In the wilderness of Valentana state, three travelers were camping around a campfire.
What was said just now was said by a Sarcenian with messy hair to the escort in trench coat beside him.
The escort was none other than Adolf. He was always restless during this period and would stare in a certain direction from time to time.
Kino behind him was already snoring loudly in his sleep. As a ghoul, he didn't care at all about the beasts hiding in the night.
The howls of wolves were faint, and you didn't need to look closely to know that they were wandering outside the campsite, but they didn't dare to get close because they were afraid of the flames.
This would not have happened in the past, because Adolf was very good at inducing conflicts between animals. They would be provoked by the "provocateur" into conflicts and kill each other before the attack was launched.
But recently, Adolf's alertness has become lowered, and even Ethan can notice it.
One day during the day, Adolf excused himself from fatigue and took a nap in the middle of the night. When he woke up, he became restless, as if he had dreamed of something extremely terrible.
"This is a mysterious land..."
Seeing that Adolf didn't speak, Ethan suddenly started talking about other things.
"In addition to the Valentines and those strange creatures, there may be terrifying powers that are unknown to everyone. We need to be more vigilant and avoid those taboos, so as not to be entangled by them and turn into nightmares..."
Although he didn't understand what Ethan was talking about, Adolf finally came to his senses.
"I'm fine..." He rubbed his eyes, "Maybe... I'm almost reaching the threshold..."
This made Ethan very puzzled.
He said: "You have just been promoted to Secret Transmission III. Even if you maintain the imitation method, you will not reach the threshold so quickly."
Adolf was slightly startled, knowing that this kind of rhetoric would not satisfy Ethan.
Adolf was well aware of his recent abnormal mood.
That was the aftermath of witnessing Mr. Yi's battle with the mysterious evil god.
In that incident, Adolf experienced two extremes in life: the strongest fear of death, and the strongest stimulation of power.
Death comes from the exaggerated power of the evil god that annihilates all things when he appears, and the stimulation of power comes from Mr. Yi's blow that turns back time...
Adolf found that he could no longer control his thoughts. The sword struck by Mr. Yi often appeared in his mind. Time seemed to have been shattered and reorganized, and the years had become a manipulated wheel.
This is also the reason why he is restless and often distracted.
"Maybe I'm too worried. I think it's time to adjust the orange dream..." Adolf subtly changed the subject.
Ethan turned around, picked up a branch and lit the fire: "I said before that we were short of some potion ingredients, so we had to buy them on the black market."
"I know several black markets." Adolf said immediately.
Ethan shook his head slightly: "No, we have to go to Angola."
Adolf frowned after hearing this: "Angola? Angola city?"
Ethan threw away the branch, opened the kettle and took a sip, then replied: "Yes, that's where the potion ingredients we need are."
Adolf fell silent for a moment, recalling the wanted notice he had posted before.
At that time, their portraits were posted in settlements in the eastern states, all over the streets and alleys, where everyone could see them.
Although he later asked Mr. Yi to help him no longer be wanted, he was still worried that he would be recognized by some people in the city.
"If there is no problem... we will enter Angola city tomorrow morning..."
Ethan was like a butler, arranging Adolf's actions clearly, as if he really wanted to help him restore the ancient Zoroastrianism.
But after all, Adolf had been wandering alone for many years and knew what the Eastern Wilderness was. He could not completely trust anyone he met in this land.
However, now he really needs the orange dream to monitor the fatality he faces, so for him, Ethan is an existence that needs to rely on his power and also needs to be on guard.
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The next day, the three of them entered Angola City on horseback. The first thing they did was to go to a clothing store to change out of everything they were wearing.
Adolf was originally unwilling to have contact with the owner of the clothing store, fearing that he would be recognized.
But when Ethan pushed the door open and walked in, he realized that he had been worrying too much.
The wanted warrant has been removed, and people seem to have lost their memory. No one recognizes the three of them on the street.
"What everyone remembers is not your face, but the bounty. A face without a bounty is not worthy of occupying human brain capacity." Ethan pointed out the problem sharply, and then took out the money and asked the owner of the clothing store to pay for it.
They choose new clothes.
"If no one recognizes us, there's no need to change." Adolf was used to his shabby clothes.
But Ethan said: "Where we are going, we don't like sloppy people..."
In the end, Adolf compromised and changed into a black coat with Ethan, and also bought a top hat that looked very classy.
Kino also changed into white clothes, and his face was filled with joy. He had no longer wanted to live in the sun and rain, and he could finally return to civilized society.
After changing clothes, Ethan took the three of them to get haircuts, shaving off all the messy hair, and then applying hair wax, which made the three of them look like dogs, and they almost couldn't recognize each other when they looked at each other.
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After doing all this, Ethan finally led them to the so-called black market.
"That place is not a common low-end place. It is invested and operated by the manor owners of Valentana State and is mainly engaged in slave trade..."
Slave trade? Adolf was filled with disdain when he heard about it.
When he was wandering around in the east, he saw many slave trading markets, but he had never heard of any slave markets selling potion ingredients.
But Ethan didn't lie. That place was indeed different from the ordinary low-end black market, and slave trading was indeed operating in it.
However, the "quality" of those slaves cannot be compared to the mass goods in cages...
Ethan took him to a place similar to a club, hidden deep in the city, and it took a few detours to find it.
The gunman guarding the door saw that they were well dressed, so he just nodded and let them in.
"The security here is not very good..." Kino spread his hands, "They don't seem to be worried about some strange people sneaking in and causing damage."
"Because the manor owners control the city, no one dares to cause trouble..."
After Ethan finished speaking, he looked at Adolf, who was looking at the environment inside the club.
It was not bright inside, and was even a little dim. A red-like light gave the corridor a shallow illumination.
When they walked through the corridor and came to the real "trading place", Adolf saw that many people were already there.
They were the manor owners who came here to trade slaves, and the selected "goods" were standing on the arranged "booths" for guests to watch.
All the slaves here are handsome men and beautiful women, with extremely high "quality", but they are obviously not suitable for farm work, so Adolf speculated that they were bought back to be used for other "business"...