North Shore of Conquest, Truva.
In Truva during the night, Dorothy took advantage of the darkness to wipe out the Dark Gold Society's stronghold in Ben Gecheer. After defeating and killing their leader Ben Gecheer, she quickly collected the equipment from his body, turned him into a Corpse Puppet, and put him into the magic box. She rapidly withdrew before Truva's official Extraordinary organizations arrived. Because Dorothy could now use magnetic levitation, her personal movement speed had greatly increased, and she completely left the battle scene in a short time.
After leaving the dangerous area, Dorothy switched to her Corpse Puppet horse and left rapidly. On the way, she also encountered a fire brigade carriage rushing to the burning mansion. A streak of flame color could be seen on the horizon in the distance; the Dark Gold Society's stronghold was currently burning fiercely. Fortunately, the main building of the stronghold was within the courtyard, so although the fire was large, it would not spread outwards.
Soon, Dorothy rode the Corpse Puppet horse back to the vicinity of the hotel she was staying at. After putting away the Corpse Puppet horse and taking off her black robe attire, she entered the hotel and quickly returned to her room. The first thing Dorothy did after sitting down was take out her """wen hai hang zhi""", turn to Beverly's communication page, and pick up a pen to start writing on it.
"Your commission has been completed."
After writing the message, Dorothy sat in place, waiting slowly. Soon after, Beverly's response appeared on the paper again. It was clear that the other party had also been waiting for Dorothy's message there; after all, clockwork people don't need to sleep.
"Ah... it's already completed? So fast. Although I knew you could do it, this speed is still a bit beyond my expectation. What about the losses of those guys?"
"Their stronghold has been destroyed by me. A total of four Black Earth and one Chalk are gone. It's a pity that their stronghold was burned down due to the fire caused by the battle. I released the materials locked inside, but I didn't have time to search for things inside. Everything is probably burned to the ground... Truva's officials should have gone there by now, so I didn't have time to check if there was anything left that wasn't burned. A lot of the things they plundered might be gone."
Dorothy wrote on the page, briefly describing her battle situation to Beverly, and Beverly quickly responded.
"One Stone Gargoyles... four Wall Walkers. This should roughly be the main configuration of the Dark Gold Society in a large city. Now, in Truva, besides a few henchmen who slipped through the net, there should be no more of their people."
"It's a bit of a pity that the stronghold was burned down, but it doesn't matter. Under normal circumstances, they would promptly transfer out the majority of the plundered Extraordinary resources, so there shouldn't be much left in that stronghold. I didn't intend for you to recover anything in the first place. The main goal was to kill their people and teach them a lesson."
Beverly responded like this on the page. After reading it, Dorothy thought to herself that the Craftsmen's Guild was indeed a major player; they could say it didn't matter when so many Extraordinary resources were gone. After that, she immediately picked up her pen and continued writing on the page.
"So... when will you give me the reward you promised?"
"You can rest assured about this. Since you have completed the commission, our reward will naturally not be missing. By the way, do you have any proof that can confirm the results of the battle?"
"I brought back the body of the leading Stone Gargoyles. This proof should be enough, right?" As soon as Dorothy saw that the other party wanted proof, she immediately responded by writing, thinking to herself that it was a good thing she had brought back that guy's body. Soon after, new handwriting continued to appear on the page.
"You have the body of the Stone Gargoyles. That should be enough. Now, wait in Truva for about two days. In two days, our people will come here. When they do, you can directly give them the body for confirmation."
"Two days? Okay, I'll wait for you here. By the way... when your person comes over, can they bring me two'Shi' (Stone) secret transmission? Consider it me buying them."
Dorothy continued writing to Beverly. Directly confronting someone this time consumed a great deal of Spirituality, so she had to replenish it. Since it was inconvenient for her to go to the next city now, she directly asked the Craftsmen's Guild if they could bring some over.
"Ah... the diligent and studious neighbor Miss is buying books again... She truly never forgets to study. Okay, I will notify the person coming over to bring you two'Shi' (Stone) secret transmission. You've helped us a great deal this time. If their inspection is fine, I will just give you these two secret transmission. Consider them an extra reward, no need to pay."
Beverly wrote this on the page. After reading Beverly's generous words, Dorothy felt a slight touch in her heart, thinking that a daughter might not necessarily be like her father; Beverly's attitude was much more magnanimous than Aldrich's.
"Thank you then."
"By the way, there's one more thing I want to ask you. Do you have any metals that are resistant to high temperatures?" Dorothy continued writing on the page, and after a while, Beverly responded.
"Of course we do. The Craftsmen's Guild has blacksmiths of all levels. Various materials that are not available elsewhere are definitely abundant here. We have everything from ordinary materials to Spiritual Extraordinary materials, and even divine metals that can be used to forge order construct core and descend divine bodies. Of course, high-temperature resistant metals can be found. Are you asking this because you are interested in forging?"
"Of course not, I was just asking first. Since you have them, it's easy to handle. I should ask you to forge some things for me in the future. I'll talk to you about this later. For now, I'll wait for your people here in Truva. Please come quickly."
"Alright, then wait there. Our people will be here soon. After the verification is fine, I will give you the information you want."
After that, Dorothy and Beverly chatted casually for a while longer. After writing the farewell words, Dorothy ended her contact with Beverly and closed the """wen hai hang zhi""".
Next, Dorothy began to inventory the spoils she had obtained from Ben Gecheer. These spoils were quite numerous: a ring, a staff, several symbols, some cash, several Spirituality storage items, and a pistol. Dorothy took them out of the magic box one by one and placed them on the desk, consuming two points of Light to perform a simple ritual and identify all these items.
First was that ring. After examining it, Dorothy found that she had actually seen this thing before. This was not an Extraordinary item but a small mechanism. Storage items and symbols could be hidden inside the ring, and in an emergency, the hidden symbols could be quickly activated by touching the ring. Dorothy had seen this thing on another Wall Walker killer, Kim, before.
The symbol inside Ben Gecheer's ring had turned to ash, proving that he had used it in the previous battle. The storage item inside was a small piece of dried meat, which was clearly a used "cup" Spirituality storage item. Seeing this storage item, Dorothy could confirm that it had previously contained a Life Devour, which Ben Gecheer used to temporarily apply strength and life buffs to himself.
'It's this kind of convenient buffing item again, and the buffs are basically Life Devour. Speaking of which, Life Devour is not difficult to obtain and is very useful. People in the hidden world with a little skill should always keep some on hand. The strength and vitality of the first-order "cup" are quite important for many professions that are not related to Spirituality and "cup".'
Looking at the ring on the table, Dorothy commented in her heart. She had a deep understanding of how useful the Raw Consumption Symbol was.
After the ring was a cane, the one Ben Gecheer used that could transform into a flail. Dorothy had thought it was an Extraordinary item when she saw it, and it turned out she was right.
This cane is called "Heavy Shatter". Normally, it looks like a cane, but after triggering the mechanism, the cane head detaches and rapidly deforms and enlarges. The detached head is linked to the shaft by an iron chain, forming a flail. The head of Heavy Shatter can instantly increase its weight by consuming the Spirituality of'Stone', giving it considerable destructive power when swung, capable of easily smashing walls. In the hands of Ben Gecheer, who had a Raw Consumption Symbol attached, it could completely take down a Wall Walker in about two hits. It's a standard melee weapon-type Extraordinary item.
'A flail that transforms from a cane... can instantly increase weight through'Stone'... it seems pretty good. Compared to a sword, a flail is simpler and more brutal to use, with heavy force and greater destructive power. I can let Vanya try its power if there's a chance later. But speaking of which, these craftsmen tend to make melee Extraordinary items into the shape of canes. Is it because they are easier to carry in social settings? If things go south, you can just pull out your weapon?'
Dorothy evaluated the cane like this. Overall, the Heavy Shatter cane should be the best among these spoils.
After the cane were some symbols, including two Raw Consumption Symbols, one Swamp Symbol, and one Earth Listening Symbol. These symbols were all ones Dorothy recognized from before. Besides these, there were also some that Dorothy only identified now.
Two Scorching Symbols, capable of erupting a ball of flame. One Wind Blowing Symbol, capable of emitting a strong wind. Both of these were symbols that directly emitted elemental attacks. Dorothy concluded that Ben Gecheer brought these for self-charging during critical moments, based on another pistol that was also among the spoils.
This pistol was not an Extraordinary item; it had no Spirituality on it, but its shape was very peculiar. It was made from a type of black stone, with a large barrel and no conventional magazine. It couldn't load regular bullets; instead, it had two special loading ports that could load symbols and Spirituality storage items. After carefully examining this peculiar pistol, Dorothy roughly knew what it was for.
This pistol could load and fire symbols and storage items that directly emitted elemental attacks. The elemental attacks emitted by the symbols would be completely focused and sprayed out from the muzzle, forming a jet effect. If a Stone Gargoyles used it, they could load symbols and storage items and shoot themselves, maximizing the effect of the symbols on their own body to achieve efficient charging. Dorothy felt this might be a standard item for the Dark Gold Society's Stone Gargoyles.
'A pistol that uses symbols and storage items to charge oneself with elemental energy... for a Stone Gargoyles, this thing is actually more like a syringe, I feel it's not of much use to me...'
Glancing at the strange stone firearm, Dorothy thought judgmentally, then put it aside and looked at the last of the spoils, several storage items.
Ben Gecheer had two small meat-like 'Cup' storage items, used for Raw Consumption Symbols, and two gold coin-like 'Light' storage items, used for Scorching Symbols. The two 'Light' storage items were directly used by Dorothy for identification, so Dorothy only gained two 'Cup' storage items.
Besides these items, Dorothy also found about 50,000 Bita in cash on Ben Gecheer, which is about 350 pound in pound. That's not bad; most people wouldn't carry so much cash on them if they didn't need to.
After identifying the items, Dorothy calculated her Spirituality loss and found it was not optimistic.
Dorothy's action this time was in two parts: first, ambushing the two Wall Walkers and fighting the one who came to her, and second, infiltrating the Dark Gold Society's lair. When dealing with the two Wall Walkers, Dorothy used two Raw Consumption Symbols, activated her damage transfer ability and Electrification, costing a total of 4 points of 'Cup' and 2 points of'Stone'. When infiltrating the Dark Gold Society's lair, to mask the general knowledge puppet mark on the Living Puppet Barna, she spent 3 points of'Shadow'. Using the lowest power of the Focused Scorching Snipe Rifle to shoot Ben Gecheer cost 2 points of 'Light'. After that, she used magnetism all the way to maneuver around Ben Gecheer, which cost 1 point of'Stone', and one shot of the electromagnetic cannon cost 5 points of'Stone'.
The cost of the sniper rifle was 2 points out of the 5 points of 'Light' that were originally in the gun. The cost of 3 points of'Shadow' was paid by the'Shadow' storage item given by the An Yin Bureau knight sister last time. Combining the 7'Stone' and 3 'enlightenment' obtained from reading the Barlar secret transmission before, Dorothy's current Spirituality status is as follows:
28 Cup, 4 Stone, 20 Shadow, 4 Light, 14 Silence, 37 enlightenment. As for Spirituality storage items, she has 2 Cup and 4 Shadow. If all the cash is converted to pound, she has 1850 pound left.
'Damn... this loss is not ordinary. As expected... when I fight head-on, my Spirituality flows like water. The'Stone' Spirituality I just bought for over a thousand pound is almost used up again after one fight. Like this, I can't even maintain my daily activities in the afternoon, let alone accumulate enough for promotion.'
Rubbing her temples, Dorothy thought with a somewhat troubled expression. Compared to her previous experiences, this incident wasn't major, but the Spirituality consumption was very high. The main reason was that she was fighting head-on without any external assistance, so the Spirituality consumption was uncontrollably large.
'This electromagnetic cannon is powerful, but its Spirituality consumption is a bit too high. I should use it less in the future. Fortunately, besides the electromagnetic cannon, Misaka Mikoto's superpower application also has strong conventional magnetic force usage, and the consumption is relatively low...'
Dorothy thought this in her heart. Compared to the electromagnetic cannon, the most cost-effective ability in her output should be lightning strike. It's guiding lightning, not creating lightning. This is because her lightning strike ability doesn't rely on Spirituality to create lightning, but rather guides natural lightning from the clouds, thus capable of producing great power with a small amount of Spirituality. However, because of this, the lightning strike ability is severely limited by weather conditions and has a long wind-up time, so overall, its applicability is not very strong.
'Another point of consumption is... after the ship explosion last time and the house explosion this time, the explosives I brought from Tivian are almost used up, and I must find a way to replenish them. Explosives are quite effective when used well.'
Dorothy continued to ponder. In this wave tonight, she used a bundle of explosives to directly take out two Black Earth and an unknown number of Apprentices. In terms of cost-effectiveness, explosives, which cost no Spirituality and only a little money, are the strongest. Without considering the noise, they are incredibly effective against Extraordinary below Chalk. They are not useless against Chalk who are not'Stone', and perhaps even more effective against Chalk who are neither'Stone' nor 'Cup'. If they are caught off guard at close range, they might directly kneel.
Therefore, Dorothy plans to look for the black market in Truva during these two days while waiting for someone, to see if she can replenish some explosives.
Looking at her remaining few points of'Stone', Dorothy recalled that she came to Truva specifically to buy'Stone'. As a result, she had 5 points when she arrived, and now she has 4 points. After all this trouble, she ended up with even less. Facing this situation, Dorothy could only sigh about how difficult life is.