Magic Merchant Racial Anecdote

Ned looked inward with his head. The door was pitch-black. Relying on the dragon's excellent night vision ability, he could roughly see the moss-covered pillars and the rusty old chandelier.

"No matter how you look inside, it doesn't look like there are people inside." Ned muttered involuntarily, turned his head to look at Alai who was standing under the stairs, and asked silently with his eyes: Do you want to go in?

A Lai held the little dragon cub with both hands, and frowned in confusion.

"Wait, I'd better contact the client again. Although it's unlikely, what if the wrong coordinates were sent?" Alai beckoned Ned to return first, and contacted the client again out of caution.

[Hello, our staff has arrived at the coordinates, where is the delivery person? ] Alai asked tentatively.

[The goods are inside the theater, please go to the basement level. ] The other party replied almost immediately, as if they were waiting there specially.

[Can I trouble you to deliver the goods to the door? 】Alai discussed with the client.The inside of the theater was pitch black, and there seemed to be something wrong with it. To be honest, he didn't want to go in to pick up the goods at all.

[You can just go in and get it. Enter the door to the basement floor, the box is very conspicuous, you should be able to see it at a glance. ] The customer replied unceremoniously.

[There is no docking with the sender, which does not conform to the company's workflow. 】A Lai changed his explanation and tried to convince the other party.

[But I have already paid the deposit. 】The customer pinched Alai's Achilles' heel.

"I wonder if this guy knows me..." Alai murmured.

He stared at the sentence on the virtual screen for a long time, and in the end he could only admit that he was unlucky.He has collected the deposit, and it is absolutely impossible to refund it.Even if the theater is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, he can only bite the bullet and break into it.

[Please wait a moment, I will pick up the goods for you. 】Alai replied reluctantly.

"So, we still have to go in in the end?" Ned watched the whole process and came to a conclusion.

Ned has long discovered that his partner has a special attachment to work, as long as it is the next order, no matter what happens, it must be completed in the end.So to be honest, he was not surprised at Alai's final decision.

"Yeah." Alai frowned and nodded, his face was not pretty.

"It's better to be careful, I always have an ominous premonition." Ah Lai said, turned on the lighting function of the system, and walked towards the door together with Ned.

Through the golden carved arches, a stench of corruption hits the face.Traces of elaborate decoration can still be seen in the hall. In the center is a glazed escalator that goes up the steps. Floor-to-ceiling mirrors made of crystal are placed alternately on both sides, reflecting each other endlessly.

"We're going to the next floor, pay attention to find the entrance." Alai instructed Ned, and his voice echoed repeatedly in the empty hall.

Ned's field of vision was much wider than the area where Alai could only see the light. He protected Alai with one hand to prevent him from tripping over the old and uneven carpet, while searching for the entrance of the stairs going down. .

Walking through the hall, there is an abandoned stage and audience seats inside. The water flow channel leading to the upper floating seats has long been damaged, and the multi-layered crystal chandeliers on the zenith are also crumbling.

They walked around the baroque stone pillars and the red seats covered with algae, and finally found the entrance to the next level at the back of the stage.

Alay took a photo of the system, and the steps were wet and covered with green moss.The iron handrail has long been eroded by sea water, and it is covered with dense barnacles.

Alai instantly felt his scalp go numb, and couldn't help but grab Ned's forearm.

"Huh?" Ned looked at Alai in confusion.

"Did you hear any sound?" Alai was a little embarrassed, embarrassed to say that he had a panic attack, so he had to find an excuse to ask Ned.

"The sound of water can be heard from below." Unexpectedly, Ned really answered. He stood at the bottom of the stairs, listened intently for a while, and said to Ah Lai.

Alai took a deep breath, forced himself not to look at the barnacles that made him try to phobia, and awkwardly asked Ned to help him take him down.

According to how slippery the stairs are, Alai was sure that if he dared to walk, he would end up with a broken leg.

Ned naturally agreed with his whole heart. He half-hugged Ah Lai skillfully, and went down to the bottom floor of the opera house in just a few strides.

The bottom floor of the theater is a huge semi-sunken theater. There is a bottomless reservoir in the middle, about the size of three basketball courts. The water surface is dark and sticky, as if there are some dark monsters living underwater.

And in the center of the pool, there is a small boat floating at this time, with a small lamp on the prow, illuminating a rectangular pure black wooden box placed in the boat, the shape, at first glance, looks like a coffin .

The moment Alai saw the pitch-black wooden box, he finally couldn't help rolling his eyes.How did this horror story-like drama unfold?Not making a movie?Can't these customers be normal?

A Lai sighed and looked around, seeing the small boat floating alone in the middle of the water, with a smell of trouble, he hesitated for a while.

When Alai lowered his head to think, the little dragon cub quietly crawled out of Ned's pocket, flapped his wings and flew across the pool, landing on the wooden box with a thud.

He also proudly raised his little head, and grumbled at Alai twice.That means, don't be afraid, it's just a wooden box.

A Lai first watched the little dragon cub dangling in mid-air nervously, for fear that it would accidentally fall into the pool, and seeing him like this, he couldn't laugh or cry.

He wasn't afraid at all, he just felt that the deal was strange and wanted to be more cautious.But now Xiaolong is lying on the box, no matter how cautious he is, it is useless.

Alai simply opened the suspension device of the system, and walked to the wooden box together with Ned.

When 'Cheese' saw Ah Lai coming, she flew back into his arms obediently, and groaned twice.Say you're great.

A Lai tapped his little head with his fingers silently, only then did he have the time to take a closer look at the wooden box.

On the pure black wooden shell, complex ring patterns are faintly carved, and the silver delicate patterns are embellished on it, making it look more like a part of this theater, or an important prop in a certain play.

[Confirm with you, is this the designated shipment? ] He took a random photo and sent a message to the client to ask.

But this time, the customer's reply has not been sent yet.

"Forget it, let's pack the boxes first, we should go back." Alai waited on the spot for a while, but the customer didn't reply, so he had no choice but to say to Ned.

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." Ned frowned in embarrassment.

"What's the matter? Couldn't the space be filled?" Alai asked, his ominous premonition grew stronger.

"It's not for this reason." Ned's tone was hesitant.The dragon's keen sense of hearing allowed him to clearly hear the even breathing sound in the wooden box through layers of packaging.

"The box contains a living creature." Ned said in a low voice.

And Ned's space cannot accommodate living things.

"What do you mean pretending to be a living thing?" Alai asked with a glimmer of hope.

"The thing inside the box is alive. I just don't know what it is, but I can hear the sound of breathing and heartbeat, but the beating is very slow. It may be falling asleep or dying." Ni Deutsch replied flatly, not realizing the seriousness of the matter at all.

Alai closed his eyes, trying to convince himself.

The boxes may contain large edible fish such as sharks and tuna. If there is a heartbeat, it may also be sea lions, seals, dolphins... The customer may be an aquarium owner.

How!what!Can!can!

He said that there is a problem with this order, what should we do now?Do you want to charge back?Alai stared blankly at the box and thought for a while, and finally decided to confirm what was in the box before making any plans.

The order did not say that the packaging must be intact, so it is not a breach of contract.

Well, just do it.

"Ned, can you open the box?" Alai turned around and asked.

"It shouldn't be difficult." Ned tilted his head and looked at the wooden box, and clasped the small seams of the box with his bare hands, exerting a little force.The box was easily dismantled in two.

Alai first sighed at Ned's operation, and then looked into the box.He recognized it at a glance, and the wooden box contained a three-zone intelligent biological cabin.

The transparent shell is filled with light blue nutrient solution, and there is a mermaid girl sleeping peacefully in the cabin, with an immature face and long black hair wrapped around her like algae, and a very rare bronze-colored tail, faintly Glittering golden light.

"Is what you saw the same as what I saw?" The premonition came true, Alai took a deep breath, pointed at the mermaid in front of him and asked Ned.

"Huh? Are you referring to the mermaid in front of you?" Ned replied in confusion.

"So, this is not my hallucination." Alai rubbed his eyes vigorously and sighed.

"?" Ned tilted his head, feeling that he couldn't keep up with Alai's topic.

"I think we probably ran into a smuggler." Ah looked at the dazed Ned, and he had completely accepted the fact that he was cheated by the client.

"Smuggling? Mermaid? Why?" Ned asked suspiciously.

He didn't understand why a race would want such a useless creature like a mermaid?Moreover, for Ned, such things as smuggling are simply incomprehensible. The Dragon Clan always does what they want, and grabs it back if they want it. He doesn't understand why such a trivial matter requires so many detours.

"Mermaids have always been very popular creatures...the other party probably wants to use us to transport mermaids to other planes. But this behavior has actually violated the biological protection regulations of the third district, that is to say...we either Report the customer on breach of contract and return the order, or collect payment as if nothing happened." A Lai explained with a sigh.

In the myths and legends of many planes, it is mentioned that eating mermaid meat can lead to immortality.But in fact, only a very small number of mermaid meat has this effect, and the heart must be eaten, and it must be eaten fresh to be effective, and it will be useless after time.

This kind of eternal life is strictly speaking a curse.

Hunting merfolk has long been an unspoken thing on the High Planes.They're not even for the food, but for the mermaid's beauty.This kind of force value is basically zero, and it is very beautiful. From the day it was born, it has been accompanied by countless plunder and misfortune.

"Then... shall we cancel the order now?" Ned looked at Alai and asked.

"Hmm...let me think about it." Alai bit his lower lip, feeling troubled by the matter in front of him.Logically, he should have returned the order right now, put the box back where it was, and pretended nothing happened.

'Mind your own business' has always been Alai's survival creed.

From the day he decided to use his space magic to wander in worlds full of different races, magic and power, he warned himself that if a person with no strength like him meddles in his own business, he will die Far.

'However, things are different now. Ah took a look at Ned standing beside him, thinking with complicated emotions.On the one hand, he knew that if he wanted to meddle in this business, Ned would help him without hesitation.But on the other hand, he didn't want to be so dependent on Ned's power.

"Depending on" is much more dangerous to Alai than "meddling his own business".

Just as Alai was struggling, Ned suddenly hugged Alai, quickly closed the lid of the wooden box, and jumped towards the stone pillar behind the pool.

"——!" Alai was taken aback.

"Someone is coming." Ni dragged Alai to hide behind the stone pillar, and then said in a barely audible voice next to his ear.

Alai nodded cooperatively, and knocked on Ned's wrist by the way, motioning him to let go.Ned hugged him so tightly that both Xiaolong and him could hardly breathe.

They opened the system shield and waited quietly.

After about a few minutes, Alai vaguely heard the sound of shoes stepping on the steps.

Someone was going downstairs, walking underground.

The author has something to say:

The opera scene is inspired by the movie version of "The Phantom of the Opera", Amway~