Blood tax

Chapter 343 Griffith's Daily Work

Griffith glanced at the ancient book in the lead box. The cover of the navy blue paper was once splashed with Aldus' blood, but now there is no trace of it.

"Linyuan Collection".

This is the first-level sealed item that Griffith had come into contact with in Neopolis.With its pages unopened, the ancient tome seemed innocuous, an ordinary, non-disturbing manuscript, free from scratches and damage.

However, the pages of "Lin Yuan Ji" are full of depravity and madness.From here, Griffith got the knowledge of the resurrection of the undead and the domination of the undead.The "refining of life" and "black mud" just learned also come from it.

Its negative properties lead to a constant loss of sanity in the bearer.

This dangerous tome once belonged to Milovan Neville, Councilor of the Arcane Council, and was supposed to be kept in Neopolis during January 1444, during the first attempt by the Order of the Deathrattle to resurrect Krista.The attempt of the cult was thwarted, and Iloti suffered misfortune. There was no news of the theft of "Lin Yuan Collection" at that time, and it would be transferred to Bayeran officials for strict safekeeping.

How could it be obtained by the Odessa people?
The sealed item "Ring of Life" is a ring made of unknown bones, and there is a small red gemstone on the ring setting.

Demon hunter Anton just obtained this sealed item.A simple record was seized along with him, making it easier for Griffith to recognize.

The ring of life can improve the holder's physique, strength, agility, perception and spirit, and the blessings the holder receives are directly related to their own strength; the secret of the terrible "death entanglement" is hidden in the ring.

However, the holder will continue to lose sanity; once the sealed item is taken off, all previous buffs will disappear.The bearer of a once powerful blessing will find it difficult to escape the lure of the ring.In order to remove the ring from the test investigator, two auxiliary personnel had their fingers bitten off and ended up having to kill the deranged investigator.

Its negative characteristic is also that it will cause the holder to continuously lose sanity.

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These two seized sealed items need to be handed over to the official investigation, and Griffith cannot directly take them for himself.

Except for some Extraordinary characteristics, most of the materials he seized during the Odessa battle were taken away by the authorities.The main reason is that the battle is not done by one person, part of the spoils and gains must be redistributed, and those combat units that have not been captured should be properly compensated. Pick and choose, the army is not far from disintegration.

The second reason is that Sealed Artifacts, Hallows, and Enchanted Items are dangerous and can be fatal if used rashly.Proper adjustment and sealing are a must.

Griffith retains most of the Extraordinary characteristics of a Transcendent, which are all hard currency.As the first reward on the merit list, the most powerful loot—the Lord of the Rings "Khazni's Miracle" was checked and handed over to Griffith.The ring was examined and found not to be the creation of the thread of life, but to exert some divine power on a ring with a long history.Minos was not able to absorb the source quality from it.

After the incident of the evil god in Odessa, the psionic energy of the other world seems to penetrate into the real world through the gap between the broken planes, and the mysterious power is growing.Some previously rare powers and sealed objects were condensed and separated from the unrealized form of life.

Some pathetic Extraordinary got a powerful sealed item beyond their tolerance by chance, but they didn't know the risks contained in it.Soon, they died because they could not be controlled, or they were bewitched by ravings, and became slaves of objects, leading to destruction in madness.

In more than a month, such tragedies occurred repeatedly more than a dozen times, and the most serious one directly destroyed a team of Beyonders.After the official reacted, they hurriedly started to take action on the danger level and sealing measures of the mysterious item.

One of the measures is to urgently standardize the classification of various weapons, armor, and jewelry. The Arcane Council has formulated new guidelines to classify different levels of sacred artifacts, sealed artifacts, and magic items, and implement stricter corresponding strategies.

According to the different Extraordinary characteristics, under the identification of the magic medium, different levels of mysterious items will show different colors of psychic brilliance. If the power is not released, it can only be viewed by the holder and those who are allowed by the holder.If unfolded in battle, all parties present will naturally perceive the power and level of the item.

The item level is divided according to the color, from bottom to high:

The ones with a light green halo are "normal" level mysterious items.Blooming a dark blue light is the "excellent" level, and above that will appear a dark golden light, representing the "rare" quality.

Rare and more powerful items have a noble purple brilliance, and their ranks are named "epic".The "legendary" rank represented by the dazzling golden brilliance of the morning sun.

The more powerful the mysterious equipment, the more dangerous it is, and it may even host the soul of the equipment with will.With a simple identification method, the holder can weigh what he should do next.

In addition, there is another level for reference-artifact.The official did not explain the appearance and characteristics of the artifact, but simply told the Extraordinary that if anyone was lucky enough to get close to the artifact and did not go crazy under the powerful radiation, then he would naturally know that it was an artifact.

Following this standard, Griffith checked his gear.

The boning dagger and the bolas are green common weapons.Both the dominion helmet and the condemnation are dark gold.The most powerful are the miracles of Bloodthorn and Khazni, whose lavender light is dazzling and even frightening.

The Yitian, Hanguang, and Minos he was looking forward to the most were only shrouded in a blue halo, probably because he didn't have enough power to release the power contained in them.

The two newly captured Sealed Artifacts have an epic purple radiance.The powerful aura cannot be hidden, and the officials will soon know about it and ask him to hand over the harvest.

However, the characteristics of Minos have given Griffith the new abilities of "Death Coil", "Black Mud" and "Life Formation". corresponding rewards.

Griffith carefully put away the items, thought for a while, and took out a small box.

Inside the box was a strange gold coin.The skull in the middle of the gold coin was silently watching Griffith with its hollow eye sockets.

This is the only mysterious and extraordinary item left behind by the cultists during the Neopolis Island incident.Its owner, the girl Rebecca of unknown origin, transformed into a bone without flesh and blood by virtue of the power of this gold coin, which greatly restrained Griffith's frost spell.

"Minos," Griffith called, "you said that this gold coin has the same source quality as that mysterious plant. You once advised me to avoid exploring its secrets. Now, tell me, this coin What is the connection between the gold coin, the sealed item in front of me, and the thread of life in the Void Realm?"

The bone ring responded slowly: "Minos analyzed the matter and explored the origin. Combining the clues of other sealed items, Minos determined that this item was contaminated with the part of the breath left by the life of the void. It is a clue to find ancient mystery .”

The clue must be in the woods to the south.Griffith put away the gold coins, and then asked:

"That is to say, before the Deathrattle Cult started the Odessa ceremony, their gods had already tried to enter this world and left traces."

"It is very possible that the extraordinary power of the 'death' pathway is the manifestation of its authority, a branch of him in the real world, and requires a large number of extraordinary characteristics to generate and combine."

"Are you one of them?"

"Minos is the creation of the hermit after analyzing the origin of this Extraordinary characteristic. As long as the principle and structure are mastered, and there is sufficient spiritual energy, the mystery can be replicated.

"Every high-level sealed item contains clues to the supreme authority. Minos can reorganize it for you. Change it."

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"Dong dong dong."

The door of the commander's cabin was knocked rhythmically.There is still time before the dinner on the Brenhill, and someone should be reporting to work.

"Captain, Commander Gilles de Ace, request a report."

"Please come in." Griffith put away the two sealed artifacts and sat upright behind the desk.Meeting the commando leader was scheduled before the battle.

Gilles de Ace walked into the room and gave a salute to the commander.

"I heard that sailors are a little afraid of you these days?" Griffith asked the apprentice knight, "What happened?"

As the chief officer of the Storm Squadron, he is also responsible for everyone's ideological work after fighting.Lieutenant Ryan, the standing officer, should have been in charge of such matters.After the lieutenant died in Odessa, the superiors hadn't sent a new replacement for a while, so Griffith and the commissioned officers at the second lieutenant level of each team could only handle it themselves.

Need to apply for a standing officer as soon as possible, I spend a lot of time away from the soldiers, this will cause problems... Griffith looked Jill in the eyes, not missing a trace.

During the Odessa incident, Jill and the clergymen in the squadron participated in the blessing ceremony presided over by Krista unsuspectingly, and their minds may have been polluted.According to reports from people like Joshua, Desai, and Paxiu, since then, the captain of Jill’s assault squadron has lost control of his emotions several times; Karen responded that the sailors were very afraid of Jill, and whispered some frightened things behind their backs. discourse.

"It's nothing, captain, the sailors just misunderstood my job as a paladin because of ignorance and ignorance, just like the barbarians who have never seen iron armor and war horses will worship in horror when they first meet a knight in armor," Jill said methodically Said, "I have done some occult research in my personal time, which is related to the Homemonwatts course. It is not surprising that sailors feel fear because of this. The unknown brings fear, which is very logical."

"What research did you do?"

"Battle gain blessings, summoning of magic familiars, middle-level advent rituals and alchemy experiments, captain," Jill replied helplessly, "you know, all of them are experiments on the abilities and course requirements commonly used in the path I'm in."

Griffith nodded and asked a few more words.Jill answered them one by one.His logic is clear, accurate, and his language is coherent, and he doesn't look like he's out of his mind.

I should ask the government to send a full-time Extraordinary to check... After Jill left, Griffith was silent for a while.His research on the occult is only half-baked, and he usually lacks attention to the squadron, so he really doesn't have the confidence to do it well.

Griffith was annoyed for a while and started to continue working. First, he sorted out today's combat log, and then prepared for the next intelligence recall and tactical review within the squadron.

(End of this chapter)