Dorothy's Forbidden Tome

Next came another Banquet sigil, and two "Shadow" sigils with unknown functions. Dorothy planned to ask Aldrich about this later.

If we continue, it will be the two extraordinary items that belong to Dorothy, a ruby ​​cane and a black candle. Dorothy prepares the identification ceremony and is going to put the two items on the ceremony for identification. Dorothy couldn't help but feel a little distressed when looking at the storage of "lamps" needed for the ceremony, but finally decided to use some "lamps" to identify these two things.

After all, if Dorothy wants to use these Extraordinary items better, she needs to know detailed information. Although the "lamp" is a bit precious, it still needs to be used.

Take out the gold coin of the "lamp" that was just seized, set up the ceremony and start the identification. First of all, it is the black candle. After putting it in the ceremony, Dorothy immediately identified the corresponding information.

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Extinguish the black candle

After injecting the spirituality of "shadow", the item will ignite silver flames, blow out the flames, and can extinguish any form of light within the surrounding range. The more "shadows" injected, the wider the range that can be extinguished, and the The stronger the intensity of the lights, the upper limit is 5 points. "

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'This is a thing specially designed to turn off the lights. It seemed to be used to turn off the lights of the entire house when I was in the Field house before, creating a dark environment. '

Looking at the identified information, Dorothy thought that this ability is quite simple and straightforward, but she wonders if it can extinguish the light created by extraordinary ability.

After the appraisal was completed, Dorothy took the black candle away, and then began to appraise the next thing, which was the ruby ​​cane.

Putting her hand in the ritual circle, Dorothy consumed another gold coin, and then identified the information of the cane.

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Heart Eater Sword

This item can absorb the "cup" after being pierced into the living body. The weaker the pierced person is, the lower the willpower and the less able to resist, the higher the efficiency of the extraction. The "cup" that is absorbed will be stored in the In the rod, the storage limit is 7 "cups".

Once a day, when the "cup" of the item is full, if the holder suffers a fatal injury, the item will consume all stored "cups" to restore the fatal injury to the holder. The source of fatal injuries, or fatal injuries cannot be recovered if the damage to the body is too large.

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'This... is the Extraordinary item that allows the mentor to come back to life, it can restore a fatal injury to the holder, it's a good thing. '

Looking at the cane in her hand, Dorothy's eyes lit up and she thought, who wouldn't want an extra chance to save their lives?This thing can be said to be the biggest gain in Dorothy's operation.

"This thing is called a stick sword, and it also has the effect of absorbing a 'cup' after piercing into a living body, which means..."

While thinking about it, Dorothy tentatively pulled out her cane, and then as expected, she pulled out a thin sword with a cold light from it.

"This... can also be used as a weapon... Although it takes a lot of spirituality to eat, it takes a full 7 'cups' to use it once, but if it can really save lives, it's worth it. I don't know such a good thing. Where did that guy get it from.

"And this thing... It's clearly what Bill used to suck Clifford to death last time. It was put in the sheath before and I haven't identified it yet. If I knew it was in the mansion, I would try to suck a few corpses." cup'."

Looking at the sword in her hand, Dorothy murmured. Suddenly, she saw something engraved on the head of the sword. If she looked closely, she found that it was a short paragraph of words.

"Afterbirth ceremony"

'afterbirth?Could this be the Afterbirth Cult that Aldrich mentioned before, a very large association of 'cups', did this sword come from there? '

Looking at the words engraved on the cane and sword, Dorothy couldn't help thinking that she had heard Aldrich mention the name of the Order of Afterbirth several times before, and they seemed to have some connection with many "cup" associations in the hidden world. Even this Crimson Communion that Dorothy encountered.

All of a sudden, Dorothy had a slight interest in this Afterbirth Order. She estimated that it might be a very powerful and influential one among the "Cup" associations. Reminiscent of the virtues of the Scarlet Communion, this Afterbirth The church must also be vigilant.

After finishing the identification of Extraordinary items, Dorothy sheathed the cane and put away the last spoils, two books of secret biography.

Dorothy originally planned to exchange these two secret biography books by herself and Vanya, but it was inconvenient for Vanya to take these books back by herself, so she left them with Dorothy first, and when she went back After Tivian, Dorothy will send the things over.

In this case, Dorothy can read both books together.

Opening the secret biography, Dorothy began to quickly read it with the help of the ability of a master. This first secret biography is called "Voodoo Woods Adventure Log", which is a secret biography on the theme of an adventure log, which records an adventurer. It is a story about a team going to explore a strange forest. After experiencing a series of terrible things, all members of the expedition team were wiped out, and the last protagonist and author turned into a plant under the curse.

The other secret biography is called "Wolf Sacrifice", which was found by Dorothy in the promotion circle in the chapel. It contains many sacrifices about the god of hunting and gluttony - "Glutton Wolf". .

It includes all the methods and precautions for the promotion ceremony from the apprentice-level "thirsty person" to the cretaceous-level "werewolf" on the way of the cup. After reading it, Dorothy wondered whether the promotion ceremony of the mentor was based on this book. From the book.

After finishing the speed reading of the two books, Dorothy began to use the system to estimate the spirituality in the two books. "Voodoo Forest Adventure Log" has 3 points of "cup" and 1 point of "enlightenment".However, "Wolf Sacrifice" seems to involve a deeper level of mystery. There are 7 points of "cup" and 3 points of "enlightenment". The points of this "cup" add up to 10 points.

Just when Dorothy was about to draw spirituality, she found that she already had 11 points of "cups", and now she had 10 points of "cups" in one breath, adding up to 21 points, and her current spiritual storage limit It is 20 points, if you withdraw directly, it will overflow by 1 point.

"As expected of copying the stronghold of the leader of the Holy Communion, so many 'cups' in one breath, it is not enough to hold... If this is the case. '

While thinking about it, Dorothy picked up the cane on the side, and then poured her original "cup" into it, pouring 7 points in one breath to fill it up. Under Dorothy's spiritual infusion, the cane The ruby ​​at the top exudes a slight red light.

After filling the cane, Dorothy extracted the spirituality of the two secret books. Between one increase and one subtraction, the final "cup" accumulated in her body was 14 points, and the heart-eating staff sword was fully charged. complete.

"OK, it's finally over, that's all for today, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

While yawning, Dorothy tidied up her mess, went to the bathroom to take a shower, dragged her tired body on the bed and quickly fell asleep.

Chapter 130 Inference

Time flies, and the days pass slowly.

In the past few days, Igwent has been as peaceful as ever. The people in both the lower city and the upper city are living as before. Among various social banquets.

However... there are still some subtle changes.

In the lower city, the number of missing lonely homeless people has decreased significantly since two months ago, and many horror stories that were originally passed down by word of mouth among the lower-level people in the lower city have gradually subsided. Worshiping the Holy Mother, thanking Him for finally exerting divine power to eliminate the demon that has been killing them in the shadows.

However, the daily life of those decent people in the upper city is no different from usual. The cruel murderer who caused the tragedy of No. 22 Yumu West Lane and No. 14 Baihebin tragedy seems to have no new actions recently, which makes ladies The ladies couldn't help feeling disappointed that some topics of daily gatherings were missing.

The recent gentlemen are a little confused. They wonder why Viscount Field, one of the most important nobles in Igwent recently, did not show up after the charity meeting. According to past experience, he should be in the next Continue to attend various events and dinners within a week, and continue to declare charity with the newly adopted child. Usually he will accept media interviews at this time, and many people who want to take this opportunity to make friends with the Viscount will also take advantage of this opportunity to go Closer, except for this time, Viscount Field doesn't usually take the initiative to attend the upper-level gatherings of Igwent.

However, this year's Viscount Field never appeared again after the charity event, which made many people very confused, and at the same time began to discuss a lot, and those media who were ready to interview but failed to report also began to publish on the report Some random guesswork.

Apart from these minor anomalies, everything in Igwent seems to be still peaceful, but the hidden world under this peaceful appearance has already been churning. The Igwent security bureau and even the church have been busy recently. Non-stop, ushered in the busiest moment in recent years.

After Viscount Field was mutated and killed in Igwent Anyin Bureau, the entire Anyin Bureau was affected by the poisonous gas released by the mutated monster for a while, and fell into paralysis. Finally, with the support from the local church, they Next, it took a night to finally remove the influence of the poisonous gas, and the Anyin Bureau resumed normal operation.

Then on the second day, a team mainly composed of hunters and mixed with a small number of church members immediately entered the northern mountain area. Everyone in Igwent knew that several residences of Viscount Field were located in Therefore, they are here to find the real culprit after this series of events.

Finally, they found Field's villa in the mountains, and when they were ready to break in, they found a scene that shocked everyone.

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Somewhere in Uptown Eagle Winter, under the Cypress Shirt Building.

Inside the Anyin Bureau, the staff sat in their seats and were busy working. During the rush between hunters and clerks, everyone's expression was exhausted. Everything seemed to be in a hurry, and the air was full of anxiety. atmosphere.

Greg walked quickly on a corridor, his eyes were covered with dark circles, he yawned from time to time, and occasionally greeted colleagues passing by.

After a while, Greg walked to the door of the director's office, and saw that the entire office door was tightly closed at this time, sealed firmly with wooden boards and nails, with characters and magic circles drawn on the wooden boards, imposing Some kind of seal.

Looking in from the window that also has the magic circle painted on it, it is a completely messy scene. Green vines are entwined everywhere, completely covering the entire floor and walls, and the wooden desks and bookshelves are sprouting again. In the green mist, those vines twitched from time to time, and their vitality became more and more vigorous.

After just admiring it for a while, Greg walked into the door of the next room. After knocking on the door lightly, a voice came from behind the door.

"come in……"

Greg opened the door and walked in, entered a somewhat small office, and in a blink of an eye saw James who was writing a letter behind his desk. He glanced at Greg and waved.

"Sit down, this newly tidied up office is a little bit small, let's make do with it."

"Thank you, Mr. James... How long will the situation in your original office last?" Sitting at the desk, Greg glanced at the wall next to him, and asked curiously, while James answered directly.

"God knows, I've already applied to the higher authorities for the curse-removing team, but I haven't received an answer yet. I'm afraid it will last for a while according to this piss. Let's ignore it, which security bureau can't have its own unique landscape? .”

With a slightly humorous tone, James said, and then he looked at Greg and spoke.

"Is there any progress in the investigation at Beishan Villa now?"

"Great progress has been made. We can now confirm that this is a stronghold of the Holy Communion. It was raided by outsiders while the ceremony was being held, and it was completely wiped out in the fierce battle.

"The battle was concentrated in the chapel of the villa. Judging from the extreme damage of the corpses on the scene and the backlash of a large number of life sigils, the battle situation at that time was probably very tragic. Almost all the corpses of the members of the Holy Communion who participated in the battle have been seriously mummified , and it was so broken that it was very difficult for us to judge the specific cause of death.

"The key is that the body that died in the painting room on the third floor was determined by us to have been attacked by an unknown powerful extraordinary force, because his death method was very special. We conducted a key investigation on him and found that he was Field's The butler, whose name is Luhe, whose surname is unknown, came to Igwent with Field, who returned from his travels, six years ago."

"Six years ago... This is very close to the time when the Holy Communion appeared..." Listening to Greg's report, James said thoughtfully, and Greg nodded in response.

"Yes, so we suspect that he is the real founder of the Holy Communion, and Field is controlled by him. When you went with us, Mr. James, you speculated that there might be a black-order beast from the ritual remnants of the chapel. Transformer', we think it should be him!"

Greg said that when he first went to the villa, because there might be a battle, James led the team there, and the subsequent investigation revealed that several of their captains were there.

"Well... that ceremony is obviously a promotion ceremony, worshiping the 'Glutton Wolf', and we judged that the leader of the Holy Communion was a black rank a long time ago, so I judged that there might be a lycanthropist... "

James pondered and said, while Greg continued to report.

"During the fierce battle that night, Luhe, the leader of the Holy Communion, should have fought the Extraordinary from the attacking side and was killed. The battlefield was on the third floor, but according to the traces at the scene, we didn't find too many The battle traces belonging to the lycanthropists, such as the large number of claw marks left on the floor of the chapel, indicate that Lue's battle here lasted very short, and he was killed without resistance."

"Killed within a short period of time? A 'cup' of the Black Order? Are you sure?" Hearing Gregor's words, James frowned, and said in an inconceivable way. How much stronger is the rank than the Extraordinary of the apprentice.

"Yes... It's unbelievable, but this is what we infer after investigating the scene. There are no other corpses at all at the scene, and there are no bloodstains other than Luer. If the fighting continues, many things will be left behind.

"Although the scene was severely damaged, a large number of glass shattered, the display cabinets were overturned, and three walls were penetrated. It seemed that a big battle had taken place. But after we observed the scene carefully, we found that the gestures of the display cabinets falling to the ground showed regularity. In fact, it was overturned by the same force, and the holes in the three walls were also highly overlapped, and it may have been penetrated by the same force at one time. Therefore, we speculate that there may be only one attack that caused the destruction on the scene. It happened in an instant."

While speaking, Greg's expression became serious, and he continued to speak slowly to James.

"Mr. James, we think that perhaps in this battle, Luhe encountered a higher-level Extraordinary than him..."

Chapter 130 Secret

"Higher-level Extraordinary..."

In the small office, James couldn't help frowning and muttering when he heard Greg's speculation. Based on past experience, they speculated that the leader of the Holy Communion should be a Black-rank Extraordinary. If it is higher than the Black-rank... then at least It is white rank.

The Extraordinary of the white rank, that is almost the elders or leaders of the vast majority of medium-sized secret associations, in the entire security bureau system of the Priet Kingdom, only the local bureau chiefs of some key counties, and the capital Tivian headquarters Several of the garrison captains are white-ranked, and they all add up to more than ten. The other seventy or so local sub-bureau chiefs are basically black-ranked, including James.

And this time, if a white-rank Extraordinary really came to Igwent...

"Greg... who do you think led this attack?" While thinking, James asked Greg, but he already had the answer in his heart.

"Mr. James, it seems to me that this case is strongly similar and related to the previous ones. It is almost certain that this is the work of the Rosicrucian association." Greg said, they are concerned The problem with Field was because of the familiar flower delivery, so when they saw the scene of the villa case, the people from the Anyin Bureau almost immediately determined who did it.

"The Rose Cross... It seems that they came to Igwent specifically for the Holy Communion. I didn't expect that this previously unheard-of association would dispatch white-rank Extraordinary people. In just a few months, the entire Holy Communion The dinner party was destroyed by them." Sitting on the chair, James continued with a trace of emotion.

"It seems that our previous judgment on them still had a big error. Extraordinary people with a white rank...in any case, they will not be some ordinary association."

"Yeah, fortunately their goal is very clear, and there is no conflict with us..." Greg said, and at the same time, he was thinking that fortunately when he came into contact with the member of the Rosicrucian in Buck House, he kept restraint on his side. There is no conflict with the other party, otherwise there may be serious consequences.

'Actually, at the beginning we all thought that the man might just be bluffing and bluffing, and we all had the idea of ​​going up to try, but now it seems that fortunately we refrained from doing so at that time, otherwise the bureau might be impulsive and die. Suffered a senseless heavy loss. '

Thinking of Greg like this, he is now thankful for his cautious approach of stopping Turner at that time, thinking that one of his original actions might have saved the entire team.

"It's really good that you all maintained restraint back then, but now I'm also a little curious, what kind of secrets is this little sacrament hiding... to be targeted by such an association, and to go out of their way to send a white-ranked Extraordinary Go to a small place like Igwynte to clear it up." James continued, and at this time Greg seemed to think of something and immediately answered.

"Mr. James, in fact, we found a hidden secret room in the villa. In it, we not only found the secret altar and spiritual storage, but also found this thing on the wall of the secret room."

While talking, Greg took out a black and white photo, above which was a wall with a symbol drawn on it.

This is an inverted triangle symbol. Inside the inverted triangle, there is another one drawn with a few strokes. It is abstract and curly, like the image of a fetus that is being conceived. The head of the fetus is not a normal human, but a wolf's head.

Looking at the symbols on the photo, James' gaze began to become serious. After examining the photo twice, he opened his mouth slowly.

"This is... the logo of the Afterbirth Order... No, if the head of the fetus is painted as a wolf, it should be the Wolf Blood Society."

"Wolf Blood Society?" Listening to James' words, Greg asked curiously, while James continued to explain.

"This is an important branch of the Afterbirth Church. The Afterbirth Church worships the Mother of Cups. The Mother of Cups has conceived many divine offspring, and there are different branches within the church because of the worship of different offspring of the Mother of Cups. Worship One of them is the Wolf Blood Society of the Gluttonous Wolf, and the Wolf Blood Society is an important part of the Afterbirth Sect.

"In the hidden world... the origin of the lycanthropist's inheritance is basically the Wolf Blood Society, but with the development, most of the inheritances have now stood on their own hills and have little to do with the Wolf Blood Society. Keeping the logo of the Wolf Blood Society, does this mean that he is not a member of the Wolf Blood Society, but a member of the Wolf Blood Society?"

James speculated that although he was only a Black Order Extraordinary, he had worked in the Security Bureau for decades, so he still had some knowledge.And listening to James' speculation, Greg also frowned and spoke.

"A member of the Wolf's Blood Society? But... how did a member of such a large association come to Igwent? Does he have any special purpose?"

"I don't know about this, maybe they just broke away and set up another mountain, or there may be other reasons we don't know... I personally prefer the latter, because only that Luhe has some special secrets that attracted Qiangwei Cross over here." James continued to murmur.Listening to James' words, Greg recalled the words of the Rosicrucian member back then.

That man once hinted to them that the water of the Eucharist was very deep, and there was a deeper mystery involved in it, which always felt like a bluff at the time.But now it seems that if the Wolf Blood Society or even the Afterbirth Church is really involved behind the Holy Communion, then it is entirely possible to say that the water is very deep.

James is also wondering now, whether the Rosicrucian is really fighting against the Wolf Blood Society or even the Afterbirth Order, and they came to Igwent to destroy the Holy Communion, and killing Lue was just a battle between them and the Wolf Blood Society A microcosm of this, perhaps a larger-scale war is unfolding on more hidden fronts at this time.Inner group 1 0 2 0 0 3 7 9 9 2

In any case, the Rosicrucian, a secret association that was once unknown, cannot be ignored now. It is very likely that it is an association at the level of the Wolf's Blood Society or even the Afterbirth Order. Report everything about the dinner party and the Rosicrucian, and attach my own guesses.

In the following time, Greg generally reported some details of the villa investigation to James, and James nodded at the end of the report.

"Okay, I have almost understood the situation, and you have worked hard. Today, you all go back to rest early, and the next investigation may not be too tight."

"Thank you, Mr. James!" Greg said with a smile when he heard that he could get off work early, and just as he was about to say goodbye and leave, he asked again.

"By the way, Mr. James, how are the children in the Charity Orphanage doing now?"

Listening to Greg's words, James was taken aback, and then answered slowly.

"It's not very good... Although the seven children appeared to be fine on the surface, we found out after testing that they were all affected by drug awareness.

"The last one is okay, only mildly affected by drug awareness, and now she is almost eliminated. The key is the first six. They have received severe drug awareness and drug erosion for a long time, and their symptoms are still very serious. , It may be very difficult to recover.”

Chapter 130 Treatment

Listening to James' words, Greg's heart sank slightly, and then he continued to ask with some concern.