Mystery: A Spark

After chatting with Edwina for a few more minutes, Arthur decided to pick up the stack of books and go back to his room.

But at that moment, Edwina suddenly called out to him.

"and many more……"

Arthur looked over with some confusion, only to find that Edwina's expression was hesitant, conflicted, and as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Arthur: ? ? ?

That expression... you're not going to...

His mind immediately began to wander.

Chapter 24 Weapons

Just as Arthur was contemplating peaches and figuring out what to say to appear more reserved and dignified, Edwina seemed to have finally made up her mind. She asked hesitantly:

"you......"

Could it be that she really wants to...? Arthur was already organizing his thoughts, preparing to directly reject her later.

Because he only wants to focus on his career now, women will only affect his speed in drawing his sword... or gun.

And most importantly, an arsonist's trait is not enough to buy his body!

Need more money!

Do you... have any usable weapons on you right now?

“Although I am very… ah?” Arthur was clearly stunned after hearing Edwina’s words.

"I was asking if you're currently lacking any useful extraordinary weapons?" Edwina repeated her question.

"Captain, so... that's what you wanted to ask?" Arthur scratched his face, feeling a little embarrassed.

He had already prepared his words, even planning how to appease Edwina when she was angry and embarrassed after being rejected, but he ended up making a fool of himself.

I knew it! A pirate general like him couldn't possibly be a love-struck fool... Arthur pretended not to have thought about it at all, his expression unchanged.

"Uh... as for weapons, I currently have a gun and a dagger on me, but I don't have any magical items or anything like that," Arthur answered truthfully.

While the Skull of Gul'dan is indeed a piece of equipment, firstly, it cannot be easily shown to others, and secondly, strictly speaking, it is not actually a magical item.

Although this thing and the magical items in the mysterious world have a similar style, they actually do not belong to the same system at all.

"Here's the thing, I have a magical item here. It has a sharp edge that can break through most defenses, and it also has the ability to change clothing and conceal one's appearance. Do you want it?" Edwina asked Arthur with a somewhat complicated expression.

Upon hearing about the power of this magical item, Arthur's mouth watered, but he still declined, saying:

"Captain, isn't this a bit too valuable?"

“No, you’re overestimating its value. At least for me, there’s absolutely no use for it,” Edwina said, shaking her head.

"Why? Is it because its negative effects are very serious?" Arthur asked curiously.

"Actually... it's not that serious, it's just a bit strange."

Edwina said, somewhat embarrassed:

"It has a part of the characteristics of a living thing, and it likes to make the style of the owner's clothing...particularly revealing."

"It doesn't seem like a big deal, I can just wear more clothes underneath." Arthur didn't think the negative effect was a big deal.

“No, anyone who wears it will have their ordinary clothes disintegrated; only extraordinary items will be preserved,” Edwina said to Arthur with a look that said, “You’re still too young.”

Arthur: ...

Who the hell made this horrible thing? Unless you wear extraordinary clothing that covers your entire body, you're basically just going to run around naked, right?

Seeing a change in Arthur's expression, Edwina said:

“This item is a weapon, passed down from my ancestors. Although I will never use it again, I can’t bear to sell it. If you don’t want it, I will simply seal it away.”

“I want it,” Arthur said without hesitation.

"Have you thought it through?" Edwina asked, somewhat surprised.

She didn't expect that Arthur would accept the item without any hesitation after hearing about its negative effects.

Although she felt that men should be less concerned about the negative effects than she was.

But Arthur's decisive decision still made her feel that something was not quite right.

But she didn't think much of it, because this was something she originally wanted to give away when she had the chance.

She couldn't bear to sell it, and giving it to her crew was even more out of the question.

After all, we see each other every day, and seeing this is simply an eyesore.

That's why Edwina thought of giving him this magical item when Arthur told her he was going to disembark and leave.

In terms of performance alone, this magical item is actually quite good; if Arthur had it, his life would be more secure.

But if Arthur is wary of the item's negative effects and is unwilling to accept it, then she will have no choice but to seal it away and keep it hidden from the world forever.

Edwina took a box from the desk, removed the occult seal she had placed on it, and then pushed the box toward Arthur.

Goodness, it's locked pretty securely... Arthur took the box, opened it, and found a familiar-looking item lying quietly inside.

It was a hidden blade that was entirely matte black.

"Could this thing be..." Upon seeing the appearance of the object and recalling the negative effects that Edwina had mentioned, Arthur immediately began to speculate about its origin.

“This is a magical artifact created by Emperor Roselle. He called it the Hidden Blade and gave it as a gift to my ancestors, which eventually passed down to me.” Edwina gently stroked the Hidden Blade, a hint of nostalgia on her face.

Sure enough, only Roselle could make something this outrageous...

Arthur picked up the hidden blade and examined it closely. He found that the blade was also black and had no reflective properties whatsoever.

This shows that the purpose of this hidden blade was purely for assassination.

If you disregard the strange negative effect, this hidden blade is actually a pretty good weapon.

But if we consider its negative effects...

Arthur became even more interested in this thing.

Ahem, actually, it's mainly because Arthur saw a lot in his previous life, what strange clothes hadn't he seen?

Not only did he see it, he even drew it.

Therefore, Arthur's sense of shame is actually quite weak in this regard.

Arthur didn't believe Rosell could come up with anything new, given his skill level.

With that thought in mind, he put the hidden blade back into its case.

Arthur certainly wouldn't put this thing on in front of Edwina, otherwise, if this thing caused any trouble, wouldn't he be doomed?

If you're going to wear it, you have to go back to your room, lock the door, and wear it secretly.

"Captain, I'll head back to my room now."

"Well, you go."

Arthur placed the box on top of the books, then picked up the stack of books and left the captain's cabin.

He returned to his room and first organized the books, placing them neatly one by one into his suitcase.

After taking the potion and advancing in rank, his chest was basically empty, which was perfect for storing books.

Chapter 25 The Red of the Giant Banana

After putting all the occult books Edwina had given him into the suitcase, Arthur put the suitcase into the emblem.

As mentioned before, his emblem can hold a small number of items.

After tidying up the books, Arthur took out the arsonist's special ability from his pocket.

When he used the Skull of Gul'dan before, he discovered that this artifact seemed to be able to create magical items using its extraordinary properties.

However, he was troubled by the lack of any extraordinary properties at hand, so he had to put the matter aside for the time being.

Now, Arthur can conduct an experiment.

He summoned the Skull of Gul'dan, then experimented with several items in the room and quickly made some progress.

Arthur figured out the general function of the item.

He discovered that the Skull of Gul'dan could absorb extraordinary properties and then infuse them into other items, thus creating magical artifacts.

In addition, Gul'dan's Skull can swallow magical items, preserve and identify them perfectly, or it can shatter magical items, causing them to degenerate into their corresponding extraordinary properties.

In addition, Arthur discovered that different magical items made using the same extraordinary property have basically the same abilities, but their negative effects are different.

This allows Arthur to obtain magical items with relatively minor negative effects by repeatedly dismantling and recreating them.

Furthermore, since the Skull of Gul'dan can shatter magical items, it means that it can also shatter extraordinary properties.

Therefore, Arthur did not hesitate to shatter the Pyromancer trait in his hand, thus obtaining the pure Hunter, Provocateur, and Pyromancer traits.

"Now all I need are the auxiliary materials," Arthur said happily to himself.

There's nothing particularly rare in the Provocateur's supplementary materials; they're all quite easy to obtain.

This means that Arthur has basically collected all the Provocateur potions, and he can advance directly once he has digested the Hunter potion.

As for digesting the hunter's potion, Arthur hasn't come away empty-handed these past few days.

Although he is currently on the ship, he has no way to hunt enemies to digest the potion.

However, Arthur's actions in the trial illusion caused him to digest a small portion of the potion within his body.

Although he failed to hunt down the demon guard in the trial illusion, the preparations he made for the hunt, as well as his failed efforts and attempts, still caused the magic potion in his body to be digested.

This situation made Arthur realize that the preparations before the hunt, as well as the failed hunts, were actually part of the hunting operation, and could be considered a kind of role-playing as a hunter.

Of course, there is no doubt that while a failed hunt can also result in the digestion of some potions, the digestion of potions from a successful hunt will definitely be more significant.

So if Arthur wants to digest the Hunter's Potion as quickly as possible, he either needs to go find the Lucky Pirate after disembarking with Danitz, or he needs to find a way to hunt down the Demon Guardian in the Trial Illusion.

Now that the path behind them has reached a stalemate and it will be difficult to make a breakthrough in the short term, he is left with only one option: to disembark with Danitz.

Of course, Arthur will continue to try in the Trial Illusion. Although the failed hunting operations did not produce a lot of potions, they can still accumulate to a considerable amount.