Before Carol could erase Eudora's related memories and retreat into the depths of his spiritual body, Gray Lint asked her to help him record 2 "Guard the Strong Wall" and 3 "Guardian Wall" times.
"Theft" occupies 5 mid-sequence level skill slots - not too much, he only prepared the consumption for one battle.
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After sending away the confused and dull-looking Eudora, Gray Lint had no time to enjoy lunch or study his newly acquired extraordinary means. Instead, he received a briefing from Darnell:
"Go to the headquarters on June 18 and prepare to represent the Vertek branch in the semi-annual meeting."
The "headquarters" here refers of course to the MI9 Southern Continent Branch.
"The 18th? Isn't that the day after tomorrow?"
"Representing the Vertex Branch?"
Gray Linte chewed on the other party's wording and vaguely grasped the subtle attitude of the superiors, but was a little unsure.
"Don't they have the idea of letting me lead the Vertek team?"
The current apparent situation at MI9's Vertex branch is:
Morgan of Sequence 6 was made into a marionette master by Walter and disappeared; Athena of Sequence 7 was killed by Walter, and Marcus of Sequence 7 was sacrificed in the last small-scale war. Only
What remains are Gray Lint and Jon Jold at Sequence 8, and Joan and Mick at Sequence 9, a total of two or three low-sequence kittens.
At the same time, the most valuable sealed objects were also taken away by Walter.
Among the remaining people, the one with the highest status and military rank is undoubtedly Gray Lint. Of course, his Sequence level is the biggest problem. On the surface, he is only a Sequence 8 "
"Barbarian". But Darnell and Basel, who know that he holds the "Chain of Secrets", may not make such a decision?
After thinking for a while, Gray Lint didn't get a clearer result, so he had to give up.
"It's useless to think too much. It's better to go over tomorrow and check the situation."
After enjoying a delicious lunch of Northern Continent specialties prepared by the servants, Gray Lint began to return to his room to study the newly acquired "Chain of Artifacts" and Marionette. As for the extraordinary characteristics of "Resentful Soul" and "Oath of Justice",
That was already something that Gray Linte was very familiar with.
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After some research, Gray Lint grasped the extraordinary ability of the "Chain of Artifices":
Unlike the first bracelet he obtained, it almost completely preserved the extraordinary abilities of the "Mystic Mage".
The "Chain of Artifices" simplifies the complexity and retains only one core extraordinary ability, which is "controlling the thread of the spirit body". Of course, after reaching the saint level, this extraordinary ability has actually undergone qualitative changes, including things like
"Changing positions", "giving the marionette its own extraordinary abilities", etc. are all achieved by manipulating the threads of the spirit body.
Interestingly, Glalint himself, who holds the "Chain of Magic", cannot use those abilities because this magical item does not retain the strange and numerous spells of the "Magic Mage".
On the contrary, it is Marionette. Since the peculiar extraordinary abilities corresponding to the "Cunning Mage" will not disappear in nature, Gray Lint can give them those abilities. However, the essence of this extraordinary ability is to give them the "Spirit Worm".
To achieve the purpose of allowing the marionette to use its own ability, and the "chain of trickery" is a sealed object, it does not have the ability to produce new "spiritual insects", so the spiritual insect in it can be regarded as using a
If one is missing, each one must be recycled in time, otherwise it will be permanently lost.
Currently there are only 17 spirit insects left in it.
If the original spirit insects in the "Chain of Magic" are completely consumed, then it will only have two functions: controlling marionettes and changing positions.
On the other side, let’s take a look at Morgan, the marionette, now wearing Alister’s face.
He was originally a Sequence 6 "Corrupted Baron" with the same path as Gray Lint, but after drinking too much of the wine-red liquid in "Sela's Drinking Pot", he was "demonized" by it. According to the "Conservation of Extraordinary Characteristics"
"This law, the extraordinary characteristics of the "Desire Apostle" originally contained in the "2" level sealed object, is equivalent to being eaten alive by him.
Fortunately, he is just a dead thing and there is no possibility of "losing control".
"It's equivalent to integrating the object 'Maritime Puppet' with an extraordinary characteristic of 'Desire Apostle', turning it into a half-sealed object and half-Maritime Puppet."
Gray Linte nodded thoughtfully.
Here, all of the extraordinary abilities belonging to his Secret Puppet, that is, the extraordinary abilities of the "Corrupted Baron", can be controlled by Gray Lint through the "chain of trickery".
But the abilities belonging to his sealed items are not completely controllable, and only 3 remain.
"Filthy words - 'slow' and 'death'", these are two extraordinary abilities.
There is also the "Desire Incarnation", which can transform the body into an illusory and viscous black liquid condensed from various emotions and desires, which can be used to avoid damage and influence enemies.
Interestingly, as a sealed object, he also has corresponding negative effects, that is, when using extraordinary abilities through him, both himself and the enemy will be corroded by the extremely powerful abyss breath, and emotions and desires will be amplified.
It reaches the extreme and begins to deteriorate.
But this negative effect is completely beneficial and harmless to Gray Lint, because he uses the sealed object "Morgan" through the "Chain of Artifice", so this abyssal breath will indeed corrode it, but withstand
But it is only the "Chain of Artifice", not Glalint himself.
The only thing you need to worry about is that "Filthy Words - Slowness" is a range-based skill, and everyone within the range will be slowed down and will also be eroded by the breath of the abyss.
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The next day, morning.
Gray Linte woke up early this morning and found that Eudora had disappeared.
"I don't know if he secretly received the news from the Secret Order and left on his own, or if he was taken away by the other demigod."
He muttered, praying in his heart that the truth was the former. If it was the latter, it meant that he was already exposed to the other party's sight, although it might only be the one that paid the least attention.
"But Carol didn't tell me...Does this mean the fact should be the latter?"
If it was just Eudora who left on her own, she would have reminded herself that only when a high-ranking extraordinary person was next to her, she would not dare to make any small moves or notify Gray Linte.
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After breakfast, Gray Lint grabbed Morgan's shoulder with one hand, his figure quickly faded, and he escaped into the spirit world - this is the bad thing about marionettes, they must be taken with them wherever they go, and they cannot leave them.
It's too far. Fortunately, Gray Lint has already used Sequence 4 level "transformation" to process his appearance before, so it's easier to fool other people.
Gray Linte hadn't been here for a while, so he felt a little unfamiliar.
Fortunately, the guard on duty seemed to have seen him before. He simply checked his ID and let him in without asking him to answer the slogan. Gray Linte couldn't answer the slogan now, and MI9's slogan could be used at any time.
There have been changes, and he doesn't yet know what slogan the headquarters has recently used.
He was supposed to come over tomorrow and be taken in by Buck.
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Darnell was not surprised by Gray Linte's early arrival. This was the meaning of the vague wording he gave. He was still wearing the olive green army general's uniform, and it seemed that he would never change.
"It would be a good idea for you to come over today. I have something to tell you in advance."
He glanced at Alister next to Graylingt, and did not ask Graylingt to drive him away, but said bluntly:
"The matter involves confidentiality, we will discuss it in detail inside."
Inner room.
Darnell pinched his delicate mustache and said proactively before Gray Lint asked:
"Although there is currently no leader in Vertek and no one has submitted a report, your Excellency the Admiral and I can basically guess what is going on there."
He paused, as if he was guessing at the specific situation as he said, and he seemed to be organizing his words:
"You probably don't know yet, but the Morgan you saw is actually the Intis spy Walter, a 'Secret Puppet Master' pretending to be.
Yes, he is the murderer who killed your father four years ago."
"What?"
Graylint cooperated, showing a little surprise and restrained anger from his eyes. At the same time, he clenched his fists and said nothing.
He knew that one day Darnell and the others would tell him the true situation!
His reaction was completely expected by Darnell, so he was not surprised and continued:
"Well, although I understand your anger very well, I still hope that you can put your hatred aside for the time being and bring your reason back to think."
Gray Lint let out a slight breath, loosened his clenched fists, and said in a hoarse voice:
"Sorry, Lieutenant General, I lost my temper. Please continue."
Darnell nodded and continued:
"The series of tasks we asked you to cooperate with before were actually hoping to use Walter to lure out the demigod behind him and kill him. Our plan went very smoothly. Just yesterday, we successfully eliminated one of the opponent's demigods.
, and also allowed Lord Calvin to be promoted to saint smoothly.
The only shortcoming is that we let Walter escape.
I think by now he should have taken most of the sealed artifacts we collected in Vertek and used the 'Guiding Lantern' to escape back to West Balam."
After briefly describing the current situation to Gray Lint, Darnell told him what he wanted to tell him in advance.
He knocked on the table and said pointedly:
"Now the Admiral is asking me to send more manpower to Vertek, allocate '2' level sealed artifacts, and submit a list of people who can lead the team and the reasons. Based on the situation there, initially, I plan to send an additional 2
A Sequence 7 Beyonder, 2 Level 2 Sealed Artifacts.
As for the team leader, in my opinion, you are actually the most suitable candidate regardless of your status, military rank or strength.
The only thing to worry about is that although you have enough strength after having the 'Chain of Secrets', that is not a reason that can be put on the surface and used to convince the other two extraordinary people.
After all, you are not a ‘briber’ yet.”
Amidst the knocking on the table, Gray Lint was stunned for a moment. He heard the implication of Darnell's words.
The key point is not whether you are a Sequence Seven person, but whether you are a briber.