With a creaking sound, a heavy iron door was pushed open, and Richard and Sherlock walked into the warehouse.
This is a hall built underground, covering an area of nearly a thousand square meters. On both sides of the hall, there are many wooden shelves, on which are placed many collections collected by Sherlock. They are all very special existences - such as huge gems, amber wrapped with intact insects, broken staffs, and an old man. The wizard's teeth were knocked out by humans, etc.
In the middle of the hall is an open space, stacked with some large collections that cannot be placed on wooden shelves - such as strange-shaped stones, the bones of some huge ancient creatures, and complete specimens of demonized creatures.
It can be said that this is a very magical place. Many unimaginable things with completely different styles can be found here.
After walking in with Richard, Sherlock took the painting in his hand and ran quickly towards the depths of the warehouse, shouting: "Richard, just take a look for yourself, I hope you can find the Balas Silver you need. I will first bind this painting in a wooden frame.
After speaking, Sherlock ran across a wooden frame and disappeared as soon as he turned around.
Richard shrugged, looked at the direction where Sherlock disappeared and said, "Okay." He turned around and started searching.
…
Looking around, Richard discovered that since the last time he came to this collection warehouse, Sherlock had obviously had a lot of new collections put into the warehouse during this time, such as Siren corpse specimens, complete ivory sculptures, miniature of gold figures, etc.
But after searching around, no metal palladium was found.
After searching a few more times, he found a lot of silver-white metal, but most of it was silver, and a small part was platinum, which he already owned and didn't need. There wasn't even a gram of palladium.
this…
Richard frowned slightly.
He patiently continued to search, and finally, after more than half an hour, he shook his head and accepted the reality: there was no metal palladium in Sherlock's hands.
This is normal. After all, the true use of palladium metal has not been developed in the current world. No one will deliberately collect it. Even if it is collected, a lot of it will be used as fake silver. Sherlock's treasure house is not a treasure chest, and it is impossible to want anything. There is nothing.
In this case, he could only find a way to collect it slowly by himself.
In this way, metal palladium will always be obtained, but it will take a lot of time - it is expected to be at least one month. If you are unlucky and there is no suitable mine nearby, then it may take two months, three months or even more.
But there is no way.
Taking a deep breath, Richard prepared to tell Sherlock the result, then left. After searching around, he didn't find Sherlock in the maze-like warehouse.
"Sherlock!" Richard couldn't help shouting.
"I'm here-" Sherlock's voice sounded from a corner and responded, but it sounded half-dead.
"Huh? What are you doing?" Richard raised his eyebrows and walked over quickly looking for the voice. He saw Sherlock squatting in a corner, looking straight at a statue. There were some new ones around the statue. There were stone chips, and Sherlock held a carving knife in his hand—it was obvious that Sherlock had been carving the statue during the time he disappeared.
Sherlock's craftsmanship was obviously very high, and the carved statue was lifelike. It looked like a living girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with twin ponytails and a smile on her face.
"Beautiful, so beautiful..." Sherlock murmured as he stared at the statue, "I want to keep it in my heart forever."
As he spoke, Sherlock turned to look at Richard and explained: "I remember that I put her here half a month ago. I had already finished most of her work at that time, but I left because of something else. , and ended up forgetting it.
Just now, after I finished binding your painting, I turned around and saw her. This was obviously fate, so I carefully completed her, well... she was perfect! "
Richard's eyes flashed, he looked at Sherlock and said, "Don't you have a beautiful maid? Isn't a living person inferior to a statue?"
"No, it's different." Sherlock shook his head. "A living person has the benefits of a living person, and a statue has the benefits of a statue. A living person gives me the most realistic feeling, but a statue can maintain the most perfect posture forever. .”
"Of course." Sherlock thought of something again and said, "The statue also has a shortcoming, that is, it is too heavy and is not easy to carry. It is also easy to be damaged during transportation. Therefore, once the statue is completed, it is best to The best way to deal with it is to stay in one place forever. If I want to own it forever, I can only keep it firmly in my heart. Alas." At the end of the sentence, Sherlock sighed.
Richard blinked and said, "It's not necessarily so absolute."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Sherlock looked over.
"I know there is such a thing that can record a scene forever and save it on paper." Richard said.
"You mean painting?" Sherlock pointed to the bound painting next to him and said, "But painting is not real. Look at this hell, is it the real hell? I don't believe it. I know it too. , some spells can have a painting-like effect, but these are not real."
Richard said: "I'm not talking about painting or magic, but an instrument that uses light. If possible, I will show it to you when I come next time, and you will understand. Of course, This machine is very special, you must ensure that you use it privately and do not spread it out."
"You still can't believe me?" Sherlock said.
"If you can't believe it, I won't mention the instrument." Richard said.
"That's it, then it's settled." Sherlock said, and then asked, "By the way, how is your Balas Silver?"
Richard shook his head: "I didn't find it. Obviously you don't have it here."
"Then let me ask some of my friends to take pictures for you?" Sherlock asked, with a serious expression, "You know, I have a lot of friends. Although my friendship with them is not as deep as my friendship with you, as long as I Give them the appropriate amount of money and they will be happy to help me.
Therefore, as long as I ask for money, I may be able to find the Balas silver you need. Of course, it may take a little longer, but I guarantee that within one month, I can definitely help you find it. "
"A month." Richard said, "Actually, if I look for it myself, it would be about a month, so I'd better look for it myself without bothering you."
"That won't work." Sherlock said anxiously, "You don't like taking my things for nothing, and I don't like taking your things for nothing. I've already taken your paintings for nothing, and I also ordered you to work with light as you mentioned. instrument, I have to give you something, right
Otherwise, feel free to take whatever you like in my garden except me and Lucia. "
Richard: "..." Are you serious