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Gers, the manager of the underground fighting arena, was sitting behind the table counting money. Simon, who looked evil, smiled maliciously and said, "Boy, you can actually make another 300 pounds."

He took a deep puff of his cigarette, and his yellow teeth seemed to have become even darker. "If you can pretend to win the first two games with difficulty, you can definitely make more money."

In that case, most gamblers would bet on Odis to lose. Not only would Odis make more money, but Simon would also make more money.

Odis won the first two games too easily. If Odis hadn't bought his three consecutive wins in advance, he wouldn't have made any money in the third game. Odis, who

was sitting opposite Gers, said slowly, "Don't be too greedy."

If he really did that, he probably wouldn't be able to get the gambling money from Simon as easily as he is now.

At this time, Gers finished counting the money. The gambling money plus the reward was a total of 332 pounds and 6 soli.

There were only a few 10-pound notes, and most of them were 5-pound and 1-pound notes, which looked like a thick stack.

Many gamblers around couldn't help swallowing their saliva after seeing the money, and some showed greedy eyes.

Since Odysseus had just knocked down all the other contestants, today's game ended here, and most of the gamblers had left.

After Odysseus glanced at them, all greed was put away.

Odysseus stood up and was about to take the money, but Simon suddenly held the money down: "Are you interested in cooperating?

"I know there is a very high-end competition, and many people from the upper class watch and bet. The reward for winning a game starts at 150 pounds!"

"Not interested." Odysseus knew from the reward that it was a competition specially for the entertainment of the nobility, and he had learned about it.

Simon said: "You can think about it again."

He smiled evilly and said: "I know some information that ordinary people don't know. If I report your situation to the church, hehehe..."

Odysseus already had a plan in his mind, and he said slowly: "Don't force me to hit people. "

You will agree." Simon wisely put his hand

away. Odysseus picked up the money and counted it. After confirming that it was correct, he took a bottle of wine from the wine rack beside him, pulled out the cork with his teeth, drank two gulps, and walked away.

Of course, he had to drink to celebrate. He made more than 300 pounds in one night, which was the annual income of many middle-class people.

However, this way of making money cannot be copied. After this night, gamblers all knew that he was a good fighter, and the odds would not be as high as they are now.

He could try to find other underground fighting arenas, but by the time he found them, his "feat" tonight would probably have spread, and he would no longer be able to use the information gap to bet and win money.

Odysseus still went out from the direction of the bar, drinking while being very careful. Walking in the dim alley.

Perhaps there will be a few drunk gamblers who team up to rob.

Fortunately, he has been out of the alley and has not been attacked.

Soon he came to a wider street, where carriages occasionally passed by, and there were many homeless people resting on both sides of the road.

Suddenly, Odysseus stopped, and he actually saw the informant of the "Substitute Punisher" among the homeless.

To be precise, he saw his body.

The informant was curled up on the ground with empty eyes, as if he had just died.

Odysseus was about to step forward to check, but reason made him stop. Just as he was about to leave quickly, a familiar female voice suddenly rang in his ears: "He died in a strange way, and his spirit was annihilated. "

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Odysseus looked around. Except for a carriage approaching in the distance, there were homeless people who were trying to sleep. He didn't know when the police would come to drive them away.

Although he didn't see Bernadette, he knew that the "mysterious queen" was already around: "Why are you here?"

"I'm attending an extraordinary party nearby."

After the party, when Bernadette left, she saw Odysseus "wandering" around, so she came to take a look, but she saw this obviously abnormal murder scene.

Odysseus asked: "Who killed this man?"

"A 'sheriff.' "

As soon as Bernadette finished speaking, the fog beside Odysseus suddenly rolled up, forming a figure made of fog.

The figure looked about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, with a high nose bridge, vicious eyes, and a small black spot on his cheek.

Then, the seemingly unreal figure disappeared.

"I've seen his picture. "Odysseus said, "The palace guards."

Then he asked, "Can you erase the traces of my presence here?"

It would be suspicious if all traces of his presence here were erased, so just erase the traces of his brief presence here.

"Okay."

Odysseus immediately felt as if he had become light and airy, like a spirit wandering in the real world.

He walked away quickly, saying, "As far as I know, the dead person was an informant of the Mandated Punisher.

" "Why would someone from MI9 kill an informant of the Mandated Punisher?"

"I don't know." Bernadette's voice floated around, "But I have a feeling that there is a big secret hidden here, and I will quietly conduct some investigations."

reminded: "This is not something you should be curious about."

"I won't take the initiative to check." Bernadette said: "I have a hunch that you will also participate in the investigation in the future."

She came to Backlund not to travel, but she predicted that something might happen in this city that would have a profound impact on the entire world, and she came to seek promotion opportunities.

Just now, she had a hunch that the death of this informant was hidden behind a huge conspiracy. She

also had a hunch that she might be implicated in the future, so if there was a chance, she might as well take the initiative to do some investigation.

"Thank you." Odysseus smiled bitterly: "I still want to live two more years." If you

are involved in something involving confidential matters, your life will be shortened!

Bernadette suddenly asked: "With your well-informed intelligence network, you should have noticed it, right? Backlund is brewing something big."

Odysseus said: "I only noticed that the recent situation is a bit chaotic, and the contradictions between the parties are becoming more and more obvious."

Of course, he knew that this was because George III was showing his performance in the trivial aspects of becoming a god, and he also knew that with his current strength, it would be better to pretend that he didn't know.

"This is the prelude!" Bernadette said in a positive tone.

"Let's talk about something else." Odysseus said, "I am a 'low sequence'. This kind of thing is too high-end and not something I should worry about."

"Okay." Bernadette did not insist, "Then let's talk about the two bookmarks that were lost in the Kingdom Museum that day."

Odysseus thought: Otherwise, how about we talk about the issue of world peace? The domain name of this site has been changed toHearing Bernadette's words, Odysseus's heart was alarmed. He pretended to be relaxed: "Is there anything wrong with the two bookmarks?"

"You should know that one of the two bookmarks is not an ordinary bookmark, right?" Bernadette, who still did not show up, said.

"I don't know." As soon as Odysseus finished speaking, his nose grew longer again.

A voice came from the air: "Hehe."

Odysseus felt that cold sweat was about to come out. If he continued to talk, it would be easy to involve "The Fool". That would be troublesome...

At this moment, he suddenly thought: Bernadette was asking about the specific situation of the bookmark, not the whereabouts of the bookmark.

He instantly recalled the conversation about the "blasphemous card" in his mind, and found that Bernadette was indeed not asking about the whereabouts of the bookmark.

I was scared to death! Because Odysseus, who knew too many secrets, was relieved. Just now, he was the one who felt guilty first, so he thought of Mr. "The Fool".

In fact, with the obstruction of "Above the Gray Mist", Bernadette had no way to use extraordinary means to know the exact location of the "blasphemous card".

He took a deep breath and said, "Well, the 'Mechanical Heart' did find that one of the two bookmarks was unusual.

"It is said that Archbishop Horamick Hayden believes that the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery has been deceived by Emperor Roselle for more than 150 years."

After saying these true information he learned, his nose of course returned to its original state.

The surroundings were suddenly quiet. After more than ten seconds, Odysseus asked, "Um, are you still there?"

"I... I just didn't expect that things..." Bernadette seemed to stabilize her emotions before saying, "If you can help me find out what that special bookmark is, I will pay you a lot of money."

"This is a bit difficult." Odysseus said truthfully, "It's difficult for me to see Archbishop Hayden. Even if I see him, it's difficult to get useful information from him.

"But I will help you keep an eye out. Other people who were present at the time may also know the truth of the matter." It's not that I

don't want to check, but I can't check.

What if Mr. Fool curses, I have to spend my whole life in poverty.

Bernadette said "OK", "I'll just send it to you.

" "Go back and make those ten 'Flame Arrows'! I heard you haven't started yet?"

Odysseus was stunned: "You...you sent someone to monitor me?"

"Not monitoring, just checking on your progress occasionally."

Odysseus opened his mouth and realized that it might be Bernadette's "invisible servant" who often appeared in the herbal medicine shop: "If I go to take care of the business of street girls, do you want to know too?"

"Hehe, what? Is there anything to be shy about?" Bernadette's voice gradually became a little ethereal: "I want to remind you that you have to act quickly. If you can't trade on time, don't expect me to give you the balance."

She planned to let Alia carefully observe the process of Odysseus making extraordinary weapons through the "invisible servant", strive to learn all of them, and then make the "Flame Arrows" by herself in the "Dawn of the Elements".

At the same time, Bernadette had a hunch that if she carefully let the "servant" observe Odysseus's actions, there would be unexpected gains.

"I know. "Odysseus said in a not very happy mood: "I warn you, don't look at me when I'm taking a bath!"

"Oh, my servants don't have such a hobby." Bernadette's voice became more and more ethereal. As

soon as the voice fell, Odysseus felt that the light feeling in his body disappeared, and he returned to the real world.

He sighed helplessly, feeling that he would not dare to take off his clothes before going to bed in the future.

Since the customer urged him, on the next day, which was Friday morning, Odysseus asked Kaina to place an order at the foundry and customized the parts of fifteen "Flame Arrows" in one go.

Because they needed so many, the cost of each part could be reduced to 1 pound.

Just as the clerk Kaina was about to leave, a rented carriage delivered a letter from the Backlund Mechanical Research Association. The domain name of this website has been changed to (www.xiaoshubao.net) . Please remember.

Odysseus opened the envelope, took out the letter and glanced at it briefly. It was an investigation report on Hugh Dilcha.

So Odysseus asked Kena to put it in the newspaper and asked someone to send a letter to Hugh, preparing for a party tomorrow.

In fact, when Odysseus was settling the account with Bernadette before, although the spiritual materials he mentioned were slightly lower than the market price, there was still a false report.

Because some of the spiritual materials can be planted and raised by Odysseus himself!

After Kena, the clerk, came back from running errands, Odysseus asked him to watch the store, and he went into the basement in the backyard and went to his laboratory in the suburbs to collect some necessary materials.

...

South Bridge District, No. 22 Tutwa Street.

Dongdongdong~

"Who is it?" Fors, who was still lying in bed at more than ten o'clock, asked irritably.

"There is a letter from Hugh Dilcha!"

"I know, put it in the mailbox. "Fors opened a magazine and continued to lean on the bed.

She muttered to herself: It's foggy today, too cold, it doesn't matter if I get up later, it doesn't matter if I get up later...

Suddenly, Fors seemed to have thought of something. She quickly changed her clothes, opened the door and looked around. The fog outside was indeed quite thick, but there were no suspicious figures on the street.

She quickly walked to the mailbox and took out a letter signed by the "Mystic Research Society": "Sure enough!"

Fors looked around again, but still didn't see any suspicious people. She thought to herself: Maybe it's time to move again.

An hour later, the rest who didn't receive the task at noon today-->>Oh, Goddess! You've already gotten up!"

She said as she came to the fireplace to warm herself: "I haven't seen the sun for two consecutive days. If the Eternal Sun Church comes to Backlund to preach, it will definitely gain a large number of believers."

Fors, who was busy in the kitchen, wiped her hands and handed the letter to Hugh: "A letter from the Mysticism Research Society!"

Hugh was slightly stunned and quickly took it. Fors had already opened the envelope in advance.

She took out the letter inside, and it said:

Dear Miss Dilcha:

I am happy to inform you that you are allowed to attend the Mysticism Research Society.

The time of the meeting will be published in the advertisement column of the third edition of the Backlund Post. Please pay attention to whether there are advertisements for the sale of bulk herbs.

The third number in the advertisement plus 3 is the date of the meeting. If the result is 32 or 33, it will be the 2nd and 3rd of the next month. The fourth number plus 2 is the time of the meeting, and the last number, ignoring the 0 that appears, is the minute of the meeting.

Since this is your first time attending the meeting, a carriage will go to pick you up two hours before the meeting. Please be sure to wait in advance.

Please also prepare 5 soli in cash to pay for the uniform masks and hooded cloaks on the carriages.

The leader frowned: "What a strange party." No extraordinary party would write such a serious notice, unless the initiator is sick!

" This also proves the news you got before!" Fors helped analyze: "This 'leader' has official support, so there is nothing to be afraid of." She paused and said: "And this is very mysterious, isn't it cool?" The domain name of this site has been changed toNot far to the west of Backlund is the Balchis Mountains. This north-south mountain range divides the Backlund Plain and the Takwell Plain, and is also the last barrier to the west of Backlund.

Odysse's laboratory was built deep in the mountains of this mountain range.

It is more than 50 kilometers away from the Garl Herbal Medicine Store in the west, which is already the limit of the "teleportation array".

Although it is only more than 50 kilometers away, it is far enough from the city, and because there is not much good arable land, there are only a few small villages scattered in the mountains, which is very remote. Many nobles choose to build their manors in this direction.

However, the nobles' manors will not be chosen around Odysse's laboratory, because it is full of hills and transportation is very inconvenient.

For Odysse, this is a good place where he will not be disturbed.

Odysse's laboratory looks like an ordinary house, but because it only has one room, it is very spacious.

There are three test benches here, a small metallurgical furnace, and two pedal-operated engraving machines made by Odysse himself, which are used to engrave mystical symbols on hard objects.

There are also two tall cabinets with various herbs and spiritual materials on them.

There are extraordinary traps in the yard and on the walls, so Odysseus is not afraid of the villagers' intrusion.

Odysseus did not stay in the laboratory, but temporarily lifted the traps set in the yard and walked quickly into the mountains.

There are no residents where he built the laboratory. If you continue to walk into the mountains, you may not meet anyone for a whole day.

After climbing over a peak, there are some fences, wooden houses and other signs of human activities on the mountain in front of you.

A large area around was bought by Odysseus.

There are no minerals here, no large tracts of woods, and it is not suitable for growing crops, so it is very cheap.

For Odysseus, this place is very suitable for growing herbs, some low-level spiritual plants, and some spiritual animals that are not very high in level, such as Odysseus's destination today, the breeding area of mutated flamingos. The

large-scale planting of spiritual plants and the breeding of spiritual creatures are Odysseus's unique patents.

It is said that before this, the Church of the Mother Earth had done a lot of research on breeding spiritual creatures, but the results were far from satisfactory. They did breed a batch, but they needed the help of the demigods constantly.

In the end, they felt that it was not cost-effective, so they stopped researching in this area.

They never thought that there was a herbal medicine store owner in Backlund who had successfully completed their vision and planted and bred spiritual materials on a large scale without the help of high-level extraordinary powers. For

such a large industry, Odysseus also hired seven villagers to help take care of it.

The villagers did not know that these were spiritual animals and plants, but only knew that they were raised and planted by a rich man.

Odysseus felt that his pace was much faster after his promotion than before. The original three-hour journey now only took one and a half hours to arrive.

This is a fence built on the hillside, which not only breeds a group of mutant flamingos, but also a group of red bees and fire-patterned martens. In addition, spiritual plants such as flaming red maple trees, red crowned impatiens, and blooming red lilies are also planted.

The old man Anlil was guarding here. After he learned that Odysseus wanted a batch of mutant flamingos, he put on the protective gear distributed by Odysseus and took the lasso pole to enter the fence to catch them.

This kind of spiritual creature is just smarter and more aggressive than normal creatures. Ordinary people can also capture them with professional tools.

While Anlil was catching the mutant flamingos, Odysseus walked along the fence to check the outer magic circle.

There was almost no grass around the fence, forming a bare road.

Not only around the fence, but also the vegetation on the entire hill outside the fence looked a little withered.

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When Odysseus was concentrating on checking, a female voice suddenly sounded in his ear: "This is the first time I have seen this type of magic circle!"

The sudden voice scared Odysseus: "Next time before you speak, can you say hello first?"

He looked around and still did not see Bernadette.

"I can let the 'invisible servant' pat your shoulder or back first."

"Forget it!" Odysseus said quickly, that would be more scary.

Especially when you feel someone patting you, but you can't see the other person, it's like encountering a ghost story.

Odysseus thought for a while: "How about this, you can write 'I'm here' anywhere in front of me, so that I can at least be prepared."

"No problem." Bernadette sounded easy to talk to: "Let's continue with the topic just now. If I'm not mistaken, this magic circle can concentrate the spirituality of the entire hill into the fence, right?"

"Yes." Odysseus admitted generously.

After all, the other party is also an expert and has seen the effect of this magic circle.

He found a rock to sit on and took out his pipe: "To be precise, most of the spirituality is concentrated in the fence, not all of it."

Bernadette immediately understood: "It's a problem with the material of the engraved mystical symbols."

"That's right." Odysseus said as he filled tobacco into his pipe: "If you use too good a material, it will cost too much and the gain will outweigh the loss, and it will also easily attract the attention of extraordinary people.

"This is just right. Although the spiritual creatures that can be cultivated are limited, they are enough."

In addition to the materials for experiments, you can also make a small profit.

>At the beginning, Odysseus only developed a magic circle for growing herbs.

The herbs used in mysticism are actually plants that contain higher spirituality than ordinary plants. Some

people have tried to grow those herbs, but no matter how they fertilize them, no matter how strong the herbs grow, the things they grow cannot meet the requirements of mysticism.

Therefore, the herbs used in mysticism and the extraordinary world have always been collected from the wild.

This result is because even if there is enough fertilizer, there is not enough spirituality in that area for the herbs to absorb.

Lack of spirituality, of course, has no effect in mystical activities.

If herbs with insufficient spirituality are used as auxiliary materials for potions, it will seriously affect the promotion of extraordinary people.

The principle of Odysseus's magic circle is very simple. During a study in the "Wild Knowledge", he found that the influence of some magic circles on spirituality can be used to achieve the purpose of concentrating spirituality.

This magic circle actually existed a long time ago, but its effect is very limited, and it is an ordinary "hexagram" magic circle, which only works within a very small distance.

Odysseus improved this traditional magic circle and used the concentrated rich spirituality to grow many quick-growing herbs and earned his first pot of gold.

Later, with his gradual improvement over the past three years, the concentrated spirituality could completely grow spiritual plants and breed spiritual creatures.

After a few seconds of silence, Bernadette said again: "The research direction of the Earth Mother Church is wrong!"

Odysseus lit his pipe and took a puff before smiling: "Have you heard of that research too?

"Yes, they are in the wrong direction. They have been trying to use extraordinary abilities to concentrate enough spirituality to create an area where spiritual plants can be grown on a large scale. "

There is nothing wrong with this idea, but the cost is too high. It is better to buy it directly." The domain name of this site has been changed toBernadette, who was far away in the city of Backlund, suddenly realized one thing. Odis Gar was not just a research talent as she had imagined before.

He also exceeded Bernadette's expectations in the application of research results.

She used the "invisible servant" following Odis to say: "If I am not mistaken, the maintenance of this magic circle can be completed by ordinary people!"

Odis sat on the stone and crossed his legs: "Yes, I only participated in the initial laying of the magic circle on the nearby mountain, and then it was all maintained by these guards."

Bernadette asked again: "Why didn't you turn the entire Balchis Mountains into your planting and breeding areas?"

"Because my power is too weak." Odis said with a pipe: "And in the past few years, I didn't have the opportunity to be promoted." Bernadette

understood that Odis knew very well what these research results meant. This was not only a huge breakthrough in mysticism, but also could bring a huge amount of wealth!

In this world with extraordinary as the keynote, there is a huge demand for spiritual materials, but due to the distribution of spirituality in the world, their production is always very limited.

But Odysseus's research results can be used to grow spiritual plants and breed spiritual creatures in batches at a very low cost.

It is conceivable that this will develop into an industry that monopolizes the spiritual material market.

Odysseus knew very well that if the big figures in the extraordinary world found out about this research, he would be completely reduced to a tool, so he simply planted and bred on a small scale, only enough to supply a herbal medicine store, and did not even impact Backlund's spiritual material market.

Without showing benefits, the big figures in the extraordinary world would not pay attention to this plantation hidden in the mountains. At

this time, Bernadette suddenly recalled the majestic figure who had helped Odysseus. She wondered if Odysseus had secretly turned to a big figure in the extraordinary world because he needed protection?

But just thinking about this, she said again: "This magic circle has a wide range of applications, not only for planting and breeding."

But Bernadette seemed to have no idea where it could be applied specifically.

Before this, she had never thought about the use of this low-level magic circle, so she lacked relevant associations.

"It can indeed be applied in many places." Odysseus smiled: "In fact, the principle of this magic circle is not difficult, but before this, scholars in the field of mysticism have not thought about optimizing or transforming the structure of the magic circle."

Bernadette naturally understood that Odysseus had reservations on this topic, and she did not intend to ask further questions, but talked about another topic: "I heard that you have thought about the question of 'spiritual nature'?"

Odysseus took a puff of his pipe: "Yes, this is an unavoidable problem in my research.

"Only when you understand what spirituality is can you conduct corresponding experiments and research. "

"Have you achieved any results from your thinking?"

"I think that spirituality is a special energy that exists everywhere in this world, just like magnetic fields and heat." Odysseus simply described his thoughts:

"It's a waste if this energy is not used."

Bernadette said: "Your idea is very novel."

She paused and said: "I think that spirituality exists in the form of waves.

"A high-sequence Extraordinary is like a large spiritual transmitter, which can use its own extraordinary characteristics to affect the spirit within a certain range.

"If someone prays to this high-sequence Extraordinary, it is equivalent to sending a same-frequency signal within the coverage of the band, which can be received by the high-sequence and establish contact.

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She did not make a more in-depth explanation.

Odysseus was slightly stunned. Bernadette's ideas were consistent with his. He estimated that Bernadette should have been influenced by Roselle to come up with such an idea.

After all, the physics of this era is still very superficial in the study of elementary particles.

Moreover, Bernadette was very sincere in this conversation and also said some of her more advanced thoughts.

Just the concepts of "high-sequence Extraordinary" and "Extraordinary Characteristics" she just mentioned are quite advanced knowledge for ordinary Extraordinary people.

Odysseus smiled and said, "The magic circle in front of you proves the theory you just proposed from the side.

"In theory, I used the magic circle to change the direction of spiritual propagation.

"It's like throwing a stone into a pond. Normally, ripples will form outward, but I put a wooden board in one direction of the ripples, so that the ripples stop here."

This is the physics knowledge in Odysseus' mind, and he uses it in thinking about spiritual issues.

The atmosphere of academic discussion is very good at this time. Bernadette said: "But there is a problem here. If spirituality exists in the form of waves, it should be more uniform.

"According to my observation, the distribution of spirituality in this world is not uniform. The spirituality in most places is almost the same, but the spirituality in some places is very strong.

"Even if you eat the food there or drink the water in that area, ordinary people can have the ability of 'clairvoyance' for a short time."

Odysseus smiled and said: "I think this should be related to the source of spirituality.

"It can be assumed that the source of spirituality comes from the center of the earth, and it is constantly changing and moving. The surging spirituality spreads to the entire universe in a relatively symmetrical state.

"But we belong to the vicinity of the spiritual source, so in the process of the activity of this source-->>In the process, some obvious shocks will occur, so the spirituality in some places will be stronger.

"It's like, I throw a stone into the pond, but the angle of the stone entering the water cannot be vertical every time.

"Then as long as there is a deviation in the angle, the ripples will be slightly different."

Bernadette said with emotion: "Your metaphor is very vivid."

"It's okay." Odysseus said to himself while smoking his pipe: I have to thank Mr. Hawking for this.

After a few seconds, Bernadette said: "Your statement makes sense."

Today's communication made her feel that she benefited a lot. She knew very well that with the current friendship with Odysseus, she could only talk about this at most. If she talked more deeply, she would get to the core of their respective research.

At this time, Odysseus heard the old man Anlil calling loudly: "Mr. Gal, Mr. Gal?"

"I'm here." Odysseus knew that the old man had killed enough mutant flamingos, and he asked the air around him: "Are you interested in tasting the meat of mutant flamingos?"

Bernadette was slightly stunned: "Is its meat edible?"

"Of course. "Odysseus said: "This is a very good tonic."

"What effect does it have?"

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