Chapter XXXVIII

"The potion recipe for the 'soothsayer' pathway. ”

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Crane leaned back in his chair and tried his hand at channeling with the technique of "dream divination".

In a gray, illusory and unreal world, a gas lamp suddenly turned on, illuminating the stone slabs on the floor and the desk with a roll of parchment.

After the recipes for "The Fortune Teller" and "Joker" flashed one after another, Rosago stood next to him in a shirt with fluffy cuffs, listening to a voice coming from nowhere:

"Before you get promoted, I want to warn you that you've been relying too much on divination lately. ”

"Divination is a revelation, it is a result, it can't tell us the process, for example, you tell if a railroad stock can make money, and the answer is yes, so you invest all the money, but in fact, the real meaning of that revelation is that in the long run, in thirty years, the railroad stock will make money, and before that, the fall is better than the rise. Fate is not so easy to grasp, many times there is no way to qualitatively quantify, divination is not omnipotent. ”

"In addition, divination can also be disturbed and misled, there are so many things in this world that cannot be understood, if you rely entirely on divination, then you will inevitably die because of it. ”

"Divination is revelation and must be accompanied by its own care, prudence and restraint. ”

It was because the "Filthy Words" involved this mysterious space above the gray fog that Rosago could not divinate the corresponding danger, so he died at my hands, otherwise with his strange ability, it would be difficult for me and the bodyguard to survive today...... This is also a reminder to me, even if I have gray fog to isolate interference, I can't be careless, and no matter how determined I am, I must leave some leeway...... Judging from these words, it seems that they did not know the "method of playing" at that time, otherwise some words can be directly summarized as reverence for fate...... In a flash of thought, Klein heard Rosago answer and unfolded the parchment:

"Sequence 7, 'The Magician':"

"Main materials: a piece of the real rhizome of the Misty Tree Man, all the spinal fluid of the evil panther. ”

"Auxiliary materials: 60 ml of pure water, 30 ml of misty tree man's juice, 3 grams of water-shaped gemstone powder, 4 drops of psychedelic grass essential oil. ”

"Magician" ...... This is also a circus, and you can form a circus triumvirate with soothsayers and clowns...... Klein first complained, and then remembered the tuxedo clown he had encountered before:

He seems to be a "magician", and his ability seems to be to snap his fingers to send air bullets, jump with flames, and draw paper as soldiers...... Pretty good, huh...... The mere fact that I can cast spells quickly can greatly increase my combat power......

In the flickering of his thoughts, Klein saw the scene change:

This time it was a palatial room, surrounded by various golden sculptures and decorations.

is the same as the previous voice, and it is also a certain point:

"In my experience, after taking this 'Faceling' potion, you must remember that you can pretend to be anyone, but you can only be yourself. ”

Facelings?Sequence 6 of the "Fortune Teller" pathway is "Faceling"? This is supposed to be the kind of extraordinary ability that allowed Rosago to transform into Sheriff Fasin...... In this way, Detective Fake Zerel is also played by him......

"Wriggling Hunger" allows Ziringus to transform into a person of different appearances, which is very consistent with this extraordinary ability, and it seems that some "Faceling" died at his hands...... This ability does not raise the level of frontal combat, but on many occasions, it is more useful than a ninety percent extraordinary ability...... No wonder Rosago dared to come and kill people, not afraid of falling into a trap...... This ability means a lot to me!

Thinking of this, Klein's eyes subconsciously widened, and he saw Rosago pick up a thin golden page with many Hermetian words written on it:

"Sequence 6, 'Facelings':"

"Main materials: the mutated pituitary gland of the hunter with a thousand faces, the properties of the phantom of human skin. ”

"Auxiliary materials: 80 ml of blood of the hunter of a thousand faces, 5 drops of black mandala juice, 10 grams of dragon's tooth powder, 3 hairs of the deep sea naga. ”

Hunter with a Thousand Faces?, this seems to be a type of dragon, not a particularly powerful type...... It shouldn't be a psychic dragon, but it's also very rare, and it's close to extinction...... Klein instantly recalled the corresponding occult knowledge.

At this time, the scene in front of him had not changed, but the dress and position of Rosago had changed.

He wears a white wig, a dark black tuxedo, and a thick beard on his face.

"This promotion is no longer as simple as before, potions must be consumed in conjunction with rituals, and once successful, you will gain one of the most difficult extraordinary abilities to be restrained below the high sequence. "The person who spoke has changed, and the voice is older.

Rosago asked predictably:

"What a ritual. ”

"Go to sea, find a mermaid, and take potions in her song. The old man who spoke opened an ancient book depicting countless mystical symbols.

Suddenly a light sprang up from the surface of the book, outlining lines of ancient Hermetic in mid-air:

"Sequence 5, Master of the Secret Puppet:"

As soon as he saw this, Klein suddenly had a headache, which was a sign that his spirit was close to exhaustion.

In the previous battle, the "Filthy Words" spell alone consumed most of his spirituality, and later he not only used three more spells of the Night Goddess realm, but also summoned himself and responded to himself by himself, and being able to support it until now shows that he has made great progress compared to the past, and has made great progress in the digestion of the "Joker" potion.

When the screen flickered and shook and was about to shatter, Crane forcibly held on, sweeping the rest of the formula into view:

"Main material: dust of ancient wraiths, crystallization of the core of a six-winged gargoyle. ”

"Auxiliary materials: 80 ml of spring water from the golden spring of Sunia, 10 grams of bark from the dragon tree, remnants of the spirituality of ancient wraiths, 1 pair of eyes of a six-winged gargoyle. ”

"Promotion Ceremony: Take a potion to the song of a mermaid. ”

With a click, Klein no longer held on, and let the dream turn into countless illusory points of light and disappear.

He pinched his forehead and nearly passed out, pushed back into the real world by an invisible force as the remnants of Rosago's spirituality and a little of his madness were wiped out.

The ground stained with blood, brains, hair, and various debris came into Crane's eyes, and he bent over and retched twice, sobering up a little.

No spirit will directly exit the mysterious space above the gray mist...... Crane looked around and saw that Miss Bodyguard was still asleep.

He hurriedly extinguished the candles, packed up the ritual-related things, and then gasped for breath for a moment, finally allowing the spiritual growth to recover a little.

At this moment, a cold wind blew on his neck, making him shiver and his mind stiffened.

Crane turned his head sharply, looked at the belly window again, and saw that the bodyguard lady in a black Gothic court dress had awakened and floated.

Her pale blonde hair and pale face seemed to have darkened, and her whole person became more and more illusory, and her skin was faintly transparent.

Klein hurriedly explained, according to the rhetoric he had thought of a long time ago:

"After I burst his head, I found that his body was still squirming, because I was afraid of his corpse, I quickly used all the charms on my body, I, I was very nervous, very flustered, it may affect you. ”

This is probably the risk revealed in the previous divination...... If she's not happy and thinks I've attacked her, then I'm done...... Crane thought a little apprehensively.

This real mood made his performance even more perfect.

The bodyguard lady looked down at herself, and said in a fluctuating tone:

"What was the charm in the first place?"

"I bought a black ear at the party, 400 pounds, saying that I could hear the voice of the great being, and if I was lucky enough, I could get a lot of benefits, and if I was unlucky, I would die on the spot, and I couldn't get a bodyguard at the time, and there was such a danger, so I had to gamble, and the result was not bad. Klein replied with absolute truth, "When I heard the voice of the Great Being, that black ear shattered itself and became such a charm. ”

The bodyguard's blue eyes slowly swept over him, and the room was quiet, with a kind of solidified calm.

Finally, the lady in the black court dress nodded:

"You'd better find a psychiatrist. ”

Well, she guessed that it was a relic of the "listener", and she understood that Rosago's spirit must have been tainted by the "true creator", and would not suspect that I had deliberately put her to sleep and take advantage of the opportunity to channel...... This would also explain why I was able to shake off the influence of the babble faster than she did, after all, I was a potential lunatic created by the "True Creator...... Klein hooked the corners of his mouth.

"Let's hurry up and clean up the scene, maybe someone from MI9 will come and take a look. He pointed to Rosago's headless corpse.

As he spoke, Klein put on his gloves, leaned in, crouched down, and quickly searched for the relic.

He quickly found a dozen pounds in cash, some essential oils and herbal powders, two crudely cut paper figures, and a strange piece of paper.

The paper was orange, and a blank rectangle was circled with the symbol of the sun and the magic logo, and it felt warm and stable just by holding it in the hand.

"What is this?" Klein didn't hide his doubts.

The bodyguard lady had floated behind him at some point, and replied simply:

"The magical item corresponding to the notary. ”

"Notary?" Klein was stunned at first, then remembered that Rosago was an intelligence agent in the Republic of Intis, where the gods of the eternal sun, steam, and machines were worshipped, and the eternal sun was also the god of contracts.

Is this Sequence 6 of the "Praiser" pathway, or Sequence 5?

"The notarization is valid, the extraordinary ability is temporarily improved, the notarization is invalid, and the extraordinary ability is forcibly dispersed. The bodyguard didn't explain much, but roughly described the effect.

Klein was about to speak, when he suddenly saw a faint light from Rosago's headless body and blood and brain, attracting each other and condensing into a black eye with no pupils.

"What is this?" Crane asked again, feigned ignorance.

"Something of no value. "Miss Bodyguard maintains a unique way of speaking.

"No value?" Klein asked with a frown.

He actually understood what Miss Bodyguard meant, normally speaking, if Rosago finally lost control, he would leave a strange and terrible seal, if not, these extraordinary characteristics of his could be used as the main material of the potions of Sequence 5 "Secret Puppet Master", in short, it would be of high value.

But the problem is that he is not out of control, and he is contaminated by the real creator, so he becomes the main material of potions branded by evil gods, and uses it to concoct the "secret puppet master", which Klein believes is suicide by taking poison.

The bodyguard lady looked at the all-black eyes and said in a low and floating voice:

"Polluted by evil gods, it has no value. ”

If it's really valuable, and if it's very valuable, I'll have to worry about whether you'll solve my ...... Crane pointed to Rosago's relic and said:

"This is our common spoils, one person picks some, you first. ”

The bodyguard glanced sideways at him, didn't say anything, and floated over to take the "notarial deed".

As I thought...... In the future, I will have to find and learn the knowledge of the mysterious realm to remove the pollution of evil gods...... Crane pulled out the iron cigarette case and bent down to pick up the all-black eye.