Chapter 64: The Life of a Salted Fish Wizard in Asgard (7)
After hearing the mother and son's discussion about themselves, both Sherlock and Thor instantly lost interest in continuing their stroll.
After all, rumors are truly amazing, especially those about oneself. When you don't know about them, you won't notice anything unusual around you. Once you know the content of the rumors, then even if strangers around you just make eye contact, you'll feel something is off. You might even suspect that two people whispering are spreading rumors about you.
Although these rumors themselves had no impact on Sherlock and Thor, for Thor, as a warrior, losing a practice match was perfectly normal. As long as he trained hard, it was fine if he didn't lose on the real battlefield.
As for Sherlock, he didn't plan to stay in Asgard permanently anyway, so he didn't care about a few heads or arms. Besides complaining about the imagination of the person who fabricated the rumors, he had no other emotions.
However, neither Thor nor Sherlock had the kind of social anxiety that Tony had—at least not yet—and they didn't want to continue staying in the bustling commercial street to be watched like monkeys.
Therefore, the two of them unhesitatingly called for the carriage they had arrived in and returned directly to the palace without stopping.
Sherlock originally thought that the matters in Asgard would end here. The only remaining task was to continue practicing his magic, striving to derive his own special spell before leaving.
The rest was just to stay obediently in the palace, wake up on time, eat on time, study on time, and wait for Ancient One to pick him up.
However, as expected, something unexpected happened. Sherlock never dreamed that he would actually be able to do his old job in Asgard, and in the palace of Asgard at that.
In fact, the cause of the matter was still the decisive battle between Sherlock and Thor. This battle was witnessed by almost all the warriors in Asgard, including, naturally, a very famous warrior from Asgard.
However, unlike the way Thor and others became famous, Thor and those brutes were famous for their bravery in battle, while this guy was famous for being cowardly.
Sherlock had indeed delved deeply into this eccentric. This guy's initial goal was to be an archer, but unfortunately, he had no talent for archery. His target was still brand new to this day.
Besides not being able to hit the target, he could hit all sorts of other things: flying insects, passing pedestrians, small animals in the grass, and even, but not limited to, instructors, Officers, or teammates.
Although he learned Sequence Magic, his aim was severely lacking, and he was eliminated by the archer group.
This eccentric's old father couldn't bear to see his child drowning his sorrows in alcohol every day, so he pulled various strings for this eccentric, ultimately allowing him to switch professions to a warrior.
And you really can't say, his old father's vision was amazing. This guy's talent in the warrior profession was simply unparalleled. He could learn any technique just by seeing it once, and with a little practice, he could master it.
Even among all the warriors in Sherlock's, this guy could single-handedly defeat anyone except Thor. Even Thor could only defeat this guy with the Meow-Meow Hammer.
But even with such powerful talent, his psychological quality was terrible. The first time this guy went to the battlefield, seeing the enemy's ferocious face, charging towards him with a huge weapon, this guy chickened out.
Later, this guy also became somewhat famous. The peculiar title of 'invincible in Sherlock's, cowardly in real combat' always floated above his head.
And the reason he gave himself was also very strong: he liked being an archer, and archers don't need to engage enemies at close range!
Although everyone laughed at this guy's cowardly personality, they also admired his talent, so they treated him as a sparring partner in the training ground, and they didn't reject him like the archers did.
But Sherlock's appearance showed this eccentric among eccentrics a never-before-seen path. The appearance of firearms perfectly compensated for his inability to face enemies directly. In fact, when Sherlock fought Thor, this guy had already formed many combat techniques related to firearms in his head.
It was also for this purpose that this guy found Sherlock shortly after Sherlock returned to his guest room in the palace, and expressed his desire to purchase the firearms in Sherlock's hands.
Sherlock never expected that he could actually do business in Asgard. The soul of a profiteer instantly awakened.
He cheerfully welcomed this eccentric warrior into his room and took out many weapons, starting to fool... no, introduce them one by one, and stated that he only accepted bartering plus gold transactions.
Don't tell me, under Sherlock's glib tongue, this guy really bought a lot of good stuff from Sherlock. As for this guy's payment method, not to mention gold, Asgard truly doesn't lack this stuff.
To Sherlock's surprise, this guy took out five daggers made by dwarves. Although they weren't divine weapons like Thor's, these daggers were enough to make Sherlock pleasantly surprised.
Because of this, Sherlock happily agreed to the transaction. In the end, this guy took away a 5.56 caliber Gatling gun, two AK series rifles, two pistols, and countless ammunition.
After completing this business, Sherlock originally thought the matter was over, but he never expected that this was actually the beginning of him becoming Asgard's sole arms dealer.
The reason is also very simple. After this guy got the weapons from Sherlock, he performed a gun-fu and Sequence Magic combat technique in Sherlock's the next day, and stated that he could also cover everyone from behind the team on the battlefield in the future.
Everyone saw it and thought, "Oh, so those strange weapons from Thor's friend can also be sold? Then we must get some!" Although they didn't know Sequence Magic, just stuffing this little thing called a pistol into their pants might allow them to ambush an enemy on the battlefield.
Because of this reason, Sherlock's weapon store successfully opened in the palace of Asgard.
Moreover, since this guy finally got his due, he didn't forget to show off to the archer team he was kicked out of. After all, compared to bows, the three-point-line aiming of firearms was much more convenient, and Sherlock could even provide scopes and calibration services.