The roar that could almost tear apart the soul kept reverberating in the consciousness, and the chaotic and out-of-control perceptions stirred the reason, and gradually subsided over time. This "storm" lasted for an unknown period of time, and the registrar suddenly realized that "
the existence of “self”.
He heard the sound of his heart beating wildly, and his mind struggled to return to the "human" side from the edge of losing control. He belatedly realized what had just happened, and subconsciously raised his head and looked towards
The direction from which the strange voice came.
Duncan stood in front of him, with the spiritual flames floating behind him that had not completely dissipated. His tall figure was like a dark cloud falling from the sky, exuding an indescribable sense of oppression.
The registrar thought for a while and suddenly recalled what the girl named Nina said to him just now: "... Just don't be afraid later."
He recognized the tall figure in front of him - for an elf, what happened a hundred years ago was not too far away.
But before he could exclaim, a gentle force suddenly injected into his mind, and at the same time, a familiar voice came from not far away: "Leave it to me to take over."
The registrar turned his head and looked in the direction from which the sound came.
A middle-aged man wearing a dark blue academic robe, with slightly gray hair, and a thick book under his arm walked into the room and was looking here with calm and tired eyes.
"Your Majesty the Keeper of Secrets!" As soon as the registrar was rescued, he stood up from the table and immediately moved away from Nina and Duncan.
Then he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to report something, but before he could speak, he was interrupted by the middle-aged man known as the "Secret Keeper" who raised his hand: "I already understand the situation here, and this matter is now handled by City State University.
Take it over and don’t ask anything else. Your work for today is over. As soon as you leave here, go to the psychological consultation room for a mental evaluation. Go ahead.”
The registrar left with full of guesses and confusion. Duncan's eyes fell on the middle-aged elf with a tired look on his face. After looking at it carefully for a moment, he asked curiously: "Who are you?"
?”
"You don't recognize me?" The middle-aged elf frowned in confusion, but quickly nodded in understanding, "Oh, yes, I heard that your memory was affected by subspace..."
He seemed weak when he spoke, and there was a sense of tiredness in his tone, so that when he expressed surprise, there was no change in his tone. In the end, he sighed, raised his finger and pointed at himself: "Ted Lear
, the 'Secretkeeper of Truth' of Qingfeng Port, who is responsible for the security of this city in the extraordinary realm. We met a hundred years ago. At that time, you often invited me to drink, and we exchanged many border-related things together."
Ted Leal?Keeper of Truth?
Duncan frowned. Of course, he had no impression of the name, but this situation of "meeting an acquaintance" was not unexpected. Before he came to Qingfeng Port, he knew that there must be many people in this city who could recognize him.
His face - after all, a hundred years is not a long time for elves, and the Lost Home was often on the edge of the civilized world, and the longest time it dealt with was border cities like Qingfeng Port.
So after a brief thought, he came up with the words he had prepared: "I'm sorry, I can't remember. The subspace took away most of my memories. Please forgive me."
Ted Leal waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, just forget it. 'Forgetting' is Lachem's greatest blessing. Anyway, I am used to dealing with 'forgetting'."
Are you used to dealing with "forgetting"?
Duncan was stunned for a moment. He always felt that there was some resentment and deep meaning in the other person's words, but it didn't seem to be directed at him. However, before he could ask, the "Keeper of Truth" on the other side had already continued to speak: "I
After listening to Ms. Lucretia and the leader of the field team briefly explaining what happened, is that Ms. Nina behind you?"
Nina had already stood up from the chair. She hid behind Duncan and looked curiously at the stranger opposite. When she heard her name being called from the other side, she walked out openly and said hello politely.
: "Hello, I'm Nina."
Then she raised her face again and looked at Duncan with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Uncle Duncan... did I cause trouble for you?"
Duncan laughed and reached out to rub Nina's hair: "It's all trivial, don't worry about it."
As he spoke, he was feeling something else in his mind - being accidentally involved in a paranormal incident while trying to report an abnormal situation to the guards was better than leading a group of ghost sailors on a rampage in the city center only to be arrested by the Sheriff.
Zili...
Compared with the commotion caused by Lawrence, Shirley and Nina's little trouble is already quite harmless.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask: "Where is Shirley?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps suddenly coming from the door, and then Lucretia walked into the room with Shirley: "Dad, Shirley is here."
Shirley had a nervous look on her face. After entering the room, she carefully observed Duncan's face. Then she quickly walked over like a thief and explained quickly: "I didn't do anything bad! I and I
Nina was originally going to report the situation to the guards, but a strange thing suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and it turned out that the guards were so nervous that they insisted on killing us..."
"Oh, I apologize to the two ladies on their behalf," Ted Leal turned to look at Shirley, "but this is a necessary safety procedure."
Shirley had just walked halfway when she was startled by the stranger's voice coming from beside her. She turned to look at this middle-aged man with an ordinary face and no sense of presence since just now: "Why is there someone here when I go...
…Uncle, who are you?”
"He is the 'Keeper of Truth' Ted Lear of Breeze Port," she was answered by Lucretia on the side. The "Sea Witch" nodded to Ted Lear, which was regarded as a slap in the face.
He greeted, and then added, "It's equivalent to the 'gatekeeper' or 'judge' of this city-state."
When Shirley heard this, she immediately rushed to Duncan's side.
Ted Leal looked at Shirley's exaggerated reaction and was stunned for a moment before turning to look at Lucretia: "...Am I so scary?"
Lucretia spread her hands: "I guess the reason has nothing to do with you."
Duncan turned his head and glanced at Shirley, who had already rushed to his side: "I think you are quite adaptable to being with Vanna. Why are you still afraid of people like the Inquisitor at this time?"
"Can that be the same?" Shirley frowned and glanced at the "Secretkeeper of Truth" opposite, muttering in a low voice, "Fanna has already joined the gang, this one is not one of her own..."
Duncan immediately glared at this guy: "Team, how many times have I said it is a team!"
"oh……"
Duncan sighed helplessly, then shook his head, and then looked up at Ted Leal and Lucretia who was walking this way: "I have learned the general situation from Nina, then
Let's dispense with the explanations and politeness - now I want to see that 'weird thing' Shirley talks about, is it in this facility?"
"Sample Containment Room 24 is in the underground archives in the Central District." Ted nodded, "I will take you there."
After saying that, the "secret keeper" with a tired look on his face took out the thick book he had tucked under his arm, opened one of the pages at random, and tapped on it with his fingers.
The next moment, a page in the book suddenly flew into the air. Duncan saw a door painted on the page. The surface of the door was covered with countless mysterious and complex symbols. In a series of dazzling transformations and reorganizations,
The door drawn on the paper quickly transformed into an illusory door in the air.
The translucent illusory door opened, and what appeared behind it was a corridor scene deep underground in a certain facility.
Duncan looked at this scene in amazement, and immediately sighed in his heart that he was indeed the most educated faction in the world - the "Secret Keeper" of the Academy of Truth was indeed a bit cooler than Vanna's jump chop.
His second reaction was curiosity, wondering what would happen if he took the paper out of the air while it was unfolding. This bold idea swirled in his mind for a while, and he noticed it the next second.
Lucretia next to her gave her a subtle look.
"Dad, don't move."
Miss "Witch" reminded her quietly with her lips.
Duncan turned away calmly and put away his bold idea.
Then, under the leadership of Ted Leal, Duncan, Lucretia, Shirley and Nina, who had expressions of curiosity and expectation on their faces, passed through the illusory floating door one after another.
The brief dizziness and sensory dislocation soon ended. When the light and shadow in front of them condensed again, they had arrived at the "Central District Underground Archives" that Ted said.
A deep and long corridor appeared in Duncan's field of vision. Both sides of the corridor were illuminated by bright gas lamps, and the sacred symbols engraved with the God of Wisdom, Lachem, could be seen. Relief stone slabs with symbolic graphics and scriptures were arranged together.
Near the lights, in the solemn and solemn corridor, you can also see emergency isolation gates at regular intervals, and between the gates are small rooms with closed doors.
"This is a containment area," Ted Leal glanced at the two young girls next to him who were full of curiosity, and explained casually, "Suspicious samples discovered temporarily, abnormal objects with moderate harm or less, and contamination,
Various items that cannot be destroyed in a short period of time will be imprisoned in various rooms according to their risk levels and containment methods - don't approach those doors rashly, as the things inside are not very safe."
As if to confirm the warning of the "secret keeper", as his words sounded, various vague sounds came from some small rooms on both sides of the corridor, some were the noise of iron chains rubbing, and some were like people.
There were whispers in sleep, there was also the disgusting sound of thick liquid surging, and there were footsteps that kept ringing behind the door, as if they would come out of a certain door in the next second.
Shirley and Nina immediately withdrew their curious gazes, and the expressions on their faces finally became a little serious and nervous.
Duncan's eyes swept between the small rooms with adequate security measures.
The next second, there was deathly silence in the entire corridor.
"I'm at peace now." Duncan nodded with satisfaction.