Extraordinary Rise: Starting Contract with the Silver Dragon Countess

Chapter 141 Two Gifts from the Queen Sister!
On the way to the "Potion City", Cohen had an in-depth discussion with Mephisto about the General Administration of External Security.

Mavis was surprised that Cohen was able to win over Reid Gallo, the controller of Twilight Continent and former aide of the Blood Lord.

Cohen's request to Mephis was to collect all the intelligence about the five major oasis forces, as well as information about all the reactionaries inside and outside the city-state who were plotting against the "Infinity Blade" adventure group.

Daily reports must be submitted every day, summaries must be made every week, analysis and forecasts must be made every month, and meetings must be held every quarter to conduct assessments.

Mavis really wanted to curse Cohen for his arrangement.

What a black-hearted boss! I'm already giving you face by providing you with information, yet you still set so many rules and restrictions. Do you really think I'm here to work like a slave for you?

However, when Cohen took the initiative to propose to prepare the "Command I" potion for Mavis first, Mavis suppressed his inner resentment.

Just work, since the other party pays too much.

She had been stuck at the peak of the ninth level for a long time, and she was really eager for a breakthrough.

The materials needed to configure "Command I" are too precious, and the potion formulas for the two paths to becoming a god that were promised to the other party also need to be configured on the spot.

So Cohen followed Mavis to the "Magic Potion City" located in the Chaos Demon Continent.

As the lord of a high-order city-state, the [Musician]'s means of transportation is also very luxurious.

A floating spacecraft shaped like a musical note was moving briskly and steadily over the "wasteland", like a lively note dancing on a musical score.

As soon as he entered the cabin, Cohen heard soul-cleansing music coming from all directions.

The two city-states were not far apart. In less than half a day, the Note Spaceship had approached the "Magic Potion City-State".

With a loud roar, the spaceship stopped above a magnificent and luxurious building in the center of the city-state.

This is the residence of the city lord [Musician] and also the core power institution of the entire city-state, named "Castle of the God of Music".

Cohen looked at the uniquely shaped building in front of him and couldn't help but be slightly shocked.

The main outline of the building is simple and powerful, with lines extending smoothly upward as if to break through the sky.

From a distance, it looks like a huge shell.

The rounded curves are elegant and charming, and the surface has a delicate texture.

The exterior wall is a combination of large areas of metal and glass.

The metal part is light silver, exuding a cold luster, indestructible and full of texture.

The glass curtain wall surrounding the entire building is like a huge crystal, sparkling in the sunlight, reflecting the surrounding city interior, blue sky and white clouds.

The entire castle is separated from its surrounding environment, and is full of a dreamy and unique beauty, just like flowing notes solidified in space.

In Cohen's view, this does not look like a parliament building, but more like a modern theater.

No wonder this woman chose the extremely niche and unpopular "Music God Sequence", the musical element has penetrated into every cell of her body.

This woman exudes elegance and artistry from the inside out. She is truly a natural-born "Music God Sequence" extraordinary person.

Mavis stood in the cabin and waved his hand lightly. Like an open shell, a very thin crack appeared above the magnificent building.

As Mephis outputs his magic power, the gap slowly expands, like a curtain slowly opening.

Along this gap, the light inside spread out like ripples, soon covering the entire spacecraft.

Mephis controlled the spaceship and followed the light into the castle.

Before getting off the ship, several beautiful maids were already waiting respectfully at the hatch of the spaceship.

When they saw the city lord appear outside the cabin with a young man wearing a mask, they all looked surprised.

Mavis turned around and said to Cohen:

"I need to take care of the government affairs for the next few days. You go and rest first. I will come to see you in the evening."

These extremely ambiguous words made the maids imagine a lot, and their eyes couldn't help but glance at Cohen.

They were all curious about what kind of man could capture the heart of the city lord!

After she finished speaking, Mephis realized the inappropriateness of her words, but she did not need to explain to her subordinates. She looked at the maids with a cold expression and ordered:
"Arrange a place for this gentleman to live. No one is allowed to disturb him. Whatever his needs are, we must try our best to meet them. Do you understand?"

Everyone below responded in unison: yes.

Mephis left quickly, and the maids breathed a sigh of relief. The leading lady came to Cohen and said respectfully:

"Sir, please."

This was the first time I saw the city lord use his own spaceship to pick up a person of the opposite sex, and he went straight into the living area of "Le Shen Castle".

These maids have completely regarded Cohen as the future master of the city-state.

The attitude towards Cohen was respectful, polite, considerate and enthusiastic.

Several people led Cohen to a luxurious suite. After asking Cohen if he had any other needs, they quietly retreated and stood outside, waiting for Cohen's instructions at any time.

Cohen took a comfortable bath, lay on the recliner, called the maid outside, asked for some carving tools, and began to make a set of what he called "chess" in his previous life.

The powerful [Performer] is not only a ninth-level transcendent, but also an experienced intelligence officer, and controls such a large high-level order city-state.

The value she brings is too important to Cohen.

Therefore, Cohen was determined to keep this woman firmly in his hands.

In order to make the other party willingly become a formal member of the "Infinity Blade" adventure team, Cohen needs to give her some unexpected surprises and shocks.

When Cohen was concentrating on making "chess", a message from the communication stone startled Cohen.

Cohen took out the communication stone, which was a message from Prince Hauge.

It was said that a few days ago, the Queen's sister prepared a gift for the "Lord of Shadows" and asked Cohen to take it to him as a gift.

Prince Hauge expressed his helplessness and asked Cohen what to do.

Cohen asked Prince Hauge's sister, the Queen, what she had prepared for his vest, "Lord of Shadows", but the answer he got surprised him greatly.

A set of detection arrays that can identify and monitor extraordinary people below the legendary level!

The range of the magic circle is enough to cover a city!
Cohen was truly amazed at the Queen's talent for magic.

No wonder Adelle was so confident. As long as Cohen took out this thing, the "Lord of Shadows" would definitely agree to form an alliance with Cohen.

This set of magic arrays is indeed a timely help to the "Lord of Shadows" who has just acquired a "City-State of Order".

Even from the perspective of the "Lord of Shadows", this deal is very worthwhile.

Cohen was moved when he thought that the Queen sister set up this magic circle for her own safety.

I wanted to run back and hug Yadel and give her a few big kisses.

With this set of magic arrays, Cohen can completely monitor the number and identity of the extraordinary people entering the "City-State of Farmers".

Being able to detect malicious external forces in advance is definitely a huge help for Cohen, who has just taken control of the city-state and whose internal and external situations are still unstable.

Prince Hauge then said that the Queen had also prepared a birthday gift specifically for Cohen.

Cohen then realized that his seventeenth birthday was coming up soon, and he was overwhelmed with emotions.

It’s a pity that this birthday gift cannot be delivered by the Queen sister personally.

When Cohen asked the Queen what birthday gift she had prepared for him, Prince Hauge said that the gift was locked in a magic box and could not be opened by outsiders without Cohen's breath.

This made Cohen even more curious, and he was looking forward to what birthday gift the Queen sister had carefully prepared for him.

Cohen quickly said to Prince Hauge:
"Uncle Wang doesn't need to enter the 'Land of the Lost'.

You are a Legendary, so if you come here you need to report to the five major forces of the Lost Land, which will easily attract the attention of those who are interested.

How about this, I'll give you someone's contact information. When you arrive outside the 'Lost Land', contact this person and he'll help deliver the item to me."

The person Cohen provided was the manager of "Unicorn Trading Company" who was responsible for logistics and transportation. With the credibility of "Unicorn Trading Company" as a guarantee, there was no need to worry about the safety of the goods.

After finishing his communication with Prince Hauge, Cohen began to concentrate on his handicraft again.

As night fell, Mephis slowly walked to the door of Cohen's room, looked at the maid waiting beside him, and asked:
"What did that gentleman do today?
Did you make any requests?"

The leading maid replied:
"The gentleman only needed some carpentry and carving tools, and he spent the whole day tinkering around inside.

The rest is nothing."

Carpenter carving tools?

Mavis's face was filled with confusion and suspicion.

After a moment of hesitation, she waved her hand and said:

"All of you go down. No one is allowed to approach here without my permission."

Several maids went down with their heads lowered, their minds filled with images that were not suitable for children.

It was late at night, and after everyone had been dismissed, only the city lord and a person of the opposite sex were left in the room. It was easy to guess what they were going to do.

Mavis knocked on the door and Cohen quickly answered and asked to come in.

When Mavis walked in, he found Cohen concentrating on studying something in front of a black and white wooden board.

Various strange-shaped black and white ornaments are neatly placed on it.

Some are riding horses, some are wearing crowns, and they look lifelike.

Cohen heard the rhythmic footsteps and knew that the "Musician" had arrived. Without even looking up, he said:
"There's a set of chess rules on the table. Once you understand them, let's play chess."

Mavis frowned slightly, but didn't say much. He picked up the white paper on the table and started reading the rules.

King, queen, chariot, elephant, horse, and soldier.

There are six kinds of chess pieces, black and white, and each piece moves differently.

The condition for victory is to trap the opponent's king.

As Mavis watched, he became addicted to these interesting rules.

After a while, Mephis came back to his senses, sat down opposite Cohen, and after placing the chess pieces, he fixed his eyes on the 64 criss-crossing squares on the chessboard.

Gently pushing the white "pawn," it began to advance. The game ended quickly. Although Mephis had already learned the detailed rules of "Western Chess," he was still quickly defeated by the experienced Cohen.

Mavis was not discouraged. He played with the lifelike chess pieces and asked:

"Did you develop this little gadget yourself?"

Cohen put the chess pieces back in place one by one and shook his head.
"I saw it in an ancient book. What do you think?"

Mavis said:
"Interesting, you haven't been studying this all day, have you?

Where's the 'Command I' you promised to give me?"

Cohen did not respond, but changed the subject and asked:

"Your Excellency, even if I give you 'Command I' now, what is your chance of success?"

Mephis was slightly stunned. After thinking for a moment, he slowly reported a number:
"About 50%."

A brand new potion, even someone as proud as Mavis didn't dare to say too much.

Cohen nodded seriously:
"Faced with a completely unfamiliar potion, your success rate is beyond my expectation.

But the success rate is still too low. I really can't bear to see such a beautiful and elegant lady die because of a bottle of magic potion."

Mephis looked at Cohen, who had already started moving the chess pieces, and said calmly:
"If you were able to get all those women with your sweet talk, I'd be very disappointed."

Cohen slowly raised his head, his gaze fixed on Mavis's delicate and charming face, a smile on his lips:

"If I say I can help you increase the success rate of taking the potion to 100%, will you also be able to get me?"

Mavis's gaze suddenly became sharp and cold, but after realizing the meaning of the first half of Cohen's words, the coldness subsided quietly.

She stopped what she was doing and fixed her eyes on Cohen, waiting for his next move.

Cohen smiled and responded:
"It's just a joke, don't be angry, I am indeed interested in you, but only in your personal abilities.

Okay, keep playing chess. When you can beat me in a game, I'll tell you for free how to increase your success rate when taking 'Command I' to 100%!"

Mavis suppressed all his emotions and continued playing chess with Cohen.

For five consecutive days, Mavis would go to Cohen's room every night and fight with Cohen.

From being checkmated by Cohen after just a few moves at the beginning to being able to fight back later, Mavis made rapid progress.

It was not until the fifth night after Cohen arrived in the "Potion City" that Mavis finally defeated Cohen after a two-hour battle.

Looking at the king who was being held fast by the other queen, Cohen sighed with satisfaction and said:
"Congratulations, Lord City Lord. Next, we should go find the ingredients for the 'Command I' potion!"

Mavis frowned slightly and asked:

"So what about that method you mentioned to increase the success rate?"

Cohen smiled and replied:

"You can now take 'Command I'. I promise that the process of taking the potion this time will be smoother than you expected.

You won't even feel any pain, and you can easily break through to the Half-Step Legendary level."

Mavis's frown deepened, and soon her eyes fell on the ordinary chess set.

She asked:
"Is it related to this strange chess set?"

Cohen nodded slowly, his voice neither slow nor fast:
"The true purpose of the potion 'Command I' is to transform your body and mind, granting you the extraordinary trait of 'Command'.

But if you have never been exposed to similar properties before, taking the potion will be met with great physical and mental resistance.

At this time, you can only rely on your body and spirit to hold on. If you can hold on, you will succeed. If you can't hold on, you will be doomed.

This chess set will greatly train your ability to think globally and command the entire situation. In the process of playing against me, your mind and body are actually undergoing transformation and training similar to "Command I" invisibly.

When you can defeat me, it means that your transformation and training are complete.

At this time, accepting the transformation of "Command I" will be much more natural and you won't even feel any pain.

I call this approach 'adaptive training', and the board on which it works I call 'the medium'.

This method can significantly increase the success rate of Sequencers taking potions."

Cohen's theory really shocked Mavis and completely overturned her ideas.

She quickly asked:
"Then can other Sequencers on the path to godhood also adopt a similar method?"

Cohen nodded and said:
"of course can.

However, as to what kind of 'adaptive training' is effective and what kind of 'media' is needed... that is another matter."

Mavis's expression changed, and he leaned forward involuntarily, and asked anxiously:
"You do, don't you?"

Cohen smiled and said slowly:

"Sir, do you still remember our previous agreement?

My secrets can only be shared with the official members of our Infinity Blade.

I'm sorry, Mr. City Lord, you... are not editing yet!"

Mavis's expression froze, he clenched his fists, and a nameless anger suddenly arose in his heart.

This bastard definitely knows how to increase the success rate of taking potions.

Taking "Command I" with good intentions to help yourself improve is just a bait to whet your appetite!
But I had to take the bait!
This man is so hateful. No wonder he can seduce so many beautiful girls. We have only been together for a few days. If I am not determined, I might fall into his clutches.

What a hateful man!
There was a fierce struggle going on in Mephis' mind. She really wanted to report to the Lord of Sequences, Belmodi, on how to deal with the matter, but she couldn't say it because of the existence of the soul contract.

Although Belmodi had said before that as long as it did not involve the fundamental interests of the Mysterious Continent, she could make her own decisions.

But this matter is too important, and Mavis can't make a decision easily.

Cohen looked at Mavis calmly, as if he knew her inner struggle, and spoke gently:

"Okay, why do you act like I'm forcing you to do something?

If this gets out, will I be able to leave the Potion City alive?

Anyway, I'm just talking now. As for the effect, you have to wait until I prepare the potion and you try it yourself before making a decision."

Mavis breathed a sigh of relief, but then became a little indignant, wondering if the other party was playing hard to get.

But she had no other choice now and could only follow Cohen's arrangements.

Cohen spread out a piece of white paper, picked up a pen and wrote some magic materials on it, and said to Mavis:

“Although these things are precious, they shouldn’t be difficult for you.

Get them together as soon as possible so I can prepare a potion for you to advance to Half-Step Legend.

I'm in a hurry to go back because I have a lot of things to do at home."

Mavis picked up the list of materials and took a look at it, the corners of her mouth twitching slightly. Although there were not many things on it, some of them were indeed quite expensive, and even she felt a little painful.

Cohen's eyes were so calm that it was impossible to guess what he was thinking.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Mavis put the list away without saying anything.

Because he mixed some personal items into the list - he secretly added several repair materials needed for the "Book of Time and Space".

Fortunately, the [Performer] didn't notice anything.

Cohen continued calmly:
"In addition to the above, there is another special item that is extremely important. It may require you to make great efforts to obtain it."

Mavis frowned and asked:
"what?"

"The General's sword!"

……

"Unicorn Trading Company" was very efficient and delivered the Queen's sister's things within a few days.

Cohen checked the monitoring array and asked the people from the trading company to continue delivering the array to Asuna, the lord of "Cultivator City".

He kept the birthday gift given to him by his sister the Queen.

Back in the room, looking at the exquisite metal box in front of him, Cohen felt a little excited, wondering what surprise Adele had prepared for him.

He reached out and touched the box, and the protective magic circle on it sensed the breath of the seal and opened automatically.

After removing the protection of the magic circle, Cohen felt the violent fluctuations of magic power coming from the box.

Cohen slowly opened the box, and what came into view was a gorgeous and exquisite belt.

The surface of the belt sparkled with a strange luster, as if star fragments were scattered on it, and as the angle of light changed, it presented a colorful halo.

The buckle on the belt was shaped like a mysterious ancient rune, and Cohen sensed a faint aura of magic from it.

Needless to say, this must be another magic circle carved by the Queen Sister herself.

Cohen sensed it and found that it was similar to the pendant magic circle that the queen sister gave him, but it was obviously more sophisticated.

It seems that the Queen's sister's research on magic circles has made a big step forward.

The belt is inlaid with top-grade magic crystals of various elements, providing the belt with a constant supply of energy.

Cohen took the belt in his hand and rubbed it carefully, and soon found that the part of the belt that was close to the body was embroidered with many intricate patterns.

He looked at the patterns carefully, and after seeing them clearly, a huge feeling of emotion and surprise rushed into Cohen's mind.

Those patterns were clearly the cursive spelling of the names of Corleone and Adele Angrain!
Every pattern embodies the painter's exquisite magical control.

These thousands of patterns will definitely take up a huge amount of time and energy from the creator.

Cohen's heart couldn't help but soften when he thought that the queen, who was busy with heavy government affairs all day, actually took the time to prepare such a loving gift.

……

(End of this chapter)