On the outskirts south of Backlund's St. George District, near a sparse jungle, a tightly closed and slightly illusory bronze door was constructed. The surface was covered with various mysterious patterns, and there was an indescribable depth and depth.
A sense of deathly silence.
With a creak, the door shook and cracked a gap.
Behind the gap is an endless darkness that cannot be seen through, just like the deepest and deepest night sky.
Pairs of indescribable eyes were hidden in the deep darkness, densely packed everywhere, but their specific appearance could not be seen.
Skinless and bloody arms stretched out, green and black vines that highlighted the baby's face stretched out, and palms with cleft mouths full of teeth were grabbed out, and they screamed and laughed.
, crying, shouting, scrambling to capture everything outside.
But there was only one figure in front of them. He was of medium height, with bronze complexion, aged eyes, soft features, and a small black mole under his right ear. He was Azik Eggers.
He raised his hand and pressed the silk top hat on his head. His weathered eyes seemed to have no focus. When his eyes fell on the bloody arm stretched out without skin, it fell on the green and black vines that highlighted the baby's face.
On the palms with cleft mouths and full of teeth, they instantly became quiet and pressed against the ground.
Azik slowly raised his head and looked at the bronze door that had a gap open. He stretched out his hand and pushed the door open. The gap immediately widened and opened sharply. Unspeakable darkness rushed out, and before him
It stopped in front of him and was opened like a curtain, revealing a figure.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Azik, I can't continue investigating Ince Zangwill for the time being."
The figure's voice was gentle, but every word stirred up gusts of cold wind, dyeing the sparse and dry grass on the ground with a touch of dark green, and then completely withered and disappeared with the wind.
"No need to apologize, asking you to investigate is a very dangerous thing in itself, even if you have established a connection with the underworld."
Although he still lost a lot of memories, Azik knew that the underworld was not that simple.
The underworld is a special place opened up by the ancient God of Death in the spiritual world. It is subordinate to the spiritual world, but remains independent. Because His move gave a small amount of authority in the Death God's realm to all the "gatekeepers", allowing them all to gain
A certain degree of strength improvement, but this does not mean that they can enter the underworld.
Because they are still purely human and cannot survive there.
Moreover, the underworld is the place where the ancient god of death's kingdom is located. After his death, there were cases where demigods of the "god of death" path were unable to return to the real world after entering.
But Dunn Smith is a special case. He has already died once, and his "gatekeeper" characteristics have greatly transformed his body. If Azik hadn't signed a contract with him under the witness of the underworld,
Through the contract, he has been completely transformed into an undead soul with only instinctive consciousness, just like the Bone Messenger.
In this way, Dunn Smith can use the power of the underworld in the contract to prevent the underworld from being affected. As long as he does not explore the underworld, there will be no big problems. The only drawback is that he cannot stay in the real world for a long time.
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Each stay cannot exceed three hours. Once it exceeds or the power in the body loses balance, he will be dragged back to the underworld.
"I didn't lose my balance because of my investigation into Ince Zangwill."
Dunn, who was shrouded in darkness for most of his body, shook his head. One-third of his body now belongs to the living, one-third to the undead, and the rest is the power of the underworld.
In order to kill Lockhard, he used the power of the underworld to forcefully open the door to the underworld, causing his own power to lose balance. He was forced to return to the underworld to rest. It would take at least half a month to regain the balance of the power in his body.
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"When I was at Red Rose Manor, I accidentally discovered Klein. He has now changed his name to Sherlock Moriarty and turned into a detective. I was afraid that he would be discovered by '0-08', so I had to write a letter to remind him to let him know.
He stayed away. Then a 'Chaos Mentor' possessed by an evil spirit attacked him, and I had to take action to deal with him first."
"Klein?"
Azik did not forget the name, but was a little surprised that he was resurrected, but that was all. Both he and Dunn were monsters who rose up after death, but there was just one more one.
"I understand, has he left Backlund now?"
"I don't know for sure, but with my reminder, given his character, he will definitely leave. It just depends on the length of time."
A smile appeared at the corner of Dunn's mouth, and green and pale symbols began to appear on his face. The power imbalance in his body made his stay in the real world shorter.
"I will contact him later." Azik nodded. He also understood Klein's character.
"Then please don't tell him that I'm still alive, and I'm like this now..." Dunn Smith looked at the runes that gradually appeared on the skin of his arms, feeling the heart that was almost no longer beating in his body, and his tone was a little heavy.
"Haha, don't worry. Although I have lost a lot of my memory, as long as you can become an 'immortal', you can return to normal after I terminate the contract."
Only when you become a demigod can you officially break away from the normal human state. Considering that Dunn has been in the underworld for a long time now, it is not a big problem to be promoted to Sequence 4 within a year. He has already gone through even the most difficult rituals.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Azik."
Dunn bowed in the darkness, Azik Eggers nodded and waved casually, and the darkness receded like a tide and disappeared inside the bronze door.
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No. 45, Gatton Street, West District.
"Lawrence is dead?"
"His life has come to an end, and not even medicine can save him."
Rawls nodded. In this case, there was nothing he could do. He pinched the corners of his eyes and said: "Juqu Pavilion"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "What about Abraham, or Dorian?"
"He's a little scared." The corners of Alicia's mouth curled up. After hearing Lawrence's last words, Dorian Gray acted like a poor dramatic actor, with every movement stiff and deformed.
"Why?"
"Lawrence's last words asked Abraham to cooperate with Tamara, which would allow the Abrahams to live normally with their own surnames."
Rawls' eyes lit up after hearing this. Although the Abraham family no longer has much power in the extraordinary world, it still has a certain influence in secular society. The accumulation of wealth for thousands of years has enabled every small family to occupy a high position in the middle class.
It is part of the force that local governments must strive for unity.
Considering that he may inherit the Kingdom of Masi in the future, he can completely reach a deal with the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, give up the pursuit of the Abraham family, and let them all immigrate to Masi and become his supporters.
Although he thinks his idea is feasible, Rawls knows that it will take time, at least until Dorothy Lovelace arrives before he can communicate with the Abraham family. But it must also be completed before the curse on them is lifted, otherwise it will
After Ryan, the half of the Old One, is born, the pursuit of Abraham by the Seven Gods and the Church of the Seven Gods will be given up.
"Dorian is worried that Lawrence's last words will be guided by you?"
Alicia nodded. She knew the history of the Abraham family since the Fifth Age and knew that Dorian's thoughts were normal. If he failed again, Abraham might really become history.
"I understand." Rawls knocked on the armrest of the chair, "Let Forsto communicate with him. The threat from the Tamara family is too great."
Although the Abraham family still has two "0" level sealed objects in their hands, their own strength is still too weak. A sneak attack by a demigod is enough to destroy them, let alone the Tamara family.
"I introduced Forsi to them. Dorian may not trust her."
"This is how we can express our goodwill towards Abraham, isn't it?"
Rawls smiled and asked back. If a force that could threaten them would take the initiative to express goodwill, the Abrahams must respond, otherwise they would only worry about being directly destroyed.
Alicia did not answer and moved on to the next topic:
"Edinson, who is in charge of Backlund's "15 Minutes", reported a situation, saying that a shareholder of "Backlund Daily" wants to acquire their newspaper. If that doesn't work, they can inject capital in exchange for shares."
"How much does he want?"
It's not that this kind of thing didn't happen before, but Rawls and Alicia would simply ignore it. The newspaper was related to the follow-up plan and would not be sold. However, if it was a share, they could give up part of it.
Even though the Tamara family is not short of money, they can use this opportunity to enter the newspaper industry in advance and expand their influence, and they cannot rely entirely on Bernadette.
"70%, they are willing to pay 80,000 pounds and be responsible for all subsequent expenses."
"The price seems a bit high?"
Although the free newspaper is a big gimmick, as long as you keep burning money, you will make profits sooner or later, but it is undeniable that this newspaper has been published in Backlund for less than half a month, and it has only been published in Loon for about a month.
The loss was less than £30,000.
Moreover, as a shareholder of "Backlund Daily", he can ask officials to impose restrictions on this, or simply issue a free newspaper, which would fully allow him to withdraw "15 Minutes" from the market.
"Who is that shareholder?"
"Joseph Torres, editor-in-chief of "15 Minutes" Sean Barrow said that he has a certain influence in the newspaper industry, but most of his assets are not concentrated in newspapers, but in trust funds."
"That's right...I will ask Philip about it. Since he is a shareholder of the Backlund Daily News, he must be closely related to the Conservative Party."
Although the "15 Minutes" is related to Rawls's attempt to expand his influence, it is the first step into normal life for the Tamara family. In order to reassure them, some acts of goodwill must be done.
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"Is everything normal in the Rhoad Islands?"
"At present, it is relatively normal. Many merchant ships can sail normally. However, the activities of the Loen Navy have not stopped, and 'George Negan' has also appeared frequently."
The real George Negan is dead, and the current one is disguised by MI9 to avoid causing a greater political turmoil. This has the acquiescence of the Negan family. After the incident subsided, the Governor
Will die of illness.
However, the one that gave Rawls the biggest headache was Edward Leto. Even though he had gained the trust of Philip and Agushid, matters involving the Extraordinary would not be disclosed to his "lawyer".
At present, it can only be confirmed that this big pirate is still staying in the Rhoad Islands, and it should be related to MI9's fake news that George Negan is still alive.
The Rhoside Islands are "normal", but Andreevich seems to have had no news since the last time I replied... Rawls frowned. It is not normal for a pirate general to suddenly lose news. I believe he is at sea.
If you can't find them, you have to wait for them to contact you.
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"Your Highness, I am going to the south for a while for vacation. I'm afraid I won't be able to come here for some time."
After telling today's detective story, Klein started to do the most important thing today.
"This is the New Year habit of many Loen people." Prince Edsac nodded lightly and turned to look at the old butler Finkel, "Go and prepare a New Year gift for me."
"Yes, Your Highness the Prince." The old butler saluted meticulously.
"Your Highness, I..." Klein pretended to be embarrassed, "I have already received my reward..."
"It's just a New Year's gift. I hope you will bring back better detective stories when you return from the south."
I'm sorry, it's impossible for me to come back. Even if I come back, I can't come back as Sherlock Moriarty. James Holmes might be a good name... Klein secretly complained.
The two chatted for a few more minutes. As Klein became increasingly anxious, the old butler Finkel finally came over with a beautifully wrapped gift box.
After thanking him, he followed the old butler all the way to the entrance of the manor and took back his armpit gun bag and sidearm.
Less than a minute later, he got on the carriage at Red Rose Manor.
Leaning against the wall of the compartment, watching the manor outside the window getting farther and farther away and getting smaller and smaller, Klein relaxed and slowly exhaled, letting his hanging "heart" return to its original position.
He understood that he had left the center of the stage at this time.
The next step was to bid farewell to Backlund and head to the sea... He calmly thought about the follow-up plan.
At this moment, he had an inspiration and tightened his spirit. He saw the door of the carriage open quickly and then close silently!
Before he responded, a figure quickly emerged, wearing a heavy black dress and a sapphire ring.
How could this happen? Didn't you even let me go when I was about to leave? I didn't do anything! Klein's heart suddenly lifted, and he subconsciously wanted to snap his fingers and "flame jump" to leave, but he felt that his body had been petrified.
He was frozen and could only watch the figure completely appear.
The girl's age is completely different from her dressing style. She looks about eighteen or nineteen years old. Her face is slightly rounded, her eyes are slender, her temperament is gentle and elegant, and her sweetness is hidden. She is an extremely outstanding beauty.
She...Klein was stunned for a moment, then recognized the other person and blurted out: