Chapter 39: Preparing to enter
Abner took the contract and looked down again, and found that it was nothing more than some supplementary clauses such as not revealing information about the 'Dream Labyrinth Tower' to others, and the rewards of exploration belonged to everyone.
Then, he opened the 'Pure White Eye' again, and after analyzing it and confirming that there was no problem with the notarial deed itself, he turned his head and asked Hugh's opinion: "What do you think?" ”
Hugh also read the terms at this time, and she didn't see a problem either, so she nodded and said, "I don't have a problem!" ”
After the two agreed, they signed their names in Hermeswen on the contract. Then, after examining it, Mr. Gaston signed it as well.
As soon as his action was over, the symbols and magic symbols around the notarial deed lit up one after another, all shining brightly and warmly. They quickly joined together into a seal-like image, and each of them was imprinted on the back of the hands of Abner and the others.
The warm current flickered, and Abner suddenly felt some subtle but invisible connection between himself and the notarial deed.
Seeing that the notarization was completed, Mr. Gaston said: "The 'Dream Labyrinth Tower' is a strange thing that exists in the depths of the dream, and it is suspected that it is jointly built by the high-level extraordinary people of the Knowledgeable Sequence and the Voyeur Sequence, I don't know how many entrances it has, but there is one underground in this school, which I decrypted from a manuscript more than a hundred years ago. Hehe, I've been looking for this entrance for nearly twenty years. ”
"What the hell is this tower? What's inside? Abner asked curiously.
"It's an upside-down tower, and inside it's a labyrinth of mysteries between reality and dreams. When we enter the tower, because of its handstand, we will first enter the ninth floor. Here you will encounter a random maze secret realm, as long as you crack it, you can reach the reward and get a random piece of knowledge or intelligence. Once you've taken the reward, you'll see a path to the next floor. Well, the eighth and seventh layers in the back are also similar, but the knowledge obtained is more valuable, and the difficulty of cracking the secret realm is greater. Mr. Gaston gave a general overview of the Dream Labyrinth Tower.
"What level did you get through?" Abner asked.
Mr. Gaston sighed and said, "I can only pass the ninth layer steadily, the eighth layer depends on luck, I only passed once or twice, and the seventh layer is very difficult, I have no clue at all, I didn't pass once." ”
"Can this maze be brushed repeatedly?" Abner was amazed to hear this, and thought it was a copy.
"Brush repeatedly?" Mr. Gaston was stunned by the word, and then he understood what it meant, and shook his head: "Everyone can only enter once a month, and if you enter continuously, the knowledge given by the reward will get worse and worse, the second time it will almost all be the knowledge you already know, and the third time will give you completely worthless information." At this time, you can only wait for half a year to enter before you can recover. It's because I've been discovering it for three years, so I've been in it more often. ”
This sounds more and more like a copy...... Abner complained in his heart, but on the surface, he said thoughtfully: "In other words, entering once every six months is the best choice?" ”
"That's right!" Mr. Gaston nodded and added, "In the ninth, eighth, and seventh layers, because the body is between the real and the unreal, and it is more inclined to the unreal, it will not be hurt too much, even if it is suicide, it will only come to the truth after sobering up, and then the spirit will be sluggish for a while. According to the manuscript I got, the real danger is after the sixth layer, but I don't know what it is. ”
"I see, it's really not dangerous...... Because you just want to beat the seventh floor. Abner thought for a moment before asking, "Copy...... No, what are the puzzles in those dream labyrinths? ”
"There's a scene where you find a key item and then escape a certain building, there's a scene where you find the location of the explosives based on clues, and there's a lot more crime-solving scene...... There is no need to say the specific situation, because the scene encountered is different every time you go in, and the previous experience is completely useless. "Mr. Gaston is a little helpless when he says this, he is really not good at this.
"No wonder you would pay a lot of money to hire a 'detective' to come over......" Abner immediately understood Mr. Gaston's thoughts, and gave him less money, if it was only a few hundred pounds, the teacher might not pay attention to it at all, after all, the other party would not mention the 'Dream Labyrinth Tower' in the telegram at all...... Even 1,000 pounds didn't impress the teacher, otherwise he wouldn't have let me and Hugh come...... And if you find a 'detective' nearby, Mr. Gaston may not be at ease, because it is easy for someone else to monopolize this entrance.
"When the three of us go in, will we scatter into different dream realms?" At this point, Hugh interjected.
Mr. Gaston shook his head and said, "No, you can choose to 'team up' before entering the tower, so that although the difficulty will be a little higher, you can face the puzzle together." And in the first three layers, the difficulty is not much higher, in my opinion, it is better to be lucky......"
Teaming up has ...... Abner suddenly had an idea, this 'Dream Labyrinth Tower' couldn't have been made by that Russell guy, right? He is both the angel of the path of the perfecter and the emperor of knowledge of the hermit, which perfectly fits the inference of Mr. Gaston's generalist sequence and the high-level extraordinary person of the voyeur sequence.
But this was only his speculation, and Abner did not say anything, but turned to other topics, and asked, "Mr. Gaston, can you tell me what rank you are?" "He needs to assess the other party's ability, otherwise it will be even more difficult to bring a sluggish farming copy.
"I'm the Sequence 7 'Appraiser.'" Mr. Gaston didn't want to hide it, and said directly.
It turned out to be a big dog sequence, no wonder it was so rich, after all, the perfectionist path sequence below 5 has no combat power, and it all relies on extraordinary items to smash people. Abner felt a few words in his heart before he nodded and said, "We don't have a problem for the time being, do you have anything else to remind us?" ”
Mr. Gaston pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you know how to make a 'dream charm'?" ”
"Yes, what's the problem?" Unlike other gods, who can only give their followers the ability to turn into charms within their authority, the God of Knowledge is able to respond to almost all types of spell crafting requests, but the spells are less effective.
"The 'door' to enter the underground requires the dream ability as a 'key', so the 'dream charm' is indispensable. Of course, if you're a 'Nightmare' or a 'Dream Walker', that's a different story. Originally, if you didn't, I would have had to go to the Extraordinary's gathering and buy two, but since you know how to make them, that's fine. After Mr. Gaston explained, he added, "You have a long journey today, so you should rest first, and prepare by the way." We'll meet here tomorrow evening at nine o'clock and go. ”
Neither Abner nor Hugh objected to this arrangement, and after asking Mr. Gaston for some materials for the ceremony, they returned to the dormitory arranged by the other party.
The process of the ritual does not need to be repeated, it is still very simple to make two low-level charms at the level of Abner's current ritual magic expert.
After sealing the two 'Dream Talismans' with spirituality, he didn't think about the Dream Labyrinth, because he didn't know what to expect, and it was useless to think about it. He was thinking about how to connect with Crane, Mr. Fool.
Although I was able to make a way to connect to the Source Fort by analyzing the gray fog, this method is also a ritual magic in nature, and you need to ask for help from gods or unknown beings! And Abner didn't want other gods to use him as a medium to threaten Crane, no matter how friendly the god of knowledge and wisdom was. This is the main reason why he has not been able to make the item for a long time.
"Forget it, it's useless to think too much, there's still time anyway. Klein's spirituality can't afford more people to join the Tarot Society at the moment, so when I am promoted to the 'Keeper of Knowledge' and develop more functions of the 'Pure White Eye', I may be able to solve this problem...... If it really doesn't work, I can still recite the connection in the ancient Hermetic language after Klein made up the name of the fool...... This choice has too many troubles in the future, and it is difficult to gain Klein's trust, so it is not necessary to use it unless it is absolutely necessary. ”
……
At the same time, in an old apartment in the city of Tingen.
A young man with black hair and brown eyes and an obvious bookish atmosphere raised his gun and looked at the uninvited guests who rolled out of his room, and the door that was gradually closing, smiled slightly, and said to himself:
"You may not believe it, but my shot is actually empty."
The young man was Klein Moretti, and after waiting in the room for a few more moments, he suddenly saw Dunn in a knee-length black trench coat, a bowler hat, and dark gray eyes. Smith stood across from him.
After learning from Dunn that it was a member of the Esoteric Order who was going to attack him, and that he had a chance to become an extraordinary person because of this exploit, Crane did not immediately choose 'soothsayer', but prepared to make his decision the next day.
As Dunn's dream power vanished, a handsome silver-haired man in a red shirt and black coat squinted his eyes and laughed in a small attic not far from the old apartment, and said to himself, "Sure enough...... That's a lot of fun. ”
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July 1, 9 p.m.
The two followed Mr. Gaston to the basement of the school's warehouse, and entered the real underground passage through a secret door. Then, at the end of the passage, they saw a gate that was somewhere between the real and the unreal, but rather ornately shaped.
"Just whip up the Dream Charm to the door!" After Mr. Gaston finished speaking, he took the lead in demonstrating.
Abner and Hugh naturally did as they were told.
As the spell activated, they only felt that the scene around them changed rapidly, and then, a towering tower appeared in front of them, but it stood upside down on the earth!