Chapter 524: Useful Strategy

In the lively atmosphere, Lu Mian drank very happily, and it wasn't until it was close to midnight that he left the bar with Bartner and walked onto the street where the sea breeze had already turned cold.

"You don't really want to hunt the 'Black Baron', do you?" Bartner asked hesitantly.

Didn't Louis Berry's performance just now repeat the conspiracy of last night, wanting "Black Baron" Klass Kitz to find him himself?

"Otherwise?" Lu Mian turned his head, his green eyes with a smile didn't look drunk at all, "If he doesn't come to find me, where can I find him? Or, sneak onto the 'Golden Nimbus' and deal with a whole ship of people by myself?"

That's true... Bartner actually felt that what Louis Berry said made some sense.

Once the "Black Baron" goes ashore, he will definitely disguise himself, not so easy to find, and if he is at sea, on his own ship, it is almost impossible for a single adventurer to hunt him. Lions are also afraid of wolves, not to mention that among those wolves, besides Klass Kitz, there are several heads with extraordinary abilities.

Every one of those heads, Bartner asked himself, would not be weaker than him.

After a few seconds, Bartner realized that the point was wrong and blurted out:

"Do you have the confidence to deal with the 'Black Baron', as well as the two or three helpers he might have?"

Lu Mian hooked the corners of his mouth:

"Every adventurer who comes to the sea wants to recreate Gehrman Sparrow's great career."

This sentence, it wasn't the first time he said it, but before it was in a joking tone, but this time it made Bartner hear calmness and seriousness.

He doesn't really want to come for real, right?

Is he cunning and treacherous, or reckless and crazy?

At this moment, Bartner overturned his understanding of Louis Berry again.

His actions all have purposes, all carry traps, but his intentions and ideas are unrealistic. Most importantly, he himself is very clear that it is unrealistic, but he still calmly and persistently chooses to push it forward to realize his great dream.

How should I describe this person? Bartner couldn't find suitable language for a while.

At this time, Lu Mian had walked to the stalls in the open-air market and spent 5 Felkin to buy fried banana chips, roasted cakes, roasted meat, roasted oysters, roasted fish, roasted shrimp, and sugarcane sugar and other foods.

"You're still not full?" Bartner asked in astonishment.

When they were drinking just now, they ordered fries, fried fish, and meat pies and other things.

Lu Mian smiled and said:

"Bringing a late-night snack for my godson."

Godson... You have a godson at your age? Bartner didn't quite understand this guy who spoke with a Sawa province accent.

Perhaps, that mountain province is popular for finding young people to be godfathers?

After Lu Mian picked up several brown paper bags, Bartner exhaled and said:

"Your plan may not have any effect. Adventurers who like to brag are everywhere. The people just now might not tell others about the words you promoted as a joke. This is too common."

Lu Mian smiled slightly:

"No, they will spread it very quickly. In a few days, the whole Falingang will know that there is such a new adventurer who took a commission and wants to hunt the 'Black Baron'."

"How is that possible? You don't have a way to control their mouths." Bartner retorted subconsciously.

Suddenly, he was stunned there:

"You won't really, really be able to control their thoughts..."

Lu Mian sneered, raised the hand holding several paper bags, and touched his head:

"Use your brain to think carefully.

"They don't want to spread it, there are plenty of people who will help me spread it."

Bartner suddenly realized:

"You want to secretly ask a group of people to help you promote this matter..."

Speaking of this, he paused for a few seconds before saying:

"You don't need to ask, that big merchant Fideer will help you achieve your goal after knowing your performance. He has enough resources, but what if he doesn't know..."

"I will visit him tomorrow." Lu Mian responded calmly.

Very thorough, very feasible, just like a chain, one link buckled to another... Bartner felt the more he thought about it, the more he felt that every detail of this plan was considered, but overall it presented a crazy temperament.

After a while, he instinctively evaluated:

"If the 'Black Baron' leaves the Mist Sea, then it might take a few months to hear this news. If he happens to be in Falingang, then maybe he will know in two or three days."

Falingang, including passing travelers, has a population of just over 100,000, not even comparable to a district in Trier—more people are distributed in those plantations on Saint Tick Island and the Andatena volcano mines.

"Hope he is in Falingang." Lu Mian said with the ease of a night stroll.

Bartner fell silent, not knowing what to say.

Returning to the "Flying Bird", Lu Mian entered Room 5 of the first-class cabin, looked at Lu Dewei who was eating the reserved late-night snack, and put the brown paper bags he was carrying on the dining table.

The fragrance of fried food and barbecue spread out quickly.

Lu Dewei glanced up slightly, then lowered his head, and quickly ate the food Lu Mian brought back.

Lu Mian sat on the nearby armchair and rocked gently.

Finally, Lu Dewei sighed comfortably:

"Eating cheese, bread, cakes, and biscuits for late-night snacks will always get tired."

A guy who can even eat live mice raw doesn't have the qualification to say this... Lu Mian slandered, and said with a smile:

"This proves that I haven't forgotten you, this godson.

"By the way, how long do you plan to follow me? I have already brought you to escape from the Knowledge Church."

Lu Dewei thought seriously:

"Follow until I can make money to support myself. Now, now I am still a child!"

Also, if this guy doesn't have money to buy food, I'm afraid something very terrifying will happen... Also, before I go to the 'City of Exile', the Knowledge Church shouldn't allow Lu Dewei to leave me... Lu Mian laughed at himself:

"I, an unmarried and underage man, actually have to raise a child like you for a long time."

"Not necessarily for a long time..." Lu Dewei muttered in a low voice.

Meaning, you can recover to the level of supporting yourself within this year or next year? Lu Mian pretended not to hear Lu Dewei's muttering and pointed to the servant room with his chin:

"Is that guy peaceful?"

Lu Dewei, who was acting as a little spy, asked back in confusion:

"For Intis people, going to the deck and into the bar, using helping people see a doctor as an excuse to chat up women, does that belong to the category of being peaceful?"

"It belongs." Lu Mian sighed helplessly.

You Intis people.

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The next afternoon, amidst the rumors that the port might end the blockade tomorrow morning, Lu Mian got off the "Flying Bird" and went straight to Keleiyasi Street in the Black Pearl District, visiting the big merchant Fideer Gela in advance.

He had already received the letter Franca sent back through Jenna's Xia Zuotu last night. The description of the Falingang explosion incident in the letter was basically the same as the intelligence obtained by Philip, just with a few more details:

When the official Beyonders arrived at the scene, the "Devil Wizard" Bulman had already fled;

The official Beyonders were dealing with the product of a failed experiment, an undead monster composed of many limbs and corpse pieces, which could awaken all the dead in Falingang;

Many patients in that hospital were killed by the monster...

Lu Mian still saw Fideer Gela in the study. This Intis and Feneport mixed-race middle-aged man was smoking a cigar and said with a smile:

"Did you come by smelling the scent? I just received the venom of the Colorful-Bearded Horned Lizard."

Just received? I'm afraid it has always been there. Seeing that I am working hard to try to fish out the "Black Baron" and complete your commission, I didn't say that I hadn't received the goods yet... Lu Mian guessed with a smile:

"This shows that luck is favoring me. How many Felkin?"

"3800 Felkin, I don't earn much." Fideer said sincerely.

Lu Mian didn't bargain, took out a stack of banknotes directly, and counted out 3800 Felkin.

Seeing this, Fideer called in a servant and ordered him a few words.

Not long after, the servant brought back a brown glass bottle.

"Can't use a metal container, it will cause corrosion and change the nature of the venom." Fideer let the servant be responsible for collecting money and handing over the goods, while he himself always kept a distance of about ten meters from Lu Mian.

Lu Mian nodded slightly, glanced at the brown glass bottle, and tucked it into his clothes pocket.

After the servant went out, Fideer showed a smile again:

"I heard that you repeated your performance last night in the bar?"

This big merchant showed his well-informed side.

"Useful strategies should of course be used more." Lu Mian defaulted to the other party's words.

Fideer nodded:

"I like young people with sharpness like you. I will help you spread your words and strive to let Klass Kitz hear them in the shortest time.

"Hehe, the adventurers I commissioned before were all too steady."

"No problem, I came today actually for this matter." Lu Mian said and turned to leave.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned his body, and said thoughtfully:

"You say, will the 'Devil Wizard' Bulman be hiding here with you?"

Fideer was stunned:

"What are you talking about?

"What does the 'Devil Wizard' have to do with me here?"

"Nothing, just guessing randomly." Lu Mian smiled lightly, "Keleiyasi Street is very close to where the explosion happened last night, and your place is very suitable for hiding."

Without waiting for Fideer's response, he took a step again and left the building slowly.

Fideer looked at his back, frowned slightly, as if wondering why he said that.

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In the dead of night, the sound of waves echoed from afar, and the "Flying Bird" swayed gently.

Lu Mian lay on the big bed in Room 5 of the first-class cabin, covered with a velvet quilt, his eyes closed, his breathing long, sleeping soundly.

Suddenly, a cloud seemed to drift outside the window, covering the red moon and stars in the high sky.

The room with the curtains drawn became even darker. Even if he just looked at his own hand, he could barely distinguish five fingers.

In the large patches of shadows, something seemed to have come alive.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 525 =====