Gao Fei take over the business.
In order to preserve her husband's inheritance, Mrs. Jones was willing to pay an agency fee of 5,000 pounds.
The other party in the estate dispute, David Fuller, is also said to have hired a dueling attorney.
Gao Fei felt that it was necessary to investigate the details of this future opponent.
At this time, it is the turn of the well-informed "street angels" to take action.
In fact, Musk Justice has a unique advantage in the proxy dueling business.
That's his gang background.
A lot of information that cannot be obtained through normal channels, such as David Fuller's dueling agent, can be used to unearth valuable clues with the help of the "Street Angel"'s pervasive underground intelligence network.
Goofy spent his astrolabe energy to quickly skip the game cutscenes for the next three days, and it was weekend evening in the blink of an eye.
Under the cover of night, Patus Street was as dirty and messy as ever, and the air was filled with the smell of garbage, sewers, alcohol and cheap perfume.
Gao Fei jumped out of the taxi, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and walked slowly towards the tavern.
He came to attend a gang party tonight and asked Brother Umberto for news.
Not far away, a woman's scream suddenly came from the alley on the side of the road.
Gao Fei's first reaction was to open the astrolabe and check the updated task list.
Sure enough, a new side mission appeared, asking him if he wanted to "rescue a street girl who was being bullied by a drunkard".
