Chapter 217: Request and Convergence
As for what she needed help from Emma and Fanny, Abner had already planned in her heart, and said with a slight smile:
"There are two main things that I need your help with...... Well, don't worry, it's not too much trouble and it won't be excessive. ”
"What is it?" Emma first asked, then a hint of banter flashed in her eyes, her face tightened, and she pretended to be serious, "Even if you propose to Fanny, I will try to help you." ”
What is this...... Abner's face was so sluggish that he almost fell from the tree, and it took him a long time before he said helplessly, "Miss Emma, don't be joking. ”
This young lady not only has a lot of thieves, but also seems to be a little black-bellied, and likes to play tricks on people.
"Isn't it? Some of Beckland's tabloids have described the romance of the 'Hero Detective'! Emma fiddled with a mechanical device in her ear and smiled.
If I were as romantic as the tabloids wrote, you and Miss Fanny would have wanted to go back to the inn in their entirety last night?
Abner fought back in his heart, but on the surface he no longer answered Emma's words, and forcibly turned back to the previous topic:
"First of all, I need a Sequence 6 Guardian Extraordinary Item that can be used for at least two years, and the less negative effects the better...... Of course, I'll pay for it, as long as you can provide the right items. ”
When Emma heard this, she restrained her smile and said thoughtfully, "Was it last night's 'mechanical puppet' that made you speculate that there is a 'craftsman' behind Fanny?" ”
Not only that, but she sold many extraordinary weapons at the teacher's party, and she had long been called a "craftsman's agent", otherwise I would not have taken the opportunity to make this request.
Thinking so, Abner would not be stupid enough to say what was in his heart, so he only nodded: "Not only the 'mechanical puppet', but also her backpack...... I even think she might be behind a steam church archbishop. ”
"Abner, your reasoning skills are really good, this is very close to the truth......"
Emma sighed first, then pressed her finger to the mechanism next to her ear, as if listening to something, and then continued with a smile, "Fanny has agreed, and she said that she will help you find the items that meet the requirements as soon as possible...... And you don't have to pay, it's to repay her life-saving kindness. ”
How embarrassing is that? Although Abner thought so in his heart, he was kind on the surface, nodded without pretentiousness, and said with a smile: "Then I'll wait for her good news." ”
Emma was stunned, then smiled dumbly, "Abner, you are really different...... Well, at least not like most gentlemen. If you change someone else, even if you are willing, you will hypocritically refuse it a few times, right? ”
However, she was not disgusted by Abner's ungentlemanly behavior...... To be precise, she is also such a person, and she is incompatible with aristocratic ladies like her.
That's because you don't know Mr. Fool......
Abner complained in his heart, and then talked about his second request:
"The second thing is to trouble Miss Emma that you can help me go to the royal library to look up some information......
Emma frowned when she heard this, and asked rhetorically, "Abner, how can you be so sure that I am qualified to enter the royal library?" Do you know who I am? ”
"Know some...... Miss Hazel and I are friends. Abner said in slightly vague terms.
"A friend who cut off her arm?" Miss Emma couldn't help but complain, and then said a little incredulously, "Hazel actually mentioned me in front of you?" I guess there must be nothing good to say. ”
Miss, you're very well informed...... It's no secret that I cut off Hazel's arm, but I don't know much about it......
Where did your information come from? Psychological Alchemy? Or will the Hermit of Destiny will?
However, judging by her personality and habits, she doesn't look like a member of the "Psychological Alchemy Society...... And most importantly, she is not a "spectator".
Just when Abner had a guess in his mind, Miss Emma saw that he did not answer, so she took the initiative to ask:
"What do you want me to look up in the royal library?"
"Help me find out the historical documents of the Charlam family and the relevant secrets sealed by the royal family...... Well, this family was given a knighthood at the end of the Quaternary Age for their exploits, and it completely declined in the 'War of the Oaths'. Abner said, briefly mentioning some of the information he had found earlier to Emma, and only withholding the part of Mr. Azik.
Emma's eyes grew brighter and brighter when she finished speaking, and when Abner finished speaking, she said with some excitement: "Just listening to you, I think this family may be hiding some secrets, and I want to find out at once...... Anyway, I agreed to your request, and I'm very interested in this matter now! ”
After talking about repaying the favor, the conversation naturally shifted to their unfinished deal last night.
Abner thought about it, and felt that it was not much of a problem to tell Emma the purpose of the baron's construction of the mausoleum, after all, in addition to the so-called "awakening" ritual requiring a specific building and time, the most critical factor had to be the blood descendant, and even if the young lady in front of him wanted to imitate it, it would have no effect.
After listening to Abner's account, Miss Emma suddenly said: "I see, no wonder some people have been copying architectural styles according to a drawing for thousands of years...... They are all supposed to be descendants of some being...... Is this the resurrected hand of the being? ”
Resurrection? It doesn't feel like it, after all, the ritual is just to open a "door" to the underworld, and it has no resurrection function......
And there is a high probability that Jane has already entered the real mausoleum...... No, Russell may have gone in earlier, but he hadn't heard of any high-ranking beings in the "Death" path and was resurrected as a result......
Naturally, Abner didn't say this to Emma, but added lightly: "That baron must have encountered something unexpected in the process of building the underground mausoleum, so he sealed himself away......"
Emma nodded thoughtfully, guessing, "It's likely that there was something wrong with the ritual itself, which made him hear or see the information of a high-level existence, and then he was on the verge of losing control, so he had to seal himself." ”
And the truth is much more serious than you think!
Abner sighed secretly when he suddenly felt that the progress of the "Keeper of Knowledge" potion digestion had made a big step forward.
This is the knowledge I gave Emma that helped her a lot? So the feedback you get will speed up the progress of "digestion"?
He thought of this and peeked at Miss Emma on the opposite branch, only to find that her face showed obvious surprise.
Surprise? What I just said surprised her? Could it be that her "decryptor" potion has also digested part of it?
According to my previous analysis, "keeping knowledge" should mean telling the right knowledge to those who need it, and keeping the knowledge that is "inappropriate".
Emma, she apparently "deciphered" through my untrue words and came to a partial truth, so she "digested"......
And I was fully utilized by her because of this knowledge, and I got feedback?
Although it is impossible to confirm, there is a high possibility...... In this way, the "Keeper of Knowledge" and the "Decryptor Scholar" are not only similar in ability, but may also be able to cooperate with each other in the matter of digesting potions......
After some thought, Abner looked at the time and saw that it was not too early, so he ended his conversation with Miss Emma and jumped off the tree.
He's going to have to find some time to get some prey back......
……
In a factory in the docklands, Stewart, the "Mystic Teacher", is describing to an old man in a black soft hat with unusually serious silver eyes some of his feelings when he "retraced" the scene before.
The old man, dressed in a robe embroidered with the symbol of the storm, was none other than Cardinal of the Church of the Storm, Archbishop of the Diocese of Beckland, and Ace Snake, the "Singer of God".
"The Fall...... Malicious ......" Snake chewed on the words Stuart had described, furrowing his eyebrows.
"1-025" is normal when it has malicious intent, but the aura of "depravity"? Could it be that the cursed thing believed in some evil god? Or was it contaminated by an evil god?
At this moment, an illusory door suddenly tore through the air outside the factory floor, covered with complex symbols.
The door opened silently, and out came a handsome man in a crisp gown, in his forties, mature and elegant.
With his golden eyes, he swept through the hole in the top floor of the workshop, then landed on the ground and asked, "'1-025' appeared here before?" Or did McHams still not roll back to the Southern Continent? ”
"Why are you here?" Snake asked in a deep voice.
"This is Beckland, a 'Level 1' seal could even destroy most of the city, how could I not come? Besides, I think you need the help of our military as well. The handsome man smiled slightly.
Ace Snake didn't speak, and turned his gaze to the outside of the workshop again.
For at this moment from outside came an old man in a white priest's robe and a clergyman's soft hat, his face was unusually kind, and his expression was calm and gentle.
Behind the old man, there were several members of the "Heart of the Machine", one of whom was a man with a hard and clear face holding a silver mirror with an ancient pattern.