"Mr. Efe's fortune has unexpectedly changed."
"Based on his performance against the robbers last night, it is impossible for him to keep his secret in front of the official Beyonders pretending to be police officers. Did they notice something unusual and make targeted preparations in advance?"
The more Lumian thought about it, the more he doubted that he had robbed Mr. Efe last night, which made him and the people behind him wary, but if he didn't try, he couldn't confirm that there was really anything wrong with the landlord.
Considering that the person in the old pigeon cage theater might be watching this place, Lumian gave up the idea of visiting him.
Mr. Ev's thoughts, all the way away from the market avenue, he felt that he must complete the "prophecy technique" as soon as possible to get answers to some questions. "
In the observatory area, near the underground cemetery, next to the bonfire, Lumian saw Osta Troll, who was in a slightly strange posture. "How is it, have you collected the materials I need?" Osta smiled sincerely and said, "I have found them all.
The lynx's entrails, the hyena's head, the stag's marrow, and the gray scopolamine cost five filgins in total, plus the reward you promised, it will be twenty filgins."
According to the agreement, Lumian should have paid him an additional 5 Felgin for each material, but he thought that the materials combined were only worth 5 Felgin, and he was embarrassed to charge him the full amount, so he gave him a discount.
Lumian didn't mind, after all, it saved him a lot of time. Of course, he wouldn't force him to pay more, so he gave him several bills totaling 2,000 Felgin according to Osta's offer.
The four ingredients were either placed in cheap glass containers or directly packed in small wooden boxes and cloth bags. Lumian checked them one by one and put them in his pockets.
He raised his head and looked at Osta Trull again: "Is there any more information about the water monster?"
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Oscar nodded: "Yes."
He then showed an expression of seeking credit: "In order to help you get more information about the water monster, I personally went to the underground river. Who knew that the ground there was slippery and difficult to walk on, causing me to fall." He pulled up his left sleeve as he spoke, and there were obvious blood marks on his forearm. No wonder, I felt that your posture was not normal just now. If I had not commissioned Osta to collect information about the water monster, would he not have been injured? But I commissioned him after seeing that he would have a bloody disaster recently. What would have happened if I had given up at that time? Lumian inexplicably had a sense of fate. Moreover, he himself was also in the fate, and the fortune he sensed included his own will and actions.
Lumian collected his thoughts and chuckled: "I reminded you to be careful."
"Uh..." Osta was stunned.
He then remembered that Charles had told him to be careful that day. It came true so quickly? Wasn't his divination ability too strong? Osta was shocked and asked, "You predicted that I would be injured in the next two days?"
What sequence is Ciel? Not only does he look very capable in fighting, but he is also good at divination!
Lumian smiled and said, "It's not something that was divined." As for the real reason, he kept silent and let the other party guess.
Osta didn't dare to ask more questions and turned to talk about the water monster: "I sorted out those rumors and found that there are three types of water monsters in the underground river;
The first type looks like a drowned person, with a swollen body and pale skin.
The second type seems to be a capricious fish. Not only is it nearly as tall as a human, but it is also covered with scales and is not afraid of harm.
The third type is black hair floating on the water. They will suddenly stretch out, entangle people on the shore, and drag them into the water. "These water monsters are not very strong, and attacks on humans often fail, so there are so many rumors." "They are not often encountered. Sometimes there are two or three times a month, and sometimes not even once. I went to explore for a while yesterday evening, but I didn't find anything except falling down. "
"With your fighting ability, if you really encounter that, you probably won't be able to come back," Lu Min'en sneered.
Osta smiled awkwardly and did not answer.
That is to say, the water monsters in the rumors were not that powerful, so he dared to go there after divination.
What puzzled Lumian now was that given the behavior of those water monsters, whether it was the two major churches or the Eighth Bureau, they could have easily cleared them out by sending a team of Extraordinary Personnel, so why did they allow them to be active? If the underground river was hiding a greater danger, then those who encountered the water monsters should not have been able to escape.
As thoughts raced through his mind, Lumian took out the materials given to him by Os. Trul and hid them in the gap between two nearby stones. He was worried that if he encountered a water monster later and a fierce battle broke out, the fragile items on his body would be damaged.
Then, Lumian took out a 5-felkin note and handed it to Osta: "Reward for information about the water monster."
He then picked up the calcium carbide lamp and walked towards the underground river according to Osta's description and the nameplate in the tunnel. Osta hesitated for several seconds, then suddenly stood up, holding his calcium carbide lamp, and chased after Lumian. Hearing the footsteps, Lumian turned his body and looked back at him, expressing his doubts with his eyes.
Osta smiled and said, "I'll go with you, maybe I can provide some help."
"You?" Lumian did not try to hide his disbelief, which was tinged with contempt.
Osta cleared his throat and told the truth: "The water monster is also a spiritual creature. You can't move it away completely. I, I want to take the ones you don't want."
If I really meet someone who needs it, I might be able to sell it for more than ten gold coins! Lumian stared at Osta, and when he became a little uneasy, he smiled and said: "You can follow, but I won't provide any protection."
He sensed that Osta's current fortune was no longer in danger of bloodshed, and even had a little more fortune. In other words, if Osta followed him to the underground river, it would mean that this hunting operation would most likely be safe and rewarding. Of course, Lumian could not guarantee that his choice would not bring about a change in his fortune.
"No problem." Osta was not nervous.
In his opinion, he was just following Charles from a distance, and if he really encountered a water monster, he would hide even further away, so there was almost no possibility of his life being in danger.
Because Osta was determined to go, Lumian stared at him for a few seconds. Seeing that his fortune had not changed, he retracted his gaze, picked up the calcium carbide lamp, and continued to move forward. In a sense, it was a good thing to have such a person following. Sometimes, fishing requires bait, and sometimes when encountering a powerful monster chasing, you don't need to run faster than the monster, as long as you are faster than your so-called companion!
The two men, one in front and one behind, used carbide lamps to illuminate the way as they went deeper into this underground world.
After more than ten minutes, the air in the tunnel became very humid, and Lumian could vaguely hear the sound of running water. He raised the calcium carbide lamp, glanced at the nameplate on the side of the road, and turned to the right road hidden in the darkness.
Soon, there was a reflection of water ahead, stained with the brilliance of the carbide lamp. Lumian slowed down his pace and approached the underground river little by little. It was five or six meters wide, with a naturally formed stone wall dome and stalactites hanging down from the top. The water was quite clear, flowing between the gullies. Except for some moss, Lumian saw no life at a glance. Osta had stopped and watched from afar as the dangerous Beyonder searched the shore inch by inch.
The two of them walked and stopped from time to time, always keeping a distance of more than ten meters. A quarter of an hour passed and Lumian found nothing. Half an hour passed and it was still the same. Just when the road ahead became narrow, Lumian saw some traces with his sharp eyes. Near the river, several stones were scattered, and the sides were all covered with mud. Has someone struggled here? Lumian's heart moved, and he approached cautiously. He squatted down, put the calcium carbide lamp aside, and carefully observed the environment here. Not long after, he found two footprints and found the place pointed by the few traces of dragging.
The water is clear and you can see the river bottom. There is nothing dangerous lurking.
Tick-tick, a drop of liquid fell on the back of Lumian's neck. It was cold and sticky. Lumian instantly had a strong sense of danger and looked up. Between the hanging stalactites, a group of figures with gray-white light were climbing. He had a head like a giant python and a slippery body covered with fish scales. Where the fins should have been, two arms and a human-like leg extended out. At this moment, the monster was opening its mouth wide, revealing a circle of staggered and sharp white teeth, and a slightly sticky, fishy liquid slid out from the corner of his mouth.
The next moment, the monster fell from the sky and pounced on Lumian. Lumian, who was squatting on the ground, fell backwards. At the same time, he used his waist and abdomen to pull his right leg upward like a whip.
With a crisp sound, Lumian, who was about to lie on the ground, kicked the monster that had no way to escape in mid-air, kicking him backwards and flying to the stone wall on the other side of the tunnel.
boom!
The monster crashed into the wall. Lumian stood up suddenly and pounced on the target like a cheetah. As soon as the monster slid down the wall, Lumian's figure was reflected in its cold brown eyes. Lumian stretched out his hands and grabbed its arms. The monster did not dodge, but opened his palms to meet it. Each of its fingers had sharp scales, shining with a faint blue color.
Suddenly, Lumian flicked his elbow, flipped his wrist, and grabbed the monster's wrist with both hands to prevent the dark blue scales from piercing him.
Then, he stretched out his right foot and tripped the monster's leg. With only one leg, the water monster could not resist and could only take advantage of the fact that Lumian was holding it outside to jump up, with its leg backward and its huge mouth forward, trying to swallow the prey's entire head. At this moment, Lumian loosened his hands, lowered his body, and rolled forward to the side of the stone wall.
Plop! The water monster fell behind him. Lumian turned quickly, grabbed the monster's leg, then used his waist and abdomen to swing it up and smash it against the stone wall.
boom!
The monster's head caved in. Lumian didn't stop, and kept swinging it in the air, smashing it against the pillars, the walls, and the ground, splashing dark red blood mixed with light yellow liquid all around.
With the sound of bangs, holes appeared on the stone wall, the water monster's head gradually cracked, and the things inside were stained with blood.
Osta Trull, who was more than ten meters away, saw this scene and opened his mouth slightly, forgetting to close it: How brutal, how powerful!
With a plop, Lumian threw the completely lifeless and broken water monster to the ground.