Chapter four hundred and fiftieth chapters in time
Sunday evening, somewhere in the West End, at the mansion of Hwin Rambis.
In a luxurious room filled with various antiques, Audrey sat quietly at a small tea table with bright lights outside the window.
She looked at the people coming and going at the banquet in the main room in the distance, her clear green eyes reflected the shadows behind the gauze curtains, and finally stopped at a graceful figure with a fluffy skirt, constantly shuttling between gentlemen.
"Isn't Backlund's brightest gem going to the party?"
The door of the tea room was gently pushed open, and an elderly gentleman in a dark red formal suit walked towards the tea table with a smile.
"After becoming an 'audience', I found that I prefer to stay in a less noticeable place than being in a party."
Audrey smiled, raised the hem of the light green dress that matched her eyes with both hands, and bowed towards the host of today's banquet, Hvin Rambis.
"this is a good habit."
Hwen waved his hand, agreed with Audrey's words, sat down opposite the young lady, and said with a smile:
"Sometimes we all have troubles that we can't push away. I'm sorry that I can only take up your time at this time."
He glanced at the warm black tea prepared by the maid in advance on the table, took a sip, and continued:
"After all, His Majesty the King took up my afternoon tea time very unkindly today."
His Majesty the King... Audrey's expression did not change and she smiled reservedly.
As a royal advisor, Hvin Rambis naturally cannot refuse the royal family's summons, especially His Majesty the King, even if this advisor is actually an angel at his core.
"How's your 'Mind Reader's' potion digesting?"
Putting the enamel tea cup back on the holder, Hwen looked at the mingling figures in the banquet hall and said in a leisurely tone.
Audrey's polite smile remained unchanged and her voice was brisk, trying to bring the topic back to the right track today.
"Thanks to the psychological evaluation of the crew of the Varyag, it has been basically digested."
A week ago, she had actually finished digesting the "Mind Reader" potion. While participating in the psychological evaluation of the crew of the Varyag, the horrific nightmares that haunted those crew members seemed to accelerate her acceptance of the potion. In a short time,
In just two or three days, he helped her completely master the power of "mind reader".
Thinking of this, Audrey first pretended to think, but then she was so stupid by her own little thoughts that she couldn't help but smile, and then got straight to the point:
"Mr. Rambis, what happened on the Varyag?"
Seeing that Hwen's attention had turned, she seized the opportunity to express what she had just thought.
After hearing Audrey's doubts, Hvin Angelweide's smiling expression suddenly became serious, and his blue eyes stared at Audrey for a few seconds, as if he wanted to see through the little girl's inner thoughts.
"Well, you should know that knowledge in occult science is often the most common carrier of pollution." After confirming that there was no "mysterious" atmosphere nearby, Angelweed resumed his smile.
"The Varyag came into contact with a hidden extraordinary thing and was unknowingly affected by it. That's why you interpreted all kinds of terrifying or weird pictures in the crew's dreams."
"These pictures themselves are equivalent to the remnants of the influence of hidden knowledge, and sequences related to ability and communication such as 'Mind Reader' are often more effective in interpreting these pictures than ordinary acting. This is how you feel the magic potion.
The ultimate cause of rapid digestion.”
After saying that, Angelweed paused, and followed Hwin's own character, and complimented Audrey:
"Of course, this is also due to your own efforts."
The Varyag came into contact with a hidden ruins!
Audrey didn't pay attention to Angelweed's deliberate compliment. Instead, she concentrated on recalling all the information about the Varyag, her green eyes slightly vacant.
She remembered that the Varyag was a passenger ship that sailed on the "Plitz Harbor to Byam Islands" route all year round, and only occasionally visited as a cargo ship in winter.
In other words, that secret ruins are located in the area passed by this route?
Turning her eyes, Audrey looked at Hwen, who was still smiling, and carefully tested:
"Mr. Rambis, may I know which island the mysterious extraordinary thing is probably close to?"
Looking at the ridiculously childish girl in front of him, Angelweed smiled.
"Binsey."
...
In front of the full-length mirror that was completely destroyed by a crack, Klein transformed back into the appearance of Sherlock Moriarty. Using the reflection of the mirror, he looked at Sharon floating in the air behind him, with an illusory figure, and opened his mouth.
.
"How do you feel now?"
Sharon, whose light blue eyes were filled with a circle of blood red, looked down and said succinctly:
"No effect."
It has no impact... "Mystery" personally suppressed that characteristic, so of course it won't have any impact... Klein nodded awkwardly, regretting that he said nonsense.
"There are other messengers behind the 'Devil', and I will meet them before Maric."
Sharon seemed to notice Klein's embarrassment and took the initiative to break the silence.
Yes, the main messenger hiding behind Prince Edsac has not yet appeared, and "Secret" also reminded me that there will be other dangers in Backlund soon... Klein seized the opportunity and spoke quickly
:
"If you encounter danger, you can pray to Mr. Fool. You should know Mr. Fool's honorable name."
The Aurora Society had been preaching in the East District before and had already made his honorable name known to the public. There was no reason for Sharon and Maric not to know about it.
Sure enough, Sharon nodded slightly, but Klein still caught a hint of hesitation in that light blue.
He was stunned at first, and then he understood Sharon's thoughts.
That's right, although I know that I am usually the one responsible for responding to party requests, but from Miss Sharon's perspective, this is equivalent to troubling a god whose details are unclear.
The blessings and gifts of gods often mean unimaginable costs in occultism.
"Actually, Mr. Fool is a very casual and great being," Klein stroked his chin, opened his eyes and said a description that was completely inconsistent with the "mysterious" image, trying to restore "The Fool" in Sharon's heart.
The impression of kindness that does not exist in the first place, "She is very willing to help members in the party and generally does not ask for excessive rewards."
Seeing Klein whose eyes were wandering and not daring to look directly at her, Sharon didn't say anything, just nodded, and immediately her figure faded away, as if she was about to leave the room.
Suddenly, the figure that had become almost invisible stopped, and Sharon looked at Klein again as if she had thought of something, her voice was cold.
"Your codename in the party is 'World'?"
"Yes." Klein nodded blankly, his eyes flashing with light again.
Miss "Resentful Soul" floating in the air was thoughtful, her eyes moved from Klein's head to his feet, and then looked back at the disguised face.
"Sherlock Moriarty is a false identity."
After saying that, she looked deeply at Klein, and after waiting for a while, the illusory figure completely disappeared into the cheap hotel.
Moriarty is a fake identity... Crane repeated this sentence with dull eyes, suddenly turned to look in the mirror, and stared at the appearance of the man in his thirties for a few seconds, thinking in his mind
Doubts kept swirling.
Isn't this obvious?
Miss Sharon has seen her face without disguise.
...
"Emotional intelligence..."
In the Backlund Bridge area, under the Clock of Order, Dunn looked at the last two words of the headline on the back page of the newspaper he just took from the newsboy, and raised his eyebrows.
He felt that the title was implying something.
The kingdom and the church teamed up to block the news, and there was almost no mention of the "Ripper" murders in the newspapers... Dunn looked up at the relaxed pedestrians around him and sighed softly.
After leaving the joint investigation team, he did not choose to follow Leonard's advice and hide back in the Jowood area, which was far away from "devils" and had better security. Instead, he went around in a circle and relied on his knowledge of the Nighthawks to secretly follow him again.
The Sost team set off and walked all the way to the Bell of Order.
Taking into account the level 1 sealed artifact that the Red Glove Team had retrieved from the underground of the church, Dunn wisely gave up the solo adventure and instead adopted a safer method.
After all, it would be a big joke if he, the former captain of the Nighthawks team, was caught by the church as a wild Extraordinary with evil intentions.
Thinking of this, Dunn folded the newspaper in his hand and stuffed it inside his coat. He turned and walked towards the alley. Using the cover of his body, he took out a strange-shaped snuff bottle from another inner pocket.
He rubbed the surface of the snuff bottle, the purple smoke expanded, and a strange half-sized spirit flew out of it.
"Master Yin Wensi, Rex is here."
Dunn looked at the expressive spirit body and asked directly:
"You weren't discovered by Red Gloves, were you?"
The spirit who called himself Rex spun around in the air, his facial features made of mist showing a hint of cunning.
"Of course not. Although that sealed object is dangerous, Rex followed it far away and avoided its perception range."
"Avoided?" Dunn frowned, and the "darkness" under his feet suddenly boiled.
Rex, who was absorbing a lot of Dunn's spirituality, had a stiff expression and hurriedly explained:
"Of course it's not too far away. Those believers in the dark night are not spiritual enough. They don't dare to use the sealed artifact for a long time. Rex will only hide behind it when necessary."
Dunn's brows were still furrowed and he nodded slightly.
Although this sealed object taken from Kapin has a certain degree of self-awareness and can complete less complex auxiliary tasks, it will also extract a large amount of spirituality from the user. When it is extracted to a certain level, it will automatically
Taking advantage of negative effects to deliberately expose users to danger.
Taking advantage of its ability to be split into two, it is good at presenting dangerous occult knowledge to its users and deliberately revealing the whereabouts of its "master" to its enemies.
This sealed object was originally a failed imitation of a zero-level sealed object by a "Knowledge Emperor"... His Highness Edmund's reminder to him flashed through Dunn's mind, and he continued:
"Did you find anything else?"
Rex narrowed his eyes, seeing that he really couldn't do it, and sighed without concealment.
"Of course, Mr. Yin Wensi, if my hunch is correct, those red gloves should be in big trouble soon."
"You know, as a professional spy, we can always see all kinds of dangers that we don't want to see."
The half-spirit body made of purple smoke had a malicious look on its lips and a nasty smile.
"If you don't believe me, look to your right."
A violent explosion came from the entrance of the alley. Dunn was startled. He didn't bother to continue questioning the spirit body. He quickly put away the snuff bottle, took out the ring made of the "Bishop Rose" characteristic, put it on, and ran out quickly.
Under the Bell of Order, the Tasok River is still rolling westward, but at the dock adjacent to the East District, the thick smoke from the explosion cuts across the pungent yellow smoke, and a series of dark and huge figures are in the smoke.
Then he stretched his body wantonly and let out a stream of breath.
"'Devil's' lair..." Dunn laughed sharply as he looked into the distance, the "devils" in the lake, and his dark red eyes trembled slightly under his gold-rimmed glasses.
Immediately afterwards, a spiritual warning flashed by, causing him to panic and look to the other side, also in the direction of the East District.
Within the spiritual field of vision, the thin paleness is expanding, pouring into the thick haze that covers the entire East District, and coming westward.
...
boom!
A gunshot broke the calm of Red Rose Manor. Fabuti stood in front of the large floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at the slender figure entering the woods with a gloomy expression.
The clouds fluttered with the wind, revealing the red moon behind it. Fabuti was bathed in the strange crimson color, and the frown on his already gloomy face became a little deeper.
She clicked her tongue, not trying to hide her disgust. She turned around and walked towards the desk behind her. She glanced around and saw that the text on the notebook spread out on the desk was quickly distorted, turning into lines of devilish words.
Looking at these pages of hastily written script, Fabuti, who was in a not-so-good mood, stretched out his palm, and the pungent sulfur flame instantly swallowed up the entire notebook, the hard work of Ince Zangwill and 0-08 over the past month.
It has become completely empty talk again.
She cannot and will not let the vulgar plot written on it come true.
Are you kidding me? If the little guy from the "Mystery" family really gets here, is recognized by the penholder holding 0-08, and is put in danger because of the penholder's ridiculous routine of writing about a meteorite falling from the sky, he and "
The "secret" deal might collapse directly as a result.
"What a pity..." Farbuti silently admired the "dancing" flames on his notebook and shook his head.
"It's a pity that I can't personally participate in the sacrifice. The storm will not sit idly by and the night will take action because of its position."
The face of the "Lord of the Abyss" turned red under the firelight. She looked towards the room behind the study, her eyes penetrated the wall and fell on a young man who had lost all his life.
The pale-faced Prince Edsac fell in front of the floor-to-ceiling window where he usually stayed most, and the hideous wound on his forehead told his fate.
The plan was interrupted by Fabuti. The butler, who originally planned to destroy the body with a bullet that could destroy the spirit body, fled in a hurry. He only had time to shoot Edsac in the head with an ordinary bullet.
Fabuti savored the last despair and unwillingness that filled the room from Edsac before his death, and a smile finally appeared on his gloomy face.
What does the coming disaster have to do with her, what does Zaratul hiding in the dark have to do with her, what does the dream of the "Black Emperor" have to do with her...
The spine-chilling sound of bites broke the peace of Red Rose Manor.
"The night is still long, so you might as well have fun while you're at it."