Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 6 Party
After dinner, Altaïr stood up to clean up the dishes and prepare to attend the Extraordinary gathering held in the bar. Since the War of Faith, similar underground gatherings have sprung up in the East District.

Although their strength was not very strong - as far as Altaïr knew, there were generally few mid-sequence strongmen above Sequence 7 in such gatherings, but they had the advantage of being numerous, and even the Orthodox Church had no effective means of supervision.

Here, the Beyonders traded some Beyonder materials or magical items, but only a few larger Beyonder gatherings dared to trade formulas. After all, ordinary Beyonders were unlikely to be able to afford two potions to test their authenticity, and when the host of the gathering was unable to ensure the authenticity of the formula, no one would take the risk.

However, the host of this Beyonder gathering is Geglan, who "answers all questions". Her sequence seems to have the ability to use a mirror for divination, and can confirm whether a formula or other item is threatening and whether it is real and effective.

Other gatherings of Extraordinary people obviously did not have Extraordinary people with similar abilities. Even if there were, their sequences also limited the upper limit of the spiritual power contained in the items they could divine. And their upper limit of ability became the natural upper limit of the gathering size, resulting in a situation where although there were many Extraordinary gatherings, not many of them could become a major event.

Altaïr hired a two-wheeled carriage and soon arrived at the door of the "Crucible and Top Hat" bar. Altaïr pushed open the door and was greeted by a strong smell of alcohol. Gang members and bounty hunters in the East District did not have as many entertainment activities as the nobles, so this kind of bar with a chess and card room and billiard room was very popular and suitable for the middle class in the East District who had some assets but were still far behind the formal employees in the West District.

Altaïr used his talent as an assassin to nimbly pass through the staggering drunks and came to the small patio in the backyard of the bar. He recalled and tapped the wall rhythmically with his index finger.

Then, the wall cracked open, revealing a reddish-brown wooden door. During the War of Faith, a "traveler" was killed by a machine gun on a Feysac airship carrying an arbitrator after his spirituality was exhausted. Because this place was still in the war zone at the time, his extraordinary characteristics were not recovered in time, and eventually merged with the wall, turning this wall into a magical object, which was called the "whitewashed wall" by Gegran.

As long as you knock on the wall at a fixed rhythm, a spiritual door will appear on the wall. The door is reddish brown and looks like a normal wooden door. After passing through the door, the user will be transported to different places according to the different rhythms.

Since it does not need to be carried by anyone, the owner, Gagran, does not need to bear any side effects. This wall has two sides. When knocking on the outside of the wall, the other end of the door is connected to the location pre-set by the holder; when knocking on the inside of the wall, as long as the number corresponding to the house number is knocked in the order of intervals, it will teleport the user to the hallway of the house corresponding to Backlund.

Of course, since the Beyonder on the Apprentice Path was only Sequence 5, the distance of the magical item was limited to Backlund. Otherwise, if he opened the door and found himself teleported to Intis, that would be bad.

It also has a side effect: every time you teleport through it, one of the user's extraordinary abilities will be randomly sealed for up to an hour. In a low-level gathering where everyone is generally at Sequence 8 to Sequence 9, depriving two extraordinary abilities is almost as effective as prohibiting them from taking action, so no one would try to take advantage of others' things.

Altair pushed open the spiritual door, and the next second, he was in a bright room with a fireplace. The layout of this room was arranged by Gagran. Unlike other Beyonder gatherings where the lights were generally dim and the faces of the members were blurred, the fireplace and gas lamps here were working properly. According to Gagran, it was not that he could not afford the gas meter, so what was the point of making the room so dim.

There were more than twenty chairs with armrests in the room, and all but two of them were occupied. Altaïr sat down on the chair with a familiar look.

The ability that was taken away this time was the passive "crime abetment bonus" of Sequence 8 "Instigator", which had little effect on his frontal combat ability. After all, no one had those fancy little skills before Sequence 7, and at most they were just a little stronger than normal people. Now that the core ability of frontal combat was not sealed, Altaïr felt more confident.

"You actually came here. We thought you died in some sewer."

A thin man in black robes smiled softly and greeted Altaïr in a "friendly" way. Everyone here, including Altaïr, wore masks. After all, not everyone wanted to let others know their Beyonder identity, because that would mean trouble. However, the identities of the party members could still be distinguished based on their dress, seat position, and conversation.

"Listening to you talk is no different than being in a sewer."

Altaïr snorted coldly, folded his hands over his chest, lowered his head and closed his eyes to rest.

"While you were away, we gained a new member."

Gagran, standing in the middle, nodded to Altaïr, then nodded to the empty chair next to him.

"She should be here by now... Oh, she's here." Geglan looked towards the gate, where the spiritual gate appeared again. "Please take a seat, let's get started."

Altaïr turned his head and glanced at the other person. She was a tall woman with well-proportioned muscles. She seemed to be a very strong fighter. She had loose curly hair, with brown hair tips peeking out from the hood of her hooded robe. Noticing Altaïr's gaze, she nodded slightly and sat down next to him.

"Well, let the party begin now." Geglan waved his hand and sat down on the velvet chair in the middle of the hall.

Everyone was silent for about two seconds, and then the thin man in black robe raised his hand and said:
"I have two items for sale. The first is a necklace called "Indulgent Rose Heart". It has three abilities: First, after being infused with spirituality, it can harden the user's skin and withstand frontal shots from a revolver. Only a high-pressure steam rifle can break through the defense. Second, as long as you carry it with you, it can provide the user with powerful recovery power. As long as it is not a fatal injury, even an injury that penetrates the abdomen can be quickly recovered. Third, it can also provide the ability to use frost."

"The negative effect is that as long as you wear it, the holder's sense of time will change, and it will randomly become faster or slower. After using the necklace's extraordinary ability, you will have the desire to reproduce and mate, which will gradually increase with the length of time you use it. If you use it for more than five minutes, this desire will be enough to cause you to make a serious mistake in your judgment. If you don't take it off within ten minutes of using the necklace, this desire will solidify and always remain at its strongest state. In fact, when the desire is at its strongest, it is enough to cover your own reason."

"The price is 1500 pounds. Believe me, this is a fair price. If it weren't for the fact that the negative effects of this item are somewhat dangerous to me and I'm in urgent need of cash, I wouldn't sell it easily."

The short man introduced it with some reluctance.

For a magical item that is almost equivalent to Sequence 6, this price is quite cheap... Altaïr pondered and seriously considered whether he needed this item. In fact, the effect of this item is very powerful. Most low-sequence Beyonders are only stronger than normal people in terms of physical fitness, and do not have the ability to withstand bullets. The hardened skin and rapid recovery ability of this item will be a qualitative improvement for him who is Sequence 8. However, the negative effects are also quite terrible. As long as it is worn, it will confuse the user's sense of time, so it is easy to wear it for a long time... As an assassin, he still hopes that he can stay rational at all times. After all, no one wants to become a madman who only knows how to reproduce and mate.

Shaking his head to suppress his shopping urge, Artair looked around and found that no one had made an offer yet. It seemed that everyone was afraid of the negative effects. Besides, there were not many people who could take out 1500 pounds in cash at once.

However, at this moment, the new woman next to Altaïr spoke softly: "I will pay you 1600 pounds, and you must tell me the usual sealing method. In addition, help me find out the recent movements of the leader of the Blackland Party."

This lady is richer than she looks... Why is she asking about the Blackland Party? Altaïr's eyes wandered, as he showed when he was thinking about something.

The Blackland Party's main business is the smuggling of strong liquor and tobacco, which can be seen from the fact that they use the name of the liquor as the name of the party. Since everyone is eager to numb themselves with alcohol after the war, so as to forget their pain, their gang's funds have been increasing. The commission that Altaïr took on to assassinate the executioner of the Zmanger Party was initiated by the leader of the Blackland Party. After all, the Blackland Party is a recently rising gang. Although they have sufficient funds, there are many things that cannot be bought with money or cannot be bought immediately, such as high-pressure steam rifles and shrewd and capable thugs, so they can only entrust assassins like Altaïr to solve the problem.

While Altaïr was thinking, the deal was done. The lady took the iron box containing the Rose Heart and the note with the sealing method from Gagran and sat back in her seat.

(End of this chapter)