Chapter 151 The Blacksmith and the City Lord
Karl held an old pocket watch in his hand with a satisfied smile on his face.
“I was still worried about how to get in, so someone brought the key to the door, but I didn’t lie to him. Ordinary people entering the dark market will only be eaten as food. I can exchange some money for it. "
"Click..."
The pocket watch made a crisp sound, pointing out the location of the entrance.
Karl turned around and stepped towards the side wall, his body disappearing as if submerged in the water.
At the same time.
A layer of faint aura emerged from the pocket watch and enveloped him.
To enter the Dark Market, you need a special token. Every time the market opens, the token will mark the location of the entrance, and this old pocket watch is exactly one of the tokens.
A flower before my eyes.
The scene suddenly changed.
It is approaching evening outside and the sky is getting dark.
The light in front of me is as bright as day, but the light source comes from the stars in the sky, not the scorching sun.
Star Bound!
Yes and no.
Karl could feel that there were still some limitations here, and the wizard's spiritual power could not easily induce astral energy.
But similarly,
This place no longer belongs to the human world, and certain ‘laws’ are entangled in the flesh.
“Quack…Quack…”
“Welcome to the Dark Market!”
A sunflower-shaped flower poked out its slender flower path from the side and smiled flatteringly at Karl.
The flowers that were originally full of seeds turned into women’s cheeks, with bits of flesh between the teeth.
Seeing Karl's gaze, the woman immediately stuck out her tongue and licked between her teeth, swallowed the minced meat into her mouth and chewed it carefully.
At its feet, there are a few clothes and some bones.
Ogre Flower!
Watcher of the Dark Bazaar.
There are clusters of flowers around, hiding countless such lives.
After being hungry for a year, they will pick out the ordinary people who have wandered into the market, and then eat them to satisfy themselves.
If the young man came in just now, what was under the Ogre Flower's feet would be his fate.
“Please remember.”
"The use of force is not allowed in the Dark Market, otherwise you will be expelled by the power of the rules. As for where you have gone..."
"No one who has been expelled has returned so far."
" The six houses on Third Street are restricted areas. Of course, you can go in if you must. , as long as you don’t worry about not being able to get out.”
“Don’t leave the market. No one can guarantee what you will encounter. It may be the blessing of the gods, gua... gua...”
The Ogre Flower laughed like a frog, as if to show its sense of humor.
"Don't anger the blacksmith Gando. His hammer can easily smash you into a ball of meat..."
"He is the only person in this market who can do it."
"Maybe it's a human?"
"Anyway."
The Ogre Flower lowered its 'head' and spoke respectfully:
"I hope you learned something from the market."
Karl moved on.
Crossing the dense forest where the Ogre Flower is, three forked roads leading to the endless direction appeared in front of them.
At the end of every fork in the road there is a street.
A guiding post is inserted in the middle, with three signs nailed to it.
The sign pointing to the left is engraved with a bright rose flower, which is the symbol of the Bloodthirsty Rose.
Bloody Rose!
The other world is similar to the organization of the Holy Church.
The leader is said to be a vampire walking in the night, and his origins are traced to a certain fallen god.
They are good at providing weapons that suck the life force of others, as well as various magic props.
The sign on the right is engraved with a hammer, which is the symbol of Gando the blacksmith.
This one is a permanent resident of the Dark Market. No one knows how long he has lived and how strong he is.
There are even rumors.
The reason why the Grand Dukes allowed the Dark Market to exist was because there was blacksmith Gando in the market.
The sign in the middle is engraved with books stacked together, which is the symbol of a wise man, but that existence has long since disappeared.
Vampires, blacksmiths, and wise men formed the Dark Market, but there is only one left.
Thinking about it,
Karl walked towards the road on the right.
He was very curious about the blacksmith Gando, who should be a strong man who survived the war of the gods.
And,
In Boken's memory, blacksmith Gando was not dangerous.
Not far ahead, a street covered with weeds and deserted houses on both sides came into view.
Some houses have been occupied by people, and the occupiers have placed various goods at the door of the house.
"The dark elves in Archduke Joe's territory are the darlings of the night and have a cruel and bloodthirsty nature."
A hunchbacked old man stood behind several bird cages and shouted loudly:< br>
"You only need three thousand kilograms of meat, and they belong to you!"
There are no birds in the bird cage, but elves as big as a palm. Different from the elves recorded in the book who represent innocence, the elves in the cage It has dark skin, sharp teeth and claws, and keeps attacking the birdcage.
The wings on their backs flapped and left an afterimage, colliding back and forth in the cage, not stopping even if their bodies were covered in bruises.
With their revealed speed and sharp claws, they can easily destroy a war squad when released.
Want to capture alive...
This is only possible if the Great Knight takes action.
“Soul fragments!”
A man whose body was hidden in a dark cloak paused at the door of the house. In front of him were balls of flying soul fragments.
“The knight-level soul fragments are worth one thousand kilograms of flesh and blood, and the soul fragments of the great knight are five thousand kilograms of flesh and blood.”
“The domesticated mountain monster giant is as strong as the peak-level great knight. , the price is only eight thousand kilograms of refined meat.”
"The Special Seal of Burning Hand, although it is not a super-grade seal, its power is not bad. The price..."
"..."
Karl walked forward, his face motionless, his heart But he was secretly frightened.
It is indeed a dark market. It has everyone and everything for sale. It is an eye-opener.
‘Fine meat! ’
‘After removing the skin, bones, and other parts of an adult wolf, the real meat is only a dozen kilograms. ’
‘One thousand kilograms of lean meat means nearly a hundred adult wolves! ’
‘It seems that not only Archduke Ferdinand’s territory, but also people in other places are paying more and more attention to food. ’
‘Refined meat has replaced divine grace coins as the hard currency in the dark market, and it is estimated that the outside world will do the same in a few years. ’
‘But...’
Karl turned his eyes and thought thoughtfully:
‘Although the people in the market have their own weird auras, most of them are still in the stage of great knights. ’
‘There are not many people who truly possess first-order strength, and even fewer are in the mid-first-order. So far, we have not encountered anyone in the late first-order. ’
Although people in this world may possess some rare objects and secret techniques, and have the ability to defeat the strong with the weak.
For example, Connie.
But he is in the middle of the first level, and he has many wizarding methods. He is also a master in the market.
"Dang..."
"Dang!"
The sound of impact brought Carl back to his senses.
At the end of the market, a building one size larger than the other houses was shaking in an orderly manner.
Um?
Not a building!
But a person!
A burly giant more than seven meters tall.
The giant has thick hair, his body is half-crouched, he is holding a huge hammer, and he is forging a weapon.
As he waved his arms and his hair shook, chains as thick as his arms were revealed.
One end of the chain extended under the earth, and the other end firmly trapped him in place, with only room for movement to swing the hammer.
He was not squatting, but kneeling on the ground.
Gando the Blacksmith!
In Karl's perception, the giant in front of him was like a scorching sun, blooming with extremely terrifying energy.
Second level?
No!
It is very likely to be the third level!
"When..."
The sound of beating suddenly stopped.
The hair on the giant's face spread to both sides, revealing a pair of cloudy eyes, staring at Karl.
"Young man, don't spy on me with your weird methods, otherwise...my hammer will fall on you next time."
As he spoke, he raised his arm and slammed it fall. "Dang!"
The terrifying loud noise spread throughout the market, the earth shook with the splashing sparks, and Karl's body couldn't help but tighten.
An extreme sense of oppression even made it difficult for him to breathe, and even his thoughts stopped for a moment.
Horror!
Terrible!
It was just pure power, but it made Karl's heart beat wildly, and even the blood of the abyss trembled.
“Sorry.”
After calming down, he bowed and said:
"Dear Gando, please forgive me for being curious."
"Curious?" Gando snorted coldly, his voice sounding like thunder. Echoing in the ears:
“These two words have killed many powerful beings, but I guess you can’t remember them either.”
As he spoke, he snorted again.
"I can forge, repair, and upgrade weapons here, as well as sell sigils. You can exchange them for great divine favor, soul fragments, or flesh."
"Great divine favor?" Karl raised his head:
"Senior What do you want from God? "
"Of course it's to live." Gando looked away, stopped paying attention to Karl, and continued to pound the weapon in his hand, muttering:
"Everything is to live! ”
alive?
Karl wanted to ask, but the other party was indifferent and obviously unwilling to mention more.
Thought for a while and asked:
"Senior, what seals are sold here?"
"Two kinds." Gando kept beating:
"Eagle Eye and Speedy Speed, each has ten thousand kilograms of flesh or ten knight-level soul fragments."
"Eagle Eye? Speedy Speed?" Karl frowned:
"Senior, These two kinds of seals are too common, and their grades are very high. Low, it doesn’t seem to be worth the price.”
“Hmph!” Gan Duo hummed:
“The quality of my seal is better than the ones outside, and it is fresher. There is a great chance to learn from it. New capabilities.”
?
Karl was skeptical.
"Senior."
He took out a high-quality beast pellet and placed it in front of him:
"How much meat can this thing be worth?"
"Beast pills." Gando actually knew the beast pills. He glanced at them and said:
"Five hundred pills for one seal."
"...Okay!" Karl gritted his teeth. :
“I want the Eagle Eye Seal.”
With a wave of his hand, he took out all the beast pills in the storage space, and stacked the wooden boxes full of beast pills neatly. Together.
A large part of them are supplies from the store. I took them out this time and will have to find ways to replenish them after I return.
"Okay."
There was a hint of smile in Gando's voice.
He finally let go of the big hand holding the hammer, reached into the void, and fished out a broken corpse.
He casually tore off a piece of meat from the corpse and threw it down.
"Here!"
"Eagle Eye Seal!"
With a wave of his hand, the body disappeared.
Huh?
This is how the seal comes from?
Karl was stunned.
"What?" Gando held the sledgehammer again:
"Surprised?"
"A little surprised indeed." Karl came back to his senses, took the meat stick, He spoke with a somewhat complicated expression:
“The seal comes from someone else’s corpse?”
"The corpse of a strong man contains his original power. After simple processing, it becomes the seal in your hand." Gan Duo said in a calm voice:
"After I die, I will probably be able to make a seal that increases my strength."
"You are a little late. Decades ago, I had a super-grade seal for sale here."
Super-grade seal.
Of course it is the body of a stronger person in life.
No wonder the Grand Duke's territory has produced fewer and fewer seals in recent years. It must be that the corpses are running out.
"Huh..." Karl shook his head and asked tentatively:
"Senior, are there any holy skills for sale here?"
"Sacred skills?" Gando scanned He glanced at him:
"That is something that can only be used on the path of a knight. Beings like me... practice is talent."
"Young man!"
"I know you have a lot of questions to ask, but do you know how I survived that war?"
Waiting for Karl to speak, He continued:
"Put away your poor curiosity and don't pry into certain existences, so you have a chance to survive."
"This is how I survive and others die. The reason! ”
Karl took a deep look at the other person. No matter what, the being in front of him was the first level three person he had come into contact with.
And it’s not dangerous.
The existence of the third level itself contains many mysteries, not to mention that the other party has survived the war of the gods.
Even if the other person is indifferent, you should still bother him more in the future.
…………
After leaving the dark market, sitting cross-legged on the magic flying carpet and rising into the air, Karl lowered his head and examined the meat strips in his hand.
Two fingers long and one finger thick, the meat is pink and tender, and full of toughness. It is indeed very fresh as Gan Duo said.
"Dharma Seal..."
Shaking his head slightly, he put the meat strip in his hand on his face.
The facial flesh immediately cracked, as if the saw teeth on the tentacles were biting into the strips of flesh, swallowing them bit by bit.
The strips of flesh squirmed like living creatures, turning into tiny blood streaks and oozing towards the eyes.
In an instant.
Karl’s eyes turned blood red.
His pupils began to enlarge and contract irregularly, and the blood vessels inside them also changed under the influence of the seal.
Soon.
Karl squinted his eyes and fell asleep for a moment, then opened his eyes again. When his sight was closed, the scene outside was clearly visible.
The pupils are dilated, and the dust in front of the eyes is fine and distinguishable.
"It's somewhat useful, but not very useful. The improvement in perception of the legendary knight realm is almost nonexistent."
"What's more, I still have the third-level abyss bloodline."
Shaked his head, and just when he was about to give up trying, Karl raised his eyebrows and looked down at the City of Death.
In his field of vision, a black mist swirled in the ground of the City of Death.
This aura is far less condensed than Gan Duo, but it is extremely vast, and it has branched out into countless threads covering the entire city.
As far as the eye can see.
Almost everyone in the City of Death has a black line connected to the black mist below.
The reason why I say almost is because some people don’t have it, or they don’t have it yet.
"As long as you live in the city of death for a period of time, unless you get atonement, you will never be able to get rid of it for the rest of your life."
"No wonder there are such rules, it turns out to be like this!"
Karl suddenly felt enlightened. :
“This city has a huge barrier. As long as you enter it Anyone in the city will be targeted by the black thread. After living in the city for a period of time, the black thread will connect the person to the existence at the core of the barrier."
"No wonder businessmen dare not stay in the city for too long. A long time, otherwise once it is stained, not being allowed to leave the city means that the black line will harvest lives.”
"City Lord!"
"The Daughter of Death!"
"She is using the lives of nearly a million people in the entire city to maintain her strength, but she is still not at the third level."< br>
Karl squinted:
“No!”
"There is something that is devouring her energy. Without the support of these millions of people, her strength will definitely be weakened!"
"Huh?"
"Discovered!"
The corners of Karl's eyes suddenly became hot, and two tears of blood flowed from his eyes. He immediately dodged and hid in the dark market.
The seal is broken!
However, after he entered the dark market, the lingering sense of crisis disappeared.
“What a danger!”
Karl wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead and wiped the blood and tears from his face.
'The state of Mevia, the daughter of death, should be the normal state of the powerful in this world. Her strength has been suppressed and weakened in some way, so they dare not and cannot show up easily, and have been huddled in their lairs for many years. . ’
‘This limit...’
‘There is a high probability that it is the second order! ’
‘No wonder the strong men in this world rarely take action, and even if they do, it is usually a quick victory. ’
Karl touched his chin, chose an unoccupied house in the market, entered, and casually hung a sign at the door.
“Purchasing holy skills and rare items, the price is negotiable!”
In the next period of time, he plans to wander around the dark market to see if he can find what he wants. .
We also need to find Lev, the deacon of the church, and Yana, who is most likely hiding here.
(End of this chapter)