Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 576 Zaratul in the Church

In the cornfield, there was a black creature that looked like a mouse or a rabbit, gnawing at the roots of the corn.

Maybe it was nibbling so hard that it didn't notice that a corn plant behind it was quietly lowering towards it.

The creature that was about to bite off the roots of the corn suddenly raised its head and finally realized that it was in danger!
But it discovered it too late. The low-lying corn plant suddenly opened a corn fruit as big as two adult palms. Its red tassel was like a straw of a blood-sucking creature, and the wrapped leaves were like thin When the flesh membrane is opened as a whole, there are no corn kernels inside, only a strange mouth full of inverted teeth.

This "corn fruit" lowered its head and swallowed the mouse-like creature in one gulp.

The creature struggled violently in the "corn fruit", but soon became motionless.

Hobert realized that these were not corns at all, just monsters in the shape of corns!

What makes Hobert strange is that after the corns "saw" him, they seemed to have seen some monster, and they even fell over and tried to avoid Hobert!
Hobert took a few steps forward, and the corn in front also moved away.

He smiled: "Are you so shy?"

After confirming that the corns were not offensive, Hobert quickly moved forward by "twisting" the distance. However, the cornfield seemed endless, and even after twisting it several times, he could not leave.

While moving forward, he injected his spirituality into the "Order Crystal" and looked for traces of the black dog spirit beast!
Theoretically speaking, as soon as you enter the "Misty Town", the black dog spirit beast will be attracted by the "Order Crystal". Why hasn't that guy shown up yet?
But soon, Hobert stopped and heard a subtle "salad" sound in the distance, as if there was some monster hiding in the cornfield. He stretched out his left hand and injected his spirituality into "1-107": "It's forbidden to hide here!"

Whoa!

All the corn on his left side suddenly fell to both sides. At the end of the cornfield, Hobert saw an old man who seemed to have suffered the vicissitudes of life. It was Ryan Solomon who disappeared in the Backlund Great Smog Incident. !

When the other party saw Hobert, he pulled back the corners of his mouth and suddenly revealed a ferocious smile: "Crazy!"

Hobert was already on guard and immediately opened the shield of the "Order Crystal"!

But just now when the other party was hiding behind the patches of corn, the characteristics he exuded were already affecting Hobert. This made Hobert feel that crazy thoughts were bursting out in his mind, and it was difficult to formulate them for a while. A complete thought.

It's hard to imagine how serious the consequences would be if hit head-on by the opponent's "madness".

Then, Hobert realized that spiritual warning and perception were ineffective here.

The distance between Hobert and "Crazy Mage" Ryan was at least one or two kilometers, but the other party came to Hobert with a "twist".

Hobert, who had recovered from a slight "crazy" state, found that the eyes of this "crazy mage" were flashing with a crazy look.

thump~
When he raised his hand, he saw no force and did not touch the barrier, but there was a soft sound on the barrier, as if he had received a heavy blow.

Perhaps because the barrier was intact, Ryan's crazy eyes seemed to have regained some sanity.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hobert poured his spirituality into "1-109", and while lifting the barrier, he punched out: "Slaughter!"

Ryan, who was recovering his senses, was punched away. Hobert felt that several ribs of the opponent were broken, causing a dent in the opponent's chest: "Zoom in!"

While magnifying the serious injury into a fatal injury, he raised his left hand again: "Exile!"

Ryan's eyes finally began to shine with the light of wisdom: "Twisted!"

He "distorted" the concept of himself and a corn plant, and the corn plant was "exiled" several kilometers away.

Hobert was a little surprised: Sequence 3 level "distortion" can even distort the goal of "exile"?

He had always felt that some abilities of the "Judge" were inescapable to the target. Only then did he realize that the reason for this understanding was that he had not encountered a strong enough enemy.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Hobert is at a lower level than Ryan and is using a sealed object. If a "Chaos Hunter" uses "Exile", the "Crazy Mage" may not be able to twist it.

Ryan looked at Hobert and flashed a hideous smile: "Gift!"

Hobert's entire chest suddenly collapsed, and his heart and lungs felt like they were about to be crushed by some force!
A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out from his mouth, realizing that the "Crazy Mage" in front of him could actually "gift" all his injuries to him.

Hobert gritted his teeth and threw out a "Deprivation Spell": "Steal!"

Ryan's three abilities of "Gift", "Distortion" and "Frenzy" were deprived of him, which left him in a daze for a moment.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hobert immediately ran away and at the same time "donated" most of his injuries to a corn plant next to him!
The corn plant immediately exploded into a puddle of minced meat!
It's a pity that the "Deprivation Spell" only steals the opponent's abilities and makes them unable to use them for three hours, but Hobert cannot use these abilities.

Therefore, Hobert could only use the Sequence 4 level method to "distort" space and escape quickly.

Fortunately, Ryan's "distortion" ability was deprived, otherwise the opponent would be able to catch up with Hobert in just a blink of an eye.

However, the range of the opponent's ability is also very huge. He raised his hand and was about to use his new ability towards Hobert. Hobert had been paying attention to this. At this time, he immediately injected his spirituality into "1-107": "Deprivation" !”

The "arrogance" that Ryan was about to use was also temporarily deprived of it. This was the "deprivation" of the "Law Mage", which could prevent the target from using this ability for 3 minutes.

Taking advantage of this gap, Hobert finally escaped from the cornfield.

Although he was still within the attack range of the "Crazy Mage", Hobert already had a certain amount of reaction time because of the distance between the two.

Moreover, Hobert discovered that the frenzied mage did not chase after him at all. Instead, he moved closer to the corn surrounding the battlefield and licked the blood that Hobert spurted from the corn leaves.

Frightened, Hobert finally saw the town in the fog.

The most conspicuous building in this town is a very ancient steeple church. It is completely black and has no bell tower. There are black crows hovering at the top.

There are many buildings scattered around the church, including ordinary two-story houses, simple wooden houses, and bakeries with hanging signs.

Hobert found Klein lying on the ground in the bakery, coughing and struggling, and the "Wraith Spirit" marionette being eaten.

The person who ate the marionette was a woman wearing a simple white robe. She looked holy, dignified, and had a bright and brilliant appearance.

She dug out the "Secret Puppet's" heart with graceful movements, biting off a large piece of it, leaving half of her face covered in blood.

This is the "Despair Witch" Panatia who was also "caught" into the town during the Backlund Great Smog Incident!
In this situation, she looked very much like a fallen saint.

After Panatia saw Hobert, she twisted off one of the marionette's arms and threw it to Hobert. She grinned with a mouth full of blood and said, "Mr. 'Crazy Mage', please, I am not eating alone." the meaning of."

Hobert was stunned: There is something wrong with this guy's mental state, and he actually recognized me as that "Crazy Mage"!
But then he realized something was wrong and immediately poured his spirituality into "1-109". Two pillars of fire appeared from behind him and turned into dozens of fire crows.

Sure enough, the area was already covered with long black hair, and they were surrounding Hobert.

Hobert immediately directed the fire crow to burn the hair!

At this time, several ice arrows appeared in front of Panatia, shooting towards Hobert.

As Hobert expected, Panadia's mental state was indeed not good, but not so bad that she would be mistaken for someone.

She just said that just to make Hobert think that her mental state had serious problems, and then find an opportunity to attack her.

"Chaos!" Hobert avoided the ice arrow and then snapped his fingers.

bang~
"1-109"'s flesh bomb caused Klein's marionette to explode, and flesh and blood scattered all over the floor.

Hobert let the two fire crows wander around him and said to Panatia, who was rushing towards him: "I have no intention of disturbing your meal, I just came to rescue my companion."

Panatia stopped and looked at the flesh and blood on the ground with some regret. Before she had a chance to enjoy it, it turned into minced meat.

Hobert added: "You can eat in peace, and we will leave now, or I will burn these flesh and blood into charcoal."

Panatia didn't answer, she just knelt down to pick up the flesh and blood on the ground with a wary look on her face.

Hobert also picked up Klein and was about to find a place to repair it first.

Suddenly, the three people present looked to the sky.

The red moon had penetrated the fog and illuminated the town clearly.

Panatia showed a horrified expression, her hair grew longer, like tentacles, picking up the flesh and blood within her ability, and rushed into the nearby house.

Hobert also quickly carried Klein into the house and immediately locked the door.

There were some noisy whispers on the streets immediately, and the deserted town seemed to suddenly have many more residents walking on the streets and saying hello to each other.

It was safe in the room for the time being. Hobert and Klein each found a chair and sat down. Although Hobert had "gifted" most of his injuries just now, the remaining half was also very serious.

After all, it is the attack effect of "massacre" + "amplification".

He suddenly thought that if the "Crazy Mage" fought with others, he could put a brick on his head and "donate" all the injuries to the enemy.

It would be even more exciting if it were two "Frenzy Mages" fighting. One would "donate" his injuries to the other, and the other would "gift" them back, and they could fight forever.

And Klein wasn't much better. He lost his marionette as soon as he started, and he accidentally saw Panatia's incomplete mythical creature form, so he was severely mentally shocked, and then he encountered a demigod-level creature. "Disease" attacks.

If Panatia hadn't wanted to leave some fresh "ingredients", I'm afraid Klein wouldn't have been able to survive Hobert's arrival.

Hobert injected his spirituality into the "Healing Fork" and used it twice, and his injuries were mostly healed.

Ever since April reminded Hobert to keep the extraordinary properties of the "Healing Fork", he has been carrying this magical item with him.

Hobert then gave Klein treatment, but it could only cure his illness. Klein could only recover from the mental shock he received through meditation.

Fortunately, Klein's many "death-seeking experiences" have made his mental body very capable of self-healing.

The two of them breathed quietly for a while, and then each talked about what they had just experienced.

Unlike Hobert, Klein appeared in a bean field. Countless pods opened their mouths to bite Klein. It took him a lot of effort to get rid of the bean field.

The pants were basically bitten to pieces, but fortunately they were not injured.

Afterwards, Klein entered the town first and met the "Despair Witch".

After Hobert finished talking about his experience, a thought came to his mind: He was no match for the "Crazy Mage"!Fortunately, the other party has a tendency to go crazy. If he had quietly "gifted" his own madness to me as soon as he came up, maybe I would be dead by now.

He lamented: "If it weren't for the spell, I might have died in that cornfield."

Klein also lamented: "I finally understood the power of demigods today. I didn't even have the chance to use the spell."

In other words, if he uses the "Deprivation Spell", he is no match for the "Despair Witch".

Hobert looked outside for a while and said: "I have some information about this town here. In some information, this is called 'Misty Town'.

"The specific source is unclear. I only know that it is related to the 'secret' authority."

Klein nodded and said: "I just passed the divination and found that this is the source of danger at night in the ruins of the War of Gods in the eastern part of the Sunia Sea."

He further explained: "After entering the ruins of the God War, when night falls, if anyone does not sleep, they will find that they have disappeared silently when dawn comes.

"I once woke up from a dream due to an accident and saw such a mysterious and strange foggy town in the distance of the sea."

Hobert thought for a while and said: "Based on the information about the mural we traded before, this matter makes sense."

They had traded information about the fall of the Sun God before, and they mentioned the battle between the "Redemption Rose" and the ancient Sun God.

The goddess of the night also participated in the war at that time, and it is normal for some "secret" power to be left in the ruins of the war between gods.

The two people looked at each other, but did not say the specific information exchanged or how it "made sense".

They thought of going together to avoid having ears between walls.

But no matter what, Klein can be sure that the creatures who disappeared at night in the ruins of the God War were all sent here.

Because they were not directly wiped out, the result of their divination was that they were still alive. At the same time, because of "secret" interference, their whereabouts could not be known.

He thought again: This place is closely connected with the "dark night". Could it be a "prison" built by the goddess herself?It is possible that He is the 'Mother of Secrets' and should be able to directly transform people and objects into a 'hidden' state!
Thinking of this, Klein added: "The scene in this town has many similarities with the ancient ruins on the main peak of the Honakis Mountains.

"I just saw that there were half-eaten white bread, glasses of red wine, and messy silver knives and forks on the table in the room.

"It looked like someone was enjoying dinner, but it suddenly evaporated!

"I have read relevant documents before. The furnishings and furnishings of the ancient ruins on the Honakis Mountains are all well preserved. There are many dinner plates on some tables. There are traces of dry rot on some of the tables. room, and half a bottle of wine that had almost turned into water.”

This was the doubt in his mind. At the same time, if this place was related to the ruins, there might be other dangers.

Hobert thought for a while and then said: "This reminds me of an information I forgot where I saw. The country on the main peak of the Honakis Mountains is probably the Kingdom of God established by Antigonus and his sister. .”

Klein was slightly startled: "Antigonus's sister?"

The King of Angels also has a sister?

It's not that they can't have sisters, but these big figures in the ancient extraordinary world have gone through a long time after becoming angels, and their family members may have died long ago.

Moreover, this is the first time that Klein has heard the information about Antigonus’ sister.

"Yes." Hobert said: "He is called the 'Mother of Heaven', and their kingdom is called the 'Kingdom of Night'."

Klein was stunned: "Mother of Heaven? Kingdom of the Night?"

The title "Mother of Heaven" sounds like it won't last more than three episodes.

As for the "Kingdom of Night", Klein has heard of it before. If Antigonus's sister is called the "Mother of Secrets", then she is most likely the goddess of the night.

He also recalled that during a free communication session in a certain Tarot meeting, "The Hanged Man" mentioned that the "Kingdom of Night" was destroyed by the Church of the Night Goddess.

Klein speculated that this should be a war to destroy the country launched by the Church of the Night Goddess for the extraordinary properties of the "Land of Night".

Hobert looked at the moving figures outside the curtains again: "Before taking action, the 'creator' gave a hint: the church is the key!"

Klein was slightly startled: "The 'Witch of Despair' just said that the church is very dangerous!
"Of course, it could be her lie, but I personally think it's the truth."

The reason is simple, who would tell "food" such bizarre lies?And generally speaking, the ability to "instigate" needs to be supported by some real information.

"It may be very dangerous for her." Hobert said: "Have you ever thought that if this place is related to the ruins on the main peak of the Hornakis Mountains, then the danger we encounter will not only come from the 'secret' aspect, but also Could it also be a high-sequence from the 'divineer' path?"

Klein understood: "Are you saying that there is a danger from the soothsayer in that church?"

Then he asked himself: "It is very possible that the food on the table actually has a spiritual thread.

"I was wondering why this happened just now. After you reminded me like this, I thought that maybe the 'divineer' has access to high-sequence extraordinary beings and can make spiritual threads appear on some inanimate objects."

Finally, he smiled helplessly: "In that church, there won't be a high-sequence 'divinationist' path guarding the exit, right?"

"That's too extravagant!" Hobert sighed with emotion: "Not to mention angels, he is just a Sequence 3. In the real world, he is also a member of the God's Council and the bishop of the region.

"If it's in a secret organization, he might be the leader."

He "guessed": "There may be a seal-like arrangement there."

Klein nodded, this is more reasonable.

"After the Crimson Moon state ends, we have to take risks and explore some of that church." Hobert added: "Now let's summarize our enemies."

Klein also agreed with Hobert's suggestion that the way out was most likely to be hidden there. He said, "The 'Witch of Despair' just now is the one who created the Backlund smog."

"I know." Hobert smiled helplessly: "I was almost beaten to death by her before."

Klein was stunned for a moment, recalling his experience just now, and then thinking that Hobert was also a Sequence 5 during the Backlund Great Smog Incident.At this time, he realized deeply that what Hobert just said was just stating the facts, not describing anything.

"There is also Mr. A from the Aurora Society, who is a 'shepherd'." Klein said: "As far as I know, he should also have come to this foggy town."

To be precise, Mr. A disappeared in front of Klein.

Hobert nodded: "The 'Shepherd' can indeed survive in such an environment for a long time."

And his condition may be better than "Despair Witch" and "Frenzy Mage", after all, he can "eat himself" when he is extremely hungry.

Then Hobert said: "The saint I have been looking for before, the saint who disappeared during the great smog incident, should also be in this town.

"But his condition has not been very good, and his intelligence in some aspects is not very high. Maybe he has been tricked into the church by the enemy.

"But the other party probably won't die just like that, because he was once a guard of the God of Death and was 'blessed' by the God of Death. It is difficult for ordinary sealed objects to control him."

To be precise, he was already dead, how could he die again?
But what Hobert is not sure about is whether the black dog spirit beast still has a "spiritual thread"?
Klein was slightly startled: Death's bodyguard?This saint seems to have quite a story!

Hobert continued: "The other is the 'Crazy Mage' I just mentioned. He is a descendant of the Solomon family and owns a level 0 sealed item.

"The corn field when I appeared here, and the soybean field when you appeared here, should have been created by that sealed object.

"But those are the sealed artifacts of the 'Pharmacist' path, not the 'Cultivator' path, so the crops that grow are monsters. In the special environment of this town, eating those crops may lead to faster death. !”

He thought for a while and then said: "However, the 'Crazy Mage' didn't use the sealed object just now, and our saint didn't show up either.

"Is it possible that the sealed object was taken away by our saint?"

It's not impossible. In that case, I don't know if the black dog spirit beast has undergone certain mutations.

Finally, Hobert concluded: "After exploring the church, it is best for us to confirm the status of our saint and give priority to joining him, so that we can have a chance of winning."

His original plan was to have the Black Dog Spirit Beast entangle the "Crazy Mage", and he would wait for an opportunity to kill the "Despair Witch" while Klein would kill Mr. A.

Before taking action, Hobert also specifically confirmed that using the "power of order" of the "country of disorder", the existence of the black dog spirit beast could also be felt.

In other words, after such a long time, the "power of order" in the opponent's body has not disappeared, and it can still obey Hobert's command.

Hobert speculated that it might be the closed environment of the foggy town that prevented the "power of order" from completely dissipating.

But the problem now is that after entering the "Misty Town" for so long, I haven't seen the black dog spirit beast!

Klein also agreed with Hobert's simple plan. If they only relied on the two of them, there would be no way to defeat the three enemies.

The next question is, how to approach the church?

The relationship with the spirit world is severed here, and "travel" and "flash" cannot be used.

There is also a huge risk for Hobert to "distort" the distance through the wall. It is also because the connection with the spiritual world is cut off. Their spirituality is not very sensitive. If it "distorts" to the streets outside, it will be tragic. .

Fortunately, Klein's sealed artifact with the "travel" ability also has the ability to "open the door."

They can go through the illusory door, observe what is happening on the other side of the wall, and then choose whether to go through that door.

So the two people carefully passed through the illusory "door" and moved toward the church little by little.

When passing the third room, Hobert looked at the shadow in the corner and immediately raised his hand: "Arrogant!"

The shadow suddenly became like a pool of black liquid, flowing to the side to avoid Hobert's attack.

"Use!" Hobert ended the opponent's "shaded" state ahead of schedule.

A figure rolled out from the "liquid". His expression was a mixture of madness and fear. It was Mr. A who had become very thin.

Hobert was about to continue the attack, but Mr. A broke through a wall and hid in the room where Hobert and Klein came from just now.

thump~
There was a loud sound when the wall was broken, and the whispers on the street outside disappeared instantly. They seemed to have turned their heads and looked at the room where Hobert and Klein were.

Klein quickly "opened the door" and the two of them entered the next room, which was closer to the church, and waited quietly inside for a few minutes.

The outside gaze gradually moved away, and the whispers gradually returned.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Hobert smiled and whispered: "This guy really survived!"

At this time, the whispers outside gradually became quieter, and the two of them felt something. Through the windows and curtains, they could vaguely see the crimson moon introducing the fog again.

Hobert said: "Let's go!"

Klein immediately opened the door at the front, and when he reached the room closest to the church, the whispers disappeared.

Hobert and Klein suddenly felt that crazy ideas suddenly appeared in their minds, such as going out to catch the "Despair Witch" and playing a "game" that the three of them would play together.

For example, capture Mr. A just now and taste his flesh and blood.

At the same time, they felt that their movements were very uncoordinated. They clearly wanted to raise their hands but turned around, and they clearly wanted to move forward but stood still.

After Hobert's experience in the cornfield, he knew that this was the range attack of "Frenzy", and the "Frenzy Mage" seemed to have regained a lot of sanity.

But fortunately, his spirituality was also affected, and he was unable to determine the specific locations of Hobert and Klein, so he could only attack with this range.

As for why he was able to use the extraordinary abilities stolen by the "Deprivation Spell" in advance, it is not difficult to explain. It should be that when Hobert escaped, the "Crazy Mage" used the ability to "exploit" and ended the state of being deprived of abilities in advance.

The level of "Deprivation Spell" is probably higher than Sequence 3, but not quite to Sequence 2. There is no time to recover the "deprived" ability during the battle, but after the battle, there will be many "Frenzy Mage" Maneuverable space.

"Distort!" Hobert "distorted" the negative influence on himself, grabbed Klein's shoulders, and then used a continuous "distortion" method to quickly pass the distance between the room and the church.

The two people stood in front of the church and looked back.

"Despair Witch" Panatia was quickly chasing this way using a mirror jump, while "Crazy Mage" was standing on the roof from a distance, watching the actions of Hobert and Klein.

The feeling of "Crazy Mage" at this time is indeed not as crazy as before, and the two of them seem to have joined forces.

Hobert glanced at them, "distorted" the distance one last time, and entered the church with Klein.

Panatia jumped out of the glass and quietly watched the two people enter the church, showing a little bit of fear.

Inside the church, the "crazy" state of Hobert and Klein quickly disappeared. They quickly regained their vision in the dim environment and saw one figure after another hanging in the mid-air within their sight.

They are all human beings, some wearing black classical robes, some wearing brown jackets, some wearing fluffy skirts, and some wearing tattered clothes like beggars.

They all seemed to be receiving air-dried bacon, hanging from a high place, with their heads hanging low and dangling.

This immediately made Hobert think of some ghost stories about "hanged people", but there was no rope in sight to hang them.

woo~
A cold wind blew in the church, and the corpses hanging in the air turned towards Hobert and Klein at the same time.

"Chaos!" Hobert raised his hand.

These corpses seemed to lose their direction immediately, some turned to the left, some to the right, and in short, they no longer looked at the two intruders.

Hobert noticed Klein's gaze and explained with a smile: "Look at these guys together, it's so weird!"

If it had been before, Hobert would not have taken action at will, lest he wake up some unknown force.

But recently, Hobert noticed that breaking the inherent rules or breaking some conventions, such as being reckless when you should be cautious, can make your spirituality more lively.

Of course, such a "break" can only be made with a certain degree of certainty. For example, if he goes out to find the "Crazy Mage" and seeks death, Hobert will not do it.

The two people observed these figures. Fortunately, they were all human beings, and Hobert did not find the shadow of the black dog spirit beast among them.

"Spiritual thread!" Klein suddenly said in surprise!

Hobert hurriedly hid behind Klein. He remembered that the "spiritual thread" would become a little strange here, and his current spirituality was not as sensitive as it was in the outside world, and he didn't know if there was anything coming from the "spiritual thread" at present. danger? .

Klein further explained: "Their 'spiritual threads' are extremely special, and they all converge on the top of the church. It turns out that they are suspended by the 'spiritual threads'."

Hobert asked, "What's the danger to us?"

"Our 'spiritual thread' is like metal that has encountered a magnet, floating upwards uncontrollably." Klein said: "Don't resist, I will pull your 'spiritual thread' back."

Hobert immediately felt that his movements were somewhat awkward. He followed Klein's words and did not make any resistance.

Klein added: "Our 'spiritual thread' still has a tendency to float upward, and we must fight against it at all times."

Hobert nodded: "No wonder this church is full of dangers for the 'Witch of Despair' and Mr. A. Even if the 'Crazy Mage' comes in, it will be difficult to 'twist' his own 'spiritual thread' accurately."

Klein asked somewhat incredulously: "'Crazy Mage' can even 'twist' the 'spiritual thread'?"

Klein has always felt that the "spiritual thread" can only be seen by extraordinary people of the "seer" path, and it should be an ability unique to this path.

"I can do this too." Hobert explained casually: "It's just a 'conceptual' application of 'distortion', but the 'distortion' is not so precise, and it is still very dangerous in such an environment."

Because he couldn't see the "spiritual thread", maybe the "twist" was in the wrong direction and would be closer to the source of danger, and he would be hooked in an instant.

Then the two of them looked inside the church together. Deep in the church, there seemed to be an altar.

The two people moved forward step by step, trying to ignore the figures dangling above their heads, as if looking down at them.

After walking for 30 meters, the two came to the altar and saw a stone statue standing on the altar. It presented a female human image as a whole, but two animal legs grew out of its ribs and waist. Covered with short, thick, hard black hair.

At the foot of the stone statue, there are souls sleeping.

After taking a few steps forward and seeing its face clearly, Klein's eyes froze.

Because the stone statue had a beautiful face, it was the one who sent them to the misty town.

Hobert's expression also became solemn. It was not that he was surprised by the opponent's appearance, but that he felt that the opponent's four animal legs really affected the overall image.

He couldn't help but think: The real image of the goddess of the night is similar to this, right?One leg destroys everything.

Then he saw a figure diagonally behind the stone statue, so he gestured towards Klein and walked around the stone statue.

They saw an old man sitting behind the statue wearing a black robe. He was wearing a hood, his head lowered, his eyes closed, and the white beard around his mouth was long and thick, as if it had not been trimmed for decades.

Klein whispered to Hobert: "There is something wrong with his 'spiritual thread'."

After the old man's "spiritual thread" stretched out from his body, it returned to the position where it came out.

Hobert thought to himself: It should be called "He".

He took a step forward: "Old sir!"

Klein felt that Hobert's actions were a bit reckless, but then he thought about it. The old man was in such a weird state. If he wanted to harm him, he would have done it long ago and would not have waited until now.

The old man opened his eyes, looked at Hobert, and finally his eyes fell on Klein behind him: "Finally another 'divineer' is here."

Klein thought: Why do you say "again"?
The hooded old man said: "In the extraordinary world, having a trustworthy partner is a very rare thing."

What he was talking about was that Hobert could trust Klein to manipulate his "spiritual thread".

The two of them didn't pay much attention to this just now. After the old man said this, Hobert realized that in this extraordinary world, there were no more than five people who could make him feel so reassured, and Klein was one of them.

Even if Apple had the ability to operate the "spiritual thread", Hobert would not be so reassured. He knew that although April would not harm him, her condition was sometimes not very good, making it difficult to completely rest assured. .

Klein also had a similar feeling. He just asked Hobert not to resist his operation of the "spiritual thread", but he really didn't resist.

Is it just because he once fought alongside him?Klein suddenly thought of this question.

The white-bearded old man said again: "Do you want to escape from here? I can tell you how."

Klein was not moved: "Then why are you still here?"

The old man lowered his head and laughed: "Because I am already dead."

Klein felt a chill on his back and quietly took a step back.

Hobert smiled: "I almost thought you were an Extraordinary of the 'Death' pathway."

The old man slowly raised his head, glanced at Hobert, and then said slowly: "I used my special extraordinary ability to find the holes in the history and destiny of the world, cut out my own image, fixed it here, and maintained it until now. .

"As for my body and my spirit, they are already completely dead."

Klein sighed in his heart: What an incredible ability.

But he had no way of confirming whether it was true or false: "Then why do you want to instruct us how to escape?"

The old man's long beard beat gently: "After you open the door, the history and destiny of this place will change, and the image I cut out will also disappear.

"When the time comes, you will see an altar of ashes. I just hope that it can be sprinkled into the Serenzo River near Trier, the capital of Intis, which is my hometown."

Hobert wanted to ask: How did your ashes get here?
But he realized that he couldn't get a real answer, so he asked instead: "Do you know Emperor Russell?"

The old man's expression suddenly became solemn.

Klein also noticed that Hobert used "you" again.

Hobert spread his hands: "It's not difficult to guess. Born in Trier, an Extraordinary person of the 'divineer' path must be a member of the Secret Order.

"And I happen to know that Emperor Russell has cooperated with the Secret Order."

The old man's expression gradually became kind again: "What a smart young man."

"I want to confirm one thing." Hobert said: "After the death of Emperor Russell, did he develop the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Emperor of Knowledge'? Is that extraordinary characteristic in the hands of the God of Steam and Machinery?"

The old man was silent again.

Klein thought about some of the information he had obtained from previous transactions and the contents of some diaries, and became very interested in this issue.

A few seconds later, the old man smiled and said: "I have no relevant memory, maybe I don't know it, or as a historical image, I don't know this history.

"But theoretically, it is possible to extract a copy of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Emperor of Knowledge', and it is most likely to fall into the hands of the God of Steam and Machinery."

Then he asked: "Where did you know these secrets? As far as I know, there are very few people who know about this matter. They can probably be counted on one hand. Could it be that the current extraordinary world has announced Rosse's secrets?" What is the real cause of your death?”

Klein said in his heart: Now I can’t count them on one hand, at least the members of the Tarot Society already know them all.Of course, it would be a different story if the old man had more than a dozen fingers on each hand during his lifetime.

Holbert just said vaguely: "I am an extraordinary person in the 'lawyer' path."

The hooded old man was not satisfied with this answer. He thought about it and asked again: "Is there going to be a new 'Black Emperor' in the outside world?"

Hobert smiled and said: "You are already a dead man, so don't worry about this."

Klein turned his head and looked at the corpse hanging on the top of the church to stop laughing: If it weren't for the extraordinary world, Hobert would obviously be very immoral by doing this, disrespecting the elderly and the dead!
(End of this chapter)