"You are really leisurely." After the four apprentices left, Quins said to Constance: "But you listed so many books for those four, which is completely against the rules of the mysterious world."
Constance snorted: "I'm happy to do it, you control me."
"I won't care about you if you like, but at least 90% of the mysterious knowledge in it comes from me. No, we have to make it more difficult." As he said this, Quins became unhappy. He had already vaguely noticed that Kang
Stans's behavior should be caused by the backlash of cathartic energy, so her behavior is somewhat arbitrary.
Therefore, Quins decided to set limits and tests. Knowledge should not be taught lightly, which is the consensus of the mysterious community. Not only because mysterious knowledge represents power, but also because occult knowledge means madness. Knowledge that is easily obtained can be enjoyed after enjoying it.
While the power is convenient, it also causes the extraordinary people who have obtained this knowledge to slide into the unfathomable abyss without realizing it.
The most representative example is Quines himself. If Quines had not known the big threshold of level 7 in advance, after reaching level 6, if Quines had rashly advanced to level 7 legend, there would only be one more legend in the world.
Crazy mutated weirdness, not just another legend.
"What test are you going to set up again?" Constance asked curiously. Constance had no intention of stopping Quines from setting up tests. Isn't it interesting? Just like Quins.
Ince had set the same test for the four people before, but when she tested it, she got a great sense of satisfaction. And this sense of satisfaction unknowingly vented most of the backlash deep in the souls of the three people.
After Quins walked out of the Gaza Strip, Constance's instinct made her eager to check and accept the work of the four apprentices. As the saying goes, ups and downs are the way the world works, and the same is true for teaching apprentices.
Quins had a thought, and Constance opened her mouth: "Which card do you want to use?"
Quins nodded: "I'm also a little curious about what will happen after using that witchcraft card. Let's try it on them."
Constance: “…”
While Quince and Constance were discussing, on the largest canal in St. Dresfes, on the busy canal where boats were coming and going, a five-man ship converted from an armed sailboat appeared.
The heavily-masted merchant ship sailed slowly towards the largest dock in St. Dresfes, Konik Hong Kong.
There is a small flag hanging on the highest mast. If anyone knows anything about the underground alliance, they will know that this ship belongs to the St. Dresden Underground Gang Alliance. On both sides of the hull, there are four letters written in big letters: "Apuca".
The big characters, if anyone who is proficient in the Skomena text sees this, they will know that Apuca in the Skomena text means the darkness moving forward.
If it were in the past, this once heaviest battleship of the Neo-Ottoman Empire, which had dominated the overseas colonies for decades as a maritime giant, was a converted armed merchant ship. Once it appeared in places other than the navy, it would definitely attract trouble.
The severest blow to the neo-Ottoman navy.
But since the steam steel battleships appeared in Neo-Ottoman and were gradually installed in the navy, this once invincible giant on the sea began to take a back seat. Even due to high maintenance costs, some old battleships began to flow out.
disuse.
Of course, even if it is an obsolete battleship, it is impossible to get it from the navy without some strong connections and a lot of money.
With the connections of the Underground Alliance in Saint-Dres-Fez, they were only able to obtain two. After some transformation, they have become the most important means of transportation for bulk goods smuggled by the Underground Alliance.
Captain Milner Langdon stood on the deck. Langdon was in his forties, with a weather-beaten horse face and a shiny bald head in sharp contrast. Being able to become the captain of two modified armed merchant ships, Langdon
Deng naturally has his own merits.
More than thirty years of experience in overseas colonization have given him a good understanding of the maritime conditions in overseas colonies. Coupled with his strong strength, he has flourished in the underground alliance.
"Captain, the dock recorder, inspector, tax collector, etc. have all been taken care of." The first mate quietly walked up to Langdon and said softly.
"This batch of goods is very important. There can be no mistakes at all. Go and confirm with the shore again. There can be no problems in every aspect." Langdon said solemnly.
"Yes, Captain." The first mate did not dare to hesitate or retort, and quietly retreated.
After the Apuca slowly sailed into Kornik Hong Kong, it was indeed not subject to much inspection. Government officials from St. Dresden came one after another, but they all walked around in a formal manner and checked hastily.
The difference is that when you get on the boat, your pockets are deflated, but when you get off the boat, your waist is bulging.
Captain Langdon just stood on the bow of the ship with his arms crossed, coldly watching everything that happened under the guidance of the first mate. The two sides seemed to maintain a certain tacit understanding and follow a certain unspoken rule.
As night fell, the sailors of the Apuca, who had worked hard all day, failed to go ashore for fun immediately. Under Captain Langdon's strong order, all his men and backbone were ordered to stay on the ship to guard the ship.
That batch of goods is of great importance. All the messy things happened today mean that the goods cannot be unloaded in time and can only be postponed until tomorrow. Therefore, safety work needs to be done tonight.
Years of experience have made Captain Langdon clear that the closer it is to the last moment, the easier it is for mistakes to occur, and he needs to be extremely careful.
At 12 o'clock in the evening, Langdon's captain's room was still bright. In fact, Langdon had no intention of sleeping tonight. As a fifth-level transcendent, sleeping for three or four nights in a row was not a big problem.
There is a nautical chart on Langdon's desk. This is a nautical chart of the overseas colonies of the New Ottoman Empire. This chart carefully indicates the location of every island, undercurrent, reef, etc., in detail, as well as the sea routes one by one.
With the value of this chart, if it were put on the underground trading market, it would be more than enough to at least change the identity of an imperial baron.
Just as Langdon was looking at the chart and thinking about the upcoming voyage, there was a rhythmic knock on the door of the captain's cabin.
Langdon frowned. He knew very well that if there was no major matter, his trusted first officer outside would not be able to disturb him.
Rolling up the chart and putting it carefully into his arms, Langdon sat back on the seat and said, "Come in."
The door was pushed open, and the trusted first mate took a step inside, but did not enter again. He said at the door: "Captain, Speaker Six, Speaker Eight, and Speaker Eleven, please report to the headquarters now."
"Debriefing? Now?" When Langdon heard the first mate's words, he immediately felt something was wrong: "Are you not mistaken?"
"No, sir, this is the transfer order." The first mate took out a parchment roll from his arms and put it in front of Langdon.
Langdon grabbed it and unfolded the order, skipping the formal tone, and directly saw the seals of the three major speakers printed on it at the end.
"Damn it!" Langdon slapped the table. Since it is an underground gang alliance, there are naturally many factions in it, let alone a gang alliance. If you want all the gangs who join the alliance to live in harmony, it is simply better than having someone stand up and say that I can
Unifying the entire Eastern Continent within one year is just a daydream.
What’s even more funny is that this underground gang alliance even borrowed the tower masters of the Twelve Wizard Spires to come up with a gimmick of twelve speakers. The twelve speakers in it are composed of the ten largest members of the underground world of Saint Dresfes.
Two gang bosses are in charge. Of course, the identities of the twelve Speakers are not fixed. Whoever has a bigger fist can replace one of them. Among them, the Sixth Speaker, the Eighth Speaker, and the Eleventh Speaker are the ones in the alliance.
A united faction.
The problem now is that Langdon is not from this faction. After receiving the debriefing order, Langdon immediately smelled something was wrong. Suddenly he thought of the most important target of his trip, which was hidden under the boat.
of that batch of goods.
But it was impossible to prevent Langdon from disobeying the order. If he refused to accept the normal order of debriefing, even if the trip went smoothly and the mission of his faction was completed, he himself would be punished.
The investigation by the Speaker's Conference will be a whole lot of trouble. Even if he is the backer behind him, it will be difficult to exonerate him.
After thinking for a moment, Langdon immediately said: "Two things. Increase the alert on the ship immediately. Everyone must be on standby at any time, under your personal supervision."
"Second, you send someone to inform the Seventh Speaker immediately."
"I understand." The trusted first officer did not dare to neglect, knowing that this is an extraordinary period.
Langdon looked coldly at the dark sea outside: "Let me see if you are so impatient."
Although he was reluctant, Langdon still walked out of the captain's cabin, stepped off the Aboca, boarded the long-awaited carriage, and disappeared into the cold mist of St. Dresden at night.
Langdon left, but his confidant, the first officer, became nervous. The two orders before Langdon left undoubtedly explained a lot of things. And the reason why he, a third-level transcendent, could become Langdon's confidant
, it does not depend on his strength, but on his loyalty to Langdon, his execution of Langdon's orders without any compromise, and his bottomless scapegoat.
Several of Langdon's fourth-level powerful thugs were even moved around under his orders.
Time passed bit by bit. After Langdon had walked for more than an hour, a thick fog rose on the harbor river, making it difficult to see his fingers. The sound of the rising and falling tides filled the ears of everyone on board the Apuca one after another.
.
But under the cover of the sound of the tide, wet ghouls crawled up the hull of the Apuca through the thick fog. They were densely packed and covered the entire hull in the blink of an eye.
The dark side of the ship and the brightly lit deck seem to be divided into two different worlds across the side of the ship.
Until there were several whizzing arrows, the water arrows made of river water hit the oil lamps on the ship with great precision. In an instant, at least half of the oil lamps were extinguished without the sailors being prepared.
"Enemy attack!" The nervous first mate opened his drake throat and screamed loudly the moment the oil lamp was extinguished.
In an instant, light and dark changed, and countless ghouls who were ready to attack climbed onto the Apuca and launched an attack on the crew of the Apuca.
In the interplay of light and shadow, the water plants and shells on the ghoul's body could be vaguely seen. In a burst of strange laughter, the river surface parted. In the darkness, a water monster composed entirely of water elements floated out and came directly above the Apuca. The water monster
Overhead, a man wearing a tight-fitting grass-green leather jacket and a strange smile stepped onto the Apuca.
"Yeah, yeah, Yale, water ghost Yale." When the first mate saw Yale, he looked like he had seen a ghost: "Why are you here? Didn't you die on Tuohe Island three days ago?"
"Jie Jie Jie! Die? Of course I died, so I crawled out of hell again to find those who killed me. Donis Hodgson, you idiot who climbed to the position of first officer by being a dog, actually came to
He has not been beaten to death by Zebulun now, ha, this is really a miracle." Yale said with great ridicule.
"I heard someone calling my name, Yale. Hum, I knew you wouldn't die so easily." In the shadow of the deck, a majestic figure slowly walked out.
"Zebulun, known as the axemen of the sea, this time, I will not let you escape like I did last time."
"Haha, run away, you are talking about yourself." Zebulun touched his hands back, and two door-sized ghost axes appeared in his hands. He strode forward and kicked Hodgson aside rudely.
, he chopped down a blocking ghoul with an ax with his left hand: "Now, let's continue the last battle."
In the darkness of the black face, a thick water element tentacle swung over fiercely and hit Zebulun's axe, which was like the wind.
At the same time, on the shore not far from the Apuca, in the dark fog, four figures slowly took shape from scratch, and then turned into four people wearing hoods and cloaks.
His face was covered by a fog.
"What, what is going on? Before, weren't we at the teacher's house before?" one of the people said, and the voice sounded like that of a nice girl.
"Ursula, is that you?" The person standing on the far left turned to look at the people around him and said unexpectedly: "If you are Ursula, then what about the other two people? Sander, Thomas, are they you?"
"I am Thomas," said the man next to Ursula.
"It's me." Sander replied concisely.
"What on earth is going on?" Ursula had time to look around at this time, but all she saw was a fog and nothing else.
As a spiritual being, Thomas touched his chin and said: "If my sense of time is correct, the teacher said that he would give us a test before he could give us the authority to purchase other mysterious knowledge. Then somehow? We suddenly arrived here.
"
Just as Thomas was pondering his thoughts, the thick fog in front of the four people suddenly slowly distorted and turned into lines of words, attracting the four people's attention.
"This world has both light and darkness." The thick fog changed again.
"In Konik Hong Kong, aboard the Apuca, it seems that a dirty smuggling activity is being carried out under the planning of some conspirators." The thick fog changed.
"The smuggling activities don't seem to be going very smoothly. In the shadows, there are more people coveting the interesting goods."
The fog changes.
"Make your choice."
"Are you on one side to help them? Or... are you on the side of justice?"
"Your test has come."
"It is detected that the difficulty of the test far exceeds the tester's strength, and the tester's secret level is temporarily raised to level 3."
The thick fog font disappeared, and the four people lost their voices for a moment.
It turned out that this was the so-called test, which made the four of them recall what happened during the day.