Chapter XVIII Changes in Mission
During the meeting, the Baron and Boni's explanation of the epidemic was still vague, and Qin Lun was very clever not to continue to ask. Both sides seem to have deliberately ignored the root cause of the epidemic in Miller.
"Dr. Stan, you've been recognized by us, learned the truth of history, and are a pre-exorcist. In the future, as long as you report it to the exorcist organization, you will become an official exorcist. Baron Albert smiled and said, "Now there's one last thing I need you to do, sign the exorcist's oath!" ”
With Baron Albert's words, Bony pulled out a thick book as large as a panel from a shelf. The inside of the book is hollow, and a quaint brass scroll rests.
Boni pulled the scroll, placed it in front of Qin Lun, and handed him a quill.
Qin Lun watched the contents of the scroll intently, and the content was divided into two parts. The previous part is about the responsibilities and obligations of exorcists, which is similar to what Baron Albert just told him, requiring all exorcists to destroy evil creatures and protect the human world as their goal in life. The latter part is the signature of many exorcists.
Most of these signatures were members of the Albert family, but there were also a few other names, and Qin Lun knew that these names should only be exorcists from this area.
Qin Lun wrote Wellington Stein's name without any psychological burden, and the Baron and Bony seemed to be relieved when they saw him finish signing it. This contract is not a simple piece of parchment, it contains the guardian power left by the believer, and anyone who signs their name will be bound by the oath.
After signing his name, Qin Lun's face showed a strange expression, he actually received a hint of the death list.
"Believer No. 70053, you sign the heavy dà~ law contract of this world as the current plot identity, and directly intervene in the "double mystery dispute" of this world. Met Rule 100 of the Law of Shattering, opened the World Story Mission mode, and obtained the World Origin Plunder Permission! ”
"Hint: Apostle No. 70053's first Atlas Channeling mission has changed! The content of the bootstrap mission to save Stephen Albert has been changed to the satellite world story 'Quest'. Content: Obtain the truth about Stephen Albert and obtain his true whereabouts as the minimum mission completion limit.
The quest reward has been changed to a fusion crystal of the Broken Law, 2000 shattered crystals, and the penalty for failure in the quest is 30 Soul Points. ”
"Hint: Believer No. 70053 obtains a satellite-level world plot, satisfies Article 788 of the Law of Brokenness, and starts the World Exploration Project. The death list began to count and sort out the relevant memories to obtain the current world exploration process ......"
Satellite World Story: There is a historical plot about a small region of the world, and this plot needs to meet the opening conditions for changing the history of the region.
World Exploration: Some of the Apostles' actions will gain the secrets of this world, and will indirectly and directly affect the development of the history of this world, helping to break the starry sky and plunder the origin of world history in the other world. The greater the exploration of the world, the more the world origin will be plundered.
This reward is separate from the Netherworld quest system, and will be awarded by Shattered Sky according to the progress of World Discovery.
"Hint: The list of deaths has been compiled with memories of the apostles, as well as some analysis and speculation.
…… Dudu, the death list reminds the apostle that the relevant memories and analysis are very likely to improve the quality of the world's plot, whether the soul mark is reported to the broken starry sky......"
"Tip: The report is successful! Apostle No. 70053, the current analysis and judgment of the intelligence base is insufficient, the probability of being promoted to a planetary world plot is 40%, and the probability of being promoted to a stellar world plot is 5%.
…… Temporarily shelving the improvement of the quality of the world plot, the current world exploration degree is about 0.001%, waiting for the follow-up intelligence information provided by the Apostle. ”
"Special Reminder for the Shattered Starry Sky: The stellar world plot of the Apostle's first journey to the other world will have a certain chance of opening the gold-level evaluation of the world plot, please be sure to pay attention!"
Seeing Qin Lun stunned there, Baron Albert and Bony couldn't help but smile at each other, thinking that it was the doctor's keen intuition, and they immediately felt the magic of the oath.
Bony took two steps forward to put away the Exorcist Oath Scroll. Qin Lun's eyes flashed, he came back to his senses, and quickly glanced at the end of the oath scroll, and suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly. On top of the thing, he noticed that there seemed to be five names missing, which should have been on it.
After completing the signed oath, Qin Lun found that Baron Albert and Bony were much more affectionate towards him, and they were no longer as polite as before.
"Hehe, Dr. Stan, congratulations on being one of us, now let's go back! In two days, when the other exorcists of Odia have arrived, we will be ready to enter the Great Maia Forest. Baron Albert handed the glass to Bony and smiled.
This sub-fort stores a large amount of information about exorcists, and no servants usually enter it, except for a few few maids who have come to clean up. The wine glasses they now use are to be brought back to the main castle for the servants to clean.
"Let me do it! Thank you two for opening the door to another world for me, making my life more exciting, and allowing the Stan family to share in the glory of exorcists! Qin Lun hurriedly took the wine glasses of Baron Albert and Bony.
Baron Albert and Bony did not refuse Qin Lun's courtesy, for them, this was the humble attitude that a junior of an exorcist should have.
"Oh, by the way, is this Albert the first Lord Baron Albert?" When the three of them went out, Qin Lun suddenly pointed to the portrait of a tall knight and asked.
"Yes, he is the exorcist ancestor of our Albert family, the first Baron Albert, Lorenzo Albert!" A hint of pride flashed across the baron's face, "That sentence at the bottom is the clan rules and famous words he set up after he got the task of guarding Odia!" ”
"A thousand years of duty, a thousand years of protection, a thousand years of glory!" Qin Lun smiled and nodded, "He is indeed a great knight!" ”
After returning to the main castle, looking at the backs of Baron Albert and Bony leaving, Qin Lun showed a strange smile on his face, glanced at the wine glass in his hand, and walked quickly towards his room.
In the corridor back to the room, Qin Lun met another member of the Albert family unexpectedly, but it seemed that she was not waiting for her here this time, she should have just passed by.
"Dr. Stan!" Laura pulled the skirt and nodded at Qin Lun, "It seems that you have also become a member of the exorcists!" ”
"Yes, beautiful Miss Laura, I didn't expect that a chance meeting with your family would expose me to such a mysterious world!" Qin Lun put the palm holding the wine glass behind his back, smiled and nodded in return.
"There is no accident in anything in the world, only necessity!" A hint of helplessness suddenly flashed in Laura's eyes, and she muttered back an inexplicable word, and left with a heavy heart.
"There is no accident in the world, only necessity!"
Looking at Laura's back, a trace of wonder flashed in Qin Lun's eyes. Laura Albert is one of five names that he thought should appear on the Exorcist Oath Scroll, but didn't.
The names of the other four were Miller Albert, Elizabeth Albert, Stephen Albert, and ...... Mary Albert!
Stephen's children, Miller Albert and Elizabeth Albert, may not be able to become exorcists because of their age. Laura Albert is a noble lady who seems to be relatively weak, and she doesn't seem to have any fighting power, so she can't be an exorcist, which makes sense.
So why didn't Stephen Albert, Bony's brother and heir to the baron, become an exorcist...... Also, who is Mary Albert who has never been mentioned?
Judging from the tombstone that Qin Lun saw in the Albert family cemetery, Mary Albert is likely to be the white figure who doesn't know if it's a human or a ghost.
At that time, Qin Lun's time was limited, and he couldn't dig up Mary's grave to find out. However, judging by the death dates of the characters on the tombstones, Mary was born in 1698 and died in 1732, while Stephen was born in 1694 and died in 1732. The two were four years apart, one was 38 and the other was 34, and they died in the same year.
Judging from the age of the two, these two people are either brother and sister, or husband and wife. If it was a brother and sister, when Stephen died, since the whole town of Odia knew about it, then Mary who died in the same year, they should also have an impression.
Since the town of Odia has no impression of Mary's death, except for the deliberate cover-up by the Albert family, it shows that Mary's own sense of existence is very weak. Qin Lun deduced that Mary must be Stephen's wife, and she was very low-key, so it would be an exorcist signed on other scrolls, so it would be common sense.
Qin Lun pushed open the door, entered his room, raised the two wine glasses in his hand, and smiled slightly.
Qin Lun treated Miller for the first time and asked Frank to fetch the medicine kit from his room. When he opened the medicine box, he suddenly found that his carefully planned trap had taken a surprising turn.
Fingerprints actually appeared on some test tubes, and judging from the size of the fingerprints, this is an adult's fingerprint. Someone in the castle entered his room and began to check the medicine box.
Although Qin Lun got a fingerprint, he didn't know whose fingerprint it was for the time being. Although he had to eat and drink tea with the members of the Albert family every day, he could not get their fingerprints to compare them, and if he rashly asked the servants for teacups and cutlery, he would inevitably arouse suspicion.
However, the opportunity to enter the Exorcist's Vice-Fort gave him access to the wine glasses used by the Baron and Bony, and now he had the opportunity to compare the fingerprints of the two men with those on the test tube.
However, the result of the comparison made Qin Lun frown slightly......