Chapter 336 Slave Mark (Ch 336)

Yang Yi and Su Na prepared to return to the deck.

On the way, the light fairy Tricia became much more obedient. She glanced at Yang Yi from time to time and didn’t say a word the whole time.

Because Yang Yi rejected his father’s suggestion – to put a slave mark on this light fairy as well.

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A few minutes ago.

In a tent somewhere inside the treasure ship, Yang Yi, Su Na and Dad were talking.

Not far away, there was a dwarf busy drawing a magic circle on the forehead of the unconscious Cyclops, which was the slave mark.

“The treasure ship is fine.

But if the goods escape from the treasure ship, don’t even think of asking me to pay you back.”

Dad spoke up and suggested that Tricia be given a slave mark as well so that she wouldn’t run away.

“No need.”

Yang Yi shook his head, pushed back Tricia, who was full of fear on her face, and declined his father’s kindness.

When purchasing live goods at the Gold Chamber of Commerce, free slave marks can be provided, but the specific intention depends on the buyer’s intention, because the slave mark will affect the “quality” of the goods to a certain extent, making them look stupid and silly, like a puppet.

For the light fairies, this will cause their recovery ability to drop significantly, but it doesn’t matter to the defective Tricia because she doesn’t have this ability.

As for what the slave mark is and how it works, Yang Yi has roughly figured it out.

This is a kind of biological magic, a control spell based on a special species.

Suna asked to see the process of making the slave mark, so Dad took them to see it.

The steps are as follows:

First, you have to subdue the target, then inject a large amount of anesthetic into their body to make them completely unable to resist.

Next, place a pink, tentacled slug on the target’s face, and the target must not resist, otherwise it will be difficult to succeed.

Eventually, the slug burrows into the mouth, nose or ear canal, invades the brain and grows into one with the target brain. The whole process takes about two hours.

After completion, the caster will carve a slave mark on the target’s forehead, which will have the effect of enslavement and control, but the target is actually controlled by the slug.

Suna became very interested in these slugs and manipulation magic, so she bought ten slugs. Together with the magic circle on the Cyclops’ forehead, it was enough for her to study.

The selling price is 10,000 conch coins, which is 8,000 after a 20% discount. This slug is quite cheap.

Then all the other living creatures, except the Cyclops and the Stone Man, escaped.

Because Suna wanted a more complete brain, she also bought an extra Cyclops head just in case.

As for the stone men, they are magical constructs driven by magic stones. They have no brains at all and can hardly be considered living beings, at least these stone men cannot be considered living beings.

Yang Yi received a private message from Suna, which contained information about slugs. They are usually stored in dark brown glass bottles and can be fed and reproduced with blood and flesh.

【Name: Brainworm】

[Introduction: A gelatinous parasite that can invade the target’s mouth, nose and other parts of the body, parasitize the brain after reaching it, and eventually grow into one with the host’s brain.

It will change its size according to the host’s body size and discard part of its body.

After parasitism, it will control the host to go to the brain worm nest, which will become a breeding ground for the brain worms.

Special magic can be used to stop the development of the brain worm, manipulate the brain worm, and then manipulate the host, but it will cause the host to have low intelligence, rigid thinking, and stagnant growth.

High mental attributes are resistant to brain worms, and fighting back will make it difficult for the brain worms to parasitize, or even cause the parasitism to fail.

Brain worms cannot parasitize organisms without brains, nor can they parasitize organisms with aggressive brains. Their combat effectiveness is negligible.

A scholar once proposed a hypothesis that the Brain Devourer was a mutant of a brain worm parasitizing the brain, but soon after, the scholar denied the hypothesis, believing that the brain worm was too low-level and could not be compared with the Brain Devourer.

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Ten minutes later.

Yang Yi and Suna were about to leave the cabin.

During this period, Yang Yi has been paying attention to his exposure, which has increased to 46%, an increase compared to before.

However, the rate of increase is much slower, which shows that acting alone and reducing communication with indigenous people is an effective countermeasure, which can effectively slow down the increase in exposure when common sense is insufficient in the early stages.

He recorded the experience, including some pictures, and planned to post it on the forum after the transaction was unlocked at 11pm.

“…Interactions with the natives sometimes lead to increased exposure, and this happened on the treasure ship of the Gold Chamber of Commerce.

But I am not the first player to come into contact with the Gold Chamber of Commerce, and other players have not mentioned this.

So I should be a special case. I guess it’s because one of my actions was too prominent and was noticed by some existence, which led to my exposure increasing.

It is probably caused by the purchase of a large amount of basic supplies. This behavior is too suspicious…”

Yang Yi stopped recording because they arrived at the magic props store.

There is no change here compared to before. There are a lot of crystal counters with magic props inside and prices next to them.

Customers can open the counter and check it themselves, but are strictly prohibited from wearing or using it. They can only touch and look. Violators will be required to purchase it at the price and compensate for the losses caused.

Yang Yi checked and found that the quality of the magic props on this floor were all below the level of rare items, and the prices ranged from a few thousand to a million conch coins.

The most expensive item is a set of thick gold-patterned plate armor, which should have been produced by the Glorious Holy Church. The radiating spherical pattern on the chest is extremely conspicuous and emits a faint light. The price is 1.5 million conch coins and it is called Fearless Knight Armor (full body).

This armor was displayed in a two-meter-high glass display case. It was very conspicuous, and Yang Yi was also curious about its properties.

This equipment should not be available for purchase in the Sea of ​​Miracles. Similar to the Light Fairy, the Container of Light, and the Core of Darkness, they are all prohibited items.

But in the Lightless Sea, there is no such concern at all, which is considered an advantage of this area.

He opened the display cabinet and looked at it carefully, then tried to touch it, and a barely perceptible strange color flashed across his face.

Because this armor is actually a fake.

It seems that the Gold Chamber of Commerce also sells fake goods openly!

He remained calm, closed the crystal cabinet, and sent a message to Suna.

“Be careful, there are fakes in here. No wonder they are not allowed to be used. Wouldn’t they be exposed if they were used?”

[Name: Fearless Knight Armor (Fake)]

[Type: Treasure]

【Quality: Fine】

[Introduction: This imitation is made by a skilled craftsman and decorated with fluorescent paint, making it difficult to detect the flaws.

In pursuit of texture and to increase deception, a lighter, low-density alloy was used, and its actual defensive capability is questionable.

You won’t feel much pressure when wearing it, and you will have the illusion that your physical fitness has improved, but in fact it does not provide any attribute bonus.

The Fearless Knight Armor is one of the standard armors of the Holy Knight Commander, focusing on defense, and the other set is the Judgment Knight Armor. 】

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