While Connor was hesitating, Margaret's pretty face seemed to reveal a trace of embarrassment. She said coldly, "Forget it if you don't want it!" After saying that, she moved to put the crystal bead in her hand back into her space ring.
"Yes! Why not? "Connor grabbed the bead before Marguerite could do anything.
Stroking the crystal bead with his palm, Connor felt a cool and comfortable feeling in his heart. The pain caused by overdrawing his mental strength in his Spirit Ocean also eased a lot.
"Check it carefully. Don't find out that there's something wrong with the bead when I'm plotting against you!" Marguerite said in annoyance when she saw Connor stroking the crystal bead.
"Hehe …" Seeing that Marguerite saw through his plan, Connor couldn't help but blush. He smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything. He turned around and continued driving the carriage.
When Connor turned around, the smile on his face disappeared. He had used all of his mental strength to check the Nourishing Bead, but he still couldn't find anything wrong with it. There were only two possibilities for such a robbery. First, the Nourishing Bead that Marguerite gave him was really just a Nourishing Bead.
Second, Marguerite's actions on the Nourishing Bead were so skillful that Connor couldn't find anything wrong with it.
This so-called Recuperate Pearl was a rather famous magic item in the alchemy world. Its refining method wasn't complicated, and it belonged to the category of a level 2 magic item. However, the Recuperate Pearl could be said to be priceless on the market because of its special characteristics. It could nourish the mind, and it had a significant effect on healing mind injuries.
The importance of Spirit to an Adept was self-evident, which was why the Recuperate Bead had become so popular. The crafting process of the Recuperate Bead wasn't complicated, but the main material used to craft the Recuperate Bead was Calming Crystal, which was monopolized by the Empire. Therefore, it was very rare for it to appear on the black market.
However, Connor didn't find it strange that Marguerite could get her hands on the Nourishing Bead. After playing with the Nourishing Bead for a while, he was still a little worried. He ordered in his mind, "A.I. Chip, scan the Nourishing Bead according to the refining method in 'Reyes's Alchemy'. Let me see if there's anything wrong with it!"
[Beep! Following Host's will, mission established. Estimated time: 10 minutes!]
After the bead was checked by the A.I. Chip, Connor's gaze subconsciously fell onto Margaret's body. And at this moment, sitting in the carriage, Margaret's eyes were tightly closed as she sat cross-legged in meditation. Her beautiful face was pale and bloodless …
[Beep! The results of the scan are out. The A.I. Chip has combined the knowledge in 'Reyes's Alchemy'. There's nothing wrong with the Nourishing Bead in Host's hands. You can use it without worry!]
Hearing the report from the A.I. Chip, Connor couldn't help but be stunned. Could it be that there was nothing wrong with the Nourishing Bead? Was he thinking too much?
Although he was a little surprised, the truth was right in front of his eyes. Connor chose to accept it. After all, there was a saying that when all the impossibilities were removed, the truth, no matter how absurd it was, was still the truth.
… …
… …
An hour later, Connor looked around and stopped the carriage at a hillside in the suburbs.
"Why did we stop here?" Marguerite, who was meditating in the carriage, opened her eyes and asked Connor.
Connor pointed to the east and said, "Our destination is in the east. In front of that, there's a plain. It's too big of a target for a carriage to travel on it. It's easy to be discovered. We're still walking there. It's not too far, only one kilometer."
Marguerite didn't say anything more. She nodded and walked beside Connor.
Smelling the faint fragrance from Marguerite's body, Connor's expression couldn't help but become complicated. He thought for an hour, but he still couldn't figure out why Marguerite would lend him the Nourishing Bead.
Connor silently chanted the abyssal meditation method in his heart. He threw all these thoughts to the back of his mind. Now that they were here, his top priority was to find that item and then safely return to Loen by boat. Everything else was secondary.
Connor and Marguerite had a simple discussion and decided not to waste any time. Connor would be responsible for solving the problem of the crew, and Marguerite would be responsible for retrieving the boat from the place where the smugglers hid it.
Looking at Marguerite's back, Connor knew that his chance had come. From the place where the boat was hidden to the village, it would only take Marguerite half an hour to go back and forth. In such a short time, he had to solve everything. Otherwise, once Marguerite found out, she would very likely have to share a share of the loot with him.
Looking at the village in the distance, Connor took a deep breath and raised his speed to the limit.
Sneaking into the village, Connor found his target according to the fat manager's memory — a tower where the smuggling gang was hiding in the village. According to the fat manager's memory, there were four people in the tower. One of them was the fat manager's brother-in-law, and the thing he wanted was handed to his brother-in-law by the fat manager.
Taking a deep breath, Connor leaped up. His strong physical fitness allowed him to jump onto the three-meter-tall balcony of the tower.
Without caring about the sound, Connor's face flashed with a fierce look. He charged straight in from the balcony. As soon as Connor entered, he saw a strong man holding an old-fashioned shotgun. When the man saw Connor appear, he immediately wanted to shoot, but as soon as he raised his gun, he was immediately knocked unconscious by Connor with a karate chop.
Glancing at the man's face, Connor slightly frowned. This man wasn't his target. He then ran to the other rooms in the tower. After knocking out two more people, he finally caught his target in a bedroom.
Ignoring the fear in the thin man's eyes, Connor directly covered the man's head with his hand and began to search his soul with his mind power.
A minute later, Connor loosened his grip on the man's head, and a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.
Glancing at the thin man whose soul had been damaged by his soul search, Connor cast the Roaring Flame Magic on the man's body. In an instant, the man's body was covered in raging flames.
Ignoring the man, Connor took out a box from under the bed according to the information he got from the soul search.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
