old dream

Chapter 27 Fangs
Sure enough, on Monday night, Mr. No. [-] found Colin.

As if he knew his way home, the light-watcher had waited beforehand at a hidden corner, standing among the rubble as if he had always been part of that shadow.

Colin is not surprised that he can find his place.Presumably unlike ordinary people, they have more elusive sources.

Colin said directly:

"So look again, how many days can I live now?"

"The momentum of the smoldering has stopped, but because of the consumption two days ago, there are still 20 days left." Mr. No. [-] said: "Barely enough."

"When you come to me at this time, you won't let me suddenly attack during the transaction, right?"

Tomorrow is the appointed day with Giovanni, and the mysterious Mr. No. [-] should come forward.

Colin remembered that in the hotel where Julio was imprisoned, No. [-] mentioned something like who was going to be purged.

"I didn't say it was him who was going to kill," said Mr. No. [-] blankly.

Three days ago, Mr. No. [-] said to himself on the bridge, "Teach you to kill someone". If that's not No. [-], who is he referring to?
"I was originally confused as to why my colleagues did not execute those who betrayed the creed. But after I left the hotel that night, I saw something and already knew the reason behind it." Mr. No. [-] recounted without hesitation: "As for who is Your opponent, that doesn't matter."

Colin didn't quite understand what he was saying.

Mr. No. [-] probably rarely communicates with people normally, so he is used to being so condescending, and he only speaks half of his words.

Likewise, he doesn't know how to work with people.

That's why he said to himself at that time: "Because you are dying, I can tell you something without hesitation and ask you to help."

He didn't know that anyone with a normal mind would not be able to accept such a reason.

What's more, before these questions of wording, Mr. One overlooked a more fundamental thing.

"Have you ever thought, why should I help you?" Colin said.

After all, they are dying.

"Everyone can help us," said Mr. One, as if talking about some kind of grace.

"Don't do this." Colin said, "You can't say that you helped the lampkeeper and you can go to a certain paradise after you die."

"This is true."

"I don't care what creeds and heavens you have." Colin was too lazy to entangle in these conceptual issues:
"The best way to drive a dying man is to say to him: 'I have a way to keep you alive'."

"Can you do it?"

"...the way does exist," said the lampkeeper hesitantly.

But to tell you that would undermine the original premise.Because let you live, it is possible to leak.

So this proposal could not stand from the beginning.Colin thought.

"Doesn't anyone else have the right to live after knowing these things except the lampkeeper?" Colin asked.

"And the people from my hometown, and our 'fangs'."

"Good." Colin said:

"Then I'll be your fangs."

……

By the standards of the Ankhs, becoming a fang does not mean entering the supernatural.

Although they will also systematically understand some occult knowledge, it is only for the purpose of targeting the enemy.

They fight using sophisticated weapon techniques, such as special firearms and cutlery.And strengthen itself through purely material means.

Out of some ancient obsession, they must refuse to associate with those ethereal ghosts and spirits.

So when Fang engages with those who step into the abyss (the Netherworld), he is inevitably blinded or vulnerable to sorcery such as mental disturbances and curses.

Thus, rather than their fangs, which are lampkeepers, the fangs also need lampkeepers to be their eyes and talismans.

But in the face of the temptation of certain powers, how many people are still able to abide by those ancient creeds?

Mr. One hesitated, considering Colin's unusual qualities in the Battle of the Factory, and Giovanni's advice to himself.

This person has no extraordinary talent, which means that there is no risk of falling; he has a strong sense of fighting, and presumably he will have excellent qualities after becoming Fang Fang.

Although in the previous battle, he gave himself some uncomfortable and strange feelings.

But as long as he has no talent and cannot communicate with those filth, he essentially depends on himself.In other words, he would be under control.

Besides, with the current situation in this city, do I still have time to choose?

Without hesitating too long, Mr. No. [-] made a decision.

……

"We walk and talk."

Mr. No. [-] walked in front of the bustling city of North Seventh Street in the old city.

Originally thought that these god-given people should only talk about mysterious information in a secret room with candles lit.

Colin didn't expect that he would bring himself to such a noisy neighborhood.

Since the black robe was cut for some reason, Mr. No. [-] has changed into a featureless casual suit.Thanks to this, they walked among the crowd without attracting much attention.

Colin also understands that it is less likely to be eavesdropped on secret conversations in constant walking and moving than staying in a fixed location.

Because as long as you pay attention to whether there is anyone nearby.And those passers-by who pass by can only hear at most a few words of unknown meaning.

What's more, the lampkeeper only spoke in Naresh.To the Ankh inhabitants of the Old Town, it was presumably just an indigenous dialect of some distant colony.

"What about at the level of witchcraft? Don't we need to make a barrier to guard against it?" Colin asked aside a few children who were running wildly.

"The more turbid and chaotic the place, the more difficult it is for witchcraft to work." The lampkeeper said, "Just like you can't hear whispers in the noise, it will be difficult for the ritual to maintain a clear meaning under the complex background sound."

So these diverse groups of people, and the countless events going on in the streets, are their natural barriers.

Witchcraft, occult, magic.Although there are some differences, it is to a greater extent that people of different eras refer to the same thing in different contexts.

Colin vaguely guessed what the lampkeeper was going to say next.

As an auxiliary lampkeeper, Fang Fang, who guards the Cynthili community at a supernatural level, the first thing to do is to understand the opponents they need to face.

To understand the superhuman, we must start with the occult.

The theory of modern occultism is basically equivalent to the Ankh people's theory of supernatural mysteries.After all, it was their discoveries and insights that laid the foundations for everything related to the superhuman in this generation after the ancient and ignorant witchcraft era faded away.

Therefore, even the light-keepers of Cincily, once they talk about transcendence, they can't get around the Ankh people's theory.

Colin was vaguely expecting.Because although he had learned some relevant knowledge deeply or shallowly through the wiretapping of the seminary, no one had ever shown him a complete and systematic picture of that world.

Although Ji Lian was educated in this aspect in a special group of a certain sect when she was a child, what she heard was only a carefully castrated version by some people, with obvious traces of tampering.

"Colin." The current lampkeeper had already called him by his first name.

He seems to be talking about some kind of myth:
"...Do you know that the nature of the world is contradictory?"

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The first announcement will be made here on Monday, December 12th. Tomorrow, the title of the book will be changed to "Old God Can Dream".

(End of this chapter)