"Although the negotiation model of one person saying nice things and the other saying harsh words is indeed very practical, you guys acted really badly and still can't let go."
The experienced trickster commented: "If that female elf could have made a few holes in my companion, we might have felt a little nervous, but you guys were so reserved in your conversation, not wanting to use sweet and bitter things to prank my companion, and just forced the conversation, which made me feel a little relieved."
"I shouldn't be your companion, right?" Ash asked.
"It's definitely not me." Harvey said faintly, "My companions can't breathe."
Not to mention Igula, a swindler who makes a living by collecting IQ tax, and the necromancer who has been in the underworld and killed countless people since he was a child, even Ash, an innocent boy who has not experienced much of the world, can see at a glance that these two are in sync with each other. How could he be fooled
Cleos burst into tears: "It's fine if I can't catch Serena... I was actually laughed at by a few foreigners... Woo woo..."
Ash was stunned: "It's not that serious, sister. And when you cry, can you raise the muzzle of the gun a little higher? I'm afraid you can't control yourself..."
The purple-clothed girl smiled and said, "You are quite courageous, but if it were me, I would pretend to be ungrateful and sign the contract - your lives are in my hands, do you think you have the capital to bargain?"
"have."
Igula said calmly: "Although I don't know the exact value, there is no doubt that you need us 'foreigners'. If I'm not mistaken, foreigners are also extremely rare here. The three of us may be the only bargaining chips you can grab."
"That is to say, we are now in short supply. If you want to use us, you must value our opinions, otherwise you will not be able to find a substitute."
"Don't bring up that kind of slave contract. Tell me what you really want."
"Cleos is right," the purple-clothed girl said with a smile, "People like you who can quickly see through the situation but have not listened to the gospel since childhood will sooner or later become a huge hidden danger."
“Thanks for the exaggeration.”
"But you seem to have forgotten one thing." The purple-clothed girl showed an evil smile: "I do need people from foreign lands, but now there are three of them, so I still have the right to choose-"
She pulled out a piece of woven paper and tore it in half. "I think I'll just need a new slave who's not so smart. Pretty girl, you're out."
Igula was so angry that his mouth twitched: "I'm a man!"
"Well," the purple-robed girl pulled out the second piece of contract paper and made a gesture as if she was about to tear it apart. "Although I only need one new slave, I don't mind having two slaves - if someone knows what's interesting."
Still no response.
Ash and Harvey looked at her calmly, without any fear on their faces, as if they were watching a poorly staged play. This time, even the purple-clad girl couldn't control her expression, and gritted her teeth and said, "Are you two good brothers who share life and death together?"
"They just saw through your outward appearance and inner weakness." Igula said quietly, "If you really only need a foreigner, then why don't you let the elf use a bullet to open my skull and see what I am like?"
"Let's not talk about anything else, but I agree with this statement." Ash said, "I want to see if his brain is black as juice."
The purple-clad girl looked at the three of them coldly, her beautiful face full of coldness, and the atmosphere became increasingly solemn. Just when Ash thought that the other party was going to be angry and desperate to save face, the crying of the children who were rescued broke the silence.
She sighed, "What kind of corrupt country could produce cunning demons like you?"
"I prefer to call it wisdom." Igula said calmly.
The purple-clothed girl took out another complete piece of contract paper from her arms and tapped it lightly, and lines of text suddenly appeared.
“That’s where I draw the line,” she said. “Sign it or die here.”
Cleos fired three shots, removing all the miracle chains on Ash and the other two, without hurting them at all.
The stowaways had no intention of resisting, not to mention the dozen or so red-hatted men around them who still had lock collars around their necks. Moreover, the crying female elf behind them was enough to dispel any bold ideas they had - although they failed to catch Selena, the female elf was most likely a three-winged sanctuary magician!
A cult leader of Ash's level has Gerald serving him. Selina is obviously higher than Ash in every aspect. Cleos, who is in charge of capturing Selina, cannot be worse than Gerald. In addition, Cleos seems to be the tenth on the Red Hat Ranking. It is strange that she does not have the seven-colored wings.
As for why the three-winged magician couldn't catch the seemingly weak cult leader... With the vivid example of Ash, Igula and Harvey both felt that this was a normal phenomenon.
They obediently picked up the contract and looked at it. Strange expressions suddenly appeared on their faces. They looked at each other without saying a word.
This time the purple-clothed girl was really angry. Her emerald pupils almost turned into a vertical line full of murderous intent: "Do you still want to push your luck?"
Ash raised his hands and said, "No, we just have a request that's not too outrageous."
"any request?"
"Can you give us a dictionary?" He raised the contract. "There are some words on it that we can't understand."
In fact, Ash was being modest when he said that he didn't quite understand some of the characters - almost half of the characters were completely incomprehensible. The difference between those characters and the Blood Moon characters was not the difference between simplified and traditional characters, but the difference between modern characters and Martian characters!
But what’s interesting is that the other half of the text is completely the same as the text of the Blood Moon Kingdom.
After all, even if the writing and language of two countries that have almost no contact with each other have the same origin, they will definitely evolve into two completely unrelated systems over time. It is extremely lucky that Ash and his friends can barely understand the language here, and it is completely reasonable that they can only understand half of the text.
Ash suddenly remembered that Sword Princess's accent was a bit strange, but later he heard that Sword Princess came from the countryside, so Ash thought that was Sword Princess's character cuteness...
"Oh, sorry, it was my mistake."
The purple-clothed girl snapped her fingers, and a gorgeously bound amethyst book suddenly appeared in front of her. Perhaps because they had heard of it many times today, or perhaps because of the strange charm of this book, Ash and the other two knew its name the moment they saw it - "The Gospel".
"One point per ball, I'll treat you guys."
The purple-clothed girl threw three golden melon seeds to them. Igula rubbed them and felt that they were made of jelly. "What is this?"
"A boon to mortals, a medium of knowledge, a foundation of omniscience, an enemy of blindness and ignorance, a seed of wisdom."
The purple-clothed girl smiled and said, "Golden melon seeds of wisdom. If you eat them, you will be able to master our language immediately."
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Blood Moon Kingdom, on the outskirts of Kaimon City.
"It's a pity that we can't go upstream of the waterfall..." Adela sat on a small stool, looking at the scarlet waterfall under the blood moon, her face full of regret.
"It's the same camping here." Freya was much more generous. She picked up the pot lid with tongs and said, "The river fish pot is ready. I'm starving. I didn't expect to have food until the sky turned red. It's all your fault, Adela, for not knowing how to catch fish..."
"It's obviously your fault for not knowing how to make a fire!"
The two of them were quarreling but were decisive in their actions. They scooped up the food, blew on it to cool it down, put it in their mouths, and let out a satisfied groan.
Obviously, the two of them were camping. In fact, this way of camping was not quite right. The correct way of camping should be single camping, because this was part of the magician's pre-training.
After entering the virtual world, the magician needs to travel alone in the sea of knowledge and endure challenges such as loneliness, fear, and silence. For social animals like humans, new magicians often need to spend a lot of time to adapt to virtual adventures. Therefore, in order to train the magician's will in advance, apprentices can carry out various activities in reality to simulate virtual adventures.
Camping is a great way to experience life. Wilderness survival and virtual adventure are very similar. Almost all college students go camping to experience independent survival, so the probability of encountering bad guys and evildoers and dying unjustly is not low.
But that’s part of what camping is all about: if it doesn’t put your life at risk, it’s not worth the experience!
Therefore, the camping method of Freya and Adela was wrong - it was impossible for them to travel together as a pair in the virtual world, and there was no training value at all for two people to camp together!
After eating and drinking, Adela still looked towards the upper reaches of the waterfall and asked, "What happened over there? Why is it sealed off as a restricted area?"
The camping site they originally wanted to go to was upstream of the waterfall. It was said that there were bears, wolves, dogs and other animals roaming there, and it was very dangerous. Adela, who loved the excitement of gambling, had already prepared various weapons such as pistols and bombs, waiting to stand guard and play the game of "Who is the Hunter" with the animals. However, when she arrived, she found that the entire area had been sealed off by the Hunting Bureau, and no outsiders were allowed to enter.
"Maybe there is a passage to the virtual world." Freya said while taking off her clothes.
"…You want it now that you're full?"
"No, I'm just going to take a shower." The Veela pointed to the river beside her and said, "Don't worry, I can still bear it for a night or two."
"What about three nights?"
“Can you go three days without gambling?”
“You are so strong then.” Adela praised: “I can only give up gambling for one day at most.”
Watching the Veela adorably jumping into the scarlet river to play in the water, Adela secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Originally, Adela wanted to invite Freya to relax last time, but in the end she ended up relaxing alone. She felt a little guilty, but even her beauty couldn't seduce the Veela. Adela became more and more convinced that Freya was seriously ill.
After much thought, Adela took her camping to experience nature, and her reason was very justified. Camping and being harassed or even murdered by homeless people were a necessary part of college life and they had to experience it.
Wait, she went to take a shower, so who will wash the dishes and pots
Adela grumbled a few words, but still picked up the dishes and went to the river ahead of Freya to wash them, trying to disgust the veela with the oil stains. Freya saw from a distance and knew that her plot had been exposed, so she swam over to her in a flattering way: "Hey, let me help you wash a bowl—"
Plop!
They both looked toward the waterfall, and Adela asked, "Did you hear that?"
"I heard it," Freya nodded. "It seems something fell into the waterfall. A stone?"
"I don't think so..."
As the two men watched nervously, a pitiful petite figure in a black dress appeared before them, following the flow of the water, like an abandoned child.
"Lovely big sister, kind big sister." The wet doll girl said pitifully: "Can you save Serena?"