The dilemma has two meanings. One is that it is difficult to choose, and you don’t know which one to choose. Another meaning is that the results of both choices are not very good, no matter which one you choose, it doesn’t look good.
Claude felt that he was also in such a situation, facing a difficult choice.
Choose one, turn around and go back through another alley. It's just that if you do this, you have to pass that intersection again. If Julian, the fat old man, sees him again at the late night snack stall under the awning, he will know what happened here and why he turned back.
Then maybe there will be some changes in the transaction tomorrow night. The fat old man may think that he is weak and can be bullied because of his avoidance, so he may increase the price or something. It is more likely that it will threaten your personal safety. The value of an alchemical magic talisman is enough to arouse the covetousness of those with evil intentions.
Option two, take off your burqa, uncover the linen scarf, and walk over openly. He believed that the members of the two underground gangs who were facing each other would recognize him or let him go for the sake of his father, Mr. Morsan. But the consequence of this is that many people will know that they are passing this alley at this time.
Then when his father asked him, he could only answer that he went to Julian's grocery store to buy things. He couldn't say that he came back from the romantic place of Lao Cai. Once the news reaches Julian's ears, it is very likely that this fat old man will know that he is the masked man, and the identity of the mage he wants to conceal will be exposed.
Claude was very annoyed, and the joy of getting all the materials for setting up the alchemy magic talisman at the underground purchase point at night was gone. I didn't expect that I would encounter such a thing. It was like a fire at the city gate and a fish in the pond. If I continue to be stuck like this, I really don’t know when I will get home. Then my mother will nag me and my father will ask me where I went at night. This is very annoying.
Of course, Claude has another option, which is to just walk forward and let the bastards in front of him give way while still wearing the mask. However, there are two possible consequences of doing so. One is that those people obediently gave way to let him pass. After all, he was just a passerby and did not participate in their confrontation.
The second possibility is that the assholes ignore their requests to get out of their way, or even tell themselves to get out. If that's the case, Claude doesn't mind teaching these guys a lesson. Anyway, he has heard too many rumors about the Black Snake Society and the Shark Society, and he doesn't have a good impression of the members of these underground gangs. He knows what the bastards in front of him are like.
There is a saying that is very true: armed with sharp weapons, murderous intentions arise. Claude is in such a situation now. If he hadn't been promoted to a first-level rune mage, then he would have no choice but to swallow his nerve and avoid it when encountering such a thing. But now that he had magic flying arrows and mental shock to rely on, he was not afraid of the underground gang members in front of him.
The night is dark and murderous, and the wind is high and the sky is set on fire. Claude looked up at the sky. Although the silver moon hung in the sky and cast its silvery light as before, it did not bring much light to this alley. Even though the surrounding neighbors were hiding in their homes and watching the confrontation secretly, they couldn't see or tell the difference when he cast the spell.
Haha, I have long wanted to find someone to test the power of magic flying arrows and the impact of mental shock on people. These bastards in front of me are the best test subjects. Maybe after the news that he had taught these underground gang members a lesson reached the ears of Julian, a fat old man, he would put his thoughts aside, which would also add security to the smooth transaction tomorrow night.
With the calculation in his mind, Claude no longer hid in the dark, but strode out from under the eaves and moved forward.
"Sorry, give way and don't block the road." When he arrived in front of the two opposing parties, Claude said politely in a hoarse voice.
The members of the Black Snake Club had been yelling and cursing for a long time and their mouths were dry. The outermost ones were already weak and their voices were mostly lowered. They only occasionally yelled loudly. The tall and thin man on the outside heard Claude's request to give way from behind. He turned around and was stunned for a moment, then shouted like a chicken blood:
{} But his companions did not know that he had been seriously injured, and thought that Claude was hugged by him.