Night, in the bedroom of the Giant Pit Fortress.
Charles, wearing only a single piece of clothing, controlled his transparent tentacles, and the flexible tentacles tapped the brass keys on the mind printer.
He was training the use of his special abilities. When the relic was integrated into his body, that ability could be trained just like the muscles of his hands and feet.
After typing a whole sheet of paper, Charles reached out and pulled it out, stacked it with seven or eight other sheets of paper, and wiped his sweaty forehead with his hand.
The transparent tentacle was the first relic that was integrated into his body. He had basically mastered it completely, and now he needed some other relics.
He looked at the things on the table in front of him, which were his remaining relics.
Teleport transparent dice
Flesh Revolver
Invisibility Ring
Giant Pyramid
In addition to the first three items, Anna forced him to keep the last relic with him, saying that it could come in handy at a critical moment. Charles couldn't persuade her and just kept it with him.
This journey is towards the target darkness. No one knows whether the existence that took away the darkness is still there. It is very necessary to improve one's own strength now.
But Charles now has some concerns. Through the new information received from the Relic Research Institute, he learned that although the relics have been integrated, they can be better utilized through training.
But if you are unlucky, side effects will also appear on the person. For example, if you integrate this purple pyramid into your body, you may become a giant with extremely strong body but low intelligence.
You have to know that once this kind of thing is integrated, there will be no regrets, so he must consider it carefully.
"Knock knock knock." There was a knock on the captain's room door.
"Come in." Charles said without taking his eyes off the relic.
Linda, the ship's doctor, came in with a medical kit. "Captain, is there anything wrong?"
"See if my mental state is suitable for adding new relics." Charles said to her.
Linda didn't say anything else and started opening the medical kit to test it.
"Captain, do you still hear the whispering in your ears now?"
"No, as we get further away from the Earth Sea, the sound gradually disappears." Charles answered simply.
"How's your sleep lately?"
As Linda asked, she took out various mechanical equipment from the medical box and examined Charles' body. Compared with the old ship doctor, she seemed to rely more on instruments and equipment.
Not long after, the test was over. "Captain, the mental pollution caused before has disappeared. If you want to integrate into the relic again, there will be no problem at all."
Charles was not very surprised to hear this expected situation. He asked Linda to come over just to confirm it. "Thank you, you can go back now."
Linda did not leave. She turned her head and looked at Charles. "Captain, you know that even if the experiment is perfect, the failure rate is always very high, right?"
"Yeah, I know." Charles said as he took the teleportation dice in front of him, and his thoughts began to drift.
"Alice was taken away by Anna. She should have been dismantled long ago. I don't know if she has any other special relics."
"Alice's ability to control special substances also comes from the relic. No, if I really face a being that can snatch the God of Light's cloak, it will be completely useless to simply improve my strength. I should improve my ability to save my life now."
"We can go to the Explorers Association and see if they have any relics that can save our lives. It would be best if they have relics that can help us escape easily under the watchful eyes of the gods."
"Um, what's wrong?" Charles' eyes focused on her face again.
"The fusion ritual of the relics is not perfect. It still has serious flaws. Moreover, you already have more than two relics in your body. It is very dangerous to fuse other relics again."
"Of course I know that, but I am different from those experimental subjects. Very different."
Charles stood up, jumped out of the window next to him, and walked towards the Explorers Association.
The straight streets are very wide. Although everything is kept simple in the Giant Pit Fortress, the Explorers Association is still expanding it and the crowds of people are constantly coming in an endless stream.
As the place where exploration tasks are assigned, this is undoubtedly the busiest, even at night.
Charles followed the crowd in and saw a door opened where the relics were supposed to be traded.
Charles followed the crowd in, and was filled with noisy sounds of cursing and quarreling. It was obvious that the Exploration Association seemed to have expanded the relic trading point to the hall next door for the convenience of management.
Charles was looking for his target here. During the process, he discovered the new rule here, that is, Echo Coins were useless here.
As the end of the world approaches, and the fact that the Giant Pit Fortress does not require any money to operate, the currency system of Earthsea has completely collapsed and has returned directly to the original barter model.
"Captain, are you here to pick out relics too?" Sailor Norden appeared next to Charles, and his body, which should have been straight, relaxed a little.
Charles looked at the black rock in his hand. "Did you get something good?"
Norden handed over the stone in his hand, "I found that ordinary gun attacks are ineffective against the enemies I encountered recently, so I want to choose something that can increase the attack power."
Charles looked at the stone in his hand and returned it to him. "Are the others coming too?"
"Yes, but it's a seller's market right now. No one can pay what the other party needs, so no one gets any useful relics."
Charles also saw that in addition to the abilities of their relics, the stall next to them also stated what they wanted.
The requirements are varied and some are completely confusing.
"In exchange for a non-lethal relic that can break through the limits of physical pain."
Charles half squatted down and asked the one-eyed explorer in front of him: "Why do you make such a strange request?"
The man didn't even bother to look at Charles, and said nonchalantly: "You don't need to know this. You just need to know that if you want my captain's relics, you must give us what our captain needs."
Just as he finished speaking, his eyes inadvertently glanced at Charles' mechanical left hand. A flash of doubt flashed through his mind, and he immediately checked Charles' appearance.
"You are... Governor Charles? Sorry, please forgive my rudeness, I didn't notice it was you before." The other party's expression immediately became very serious, and the quarreling sounds around them suddenly became quieter.
Charles ignored his offense and pointed his finger at the contents on the ground. "Why does your captain make such a strange request?"
"He has a special relic. The increase in pain can increase his strength, so he wants a relic that can cause pain but is not fatal."
"The coordination between the relics..." Charles stroked his chin thoughtfully.
(End of this chapter)