Chapter 37 Why is there no wind? (Seeking to read a 3000-word chapter)
Chabron originally thought that, just like the transition in a movie or the break of a novel, he would see something he shouldn't see.
But the unusual thing here is that it's so normal.
Except that it's a little cooler inside the room, everything is the same as before.
Matruh was cleaning the house with a broom. He couldn't help but raise his head when he saw the handsome young man with blond hair and blue eyes running upstairs in a hurry.
Chabron had already thought out his words while running all the way here:
"Did anything unexpected happen just now?"
Father Matruh, who was sweeping the dirt into the dustpan, responded:
"No, nothing happened.
"A few moving scarecrows passed downstairs, and that was it."
Feeling the chill in the room, Xia Bron breathed a sigh of relief:
"That's good."
Although the chill in the room seemed a little strange, if Matroux had no intention of doing so, Chaberon would not have inquired further.
As he spoke, the blond little priest couldn't help but move his eyes upward slightly.
Move to the top of Father Matru's tall body like a mountain.
What is the level of the adoptive father?
The anomaly (data panel) on Chabarron reveals the abstracted and simplified nature of the world, condensing people's experiences, expertise and talents into simpler things.
In the past, Father Matruh has shown considerable experience and insight into various things. Moreover, in the memory of this life, Chabron also heard Matrouh mention that he had worked for a supernatural organization for a period of time.
Since awakening [Level Vision], Chabron has not seen Matruh's level. He couldn't help but wonder how the anomalies that turned all the data into data would define Father Matruh's experience and abilities? He has rich experience or mastered special skills.
[Level 5 civilian], [Level 4 expert]? Or even a true "professional"?
[Level 1 civilian]
——These are the words that Chabron saw.
His green eyes blinked twice and he confirmed again.
[Level 1 civilian]
What?
The young pastor had many thoughts for a while, and was even a little surprised by this result.
According to Chabron's understanding, even according to the most conservative estimate, it is more reasonable for Matruh to be at least a [Level 2 civilian] or a [Level 1 expert].
However, [Level Vision] is unlikely to make mistakes. Is there any omission in the rules for identifying levels, and has he ignored it?
An indescribable feeling of loss arose in a soft and quiet place in my heart. What on earth was the little pastor longing for?
Having been trained as a guardian on Earth since childhood, is he actually longing for the sense of security of being protected?
Matruh didn't know what the handsome and charming young man saw, but he could only see him staring at the top of his head and falling silent.
Chabron suppressed his emotions, gathered all the emotions in his heart, and let his thoughts return to reality.
He spoke:
"This town is very abnormal! Every second is very dangerous now. We need to get to Jacks' house immediately. I will explain what just happened on the way."
The old priest didn't seem surprised at all - rather, he seemed to be waiting for the result. He just picked up a stack of paper and stuffed it into his bag:
"Then let's go."
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On the rainy road to Jacks' house, everything went smoothly, without encountering any obstacles, and we didn't even meet a few pedestrians on the road.
Pedestrians in the rain saw them from a distance without any special expression.
Therefore, Chabron suspected that the law prohibiting strangers from breathing had been removed.
The only accident was: a flying iron book suddenly burst out of the window of a limestone building, but Chabron cast... well, he didn't cast any spells, but picked up a weapon and rushed forward.
Go and defeat the invading Activated Iron Book.
At low levels, the number of first-level spells that casters can cast is too small, and the power of most spells is relatively weak. It may not be a good idea to rely entirely on magic; and even professional warriors cannot cast spells at low levels.
Weapons are not much better than others, but they are good at more types of weapons. The main advantage they show in using weapons is simply because they are [elite characters] who are talented enough to take up the player profession, so they are born with
It's just that the strength or agility attributes are higher, rather than having too many skills that are beyond the reach of teammates.
Therefore, as long as the agility or strength of low-level spellcasters are not too low, it is quite rare and common for low-level spellcasters to use weapons appropriately, let alone priests who have received certain battlefield training.
In a team of fledgling adventurers, a quick way to find a mage or warlock is to observe who in the team is the marksman who can kill a kobold with a crossbow (crossbow)!
Even Ron understands that the key to winning a novice wizard's spell duel is to "throw away your wand and punch him in the nose." (Note 1)
Why do novice wizards use fists as weapons?
Of course that's because they don't have guns, Chabrin thought.
"Harry, this thing is much better than a wand.".jpg
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On the way, the blond young pastor told all the strange things that had happened before while running.
1. Fire: First, there was a fire on the night he traveled through it - the beginning of the whole story. The flames came from nowhere, and the strong wind from unknown origin caused the fire to spread.
2. The Pretender: Then there is the magician who disguises himself as Father Matruh - the scary thing is that he may even be Toffler, the mayor of Wind's Breath Town. From his body, an unknown book fell
The iron book became a clue for subsequent exploration.
3. Scarecrow: Then there were two scarecrows that jumped out on the road - a kind of alien golem, a ruthless construct that accurately carried out killing tasks. It took Chabron all his strength to defeat them.
4. Prisoner of Windless Land: Then, the young blond priest met Jacks and explored the grove together. In the drizzle, they discovered the spatial anomaly surrounding Wind's Breath Town - the entire town was locked in space.
Death formed a closed loop, leaving from the north but returning to the southernmost point, making it impossible for them to leave here.
5. Item Location: The [Item Location Technique] for the iron book opened the curtain on the subsequent development of the situation, allowing Chabron to determine the fact that there were a large number of iron books distributed throughout the town.
6. Ceremony: The story that follows is even more bizarre - the townspeople tied the silver-haired child An Luo to a cross, claiming that burying him in fire was part of the town's tradition and law. The crazy ritual would lead his soul into the scarecrow.
, as the driving force of this construct.
The logical reasoning that gave Chabron a sudden chill was that the two scarecrows he had killed before were trapped in their bodies, perhaps the souls of past townspeople - or even other strangers - who had lost their memories.
However, this is also a kind of relief for the soul that has been struggling among straw, wooden sticks and hemp rope for countless years.
7. Illegal: Then, the iron book will judge the breathing of specific names or specific groups of people as illegal.
8. Breakout: Then, Chabron led An Luo and Jacks to meet, and used the shock of force and the assistance of phantom sound to break through the encirclement...
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When the blond boy said this, he couldn't help but catch the coldness falling from the sky with his hands. The raindrops made a ticking sound when they hit his scales.
He then emphasized a noteworthy detail——
flame!
There was indescribable emotion hidden in Chabron's voice:
"Flame has both the functions of creation and destruction - the flame trapped in the furnace can temper steel, and when released, it can also burn cities and countries to the ground. It has always had extraordinary power in the fields of religious mysteries and occultism.
"In Windsong Square, the ritual used by the townspeople to introduce the souls of innocent victims into the scarecrow requires the use of flames.
"It's just that the rain prevented the flames from igniting."
When he said this, he stopped talking and swallowed the words without continuing.
But both parties to the conversation knew what it meant——
The fire on the night of Chabron's crossing was man-made!
The blazing flame is a necessary part of the sacrificial ritual of the festival.
What happened to An Luo afterwards was just a continuation of previous failed attempts.
Although in the end, the fire lost control and backfired on those who called them.
Although after the ritual failed, all the townspeople seemed too normal——
As the wounded and their relatives, they wept in front of the door of the Temple of Eternal Light, as if the flames that night were not called by his own hands.
If there had not been storms on the night of the Emerald Moon, if Jacks, who had been transferred away from home, had returned home from the police station a little later...
The two stranger children, Arya and Anluo, may have been buried in the flames.
While walking, the silver-haired Father Matrou spoke:
"Chamberlain, I should have mentioned to you before that I worked for a supernatural organization for a while when I was young.
"I didn't want to share these experiences that might put others at risk, but now it's necessary.
"It is an organization responsible for investigating, researching, containing, and even neutralizing (destroying) all kinds of weirdness. Although it has a semi-official nature, its affiliates include the official supernatural department of the kingdom and the [Eternal Light] and [Death Rattle Girl]
Many members of the church organization serve in both the church and the police department. But it is at least nominally a profit-making legal person - [Pangloss Company], we usually call it [company] directly.
"For me at that time, dealing with all kinds of anomalies was commonplace. Although I didn't discover the problem at the first time, I have some ideas about the anomalies encountered in Fengxi Town now.
"You should have heard that the northern part of the kingdom is the energy manifesting area of the [Wind Elemental Plane] in [Elemental Chaos] (Elemental Plane). There is even a dimensional rift connecting the [Wind Elemental Plane], so the howling wind
Day and night without rest."
Chabron nodded.
He had already anticipated what point his adoptive father was going to mention.
Having said this, Matruh paused for two seconds and continued:
