After Professor Bacon disappeared, the top student also disappeared.
Things seemed to be confusing, but Sherlock didn't panic because he had already seen through the truth.
It's still the same burned-out shop, with a cordon around it. Occasionally, there are citizens passing by to take a look, but the players are no longer interested in this place. They have basically rummaged through everything they could.
, but still nothing was found.
"Lord Sherlock, you don't think the top student is still here, do you?"
Blue said with some surprise:
"I can assure you that your loyal servants have checked this place carefully. There is no trace of the top student at all. Even if the top student is buried in the sea of fire, there must be some ashes left, right?"
"An ordinary fire can't burn the top student to death. As for whether he is here or not, we still need to wait until the investigation to find out."
Sherlock said, scratching the parrot Phoenix on his shoulder.
Phoenix was stunned for a moment, and then he flapped his wings and flew up. After circling around in a circle, he landed in the burned ruins, and then started to rummage around with his claws.
Not long after, Phoenix stopped at a ruins, then stretched out a bird leg and said:
"right here."
"What's going on? Lord Sherlock, can this phoenix still find the trap?"
Blue asked in surprise.
"Phoenixes are more sensitive to magic power, just like hamsters."
Sherlock explained briefly and walked towards the parrot.
The scene had already been cleaned up, and Sherlock didn't spend much effort before discovering the anomalies pointed out by Phoenix the parrot.
A magic rune was engraved on the floor. Even if the surrounding area was burned by fire, the magic rune engraved seemed to be undamaged.
Sherlock knelt down, gently swept away the dust on the magic rune engraving with his fingers, and then studied it carefully.
"It's really a simple magic rune. Was it set up by the owner of this shop?"
The black cat Pineapple raised his long tail, walked around the rune magic circle twice, and said with great disgust.
"Huh? What do you know? You only know how to use your talents to mentally control others all day long. How can you understand magic runes?"
The parrot Phoenix on the side looked at the black cat Pineapple with a mocking tone, and the latter roared very angrily:
"Meow~"
Then he pounced directly towards Parrot Phoenix.
But when they came to their senses, Sherlock was gone.
"Lord Sherlock?"
Parrot Phoenix jumped up and asked in confusion.
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In a dream of nothingness, the streetscape of Winterfell is as if it were placed in water, with ripples.
The various passers-by were just like the street scenes Sherlock saw, and they looked quite dreamy and unreal.
"Lord Sherlock? What...is going on?"
Blue could obviously see the scene in front of him through Sherlock's vision, of course with Sherlock's permission.
"This is an illusion, someone set it up here."
Sherlock looked around and saw that it was the [Don't Want to Sell Clothes] store before it burned down.
"Who does this kind of thing? Didn't the magic seal just open some secret passage? Was it just an illusion for us to watch a movie?"
Blue asked with some confusion.
"This is not an ordinary illusion. According to another world, this is a fully immersive environment. We directly come to the illusion from reality through magic engraving. This kind of magic engraving can leave behind some things that ordinary people cannot easily discover.
In addition to providing information clues, you can also protect yourself at critical moments. Of course, the premise is that the magic seal cannot be destroyed."
Sherlock looked at the surrounding environment. The Mole store manager was fast asleep in the store. Outside the store was the alley before, and outside the store were the streets of Winterfell. From where Sherlock was standing, he could vaguely see
I saw figures outside, some depraved creatures from the underground world, sitting in boxes, reading books or chatting, discussing depraved mathematical formulas and problems.
After the initial blurry and distorted picture, the scene in front of Sherlock gradually became clearer until it became exactly the same as reality.
"Then what will happen if the magic seal is destroyed?"
Blue suddenly asked.
"If it is destroyed, it will have consequences more terrible than death. You may not be able to get out in this life. You can only wander in the illusion and finally get lost, becoming a member of the illusion."
Sherlock said without panic at all.
"We'd better leave quickly, Lord Sherlock."
But Blue was panicking to death:
"Whether it's Pineapple or Phoenix, they are all convinced by you. If they see the impact of the destruction of the magic seal on you, I absolutely believe that they will smash it immediately."
"Don't worry, they won't find out."
Sherlock had no intention of leaving. He even found a chair and sat down:
"Because this is a new technology that only appeared in the past hundred years. Phoenix has been sealed for thousands of years, and Pineapple has been imprisoned in Bankazia for a thousand years. To put it simply, both of them are people who have derailed the society and will not
Know such advanced things."
"But Sherlock, what if..."
Blue still planned to persuade Sherlock, but Sherlock had already raised his hand to interrupt Blue:
"And I have a reason not to leave here."
Sherlock pointed at a skeleton walking in front of him. It could be seen from the cracks on his forehead that it was Professor Bacon.
"It's very possible that this is the clue Professor Bacon left for the top student."
Bacon seemed to have not seen Sherlock, and walked straight into the shop in a hurry.
When Bacon walked into the store, the sleeping Mole suddenly woke up.
"Welcome...Professor Bacon?"
The mole's nose twitched, and he seemed to smell Professor Bacon's scent.
"Long time no see, Boss Mole."
Professor Bacon's face looked a little tired. He walked to Sherlock's side, but he did not notice Sherlock's presence because everything in front of him was what had happened before.
"Why do you have time to come to Winterfell? Isn't the academy busy?"
Boss Mole very diligently poured Professor Bacon a cup of bloody chrysanthemum tea and wiped the table in front of Professor Bacon. Although Boss Mole could not see, his nose was more sensitive than his eyes.
"Actually, I came today because I have something important to give you."
Professor Bacon looked around and said nervously:
"Can I leave this with you?"
Professor Bacon took out a box, which was exactly the box where the Ragdoll cat was placed.
"what is this?"
Boss Weasel picked up the box and sniffed it carefully. Obviously, he couldn't tell what it was.
"This is what I left to my student Xue Ba. If Xue Ba finds this place, please give this to him." Professor Bacon said.
"Wait a minute, but I don't know your student. Have you given him your address? It's not easy to find here."
Boss Weasel hesitated for a moment, then asked.
"I haven't given it to him explicitly, but he will definitely find it. Please be sure to give it to him when the time comes."
Professor Bacon said with a serious expression.
"Professor Bacon, have you encountered anything that makes you embarrassed? Did you get into some debt? Although I don't have much money, if there is anything I can do to help you, please just ask.
Got it!"
Boss Weasel said with a worried look.
"No, you can't solve this matter, and it's really too troublesome. Even if I'm not careful, I might be killed. I don't want to implicate you."
Professor Bacon waved his hand, as if he really didn’t want to implicate Boss Weasel, but Boss Weasel quickly said:
"Ah, if this is the case, then even..."
"There's really nothing I can do against you. Since you want to hear it so much, I'll tell you."
Before Boss Weasel could finish speaking, Professor Bacon said quickly.
"Things must start from the Academy of the Dead..."
While Professor Bacon was talking, the whole world suddenly began to collapse. Pieces of fragments began to appear in the whole world, and Professor Bacon's figure suddenly became distorted, and no sound could be heard.
"what's the situation?"
Blue's nervous voice appeared in Sherlock's mind, and Sherlock raised his head, looked at the world that was beginning to disintegrate around him, and frowned:
"Someone broke the magic seal."
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About five minutes ago.
When Sherlock disappeared, the "loyal" black cat Pineapple and the "loyal" parrot Phoenix immediately showed an unusually nervous look and began to look around for Sir Sherlock.
"Lord Sherlock meow——!"
"Lord Sherlock?"
A cat and a parrot began to search everywhere, but no matter where they were, Sherlock was nowhere to be seen.
Because they could not find Lord Sherlock, they began to become extremely anxious.
"Lord Sherlock...is missing?"
Parrot Phoenix stood there with confused eyes. He looked around and was sure that he could not see Lord Sherlock anywhere.
"Does that mean... we can go, meow?"
The cat Pineapple suddenly showed a "funny.jpg" expression, while the parrot Phoenix beside him was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly shouted:
"Lord Sherlock! This stupid cat is planning to defect! Beat him to death!"
But even after the parrot Phoenix shouted for a long time, Sherlock was nowhere to be seen. The parrot couldn't help but lowered its head and began to think deeply.
"Why are you doing this meow!"
Facing the question of the black cat Pineapple, the parrot Phoenix said loudly:
"I just confirmed whether Sir Sherlock is really gone. Now it seems like this. It is most likely the cause of the magic seal. Maybe Sir Sherlock has been killed by that magic seal!
"
"Hey! He's dead?! Then why are you calling me Lord Sherlock? That damn guy beat me so hard that my own mother didn't even recognize me. Now that he's dead, he's so happy to run away, meow!"
Black Cat Pineapple wanted to stand up and clap his hands, if he could do such a difficult action.
"Lord Sherlock! Pineapple said bad things about you again!"
Parrot Phoenix suddenly shouted again, and the hair on Black Cat Pineapple's entire body stood up.
However, after waiting for a while, Phoenix still did not receive any response.
"Ah, he is probably really dead."
"Are you a fool? Or are you playing tricks on me, meow?!"
Black Cat Pineapple stood up angrily, looking as if he wanted to compete with Phoenix in person, but Phoenix quickly said:
"Now is not the time for internal strife. Let's escape from this dangerous place first. I just did it just to confirm that Sherlock was really not here. I didn't mean to target you."
"Then what if Sherlock is really still here, meow?!"
The black cat Pineapple asked with sharp eyes. The parrot lowered his head and thought for a moment:
"Let's go, let's run away, together."
He said after thinking deeply.
"No, I'll run mine, you run yours, I don't want to meow with you!"
The black cat Pineapple said this, then picked a direction to leave, but before he left, the parrot behind him suddenly shouted:
"Ah! Goudan, you came just in time. I just saw Pineapple trying to escape! It's this stupid cat, he actually plans to betray Lord Sherlock!"
"No, it's not me, I didn't, he slandered! It's all him!"
Almost immediately after the parrot finished shouting, Pineapple shouted and saw a black dragon dog egg dragging its fat body over.
"What are you doing here, where is Lord Sherlock?"
Black Dragon Goudan walked over doubtfully, and he quickly saw the magic engraved on the ground.
"What's this?"
The parrot and the black cat looked at each other, and then the parrot looked at the black dragon dog egg:
"Don't you know? You don't know where Lord Sherlock is?"
"Of course I don't know, I'm just here to see Lord Sherlock..."
Black Dragon Goudan said as he moved in front of the magic seal:
"Let me take a look... Sir Sherlock isn't in here, is he?"
Black Dragon Goudan raised his paw and slapped the magic mark with his palm.
A crisp snap was heard. Then the magic imprint set on the ground shattered. To be precise, the entire floor shattered.
"What are you doing, meow?"
The black cat Pineapple stared at everything the black dragon Goudan did.
"Of course I want to rescue Lord Sherlock! Since Sherlock Daniel may be trapped in here, then as long as this is broken, maybe Lord Sherlock will appear, right?"
"Why do you do this! What should you do if it really happens!"
Parrot Phoenix shook his head crazily, looking a little crazy.
"Ah! You actually did something like this! Lord Sherlock! I really didn't intend to run away just now, meow!"
Although he hasn't seen Sherlock yet, Black Cat Pineapple has already begun to explain crazily.
Just when Parrot Phoenix was going to continue to expose Black Cat Pineapple as a tainted witness, the magic imprinted by Black Dragon Goudan Sui suddenly flashed with light. Then when the light disappeared, Sherlock's figure appeared in Black Dragon.
Parrot, and black cat in front of pineapple.
The three little animals who were communicating suddenly became quiet and all looked at Sherlock.
Sherlock frowned, glanced at the three people in front of him, then looked at Black Dragon Goudan and asked:
"Did you break the magic seal?"
"Lord Sherlock! You were indeed rescued by me!"
Black Dragon Goudan looked very excited, but Sherlock just frowned and asked:
"Who is the Lord of Black Flame?"
"ah?"
Black Dragon Goudan showed a confused expression, and Sherlock raised his fist as big as a sandbag and hit Black Dragon Goudan.
Sherlock punched Black Dragon Goudan's body, and the fat Black Dragon Goudan was punched through by Sherlock's fist, just like a hole in a window paper.
But there was no blood or any wailing sounds.
The parrot Phoenix and the black cat Pineapple were watching with horror. Master Sherlock punched the dragon to death when they disagreed. It was really too violent.
However, the black dragon dog egg that was punched through by Sherlock and knocked to the ground was not dead. To be precise, it was no longer a black dragon dog egg.
The black dragon's body began to slowly melt like chocolate under the sun. The melted parts stuck tightly to Sherlock's body. Those black sludge-like parts soon covered Sherlock's entire arm.
Got up.
Bursts of white light appeared on Sherlock's arms, and the black mud twisted painfully, and then fell to the ground, gradually turning gray and beginning to harden, looking like pieces of sun-dried mud.
"What is this, meow?"
The black cat Pineapple quickly walked over, fiddled with the hard lumps with his paws, and after a slight sniff, Pineapple's face changed.
"This is the dependent family of the ancient god!"
Parrot Phoenix said with certainty.
"interesting."
Sherlock gathered the dried mud together with his feet, and Blue quickly said:
"I didn't expect that the ancient gods were involved in this matter. Speaking of those imprisoned ancient gods, why did they stop Mr. Sherlock from investigating the disappearance of Professor Bacon? Are they related to this matter?"
"Who knows, maybe there is. After all, the ancient god has been imprisoned for so many years. It is understandable that he would cause some trouble during his leisure time."
Sherlock said.
"But the clue has been broken again, Lord Sherlock."
"No, there are still clues. Let's go to the Academy of the Undead."
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Free City of Victoria.
"Everyone is ready! Connect the carriage to the horse!"
Lancelot was outside the Moonlight Forest, or Victoria Forest, directing a group of players to connect the main body of the carriage and the horses that had just been made. This was made for the expedition to York Territory.
Queen Victoria was obviously serious about occupying York Territory.
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