Mystery: The Stars Returner

Gordon Club, fighting ring.

Two figures were fighting at close range. With a crisp sound of hitting the ground, the stronger figure was hit by someone's back shoulder and fell to the ground unable to move.

The instructor who acted as the referee came forward to announce the winner of the competition.

Arriving at the rest area, Hastur took off the tightly wrapped body protective gear.

Pulling a towel to wipe off the sweat, then put on cleaner training clothes.

Recently, as his fighting skills improved, instructor Heyman asked him to try a real fight, and thus this ring battle was born.

Just now, he was obviously inferior to the opponent in terms of skills, but with his own brute strength, he could easily break through the opponent's defense and throw him to the ground.

As the saying goes, great efforts produce miracles.

After this period of training, his barbarian body became more solid, powerful and strong.

The original slightly youthful temperament has gradually dissipated with constant training, and it has become more masculine.

Instructor Heyman praised him as a talent suitable for practicing fighting, but Hastur just laughed and said nothing.

If his physique as an extraordinary person is compared with that of ordinary people, he is inherently bullying.

If it wasn't for the experience of actual combat, he wouldn't have stepped into the ring.

After a few fights, he realized that it was not interesting and that the performance was more important than real combat.

Fortunately, his barbarian potion was also completely digested today.

When he returns home in the evening, he will prepare to be promoted to Sequence 7 briber.

If it weren't for the thorn in the side of the Djinn God in the Hall of Stars, his barbarian potion might not have been digested so quickly.

He had always felt uncomfortable playing the savage, too restrained to ignore rules and order like a true savage.

Fortunately, the djinn helped him.

The Mother Tree of Desire should also be considered one of the heroes.

A Sequence 8 summoned two outer gods for a meeting in the Hall of Stars, which in itself was subversive of the rules.

Not to mention that he still occupies a dominant position in the Hall of Stars.

Well, we should indeed thank the Djinn and the Mother Tree of Desire for their help.

……

At night, in an empty room, Hastur carefully counted the extraordinary materials on the table.

Extraordinary materials: a Crying Baby flower, a strange-faced marijuana crystal.

Auxiliary materials: 5 drops of golden datura juice, 5 drops of black datura juice, 4 drops of psychedelic grass essential oil, 80 ml of red wine.

After counting several times and confirming that there were no problems, Hasta relaxed.

He had no objections to other extraordinary materials, but the 80 ml red wine made him slightly stunned.

Remember, starting from Sequence 9 Lawyer, every potion recipe needs to use wine.

From the first beer to the current wine, the quality of this wine has become more and more advanced.

If it comes to the later sequence, what kind of wine should be used as an auxiliary material?

This Black Emperor's extraordinary path seems to be full of luxury and chaotic passion.

Think about it, the Black Emperor path is naturally suitable for nobles. The more powerful you are, the more drunken and luxurious you become, right?

The Corrupted Baron, Chaos Mentor, and Corrupted Earl in the later sequence are indeed more closely related to the element of wine.

Wine can mess with sex, and this sentence is vividly reflected here.

Hasta thought about it for a long time, then calmed down and calmed himself down. After adjusting his mentality, he started to prepare the medicine.

With the experience of preparing potions twice before, this time I was familiar with the process, and I quickly prepared the Sequence 7 Bribery Potion.

It is still a slightly turbid liquid, with the main color being dark red, much like a bowl of wine.

It smells like a strong and pungent aroma of wine.

Hastur expressionlessly picked up the small bowl and drank it in one gulp.

Thick, turbid liquid passes through the esophagus, causing a numb and dry feeling.

It felt like taking numbing powder, and even my tongue started to feel numb and bitter.

After entering the stomach, there is a burning feeling, but this burning feeling is different from being burned, but an indescribable... To use a metaphor, it is like being surrounded by boiling water vapor.

What it brings is not sobriety, but doubly intoxication and confusion.

Not only was my head feeling dizzy, but my internal organs were also in chaos.

It is upside down, left and right, and cannot tell the difference between south, east and north.

I have always wanted to wake up, but my reason has been shaky and dizzy.

The murmurings that were vague at first seemed particularly clear now.

Every whisper seemed to follow his ears and get into his head.

In the confusion, he seemed to hear the murmurs of the alien gods coming from the depths of the starry sky.

The sound is like a spell. You can't understand it, but you feel that the sound is filled with terrifying power that can drive people crazy.

This is like a call. An unknown existence is calling from the depths of the starry sky.

In these calls, his sanity gradually returned to zero.

His soul left his body at the call of the curse and floated to the sky.

Float away, drift deep into the starry sky.

High above the mountains, reaching the clouds, passing through the biting wind, as if trying to break through some kind of barrier.

At this moment, the stars in the sky are shining brightly.

The stars are bright, but they contain a warmth that restores sanity.

His soul gradually returned to his body, and his reason gradually awakened.

When Hastur regained control of his body, he was already lying on the ground and two hours had passed.

"Is that feeling really just the aftereffects of taking the magic potion?"

"Or has your soul really left your body and been floating deep into the starry sky?"

"The ravings from an alien god?"

Hastur murmured softly, but no one could answer these questions for him.

After lying on his back on the ground for a long time, Hastur felt that he was alive again. As for any new extraordinary abilities he had acquired, he was not in the mood to check it now.

He just wanted to take a shower first and then have a good sleep.

……

After taking a shower and sleeping again.

Hastur just got up from the bed and slowly realized the extraordinary abilities he had after being promoted to Sequence 7 Briber.

Sequence 7 Briber: Problems that cannot be solved through law and force can be solved through bribery.

Bribery, identify the pain points of the other party, and form an unfair interest relationship with the other party through money, words, etc.

Hastur understood this quickly.

There are five extraordinary abilities of Sequence 7 bribers:

First, weakening: using this ability can significantly weaken the target's attack, defense or control against itself within a certain period of time.

Second, bribery: By giving actual or symbolic bribes, the target can have a strong impression of itself, disrupt the other party's hostile intentions, and even give up the fight. If the conditions are right, the person who receives the bribe can become his companion. Follow your own lead.

Third, influence: through necessary bribes, influence the target's sanity, causing the target to have a series of negative emotions such as pride, arrogance, mental degradation, and wrong judgment.

Fourth, link: Once a bribe is successfully implemented, a link will be established between the briber and the bribee. Both will be prosperous and both will suffer losses, which is equivalent to a link to bear the consequences.

Fifth, ineffectiveness: After the bribery is successful, each has a shady handle on the other party, and has a probability of invalidating the target's various attacks.

Hastur silently felt these five extraordinary abilities. Except for the first weakening ability, the other four abilities were all based on bribery.

Once the bribe is successful and a connection is established between them, the briber's extraordinary ability will be greatly enhanced.

Especially the fifth extraordinary ability, which can neutralize the target's attack. This is a life-saving skill.

As for the so-called probability, for him who is halfway through the path of destiny, it is very simple to enhance his luck and increase his probability.

The third extraordinary ability effect should be similar to a passive buff, which can impose various debuffs on the enemy to help you better fight against the enemy.

Hastur didn't find it difficult to pay bribes and play the role. On the contrary, he found it much easier than playing the role of a barbarian.

In a great country with a culture of five thousand years, the word bribery has always appeared in the annals of history, and it has been constantly being performed in real life.

When a baby is born, his parents may bribe him to choose a better hospital.

When you grow up, your study life in kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, etc. is full of the atmosphere and behavior of bribery.

In the future, whether in business or official career, learning how to bribe is the only way to success.

In addition to these aspects, bribery also involves all aspects of life.

For example, when you go shopping on the street, you deliberately say something nice about your boss, and the boss will sell you the stuff cheaply when he is happy.

This is bribery through words and an act of bribery.

The relationship between men and women can also be regarded as a form of bribery.

Before falling in love, by understanding each other's preferences in all aspects and then adapting to their preferences to increase the other person's good impression of you, this is also a kind of bribery.

It's just human emotions that serve as bribes.

Generally speaking, any creature with certain intelligence is within the scope of bribery, and pets such as cats and dogs are no exception.

The owner wins the favor of the pet through raising and caring for it, thereby gaining the pet's loyalty. This can also be regarded as a kind of bribery.

In his opinion, the essence of bribery is the exchange of interests!