Chapter 53: The Shipwreck
Extraordinary characteristics and the law of immortality of extraordinary characteristics closely related to it, and the law of conservation of the total amount of extraordinary characteristics are already quite high-end knowledge, not to mention Hugh, who has not yet joined the Tarot Society in the original book, and even Daniz, who has been with Lieutenant General Iceberg for so long, is not clear.
And it is very intriguing that Miss Gwen, as a wild extraordinary person with very shallow 'qualifications', can accurately call out the name of extraordinary characteristics.
Hearing Abner's words, Miss Gwen's expression was a little dazed, and it took a long time before she asked nervously, "Do you know the extraordinary characteristics...... Weird, isn't it? β
"This means that you have a heritage of occultism! If you don't have this knowledge from formal channels, don't show it in front of strangers at will, otherwise you may be coveted by people with bad intentions. Abnati nodded at her.
Hugh glanced at Abner inexplicably, as if to say: You are qualified to say this?
Abner pretended not to see Hugh's teasing, and felt a little aggrieved in his heart. He was not very wary when he had just crossed over at that time, and in the face of her and the teacher, the positive characters in the original book, it was inevitable that he would be a little close, so he said a lot of information.
Miss Gwen breathed a sigh of relief when she understood what Abner meant, and said, "I trust you...... In fact, the reason why I am so adventurous and become extraordinary is because I got a notebook by chance when I was a child. Not only did the notebook contain a lot of occult knowledge, but it also collected the recipes for the potions of the warrior sequence. And at the end of the note, the owner of the note mentions the cave and says that he wants to venture here...... I don't know if there are any of his relics among the miscellaneous items here......"
Abner nodded thoughtfully, then walked over to the pile of debris in the lair, rummaging through some of the contents of the bag before casually asking, "Who wrote that notebook?" Is there a self-description in it? β
"Yes, he claims to be a descendant of giants...... It seems to be a Quaternary person...... That's my conclusion based on some of the events he described. Miss Gwen replied.
Hearing this, Abner stopped what he was doing, frowned and asked, "The descendants of the giants of the Quaternary?" What did he describe? β
"He mentions the Pale Plague in his notes, and mentions the Seven Gods joining forces again......" Miss Gwen thought for a moment and replied, "I have been looking for a long time before I can roughly figure out that the Pale Plague occurred at the end of the Quaternary Period. β
Although the signs of the Seven Gods joining forces in the Pale Calamity are obvious, this will not be known by low-level and ordinary people, this giant who writes notes is at least a medium-rank powerhouse! But there are no relics here that can match his identity...... Was it taken away by later generations? Or did he not die here at all, or was there something else in this hole?
Thinking of this, Abner opened his pure white eyes again after observing the details around the waterhole,
Then, through "backtracking", he saw the dragon's eye python burrow into the waterhole more than once, and then came out again scarred not long after......
"I see, this is not the end of the story!" Seeing such a scene, Abner suddenly had a number in his heart. He was already planning to go to the waterhole to explore, after all, even the giant python with poor defense and low IQ could return safely many times, and even if there was too much danger below, it wouldn't be too dangerous.
Although he had made a decision in his heart, Abner did not rush into the water, he had just fought a battle, and he had to recover his spirit before he could continue the adventure.
And it happened to take advantage of the rest to divide the current spoils of war.
After counting the contents of the lair, the three of them obtained a total of a number of ordinary weapons, 22 gold coins, 50 pounds in cash, and two extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 9.
Abner and Hugh discussed and took away the extraordinary traits of 'Hunter' and 'Sailor', respectively, while the cash and gold were given to Miss Gwen as unpaid payment for leading the way.
As for the ordinary weapons, they were of no use to Abner and the others, and they had no one to carry them, so they simply gave them to Miss Gwen, who happened to be in general short of weapons in her newly recruited crew.
Miss Gwen had no objection to this, she had not contributed in the previous battle, and now it was a surprise to be able to get so many weapons.
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Tingen, inside the Black Thorn Security Company.
Miss Anna's fiancΓ©, Joyce Meyer, has returned to normal since he sobered up, but he has not forgotten his previous madness and is sinking into deep remorse and guilt.
Fortunately, Miss Anna still had feelings for him, and did not blame him for it, but comforted him with great tenderness
However, Joyce is not currently allowed to return home, and after his initial interrogation by Captain Dunn, he has been temporarily held in protective custody of the company.
At this time, Crane, who was unable to participate in the interrogation, asked Dunn curiously:
"Captain, what the hell is going on?"
Dunn, who was wearing a black trench coat and no hat, glanced at him, handed over a piece of paper, and said, "You take a look at this wanted notice first." Oh, it seems that a very vicious and cruel extraordinary man has entered Tingen. β
Klein took a look, and the first thing that caught his eye was a sketch portrait.
The owner of the portrait has a round face, a little shy in temperament, and is not too old, only eighteen or nineteen years old.
"Tris, suspected of being extraordinary, has been preliminarily assessed as the 'instigator' of Sequence 8, and the possibility of coming from the 'Gnostic Society', the creator of the Alfalfa tragedy, cannot be ruled out...... There are eyewitnesses who have left the port of Enmat and came to Tingen, where his whereabouts are unknown......"
Tris ...... Sativa ...... It turned out to be an extraordinary crime? Klein remembered the scene of Joyce swimming in the sea of blood in the afternoon dream divination.
"This 'instigator' originally wanted to disguise himself as the hero who saved the Alfalfa, but somehow he actually showed his feet, so that when he got off the ship, many people who fought side by side with him pointed out that he was the culprit. Unfortunately, there was no one from the Transcendental Squad at the time, and ordinary police officers were unable to stop him from escaping. Dunn's gray eyes were blank, and he added.
"Then he fled directly to Tingen?" Crane put down the portrait and asked casually.
"He didn't come directly, he had already committed many cases in the port of Enmat. Most of those who testified against him were instigated by him to kill those close to him. Dunn said after a moment of silence.
"So Joyce too?" Klein asked this, but he had other associations in his heart: Could it be that this 'instigator' is playing? But wasn't the tragedy he had planned before enough for him to digest the potion...... That's why you continue to instigate murder?
"Yes, Joyce and the captain of the Alfalfa were the first to come forward and testify against him. It was the persistence of both of them that the others seemed to recall some of the details. Dunn paused at this point before he said to Klein again:
"This matter is actually very strange, it stands to reason that it is not so easy for two ordinary people to find the flaws of an 'instigator'...... Tomorrow, when Mr. Meyer recovers, you go and ask him to cooperate with you in a dream divination. β
"Okay, Captain." Klein nodded.
"Wait, it's better for you to go with old Neil, it's part of the teaching." Dunn thought for a moment and added.
"Yes......" Crane nodded again, then continued to look at the captain, waiting for him to continue......
"Wait, I'll send a telegram to Dali and ask her to tell you what auxiliary medicine you need."
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At the edge of the waterhole deep in the cave of the island, Abner planned to explore what was at the bottom of the pool after his spiritual recovery was almost restored.
This time, he didn't plan to take Hugh and Miss Gwen with him, after all, the two of them didn't have the ability to move freely underwater, and if they really encountered danger, they couldn't escape.
Abner nodded to the two ladies who stayed behind, then lifted the 'Sea Breeze Hat' on his head and jumped into the pool.
With the ability to see at night, breathe underwater, move freely, and resist stress brought by the transcendent items lent to him by his teacher, Abner was still able to breathe smoothly and swim rapidly in this deep tan.
He soon discovers that there is also an underwater passage at the bottom of the pool that connects to the unknown. After "backtracking", he confirmed that the dragon's eye python had entered and exited from here, so after a little hesitation, he also swam in.
The passage was not very long, and he only swam for more than two minutes before entering an extremely large cavern.
The cave was empty except for the seawater, and it was more like a trench than a cave.
Abner looked around and saw that only a large, quaint sailing ship was sunk at the very bottom.
"This ship is what the giant in Miss Gwen's notes is looking for?" Abner thought so and swam quickly towards the wreck.
But as soon as he approached the ship, a piece of rusty armor on the deck stood up on its own, and it raised a great sword that radiated with light in both hands, and slashed it at Abner.
Fortunately, this was in the water, and the chopping action was blocked by the seawater, and the speed dropped a lot, and Abner was also vigilant about this because he 'retraced' to some scenes, so he calmly 'unsheathed' the cane sword and blocked the slashing of the big sword.
But who knew that the two-handed sword was unrivaled in sharpness, and the sturdiness of Rao's cane sword was shattered by it, and it was almost broken. This long sword, which was about to lose its extraordinary ability, could no longer maintain its 'unsheathed' state, and directly changed back to the 'cane' form, which can be regarded as completely scrapped.
Although Abner was distressed, this was not the time to care about these, taking advantage of the time when the cane and sword were damaged, he had already analyzed the details of the enemy in front of him by this time.
It turns out that the shining sword is the main body, and the armor is just a puppet it uses to make itself move! This is a seal with the property of 'living'.