Since he has already agreed to the deal, Yi Chen will naturally not go back on his word.
Hotel room.
Thirteen stood quietly outside the door, saying nothing.
Strange noises continued to be heard from inside the room, similar to the sound of an old man panting.
When Stephen Tinggu touched his ears with his bony fingers, the dead energy around his body became disordered due to excessive excitement, and he needed to stabilize his state by regularly exhaling gasps, which sounded like an old man gasping for breath.
Although he looks extremely wretched, one can also see his fanatical obsession with ears and his genuine love for them.
This kind of indecency was limited to touching the ears, which Yi Chen didn't care about at all. After all, he had experienced far more excessive things than this in the orphanage when he was alive.
The two-hour wait was quite boring, so Yi Chen tried to start a conversation.
"Mr. Stephen should be a rare perception knight, right? After all, most of the Knights of the Death Plague should prefer killing and bringing death to the other side. Knights like Bernard should be more common."
“Yes, there are indeed very few people like me, but I am also good at killing~ Especially against humanoids like you, I only need to send the silent dagger into your body, and death will spread.
This "silence" will also be included, and the individual being assassinated often dies without feeling anything."
"Well, I don't deny your killing skills. Your hearing skills are indeed amazing."
Stephen was very pleased with Yi Chen's sudden flattery and even recalled some past events.
"My ears are very special. My parents have always praised me for my good hearing since I was a child. My friends also praised me all the time. Until I cut off their ears, no one praised me anymore. It became much quieter all of a sudden!"
"Haha~ That's quite interesting."
Yi Chen smiled and responded politely.
He could tell at first sight that Stephen was a guy with a mental illness, but Yi Chen did not reject such a person, and even admired and respected his "hearing".
In a cave as spacious as the one at the bottom, he could immediately determine the location of the dead statue just by listening carefully.
Just then,
Stephen brought his shrunken old face, covered with ears, closer and whispered:
"What are you thinking, William? Are you thinking of cutting off my head and wearing it around your waist as a living ornament
Whenever necessary, I can use my head to listen in advance, so that I can get first-hand information about the battlefield and gain intelligence advantage. "
Yi Chen was shocked by this sudden crazy talk, "Huh? This is really not true..."
Stephen shook his finger and continued, "Don't rush to deny it. My ears can hear a lot of information, both superficial and internal, and I can hear it very clearly.
Even those things that are perfectly hidden will inevitably have "noise" as long as they exist.
The noise in your body is very small, but it is mixed with extreme disharmony, even more turbid than any evil person I have ever heard of.
I can't tell whether you have controlled this extremely bad emotion, or are deliberately pretending to be a good person... But the fact that you can have this emotion is enough to show that you are not an ordinary person, and you must have experienced unexpected painful past. This is also one of the reasons why I like your ears.
People like you must have great ambitions. I'm afraid you went to the original tomb not only for the cuneiform stone, but also to cast your net everywhere to try to gain more benefits. Am I right?"
"If seeking knowledge is also a kind of ambition, then it can be considered as such, right?" Yi Chen responded with a smile.
"Okay, when you are strong enough, if you are still interested in my head, come back to the original tomb and challenge me to death. As long as you win, you can take everything from me.
It's actually quite good to let my head stay with you, at least I can always look at your ears, which is much better than looking at these boring dead people."
Yi Chen no longer responded, feeling that the topic was getting more and more off-topic. Naturally, he did not take Stephen's crazy words to heart.
However, if you think about it carefully, it would be a good idea to cut off Stephen's head and use it as a sensory ornament.
If this is really to be done, at least some education must be carried out, and at this stage it is not enough to educate Mr. Stephen who has already completed the path.
Two hours passed quickly.
Stephen was extremely reluctant to leave and even tried to stay in the guest room overnight, but of course he was ruthlessly rejected by Yi Chen.
Just as he was about to walk out of the room, he poked his head in again and said, "I'll let you know when the weapons are ready..."
Time passed day by day, and the waiting time was far longer than expected, until a week had passed.
One morning,
When Yi Chen opened his eyes on the bed, there was a skull with ears lying next to him.
"You're awake!"
"Mr. Stephen? Is the weapon finally ready?"
"That's right, but it's a bit troublesome... Your wedge-shaped stone is so perfect that it released a strong "echo of death" during the forging process. Currently, the craftsman's shop is surrounded by knights who are watching the show. Some of them must have bad intentions or are even extremely greedy.
How about it? Do you want to hire me as a bodyguard? All you need is 'one hour of ear touching' as a bargaining chip, and I will protect your safety all the way until I escort you out of the Bonfire Mountains. "
"That's not necessary... Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Stephen."
"Hey, let's go~"
When the mule carried the two men to the familiar craftsman's shop, although it was not as exaggerated as Stephen described, there were indeed three Plague Knights standing at the door who came to join in the fun.
"Make way. It's not yours, so what's so good about it?"
Stephen shouted, and the knights at the door also moved slightly. One of the women wearing a black rabbit mask asked, "Stephen, this strong and murderous echo of death is not a weapon you can control... Isn't the person behind you the human boy in the last live video
Could it be his? I'm really curious."
"If you want to buy information, pay first, Miss Rabbit. If you don't have money, don't ask me related questions anymore."
Stephen directly pulled Yi Chen into the shop.
Mr. Alpac, who was like a stitching giant, had completed all the forging and was sitting on a stool waiting silently. On the stone table in front of him was a "finished product" wrapped in a shroud.
Because the winding was too precise, it was bloated and inflated, and could only be roughly judged to be an axe. The specific shape could not be confirmed, and not even a trace of death energy leaked out.
Before Yi Chen could ask, Mr. Alpaci suddenly moved closer to his huge stitched body, put his big face in front of Yi Chen and examined him carefully, his tongue flapping in his mouth as he spoke:
“I really can’t tell. I didn’t expect that a young and friendly looking human could actually be hiding strong negative emotions such as murderous intent, death, and pain.
I even had doubts several times when examining the arm you left behind, wondering if I had made a mistake, but now it seems... Well~ you seem to have deliberately coated yourself with a layer of 'friendly' outer membrane specifically to suppress your nature.
Therefore, the main direction of my weapon modification and upgrading is to focus on this "negative feeling" hidden in your body, which ultimately makes the finished product slightly violent. The first time the blade is sharpened, it must taste the flesh of a strong man, otherwise the weapon will break on its own.
Before encountering a strong enemy, leave it in a bound state.
After you have successfully sharpened the blade, if you feel that this weapon is not suitable for you, you can always come back to me for re-processing, and the material cost will be free of charge."
"Thank you, Mr. Alpaci."
"No need to thank me... I am very interested in the alternative death contained in your arms. This forging can be regarded as an alternative and novel journey. You are a very complex, interesting and dangerous young man. No wonder the boss is so interested in you and does not pursue the fact that you killed the dead. Well, go and do your thing. I hope I can come here often in the future."