Abner picked up the notebook, and relying on the powerful analytical ability of the "pure white eye", he only turned a few pages slightly, and then he had a number in his heart.

"This notebook is written in ciphertext." He affirmed.

"Ciphertext?" Miss Fanny repeated in bewilderment.

"The letters that make up the words in this notebook are very rudimentary, not like mature words that have evolved and developed, but more like some kind of designed symbols...... I've just counted, and the types of symbols are roughly the same as the number of words in the Old Forsak language. Abner pointed to the words on one of the pages and explained with a smile.

Miss Fanny leaned over to Abner's side and looked in the direction of the other's finger, and then said thoughtfully, "That is to say...... Does each symbol represent one or several letters of the Old Forsak language? ”

"That's right!" Abner nodded, but glanced at Emma on the other side, only to find that the young lady was not surprised, apparently knowing that the words on the note belonged to ciphertext.

That's right, how can the "decryption scholars" not see such a simple trick? She didn't say it before, but also to help Miss Fanny?

While thinking this, Abner quickly deciphered the letters represented by some symbols by means of "exhaustive methods".

Immediately after, he frowned.

Because the words formed by the deciphered letters are impressively a group of numbers!

Is this a second layer of encryption? What is there in the notes...... Need to keep it secret to this extent?

However, since it is a group of numbers, I am afraid that the corresponding "code book" will be needed to complete the translation...... It is not known which book the baron used as a "code book".

Thinking of this, Abner sighed, and then showed his results to the two young ladies beside him.

Seeing this, Fanny said in an exaggerated tone: "Detective Brian, you are so amazing! It only took this amount of time to crack it. "There was a look of admiration on his face.

Miss Emma was a little complicated in her heart, she asked herself if she could not parse the meaning of the ciphertext in such a short time, so she was frustrated, but also sincerely sighed: "It is worthy of Beckland's famous 'Hero Detective'!" ”

After sighing, she also thought of the question that Abner had thought about before, and said thoughtfully: "Abner, these combinations of numbers probably represent the words in the corresponding position in a certain book?" ”

"yes, maybe it's one of the books in the study above." Abner nodded slightly, agreeing with Emma's words.

"Abner......" Miss Fanny muttered quietly, then took out her pocket watch and looked at it, and saw that it was already four o'clock, so she reminded, "it is almost dawn, and we must hurry back to the town inn as soon as possible, and we will not have time to discern which book the numbers correspond to." ”

"Then let's pack it away together, and look for it slowly when we get back." Emma said with a smile.

"How?" Abner asked, surprised.

Although he hadn't counted them carefully, there were twenty or thirty books in the bookcase in the study, which was not so easy to pack. Even if he wears the "Hand of Wisdom", he can have the same strength as a curly-haired baboon.

"I'll leave it to me." Fanny straightened her chest and said very confidently.

Seeing that she seemed to be quite sure, Abner said no more, and after a careful search of the basement with the two ladies, he returned the stairs to the study on the upper floor.

Then he learned the reason for Miss Fanny's confidence:

The books were put into Fanny's backpack as if they had been placed in a bottomless pit, with no sign of filling up.

This backpack is a magical item? The arcane mage's ability to create space pockets?

Well...... Probably not, using demigod-level items in a low sequence, I'm afraid the negative effect will be amazing...... Moreover, an item of this level is in the hands of a Sequence 9, which will only bring trouble to her.

But even so, it must be a priceless treasure...... Are they so relieved of me? Aren't you afraid that I'll have a bad heart?

Miss Fanny is just that...... But Miss Emma's appearance seems to have become accustomed to it? Didn't they realize the true value of the object?

Just when Abner was full of doubts, Fanny had already put all the books in her backpack, turned her head and smiled, "It's okay, let's go back to the hotel first." ”

Abner nodded, but said with half emotion and half reminder: "It's the first time I've seen a magical item with 'space'. ”

Fanny obviously understood the meaning of Abner's words, her eyebrows softened a lot, and she smiled, "Thank you for the reminder, Detective Brian." But I believe in your character. ”

Believe me so easily? Girl, it's too easy to gain your trust, isn't it?

Abner sneered, and seeing that she seemed to know some measure, he stopped persuading her.

……

The trio made their way back to Old John's Inn, and Fanny and Emma returned to their rooms.

After sealing off the room with spirits, Fanny took off her shirt and trousers, went into the bathroom, soaked in the bath, and washed off the dust, and then said to her friend with some fear:

"This expedition is really dangerous, if it hadn't been for Detective Brian, I'm afraid I'd be dead......"

Emma also nodded solemnly and said, "The effect of the 'bribery' in the ruins is really terrifying, both of us have picked up that notebook, and our minds should have been lowered at that time...... And you've been degraded especially badly...... At that time, I even forgot the hole cards in my hand, and I was really waiting for death with my eyes closed. ”

Fanny had already recovered from the comfort of bathing, and she smiled while rubbing the dirt from her body with a towel, "But we were lucky to get to know Detective Brian because of this." ”

"What? Really fell in love with him at first sight? Emma leaned on the edge of the bath, squinting and laughing.

"It's not love at first sight, but it's very good and willing to develop a friendship with him...... Don't you think he is very powerful in terms of frontal combat ability, knowledge, and reasoning ability? We need such a powerful companion on our extraordinary path! Fanny opened Emma's mischievous hand and said solemnly.

"So...... Would you use a 'backpack' to test his character? Emma asked with a smile.

"Isn't that what you made a plan a long time ago?" Fanny glanced at her friend and followed her voice, "If you meet the right companion, you will be put to the test." If the person being tested has bad intentions, then he will inevitably suffer the consequences and be devoured by the 'backpack'. ”

"That's exactly what I said...... It's just that you're acting too deliberately, I think Abner has seen through it......" Emma sighed.

"I wanted to ask before, why do you call him Abner directly? What were you talking about in the basement at that time? Fanny asked suspiciously.

"'Abner' was given my name by the 'Hero Detective'." Emma deliberately triumphantly "flaunted".

In response, Fanny spilled a handful of water......

……

Abner, who returned to his room, did not know that he had become the talking point of the two girls when they laughed.

Because it was almost dawn, he didn't rest, but opened a book that was obviously old, and began to try to decipher the meaning of the second ciphertext against the combination of numbers he remembered in his mind.

As for the books, he had come here before he separated from the two young ladies.

However, until he had checked all five books at hand, Abner could not find the correct "code book".

"When I was picking out the books from Fanny's backpack just now, I deliberately chose the five most likely...... But none of them are ......

"So, will the 'codebook' really be hidden in the rest of the books in the hands of those two young ladies?"

Suspicious, Abner subconsciously wandered around the room, and suddenly, his gaze swept over the Hermesven relief decoration on the hotel wall, and his heart could not help but move, and suddenly he had a new inspiration:

"Before the baron sealed himself, it was evident that he was building the house according to a ritual layout...... Or rather, the mausoleum!

"What he recorded in his notes through two layers of encryption is likely related to this incident......

And that ritual is recorded in the Necronomicon!

"Will it ...... Could the real 'codebook' be the Necronomicon? ”

Thinking of this, he casually flipped through a page of his notes and compared the set of numbers in the first line with the Book of Necrons in his memory.

Soon, he was able to decipher what was written on this page of the note:

"On September 12th, I stumbled upon an abandoned castle in the middle of the Delare Forest, and because the situation was unknown, I didn't approach it, intending to get ready before entering the exploration.

"On September 14th, after my observation, there seemed to be a vampire secretly guarding the abandoned castle, but it was only Sequence 7, and it was very easy to sneak him into the castle.

"I decided to wait for Austin to arrive and go in with her to scout."

Looking at the words he had deciphered, Abner recalled the appearance of the baron's corpse covered in black spots in the "backtrack" scene, and only felt his scalp tingle.

Because he has read the original book, he knows deeply how terrible the castle in the middle of the Delares Forest is!