The black flame that burns the soul? This sounds familiar... No, no, it's different from that kind of black flame...

Klein stared at the pitch-black fire flower and couldn't help but connect it with the black flames he had seen in the battle with the "Happy" witch Mrs. Sharon, but he quickly realized that the two

Not only are their external appearances completely different, their essences are simply two different flames!

After just a few glances at the black flames in Alice's palm, he felt a chill run down his back for no apparent reason. Some kind of spiritual premonition originating from his survival instinct frantically sent a warning to his brain, telling him to stay away from this place immediately.

A flower of death that poses a deadly threat.

Fortunately, Alice quickly extinguished the black flame in her hand, shook her head lightly and sighed:

"But to be honest, I don't like using it to burn things. The smell of sulfur when it is lit is too strong, which is a bit unbearable."

"So," Klein suppressed the lingering fear in his body and mind, clarified his thoughts, and tried to summarize, "you recently took down a criminal gang's stronghold...? And now these, um, products here are all...

Are they confiscated trophies? And these butterfly-shaped spirits were actually human souls?"

She nodded slightly:

"That's true, although the details are somewhat different from the actual situation there... You may not know much about it, but the big and small gangs entrenched in the East District and the extraordinary organizations behind them will jointly hold fairs similar to trade fairs from time to time.

, and there happened to be such a secret activity last night, and then...then, this is what you saw."

As she spoke, she gestured to the cylindrical container soaked in strange blood cells.

"It just so happened that there seemed to be Sequence 7 Beyonders with the same path as you who were present at the time, which saved me the trouble of searching for them."

Klein took a breath silently, only to feel that some obscure clues that were not obvious were finally connected under the information she revealed.

East End Gang, the extraordinary organization behind the gang... Alice once used strange scarecrows and witchcraft to control Meursault, the "executioner" of the Zmangue Party, and the real will behind this violent organization came from Intis

The diplomatic ambassador of the Republic is the sharp knife prepared by the big shot to deal with some dirty work. The Secret Order, which controls the "divineer" path, has a cooperative relationship with Intis, so the members of the Secret Order set foot in Backlund's

Underground trade fairs are not unimaginable...

In the same way, there may be different forces hiding behind other underground gangs, such as Loen military undercovers, secret organizations such as the Gnosis Society, extremist organizations like the Aurora Society, and the Blood Worship Cult may be hiding underground in the East District.

In the shadows, evil plots are plotted to bring panic and turmoil to people.

Klein shifted his gaze to the magical items in the display cabinet, pausing for a moment at a few relatively conspicuous props, and then fixed his gaze on Alice.

"In other words, you looted an underground trade fair and offended all the forces with extraordinary organizational backgrounds in the East District?"

Alice just smiled innocently:

"They don't know who planned the robbery, and why should they worry about muddying the waters? The people who should have a headache for the follow-up are the heads of various organizations. What does it have to do with ordinary onlookers like us.

"

No, the real ordinary onlookers are definitely not like you...

Klein swallowed his rants. He had a headache and couldn't help but glanced at the magical items in the display cabinet. It felt like stacks of gold pounds lying there, exuding endless charm and being hot at the same time.

It has to be daunting:

"But if the stolen goods you have here are traced..."

"I have my own way to solve the after-sales problem. The premise is that after the buyer purchases the product, he will not show it off everywhere and show it to the original owner. However, I think the probability of this happening should be very small, unless the buyer happens to

You lost your precious brain."

Seemingly noticing the details of his gradual eagerness to try, Alice cleared her throat solemnly and led the way to another display cabinet with brisk steps:

"Here, let me show you two relatively good props."

Klein calmed down and saw that there was only a waxy yellow page placed alone in the display cabinet in front of him. The corners seemed to have been burned by fire. The material was between leather and cloth. The surface was covered with strange lines and pits. The size

No larger than the palm of an adult's hand.

As a former Nighthawk, he is well aware of the terrible negative effects that such items with extraordinary abilities may have, and should never be touched without preparation. Not to mention that Alice just placed them one by one.

It’s a miracle that the display cabinet’s casual attitude didn’t cause any accidents.

But... maybe this is also the reason why she chose to place the trophies in the mirror world. After all, the materials that make up the display cabinets and product shelves are completely unknown to him, and the mysterious lines on the countertop may contain the wisdom of another world.

Crystallize, so you can seal several magical items that are not too troublesome...

Klein turned his attention away from the delicate patterns around the display cabinet and heard Alice's voice introducing this waxy book page:

"Have you seen this human skin fragment? It was named 'Underworld Extradition' by the original holder. As long as you pour spirituality into it, you can open the door to the underworld and borrow the power of the undead and evil spirits inside the door.

Power to pull designated enemies into the realm of death behind the door. Of course, you can also choose to extradite those undead and evil spirits to the material world and use them to kill enemies, but accordingly, you have to bear the responsibility of sending them back afterwards, or

It is your responsibility to purify the undead, otherwise they will escape control and escape to places where you cannot find them, harming living beings."

"...What are its negative effects?"

Based on her description, Klein judged that this was a magical item that belonged to the "God of Death" path. Although he was somewhat repelled by its material, there was an undeniable excitement in his heart.

Alice nodded slightly when she heard this:

"People who carry it tend to attract natural spirits and dead souls to gather around them, causing frequent supernatural phenomena nearby. Moreover, their own vitality and vitality will flow away at an abnormal speed. They must always pay attention to their physical condition in order to weaken these phenomena.

The necrophilic tendency brought about by the props.”

Well, it is easy to attract ghosts, and it may gradually turn the wearer into a member of the undead... Although the extraordinary ability seems powerful enough, the negative effects are not something I can deal with, at least not now.

With regret and helplessness, Klein looked away from the waxy yellow page, shook his head and sighed secretly.

"There's one more thing here." Alice raised her hand and motioned him to look at another adjacent display cabinet, looking at the props that were also qualified for separate display.

As she spoke unhurriedly, the secrets of this seemingly unremarkable cowhide-sealed ledger gradually revealed its secrets:

"The extraordinary ability of this 'Traveler's Note' is very simple but also very practical, at least for people who have not mastered teleportation spells or the corresponding abilities. The 'Traveler's Note' can record a total of 6 specific, lasting

There are places that have been visited before, and they are retained as teleportation anchor points. When you want to teleport, you only need to open the map in the "Traveler's Notes" and point to the corresponding location to complete the long-distance teleportation. As for the negative effects, use

When using the teleportation ability, you have a 60% chance of success and a 30% chance of failure, but this 30% failure will not have any catastrophic consequences... As for the last 10%, in my opinion, it is a common teleportation

ACCIDENT."

"Teleportation accident?" Klein, whose heart became more and more excited the more he listened, suddenly imagined some not-so-beautiful scenes.

"For example, only the head is transmitted to the corresponding location, but the body remains in the same place, similar to this kind of accident." Alice spread her hands, saying that the way she mentioned was a relatively decent death.

It's very strategic... Although the negative effects are deceiving, if I can use divination to confirm whether the next teleportation will cause harm to me, I can actually avoid the worst consequences.

Moreover, the most critical issue is——

"Can I ask one more question?" Klein tried to kill the reveries that shook his mind, and calmly looked at the smile that was so beautiful that it lacked realism, "These two items were originally props sold at underground trade fairs.

What are their selling prices?"

She looked at him with an unchanging smile:

"'Underworld Extradition' is a commodity, priced at 8,000 pounds. But the 'Traveler's Notes' here are not for sale. The Extraordinary person sitting at the trade fair should have kept it as his own trump card. Oh, yes, from here

I also found several other items on this extraordinary person, one of which is a lighter that can temporarily increase his luck. Perhaps it is to cope with the negative effects of the possible failure of the transmission of 'Traveler's Notes'. By the way, 'Traveler's Notes'

The purchase price of the notebook seems to be 7,500 pounds."

"7,500 pounds..." Klein chewed on this huge number silently and was speechless for a moment.

"However, the extraordinary person sitting at the trade fair, who is the original holder of the 'Traveler's Notes', seems to have a serial potion called 'Chaos Tutor', and he has the extraordinary ability to distort and guide other people's thinking, so I

I think this 7,500 pounds is probably a suppressed selling price."

"Chaos Tutor"? I know the name of this path's potion, from the diary of Emperor Russell... He called this path the "Black Emperor" and described it with words such as corruption, chaos, depravity, and order.

Corresponding ability. Recalling the contents of the diary obtained at this week’s party, Klein couldn’t help but ask:

"So this strong man who is in charge of the underground trade fair was given over to you before he even had time to use means of saving his life..."

"It's not that I didn't have time to use it, I just replaced the space they were in with the corresponding mirror space, cutting off all connections with the outside world. Of course, the transmission that relies on communication with the spirit world will not work."

She briefly mentioned her method of committing the crime, but Klein was able to gradually complete the picture in his imagination of the mirror world that was gradually submerged and covered in black flames, and the people trapped in it running around trying to save themselves.

On the other hand, looking at Alice's demeanor and expression, her performance last night and this morning, it seems that there is no trace of abnormality or guilt at all from beginning to end... Of course, if it is true as she said, then those people she killed

Almost all of them are villains who do not deserve the sympathy of others. If it were him, he would probably make the same judgment.

Well, the premise is that he must have the strength to deal with so many people in one breath, and the courage to not be afraid of offending all forces...

"You don't need to worry too much about what happens next. The East District will probably be in turmoil for a while recently, but what I want is this kind of reaction. This will also make it easier for me to find those who serve the Witch Sect. In addition, according to my idea,

The possibility of the Witch Cult placing pawns and members in the kingdom's upper class society is not small, so 'Watson' is an investigator on the surface. Under this seemingly gorgeous cover, I will use the position of an outsider.

Intervene in the chess game..."

She paused slightly as she spoke, and Klein noticed that the amethyst-like pupils visibly narrowed and narrowed, as if some kind of monstrous and inhuman creature had locked onto its prey.

The next moment, all the spiritual butterflies, including the colorful swallowtail butterfly that stayed on her fingertips, raised their wings and flew away in all directions, leaving the space in the mirror.

His eyes were involuntarily attracted to the flying butterfly. When he looked at Alice again, her purple eyes had returned to normal, and the soul-stirring sense of danger was gone.

"Well, the Mirror House has officially opened, and it's time for my 'carriage pigeons' to go to work. Just like the lilac butterfly that led you here, they each have their own missions, and some are responsible for finding buyers.

Home, some are looking for people who intend to sell extraordinary items...in a reasonable manner."

Alice smiled and gestured in the direction of the entrance:

"In the future, maybe you will hear from other people that there is a legend of a mirror house in the world. Guests invited by the owner of the mirror house can walk into the mirror house from any mirror in the world under the guidance of the carrier pigeons.

In the mirror, come here to exchange for anything they want or need."
To be continued...