Chapter 13 The Thing Returns to Its Rightful Owner
"In the year 3527 A.C., the Ministry of Magic of Scarborough and its subordinate Ministry of Astronomy once again lost the trace of the gods, and Task Force 6497 of Hokuriku was attacked by strange forces and wiped out. ”
"The third vice president of the academy headquarters disappeared with the 'magic book', suspected of defection, the chief magician of Winterhold passed away, and the strength of Winterhold Academy was damaged. ”
"As tensions between the churches, the royal family, and the United Governing House became more and more tense, and the college decided to take the lead in meeting with the church to deal with the next changes. ”
On the sofa, Ferrante rubbed his eyebrows, his brain was buzzing, even with President Guevas's comparison book, translating the ancient beast text on the magic scroll was not a simple matter.
In just three paragraphs, he spent nearly five hours, and his thoughts became more and more confused, as dizzy as when he was a child, when his father forced him to make a workbook for two days.
But the information revealed in these three passages is surprising enough, even if you don't understand the meaning of some terms, you can imagine that at some point in the last era, the whole world seemed to be in turmoil.
With a sigh of relief, Ferrante put away the magic scroll and lay down on the sofa with her eyes closed.
"Something must have happened in the last era, and it has affected the whole world...... Cassia, what do you think? Cassia?"
"Oh, I agree with you, maybe you'll know when you translate them all. ”
Cassia said casually, but he kept thinking about what the tall figure had said to him that night, what was the deserving thing?
I think so, but Cassia is not stupid enough to go to the big library at this time, Sost has not found it yet, and there may be many pairs of eyes staring at it.
Knock knock.
There was a knock on the door, and Ferrante put away the scroll, and Cassia got up to open the door, which turned out to be someone from a coffee shop in the academy.
"The coffee and cake you ordered. ”
Cassia turned his head to look at Ferrante, and both of them saw doubt in each other's eyes.
Without thinking about it, Cassia took out a banknote and handed it over, counting the errand fee and some extra tips.
Paper money is a unique monetary system in Evos City, and other places have not been widely promoted because the aristocracy has no sense of security about these paper money.
Taking the bag and sending it away, Cassia and Ferrante carefully flipped it over.
Sure enough, a piece of tablepaper with a balance pattern was pressed to the bottom, and only one line of small print was written on it when it was taken out.
"6 Dock Street. ”
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"This is 6 Dock Street?"
"It should be. ”
Cassia and Ferrante stood on the side of the street, looking at the girl at the door of 6 Dock Street opposite.
With her revealing dresses, her elaborate makeup, and the look in her eyes at every man who passes by, there is no doubt that this is an indescribable place to do business.
Out of trust in Sost, the two hesitantly walked over, and the bell at the door meant that there were two more guests.
Cassia suddenly felt that he had the talent to be a drama actor, and he learned from Ferrante to pretend to be aristocratic and decent.
The atmosphere inside the room is very different from the cold weather outside, with addictive music coming out of the gramophone, laughter accompanied by the sound of wine glasses colliding, and the choking smell of cigars.
The two of them rejected the beautiful lady who threw them into their arms, and wandered around looking for Sost.
It wasn't until I walked into the innermost room that I saw Sost wearing a black trench coat with a wine glass in one hand and a cigar in the other.
"I think I've been worried in vain. ”
"I think so too. ”
Seeing the two of them arrive, Sost took the last sip of his wine, put the gold coins on the table into a bag, nodded to the two, and then walked into the private room next to him.
"Sost, you still have the heart to fool around here...... What's wrong with your leg?" Ferrante asked in a low voice, closing the door.
"Sprained, that's the sixth floor, thanks to Yafanka I survived, of course, tonight thanks to this kind girl, otherwise how can I win every gamble." ”
Before the words fell, the tattered ancient book floated out of the pocket of the trench coat, the pages flipped over, and the translucent figure of Yafanka circled around the two of Cassia Ming.
"You really brought her out?"
"What's wrong?
"It's great! I haven't been so free in a long time!"
Ferrante sighed helplessly, "What should I do next, you can't keep hiding, I have already started translating the magic scroll, and Evos City can't stay." ”
"That's what I thought, that's why I tried to contact you. ”
The two of them began to discuss how to leave Avos one by one, but Cassia on the side did not interject, and remembered the words of the tall figure in his mind again.
"Gewu will be stronger than you think, take him with you, you can't leave Avos City, unless you ......"
The headquarters of the Gewukai
Kvass stood at the window and listened to the reports of his subordinates, giving replies one by one.
"President, there was another tremor on the seventh floor of the Great Library, and the damage to the replicas No. 3 and No. 4 is afraid that it has affected the body. ”
"Send a team of investigators, on behalf of all the presidents, I thank them for their loyalty to the Gewu Society, but the existence of the Gewu Society is based on sacrifice. ”
"Understood!"
The subordinate retreated, and Kvas sighed, Gewu would sit in the city of Avos, believe in the god of wisdom, and be called the most intelligent being in the world.
But in addition to constantly exporting wisdom products, they are also a lock.
What has been excavated from the underground ruins is not only the wisdom of the previous era, but also contains many terrible things.
The Gewu Society discovered this situation a long time ago, and although they did not have branches, they had men all over the north and south of the continent.
For so many years, the seventh floor of the Great Library, the underground of the headquarters of the Gewu Society, and the dark spots in various places have preserved and suppressed many creatures and objects that cannot be reasonably reasoned.
Once those things are lost, I don't know how much trouble it will cause, although the major churches have been doing the same work in recent years, but they are still far from the size of the Gewu Society.
"President!" an investigator hurried in, "Ferrante and Cassia went to 6 Dock Street, which was not in keeping with their usual behavior, and was suspicious. ”
"Send more people, find someone to sneak in, find Sost, and act immediately!"
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"That's a good idea, the day after tomorrow is a rest day, don't bring clothes or anything, Sost, you're waiting for us outside the city. ”
The three of Ferrante finalized the details of the escape, which was nothing more than sneaking out without warning, and the city of Evos had no walls, which was a lot more convenient for them.
"Okay, then we'll see you in two days......"
"They're coming......" Yafanka interrupted Sost, trembling inexplicably.
"Gewuhui?" Cassia narrowed his eyes.
"It's them, I can't forget the smell of them, all around...... All around. ”
Yafanka shuddered, and her figure flashed and disappeared into the ancient books.
Sost picked up the ancient book that sealed Yafanka, and got up with the sprain on his foot.
"Go through the back door!"
"Wait!" Cassia stopped the two, "I'll go first, through the front door, and then you will go through the back door in three minutes." ”
"Cassia!"
"Trust me, cityside. ”
Pushing open the door, Cassia straightened his collar, Ferrante had a good eye, this coat was very in line with the temperament of the aristocracy.
At that moment, he didn't know where he got his confidence, and he didn't know why he suddenly believed the words of the tall figure, but he didn't have time to think about it so much, in order to get back his memory, he might not let go of any of them.
Because of the feeling of being forgotten by the whole world...... It's scary.
Walking out of 6 Dock Street, Cassia took a breath of cold air and looked around casually, knowing that there must be many people watching him in those dark corners.
As easy as he had come, he walked towards the academy, but chose a quieter path.
"Ferrante, Sost, if it's true, I hope you can hold on a little longer. ”
After Cassia left, some of the Gewu Society members who were hiding in the shadows followed, but more of them surrounded the entire 6 Dock Street little by little.
The sound of glass shattering, and the backstreet suddenly became noisy, Ferrante and Sost ran in the direction of the outside of the city, but the pursuers hidden in the shadows around them followed.
Bang!
After about four or five streets, the fire flashed from the corner, and the rudimentary metal bullet slashed through the passerby's bread and paper bags, breaking Thorst's shoulder, and blood flowed instantly.
"Damn!
"Sost!"
"Don't worry about me, you run first!"
At this moment, the ancient books in the pocket of the trench coat fell, and the figure of Yafanka appeared, and the transparent soul turned into a breeze that enveloped the two of them, making them feel a little easier to walk.
With the help of Yafanka, Soster endured the shoulder injury and continued to run towards the crowded area.
Cassia, who had left early, also heard the sound from there, but as if he didn't know anything, he continued to walk towards the academy's large library.
Passing by the corner where there was no one around, Cassia swallowed his saliva and whispered to himself, "I know, you're here, how do I get into the big library!"
It was the heart-wrenching voice again, "Just go forward, the door of the seventh floor has been opened for you, and I will deal with the shadow behind." ”
Just as Cassia was talking to the tall figure, at the headquarters of the Gewu Society, Kvas once again brought a pair of monocles, and the handwriting on the frame was clearly visible Replica No. 1
The crazy feeling hit Kvass's mind and soul, and his right eye seemed to explode in the next second, but he still insisted on it, even if he didn't go out, but with this pair of glasses, the entire city of Evos was in his sight.
"Huh, Cassia is gone?"
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When Cassia reappeared in Kvass's sight, he was already standing at the door of the Great Library.
Sure enough, as the tall figure said, he went all the way up without the slightest obstacle.
The door on the sixth floor was easily pushed open, and when you reached the entrance to the seventh floor, the door was also open.
Cassia didn't hesitate for a moment, and stepped in, and there were still countless tall bookshelves, but half of them were not books, but all kinds of strange things.
Wine glasses, daggers, eyeballs, skulls, bottles, etc., etc., things that can and cannot be thought of every day, are placed on the shelves without any regularity, making Cassia feel like he is back in the basement of Sost.
As we walked forward, the shelves became more and more sparse, and there was already an open space in the middle.
There is only one wooden table in the open space, on which is placed a very retro, tasteful monocle.
Despite the rust and countless cracks in the lenses, Cassia can still imagine that it has a golden border when it is intact, and the lenses are crystal clear.
There were also seven or eight corpses lying around the wooden platform, with daggers in their chests and black trench coats, exactly the same as the Gewuhui personnel who took Cassia and Cassia that night.
Blood flowed from his chest, unnaturally spread along the wooden platform to the monocle, and penetrated little by little.
But the trembling of the glasses did not weaken, but became more intense because of the arrival of Cassia, and a sense of familiarity rose from the bottom of Cassia's heart.
"Take it with you, and it will be returned to its rightful owner, you and your ...... Friends, you can leave the city of Evos safely. ”
A heart-wrenching voice came from behind him, and Cassia turned around to see a tall black figure standing in the doorway, but he hadn't stepped a step into the seventh floor.
"Time is running out. ”
The tall black figure added, not knowing whether it was talking about the two Sosts who were running away, or about itself.
The black mist fluctuated, and the tall figure seemed to begin to tremble, and the screams of countless people of sharp fear reached Cassia Ming's ears again.
With a bang, the tall figure collapsed and disappeared with its head in its arms, as if it could no longer be sustained.
The black mist dispersed, Cassia turned around and came to the wooden platform, imagining the embarrassment of Sost and Ferrante, imagining the memories he had forgotten, stretched out his hand, slowly picked up the worn-out monocle, and gently put them on.
The clear night sky of Evos City suddenly became dark, and boundless dark clouds covered the land, and flashes of thunder and lightning mingled with the clouds.
Winter has not yet arrived, and heavy snow has come.
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