Chapter 31: The Fresco of Ulorius
Felina Otis, 24, was born in Port Emmatt, Lord of the Storm.
She was married twice...... The first husband is unknown and remains to be investigated;
Her second husband, Charlie Otis, was originally a professional manager who later served as a shareholder of a small bank and took care of her finances.
Filina followed her second husband to Beckland in May 1349 and rented a three-storey house on Lenster Street in the southern part of the bridge.
Because Charlie Otis's employer's business was involved in laundering money for gangsters, Charlie, as the treasurer, was killed by a stray bullet when he was caught in a gangster fire while going to negotiate with customers in the East End.
Mrs. Philina's life was not hampered by the death of her husband...... For some unknown reason, after she got married, she had been buying life insurance for her husband, and as a result, she received a large amount of compensation.
The insurance company had hired detectives to conduct a private investigation and confirmed that Charlie Otis's death was an accident and that there was no trace of human intervention.
It is worth mentioning that Charlie Otis was rumored to have been a handsome but idle liar at the port of Enmat, but after meeting Fillina, he changed his ways, studied hard, obtained a manager's certificate, and then won the appreciation of the shareholders of the small bank.
Seeing this, Abner pinched his chin thoughtfully, and thought to himself:
"Knowledge changes destiny...... If Firina is really the one of the five survivors who is dominated by the contamination of the 'wilderness of knowledge'...... So, this is a side effect of 'pollution'?
"Heh, the transformation from a gangster to a manager has been completed in such a short period of time, which is not so much 'learning', but more likely that Filina directly stuffed him with this 'knowledge'.
"Just as Bianca can bring bad luck to people, and Abby can give people a painful curse, Phina's special ability is actually to give her knowledge to others, and then deflect or change their fate?
"And judging from her move to buy insurance, I am afraid that the fate after deflection or change will not lead to any good results."
As his thoughts turned, Abner continued to look at the rest of the story, and came across a familiar name: Stewart.
"This 'Mystic Master' of the Church of the Storm seems to be after Philina? Not only did he fund her to open a museum, exhibit her collections, but also let her newspapers advertise for free?
"Hmm...... This lady Firina is very unlucky, there are people to help her everywhere, not to mention that even the people hired by the insurance company to attack her are either inexplicably exposed to the police, or they died in a car accident on the road......
"Such an abnormal situation, Stewart wouldn't be unaware, right? Could it be that he is obsessed? ”
Abner was puzzled that he had not actually met Stewart, but he had heard of the gentleman's reputation from many sources...... Although that reputation is very bad...... Or worse than yourself!
If Abner's reputation is still more positive than negative, which is enviable, Stewart is the majority of negatives, and some people even rumor that he is not taboo against men and women, and has an affair with a senior deacon of the Steam Church......
But even if the rumors were true, Abner didn't believe that a "mystical teacher" would really ignore Philina's problems...... There must be something inside here.
Sighing, Abner looked back at the last few lines of the document, and saw a brief account of Philina's failure to reach the museum as planned in a traffic jam on Wednesday, and a walk-and-go trip with Stewart in the evening.
"Is it 'lucky' again?
"Is she avoiding me, or is she hiding from the 'red gloves'...... Or even the 'Tail Eater' Ulorius, who will investigate people with bad luck in the near future in the original book?
"This 'luck' is special to her...... Or is she herself an extraordinary person with this ability......
"The lucky one? Winner?
"The 'Wheel of Fortune' path is in the hands of the 'School of Life'...... Looks like there's one more reason to visit that little snake! ”
Thinking of this, Abner put away the information, looked at Detective Kaslana who had finished breakfast on the other side, and said with a smile: "I am very satisfied with the information you have gathered...... That's the paid pay. ”
As he spoke, he took out an envelope and handed it to the other party, which contained ten bills of 10 pounds.
Originally, it didn't take that much to investigate such a thing, but because of the time scheduled, Abner increased the price when he posted the task.
There is no mistake
Detective Kaslana took it and counted them, and put the envelope away satisfied—she did her best to get all the relationships in place for this commission, so that it could be completed on time, but it was well worth the reward.
After that, Abner said goodbye to Detective Kaslana, who was already quite difficult, and left the restaurant alone.
……
The sea area of the relics of the gods.
With the arrival of the "night", Crane had to follow the advice of the "Admiral of the Stars", return to his room, and enter the dream through "meditation" so as not to disappear in the "darkness".
In the gray world, he suddenly woke up and clearly recognized that he was dreaming.
Crane looked around, and then found that at the top of the boulder not far away, the "Star General" Gadelia was sitting alone, with her hands on her knees, leaning forward, staring at the opposite peak.
She was still wearing the classical black robe with a very mysterious taste, and there was indescribable confusion in her expression.
Why is she in my dreams? Crane took a few steps forward and jumped onto the boulder.
Before he could ask, he was suddenly shocked by the open scene in front of him, and he felt like his body and mind were shaken.
In front of the boulder is a cliff with no bottom in sight, and on the opposite side of the cliff is a mountain covered in countless palaces, countless towers, and majestic walls.
The buildings are magnificent, layered and surrounded, and the individual buildings are unusually huge, unlike the places where humans live, and the combination has an indescribable sense of epicness, wonder and mythology.
In the sky between the cliffs and countless palaces, there is a huge inverted mountain peak floating quietly, with many unique styles of buildings on it, and the central tower is even more soaring into the sky, as if touching the sun at a very high place!
"Floating City"!
Except that there are no railroad tracks and no brackets, this "floating city" is exactly the same as the one built by Mr. Krauss.
This is the prototype of the Floating City? It was here that Mr. Krauss saw the city and came up with the idea of recreating it?
According to the information given by Mr. "Tower", this should be the dream of everyone in this sea...... So whose dream would this floating city be?
At this moment, Gadelia, who was sitting on her knees, said in a dream-like tone: "Strange...... When I came here with her, I didn't see this floating city......
"Klaus was the only one who had seen it before......
She said it might be something that Klaus had to do with the builders of the floating city.
"She should have had her own guesses, but never told me."
She? The "Mystery Queen"? Nine times out of ten, the builder of the floating city was Liu Bo...... Is it because I joined this expedition that I saw it?
In addition, is that Master Claus also a descendant of Liu Bo in his life? That's why it was inherited in this dream in the first place?
With that in mind, Crane considered and offered to look around.
"No, no." Gadelia replied without hesitation, but never shook her head, "I'm going to wait here, wait!" ”
Seeing this, Crane, who guessed that Gardelia was in a half-asleep state, did not delay any longer, and jumped off the boulder alone and entered the gate of a black monastery.
Although he also wanted to explore the floating city, the other party was floating in the air and seemed to be very close, but it was actually very far away...... And there may be something terrifying hidden in the air, and Crane doesn't dare to fly rashly.
Soon, after passing Frank, Heath Doyle, Nina, and Captain Otolov, he saw a young man with a long giant log.
The man was dressed in a white shirt and black waistcoat, with short blond hair and green eyes focused and serious, not any of the pirates on board.
And not far from the man there is a fresco, which shows a sea of burning flames, which splits from the middle and splits a path.
On the road, there was a long procession, and the members either bowed their heads reverently or knelt on the ground, looking extremely religious.
And at the end of the road, above the palace complex that looms in the sky, there is a floating inverted mountain!
Their leader, a tall, lanky man with long silver hair, soft features, closed eyes, and layers of wings behind his back, was raising his hand and pointing straight at the floating mountain.
Crane knew the leader of the fresco, the "Angel of Destiny" and the "Tail Eater" shown by the little "Sun", Ulorius!
What does that mean? Did the team led by Ulorius meet Liu Bo's Floating City?
Could it be that the fall of the Floating City was the handiwork of this "Angel of Destiny"?!
The King of Angels of the Path of Destiny...... Is it bad luck?
In a flash of thought, Crane asked the young man with the axe:
"Who are you?"
"Who am I? I'm the hapless Anderson, and I've been gripped by bad luck ever since I saw that mural. The young man stopped his movements and said depressedly.
……
Beckland, Abner who had come to visit Will the "Snake of Mercury", walked around Dr. Alan Krees' house several times, but could not find a suitable excuse to come to the door.
In the end, in desperation, he had to use one of his housekeeping skills - infiltrating.
However, he had only just had this idea when he felt the power of "dreams" invade him.
Abner's heart moved, but he did not resist, and let the scenery change in front of him......
Soon, he saw a barren black plain, with a pitch-black spire in the middle of the plain.
At that moment, a black stroller slid out of the spire, and inside lay an invisible, silk-wrapped baby.
The baby said in a clear but helpless voice:
"You came to see me at this time, are you afraid that the stupid snake won't find us?"