Skill extraction from Dragon Clan

Chapter 577 The First Commission

Another week passed peacefully.

Zheng Shu could clearly feel that he had been under much less surveillance during this period of time, and the hostility contained in the surveillance had also decreased a lot.

Zheng Shu was puzzled by this. "Has Stephen changed his personality? He shouldn't be the kind of person who trusts others so easily, right? Or has Libra run into trouble recently, so there is really no extra manpower to take care of me?"

Although he couldn't understand it, Zheng Shu didn't worry about it too much. After all, who would like someone to stare at them with an extremely glaring look while they are eating, sleeping, or playing games?

Although he could understand why these people were monitoring him, he still felt uncomfortable. Especially for someone with a keen sense like Zheng Shu, the discomfort was even more severe.

Therefore, the reduction in the intensity of Libra's surveillance on him in the past two days made Zheng Shu feel a little more comfortable.

Lying on his side on the sofa, with drinks and snacks on the table in front of him, Zheng Shu ate snacks while watching various interesting movies on TV.

The biggest benefit from the fusion of the alien world and the human world is of course the various technologies, but in addition to that, there has also been considerable improvement in art.

Even if we don't count the artworks created by the fusion of the two cultures, the various games and art imported from the other world are enough to make creatures who like these things go wild.

The most classic one is the game that was recently introduced from another world to the human world: Demon War Chess.

This board game that has been popular in the other world for thousands of years has a huge impact not only in the other world, but also because high-level warlocks have occasionally interacted between the human world and the other world, so it actually has a considerable impact even in the human world.

For example, the chess in the human world of Blood Blockade Battlefront evolved from the Demon Wars chess.

As far as Zheng Shu knew, Feimto had been staying in his castle recently, frantically watching various documentaries or TV series transmitted from the human world.

"Huh? Why did you come to see me?"

After looking for a while, Zheng Shu was suddenly stunned and turned to look downstairs.

Although there were many walls between them, Zheng Shu's eyes were still fixed on the car parked downstairs, as if he could see through it.

The person who got out of the stopped car was naturally Stephen, whom he hadn't seen for some time.

However, although he knew about Stephen's visit in advance, Zheng Shu did not go downstairs to greet him. He still lazily lay on the sofa watching a movie.

Stephen walked to the door of Zheng Shu's room, thought for a moment, raised his hand and knocked on the door twice.

dong dong.

"Come in, the door is unlocked."

As soon as the knock on the door sounded, Zheng Shu's voice rang out of nowhere in Stephen's mind, scaring him so much that he took a step back involuntarily.

Carelessly glancing at the door in front of him, Stephen repeated his thoughts, straightened his clothes, took a deep breath, and opened the door.

"excuse me."

As soon as he entered the entrance hall, Stephen saw Zheng Shu curled up on the sofa watching a movie.

Looking at the other person's comfortable look and recalling how busy he has been recently, even Stephen couldn't help but feel a little unbalanced.

His face twitched a few times, and Stephen calmed down his wandering thoughts, then walked straight to Zheng Shu's sofa.

"You suddenly come to me, is there something you want or something you want to entrust to me?" Zheng Shu asked very straightforwardly.

Stephen nodded, not interested in being a riddler: "I do have something I want to entrust you with this time."

After thinking for a while, as if considering what to say next, Stephen slowly said:

"I wonder how much you know about space magic?"

"Hmm? Not bad. At least you can move freely in this city. Your subordinates should have told you." Zheng Shu yawned lazily.

"Oh, that's just a test for your safety. If you don't want to, you can withdraw now." Stephen didn't look embarrassed at all. "In that case, I hope to hire you to perform space magic for the headquarters of Libra. What do you think?"

"Libra's headquarters?" Zheng Shu became interested and finally looked away from the TV screen. "If I remember correctly, when your boss introduced himself, he said that Libra was a secret society, right? Is it appropriate to just invite a stranger like me over there?"

Stephen smiled politely: "Although it is called a secret society, it is actually just a small and unknown group. Moreover, we have great faith in your character."

"I'd be surprised if I believed you." Zheng Shu rolled his eyes in his heart.

However, after hearing what Stephen said, he also discovered something that he had overlooked.

Due to the interference of the original information, Zheng Shu automatically replaced the state of Libra in the original book the moment he heard Libra.

But in fact, the current Libra has only been established for a few months, and is far from being the top secret society that is feared and dreaded in the original book two years later, where just a little relevant information in Hersharemz is enough to sell for hundreds of millions.

The reason why entities like the Tyrannical King took notice of Libra was simply because it was the product of a compromise between several large forces.

But in terms of its strength or function, no one has high expectations for it at this stage.

More importantly, Hersharemz is still in a period of rapid development, and the technologies of the human world and the other world have not yet been fully integrated.

Although some people have begun to resell technological products from one world to another, due to conflicts in rules, most of the things do not have a big impact on the world.

Those underground forces or super villains that take radical actions have not yet emerged, so at this stage, Libra has no chance to show his prowess.

But precisely because Libra is not yet the top secret society in the original work, its tolerance for outsiders knowing about its organization is quite high.

If the situation was like in the original book, Stephen would never let such an unknown person go to the headquarters of Libra.

But even if there is the above reason, Stephen's attitude change was too abrupt, and there must be other circumstances that he didn't know about.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through Zheng Shu's mind. He reached out for the remote control, turned off the TV, and sat up from his lazily lying position.

"Can I ask what spatial spell you would like me to perform at your headquarters?"

"Of course you can. After all, if you agree, I will explain it to you in detail after I go there. It's actually very simple. I hope you can cast a space spell on the entrance and exit of the headquarters.

The specific requirements are probably to allow qualified people to enter the headquarters through certain qualified doors at any time and anywhere."

Stephen briefly introduced his idea: "After all, our Libra is a secret society whose purpose is to maintain world balance. If the specific location of our headquarters is discovered, it will definitely be troublesome, so it is necessary to have a way to enter the headquarters from other places at any time."

Zheng Shu clapped his hands in a seemingly encouraging manner, but did not directly answer Stephen's question:

“I’ve heard it more than once, but maintaining world balance is a lofty ideal, but it’s not something that can be achieved simply by shouting slogans.

And in the process of realizing this dream, you will inevitably encounter various difficulties that ordinary people can hardly imagine. Are you...really ready?"

After hearing Zheng Shu's question, Stephen's expression did not change, but Zheng Shu could clearly feel that his spirit tended to relax in an instant, a bit like the feeling of an ordinary person when he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did you realize from this question of mine that I am not the kind of person who is only interested in profit?" Zheng Shu understood.

"Of course!" Stephen's tone seemed the same as before, but Zheng Shu could still hear a sense of confidence, "We have been prepared for this a long time ago."

"Okay, this question is too nosy. I have no problem with it. I can do what you ask, and I am willing to accept your commission, so let's discuss the remuneration next." Zheng Shu spread his hands.

"Please don't worry about the remuneration. We have sufficient funds here at Libra. How about I hire you at twice the market price?
Of course, we have our own requirements for paying so much money. You need to sign a contract and swear that you will never reveal any information about Libra to outsiders. "Stephen's expression relaxed.

The conditions he offered were already very generous. The rewards for space sorcerers were already high due to their scarcity and the difficulty of performing space magic.

What's more, the space inside Hersharemz is extremely chaotic, so the remuneration of sorcerers who can perform space magic in this city is several times higher than that outside.

If the reward is doubled on top of this, it would be a sum of money enough to make anyone excited.

The support funds that Libra received were not enough to cover such a huge expenditure. The only reason it could afford it was because Stephen and Klaus emptied their own savings.

Moreover, the request proposed by Stephen was not too harsh. After all, many nobles would add corresponding confidentiality clauses when inviting warlocks. This time, the contract signed was just a little more powerful.

The reason why Stephen was willing to pay such a high price was purely because the Warlock Association was too busy and could not send a warlock with spatial authority within the barrier to help Libra cast the space spell in a short period of time.

Moreover, even if the Warlock Association sent someone over, it would cost a lot. Even the funds obtained from the Warlock Association this year are not enough, and they have to add some more themselves.

So taking all factors into consideration, Stephen decided to hire Zheng Shu.

He also had his own plans for this, not only to make Libra safer more quickly, but also to test Zheng Shu's character.

If Zheng Shu is a good person, he can also use this cooperation to improve his relationship with Zheng Shu.

The support from the Warlock Guild is just there to complete the mission, and no one knows what their character is like, so there is no possibility of winning them over or building a good relationship with them.

But Zheng Shu here is different. It seems that he will live in Hersharemz for a long time. In this case, if he is trustworthy, building a good relationship with him will be a very good choice.

If he is lucky, Libra will be able to get support from the space sorcerer at critical moments in the future, and many things that were originally difficult to handle will have room for maneuver.

The only drawback is that the remuneration required by the space sorcerer is too high. When Stephen thought of this, he began to feel a little heartbroken for his own little treasury.

"It's a really tempting reward, but I have another reward plan and I don't know if you are willing to accept it." Zheng Shu showed an inexplicable smile on his face.

Stephen thought for a moment: "What plan?"

(End of this chapter)