old dream

Chapter 64 Preparation
For a period of time after the meeting of the patriarchs, the underground world of Nanstad seemed unexpectedly calm.

The current five-handed ban on paper seems to have really extinguished the minds of all the leaders of the group.But no one knows if there are more dangerous storms brewing in the depths of these layers of dark clouds.

Alcoholic beverages, which were once commonplace, have gradually become mysterious and dangerous taboos.Perhaps because of this added excitement, people mention it more and more in public.

Two days later, Colin met Mr. No. [-] again, and Colin insisted that he could not measure the coordinates.And explained the reason why his life began to recover as a gift from Giovanni with the secret medicine.

Mr. No. [-] seemed to have something to say, but he didn't insist too much.

Even though Colin hasn't opened the shell of his heart, he can easily control him without relying on coordinates, which is the confidence that Mr. No. [-] still has.

As a newcomer, he does not seem to know that there is a tradition of secret mutual assistance between the fangs of Stade.

Originally, Colin was still worried that Mr. No. [-] would find the traces of the replacement transfer method on his body, but in the end, he didn't seem to feel anything unusual.

Aside from the very small scale of the displacement transfer itself, perhaps because this basic unit is used in so many rituals, it seems imperceptible.

For example, this time, its traces are likely to be covered up by Arecio's call spell.

Regarding the fact that Colin went with Giovanni on a mission, Mr. No. [-] did not say anything wrong at all, but instead showed a bit of approval:
"If there are such actions in the future, you can participate more by yourself."

Mr. No. [-]'s expression was as calm as ever, but Colin always felt that there was a hint of happiness in his tone when he said these words.

Are you fortunate to have saved the effort of tuning consumables?

Colin took advantage of the situation and asked him about necessary skills such as "zeroing" and "meditation". After all, he couldn't fully believe Arecio's unilateral statement.

But the answer he finally got was basically the same as the version on Arecio's side.

"Zero" is used to withdraw consciousness from abnormal frequencies, and "meditation" is to gradually control your thoughts by focusing on your breathing, so that you don't think about things you shouldn't think about.

A few days after confirming the practice method, in addition to going to the seminary to report for work as usual, Colin spent the rest of the time practicing the necessary skills for these witchcraft duels.

Although he had prepared seven dry bay leaves to carry with him, the threat of the shuttle demon was always there, so he thought it was the most urgent thing at the moment.

Both "Meditation" and "Zeroing" can be practiced at the same time. Every time you focus only on breathing and lose your mind unconsciously, you can return to a state of mind blank and concentrated through zeroing.

Zeroing needs to be matched with a specific little action to develop a habitual cue for oneself.Ideally, this particular action could make some kind of special sound.

Some people set themselves the motions of uttering specific syllables with their throats, or shaking a rattle they carry with them.

After considering the convenience in combat and combining a little personal preference, Colin finally chose to snap his fingers as his suggestive action.

After a few days of practice, the two originally unrelated memories were linked together, and he became able to evoke the memory of meditation by snapping his fingers, which instantly filled his heart with the mood of nothing but breathing.

He began to test the effect of the exercise, repeatedly performing the communication rituals he had used before, re-entering his consciousness into a special frequency.

Just like that night a week ago.After the ceremony started, he was clearly in the attic room, but a broad and calm lake appeared in front of him, reflecting a huge firelight.

And in the corner by the window, still curled up a vague shadow.

"It", whose identity is unknown, is still imprisoned in his own consciousness.

He's tried imaging it these days, but without exception.Perhaps those materials that can become its image are the most tightly sealed parts of memory.

Inexplicably, he couldn't bear to look anymore, and his right hand snapped his fingers involuntarily.The clear voice fell, and the illusion in front of him immediately dissipated, like a shattered dream.

This is the so-called "returning to zero", and the frequency of consciousness returns to daily life in an instant.

After the initial mastery of this technique, the journey of exploring the boundaries of different frequencies becomes much safer.

On the other hand, as long as you continue to practice meditation in the future, you will be sure that you will not recall the image of the shuttle demon at any time, so the threat it can bring to you can be temporarily ruled out.

He took out the seven dried laurel leaves that he carried with him these days, each of which spelled the name of the master of Hell Area 32 in Ankh letters: "Ixion, the Wheel of Burning Stakes".

Now is not the time to summon it.

There isn't much of a threat, so don't have to take that risk yet.

Only in a critical moment when there is no other way out, can you consider using this devil to gamble your life and death.

After a long period of painstaking efforts, he already had a lot of resources in his hands before he knew it, and there were far more ways to improve his strength than this.On the contrary, the time of the day has become compact and precious.

For the past week, he has been tracking the materials sent by the Kayu subcontinent scholar in the seminary report room every day.

At present, the amount of text accumulated in the hand is completely enough, and it is only a matter of time to crack the last few virtual elements of the multi-letter replacement cipher.

Once again, he dug out all the relevant materials accumulated before, and after a long absence, Colin started the code-breaking work again.

His technology is not unfamiliar, and almost completely relying on experience and intuition, he has confirmed a virtual element used to disrupt word frequency statistics.

So far, the number of virtual elements has all been found.And the original meaning of the letters has been confirmed for twelve, and the rest of the work is almost just a crossword puzzle.

Ten minutes later, the original meaning of all the letters was deciphered, and the plain text of this mysterious material was finally revealed to Colin.

After two hours of transcribing and sorting, a total of [-] words of text and a dozen attachments and articles were obtained.

One of them is a relatively complete paper.

Colin's guess about the progress of the work of the Confederate scholars was not wrong, because its title really was:

"Analysis of the Witchcraft of Zhelan Auxiliary Soldiers".

(End of this chapter)