Volume 3: The Nameless Chapter 6 Go To Shopping!
Mason and Zha Kang spent a whole night to cover up the "space-time disturbance" of the World Gate. At the moment the whole project was completed, several prompts jumped into Mason's eyes:
Successfully completed the production of an outstanding, multi-complex, high-level enchantment array. The proficiency of the enchantment branch skill increased by X200, and is currently Lv2.
Character trait unlocked as [Precise Enchanter: Improves speed and accuracy when performing complex and above enchantments]
The mysterious talent unlocked is [Quick Spiritualization: You can use enchantment techniques to temporarily enchant ordinary items, making them have magical effects in a short period of time.
Lower quality items will be damaged as a result, and enchanting skills gain double proficiency when this talent is in effect.
Successfully completed the production of an outstanding craft, multiple complex, high-level inscription array, and the proficiency of the inscription branch skills increased by X200, currently at Lv2.
Character trait unlocked as [Efficient Inscriptionist: The speed of making low-level inscriptions is greatly improved]
The mysterious talent unlocks as [Photographic Memory: Quickly memorize when touching unknown inscriptions and runes, and understand the characteristics of items and speed up the analysis of drawings when touching crafting objects]
The inscription crafting item [Mysterious Card] is unlocked.
This series of prompts made the young man smile undisguisedly.
The improvement of enchanting skills was expected. After all, after learning how to process raw materials from Zha Kang, I had to use enchantment magic to process the materials before each alchemy. The more I practiced, the faster I would improve.
But it was a real pleasant surprise that the inscription literature, which I had not practiced much, was directly improved from Lv0 to Lv2.
"Why do you suddenly have that bright smile?"
Zha Kang curled his lips and said:
"Did you find any money?"
"No, it's better than finding money."
Mason flexed his fingers and stood up despite being tired from a busy night.
He glanced at the rising sun outside the window, stretched his body, and took out from his suitcase all the strange-shaped cold weapons he had made when practicing forging with magic metals.
He took a big gulp of the stimulant, wiped his mouth and said to Zha Kang:
"I just suddenly realized that there is one more item that Team K can sell at the trade fair. Maybe the D-class personnel don't need it, but those E-class newcomers will definitely be eager for 'magic weapons', right?
Don't bother me today or tomorrow!
I'm going to start mass-producing this 'newbie stuff'."
Seeing Mason's energetic appearance, Zha Kang smacked his lips and reminded:
"I suggest you take it easy, Mason. The stimulant is indeed useful, but that doesn't mean you can use it to avoid the accumulated fatigue in your body.
If you keep going like this, you'll be exhausted sooner or later.
Of course, I’m not worried about you, it’s mainly because if I want to collect gifts for Xiao Zha in the future…”
"Bang"
Mason placed a bottle of healing potion with a trace amount of unicorn blood on the table. It reflected a beautiful light in the dawn light.
He stared at Zha Kang and said:
"What do you dare say about me? That I'll be exhausted? You're kidding, right?"
This heroic action choked Constantine so much that he was speechless.
After several seconds, the black magician raised his hands in surrender and said:
"Okay, okay, the future alchemist master speaks with confidence. I'll shut up, okay."
"Wait, John."
Seeing that Zha Kang was about to leave, Mason stopped him and said:
"Regarding the little unicorn Polly that you gave to your girlfriend, I learned from a book that unicorns change their teeth twice when they grow up, and they bleed naturally when they change their teeth...
Do you understand what I mean? "
"Damn! I knew you had bad intentions when you asked me to raise that naughty unicorn!"
As Constantine walked out of the office, he turned back and gave Mason a middle finger, blowing smoke rings and saying:
"I want half!"
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Two nights later.
The troubled Iceberg Bar finally began its trial operation.
As the boss, Kite Man used his "connections" in the Minion Union and invited many friends to come and show his support, and Catwoman also arrived here on time with a group of her female friends.
Of course they are all ordinary people.
But because of her "special status" in the Wayne family, Catwoman's social circle of ordinary people is also very valuable, and each of them is a wealthy and leisurely local upper-class lady.
This directly raised the business level of the Iceberg Bar to a higher level.
Mason also specially mixed a wonderful cocktail with cheerleaders and refreshers, making every guest who came to the soft opening tonight very satisfied and enjoyable.
While the bar manager Mr. Jack Sparrow and his two assistants Angelina Teach and Elizabeth Swan were dealing with customers in the bar, the members of Team K in the top-floor office were ready to set off.
"Charles, thank you for your help this time."
Mason whispered to the kite flyer, who was holding a glass of wine and dressed like a successful person:
"After we pass, this door will be in your custody."
"I'm actually quite interested in that deal."
Charles held a glass of wine in a very showy manner and sighed:
"But since I am a member of the team, I naturally have to serve the team. Don't worry, boss, I will pay attention to the situation in Gotham."
"Remember to keep an eye on Jack and don't let him mess around in my name."
Mason pulled out a box and handed it to the Kite Man.
The latter opened it and saw nearly fifty test tubes of polyjuice neatly placed inside. This terrifying number made Charles twitch his mouth.
It seems that Mason intends to let Captain Jack play this "role-playing game" often in the future.
Well, thinking from this perspective, maybe the boss brought the sociable Jack back from the Caribbean world for this purpose?
"This stuff tastes disgusting."
The kite flyer put away the box and whispered to Mason:
“I think you need to give him more compensation, Boss. I think a handsome pirate uniform should be enough to appease our captain.
He was complaining yesterday that he didn't have a uniform and felt like he was being ostracized by the team."
"Deal, I'll fulfill my promise when I get back."
Mason touched his dark circles, then turned around to look at Zha Kang, Er Tong and Barbara who were ready, as well as Catwoman who was changing out of her luxurious evening dress in the compartment.
As he drank the stimulant , he said to the kite flyer:
"Guard the rear, Charles, I'll bring you a present."
"Good luck, guys."
The Kite Man raised his glass to wish Mason and the others well, but the members of Team K who passed through the World Gate did not enter a specific world as before.
When the Star Alliance's trading day opens, all world gates will provide an additional world shuttle, and the destination is at the Star Alliance's headquarters.
The legendary Star Castle.
What came into their sight was a staircase path emitting circles of light, with another door at the end.
"Very sophisticated time and space magic."
Zha Kang looked around for a few seconds and gave an answer:
"The caster's level is a little bit better than mine."
"It's as expected. If they don't even have this ability, they can't create a large organization spanning countless worlds."
Mason stretched out his hand to push the black gentleman's hat on his forehead, and walked forward with the penguin umbrella, saying:
"Everyone, smile and don't be so serious. Especially you, Ertong. Although we are carrying out the mission of underground workers, a gentle smile will obviously make others more receptive to your questions."
Jason Todd, who was called out by Mason, remained expressionless.
When Mason looked back for the second time, the indifferent guy simply took out the helmet that Mason had made for him using Batman's equipment-making machine and put it on with a click.
The round red helmet completely covered Ertong's head, leaving only two white observation holes. Now no one could see his cold and unapproachable expression.
"Don't mind Jason's coldness, Mason."
Barbara Gordon, who was wearing a bat mask covering her cheeks, was in a good mood. After a few days of traveling in the Caribbean, the girl seemed to have returned to her previous sunny and gentle self.
She whispered to Mason:
“Jason’s personality was only affected after he came back from the dead. His attitude that the whole world owes him money is not directed at you.
He usually treats me like this.”
"The damn Assassin's League is good at turning good kids into psychos."
Catwoman complained beside her:
"Jason is like this, and Damian is like this too. In recent days, the kid finally put down the samurai sword he always carried with him under Alfu's persuasion.
I was going to talk to him last night, but the little bastard spiked my dinner wine with sleeping pills! Bruce was almost driven crazy by his lack of cooperation.
But he unexpectedly has a good relationship with Ah Fu.
Maybe it was because Alfred gave him the feeling of being a 'kind grandfather'?"
"Ahem, this nagging mother, please stop complaining. No one here wants to listen to your 'parenting tips'."
Zha Kang's mean words immediately attracted Catwoman's angry glare, Barbara also laughed, Mason's mouth curled up into a fleeting smile, and Ertong still had that cold look.
In short, the team was filled with a happy atmosphere.
Until Mason grabbed the door handle at the end of the aperture path, he looked back at his team members and then twisted it downwards and pushed the door open.
"Wow!"
Barbara screamed, and Catwoman beside her also widened her eyes.
What appeared before Team K was a valley beneath a distant mountain covered with green grass.
The snow-capped mountains around rise one after another and the blue sky seems to be within reach, as if the world in front of you has suddenly been adjusted to the "highest picture quality", or as if a unique Disney fairy tale filter has been turned on.
At the end of the valley there is a huge medieval castle or city, which is very large and surrounded by lush lakes, overlooking the distant sea.
From where they were, they could even see people walking back and forth in the huge city built on the mountain.
Mason was also looking at the picturesque scenery.
He felt a sense of "peace" as soon as he stepped in here. It was a sense of security that rose from the soul level. It seemed that coming here could isolate him from all the disturbances of the outside world.
This is not normal at all!
Mason secretly glanced at Ertong beside him. Even this cold-blooded guy seemed attracted by the exotic scenery in front of him.
"It's not an illusion."
Zha Kang whispered in Mason's ear:
"The surrounding snow-capped mountains, lakes, and grasslands are all real. We are very likely to have come to a real world. However, they must have set up some magic here to eliminate hostility and soothe the mind."
“Of course it’s real here.”
Mason held the demon hunter emblem of the cat school that he had been carrying with him, curled his lips and whispered:
"I even know that this place used to be called Toussaint, the legendary land of fairy tales and virtue. Damn it, that windmill in the distance is exactly the same as I remember.
I just wonder if the Heshan Bank is still in existence?"
"What did you say?"
Constantine asked.
Mason shook his head and said to the players:
“The main door on the trading day should lead directly to the palace of Star Castle, where there are rooms belonging to Team K, but due to the death of Old K, the location was wrong.
Looks like we'll have to go there on foot."
He took out the flying motorcycle, and Zha Kang was about to release the flying dragon but was stopped by Mason. It was better not to create such malicious creatures in the headquarters of the Star Society to avoid trouble.
Just as Team K was discussing how to set off, something that was completely inconsistent with the magnificent natural scenery before them flew over at an extremely fast speed and finally stopped in front of the group.
It was a hover car with a very sci-fi look.
The silver-gray one is quite simple, has no wheels, and looks like a flying bathtub overall.
A guy with long ears like an elf was sitting in the driver's seat. He said politely but routinely to the K team members who were aiming their weapons at him:
“Following the orders of Mr. Hunter , I have come here specially to welcome you all to the Star Castle.
Please don't waste time showing your hostility, Team K. The trade day event has already begun. If you don't hurry up, the good stuff will be taken away by others."
"Are you his servant?"
Mason put down the penguin umbrella in his hand that was already splashing with electric arcs and asked. The elf holding the steering wheel shrugged and said in an impatient tone that did not match his race:
"No, I'm a staff member at the reception desk of Star Castle. I'm working overtime without pay, so you'd better come up quickly before I lose my temper, rookies!
I don't want answering your questions to cause me to miss the Viking party those Asgardians are throwing tonight.
The girls in Asgard are so hot. If I can meet another Amazon girl tonight, I will thank God. Why are you still standing there?
There's no time to explain now.
Get in the car!"
At the urging of the filthy elf whose mind was full of Asgardian girls, Team K climbed onto the strange-looking hovercraft. Mason, sitting in the passenger seat, reached out and touched the control panel covered with buttons in front of him.
The next moment, the information tag pops up:
Fantasticar/Fantastic Car
Quality: Epic Engineering Artifact, Standard Craftsmanship
Features: Supersonic flight, space travel, energy protection, precision deformation
Designer: Reed Richards
Producer: The Third Production Workshop of the Logistics Department of Star Fort
Item Description: Stan Lee said he loved the look of this car, but the truth is he was probably drunk or high when he created it.
Tip: The blueprint is being analyzed. The talent [Photographic Memory] takes effect, and the analysis speed is accelerated!
“Is this car for sale?”
As this "flying bathtub" was approaching the city in the valley at a very fast speed, Mason, who was sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly asked.
The elf driving the car glanced at him and said:
“Not for sale! But I can give it away.
Class C members can apply at Star Castle, go through a bureaucratic process, and wait patiently for a few months before they can pick up their car.
But no one would apply for this thing.
On the one hand, it requires extremely high technological literacy to drive perfectly, and on the other hand, most applicants who don't know the technology won't live to see their cars delivered.
After all, members who are promoted to C-level will not lack a means of transportation, right?"
This ungraceful elf worker seemed too lazy to talk to these pioneers of the Star Society. He sent Team K to the entrance of the Star Castle and prepared to leave.
But before leaving, this bad-tempered bastard picked up a cigar in a very social way, puffed on it and said to Mason:
"Mr. Hunter asked me to bring you a message. Once you're settled, remember to go to the top floor of the castle to find him. He has something important to tell you. Oh, and this!"
The elf worker threw over a business card with a room number and a special gear logo on it.
He said to Mason:
"Mr. Hunter asked you to go find these people. He said you paid a good price for his blueprints before. He also said they are his own people and will not rip you off."
After saying that, the elf smoking a cigar started the flying car and disappeared into the sky with a whoosh.
"One of our own?"
Mason looked at the business card in his hand, savoring the words that Mr. Hunter had conveyed to him.
At this moment, he felt that his two attempts on Mr. Hunter had finally gotten some response, so, was that guy really "one of us"?
