Mysteries: Arcana Wars

"Are you going back to the surface now?"

Leonard immediately explained this request to Sander, who was a little surprised.

"I thought the Church of Evernight would let you stay here for a while longer, to lend a hand to the two of us, or just to watch us and make sure we don't do anything bad to the machine."

"I believe you don't dare to do that." Leonard said calmly, "If you need anything, you can tell these two. They will help you."

“…Huh? What?”

Fors was suddenly sold out and was bewildered. But her reaction did not attract anyone's attention, and the conversation that would decide Fors' fate continued.

"Then I will arrange a guide for you to go back to the ground." Sander said to himself, lowering his head to think for a moment, "The two merchants from Evernight Harbor are old acquaintances of Hazel Street. They are trustworthy. I believe you have learned something about them along the way. As for the expenses, we will pay for them."

“So generous?”

As if sensing a hint of trouble, Klein asked.

"It seems like you really need our help."

Sanders thought for a moment and sighed. Just as he was about to say something, Klein raised his hand to stop him.

"We can be very helpful, but only if we agree on a price."

As he spoke, the adventurer pointed at the Manstein manuscripts on the table.

"But first, now that you've read these notes, should we settle the account?"

Only then did Sander realize that the other party really wanted to exchange the note for something, rather than simply using it as an excuse for a meeting.

"So it's not just for hiding things from others?" Sander raised his eyebrows.

"This is making full use of the value of things. I never waste resources." Klein picked up the notes and clapped them in his hands. "Besides, you have already obtained their contents after reading these notes. Shouldn't you pay a price for it?"

"..."

Although your proposal is reasonable, I suddenly feel like I'm being blackmailed.

Sander agreed to the proposal, but just as he made his promise, a sharp cry came from under the desk. In Fors's horrified eyes, Sander bent down, took out a baby without changing his expression, stood up and began to coax the child.

"You delivered to me a total of 34 pages of Manstein's notes, so I will exchange them for 34 other pages of Manstein's notes."

While Xander was shaking his body to coax the child, he bargained with Klein and the others.

“I want the dubbed version,” Klein interrupted.

Since the Tesla family is proficient in an old language, it is impossible for them not to try to translate and decipher the notes of the [travelers] Manstein and his wife. It is even possible that the Tesla family knows more than one old language.

At this time, Klein had to remember the good things about Emperor Roselle. Not to mention that he used the Roselle language that Klein was familiar with, at least the emperor showed rare dedication in this regard. He only used one language, which would not test Klein's old linguistics skills.

The manuscripts of the Mansteins were a mixture of various old languages ​​and languages ​​from the southern and northern continents. The grammar and vocabulary often did not belong to the same language system. Coupled with the worrying mental state of the couple, deciphering their notes was really a brain-consuming task.

"As for the reward for helping us... we will make a batch of equipment for you within a reasonable range. It can be technological equipment or extraordinary items." Sander agreed to the adventurer's proposal and gave his future reward. "We can discuss it further after the matter is over."

"I need some communicators and a secure, independent communication channel between the occult and the mortal sciences."

"...There is no absolute security, nor absolute independence. This hacker creed is also common in the extraordinary field. We can only be as safe as possible." Sander sighed. In fact, even for the equipment delivered to the Church of Evernight, Sander did not dare to guarantee absolute safety.

"I understand. Deal."

Where on earth did he take this child from? How come I didn't notice it just now?

Fors had no say in the discussion between the two parties and could only marvel and complain in her heart.

The baby's crying didn't seem to stop. Sander was a little impatient. He frowned, picked up the pacifier that fell out of the child's mouth in the stroller, and stuffed it back in. The crying baby immediately fell into a sweet sleep.

Seeing the faint spirituality flowing from the pacifier, Klein couldn't help but feel ashamed of the Tesla family's fierce way of raising children.

Sander picked up the phone and dialed a few numbers. Soon Tony knocked on the door and took Leonard away. He would hand Leonard and the reward to the merchants Ed and Miss Christine, and they would set off to the surface immediately.

"Now that we have reached an agreement, I'll leave the rest to you two."

Sander spoke earnestly.

"My sister had some accidents before, and she has some problems with her soul and has been cursed. Although her condition is relatively stable now, the situation is getting worse and worse. I hope you can help solve this hidden danger.

"Specifically, this curse...wait, my sister is here, let her explain the details in person."

As soon as he finished speaking, a door behind Sander was knocked open. Along with a cloud of turbid steam, a long, curly reddish-brown Afro emerged from the white smoke.

"Hey, Xander, how was your talk?"

Shining kicked the heavy door shut and casually tied her long red curly hair into a ponytail. As the steam dissipated, a face that looked almost the same as Sander's appeared in front of everyone.

"It's settled. I'm introducing your situation now." Sander replied, "It's better for you to introduce yourself in this regard."

"no problem!"

Compared to Sander's steadiness and restraint, Shining was clearly very energetic. She walked from one end of the office to the other like a dancer, her heavy leather boots covered with stains made a dull sound on the ground, and every muscle on her face seemed to be dancing a happy waltz.

"You are the crazy adventurer Gehrman Sparrow who likes to sleep? You are the crazy adventurer Gehrman Sparrow who likes to sleep!"

Shining looked the two of them up and down in surprise, seeming to be very satisfied with them.

"It's like this, more than five years ago, I picked up a sword in the dungeon.

“I thought I had found a great bargain, but I found that the sword was tempting me and trying to distort my thinking and will. So in order to break free from the control and temptation, I simply stabbed myself in the stomach with it and successfully escaped.

"But I didn't expect that I would be split...into two halves!

“As the knife went down, another male me immediately emerged from my body!

"Moreover, my split is not an ordinary split. My soul, my memory, my spirit...even my extraordinary characteristics have been cut in half!"

Having said that, Shining took a step forward and made an exaggerated frightened face at Fors, which frightened Fors so much that he jumped a big step behind the adventurer.

This action attracted the attention of others. In order to ease the embarrassment, Fors searched through his limited knowledge of mysticism and took the initiative to ask.

"Your Beyonder characteristics were cut in half. This should be a serious injury. How did you manage to survive these five years?"

"Oh, little cutie, you got the point!"

Shining rubbed Fors' head hard with his dirty hands.

"In the past few years, we have been searching for extraordinary characteristics. We have replenished the missing extraordinary characteristics of the two people by re-swallowing extraordinary characteristics and holding promotion ceremonies."

“But won’t this method cause redundancy of Beyonder characteristics in your body?” Fors, who had little knowledge of Beyonder characteristics, was puzzled. “Since your souls are all incomplete, redundant Beyonder characteristics should be a fatal burden to you!”

"Yes, you are right, I and I also noticed this problem, but I and I have solved it!"

"Solution... solved?"

Shining smiled brightly.

"Yes, we have a baby!"