Chapter 37: Eternal Night and Light
lounge
After changing into clean and tidy clothes, Sean casually found a comfortable bench to lie down and began to rest, put his hands behind his head, and slowly closed his eyes to 'enjoy' the sun outside the window.
It's not so much a break as it is a way to immerse one's mind in the vast and jumble of information that potions bring.
Death Path, Second Order, Psychic.
Initially master your own magic power, and be able to skillfully use some negative, buff, and attack magic.
Lesser spirits can be summoned and driven directly from the spirit realm without ritual magic, or stronger spirits can be summoned through ritual magic.
Weakness is weakened by the sun's pathway, but it still hates light.
Promotion Requirements: Digest the potion.
Promotion Ceremony: This stage involves finding a friendly spirit creature to make a contract with.
Contract?
Sean, who was gradually finishing his thoughts, couldn't help but have a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, 'lucky' he only needs to wait for the digestion of the potion to be completed, and then he can directly take the third-order potion, because he can clearly sense that his contract quota is occupied.
In other words, he had signed a 'death pact' with a certain spirit creature, and to be precise, it should have been the unknown being in the sea of blood-red flowers who signed Shaun.
But in general, his second rank promotion ceremony has been completed.
It's just that Sean can't drive his covenanting spirit at will like an ordinary psychic, and now he doesn't dare to summon that being, let alone drive, even if he always has good intentions towards himself.
It's a big deal that I don't have a covenant spirit, and besides, isn't there an alternative to Gollum?
Speaking of which, I have to really thank it, no matter what the outcome, Gollum always saved Sean twice, and this is the kindness that needs to be repaid.
Thinking of this, Sean rummaged through his previous shabby clothes to find the bone whistle that had not been lost, and in a bleak whistle, Gollum's familiar square figure appeared in front of him wrapped in gray mist.
The meeting was still as enthusiastic as ever, and the long tongue swept in.
However, Sean, whose physical fitness has been improved after being promoted, just turned sideways and dodged Gollum's 'attack' against him, and then he played with his heart, grabbed Gollum's slippery long tongue and dragged it to his feet.
It was also at this time that Gollum seemed to react, and with a whoosh, his tongue broke free from the restraint of Sean's palm, retracted into the box, and at the same time closed the mouth of the box, and his whole body began to tremble slightly.
"Why didn't you notice Gollum, you're so cowardly. Looking at the 'trembling' non-stop grunt, Sean had a stiff smile on his face, leaned down and half-knelt on the ground, stretched out his left hand and gently touched the top of Grunt's head, and said, "Anyway, thank you, Grun." ”
"Bang, bang. ”
Under Sean's touch, Gollum spoke again, and after making a satisfactory sound from the mouth of the collision box, he stretched out his tongue and licked Sean's saliva, returning to his original lively side.
Sean, who was licking his wet cheeks again, was still smiling, and although he could dodge it now, he didn't make any moves, he knew it was Gollum's way of expressing his joy.
After raising his hand and poking its crown, he realized that it was not actually brought on, but grew directly on the top of Gollum's head, so he curiously touched the crown and said, "Also, Gollum is sorry, I broke the extraordinary weapon you borrowed me." ”
"Bang, bang. ”
What do you mean?
Sean looked at the grunt who finished speaking, withdrew his long bright red tongue, closed the mouth of the box, and made a strange and familiar sound of metal colliding in his body, and a trace of doubt rose, but the doubt did not last long.
Its tongue curled in front of it again with a dagger, and... Another extraordinary weapon in the path of death.
Gollum can't be mistaken about me, right?
With doubts in his mind, Sean shook his head and refused, "Gollum, you misunderstood, I wanted to tell you that I lost my gloves and I wasn't asking you for a new seal." ”
"Bang bang... Bang, bang. Placing the dagger on the bench, Gollum excitedly opened and closed the opening and closing of the box to communicate with herself.
Well...
Completely incomprehensible.
It's just that in Sean's eyes, he acquiesced that this was a 'gift' between friends, and wondered when he was giving Gollum a gift in return, so he nodded his head and joked, and said, "Thank you, and Gollum, you're really rich." ”
I don't know if it's because of Sean's joke, Gollum jumped back in fright, and the gray mist rolled up on his body, ready to return to the spirit world at any time, but at the last moment, Gollum still stretched out his long tongue very 'politely' and waved goodbye.
Leaving Sean crying and laughing on the side, he didn't think that his joke seemed to really scare it, although Gollum does look quite wealthy, but he will not be reduced to the point where he needs to rob it, isn't it a big deal to borrow a few more?
The kind that only borrows and doesn't pay back.
Thinking of this, Sean laughed again, his handsome face full of smiles glistening in the sunlight as wisps of transparent saliva dripped onto the ground.
“...”
Damn slime.
I had no choice but to walk quickly to the bathroom to wash off the drool.
Sean, who returned to the lounge after a while, picked up the dagger and began to observe, different from the appearance of 'Blood Tribute', the main body of this dagger is black and gray, with complex patterns on the surface, and there are no blades on both sides, it doesn't look like a weapon used for melee combat, but more like a medium for casting spells.
With a flash of gray light in his left hand, magic poured into the dagger, and the hidden information in it was also fed back into Sean's mind.
The name is unknown for the time being, but the ability is that it can be used to cast a dagger spell to be 20% more powerful, except for the solar path.
The second is that it can draw a channel between reality and the spirit world, and can summon higher-level spirit creatures beyond the level, and the size of the channel and the strength of the spirit are related to the user's magic power.
For example, the second-rank Sean can generally only summon the first-order and second-order spirits, but using this dagger can have the opportunity to summon third-order spirits or higher, of course, whether it can be controlled depends only on the summoner's ability.
Negative Ability: When using this dagger, it is vulnerable to attacks from strange spirits.
Overall, this is an excellent mystic weapon, excellent ability and small negative impact are satisfactory to Sean, as for the attack of the spirit, it may be a big trouble for magicians in other ways, but it is not a problem for Sean, you must know that magicians in the path of death, it is far easier to deal with spirits than living people.
After all, they are the agents of death in the real world.
After putting away the dagger tentatively named 'Dark Night', Sean also left the lounge because of the hunger in his belly, how to say that he was in a coma for nearly a day, he really needed to replenish energy, and he also needed to retrieve his pistol, which was a relic of his adoptive father and could not be lost.
After returning to the potions room, she found that the captain had long since disappeared, leaving only Eve, who remained inexplicably sluggish, and at the moment she was sitting on a wooden chair in a daze, looking at the shelves.
"Good afternoon, little lady. Despite Sean's joking words, his tone was still cold.
Eve, who heard Sean's 'cold' greeting, also came back to her senses, and couldn't help but pull out a smile on her pretty face, and said, "Good afternoon, Mr. Big Man." ”
After saying that, he returned the ring-shaped seal that Elf had given him for safekeeping, and added: "Due to Hull's injuries, there may be a little shortage of manpower to act at night, so the captain will go to the church now to find help." ”
"The church?"
Eve asked Sean about putting the ring back on his hand, leaning against the shelf, and replied weakly: "The Church of the Night, an organization that believes in the goddess of the night, is different from our Dark Star Society, the church is composed of pure faith, and its members are generally ordinary people and some magicians. ”
"Generally speaking, every large city will have a team like our 'Night Watch' to deal with extraordinary events, but people need faith, and of course there will be corresponding churches in the city, such as the Steam Capital, where there are two large churches - the 'Church of Eternal Night' in the Night and the 'Church of Light' in the Dawn. ”
"And with the church, there is naturally a need to guard the knights, so each church will establish its own team of magicians, of course, according to their saying Holy Knights and Magicians, we are not subordinate to each other, and sometimes tricky things will be cooperated, but more vigilant, Mr. Big Man, you have to remember that we always belong to the Empire. ”
Imperial?
Looking at Eve's serious face, Sean nodded thoughtfully, the Dark Star Society is a collaborator of the empire after all, and it should belong to the royal power in a general sense, and the church is composed of a group of believers.
The two are probably the so-called conflict between theocracy and kingship.
"By the way, what are you looking for me for?"
"Would like to invite a beautiful lady to have a cup of afternoon tea with. ”
"You're not just hungry. ”
"Hmm. ”
“...”
With black eyes staring at Sean, who maintained a gentlemanly appearance, Eve couldn't help but shudder, and said, "It's a little disgusting to me, pretend to be Mr. Polite, and I want to eat Timich's cake." ”
Timich?
That high-end tea restaurant with a golden eagle and a piece of cake?
I don't know if it's because of the influence of the negative ability of the 'emotional ring' on his left hand, a trace of distress flashed in Sean's heart, and a touch of entanglement appeared on his face, and he said, "Cakes are easy to get fat, Miss Eve." ”
"It just so happens that I need to make up for it. ”
Calmly observing the figure of the owner of those eyes with perfectly curved eyes, Sean nodded and said, "It really needs to." ”
Eve's originally smiling face became more and more happy, but the malice in her tone was very obvious, "Pray, unlucky Mr. Ghost, you'd better not get hurt again." ”
"As much as possible. ”
"Hehe..."
The two then walked together in a sneer, and when they passed by the infirmary, they invited Ms. Jenny, who was still reading a magazine, after all, from the sound of Hull and Hank's steady breathing, they could also hear that their injuries were getting better, and there should be no need for someone to wait all the time.