Mystery: A Spark

This contrast will evoke a stronger feeling in others.

It's like someone has angered you, and you're furious, but the other person remains completely calm and collected. It's enough to make you want to explode.

Chapter 36 So That's How It Is (Please Read On!)

The ship arrived at its destination the next morning.

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect you to actually change into a new outfit specifically for this pirate tournament." Danitz looked Arthur up and down as he came out of the door and couldn't help but tease him.

“Ahem, Mr. Danitz, please address me by my new name from now on, Anduin Wrynn,” Arthur said with a reserved smile and a serious expression.

Danitz chuckled:

"Kid, do you know what? Going there dressed like that, all flashy and gaudy, is like a fat sheep falling into a wolf's den."

Seeing that Arthur was somewhat stunned and clearly did not understand what he meant, Danitz shook his head and said nothing more.

He led Arthur to the venue of the Pirate Assembly, a huge black palace temporarily set up by Nast, the "King of the Five Seas".

The palace has a very large area that can accommodate hundreds or even thousands of people.

Deep within the palace, a dignified middle-aged man sat upon a throne; this was Nast Solomon, the "King of the Five Seas."

Apart from him, the other three pirate kings did not seem to participate in this conference.

At the meeting place, the seven pirate generals and their pirate crews took their seats in four directions.

There, Arthur and Danitz quickly found and met up with Lieutenant General Iceberg.

Not far away, Arthur also saw a woman dressed in a black classical robe, which was covered with many symbols and magical symbols. The most prominent of these was a mysterious eye, an eye without eyelashes.

Arthur recognized her; it must be "Admiral of the Stars," Cattleya.

“We meet again, Arthur,” Edwina said with a slight nod.

Arthur greeted her in response.

After exchanging greetings, Edwina looked at Arthur's clothes, seemingly wanting to say something, but ultimately remained silent.

The conference was held soon, and all sorts of extraordinary materials and magical items were brought on stage for auction, along with some potion recipes and extraordinary properties.

Taking this opportunity, Arthur also sold a Sequence 7 Witch recipe, as well as a Singer recipe and a Lightbringer recipe.

The price of the Singer and the Lightbringer rose significantly because they were auctioned together. In addition, with the sale of the witch's recipe for over nine hundred pounds, Arthur's savings suddenly increased to nearly eighteen hundred pounds.

In addition, he sold the magical items he had made using his surplus hunter traits, bringing his savings to around two thousand five hundred pounds.

To be on the safe side, the witch used Edwina's name to sell the formula.

Sitting next to him, Edwina glanced at Arthur with some surprise, wondering why he would choose to collect the extraordinary materials for the Hunter's Potion when he already knew the formulas for the first two sequences of the Solar Path.

Danitz was equally puzzled, but he quickly recalled the Extraordinary who had exploded out of control a couple of days earlier, who seemed to be a Solar Path Extraordinary.

Could this kid have some kind of psychic ability or something, and managed to get the potion recipe from that unlucky guy? But I didn't see him do anything at the time... Danitz thought to himself, somewhat puzzled. He felt that this blond kid was revealing more and more secrets.

"By the way, Captain, I recently acquired a new spell," Arthur said as he took the gold pound he had just sold from Edwina.

Maintaining a relationship requires give and take; if it's just one-sided giving or taking, the relationship will break down sooner or later.

Edwina is about to become a demigod, and Arthur feels that building a good relationship with a future demigod is definitely more beneficial than harmful.

The so-called Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and social customs. This principle naturally applies to the mysterious world as well.

Just as the fortune teller path can be divided into Klein and other fortune tellers, this is because Little Klein is good at rallying people; he can rally a whole cart of breadmen just by fighting.

Besides, the Hunter path is inherently a team-based class. What kind of Hunter is a Hunter without teammates? They might as well be renamed Warrior.

A hunter who can only fight alone is like a warrior who dies from being stabbed in the back, a coward who dies from recklessness, or a sea king who can fly but always arrives at the scene last.

"Oh? What kind of spell is it?" Edwina asked curiously, while also setting up a barrier to prevent others from hearing their conversation.

"This spell is called Howl of Fear, and the details are here." Arthur took a few pages out of his pocket and handed them to Edwina.

He prepared this last night.

His two new skills were both very useful, but he could only focus on one at most at the moment, so he thought of giving Fear Howl to Edwina.

He can't give him a demon skin, because the demon in question refers to the Twisting Nether Demon, so he has to figure out how to transform into it himself.

Edwina took the pages, glanced at them briefly, and her eyes brightened slightly.

She nodded and said:

"I will be heading to Remnantburg to seek an opportunity to advance to demigod. I should be able to get a messenger then. Once I have finished analyzing this spell, I will deliver the results to you through the messenger."

Arthur nodded, then another question came to mind.

"But isn't a messenger only able to be found if the recipient summons them with a spell or has seen them before?" he asked, somewhat puzzled.

Judging from the original work, the messenger is supposed to be like this, as he doesn't actually have the ability to find people.

Of course, someone like Renette, who is above average, is not subject to this limitation.

"That's true. If you trust me enough, you can give me a strand of your hair, and I can use it to record your information."

"Of course, if you find it inconvenient..."

"Here you go." Before Edwina could finish speaking, Arthur plucked a hair from her head without hesitation and handed it to her.

He still trusted Edwina. After all, when he was on the ship, if Edwina had any ill intentions towards him, she would have had a million ways to deal with him.

Edwina seemed surprised that Arthur would be so decisive, and paused for a moment before taking the hair.

She closed her eyes and sensed for a while, then a wisp of flame rose in her hand and burned it away.

"The information has been noted down. I will have a messenger deliver the results to you when the time comes."

With that, Edwina removed the surrounding barriers.

She glanced at Arthur sideways, and finally couldn't help but ask:

Is there a reason for your outfit? It looks a bit odd.

“Uh…this is a style of clothing from my hometown.” Arthur didn’t expect that Anduin’s outfit would receive such a “strange” comment.

"I see." Edwina nodded, no longer dwelling on the matter.

But as soon as she finished speaking, Arthur found himself surrounded by pea vines.

A soft but emotionless voice rang out at that moment.

"I see. Then can you tell me where your hometown is?"

Arthur: ...

Roselle, I'll f*** your grandpa!

Chapter 37 (Please continue reading!)

Inside the pirate convention hall, the trading process was proceeding smoothly. Items were brought to the auction stage and then bought by various parties after bidding.

Everything seemed normal on the Golden Dream side as well, at least to most people.

However, not everyone was unaware of the anomaly. Deep within the black palace, the middle-aged man who had been sitting on the throne suddenly cast a majestic gaze in their direction.

But soon, the gaze seemed to have seen something, and it withdrew as if nothing had happened, no longer paying attention to what was happening here.

Not far away, Gadriya seemed to have noticed something was wrong. She glanced over in this direction with some confusion, but found nothing.

She frowned, reached out and took off her thick black-rimmed glasses, and looked around again with her slightly dark purple eyes.

Then, the seriousness on her face melted away like ice and snow, replaced by a hint of excitement.

“Your Majesty,” Cattleya murmured to herself.

When these two extraordinary experts looked over, Edwina naturally realized that something was amiss.

She glanced at Arthur and found him sitting quietly, watching the auction in the room, seemingly lost in thought.

Just as she was about to reach out and pat Arthur on the shoulder to see if something was wrong with him, she stopped in her tracks.

Edwina frowned slightly, as if listening to something.

Then, she glanced at Arthur with some surprise, but didn't interfere further.

......

Inside the enclosed space made of pea vines, Arthur sat there blankly, looking somewhat lost and questioning the meaning of life.

He never expected that Huang Beibei, who should have been waiting for a promotion opportunity in Backlund, would actually appear here.

Moreover, Arthur didn't expect that she overheard their conversation just as Edwina removed the barrier.

Although Huang Beibei had become suspicious because of what I was talking about with Edwina, it shouldn't be too difficult to fool her. The most important thing now is to find out how much she learned from that bastard Huang Tao... Arthur racked his brains to think of a solution.

Then, Bernadette's soft voice reached Arthur's ears:

Are you familiar with the name 'Anduin'?

Damn, Huang Tao, is your mouth a leaky pot?

“Um, ma’am, I don’t quite know who this person is. Is he famous?” Arthur looked up at Bernadette and asked with a puzzled expression.

"Luckily I only mentioned this name to Danitz, otherwise things would be complicated now..." Arthur thought with some relief.

Being suspected by the mysterious queen is not inherently dangerous, but it is quite troublesome.

Because Bernadette only wanted to ask a few questions, but Arthur's memory was incomplete, so how could he answer her questions?

Most importantly, once she finds out that I can speak Chinese, she might use the Russell diaries she has to make me translate them for her.

However, Bernadette's possession mainly consists of Roselle's diaries from his later years, which must contain some very important things, the kind that Arthur would send to her after just one glance.

Moreover, if Bernadette becomes suspicious, he will basically be under Huang Beibei's constant watch and fall into her control.

But how could Arthur, a man of great stature, remain subservient to others for long?

“This person isn’t exactly famous, but that’s not important, because I’ve suddenly discovered something else that’s interesting.” Bernadette looked at the blond youth in front of her, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"What is it?" Arthur asked, somewhat puzzled.

“The thing is, you know me,” Bernadette said in a declarative tone.

She looked into Arthur's eyes, and it was a look that was definitely not the first time she had seen him. There was a strange familiarity in his eyes, as if he knew her quite well.