Mystery: The Stars Returner

"300 gold pounds!"

After reacting, Gray Linte directly quoted a relatively high price.

Hastur once told him that the price of the Sequence 9 potion formula was between 200 and 300 gold pounds.

The medicine master's potion formula is relatively valuable, about 250 gold pounds.

"You're generous and a good bargain."

As Maric spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Gray Lint, and then said: "If you can't gather the extraordinary materials above, you can come and seek my help. Of course, I will charge you a certain amount of hard work fee." .”

Gray Linte took the paper with a smile and said with excitement: "This is what it should be, it should be."

He had no doubts about the authenticity of the pharmacist's potion formula. He didn't believe in Maric, but in Hastur's credibility.

If Hastur wanted to lie to him, he would have given him a fake medicine master's potion formula long ago. There was no need to wait until now.

"You have better luck than me."

Hastur gave Glerint a reassuring look, Maric and Sharon were still trustworthy.

"Ha ha……"

Gray Lint smiled for a while, and then hurriedly asked the servant to go down and prepare some things so that Maric and Hastur could stay for dinner.

Maric was in the living corpse sequence. He didn't really need to eat, so he politely refused to leave.

Of course, Hastur couldn't just slap his butt and leave like Maric did. He also had to thank Gray Lint for giving him thin noodles today, and at the same time he had to answer some of Gray Lint's doubts.

After all, he can be regarded as the guide for Gray Linte to enter the extraordinary world.

After dinner, Gray Lint took Hastur to his study to chat and ask some questions about extraordinary materials.

Hastur only recommended him a fairly trustworthy black market for trading extraordinary materials. He believed that Gray Lint would not be stupid enough to take risks himself every time.

When it comes to buying extraordinary materials, he can definitely send someone he trusts to buy them.

At the end of the conversation, Gray Lint mentioned that he was going to hold a small private party this week, saying that he wanted to give him a little shock.

"Did you invite Miss Audrey?"

Hasta made a casual guess. He noticed something was wrong with Audrey's expression last time they met.

"...Hastur, can't you act a little stupid sometimes?"

"Graylint, I also hope you can become smarter."

"Oh, I can't be this friend anymore."

Gray Linte sighed, but his depression was quickly dissipated by the joy of the pharmacist's potion formula, and he smiled and left Hastur to chat for a while longer.

Before leaving, Hastur specifically told Gray Lint not to tell others about the resurrection ceremony he had held, otherwise it would cause trouble.

Gray Lint, who had already half-stepped into the extraordinary world, now began to realize how terrifying it was to hold a resurrection ceremony.

Although the ritual ultimately failed, it was still terrifying.

After hearing Hastur's instructions, he quickly agreed and promised not to tell anyone else in the future.

……

When he got home, Hasta looked at his pocket watch. Around half past nine, he asked someone to prepare a substantial midnight snack.

When he came to the bathroom and was about to take a shower, a slim figure appeared in the mirror in front of him.

She was wearing a gothic palace dress of a different color than this afternoon, and a small black gauze hat. Her blue eyes were like a pool of clear water, without any ripples.

Seeing Hasta look over, she held up the skirts on both sides of her hands, gracefully performed court etiquette, and then disappeared from the mirror.

Hastur didn't have time to say anything. He could only lament that the extraordinary ability of the resentful soul was really elusive and unpredictable.

Fortunately, I was still wearing clothes. If Miss Sharon suddenly appeared in the mirror while I was taking a shower, it would be really scary.

But Miss Sharon won't be so boring, right?

Hastur tried calling twice in a low voice, but when he received no response, he felt relieved.

Pausing in front of the mirror for a while, Hastur summoned his spiritual power and formulated a new rule for this bathroom.

"Invisibility is prohibited here! Hiding is prohibited!"

After the rules were generated, Hastur turned on his spiritual vision again and checked it carefully, and indeed found no trace of Miss Sharon.

He couldn't help but feel happy. He was just taking a bath, but he felt like a thief.

The feeling of being a thief in your own home is really new.

After taking a shower and eating a delicious late-night snack, Hasta was particularly excited. He looked at his pocket watch and saw that there was still more than an hour before eleven-thirty.

He came to the study and began to study advanced legal books.

With the barbarian's physical bonus, he is now very energetic and energetic. Even if he is reading these complicated and boring legal provisions, he will not feel tired.

It wasn't until two hours later that he put down his books and stretched back to the bedroom to rest.

After lying on the bed for a while, he entered the Hall of Stars, with two chains of order hanging on both sides of him, swaying gently.

Hastur stared at the star where the djinn was for a long time, and finally resisted the idea of ​​lashing him.

I'm used to smoking, but I'm still a little uncomfortable at the moment.

Sighing, he looked at the star where the Mother Tree of Desire was, then looked back and began to think about what kind of rules should be formulated for the second chain of order.

With the first rule as a foundation, he can now be more free to think about some rules other than combat effectiveness, such as destiny.

From the time he was born in the mysterious world until now, he seems to have a deep relationship with the word destiny.

The name Hastur Campbell itself is not a simple name in occultism. Regardless of whether the King in Yellow exists or not, it is something that requires vigilance.

A person's name may affect a person's destiny. In occultism, the relationship between the two is even closer.

And he has already carried this destiny.

Voltaire Campbell, the gambler, seemed to be cursed by someone with an extraordinary path of destiny, which made his gambling luck extremely unlucky. In the end, he lost his family fortune and drowned by the river.

Andrew came to blackmail him, and there was also the shadow of the instigation of the Extraordinary Destiny Path behind him.

When these series of events are connected, it seems that his fate has been arranged.

So can you use the Palace of Stars to escape the influence of fate as much as possible?

Charting a destiny that transcends destiny?

This is obviously impossible, because no matter what kind of fate it is, it is still fate, and there cannot be a fate outside of fate.

Then you can only try to reduce or get rid of the fate that affects you as much as possible.

How should such rules be formulated?

Hastur was in trouble again and fell into deep thought.

This is not something he can determine in a day or two. He still has time to think about it slowly.

……

At six o'clock in the morning, Hastur had already woken up from his deep sleep. With the body of a barbarian, his sleep time could be greatly reduced. Four hours of sleep a day was enough.

When I got up and had nothing to do, I went to the study room and continued reading law books.

At around 8:30, after breakfast, Hasta asked the coachman to go to the countryside.

With nothing to do, he planned to go to the village where the old man lived and erect a monument for him. This was the only thing he could do for the old man.

In the story narrated by the old man, he had no relatives, friends, or descendants. He just lived alone in a secluded small village in the suburbs.

The countryside was a bit far away, and the carriage was bumpy. It took Hastur nearly four hours to reach the small village.

Surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side, it is indeed a suitable place for retirement.

However, for the villagers here, this terrain pattern is the root of their poverty and backwardness.

There are many mountains and few plains, and there are no rare mines nearby, so no company will invest and build factories here to stimulate economic growth.

Hastur's arrival aroused the attention of many people. This place was quite far from the city, and few nobles would come to this place on weekdays.

Hearing that Hasta came to see the old man, the villagers were talking privately. Could it be that the old man's grandson came to look for a bride?

A young man who was responsible for leading the way was very talkative. He told everything he knew without Hastur opening too many words.

The old man is also considered a weirdo in the village. Although he comes from a foreign country and lives alone, there is always an endless supply of meat at home.

According to hunters who go hunting in the mountains, the old man is very familiar with the mountain forest environment and is very good at hunting. As long as he wanders around the mountains, he can eat endless meat in a week.

On weekdays, the old man occasionally trades prey with the villagers for some daily necessities, and the price is very reasonable, so the villagers have a pretty good relationship with him.

Under the leadership of the young man, Hasta came to the old man's home and opened the door. There were not many things in the room, but everything was neatly placed.

Hastur thought that this should be a habit developed by the old man during his years of military service.

He didn't disturb the old man's house too much. He just asked the young man to fetch him a set of old man's clothes, bought a small plot of cemetery, buried the clothes in it, and erected a monument for the old man.

It reads: A penitent, an eternal warrior.

After doing all this, Hastur took out 1 gold pound and handed it to the busy young man. Then, under the strange eyes of the villagers, he got on the carriage and returned.

As for lunch, he bought some local bread in the village, prepared it for a while, and then had a big meal when he returned.

On the carriage, Hastur looked at the mountains in the distance, thinking in his mind.

He wants to play the role of a barbarian in the metropolis of Backlund, which is very difficult and can easily attract others' attention.

But if he goes to the suburbs, near the mountains and forests, will it be easier for him to play the role of a barbarian?

Barbarians, wildness is also a very important point.

Nothing liberates the wild like the natural environment.

It's just that in the suburbs, far away from urban areas, the risk factor is relatively high.

You can consider letting Maric act as your bodyguard for a period of time. If Miss Sharon is also willing to come, it will be safer.

Hastur thinks this method is very feasible. He happens to have a large manor in the suburbs and has not visited it yet.

It’s time to go and have a look, but don’t let the mosquitoes, snakes, and rats ruin everything.