Clinging to the Witcher world to become a god of martial arts

After the supervisor left, Lorne and Theodore remained where they were. The crowd on the outer edge gathered around and began to discuss the ruined wooden house.

"Lorne, let's go to my place." Theodore squeezed his way out with some difficulty.

After the cabin burned down, no one came to arrange a new place for Lorne.

The guide who first brought the two into the Black Sun Tower disappeared without a trace after settling them in, no longer taking charge of any affairs.

Having nowhere to stay was obviously not an option, so he had no choice but to share a room with Theodore.

Lorne turned back and glanced at the ruins of his dwelling.

He was a sentimental person, and he had lived in this wooden house for almost half a month, only to have it burned to ashes in one night.

But he is also a smart man. When his life is threatened, he can force himself to be decisive and suppress his emotions and other temporary feelings.

"Let's go," Theodore advised from the side.

Lorne was somewhat reluctant.

"Before that..." His gaze was fixed on the wooden house next door, "there's something else I need to confirm."

Arriving at Sadiq's cabin, he slammed the door shut with a loud "bang."

Since the phosphorescent beetle attack was man-made, the culprit is all too easy to guess.

The other party probably didn't expect that since arriving at the Black Sun Tower, they didn't know many people at all.

Three of them are still buried in the ground.

There will be a fourth one soon.

The door opened gently, revealing Sadiq's empty, lifeless eyes.

"It's Lorne." He looked exhausted and stepped aside. "Please come in."

After taking a step into the room, Lorne hesitated slightly.

The dimly lit room was filled with equipment and notebooks, and the walls were covered with the "Black Sun" logo and various strange symbols.

Most shockingly, the floor of the room was covered with the black corpses of phosphorescent beetles.

"I'm glad you're still alive." Sadiq said stiffly, enunciating each word, seemingly unconcerned about the dead insects on the ground.

"These are the little guys who disturbed my research last night; my negative energy attracted them."

Sadiq gestured for Lorne to sit down, then grabbed two research reports and began working on them.

The ground was piled with all sorts of things, and Lorne had nowhere to put his feet, so he simply stood at the doorway.

He looked thoughtfully at Sadiq, who was surrounded by a pile of insect corpses.

Sadiq seemed completely oblivious to his surroundings, completely absorbed in his work.

After a moment, Lorne made a decision and tentatively said, "I have a way to provide negative energy."

His tone was flat, as if he were talking about something trivial.

The calm words stirred a wave of emotion within Sadiq.

He tossed aside what he was holding and became incredibly frenzied: "I knew it! I knew it!"

"I noticed a faint trace of negative energy on you the first time we met," Sadiq said, gripping Lorne's arm somewhat nervously.

His dark eyes held a hopeful look: "Give it to me quickly! All I need is a supply of negative energy."

"I'm sure I can succeed!"

With a slight exertion of force, the sharp nails dug deep into the flesh of the two somewhat withered hands.

"Hiss." Lorne took in Sadiq's reaction.

Sadiq seemed to realize his lapse in composure, and after releasing his hand, he apologized, "I'm sorry, I got too excited."

Suppressing his inner fervor, he took a few deep breaths.

After calming down a bit, Sadiq spoke in a pleading tone: "Lorne, how can you provide me with negative energy?"

"It's very simple." Lorne's gaze was intense as he looked at the numerous pieces of equipment and notes in the room: "Share your research findings with me."

Upon hearing this, Sadiq fell silent.

After a moment's hesitation, he spoke with some difficulty:

"These are the fruits of my labor."

"I..."

"Everything can be discussed," Lorne interrupted.

"I know you want to join the academic faction of the Black Tower through research, if that's causing you trouble..."

Lorne settled for another option:

"Items that can rapidly increase strength, such as potions, wizarding artifacts, or magic crystals..."

"To be honest, negative energy has no effect on me. If I could trade it away, I would be happy to."

Just now, Lorne also realized that keeping the Death Knight's Life Box wasn't of much use.

The reason I'm trying to guard against Sadiq is that I want to sell him at a high price later, isn't it?

Rather than clinging to that uncertain possibility, it's better to trade it with Sadiq for something sooner rather than later.

Sadiq was caught in a dilemma.

His facial expressions were very rich.

One moment they're struggling, the next they're dissatisfied.

A few minutes later, he gritted his teeth, as if making a firm decision: "Fine!"

Sadiq removed the bracelet from his wrist: "This is a stabilizing bracelet, which can maintain the stability of the mental sea at all times and has a good defensive effect against mental attacks."

Lorne glanced indifferently at the bracelet in his hand, seemingly unmoved.

"Add two more high-grade magic crystals." Sadiq made a "two" gesture.

"Sigh." Lorne sighed and turned to leave.

Sadiq quickly grabbed Lorne: "This is all I have left, I really have nothing else to offer."

He looked embarrassed.

Seeing that he couldn't extract anything more, Lorne had no choice but to agree: "I also need to know what you're researching."

"Okay..." Sadiq reluctantly agreed.

"Give me the stabilizing bracelet and the magic crystal first." Lorne held out his hand.

Seeing this, Sadiq first handed the stabilizing wristband to Lorne, then quickly ran to the wooden bed, rummaged around for a while, and pulled out two crystal-clear stones from the crevice.

To be honest, people who do academic research are quite poor. Not only do they stay cooped up in their rooms all day, they don't even have any storage space.

After handing over the two high-grade magic crystals to Lorne, he looked on with anticipation.

Lorne put the stabilizing bracelet and two high-grade magic crystals into his moonlight pouch, and then took out the Death Knight's life box.

As an opponent he could not defeat, the Death Knight's Life Box must be extremely valuable.

Despite the many benefits Lorne gained in this deal, in the long run, it was still a loss for him.

"This is... the Life Box!" Sadiq recognized it at a glance, and his fanatical aura intensified.

"It's yours now." Lorne handed the square box covered in gold to Sadiq.

Lorne does not intend to practice necromancy in the future. Combined with his [Boiling Blood] physique, he wants to take a more masculine path.

He initially intended to test Sadiq to confirm that Sadiq was not the perpetrator of the attack before making the decision to trade the life box.

With war imminent, we must seize the opportunity to acquire the necessary resources and exchange any useless items for other goods.

Keeping the life box in your possession is not a good idea, and selling it at the market would be too conspicuous. If it attracts the attention of a legitimate wizard, you'd be in big trouble.

Sadiq was in dire need of negative energy, so he might as well throw this hot potato away and exchange it for useful tools.