Volume 3: The Nameless Chapter 7 You must be Lao K’s illegitimate son, right?
How to describe Star Castle in one word?
Mason, who had just swiped his employee card through the gate to enter, thought it was "chaotic".
Although it is a medieval fairy tale castle, it is filled with things from almost every era and even with completely different styles.
Take the long walkway in front of Team K that runs through the entire castle. To Mason's left, there are a few "wizards" leisurely setting up stalls and basking in the sun with their pipes in their mouths. To the right, a semi-cyborg is using his electronic voice channel to sell the latest powered exoskeleton.
The futuristic holographic image also played an exaggerated advertisement for a suit of blue power armor.
Mason looked up and forward.
The most eye-catching thing at the end of the busy street is a three-story-high snow-colored tiger. It looks like some kind of biologically modified combat weapon, covered with cool armor.
And several people with lightsabers on their waists were bargaining with its owner.
A group of Amazon warrior girls walked hand in hand through the street, shouting and yelling, causing a series of noisy whistles. The "birdmen" whizzing overhead were loudly discussing the Asgard Viking banquet tonight.
The most outrageous thing is that several upright "bugs" are also strolling around the stalls or shops on both sides of the road, picking up goods and asking prices from time to time.
"I saw the living death..."
Zha Kang, who was standing next to Mason, was holding a cigarette in his mouth and was stunned for a while. Then he bumped Mason's shoulder and pointed at a guy in a black robe and carrying a sickle not far away, with several crying ghosts chained by chains around him.
He whispered:
"That's not some damn Halloween costume, it's the real Grim Reaper! An extremely rare high-ranking undead spirit... Damn it! It can take away all the souls on this street."
"Come on, look at the two Stormtroopers wrestling with the Chewbacca on your left, and then look at the Angel Sister above your head wearing obscene ribbons like a stripper to attract customers.
Isn't it just the god of death?
When it appeared, he was already the worst dressed guy on the street!"
Catwoman was also stunned by the bizarre scene in front of her. She complained to Zha Kang:
"I feel like I've strayed into a weird otaku comic convention. Hey, why does that black-haired woman in front of me look so familiar? I think I've seen her somewhere before?"
"That's Jerusalem... er, no, I mean Miss Tifa ."
Mason stared at the long-legged oriental girl in front of him who was walking hand in hand with a yellow-haired man carrying a mechanical sword, and said quietly:
"Even if they are there, maybe I can meet Lord Sephiroth in the future. It seems that I have to re-examine my stereotypes about the Star Society before my three views are shattered."
"Mason ! Come look at this!"
As the "Big Three" of Team K were discussing the noisy scene in low voices, Barbara called out in a low voice causing Mason to glance back.
Then I saw Batgirl picking up an electronic product that looked like a wrist guard on the carpet next to her.
As the young man walked over, he heard Barbara excitedly say to him:
"This integrated portable computer is an order of magnitude more technologically advanced than the Batcomputer, and with it I can hack into any electronic device we come across.
Look at this little cutie, it’s backwards compatible with almost all backward technologies!”
Barbara, who was always graceful and elegant, was holding her wrist computer and looking at Mason with wide eyes. Her expression could be summed up in one sentence:
"I want it! Buy it for me!"
"ah……"
Mason rubbed his forehead with a headache and whispered:
"Don't be in a hurry and look around a bit, okay? You might come across something better. And if I'm not mistaken, this thing in your hand should be part of the 'Blood Hunter' system used by the Iron Blood Warriors.
It requires the support of a full set of iron-blooded systems and the unique hunter bloodline."
Mason looked up and down at the thing in Barbara's hand and touched it. After a few seconds, he shook his head and said:
"This is a defective product without the hunting system, specially designed to deceive ignorant rookies like you."
He pulled the disappointed Barbara away from the stall and led his team across the busy street.
I originally thought that Ertong’s helmet was a bit exaggerated, but now among a group of “freaks” from various parallel worlds, the normally dressed K team has become the least noticeable “passersby”.
"Look, Mason, your peer."
The sharp-eyed Zha Kang pointed to a small stall next to him and said something to Mason.
The young man turned his head and saw three stalls connected to each other on the roadside, filled with potions in various bottles. Several sergeants with guns on their backs were standing in front of the stalls, buying goods.
The owner of the stall was a little girl who was dressed trendy and chewing gum.
“It’s them!”
Just as Mason was about to go over and take a look, the black gentleman's hat on his head suddenly shook. The sleeping hat sent a message to Mason's mind, and it said in a cold tone:
"I sense a traitor's presence. See where those potions are coming from?"
"That little girl?"
Mason narrowed his eyes at the young girl who was busy playing games behind the stall.
But the branch hat was silent for a few seconds and said:
"No, she's not! She should be a follower recruited from other worlds by those traitors, just like you and your team members."
"Um."
Mason turned around and gave some instructions to the other team members, letting them wander around freely and agreeing to meet in the room belonging to Team K in the castle in an hour.
He straightened his clothes and walked to the stall selling potions.
He reached out his hand and touched the potions and alchemical products in front of him. Judging from the results given by the information labels, they were all ordinary potions and nothing that would surprise anyone.
But this stall has really good business, and from time to time there are guys dressed in strange clothes coming here to inquire about prices.
Mason observed these buyers calmly. Judging from the shape of the tattoos on their arms, most of them were E-level newcomers, with some D-level members occasionally.
As soon as he entered the street, Mason discovered that although it seemed lively here and the people passing by were dressed in very intimidating clothes, in fact, most of them were new members.
C-level personnel like Mason are very rare here, so the young man inferred that this "commercial street" should be dedicated to serving low-level members.
The trading place for higher-ranking personnel may still be inside the castle.
“How do you sell these medicines?”
After a group of buyers dressed as Japanese samurai from the Warring States period left, Mason finally asked the girl who was sitting behind the booth and clicking on her game console:
“Is there a discount if I buy more?”
"We can sign a long-term supply contract, customer."
The girl chewing gum said without raising her head like an automatic answering machine:
"The vice-captain said that we can provide high-quality and low-cost potion services for a long time. The minimum order is half a year. Please pay a deposit first! You can pay with precious items or Star Club points.
If necessary, I can contact our dedicated person for the guest. ”
"Then help me contact them."
Mason smiled, pushed his hat up, and said softly:
"Can I know the name of your team and where it is stationed?"
"Amaterasu."
The girl glanced at Mason and took out a piece of strange talisman paper and lit it in her hand. She was probably communicating with the team. After a few seconds, she raised her head and said:
"On the closing day of the trade fair in two days, our contact will come to your residence to discuss this matter. Please leave a message."
"Um."
Mason left the room number of Team K and took out a few perfect Ice Sea Heart pearls as a deposit.
As he turned to leave, the school hat said gloomily:
"They are the scum of the Shinto School of Magic, the official magic school in Japan! There is a clear oriental style on those potions, and the talisman paper used by that little girl is also their unique spellcasting prop.
What are you going to do?
"Lure the person, kill him, dump the body, and then run away."
Mason replied simply.
This plan left the branch hat speechless for a moment. After several seconds, it said tentatively:
"I don't have any objection to your plan, Mason, but I think that if possible, we should try to be more cautious when doing things in the headquarters of the Star Society.
What do you think?
“That’s not necessary.”
The young man picked up a small stone that looked like a flame from another stall and looked at it in his hand. He answered in his heart:
"We just need to kill people, and others will help us take care of the rest. Don't be afraid, I have someone above me, but your reminder is reasonable. We should be more cautious in this kind of thing.
Why don't we follow the clues to find their room, then rush in and kill everyone in that 'Amaterasu Team'?"
Mason rubbed his chin and thought:
"The end of Hogwarts happened more than a year ago. If we don't consider the slight time dislocation between the worlds, their team should not have been higher than C level.
With your help, it's still within our control.
I think this job is doable, don’t you?”
The school hat fell silent again. After a few seconds, it said:
"I like your crazy and impulsive plan, but I have to go to the castle first to take a look. If there is a powerful magic of real-time monitoring there, I don't recommend you to do this."
"I've already told you, we have someone above us, so be bold."
Mason looked back at the Star Castle behind him and whispered in his heart:
"He is a very reliable person, capable of helping us deal with these 'little troubles'."
After saying this, he showed a gentle and approachable smile to the "snake man" shop owner in front of him, scratched the stall in front of him, and said:
"I want all these Burning Stones and Wasteland Sands. Name your price. By the way, my lovely friend with scales, do you want to sign a long-term supply contract with Team K?
I really need these high-quality elemental materials."
——
An hour later, Mason arrived at the Star Castle with all the gains he had bought from shopping.
This towering castle looks like a medieval building from the outside, but its interior is actually decorated as luxuriously as a royal palace, with service personnel from all over the world walking around.
People like Mason who enter here for the first time will receive a special guide.
A short, cute receptionist with butterfly wings brought Mason to Team K's room, and left happily with a "Heart of the Forest" fossil given by Mason as a tip.
This thing was something Mason bought casually when he was shopping on the "Commercial Street". It was a material rich in the breath of life. He exchanged two whiteboard Quasar pistols for a large amount of it from a tree man.
Mason took out his captain's card and swiped it on the closed door, then pushed it open and walked in.
The winged receptionist just now told him that a powerful space magic was cast into the Star Castle, making the actual size of the castle far greater than what appeared on the surface.
There are countless rooms here reserved for the thousands of pioneer teams that the Star Society currently has.
The captain of each team has the power to adjust the furnishings and style of the base, and when replacement is needed, a "decoration fee" must be paid to the property department of Star Castle.
In addition to the original trading model of barter, there is also a kind of "business points" provided by the Star Club headquarters, which can be obtained by handing over various materials to the headquarters and completing the pioneering tasks and bounty tasks issued by the headquarters.
This type of points is an auxiliary function.
Although it has many uses, it is only useful in Star Castle. Most pioneering teams are more accustomed to physical exchanges.
Mason walked into the room and looked at the black background in front of him. There were several rooms, a large suite with antique bookshelves and an overall style that tended to be medieval.
There are hardly any brightly colored accents here; even the carpet is pure black.
"I knew it. It's the minimalist and abstinent style that lonely old men would choose."
He complained harshly.
He walked slowly through the rooms of Team K's base, not missing a place to hide anything, but to his disappointment, Old K did not leave any decent treasures here.
Compared to the room in Star Castle, Old K seemed to trust his magic apartment which Zha Kang had mistaken for a wizard tower.
However, when Mason pushed open a hidden room on the side of the study and walked into Old K's alchemy room, he still found some of the last "gifts" left by the previous captain.
A thick book was spread out in front of the alchemy table.
Mason went forward to check and found that it was a very old witcher potion encyclopedia. The runes and wolf head symbol of Kaer Morhen Castle and the emblem of the Griffin School marked on the bottom of the cover fully represented its gold content.
All of Lao K’s simplified drug formulas come from this book.
Even the book itself was a magical artifact of excellent quality, which made Mason very satisfied. With this thing, his alchemy skills were further improved.
Old K also left some alchemical materials here, which are advanced materials needed to prepare complex medicines.
In addition, Mason also found a small box hidden under the alchemy table. He took out the box and opened it in front of him. He found that it contained several very complicated armor and weapon drawings:
Demon Hunter Heritage Armor/Weapons [Wolf, Cat, Griffin, Bear, Viper, Manticore]
Quality: Depends on the tailoring (leatherworking)/forging process of the maker. The lowest quality is [Excellent] and the highest quality is [Legendary Immortal Relic]
Item effects: The magical effects of the inherited armor of each school are not the same. Adding different materials during the production process will also result in different effects in the final product.
Item Description: The oldest remnant of a profession, the last glory of a world, and the final inheritance of a destiny.
"I thought you gave me your badge out of helplessness, but I didn't expect you to actually leave all these treasures to me."
Mason stroked the small box in his hand, his mind somewhat complicated.
He whispered:
"It seems that my killing you in the Forbidden Forest might not be an unacceptable outcome for you. I guess you've been living a very tiring life. The last witcher...
Tsk, it sounds miserable."
"He must have wanted to wreak vengeance on those who destroyed his homeland, just as I do."
At this moment, the school hat spoke:
“And he chose you, just as he did me.
Mason, you were an Avenger before you awakened me.
You carry the wrath of more than just Hogwarts on your shoulders. You are born to fight against the Star Society and their evil allies."
"Perhaps it is."
Mason put the last legacy left by Old K into his bag. He walked to the alchemy table and planned to make some medicine to kill time and calm his mood.
While he was processing the materials at hand, he said to the school hat:
"And I think I'm good at this. My first attack on them killed more than 20 senior members. By the way, won't the big guys hear us discussing this here?"
"Well, this is the good news I want to tell you."
The school hat said in a cheerful tone:
“There is a permanent listening barrier in this castle, so no one can do anything bad inside it, but now the original power that governs the barrier has been drained away, making it weak.
The person who presided over the barrier is not here either.
It is just an empty shell but does not work, like a giant without a heart, a tiger without teeth, it can only scare those laymen, but not me! "
"so what?"
Mason asked.
The school hat sneered a few times and said:
“So don’t be scared by this formidable-looking castle. As long as you can overcome your fear and act cautiously, no one will be able to catch you.
Mason, let's go for it!
You can get what you want, and I can also feel relieved. Let those traitors pay with blood!"
