Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
In Behemoth Restaurant located on 106th Street in the Phil Administrative area of Koster’s business port, Lin Suo entered without any disguise, just like a regular diner.
He quickly and efficiently checked for any tailing or stalkers before settling at a table near the window.
He ordered a fish fillet, fish soup, two meat patties, and a beer mug, then leisurely enjoyed his meal.
The taste of the Behemoth Restaurant was passable but the portion was absurdly large. The meat patties were f*cking half a meter in diameter and a thickness of half an inch.
It was specially prepared for knights with big appetites.
The stronger one’s physique, the more food one must consume daily to replenish energy expenditure.
Lin Suo’s staple food was synthetic, which allowed him to quickly fill himself up with just a few bites while containing all the necessary nutrients for the body in excessive amounts. He would have been as round as a ball without his daily overloaded exercises.
After finishing his meal, he paid 1.9 gold, feeling shortchanged.
Lin Suo left the restaurant feeling annoyed. When he passed by a flower bed, he casually grabbed at it, and a black handbag which was quite heavy appeared in his hand.
After successfully returning to Rhein’s bookstore, he swept the bag with his mental power and found 50,000 gold coins, not more or less. There was also a note at the bottom which read “2οςΔεκεμβρίου”.
“Oh, you even know Elven Language.”
Old John had left a message for Lin Suo regarding the next delivery time.
There were still a few days left, so Lin Suo wasn’t in a rush.
Right now, he needed to purchase the spells he had longed for. He knew that having only a high level of attainment wasn’t enough. He needed to have the means to apply it.
It was just a pity that the psychic spells he wanted to learn were contraband, not sold on the market, and strictly prohibited. It was forbidden for self-taught Magi to sell psychic spells.
As a result, he had to settle for something else that could serve as a jack-of-all-trades.
Never mind being bad at everything, but not being ordinarily comprehensive was his worry.
Lin Suo raised his head to look at the six-floor white tower, which was called the “White Rose Spells and Supplies Shop”. It was affiliated with the White Tower. The shop was staffed by three advanced Magi apprentices who were quite strong, so he needed to be cautious.
He donned the standard gray robe that self-taught wizards wore, which covered the upper half of his face, and a black half-mask to protect the lower half. It was common for self-taught wizards to hide their identities.
Aside from well-known self-taught wizards who were experts in their particular fields and needed to show their faces for business purposes, most self-taught wizards were like sewer rats. Because they learned apprentice-level Meditation Techniques with side effects, their bodies had mutated to varying degrees, which was another reason they concealed their true appearances.
That being said, those with strong willpower and exceptional talent would experience less mutation.
When the White Rose shop assistant saw Lin Suo enter, he gave him a contemptuous smile and muttered, “Disgusting rat.”
Although the other party’s voice was low, it was loud enough for Lin Suo to hear. It was intentional.
He couldn’t understand why they would dare to act this way. In novels, the main characters were often mocked and ridiculed when they buy something, but that was understandable since the shop had a great background and the culprit with backing simply mocked a weed outside.
But, the other party was just an ordinary person! To think he was so brave just because he was working at White Rose?
One should know that self-taught wizards were almost all heartless killers.
Lin Suo narrowed his eyes and looked at the person, noting the playful glint in the latter’s eyes. A wave of anger surged within him.
He was a self-taught wizard as well. The only difference was that he was lucky enough to obtain an official Magi-level Meditation Technique from Valia.
As a result, before breaking through to become a stage-one Magi, he didn’t need to worry about the problems with the Meditation Techniques, nor did he have to worry about body mutations.
How dare this ordinary person humiliate him like this? Either the other party was a fool, or he had someone to rely on.
Lin Suo reminded himself that the store belonged to White Tower.
If he took a step back, peace could be withheld…
Bang!
Lin Suo put the bag of gold coins on the counter and said in a hoarse voice, “Stone Mud Transformation and Mud Stone Transformation, I want them both.”
These two spells were apprentice-level and functional spells that couldn’t be applied in combat, so they were inexpensive. Their price as a set was just nice, 50000 gold coins.
But, the spells were also called…
“The construction set?”
The ill-mannered shop attendant began to chatter again.
“A rat is a rat, after all. Which construction site do you want to go to and lay foundations? Twenty years of hard work and you can’t even get one magic stone. Why not come to White Tower and be an experiment subject…”
“Give them to me,” Lin Suo interrupted, knocking on the counter to get the attention of others.
With this, the shop attendant quickly took out two books, not brave enough to ruin the White Tower’s reputation in public.
The spells sold to self-taught wizards were only common goods that were circulated wildly, so there were no security measures.
Anyone could learn them.
That being said, the risk was extremely high if someone wanted to learn from the self-taught wizards at a lower price. Due to body mutations, most self-taught wizards had some psychological problems.
Perhaps just for fun, they would intentionally sell faulty and incomplete spells at low prices. If one recklessly studied them, one could end with a mild mental illness or even die from bleeding out of the seven orifices.
At least legitimate stores belonging to the mainstream forces guaranteed authenticity.
These were all bloody experiences, included in the comprehensive pamphlet Antlers had given him. Hence, Lin Suo had some understanding.
This was also why he never considered getting spells from other sources.
Once he got the goods, Lin Suo left the store immediately.
When the shop attendant saw him leave while suppressing his anger, he took a seashell from his pocket. Then, he brought it close to his lips and whispered in a low and humble voice.
“Lord Sala, another rat has taken the bait. His mental power fluctuation is not strong. He’s only a beginner Magi apprentice.”
If Lin Suo heard this, he would instantly understand that it was all on purpose and just an entrapment.
Back at Rhein Bookstore, Lin Suo sat on the couch and did not look at the spells. Instead, he furrowed his brows and was deep in thought.
F*ck. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got.
Could he tolerate this? No way!
At night, the fully-equipped Lin Suo perched on the roof of a building at the exit of an alley.
According to his physical investigation in the afternoon, he received reliable information.
The foul-mouthed employee from White Rose lived in the Phil Administrative area and would pass through this alley every day after work.
He wouldn’t feel happy if he didn’t teach the other party a lesson.
Of course, the honest and humble Lin Suo never thought about killing anyone.
He only wanted to rob the other party, pull out a few of his teeth, and break his genitals and a few fingers.
If the other party had a wife, he could also…
Forget it. His target was coming.
In the distance, the foul-mouthed brown-haired man wearing a White Rose employee uniform was walking over.
Lin Suo smirked wickedly.
He was about to pull the trigger on the Fainting Agent spray he had set up when his expression suddenly froze.
Thanks to the physical fitness of the Superior Knight level, his eyes were not as limited by the darkness as an ordinary person’s. He could see almost everything within a hundred meters, although not as clearly as during the day.
Just now, he saw a figure on the roof of the other end of the alley.
The figure was like him, wearing a night suit. The other party had also sneaked a glance at the shop attendant just now and just happened to be noticed by him.
“Someone with the same thoughts?!”
Lin Suo’s eyes brightened, and he stopped all movement, ready to watch the show.
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