Chapter 908 - 860: Elena’s Hair, Divine Power Medium
Looking at Da Fei’s excited expression, Hilda shook her head and smiled: "Really want to know? That’s beyond my job description, will require extra payment, you know?"
Is it possible to talk about such happiness without mentioning money? Honestly, I don’t really want to know, but being at this point, there’s no stopping now. Da Fei chuckled: "No problem, Miss Hilda, name your price."
Hilda laughed: "Let’s see the results first. If we find nothing, there’s no charge. If we do find something, I charge based on the difficulty, starting from one million gold coins, and credit is available!"
Wow! Just to trace a Demon God’s origin, is such a high fee needed? But offering an option with no charge surely indicates improved friendliness! Da Fei laughed: "No problem!"
Hilda’s demeanor became serious: "Hair is the most common medium for magic power and the easiest to be infected by magic. Thus, the area where disguise technique works best is the hair. Even if the disguise fails, magic power might still linger in the hair for a short period, so I need to take two strands of hair from you."
Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched, quickly responding: "No problem, Miss Hilda, please go ahead."
Though pulling hair is nothing usual in real life, the game system isn’t devoted enough to develop gameplay around hair, at most players go to the barbershop, spend some gold coins to change hairstyles, perhaps try something radical.
Thus, in the game, the act of taking hair is something impossible under normal circumstances. Undoubtedly, it’s triggering a plot event now.
At this moment, Hilda held one long and one short strand of hair and began meditating with eyes shut; the hair glimmered with demon light. Da Fei and everyone present were tense, not daring to breathe. Even if the Demon God of the Second Prince should be friend rather than foe, the feeling of searching divine entities is truly stimulating!
After a while, Hilda opened her eyes, tossing away Da Fei’s short hair: "The Lord City Lord’s hair took too long a time, leaving no residual magic information."
As expected! No idea how many years ago it was when I was transformed into a dwarf. Da Fei hurriedly asked: "What about Elena? Elena was under a disguise technique for a month, her disguise just faded a few days ago."
Hilda replied in a deep voice: "Indeed, Miss Elena’s hair contains residual magic power, but if I continue tracking, it’s likely the other party will notice, with unpredictable consequences. Are you sure you want to proceed?"
Da Fei surprised: "Tracking? What’s the relation between identifying residual magic and tracking? Wasn’t Guxin’s residual magic identified at once?"
Hilda said solemnly: "It’s simple. Since the moment Elena was disguised, a tracking mark was placed on her. It means Elena’s activities after the disguise are entirely under the other party’s surveillance. Even if the disguise fails, the mark remains."
Da Fei and Elena were both shocked: "We’re being watched?"
Hilda nodded: "To be precise, if not for the Netherworld creating interference for the tracking mark, then even the scene we’re speaking in now might be monitored. Such high-end means could only be by a god!"
Da Fei was shocked: "The Demon God of the Second Prince should be my ally, right? Why monitor me?"
Indeed! This Second Demon God is unbelievably shameless and deceitful. Fortunately, it’s just a game; otherwise, girls pooping or picking noses would be watched and how could they live then?
Hilda sighed: "Ally? The relationship between Demon God and Summoner always involves mutual exploitation. Not to mention others."
Continuing, Hilda’s expression turned serious: "Not to mention whether these two princes truly possess the capabilities to summon a Demon God by their power. If they lack sufficient ability, then the problem becomes significant! Regardless of who wins the throne struggle, they bring in a wolf to their house, resulting in no good outcome. Even if you help the Second Prince gain power, can you confirm the crowned dwarf is truly the Second Prince and not a Demon God’s disguise? Similarly, the elder Prince possessing Guxin, even if he is crowned, he’d merely be a puppet under Guxin’s mind control. At that point, the Dwarf Kingdom would face chaos."
Da Fei suddenly realized! The situation in the Dwarf Kingdom isn’t as simple as imagined!
Luckily, I’ve always maintained moderation, limited to social engagements without triggering throne ascensions or epic quests. Otherwise, how foolishly exhausting resulting in a hoax, then leaping into a god-slaying legendary task; such complications are not what I wish for!
Then, is the solution seeing that about-to-die Dwarf King? And handle doing away all external aids of his two worthless children?
At this moment, Elena spoke deeply: "During the disguise period, I mostly stayed on ’Flying’, rarely moved around, then went to Divine Punishment City to fight alongside the Lord City Lord, then participated in battles for the mercury mine."
Hilda surprised: "Oh my? The Lord City Lord actually owns a mercury mine? I couldn’t tell the Lord City Lord was so wealthy!"
Wow! The wealthy miner sure attracts even greedy angels; surely the Demon God too! Da Fei anxiously stated: "This is my secret, once the Demon God knows, the consequences are unpredictable, right?"
Hilda shook her head: "I somewhat think letting the other party know you own a mine might not be bad. It shows you have cooperative value, at least until things are accomplished, they won’t harm you."
Da Fei sighed: "There’s some logic!" Hopefully, the workers remaining at the mine speed up the extraction, after all, Ma Yinglong is also watching.
Hilda continued with a sigh: "I have a suggestion, the Second Prince’s Demon God is currently in an ally relationship with you, so there’s no need to risk alerting him by investigating his identity. Pretend you know nothing; I can basically surmise the identity from the clues on hand."
Da Fei surprised: "Guess? Who is it?"
Hilda smiled: "It is well-known, the Dwarf Prince stands out among young heroes worldwide; even summoning the 11th ranked Guxin matches his power, assuming it’s Guxin he’s summoned. Whereas the Second Prince’s power is far less, not even a hero. Perhaps even if he were, he may utilized his hero status as a sacrifice. Hence, the Second Prince’s most likely candidate is the 57th ranked Ose (Ose), absolutely not in the forefront. It’s even possible Ose approached him with ulterior motives."
Da Fei nodded: "I see!"
Hilda shook her head and laughed, "Just a guess, it didn’t take much effort. So this time I won’t charge you, thank me!"
Oh come on, I’m already keeping track of millions in accounts, so why worry about this one million? Are you looking down on me? I see money like dirt! Da Fei hurriedly waved his hand, "No, Miss Hilda enlightened me, and that’s not something money can measure. My token of thanks is one million gold coins, mark it down!"
Hilda laughed heartily, "Really? Then I won’t hold back?"
Da Fei laughed, "Really! No need to be polite with me!" Ha! As long as I eventually win you over completely, giving you more money is like getting it all back, right? Wahaha!
Hilda shook her head and laughed, "Do you know what it means to spend one million gold coins for a demon god’s name?"
Rich, capricious! Foolish, with too much money! Da Fei coughed awkwardly, "Isn’t it just as Miss Hilda said, find a Forbidden Curse to summon it, then ambush near the summoning array and take it out - after all, neither of the demon gods are good, and I’m likely to clash with them."
Hilda laughed heartily, "Yes, that’s the most straightforward method. But it’s too brutal and wasteful. Demon gods are still gods, mortals rarely get the chance to establish contact with gods, so not making good use of it would be a loss, right?"
Da Fei was taken aback, "How to make use of it?"
Hilda laughed, "That would require sacrificing Miss Elena’s beautiful long hair, I wonder if Miss Elena would be willing?"
Da Fei was stunned, "Shave her head?"
Hilda waved her hand, "Of course not! I think with Miss Elena’s temperament, a short haircut will look quite nice."
Elena nodded, "I understand, my hair still retains the demon god’s power, it’s the best magical medium to connect with the gods!"
With that, she tossed her head, her silver hair fluttering, then with a flash of the blade, the flowing hair was cut off swiftly with the wind! Da Fei couldn’t help but feel a twinge in his heart!
But when a brand new Elena with a Cleopatra-style Shaxuan short haircut appeared, the stunning transformation left Da Fei awestruck! So beautiful, so cool, so queen-like!
As Elena handed the bundle to Hilda, Da Fei finally came to his senses, "What’s the use of the hair?"
Hilda laughed, "I’ll process it a bit, and these hairs will become the best disguise magical tool, then you’ll transform into another person. It’s the best tool for spies, very useful, right?"
Transform? Da Fei gasped, "But, these hairs hardly have much magic left, how long can the transformation last?"
Hilda laughed, "I’ve said before, these hairs are just a medium to connect with the demon god. The so-called medium is like a faucet, once turned on, the demon god’s power flows in like tap water. Normally, you wouldn’t get such a cheap benefit, but blame the demon god for leaving a surveillance magic that became a direct channel. Got it?"
Elena added, "It’s like sacrificing to the gods; the used war captives are a medium, and when used on specific dates and rituals, the powerful blessing of divine power descends, unrelated to the captives’ own power."
So that’s it! Monitoring turns out to be a good thing too? In essence, it’s like the gods installing surveillance cameras at my place, and I use their electrical wiring to steal their electricity? Haha, wahahaha, high-level stuff indeed! Well, I’ve always been annoyed by the constant attention, just missing a disguise tool!
Da Fei was both excited and anxious, asking, "So, borrowing divine power won’t alert the demon god?"
Hilda laughed, "The medium is like shopping at the god’s lower-level store with gold coins; the shopkeeper only recognizes money, not people, so they won’t care who you are. Rest assured and use it. In short, your one million gold coins are well spent!"
Da Fei rejoiced, "Then I’ll trouble Miss Hilda!"
It boils down to how amazing Hilda is! Since she can handle Ose’s medium, what about the Great Demon God’s medium?
Da Fei cast a longing gaze at the lineup of beauties at the bar, "Miss Hilda, they also possess the magic power left by Guxin, could it be?"
Hilda shook her head, "No! I could exploit Ose because Ose left a surveillance channel, allowing me to sneak through a loophole. But these girls have been abandoned and have no connection left. However—"
Hilda then said seriously, "If they were truly outstanding talents before, and the City Lord could restore most of their powers, they would undoubtedly be the main force to deal with Guxin. But, let’s not rush. Let’s take it step by step."
Da Fei nodded excitedly, "Yes, step by step!"
Now, the radar’s surrounding sea area was once again gathering dense red clouds, another wave of Undead Sea Monsters was about to launch their assault! This sharply contrasted with the previous time when Da Fei bore Absolute Misfortune, preventing sea monsters from approaching.
In essence, this is the true horror of the Nether Sea! Yes, for me now, this is an unstoppable flow of experience! Welcome!
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