Chapter 191: Aftereffects

Chapter 191: Aftereffects

Scharf failed to notice the change in Alger’s gaze. He pointed toward one of the believers of the Primordial Moon currently being “cremated” and said,

“That cane of his was also taken from me. It’s called Sea’s Word. It can release lightning at a targeted enemy, and when swung as a weapon, it adds wind blades to the strike. Besides that, it can create large balls of water and corrosive rain. It allows its holder to no longer fear the pressure of the deep sea and to freely draw oxygen from water. At the same time, it can also serve as a magic wand and carry someone into flight.

“There are three negative effects. First, it likes to sing. Every six hours, it will inevitably burst into song, and the effects do not distinguish between friend and foe. Depending on the style of song it chooses, it may leave people entranced and absentminded, shake their spirits, or trigger irritability and lower their reason. Of course, even if six hours haven’t passed, as long as you wish it, it will be very happy to sing.

“Second, from what I just said, you can tell that it possesses a certain degree of living traits—and it belongs to the sort with a rather unpleasant personality. It likes to trip its holder when they aren’t paying attention, whip them, or drag them rolling down the stairs.

“Third, it makes its holder more likely to be struck by lightning. So, during thunderstorms, either don’t go out, or don’t take it with you.”

That’s the Sealed Artifact made from Gehrman Sparrow’s Ocean Songster Beyonder characteristic. If he knew that you finished it long ago but let believers of the Primordial Moon take it away, you would definitely be sold to someone in need—in the form of a Beyonder characteristic… Alger looked toward the area near the dining table and saw a deep black cane inlaid with silvery-white metal.

In his understanding, no matter whether the other negative effects were severe or not, any mystical item possessing living traits counted as a Sealed Artifact, because that alone implied unpredictable danger.

Seeing that Star Admiral Cattleya and her companion gave no sign that he could stop, Scharf could only pull out more mystical items with a bitter expression.

“This dagger is called Venomous Blade. From the name, you already know its effect. I don’t need to describe it further, do I?

“Ah, it can attach a random poison to every wound it inflicts. As for what poison it is, that depends entirely on luck.

“Its negative effect isn’t too serious. It only causes medical treatment to fail and gradually accumulates the feeling of drunkenness.”

Scharf went on to introduce several more mystical items in succession before he finally heard Star Admiral Cattleya speak.

“Good. You may keep the rest.”

Whew… Not bad at all. She left me three items… Not only did Scharf feel no resentment, he sincerely felt that Star Admiral was truly a good person, as though he had developed some sort of psychological illness.

Cattleya immediately turned her head and looked at The Hanged Man.

“You choose first.”

She knew that The World, Gehrman Sparrow, had a mystical item being made by this Craftsman, so she allowed The Hanged Man to pick out the mad adventurer’s item first.

Alger nodded. He took the Sea’s Word cane and the Gargoyle Glasses, then indicated that the rest counted as spoils.

After some thought, Cattleya said, “Choose one more. The rest are mine.”

She was not particularly interested in the remaining mystical items, because she herself already possessed two sufficiently powerful items worthy of her status. Later, she had also obtained the Judge Button and the Lucky Scale, eliminating her weaknesses in every area. Under such circumstances, considering the stacking of negative effects, she would not look twice at or replace anything unless it was extremely useful or extremely special.

Of course, as a pirate admiral, no matter what, she would never complain about having too many mystical items. After all, some…