Chapter Forty-Three: News of the Enemy of the Living
The end of the parchment can be seen with the signature of the word "Sorge" on it.
The smile on Add's face faded instantly, and his pupils shrank to the size of a pin. He took the pamphlet with his right hand, flipping it a little by little with his slightly trembling fingers.
Chu Ge just waited quietly and did not make a sound urging.
It only took seven or eight minutes for Add to finish reading the codex.
Sorge's Codex wasn't very thick in the first place, not to mention that more than eighty percent of its contents couldn't be read properly because it hadn't been properly maintained, so it didn't take too long to read, and even Eddie spent a lot of time sorting out the broken strokes.
After reading it, Add put the Codex back on the table, crossed his fingers on the table, closed his eyes and began to ponder.
Although his expression didn't fluctuate too much, the squeezed white knuckles exposed all the ups and downs in his heart!
It was another four or five minutes before Eddie opened his eyes, and if he looked closely, he could see that there were already many bloodshot streaks in his brown eyes.
He picked up his pipe again and took a deep breath, as if trying to draw strength from it to calm himself down.
In this way, time passed little by little, and both sides seemed to ignore the tenths of the agreement.
Suddenly, Eddie finally spoke, but his question made Chu Ge a little confused:
"In the vicinity where you found this codex, in that mansion, did any special secret words appear?"
"Special Secret Words......?"
Chu Ge was stunned for a moment, of course he hadn't seen this kind of thing, but he didn't deny it immediately, but tried to remember if he had missed something in that mansion.
[The black paper in the basement flashed through his mind.] 】
"Could it be...... Oh shit! ”
His face couldn't help but be a little ugly, and he bared his teeth and pressed his temples.
In the basement of that mansion, his goal was to destroy the reversal circle that could resurrect the necromancy indefinitely, so he naturally set his sights on this aspect from the beginning.
Because of this preconceived idea, he used a special technique to dye the paper black and piece it together into that pattern, and waited for the mechanism to appear, but he didn't expect that no mechanism would be triggered, so he subconsciously thought that the secret technique did not apply here, and ignored it!
If you take a closer look at the raider named Rand after you've killed him, you might find the special secret word that Add needs! If you don't complete enough tasks because of this, and you miss out on the final reward, that's too bad!
Somehow must be found to make up for this!
Fortunately, for the completion of the current step of the continuous task, that special secret language did not seem to play much role, after seeing Chu Ge's face, Eddie also understood a little, did not continue to ask, and shifted the topic to another direction:
"These are not all you have to tell me, there are special things, so you shouldn't hide special people."
Chu Ge immediately dispelled the chagrin in his heart, adjusted his state, and began to describe it in detail:
"Before I could delve into the mystery of this book, the next day there was a fierce battle near the town, and a middle-aged man in very shabby clothes suddenly broke into my house, covered in blood, and grabbed me at once!"
"He seemed intent on killing me, but when he did, he saw the book I had on the table, and he threw it down and I frantically began to flip it."
"It seems that he was struck by the contents of the book, and his expression fell into a trance, and I took this opportunity to summon up the courage to smash his head with an iron rod, and killed him in this way!"
"Just as I was gasping for breath and panicking, an uncle with a three-cornered hood walked in, he ignored me, picked up the codex and started reading it after examining the body, and the atmosphere was really scary."
"After reading the Codex, the uncle pulled out another miniature statue from the corpse, gave it to me, and spoke to me."
As he spoke, Chu Ge handed Eddie the Healing Church badge he had obtained from Lyman.
Eddie took the bronze and looked closely.
The object was more like a miniature statue than a badge: it was a thumb-sized man, cloaked, holding an oil lamp in his hand, and he exuded a strange aura at all times.
"Got a word with you? What did he say? ”
Eddie's face had gradually regained its calmness, but the light flickering in his eyes at the moment was something that even Chu Ge couldn't figure out.
"He told me that since I killed the guy on the ground, he wanted me to take responsibility enough for me to come to Midgarh City with that badge and the book to find a guy named Maung Eddy."
It seemed that he was more sensitive to the words "shouldering responsibility", and Chu Ge clearly felt that Eddie immediately narrowed his eyes and looked at him again after he said this.
However, he did not react to Add's actions, but continued:
"I must have refused this kind of thing at first, who would want to go all the way to find a stranger, but that uncle is willing to give me a large sum of money, and told me that I can find a way to become stronger from you!"
"As I said before, I always wanted to get ahead in the past, so I immediately took this seemingly lucrative deal, even if it would take some risks, I was willing to accept it."
"Here's what you see right now."
Chu Ge beckoned to the clerk, asked for a cup of hot water to moisten his throat, and ended his speech.
After listening to Chu Ge's story, Eddie thought for a moment and asked his last question:
"Is there anything special about that person other than the triangular hood?"
Chu Ge pretended to remember in deep terms for a few seconds, and then replied with some uncertainty:
"That uncle gave me an amazing feeling...... It's as if you're standing on the top of a mountain, and looking down at a place where there is no fence around you, you always feel terrified. ”
"Also, he has a black symbol like a tree branch tattooed on his neck, or rather ......"
"A bifold cross!" Add said suddenly.
Chu Ge patted his head, nodded his head and said loudly: "That's right, it's a double-fold cross!" ”
It is the mark of the enemy of the living, the mark of the hunters!