Dancing is not allowed on the grave

After cooperating with the Holy See of the Holy Light in fishing law enforcement, the black market in Ulysses Town has gradually declined-no one wants to risk being caught and put on the gallows to make a deal.

Jacob had expected this result, but there was nothing he could do about it when the Holy See of the Holy Light discovered the black market.

At least he saved his life and property, and now he has spent a sum of money to convert the original venue of the black market auction house into a large stage, where occasionally a traveling circus or opera will perform.

Jacob still runs a magic shop under his name, where Syl found a purple-quality elemental crystal.

"Light element crystal, 8000 gold coins, fire element crystal, 5000 gold coins..." The businessman held his small round glasses and calculated the price one by one. "The five items total [-] gold coins."

Hearing the quotation, Searle felt a little pain in his flesh.

Fortunately, he is not going to buy directly with currency.

Syl opened the backpack, and shook out a dozen ice element crystals and one dark element crystal from inside, "Can I exchange this?"

Although purple-quality ice elemental crystals are not rarer than light elementals, the price is not low, but what surprised Jacob the most was the dark elemental crystal.

Due to the suppression of the Holy See of the Holy Light, it is difficult to see black mages in Losra, and the rareness of dark element crystals is far more than other types.

Jacob picked up one, went to the window to look at the light, and when he saw the luster flowing inside the black crystal, his hand trembled and he almost dropped it to the ground.

is golden.

When Syl left the underground world, he told Lancelot that he wanted to collect purple quality crystals of various elements.

The quality of element crystals is greatly affected by the venue. Lancelot's proficiency in other magic is not as good as that of ice and darkness. In the case of the extreme scarcity of natural elements in the underground world, he can only squeeze crystals close to purple quality.

Although ice elements are also scarce, it is not difficult to squeeze out purple.

As for the dark element—this is the most abundant element in the underground world, so rich that it can bear fruit. Moreover, Lancelot's innate ability after becoming the devil is black magic, which led to the final crystallization of golden quality.

Syl had no idea, but Jacob, as a businessman, knew that this coin in his hand was a priceless treasure.

Orange is more pure than purple, and golden crystal, since it has never appeared before, no one knows what effect it can produce.

"Unfortunately, if my auction house is still there, this thing will definitely hit a new high." The businessman was frowning, and after dawdling for a while, he came over and asked Searle, "Where did you get this crystal?"

To be able to condense crystals of this purity, even if the opponent is not a magic god, he must at least have the peak level of a black mage.

It is absolutely impossible that the boy in front of him condensed it with his own hands.

Sure enough, Syl touched his head, a little embarrassed: "My wife pinched it for me."

Jacob: "!!!"

"???"

The merchant's face changed countless expressions in an instant, shock, doubt, pity... Finally he stammered and asked: "Son, do you know what you are dating, bah, who is it?"

If this black mage was born, it would be a natural disaster.

"I know." Seeing his reaction, Searle probably guessed that Jacob thought Lancelot was powerful and evil, and wanted to do it for Loss.

Instinctively, he was a little unhappy, and he couldn't explain it to the devil in front of strangers, so he asked in a muffled voice, "How is it? Can I exchange this?"

"Of course." After all, the businessman was good at observing words and expressions, and realized that the little guest was upset, so he stopped asking.

Immediate interests are more important than disasters that have not yet happened.

After losing the black market trading channel, it was difficult for him to get rid of this crystal, so he only bought it at the price of orange quality. Even so, Searle successfully exchanged for the crystal he needed and a bag of gold coins.

He didn't count it, and he couldn't count it, but the businessman said there were [-], so he was probably right.

The transaction was unexpectedly smooth, far exceeding Searle's expectations. Jacob also invited him to watch tonight's circus performance—it was said to be a touring performance of the strongest circus in Rosella, and tickets were hard to come by.

Syl had also seen a circus performance before, but it was far less lively than Rosella.

The circus known as the strongest was really popular, and the audience was very enthusiastic. They threw roses on the stage frequently before it even started.

Sitting in the VIP seat favored by the organizer, he had an excellent view and an unobstructed view.

Among the restless crowd, Searle noticed a blonde woman—she was too quiet, in stark contrast to the noisy crowd around her.

The woman was wearing a white robe, with a little light golden curly hair exposed under the hood. She couldn't see her side face clearly from a distance, but her skin was very fair and her temperament was aloof. Sitting there quietly was a bit unearthly.

He watched for a moment, looked away, and returned his attention to the stage.

The lights in the arena were turned on, and the animal trainer entered the audience's field of vision with a whip and iron cage, and the performance began.The huge bear got out of the iron cage, first let out a deep growl, and then seemed to lose control, the beast broke out, waving its thick bear paws and ran straight to the animal trainer.

The audience cried out in surprise, their hearts rose to their throats, and the timid children buried their faces in the arms of their parents and dared not look any more.

Of course nothing happened.

The animal trainer raised his whip and tamed the runaway beast.

In fact, this is also part of the performance. Anyone who has watched their performance knows that this is a common trick.

After the seemingly miraculous reversal, the audience applauded the animal trainer one after another, flowers were thrown onto the stage, and the atmosphere was high.

Then came the performances of "Bear Treading a Ball", "Bear Walking a Tightrope", and "Bear Jumping Obstacles" listed on the program list.

After sending off the naive big bear, the next guest performer is the lion.

Greeting guests, rolling, and crossing the single-plank bridge, the king of beasts behaved like a big cat under the whip.

Seeing it go through the ring of fire vigorously, Seale couldn't help standing up from his seat and applauding warmly with the audience.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

After the lion got through the fire circle, it didn't stop at the edge of the field, but directly rushed towards the audience.

At first, Seale and some of the audience thought that this was also a performance designed by the circus, until they saw the horror on the animal trainer's face after he was stunned-if this was also a performance, his acting skills might win an Oscar.

The roar of the lion resounded throughout the venue, the beast leaped down, and the predator's eyes turned to the auditorium. In addition to the wild killing, there was also a dangerous calmness in those eyes, which made people shudder.

The audience who were far away ran away, but those who were closer were not so lucky. They were all frightened by the beast king's roar, and fell to the ground tremblingly, unable to exert all their strength to run.

At first, the blond woman that Syl noticed was the closest to the lion, but she was also the calmest one. Instead, she turned around to try to divert the chaotic crowd.

She stretched out her hand to help the man behind her, but the beast seemed to be stimulated by something, suddenly violently jumped up and jumped towards her.

Before the woman turned her head, she heard the sound of gasping for air, and then she was thrown aside suddenly and fell to the ground.

The young man who threw her away stood in front of him, pointing his rapier at the ground.

Both the woman and the man were protected by him, and the lion turned around and rushed towards this side again. The boy kicked on the ground and went straight to meet him. The moment they passed by, the rapier turned around and jumped up with the scabbard. The beast fell to the ground.

"despair."

Syl touched the ground on one knee, propped his fingers on the ground, slowly got up, and retracted the rapier into his body.

With the improvement of his sword skills, he can now call out or retract the Judgment Sword instantly from any position on his body.

Before reaching the lion, a money bag fell out of the rescued man and fell to the ground with a muffled sound, which attracted Syl's attention.

The man seemed to be so frightened that he lost his ability to react, he just stared at the purse without picking it up.

The blond woman leaned over to pick it up, frowned, feeling a little strange: "Isn't this my purse?"

When the theft was discovered, the man slipped on his feet and tried to escape from the venue, but the guards who rushed to the stage stopped him.

They were originally here to subdue the runaway beast, but Searle took the lead and caught a thief, and found money bags belonging to several other guests on him.

The lion lying on the ground lost its ability to move, and was still grinning at the thief and making a low growl.

Syl walked to the side, knelt down and touched its furry head, "So you came down to catch thieves?"

The lion shook its fur, turned its head aside angrily, and raised its paws to rub the top of the head that Syl had just knocked on.

Syl was a little funny, and put his hand on the big cat's back to smooth its fur: "I'm sorry."

The big cat whined and chirped, aggrieved, lying on the ground for a while, then suddenly turned over and exposed its belly, kicking with four paws together, its body language revealed the emotion of "I don't obey, I don't obey".

It wasn't until the blond woman came over to touch it soothingly that the lion calmed down and rubbed against her affectionately.

Syl was a little surprised and asked her, "Do you know it?"

The woman shook her head: "I don't know."

"But now we know each other." She smiled and rubbed the big cat's face, "I have been close to animals since I was a child, although I don't know why, they seem to like being with me."

"Oh." Syl scratched his head.

The animal trainer took the lion away, and Jacob arrived in time, apologizing to Syl: "No injury, right? I'm really sorry, I didn't expect such an accident to happen."

As he spoke, he took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, while slandering in his heart: Fortunately, because he was afraid of black magicians, he didn't cheat this boy with a low price.

Jacob's eyes are sharp, and he can see many things in an instant.

He really didn't expect that the thin-looking young man was actually very good at swordsmanship.

"No injury." Syl shook his head and looked behind him. Most of the audience had already run away, leaving a mess on the ground. "Is the circus going to continue?"

Jacob sighed and said, "If you want to see it, you can continue to perform."

Anyway, the ticket money has already been earned. For the businessman, it doesn't matter even if no one sees the end. It's just that the enthusiasm for the circus performance may not be high.

Before Searle could answer, the blond woman on the side said first, "I want to continue watching."

"No problem, I'll let them continue to perform." After Jacob finished speaking, he walked backstage.

"Want to watch it together?" she asked.

Syl thought for a while, nodded and sat down at the side.

The chaos had just ended, the circus hadn't performed on the stage yet, and there were only a few guests left in the venue, so quiet that one could hear the scrambling backstage.

The blond woman was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "I've always wanted to see a circus show, but I never had the chance before."

She was still staring at the stage, and Syl looked around to confirm that she was talking to herself.

He was a little overwhelmed, scratched his head, and finally decided to answer with a question: "Er, why is there no chance?"

"My teacher won't let me," she said.

"Oh." Searle went on to chat awkwardly, "That's really miserable, I mean, your teacher has a lot of control."

"He's not just a teacher, he's the one who raised me... My relationship with him is complicated."

"Why doesn't he let you watch the circus performance?" Syl thought in his own way, "Could it be because the admission ticket is too expensive?"

"No, my teacher is very rich." The woman frowned. "There are many things he does not allow me to do. He wants to train me to be a god—gods cannot enjoy the happiness of human beings."

"?" Syl didn't know what was going on, and guessed that her teacher might be like those parents of students who expected their children to become a success, and they didn't allow their children to play with things and lose their minds.

The actual situation was actually different from what he thought, but the woman didn't say anything more.

It was the first time she saw a circus performance today, and she was full of joy and emotion and wanted to share it with others, but if Searle hadn't stepped forward just now, and the back in front of her touched a string in her heart, she would not have been able to confide in him These.

I don't know how to say it but it turns into sad words.

The woman sighed, lowered the brim of her hood, and said nothing more.

Sensing the oppressive atmosphere, Syl took the initiative to find a topic, "Where are you from?"

The other party was silent and only shook his head slightly.

It seems to be asking the wrong question.

Syl was about to give up the awkward chat when the woman suddenly said, "After watching this performance, I'm going to Augustine."

"?" Syl blurted out, "Isn't Augustine causing a plague? What are you doing there?"

"Investigate something."

He had a vague premonition, thought for a while and asked, "Then which town are you going to?"

It sounded like she was going to investigate something. In order to dispel her doubts, Searle added, "I happen to be going to Augustine too, so I can take you there."

"I have a carriage, and it runs fast."

"Pfft." The other party suddenly laughed.

Syl was a little dazed: "What are you laughing at?"

"No." The woman shook her head, "I think you are really nice."

"Are you complimenting me?"

"Yes." She nodded slightly and said, "I'm going to Karami."

Syl's heart skipped a beat.

He vaguely guessed something, but still kept silent, and said calmly: "It's just right, I'm going there too, I live there."

The other party's eyes lit up, "You live in Karami? Were you there the day the miracle happened?"

Syl nodded stiffly: "Yes."

"Great, can you tell me in detail?" She immediately took out a pen and paper from under her white robe, as if a reporter was interviewing witnesses. "For example, time, place, weather, is there any abnormal phenomenon?"

Syl scratched his head: "Nothing unusual? It's just that the hymn is particularly brainwashing."

The other party agreed: "Is it? I also think it's terrible. I've heard it since I was a child."