"Is this okay? Then I will take the big dog out for a walk first." Verne said with a smile.
"Oh, go ahead." Arthur put the five silver coins counted as pocket money into the kid's hand, looked at Bediwell and said: "Bedi, watch this kid, don't let him get lost in the city.
."
"Wow." The big white wolf was obviously dissatisfied with the fact that he became Verne's nanny, but if he didn't do this, he wouldn't be able to get Verne away from Arthur, so Arthur wouldn't be able to get along with him.
Merlin contacted her. For the sake of the overall situation, Bedivere didn't even want to be a nanny.
"By the way, go to the mercenary union and hand over the documents." Arthur said again: "Let me explain what happened yesterday."
"Okay," Verne was very happy after getting the pocket money, and he agreed to the errands as a matter of course: "But why don't you go there in person?"
"I won't go, it's too troublesome." Arthur snorted. He was actually very dissatisfied with the hiring of mercenaries. Most of yesterday's battle was actually done by him, and the mercenaries didn't help much.
Busy. Although yesterday's situation was indeed special, and the mercenaries of the Crescent Mercenary Group were not to blame, Arthur felt aggrieved after spending so much money without seeing the actual effectiveness of the mercenaries in the battle.
Whatever. Anyway, he had no intention of relying on that group of mercenaries from the beginning. The matter of hiring mercenaries was done half-heartedly by Arthur at the request of Duke Hillnant. The mercenaries only needed to be paid to the Duke and the union.
Just submit a sufficiently "good-looking" report. As long as the Duke is satisfied, everything will be easy to handle.
So as expected, the next step is to talk to Merlin about the "Abyss Grimoire" first, and then go to Hillnant Castle to meet with the Duke to discuss the strategy for intercepting it.
"Merlin?" Arthur asked after Bedivere took Verne out.
"I'm here." A black crow shadow replied on the beam of the hotel. Of course, its answer was silent and it used telepathy.
"What do you think of the "Abyss Grimoire: Dimensions of All Realms" that I got yesterday?" the King of Knights asked.
"It is indeed a very dangerous book." Merlin replied: "It can be seen as an influence of the abyss forces on this world. And this influence is still negative."
"Is this [abyss] you are talking about...the same abyss as the abyss we encountered before?"
"The abyss is the abyss. It exists in all timelines, regardless of past, present or future. So yes, Your Majesty. What that book brought you to is part of the abyss, or one of its branches."
[Abyss] As a hyperspace, it can have countless regions or realms. In the same way, the creatures in the abyss may even rule their own realm. Your Majesty, what you have arrived at should happen to be a powerful place in the abyss.
The domain to which the creature belongs."
"That's it." Arthur hummed. He still remembered the owner of the voice that spoke so slowly that it made people anxious, the owner of the "Abyss Library", the Time of the Abyss---Mobius Maiyu. That guy has never been there
After showing up, Arthur only heard its voice in the Abyss Library. But judging from the distortion of that space and the library, this Mobius of the Abyss is definitely not a good thing...
..
"Merlin, if I want to destroy this grimoire, what should I do?"
"Probably, it can't be destroyed at all." Merlin replied: "The grimoire itself is something similar to a portal. It is also part of the abyss and is the product of the hyperspace extending outward. It is not from this world.
Matter, the space it belongs to is even higher in dimension than our world. This higher-dimensional existence cannot be destroyed by the methods of our world. Even if the total energy of the entire universe is used, a hyperspace cannot be destroyed.
"
"Tsk." Arthur frowned: "If it can't be destroyed... you can always seal it, right? For example, seal it in the deepest part of the warrior's tomb, in a secret place that no one can reach."
"That sounds like a good idea, Your Majesty."
"Then we decided to do it this way." Arthur took a deep breath: "It seems that I will have to go to the warrior's grave in the near future."
"Take that kid named Verne with you?"
"Of course not, how could you possibly bring it." Arthur smiled lightly and said, "The less people know about this, the better. This grimoire is not something that people in this world should touch. That kid can find any reason to support it."
Just drive on, and you don’t even need to follow Bedivere. Anyway, I still remember the way to and from the Warriors’ Tomb.”
"If your Majesty thinks this is appropriate..." Merlin had no intention of objecting. Of course, he did not express his approval clearly. There is still a certain danger for King Arthur to go deep into the warrior's grave alone.
Arthur ignored Merlin's hint and put away the bag containing the Grimoire of the Abyss. He was very careful every time he touched the bag, fearing that any part of the bag would leak out and his hands would be damaged.
He accidentally came into direct contact with that evil book. Who knows if he would be sucked into that different world again if he encountered that book again? Although he was full of disgust, Arthur could not put the book away from him.
Move away. He even had to hide the cloth bag under his pillow when he slept last night, in case Verne would come and get the book out of curiosity. In general, this book was not good at all when it was placed next to him.
For safety, he must get rid of the book as soon as possible.
Two hours later, the reception room of Fort Hillnant.
"Ah, I heard about what happened last night. You did a good job." Duke Hillnant said slowly while holding his pipe and looking out the window. He seemed to be paying attention to something and did not think about it at all when he spoke.
Arthur looks over here.
"So, you have decided to support my future actions?" Arthur asked straight to the point: "Including being my guarantor and introducing me to the lords everywhere?"
"Considering your talent, yes, I think it's worth investing my credit in you." The Duke said, then he turned to look at Arthur: "That boy Verne will also go with you for the time being, right?"
Then please take more care of me. ------Speaking of which, did you find any unusual treasures in the [Bone Scavenger] bandit group's cottage last night?"
"Oh?" Arthur suddenly frowned, feeling that something was fishy: "For example?"
"For example, a book or something." The Duke looked at Arthur without emotion and replied.
This reception room is on the top of a tower in the fortress. It is almost impossible for anyone to overhear from outside. The guard guarding the door is also a close associate of the Duke. He said that he can speak freely here without worrying about being overheard.
Despite this, what he said was quite vague, and he did not explicitly ask Arthur about the "Abyss Grimoire".
"I have seen a book, but it is a very evil book. It is so evil that... hiding that book will cause the church to come and cause trouble." Arthur
He also replied cryptically: "How did you know about that book, Lord Duke? Could it be that------"
"I don't think the church will come here to cause trouble." When talking about the church, Duke Hillnant's face remained calm and he responded calmly: "That book was originally a collection of books in my family. According to legend, it is a
The cursed book. Anyone who reads that book will immediately go crazy and eventually die tragically in madness. The cursed magic book was originally sealed in my family’s underground library and was sealed under heavy protection.
No one is allowed to read. However, half a year ago, the thieves of the [Bone Scavengers] group dug an underground tunnel with the intention of robbing the treasury in my castle. However, they accidentally dug in the wrong direction. The tunnel exit was at the underground library.
Bian. As a result, they stole all the precious books in my library, including the cursed magic book."
"So you want me to destroy the thieves this time, is the book the real purpose?" Arthur hummed: "But why? If you really want to take back the book, why don't you just send your elite soldiers to get it?"
Yes. Why go to such trouble to let me, an outsider, hire mercenaries to get the books?"
"There are several reasons. The main reason is that I can't send my troops to retrieve the cursed book in a high-profile way, and I don't want more people to know that the book fell into my hands." Duke
He hummed: "You also said that that book is quite evil, and the owner may be troubled by the church. I don't want to touch such an evil thing at all, so let the next owner worry about it.
."
I see. Did Duke Hillnant want to give Arthur the hot potato of "Abyss Grimoire" from the beginning?
"There is another reason." The Duke added: "In the past, there was a person in our family who touched this magic book. Before he went crazy, he once predicted this: "The person who can go in and out of the abyss while remaining rational,
You will have the tools to become a king]. So actually I am quite looking forward to it, I want to see the result after you touch the abyss."
Damn old fox. Arthur couldn't help but secretly cursed. In other words, this matter was arranged by Duke Hillnant from the beginning. He had long expected that Arthur would interact with the "Abyss Grimoire" in the process of suppressing the bandits:
He came into contact with "The Dimension of All Realms" and was dragged into the Abyss Library.
If Arthur becomes crazy after touching the abyss, he will naturally not have the ability to become a king, and the Duke will save a lot of trouble, and there is no need to support a fool who has gone crazy; on the contrary, if Arthur touches the abyss and becomes
Still remaining rational, the prophecy was fulfilled, and he was a man with the power of a king. Then, the Duke could more safely support Arthur's future actions. This guy's wishful thinking was quite clear.
"Then, the book is given to you." The Duke said: "Take it away, hide it, don't let it appear in front of me again. Then, take this one--"
He handed Arthur a document. Arthur didn't look at it carefully when he got it. He only saw that it was a letter of introduction signed by the Duke.
The recipient of the document is the man who currently controls the entire United Kingdom behind the puppet king Henry VI, the shadow king--the Earl of Warwick, Richard Beauchamp.