Chương 38: Unexpected Loot

Richard weighed it in his hands, fastened the belt around his neck, and then handed the cross sword to Grace—the weapon was of the highest value to her.

As for the helmet and half-body armor, he examined them carefully for a while and felt that they were too large and too heavy, so he tied them up and put them aside.

Finally, Richard weighed the dimensional bag in his hand and handed it to Grace.

"I'm not very familiar with props that involve space..."

After all, this thing is very expensive, and he absolutely couldn't afford it before.

"Easy~" Grace smiled slightly, fiddled with the bag for a moment, and then handed it back, saying:

"There are no locks on it. You can open it by simply holding it in your hand and concentrating a little."

"It has about one cubic meter of space, which is more than enough for one person."

"In addition, there was a pair of boots, two sets of clothes for changing, a tinderbox, a small bottle of stamina potion, a small bottle of mana potion, and 12 gold coins... Hmm, wouldn't you call that a pretty good find?"

Of course!

Both potions and gold coins are useful!

Richard happily took back the dimensional bag and hung it on his new belt.

From now on, he's also a man with spatial artifacts!

Then he turned around to put the helmet and armor into the bag as well.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of pale blue out of the corner of his eye…

"Grace!"

"I saw him too!"

Grace reacted quickly, leaping to block the pale blue figure. Richard followed closely behind, drawing his sword to cut off the opponent's retreat.

This pale blue figure was none other than Dulu the Flowing Man!

It turned out that he had just disintegrated his body and hidden underground to avoid Grace's slashes and flames, and then reassembled himself while Grace was checking on him.

But compared to his previous height of nearly two meters, he is now only about half a person tall. Rather than calling him a "flowing liquid man," it would be more appropriate to call him a "flowing liquid dwarf."

Clearly, his shady tactics came at a price.

present.

Grace's lips curled into a wide smile as she saw how difficult it was to kill the oozing man; her eyes were practically overflowing with curiosity and excitement.

But she remained cautious and even reminded Richard, "This man with the oozing fluid claims to be a monk. I've never heard of such a profession, but his close-combat skills are indeed very impressive. Be careful."

Richard narrowed his eyes.

As a time traveler, he was all too familiar with those two words.

I thought Terella didn't have a country like my hometown from my previous life, and I would never hear similar words in this lifetime, but I never expected to encounter them in a liquid person from another world.

Fate is truly amazing...

Between the two, Dulu saw that he was surrounded, but he did not adopt a fighting stance.

Instead, he raised his hands:

"Wait, don't attack yet! I'm no longer your enemy!"

Richard and Grace exchanged a glance, then Richard frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Dudu explained:

"The contract I signed with Old Joe only stipulated that I would fight for him, not that I would avenge him. Now that he's dead, I have no reason to continue fighting you."

"Right now, all I want is to leave here and see more of this world before the contract's effects completely wear off and I'm banished back to my hometown."

"You may not know, but we liquid people are born with a wanderlust. We just like to wander around. The reason I signed a contract with Old Joe was not for any treasure or magic. I just wanted to come and see this other world."

"Originally, I also planned to visit the Underdark, the Fairy Forest, and the legendary Valley of Eden, which is said to be flowing with milk and honey and teeming with succubus paladins and goblin-like female elves, but unfortunately, I'm afraid I won't have enough time..."

As he spoke, Dulu became somewhat depressed, and his body slumped down, transforming from a human shape into a flattened sphere.

This made Richard smack his lips.

Damn, how come it's kind of cute?

By the way, where did you hear about that Valley of Eden? I've never heard of it before. Are you sure it wasn't something one of my colleagues made up when they were drunk?

Look how well they've fooled people with slimes!

For a moment, Richard felt he had lost all will to fight.

He vaguely sensed that, perhaps due to racial talent or the influence of the monk profession, the mind of the man opposite him was quite clear and pure... somewhat similar to the feeling of a childlike heart in his previous life.

In other words, this guy is probably not good at lying, nor is he likely to hold grudges.

In that case, there's no need to treat him like Jostein.

Richard pondered for a moment, exchanged a few more gestures with Grace, and finally said to Dulu:

"You have a point, and we can let you go, but only if you give us some compensation—after all, you've caused us quite a bit of trouble."

He said that, but what he really wanted to do was to bluff the other side. Even if Dulu couldn't offer any decent compensation in the end, he would still let the person go.

However, to Richard's surprise, Dudu nodded readily after hearing this.

Then he began to wriggle his body and squeezed out a small booklet made of silk from a grayish-blue vesicle inside his body!

He handed the booklet to Richard and said:

"This is the training method for the Flowing Water Rock-Shattering Fist."

"It has pictures and text, it's very detailed, you can learn it as long as you follow along and practice."

"I'm thinking of using this as compensation. What do you think?"

Richard paused for a moment, then activated his Eye of Insight.

【Name: Flowing Water Rock-Shattering Fist Manual (Can be used for charm)】 Rare Note: The training method of the otherworldly martial monk allows you to acquire conventional combat skills in sequence as your proficiency increases, increase your perception, agility, and constitution attributes, and learn one combat skill each at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th tiers. You can even leap onto rooftops!

What's with this leaping onto the roof... Never mind that, what matters is that this is a book that can increase your attributes and combat skills if you practice it!

Moreover, it also possesses the ability to charm!

You asked me what I think of this compensation?

My dear lava dwarf, I wish I could just hallucinate you into jelly and kiss you right now!

Richard barely managed to suppress his smile and quickly took the booklet.

Then he pulled Grace closer, and the two of them looked her over briefly. After confirming that there were no obvious problems, out of caution, he asked one more question:

"If I practice this on my own without a teacher, what risks are there?"

Dudu, her tiny bubbles trembling, replied, "There's not much risk. If I had to say, it might be that I'm prone to joint injuries... but you all surely know healing techniques, right?"

Richard thought about it carefully and agreed.

In the magical world, people can be brought back to life even after they die. Minor injuries like broken joints are nothing to worry about.

Besides, he can also bewitch the book.

Who knows, I might get a free teacher someday, so there's really no need to worry about a few minor risks.

Thinking this, Richard stepped aside, even offering a casual blessing to Dulu: "I hope you make it to the Underdark, the Fairy Forest, and oh yes, that Valley of Eden!"

"Haha, I will! Also, if you really master the Flowing Water Rock-Shattering Fist, then we'll be fellow disciples. Next time we meet, I'll treat you to a meal!"

Just moments ago they were fighting to the death, but now, this oozing man is laughing without any hindrance, and two more legs have sprouted from his body again as he strides away from the scene.

Richard watched the other person's retreating figure, secretly admiring their excellent mindset; they were perfectly suited for cultivating immortality in a fantasy world, naturally free from inner demons...

Just then.

Suddenly, a crow fell from the sky.

Grace stepped forward, whispered a few words to the raven, and then turned to Richard and said, "We have a new guest."

Richard asked, "Who is it?"

"Jostein's mercenaries, Phoenix family henchmen, and two dogs."

"Oh, so they're here to chase after Jostein."

Richard immediately understood what was going on and waved his hand, saying:

"We've won a resounding victory this time, so there's no need to get entangled with them anymore. However... we could leave some marks to throw them into disarray for a while."

With that, Richard told Grace to pack her luggage, while he found a twig and started gesturing on the ground...