The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 952 Harvest and Investigation

Zhao Chen had just extracted information about "extraordinary sequences" from Horace's soul, and now he had also seen "characteristics." An unfounded guess began to linger in his mind:

"Could it be... that the 'Witch God' of Taixi is also connected to this 'other-dimensional world,' or at least has some understanding of this world, which is why he created a similar 'potion' path?"

Su Xuanbing was equally surprised, her blue eyes filled with inquiry. She hadn't used "soul search" on others to conserve her energy, but now she regretted it a little.

"Ahem... Regardless of whether this 'other-dimensional world' is special or not, it's not something we should be concerned with right now. Let's sort out what we've gained and leave here as soon as possible," Zhao Chen said after coughing.

Although he had set up an array around the mansion before entering to minimize the noise of the battle, he couldn't guarantee that no one would discover anything.

After all, he already knew from Heras that there was a being known as a "demigod" in the capital of the Kingdom of Rune.

While it's true that those below the demigod level still have various weaknesses that are relatively easy to deal with, once they reach the "demigod" level, those who have undergone transformation are no weaker than the "Dongxuan" cultivators of Xuantian.

Upon hearing this, Su Xuanbing had no choice but to suppress her desire to "investigate," and placed the collected items in front of Zhao Chen, briefly summarizing them as follows:

"The harvest can be divided into three categories. First, there are valuables. As I just mentioned, there are 3000 gold pounds in cash alone."

"And the second category is magical artifacts, like those cultivators from just now..."

She had just finished speaking when Zhao Chen corrected her, saying, "The cultivators here are called 'extraordinary ones,' and the magical artifacts they use are called extraordinary items."

“Some of these have severe and difficult-to-control side effects, and are therefore called ‘sealed substances’.”

This knowledge also came from Heracles.

“Extraordinary individuals?” Su Xuanbing nodded readily and continued, “We obtained three extraordinary items from those extraordinary individuals.”

"These are Horace's iron-black metal gloves, the black whip used by the woman named Katie, and the white steam-powered long flintlock pistol of the bearded man..."

"Speaking of which, the extraordinary items in this world are very strange. They are clearly only equivalent to magic, but they inexplicably possess supernatural power."

Hearing this, Zhao Chen smiled and replied, "Not only extraordinary items, but aren't they themselves like that? I've learned a bit about the extraordinary system here through soul searching, I'll tell you about it later."

He paused, then pointed to the corpses around him and continued, "The third type is the 'extraordinary characteristic' they condensed, right?"

By this time, the characteristics of all extraordinary beings, including Horace, had been revealed.

“That’s right…” Su Xuanbing nodded first, then asked, “But, won’t taking them away lead to being tracked down?”

Since Zhao Chen's "collection space" is currently in a state where he can only leave but not enter, he is not really sure that he will not be tracked down.

Unless it is sold directly to "Dainichi Seisha".

He thought for a moment and replied, "I will only carry the money with me, and hide the rest in a secret place. If no one tracks me down, I will then take them."

"That's a good idea..." Su Xuanbing exclaimed, then added meaningfully, "It seems you're an expert in this area." After witnessing the "Taiyin Erosion Realm" move and combining it with his previous methods against "Sakura Dragon Fairy," Su Xuanbing had already vaguely guessed Zhao Chen's identity, but he didn't reveal it.

Zhao Chen pretended not to understand and changed the subject: "I'll go and deactivate the magic array around the house now. You go and release the girls from underground."

Su Xuanbing gave him a deep look, then nodded and said, "Okay!"

After watching the female general in full armor leave for the underground area, Zhao Chen's lips curled up slightly, seemingly with some anticipation. He then used his magic to wrap the spoils and "seal" them away, categorizing them into different types.

With the prerequisite spell of "Demon King's Binding", he can be considered the nemesis of these "polluted" items.

After doing all this, Zhao Chen left the mansion and removed the magic array that he had casually set up to isolate sound and images.

Inside the underground prison, the many abducted girls were initially startled by the sounds of battle. After a while, they were astonished to find that the prison door had been smashed open by a female knight wearing black and red armor.

Apart from those who were already numb, most of the girls who had just been kidnapped and hadn't received any training dared to get up and go out, chasing the female knight all the way to the exit of the underground area.

Not only did they fail to catch the female knight, they also found a pile of corpses on the ground.

Startled, the girls hurriedly ran out of the villa; some went straight home, some went to the police station to report the incident, and others ran towards the nearby church...

After confirming that all the girls had escaped, Zhao Chen and Su Xuanbing, who had been hiding in the shadows, withdrew their divine senses. They then found a relatively clean area in a sewer a few blocks away, placed the sealed extraordinary items and their extraordinary characteristics, and set up a small restriction around them to mislead the viewer.

As his knowledge became more diverse, Zhao Chen's array formation reserves were no longer limited to just the "Shangming Nine Luminaries Moyi Grand Array".

After doing all that, the two continued along River Bend Avenue to the Eastern District and returned to the one-bedroom apartment they had previously rented.

Just as they returned to the East District, a phantom gate suddenly tore open in mid-air outside the mansion of the human trafficker Kapin, covered with complex symbols.

The door opened silently, and a man in a sharp suit and wearing a gold mask walked out. With a single glance, his eyes locked onto the living room where the battle had taken place.

Immediately afterwards, a team of three extraordinary individuals arrived outside the mansion, led by a man with gold-rimmed glasses and tan hair.

They were official extraordinary beings from the Church of the Lord of Storms, who came to investigate after receiving reports from some of the girls.

The masked man glanced at the leader of the three and casually said, "You must be Stuart, the 'Mystic Instructor' of the Church of Storms? I've heard of you."

The man named Stuart bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Your Excellency... May I ask why you have come in person?"

He recognized the man, knowing he was a demigod in the Kingdom's intelligence service, but extraordinary events in the Jowood district were under the jurisdiction of the Holy Wind Cathedral of the Church of Storms.

The masked man said somewhat impatiently, "The police department reported the matter to MI9, and I live nearby."

His reasoning was fairly sound, but Stuart instinctively felt something was amiss.

(End of this chapter)