Lisa immediately greeted the newcomer with a bow.
"Captain Boner, you're still on duty this late?"
Lucas glanced at the newcomer before continuing to wait at the counter.
The Imperial Secret Agent named Boner stared intently at Lucas.
A female elf, short emerald-green hair, beautiful—very beautiful—with twin blades and a black lace long-sleeved glove on her right arm...
Matching the description of the dangerous assassin from the intelligence report.
Boner asked Lisa, "Are all these items being purchased by this elf lady?"
Lisa replied, "Yes, Captain Boner. These items are all being bought by this elf lady. Once this transaction is complete, I can close up and rest."
Boner turned to Lucas, "Miss, may I ask what you intend to do with so many mystical items? Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Boner, Captain of the Second Special Unit of the Imperial Secret Intelligence Bureau, Central Division of Raging Tide City."
Lucas glanced at Boner.
"Good evening, Captain Boner. I am buying these items to study secret arts. If you are concerned, you are welcome to inspect them."
Lisa, worried the sale might fall through, quickly added, "Captain Boner, all mystical items sold at Whisperer's Mystery Shop are legal. Mrs. Michel can vouch for that."
"I certainly trust Councilwoman Michel," Boner continued, addressing Lucas. "Miss Elf, you've bought so many things. My men and I can escort you home. It's very late, and it could be dangerous for a beautiful elf like you to be out alone."
"I can protect myself." Lucas pulled out the silver dagger from the Brotherhood of the Blade, twirling it on his finger before putting it away. He then turned to Lisa. "How much?"
Lisa looked at the total she had calculated. "Altogether, it's 1,473,200 Imperial Marks. But you only need to pay 1,450,000 Imperial Marks."
Lucas took out the money bag from his spatial backpack, counted out some gold notes, silver notes, and Imperial Marks, and handed them to Lisa.
Then, he started loading the boxes of mystical items into his spatial backpack one by one.
The Brotherhood of the Blade's silver dagger and spatial storage magic.
This prompted Boner to respectfully bow to Lucas. "I didn't realize you were a member of the Brotherhood of the Blade. May I have the honor of knowing your name?"
With all the items packed, Lucas replied, "I am not a member of the Brotherhood of the Blade. This dagger was a gift from a friend, who said it could help me avoid unnecessary trouble.
As for my name...Ela. If there's nothing else, goodbye."
Hearing the name Ela, Boner instinctively reached for the sword at his waist.
But he restrained himself and did not draw it. As the elf left, he quickly followed.
"Miss Ela, it was you who killed Jumu, the Bullhorn demon of the Mad Axe Gang in the Seawall District, wasn't it?"
When Lucas stepped out of the Whisperer's Mystery Shop, he saw a group of Imperial Secret Agents gathered outside.
They all had their swords drawn, watching Lucas warily. Boner came out after her.
The atmosphere immediately grew tense.
Lucas replied, "Yes, I killed him."
"And the more than ten people in the storage area of Windshield Alley?"
"I killed them too," Lucas admitted frankly, her right hand resting on the hilt of the sword at her waist. "Do you have any more questions, Captain Boner?"
The surrounding temperature quickly dropped.
Raindrops fell from the sky, turning into ice pellets that crashed onto the stone pavement with a crackling sound. Thirty meters away, the road was dry, with no ice pellets or raindrops.
The scene was eerily silent.
A luxurious carriage approached from a distance, but the driver, seeing the situation, quickly pulled the reins to stop the carriage. Then he hastily turned it around and sped away.
The temperature continued to drop.
Some of the secret agents began to shiver uncontrollably from the cold.
This phenomenon reminded Boner of the records from the Windshield Alley murder scene.
All the victims had been frozen into ice sculptures.
They had faced their enemy but offered no resistance when they died.
At the Mad Axe Gang headquarters, he had killed over a hundred people in just a few minutes, including several battle-hardened gang members.
By calculating the time, the bullhorn demon Jumu couldn't withstand even a minute before he decapitated him.
Boner couldn't fathom how this seemingly unimpressive elf possessed such immense killing power.
Am I a match against her? Moreover, she had the backing of those old nobles.
Boner saw frost forming on his eyelashes.
"Miss Ela, you misunderstand us. We have no intention of being your enemy." Ultimately, Boner didn't dare attempt to capture this elf. He waved his men to retreat from the frost-covered area and continued, "The incidents in Windshield Alley and the Mad Axe Gang aren't under our jurisdiction, and the Seawall District isn't our territory.
Besides, you're a friend of a Brotherhood of the Blade member."
Lucas asked, "Can I leave now?"
"Yes, welcome to Raging Tide City's central district. I hope you have a pleasant evening..."
"Goodbye!"
Lucas leaped onto a rooftop, quickly disappearing into the night.
He didn't want to get entangled with these Imperial Secret Agents. Fighting them would definitely require increasing Ela's level, and excessive battery consumption on the phone would affect subsequent tasks.
After Lucas left, the frost phenomenon outside Whisperer's Mystery Shop disappeared.
Boner turned back into the shop, finding Lisa shivering behind the counter. "What did that elf buy?"
Lisa handed over a piece of paper. "This list records the mystical items the elf lady bought. Captain Boner, what happened just now? Why did it suddenly get so cold?"
"It's over now. Close up and rest early..." Boner looked at Lucas's shopping list and noticed something. "Some of these items seem related to the missing 'heart' from the Alchemist Association. Is the Brotherhood of the Blade behind this?"
...
Having gathered all the necessary tools and materials, Lucas ran between buildings, leaving the city and heading to the seaside.
It was time to summon the Red Dragon Nielcolone.
Under the moonlight, the sea breeze and waves repeatedly crashed against the shore. Lucas drew a hexagram magic circle on the beach, following the summoning guide on his phone.
He then evenly sprinkled the purchased sulfur into the lines of the magic circle.
He lit the whale oil lamps and placed them on the first star point of the magic circle, then placed five crystals on the remaining five star points. Chanting the incantation.
Five beams of light shot out from the lamps, penetrating the crystals, which began to emit a soft glow.
Lucas stepped into the center of the magic circle and laid down the 120cm×120cm clover paper. Under the incantation, the soft paper hardened like a stone slab.