On the Gray Linte side, after attending the party, they naturally returned to Ana town.
Regardless of him, just speaking of Klein, since the party above the gray mist ended, he has been inexplicably uneasy.
Klein always had a feeling that the information about the Hidden Sage given by Mr. "Emperor" seemed to be a warning to Miss Justice and Mr. "The Hanged Man", but in fact it was addressed to him.
"Well, this shouldn't be possible. Is it just my illusion? After all, Mr. Emperor doesn't know my true situation. In their eyes, I should be an ancient and secret existence that is recovering."
Klein subconsciously shook his head and rejected the idea.
but?
"Hidden Sage..."
"The only 'secret spy' around me is Old Neil, but he doesn't seem to be unusual."
"In terms of being weird and scary, when I first became a 'divineer', the eyes I saw behind him were quite scary. But then again, many of the rituals and abilities of extraordinary people seemed to be quite scary.
This doesn’t seem to explain anything…”
"And Old Neil himself has explained that it is just the residual effect of ritual magic. It doesn't look like he is lying."
"And if you lose control, won't you turn into a crazy monster? Old Neil looks very normal everywhere."
After explaining himself and comforting himself for a long time, the uneasiness spreading in Klein's heart not only did not subside at all, but in fact became more intense.
After pacing back and forth a few times, he shook his head heavily, forcing himself not to escape and to face the matter squarely.
"But if he has really been tempted by the Hidden Sage and his mind has become abnormal, then his words can no longer be believed...and those eyes are really scary and give people a very evil feeling.
different……"
"Then what should I do? Report it to the captain directly? It seems that there is no need yet... It's better to talk to Old Neil directly. After all, he still seems to be very normal and completely rational."
After finalizing this issue, he turned his attention to another matter, which was the issue of Mr. "Emperor"'s belief in evil gods.
Frankly speaking, his first reaction was to report the matter to captain Dunn Smith, but after careful consideration, he gave up this plan for the following reasons:
First, in the eyes of Miss Justice and the other three, he himself can be regarded as a "hidden existence". From a personal perspective, there are some differences between the "hidden existence" and the "evil god", and Mr. "Emperor" seems to have
Nothing bad happened.
Secondly, he had no sufficient reason to report an Extraordinary from the southern side of the Southern Continent for his belief in evil gods. After all, he had no idea what his actual situation was.
Thirdly, the "Lord of Order" acted as if he knew himself, or was the original owner of the gray mist - this can be used as an investigation direction for his "travel".
And the most important thing is that since that being knows him, if he reports him in the real world, he might attract his attention...
"Hey, before I come into contact with Him in the real world, I'd better observe more."
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Backlund, Queens.
Looking at the oil paintings on the wall and feeling the softness of the velvet pillow, Audrey did not get up immediately, but carefully thought about today's party, as if she was watching a re-enacted drama.
"When Mr. Fool gave that incantation, he sounded confident. He, no, is he really a high-ranking being who can respond to prayer rituals? Similar to a goddess?"
Audrey, who was thinking silently, suddenly took a deep breath, her body trembling slightly. Then, she inevitably remembered Mr. "Emperor"'s bargaining attitude with "The Fool".
"...This is quite normal. I had vaguely noticed before that although Mr. 'Emperor' respects 'The Fool' very much, he doesn't have much respect. It turns out that he is actually serving a real god."
The next second, her focus suddenly wandered:
"Well, in this way, does he not have to worry about the potion formula at all? It's really enviable... No, no, the gods are not philanthropic, and they probably won't give him the formula directly. They will always have to
If he is sent to do something, it can only be said that at least there is a clear direction."
"By the way, why do I feel an inexplicable familiarity with Mr. Emperor?"
Without intelligence, of course she couldn't get any effective results.
While thinking about it, Audrey's mood gradually improved. She hummed a brisk melody and left the room in small steps.
When she came outside, she saw her personal maid Anne, and analyzed a lot of things from her subtle changes in expression and tiny body movements.
At this moment, she felt something in her heart, and subconsciously turned her head. As expected, in the dark corner away from the balcony, she saw a big golden retriever dog squatting there. She was observing it quietly.
Own.
Goddess... Susie is really good at "acting".
Inexplicably, Audrey felt that her digestion speed of the "audience" potion might be far inferior to that of a dog...
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On the Sunian Sea, in the heavily protected captain's cabin.
Alger woke up and looked around habitually, but found that nothing had changed.
He sighed and murmured in his heart:
"The ancient power..."
…………
After the party above the gray fog, Klein returned to reality, opened the curtains, and based on his memory, wrote the newly acquired Roselle's diary in Chinese. After strengthening his memory, he tore them all up again.
, burned to the ground.
"It turns out that the Antigonus family actually controls the 'divineer' path?"
"Looking at it this way, my choice of the 'diviner' path may not only be influenced by Russell's diary? Old Neil and Dunn are right. There is really an extraordinary connection between me and that diary.
Origin, I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.”
He still doesn't know about the extraordinary characteristics aggregation effect.
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The next day, Zotland Street, Blackthorn Security Company.
After going to Dunn and receiving Tris' wanted order, Klein was arranged to systematically learn information about Beyonders and secret organizations from Old Neil. Taking this opportunity, he asked casually:
"Mr. Neil, speaking of 'Hidden Sage', I remembered something. I wonder if I can ask you?"
"What's up?"
Old Neil asked casually while playing with his hand grinding coffee.
Klein perked up and carefully organized his words to test:
"I heard Leonard and the others say during their chat that the 'Secret Peeper' often hears the whispers of the 'Hidden Sage' and is chased by the knowledge he instills, and can easily lose his mind and become crazy?"
After a slight pause, he continued:
"And they also said that more than before, in recent years He has tempted many Extraordinaries on the same path, causing them to become corrupt..."
Upon hearing his question, Old Neil's hand playing with the coffee suddenly paused for several seconds, and then he joked without any abnormality:
"Little Moretti, you still can't let go of the eye behind me you saw when you opened your vision, right?"
Seeing that Klein had guessed his idea and scratched his head in embarrassment, he put down what he was doing and said to Klein seriously:
"I remember I told you that the motto of the 'Peeper' is 'Do whatever you want, but do no harm'. I wonder if you still remember it?"
After Klein expressed his memory, he added:
"So don't worry, I have always adhered to this motto. I don't want to lose control and become an irrational monster."
After hearing what he said, Klein nodded thoughtfully, feeling really relieved...
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The night before, after Gray Lint commissioned the "artisans" to make magical items, there was no abnormality in the subsequent knowledge exchange session. The party ended smoothly and he returned to the town of Ana.
As expected, after subconsciously sensing it, he discovered that the "connection" with Carol had been severed.
"Yes, after all, I only reach the angel level in terms of the nature of my ability, but in terms of ability strength... my spirituality is not enough to leverage the angelic spiritual power. At most, it is only Sequence 4, and it cannot even reach Sequence 3.
level."
After having Anxi, a standard Sequence 4 clone, Gray Linte already had a very intuitive grasp of the strength of Sequence 4's extraordinary abilities.
It is worth mentioning that this clone uses its own spirituality to use the extraordinary ability of Sequence 4, rather than leveraging the power of the spiritual world to release it like Gray Lint's invoking the extraordinary ability of the "Duke of Entropy".
So he won't be spiritually exhausted after using his extraordinary power a few times - but he is a "monster" in the real sense, so there is no need to worry about spiritual exhaustion causing loss of control. At most, he can no longer release extraordinary powers until his spirituality is restored.
Just ability.
After resting for a night in the small town of Ana, Gray Linte, Aphra, and Tripp set out on their journey south again.
After all, although Gray Linte was touched by Briseis, the last part of the "Corrupted Baron" potion still showed no signs of being completely digested...
Although it snowed a lot last night, Grelint had not yet seen any snow on the road north of the He'an River, so the ox cart was quite light. It crossed the He'an River at noon and officially entered the country.
Hagati Prairie.
The Haggati Prairie is vast and vast. Its northern part is nominally the Loen colony, and its southern part is the indigenous area.
But in fact, throughout East Balam, the southernmost point of Roen's colonial power is the Vertek area. After crossing the He'an River, although there are still quite a few Northern Continental people active in many cities,
But in fact, they are no longer protected by Loen's military power, and even the governors of those cities may not be from the Northern Continent.
In the prairie area, the distance between cities suddenly became very far.
Checking the military map in his hand, Graylint found that he and others were still at least three or four hours away from the next city, Sloane. And other small towns were not marked in detail. Obviously, there was no way to do it at noon.
Looking for a meal and rest in the city, he immediately said to Tripp:
"Okay, let's find a suitable place to stop. Let's make a fire to grill something to eat and warm ourselves up before we continue walking."
With Aphra and Tripp helping the staff and making suggestions, Gray Linte had brought enough dry food, including large chunks of beef jerky for meat, dried beans and vegetables for vegetarian, and fine wheat cakes... exquisite and delicious
Eating is out of the question, and filling one's stomach is not a problem.
"Okay, sir."
The old man who drove the cart shouted and drove the cart for another minute or two. When he arrived at a place with water, he said to Gray Lint:
"Sir, we have to scoop some water here, and then go a little further to make a fire and make food."
Why not just rest and recuperate here?
Before Graylingt could ask her doubts, the old man said:
"We can't stay too long where there is water, maybe the lions will come here to drink water!"
Hearing this, Gray Linte first sneered, then smiled and said:
"Then let's rest here. Not only have I prepared my rifle, I'm also looking forward to two more powerful monsters coming."
"That's...okay!"
Briese hesitated for a moment, but still did not disobey Glerint's intention.
Indeed, with a rifle, even if you encounter a group of lions, you can usually scare them away. Moreover, this is only the outskirts of the Hagati Grassland. In all the years that Briese has been driving cattle carts, he has never heard of anyone here.
I encountered lions in the area.
Gray Lint is even less afraid. After all, the intelligence of animals cannot match that of humans. Although he did not bring Anxi's demigod-level clone, he is still confident that he can survive even if he encounters half a Sequence 4 monster.
Just take it down...or at least scare it away. It will definitely be fine.