Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 234 Appraiser

Adele and Wendy sat down in the spacious captain's room that originally belonged to Captain Basque. Adele took the small silver bottle of coffee powder on the table and made a cup of coffee for each of them.

"Now that we have the opportunity, let's talk about your treatment."

Adele smiled gently, "I don't think I've paid you yet... After all, I don't have much liquidity on hand right now."

"But I've only been employed for a short time. Don't you people in Loen work first and get paid later?"

Wendy was a little puzzled.

"That's true, but I happened to find this when I was checking the spoils these days. I think you might want to use this to pay off your debts rather than your salary."

After saying that, Adele opened her suitcase, took out a small wooden box from the compartment, opened it, and pushed it in front of Wendy.

"It's also good to learn from Intis's model of paying first and then rushing the work...Emperor Roselle believes that this method can better motivate employees."

Wendy looked closely and saw a solid piece of gear-like solid with metallic luster in the wooden box. It had a certain curvature like a magnifying glass. The moment she saw the solid piece, her spiritual intuition told her what it was.

"Is this... the extraordinary characteristic of the 'Appraiser'?"

Wendy swallowed hard, "But, this is almost equivalent to my salary for a year and a half."

"So, it's an advance payment."

Adele smiled and said, "I know you can't afford it now, but you can pay it in installments with your work. So, I won't pay you for the next two years."

At this moment, in Wendy's eyes, Adele seemed to have grown the horns and tail of a little devil just like Sophie.

Capital, capitalist!
Wendy wailed in her heart, but she knew that the price offered by Adele was not too outrageous. Originally, the corresponding Beyonder characteristic was something that was out of stock. If she were to look for it herself, she didn't know how much time it would take, and she might not even find it.

"Don't worry too much. Once you become an 'appraiser', you can go to the Esco family's auction house to be a new notary. You can get double the salary and pay off your debts quickly..."

Adele whispered devilishly in Wendy's ear, "Besides, I've prepared all the supporting materials for you. If you agree, you can get promoted now, okay?"

Wendy hesitated for a while before she made up her mind. She gritted her teeth and nodded in agreement.

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Without the whaling mission, the ironclad was sailing very fast. If it went directly to Constance, it would only take one day and one night to reach the destination at the speed of the ironclad. Therefore, Adele decided to sell the Beyonder Characteristics to Wendy as soon as possible so that she could complete the promotion on the ship.

Although being promoted to Sequence 7 did not improve her strength much, with the "Appraiser", the Beyonder trading market could resume operations, and Adele also gained a new source of income. She could indeed use the magic mirror to divine, but it was definitely not as convenient as the Appraiser's ability. Moreover, as the head of the group, she could not always guard the Beyonder gatherings.

Well, what did Emperor Roselle say? Come, let's take a look at the residual value?
Adele thought to herself and looked at Wendy who was holding the cup of potion across from her with some trepidation.

Seeing the witch's gaze, Wendy felt a sudden panic in her heart. Looking at Adele's half-smile, she gritted her teeth and swallowed the cup of silver-white potion in one gulp.

At first, nothing unusual happened, which made Adele wonder if there was something wrong with her divination. However, the next second, Wendy's voice began to become stuck, like the sound of gears in an old machine biting each other.

Her joints moved mechanically, making people wonder if the flesh and blood under her skin had been replaced by metal. Her eyes emitted a bright and clear white light, and a large amount of information flowed back into her brain along with the reflected light.

However, Adele was not worried about the other party's condition. Not only because the scene when she was promoted was much weirder than now, but also because Wendy's hand maintained a simple gesture.

That was the signal they agreed upon, meaning everything was fine.

After about fifteen minutes, Wendy's changes gradually disappeared and her body became soft again. Adele also gradually let down her guard and helped her to the chair.

"How does it feel?"

Adele watched Wendy move her body to adapt to the power brought by the Sequence 7 potion, and expressed her concern.

"To be honest, I'm still a little disappointed."

Wendy waved her arms in frustration. "It's not as cool as I imagined. It's just that his physical fitness has been improved a little bit. His means of directly fighting the enemy are not much different from Sequence 8."

"I can now quickly identify magical items. I can intuitively grasp the abilities and problems of most extraordinary items, and can use them to avoid danger as much as possible."

Wendy felt a little disappointed. "But now I still have to work for you for two years to pay off my debt. How can I afford to buy magical items for self-defense?"

Indeed, the fighting style of the appraiser is similar to that of the "weapon master" of the warrior path. They both rely on their own understanding of magical items and equip themselves with a large number of magical items that normal people cannot bear to fight...

Adele agreed with Wendy's words. Sister Vesper had already shown her how powerful these Beyonders with full equipment could be. A Sequence 5 could charge head-on into a demigod, completely ignoring demons with lower sequences than himself. In the end, he could even withstand a few hits from an angel. It was astonishing.

However, Sister Vespe is a favored one by the God of War, and she carries a cathedral-sized seal on her body. It would be good if an ordinary Beyonder could wear a fraction of her seals, not to mention Wendy, who is so poor that she only has one seal that looks like a fortune-teller's seal on her body.

Moreover, even if the Beyonders of the Warrior Path do not have Sealed Items, the potions used to enhance their physique and combat power are not comparable to those of the General Path. In other words, when both sides are at Sequence 7, an "Appraiser" with the same equipment level or without any magical items is completely inferior to a "Weapon Master" in battle.

Technical staff should stop thinking about fighting and just help me make money...

Adele was comforting Wendy, but she was thinking this in her heart.

"Since there is no problem, go back to your room and rest. You don't need to do anything for now."

Adele patted Wendy on the shoulder and said, "Get back on track as soon as possible. Make sure you regain your full combat power before we reach the Abyss Whirlpool."

"I won't need to fight then, will I?"

Wendy asked timidly.

"It's not a fight, but there are mysterious beings of a very high level involved there after all..."

Adele remembered the description of the Fountain of Youth. "If you still have the negative effects of your promotion, something bad might happen."

(End of this chapter)