After sending away the tailor and his little apprentice, Maddie returned to the living room and saw the broken pottery on the floor. She shook her head and sighed: "Ruth, Jessica can hardly get along with strangers. Victor, for the sake of the earth goddess
For my sake, please think of a solution." As he said that, he took a broom and dustpan and started cleaning the living room.
Victor had no time to help. He sat on the sofa, with Ruth and Jessica sandwiching him on the left and right. They thought they had driven away the foreign enemies. At this moment, they were as docile and well-behaved as little white rabbits.
Victor was particularly tolerant towards them and said: "I'm sure they can adapt to life in the town, it just takes a little time. Maybe we should stay in Water Snake Town for a few more days."
"I'm afraid not. None of the mixed-race children in Braun Town have had much contact with outsiders. I'm worried that people in Jinsha Town will take advantage of or even sell them. The longer time passes, the greater the changes. In the end, all the awakened people we worked hard to cultivate became
Other people's men, but we ourselves have no manpower to use." McGrady said while sweeping the floor.
The Adventurer's House has spent resources to train nearly 300 mixed-race awakened people and professionals. Most of them are young and talented, and everyone has the opportunity to be promoted to a professional. For Victor, these mixed-race children are undoubtedly a force.
It is a force that can be mastered and is relatively reliable. But it is difficult to say over time. The local forces in Jinsha Town, armed caravans, red mane legions, and adventure groups of all sizes will definitely find ways to absorb them. With both carrot and stick measures, it is difficult to guarantee
There will be mixed-race children who choose to change their political affiliations. Maddie and the others’ years of hard work is equivalent to making wedding dresses for others.
However, Sister Ruth is also very important to Victor. In the process of treating them, the knowledge and memory in Victor's mind are also being reorganized.
Victor thought for a while and said, "Didn't the tailor say that it takes four days to make clothes? I will try to prepare a few potions first to reduce the aggressiveness of Ruth and Jessica, at least so that they will no longer hit people casually.
.In this way, we can set off to Jinsha Town to gather our lost companions."
Maddie asked worriedly: "Is four days enough? You have to make a disguise mask first and help us all change our faces."
Victor shook his head and said: "Dr. Cole's rubber mask production process is very complicated. If all the materials are available, it will take me 12 days at the fastest to make five pairs of rubber masks. But I have an alternative method. It will definitely be no problem to help you temporarily change your appearance.
Just wait until Harvey buys all the materials I need."
Maddie breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's okay. We can all change our faces and go to Jinsha Town. In addition, we have to find a way to get a map in the past few days... walking in the woods in the wild, without direction.
Run, I don’t want to go through it again.”
"Oh, by the way. I found an interesting person...the tailor's little apprentice, Stephanie. Do you think there is anything special about her?" Maddie asked enthusiastically.
Victor thought about it for a moment and said, "Stephanie... her name is very special. She doesn't look like a child from a poor family."
"No, no, no, I'm asking how her skills are?"
"My skills are very agile. But I have never practiced martial arts."
"Yes, she is born with agility." Maddie said with both excitement and regret: "Stephanie has rare agility. If we give her the resources, she can 100% become a dark hunter, and maybe even be promoted to a venerable... What a pity.
With her talent, she can only become a small tailor in Water Snake Town."
Maddie used to train dark hunters in Braun Town, and he was also a spellcaster. He said that Stephanie's talent was very good, and that was correct.
The elderly preachers are not very competitive, but they always hope to have successors.
Victor has always believed that the method of cultivating professionals is wrong. Because it is too easy for professionals to increase their power, resulting in a mismatch between mind and ability. The vast majority of professionals have not yet fully mastered their own secret blood abilities, and started to
They are busy with their next promotion. When they encounter promotion bottlenecks, they will go back to practice the basics, and they will gradually become old.
It is good to have the secret blood ability, but it is even more important to master your own secret blood ability and use it as an arm.
So what if you are talented?
The easier it is to advance and the more secret blood abilities you have, the harder it is to master and the easier it is to die in battle.
If Stephanie embarks on the path of becoming a professional, she will either die on the way or lose her youthful energy and waste her talents in vain.
Practicing the source blood secret method steadily is the correct way for a warrior to improve himself.
Victor has already thought about it. He will use the second-level source blood secret method to train those hybrid awakeners, and then cultivate professionals from them, opening up a unique path.
"When we leave, we can take Stephanie with us." Victor said seriously.
Maddie had no idea that Victor planned to use Stephanie as a new experimental material. He said excitedly: "Then we can spend money to buy her from her parents. I don't know if her parents are willing to sell her."
?”
Victor looked at Maddie in surprise and asked, "Is it so troublesome? Can't we just take her away?"
Maddie was even more surprised and murmured: "Ah? You mean abducted..."
"Who is Victor going to kidnap? Leave it to me!"
Harvey shook the door latch and pushed in. He carried a large package on his shoulders and said excitedly: "Victor, everything you want is here, a lot of it!"
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Water Snake Town, the den of thieves' union.
Old Wolf sat behind the table and carefully looked at the pages of drawing paper in his hand. On them were portraits sketched with charcoal. Not only were they lifelike, but the height, waist circumference and other measurements were also noted.
Victor's image is clearly on the drawing paper. He is 1.88 meters tall, tall and well-proportioned, with almost perfect line proportions, which is impressive. His appearance can also be said to be sunny and handsome, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a high nose bridge.
You will look more handsome if you shave all the stubble around your mouth.
"Oh, the portrait drawn by the 'tape ruler' looks just like the real thing." Old Wolf nodded in admiration and turned to the next page of drawing paper. When he saw the portrait on it, he immediately slapped the drawing paper heavily on the table and said angrily: "What is this?
What the hell? His face is crooked!"
One of the henchmen glanced at the drawing paper and said with a smile: "When I got the drawing paper from the 'tape measure', I also asked him what the hell he drew? 'Tape measure' he asked me, what do you think of women?
What should a madman look like?”
Old Wolf frowned, picked up the sketch again and looked at it carefully, nodded and said: "The figure is very good, and the appearance... is indeed a crazy woman. Tell me, if I pass these two drawings to Mr. Anthony, will he
Angry?"
The thug said nonchalantly: "Boss, these two female lunatics, one tall and one short, are already very eye-catching. Anyone can recognize them when they see them. What does it matter what they look like?"
The old wolf thought for a while, nodded and smiled: "That's right... Mundo, you can set out tonight and bring these sketches to Mr. Anthony. Let's see what he has to say."
Mundo, who was sitting on the sofa, raised his eyelids to show that he heard it. But the thug said to the old wolf: "Head, there is another situation."
"When 'Tape Measure' handed over the things, he said that he did what you asked him to do. He didn't want to cause trouble for himself. He asked Stephanie not to go to the tailor shop anymore. She was fired as a fake apprentice."
"I checked later and found out that Stephanie is an 11-year-old orphan of Boss Pym's little finger. She came to Water Snake Town last year and was later adopted by Boss Pym. Stephanie emerged quickly in 'Goldfinger', and now she
Bring 7 or 8 people to manage three alleys."
"Yesterday evening, Boss Pym pretended to be you and asked the tailor to take this little finger to step on Harvey's nest. It seems that 'Goldfinger' plans to attack Harvey's gang. The tailor took Stephanie and 'Fat Fish'
'We met. The tailor was afraid that 'Goldfinger' would reveal his secrets and implicate his shop. So he told me not to involve him."
The old wolf was stunned for a moment, pointed at his nose and shouted: "Pim pretended to be my name and sent people to step on Harvey's nest. The tailor also thought it was my intention, so he took Pim's 'little finger' in...
If Pim reveals his secrets, will I be blamed in the end?"
The thug said angrily: "Yes! Boss Pim does good things, but if something goes wrong, let us know the truth. He has done this more than once."
"Benefits!? There are no benefits, only disasters! Only disasters!"
The old wolf slammed the table and roared for a while before regaining his composure, but his face became gloomy and ugly.
There are only three groups of thieves in Water Snake Town. Lao Lang is the most famous. He is the "middleman" of the Thieves Guild. He is responsible for connecting thieves and extracting benefits from them. He also runs the casino business in Water Snake Town. The second is the owner of the Black Pig Hotel, Porcupine Bi.
Li, who has the greatest power, monopolizes Water Snake Town's taverns, hotel business, house leasing and barbarian slave leasing business, extortion, buying and selling of stolen goods, selling contraband, etc.; finally, there is "Goldfinger" Pim. He has the smallest power.
He has dozens of orphans under his command, specializing in theft and fraud.
Old Wolf, Billy and Pym have been friends for decades and have a very good relationship. Billy and Pym were able to establish themselves in the lucrative Water Snake Town because of Old Wolf's recommendation to Red Siren.
Billy the Porcupine was a senior thug in the gang when he was young. He established a foothold in Water Snake Town, but his courage became smaller. But "Goldfinger" was doing business without capital. They were the least powerful but the most courageous.
Pim got into a lot of troubles, and it was Old Wolf and Billy who helped him clean up his troubles. He was always respectful to Old Wolf.
However, in recent years, Pim somehow managed to get close to the mayor of Water Snake Town. His attitude towards Old Wolf and Billy changed and he became arrogant.
After all, the mayor is the real big shot in Water Snake Town. Even the underground king Sir Red would not dare to openly oppose the mayor of Water Snake Town.
Thieves' gangs cannot provoke noble officials from various places, and secondly, they cannot provoke adventurers.
Only half-elves with heroic natures will become adventurers. They are true outlaws. The city-state council has done a lot to win over and appease adventurers. The thieves in Water Snake Town also need to avoid conflicts with adventurers.
Harvey and the others did not go to the inn opened by the Adventurer's Guild. "Goldfinger" Pim thought they were not adventurers, so he regarded them as "fat fish".
However, even if Harvey and his gang do not have the protection of the Adventurer's Guild, they are still outlaws!
"Mundo, don't leave in a hurry. I'll talk to Pim first."
The old wolf waited for two full hours before "Goldfinger" Pim arrived at his lair.
He is a short, fat old man, wearing old clothes, with sparse gray hair and a slight baldness. He always has an amiable smile on his face. But who would have thought that this seemingly loyal and friendly old man is the biggest thief in Water Snake Town.
.
As soon as he entered the door, he took the initiative to say hello: "Old Wolf, I heard about it. But the little finger stepping on the fish nest was not what I meant. I didn't know it beforehand. Just now, I specifically asked Stephanie. Oh, this child is so bold that he kept it secret
I want to do a big business by myself."
Pim put all the responsibility on the children, which is also the consistent style of "Goldfinger".
The old wolf sneered and said: "Old man, we have been friends for decades. Is it interesting for you to tell me this?"
Pim smoothed his poor hair with his hands and said with a smile: "We also came from that age back then. Who doesn't want to do big business? Who doesn't want to get ahead? I still remember that we sneaked into the adventurer's hotel and stole them.
The gold...Have the 'parents' ever controlled us? The 'parents' don't care, they can't control us."
"Stephanie is a smart kid. She has learned almost all my skills in just one year. I really like this little guy... But, there is a time when children grow up and leave home. Stephanie will be twelve years old soon.
, she will be able to get married in a few years. Now she has to save a dowry for herself, and according to the rules, I can't stop her."
"What I mean is, let her try this time. I have just made the rules clear to her. If she succeeds, the family will only take 10%, and then give you 50%, and the rest belongs to her. If she fails, she will get it.
After all, she will carry it on her own. I will pretend that I have never raised this child. Whether the owner kills her or sells her has nothing to do with us."
The old wolf raised his head and gave a haha, and said: "Pim, let me tell you, you are mistaken. What you are eyeing is not a 'fat fish', but a meat-eating tiger! You have to feed the tiger yourself, don't let me
Bring it along too!"
Pim asked without changing his smile: "Are they adventurers?"
"It seems not."
"Is he a noble official?"
"...Probably not."
Pim said slowly: "They neither went to the hotel opened by the Adventurer's Guild nor visited the mayor. They just rented a civilian hut. As for me, I didn't make any money, and I didn't break the rules. Why do you stop me?
Follow me?"
"I told you, that's a meat-eating tiger!"
"I also said that if Stephanie makes a mistake, she will take it upon herself."
The old wolf finally changed his face and said sullenly: "Pim, in the past few years, you have become unlike yourself. You keep saying that your children will 'leave home' when they grow up. You also let out several 'leave home' children.
Where are the children...them?"
"Don't think I don't know. They have done a lot of big business, and you let them leave home. But the union in Beipang didn't see anyone at all!"
"You can't see anyone alive, and you can't see a body after death... You look so damn ugly!"
Pim and the old wolf looked at each other for a long time, stood up slowly, and walked towards the door step by step. Before going out, he turned back again and said meaningfully: "They may be hung in an iron cage outside Beibang City;
Maybe he went to be a 'parent' somewhere else... In short, the 'parents' have nothing to do with the children who have grown up and left home. Considering our decades of friendship, I would like to advise you not to look into some things too carefully.