Mystery: When the Fool Meets the Masked Fool

Chapter 233 Contempt for Lofty Morals

As Roselle twisted Nicardoli's act of piercing Gnaeus, Nicardoli's body turned to ashes and vanished.

0+0 Rosell solo 0T with Firewalker and Divine Strike Spear in both halves. Explosive power level; power-focused players recommend pulling 3+1, while those focused on specific playstyles should consider their options. SP players should pull Rosell from the back, MP players should stand in the front to be pulled by Rosell.

The brightness in the venue suddenly increased, as if someone had turned on the lights.

A golden trash can has appeared where Nicardoli used to stand.

Trash can? Why a trash can?

“This is a treasure chest.” Klein nodded seriously.

"Huh?" Rosell and Audrey both looked at Klein.

Klein simply nodded: "You'll understand once you spend more time with the creators of this simulated universe."

After saying that, Klein stepped forward and prepared to open the lid of the trash can.

Suddenly, the trash can flipped over, grew four limbs, and kicked at Klein.

"Holy crap, it's a mimic!" The kick from the trash can passed right through Klein's semi-transparent body.

The instant the trash can suddenly sprouted limbs, Klein entered a state of "recollection walking," using this untouchable form to evade the attack.

The trash can's attack missed, and with a bang, it emitted a puff of white smoke, its limbs disappeared, and it fell to the ground, turning back into an ordinary trash can.

"You're quite skilled," Rosell teased from behind, arms crossed.

Klein smiled and reached out to open the trash can lid once again.

This time, the trash can didn't cause any trouble and was opened obediently.

Three orbs of light floated out of the open trash can and hovered in mid-air.

Russell rubbed his hands together and stepped forward: "Want to open a blind box? I like that."

“Then Your Majesty, you go first.” Klein stepped aside.

Russell laughed and patted Klein on the arm.

"You're being too polite with me, kid."

As he spoke, Russell turned to Audrey behind him and said, "Ladies first."

"Thank you." Audrey didn't stand on ceremony, gracefully curtsied, took two steps forward, and reached out to touch the first ball of light on her left.

The ball of light landed in Audrey's hand, transforming into a golden dagger with some cracks. Apart from the cracks on the blade, the patterns on the hilt were also worn, so it didn't look completely new.

A screen of light appeared in front of the three of them.

[A steel claw dagger with slightly shallower patterns].

That's its name.

Klein had assumed that, like when he obtained the artifact, the cracks on it would heal themselves.

But not this time; the weapon still appeared to be a damaged version.

Could it be that this dagger also considers scars to be a warrior's medal? Klein thought to himself.

Rosell continued to gesture, indicating that Klein should touch the ball of light.

Klein did not hesitate this time either, accepting the second orb of light.

The ball of light in Klein's hands first transformed into an iron heart, white and blue in color, with golden leaves wrapped around it.

The heart then flew toward Klein's clothes and merged with the artifact on his body.

[Glory Baptizes the Body]

The name of this heart seems a bit strange.

Klein seemed to hear a voice echoing in his ears.

“Courage flows within, this heart is called Glory.” In that instant, Klein felt an intense sense of security spread throughout his body.

That's great, it's a super strong defense.

Although Klein also played the game "Star Barrel Railroad," the artifacts in reality seemed to have no upgrade limit or level restriction, and could keep up with his progress indefinitely.

This pleased him greatly.

Seeing that both of them had finished drawing, Roselle took the last ball of light.

The ball of light in Roselle's hands first grew larger, then shrank, transforming into a golden scale.

"Is this... a compliment of lofty morality?" Klein remembered hearing something similar from Serres.

Both he and Audrey were very curious and craned their necks to look.

It was a golden scale, and in the middle of the scale was a muscular man who was giving Rosell the middle finger.

Middle finger?

Why the middle finger?
In this rich and all-encompassing universe, morality takes form and gives Russell the middle finger.

This is:
[Contempt for lofty morals].

what?
…………

Woo!
With a whistle, the White Agate entered Damir Harbour, where it would replenish its freshwater and food supplies before setting sail again the following morning.

Klein spent two days at sea that could be described as leisurely, or it could be described as boring.

Padma doesn't need Klein to accompany her for walks; she spends her days enjoying the scenery and playing games.

This left him utterly bored with the seascape, so he decided to explore the harbor bar that night, hoping to glean more information about mermaids and find inspiration for his role.

Klein is already considering "opening a movie theater," as Russell mentioned.

He plans to start experimenting with creating a floating cinema at sea.

The ship docked, and Klein put Padma on his shoulder, pulled up his collar, and disembarked. Following the road signs, he found the nearest bar.

His current attire is that set of relics, but Klein has replaced the monocle in his left eye with a gold-rimmed one.

Now, whenever Klein puts on his monocle, he thinks of Amon, and it always gives him a creepy feeling.

In addition, he wore a top hat and a pocket watch. His time-stop pistol, "Red Dead Redemption," gleamed brightly at his waist.

Although he was confident that nothing would go wrong, trusted his spiritual intuition, and even more so, believed in Padma's luck, it was still better to be on high alert when going out.

The bar is called "Flying Fish and Wine". Klein glanced at the sign and felt that the name was not as good as "The End of the World".

Turning my head, I found that the bar's door was covered with all sorts of "menus".

This collection includes 80 pounds belonging to the "Five Kings of the Seas," as well as hundreds of pounds belonging to ordinary pirate captains. Layer upon layer, from high to low, it creates a unique landscape.

"It's all money," Klein sighed, standing still and looking at it for a long time.

“We can find them,” Pado Meow said. “We just need to throw a twig at random, and we can point out their location.”

This is the true value of combining the "Fire Messenger" and "Lucky One" attributes.

Klein adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses with one hand and smiled indifferently: "Forget it, as long as they don't run into us, there's no need to actively seek out such minor characters. But if they do run into us, then it means their fate is sealed."

Padma pursed her lips.

Fate... Don't think we don't know why you hang us on your clothes every day.

Turning his gaze away, Klein pushed open the door and entered the bar, finding it unusually quiet, lacking the usual clamor expected of such an occasion.

Klein looked around and saw Captain Ellan, wearing a dark red coat, sitting at the bar, with two burly men facing each other in the middle.

(End of this chapter)