Chapter 121: Bullets

Chapter One Hundred Twenty-OneBullets

The single candle swayed with dim yellow flame, making the shadows along the sitting room walls drift and ripple.

Klein chose a position most convenient for escape and swept his gaze around. He saw old Mr. Eye of Wisdom, whose nasolabial folds were very deep, and he saw the chubby-cheeked Apothecary.

Mm. After comparing again, although he is wearing an iron mask that covers the upper half of his face, I can basically confirm he is the sharp-tongued man I encountered inside Rice Circus’s small theater…

Klein withdrew his gaze and waited for the gathering to formally begin. The woman with an Artisan behind her had concealed herself rather thoroughly, just like most of the participants. Therefore, before she spoke, he could not confirm whether she had come.

A few minutes later, Eye of Wisdom raised his head to glance at the mechanical wall clock and laughed.

“Quite a full attendance today.”

“Let us begin.”

Before his voice had fully faded, the plump Apothecary had already spoken first.

“I need a Beyonder creature for experiments. Preferably an animal. Preferably one already subdued, without too much danger.”

An animal-type Beyonder creature?

Klein was slightly stirred.

He remembered what the other party had said in the circus’s small theater, remembered that the man had seemed capable of understanding beasts’ thoughts.

He is merely an Apothecary, yet he has that kind of ability—and now he is buying animal-type Beyonder creatures. Mm. After I sold him the Spring of the Elves’ marrow crystal, he should have already gathered all the ingredients and advanced… In other words, the Sequence after Apothecary is related to commanding beasts?

Based on the information he knew, Klein made a guess.

At that moment, someone responded to the Apothecary with a sneer.

“Who would keep a Beyonder creature by their side?”

“It is dangerous, and it is easy to be discovered. Would it not be far more convenient and discreet to kill it directly and preserve the Beyonder materials?”

The Apothecary never admitted defeat in a war of words. He immediately gave a heh.

“What a stupid idea!”

“You cannot guarantee that the Beyonder material on that creature happens to be what you need, nor can you guarantee that it happens to sell. Rather than that, you might as well tame it, command it, make it your helper, and double your own strength…”

As he spoke, his voice slowly grew quieter. He felt as though he had revealed some important secret.

Shit! Why can I never control this mouth of mine!

The Apothecary slapped himself hard inside his heart.

As expected…

Klein nodded almost imperceptibly.

The Apothecary’s request undoubtedly went unanswered. Most participants here were not of very high Sequence, nor were they people of great status in Backlund. They lived cautiously, barely maintaining themselves. How could they luxuriously keep a Beyonder creature?

More importantly, wild Beyonder creatures were often extremely hostile toward humans. Once encountered, it was generally either you die or I perish. If one wanted to capture them alive, one needed a sufficiently powerful team, or the strength to completely suppress the target. Of course, it could not be ruled out that certain Sequence Beyonders possessed special abilities especially suitable for such situations.

After a burst of disappointment, the Apothecary coughed lightly and said, “I brought quite a few potions with me. All of you know their effects. Anyone who wants them can speak near the end.”

The same few kinds as before: healing wounds, making oneself berserk, and improving performance in that area?

Klein mocked him silently, gave a low laugh, and offered the other man an idea.

“You could buy a Sequence 9 formula, find the corresponding Beyonder ingredients, then brew it into a potion and feed it to the animal you have taken a fancy to. That way, you would possess a Sequence 9 Beyonder creature, and afterward, you could let it advance…