Chapter 26 Beyonder Gathering
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"Okay." Lin Ruo nodded, watching Kaspars Kalinin nimbly weave into the crowd and head towards the back of the bar.
Such low vigilance. If I were an official Beyonder, I could probably catch someone directly… Lin Ruo retracted his gaze, muttered a complaint, and took another sip of his drink.
He had ordered a half-and-half of Sule, and honestly, the taste was acceptable. Although it couldn't compare to the drinks Lin Ruo used to have, he wasn't particularly picky, so he could make do.
After he had drunk about half his drink, Kaspars Kalinin reappeared in his line of sight, hurrying over and lowering his voice to say, "They agreed. Come here tomorrow at this time, and I'll take you to meet them…" He paused and added, "Of course, you'll have to pay me a fee, two pounds."
"Tomorrow…" Lin Ruo put down his glass and asked, "Do you want me to pay you now or tomorrow?"
"Now…" Kaspars Kalinin blurted out almost instinctively.
"No problem!" Lin Ruo nodded and promptly took out two pounds from his bag, handing it to Kaspars Kalinin, which immediately made the latter beam with delight, saying, "Straightforward!"
After speaking, he clenched his right fist and struck his left chest, saying, "May the Storm be with you!"
Lin Ruo smiled at this but didn't say anything.
He then left the Bravehearts Bar, took a carriage, and returned to his residence.
After busying himself in the kitchen for a while and preparing dinner, Lin Ruo relaxed his brain while eating and browsing the evening paper.
Just then, his movements suddenly stopped.
"It's working…"
Ray Bieber had already fled to the area under the Storm Old Pigeon's jurisdiction.
The corners of Lin Ruo's mouth curved up, and the pen of Truth reappeared in his hand, and he wrote:
[Haynes Vincent and Sirius Arapis will be discovered by the Storm Church's Beyonders next week to be members of the Aurora Order.]
[T/N: idk who that is]
This "Truth" didn't consume too much power, and Lin Ruo wasn't surprised. After his reminder, it would be strange if Storm Old Pigeon didn't increase the search efforts for Aurora Order members hiding in Tingen.
Under this premise, the possibility of Haynes Vincent and Sirius Arapis being discovered was already quite high, so the consumption of using Truth to achieve this would naturally not be great.
And this was naturally another part of Lin Ruo's plan.
"With Ince's style… after Haynes Vincent and Sirius Arapis are discovered, he should just write them off, and then…" Lin Ruo twirled the pen in his hand, his eyes dim, "What else will you do…"
"Will you bring about the early arrival of the evil god's offspring…"
He pondered, then dispelled the pen in his hand and lazily stretched.
"It's time to study…"
…
That night, nothing else happened. After studying, Lin Ruo slept soundly until morning and started his day of work and study. During this period, around the afternoon, he was once again pulled to Tingen, but because Klein was on rotation, he was busy moving all day, so he naturally didn't know what actions or changes the official Beyonders were taking.
Lin Ruo didn't mind, and just chatted with Klein for a while. He mainly talked about interesting tidbits of knowledge in the Beyonder realm, as well as Emperor Roselle's various romantic escapades.
To be honest, persecuting Roselle is really fun!
When evening came, Lin Ruo, who had returned to Backlund again, used the Faceless ability to transform himself into the same appearance as when he went to the Bravehearts Bar yesterday, and on this basis, he made a second disguise before going out.
After changing several carriages, Lin Ruo got off at the entrance of the Bravehearts Bar.
Passing through the same heavy black wooden door and doorman as yesterday, Lin Ruo walked into the bar and saw Kaspars Kalinin, who was holding a glass of wine and drinking at the bar.
Lin Ruo walked over, patted the latter's shoulder, and said, "Good evening, Mr. Kaspars!"
Kaspars Kalinin immediately looked at him, then, remembering something, put down his glass and said, "Come with me!"
He led Lin Ruo, limping, to the bar's kitchen area, then entered the alley behind it, and then went around to a dark house.
Kaspars Kalinin then handed Lin Ruo a mask that could only cover the upper half of his face, saying, "Here, for you."
Lin Ruo took the mask, glanced at it, and put it on.
Kaspars Kalinin then knocked on the door rhythmically. After a while, the small wooden board on the door was pulled open, revealing a pair of brown eyes.
The person inside first looked at Kaspars Kalinin, then sized up Lin Ruo, and finally opened the door, saying, "Come in!" At the same time, he handed Lin Ruo a hooded robe.
Lin Ruo took the robe and put it on, then followed the man through the dark living room and into the first-floor living room.
The living room was also unlit, with only a candle on the coffee table. Around the coffee table sat a dozen people wearing masks and robes. It must be said that the scene looked quite like a horror movie.
Lin Ruo first found a corner to sit down, then scanned each of these people, judging their identities.
A plump face, suspected to be the "Apothecary" from the original work, slightly dry skin, sitting on a single sofa, seemingly the old man from "Eye of Wisdom," a woman whose face was completely covered by a hood…
After Lin Ruo looked at everyone, the old man on the single sofa glanced at the wall clock and said, "The time has come, no need to wait for those late friends, let's begin!"
"I want to sell a weapon, one," a woman whose face was completely shrouded in shadow said, "A dagger, made by an outstanding craftsman, with its own poison, and each time it hurts someone, it will add different poisonous effects. At the same time, stabbing someone has a certain chance of causing the wound to bleed non-stop, which cannot be cured with ordinary wound medicine. The usage period is half a year…"
After introducing the weapon's effects, the woman whose face was completely shrouded in shadow continued, "450 pounds, or a Barbarian potion formula, and you can have it."
Lin Ruo glanced at the woman, then said, "I have the Barbarian potion formula, but I don't want your weapon. What I can accept is a gold pound transaction, 450 pounds, or the Provoker potion formula."
"I'll pay in gold!" the woman whose face was completely shrouded in shadow said quickly, afraid that Lin Ruo would change his mind even a second later.
"Okay!" Lin Ruo nodded and took out the potion formula he had copied in advance—to prepare for this transaction, Lin Ruo had already copied various potion formulas he knew.
He handed the folded paper to the waiter, who gave it to the "Eye of Wisdom" old man. The old man took out a ring with a green eye gem surrounded by many tiny diamonds, and then used the ring to simulate the Beyonder ability of "Appraiser," confirming that the formula was authentic and effective.
The woman whose face was completely shrouded in shadow breathed a sigh of relief. She first counted out 450 pounds from her bag and handed it to the waiter, who gave it to Lin Ruo. Then, she took the paper from the waiter's hand, and even before the gathering ended, she couldn't wait to open the paper and check the formula.
Lin Ruo then put away the gold pounds and said, "I need the Provoker potion formula, I can buy it with gold pounds, or exchange it for a formula, such as the subsequent Barbarian potion formula, Briber, of course, you need to make up the difference."
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