Chapter 18: The Night Watch

At the moment, Jack couldn't figure out the meaning of the intricate magical inscription. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But since Safina said that magic engravings have a passing effect, it means that sooner or later Jack will fully understand the knowledge, and more importantly, even if he can't read it at the moment, he can try it out - just like a person who doesn't understand how an application is written can still use the app, the appearance of magic will give him a superficial understanding.

Not only him, but Safina on the side was obviously interested in the mark Jack had obtained.

"Come on, use it and see," Safina patted Jack on the shoulder, "Look what kind of powerful magic this is." ”

"If it's some kind of destructive magic, there's no way I can control it, Safina, why don't you put away the good stuff here, and then we'll go to the ruins up there...... You're so close, I'm afraid I'll hurt you by mistake. ”

"Where did you get your confidence, Jack, the only thing in this world that can hurt me is forbidden arts. Safina patted her chest, her face full of "who are you and me", and then she glanced at Jack with disdain, and added, "Besides, even if your mark is a forbidden spell, with your magical power, you can exert the power of one or two rings of spells at most, and it will be like a breeze blowing on my face, understand? ”

Jack didn't believe Safina's words at all, he walked to the pile of sawdust, rummaged through the treasures he had seen before and said, "Forget it, Safina, do you think you're from there? ”

"Hmph!" Listening to Jack's words, Safina really wanted to refute, but the original white lie was originally told by herself-in order to prevent Jack from estranged her, she didn't realize that level seven was also a high level-it was definitely a level that could create estrangement, so her actions themselves were meaningless, but after all, it was her effort to maintain friendship, so she must not break this lie by herself.

"Who's bragging! I'm really good, hmph, stupid Jack, my rank will scare you to death!" After muttering a few words, she seemed to be poked by her own imagination, so Safina's mood improved again, and she decided not to bother with Jack.

"What are you talking about...... Safina. Didn't you come all the way to hunt for treasure?" Jack spread out what he found in his hand and showed it to Safina, "This ring is the only thing intact, see if it's the treasure you want." ”

"Space ring!" Safina exclaimed, the space ring itself is not a rare thing, but the space ring that exists in this secret room, the space ring that has not been damaged for ten thousand years, there must be many treasures in it that can make people, and even Safina be excited.

"Is this the Space Ring, I really haven't seen it yet?" Jack looked at the ordinary silver ring with Safina's electric light, and he couldn't see anything, so he threw it to Safina.

"Just give it to me?" Safina was a little surprised when she took the ring, although she knew that Jack would definitely give it to her, she was still surprised by the indifference on Jack's face - the unattached and unpretentious gesture of this treasure was beyond Safina's expectations.

"Of course. Jack nodded as a matter of course, "Let's just say at the beginning! I only need one magician's thing, and since I've already taken the inscription, the rest is yours." ”

Jack's integrity made Safina smile sweetly, her eyes narrowed like crescents, "Jack, hurry up and help my sister find something good, maybe I'll be happy to reward you if my sister doesn't want it!"

"Hehe, you think I'm going to be rare if you don't want anything! Don't look around, hurry up and look for it, I don't want to spend a night in this dark basement. Jack grumbled, burying his head in the sawdust again.

Safina thought that Jack might be resentful, greedy, and fearful of her strength, but she was clearly wrong, and her new friend was far more noble than she had imagined.

[Then give him a chance to become my best friend!] Safina thought proudly in her heart.

――――――

Jack, who has no knowledge of treasures, misses a lot of good things, and after Safina also joins the "gold rush", the two quickly search the secret room, and the valuable things in Safina's eyes are stuffed into the newly obtained space ring.

Soon, the two of them happily climbed the steps back to the ground.

Immediately after, their good mood was replaced by tension - in front of the two of them, next to the thunderbolt cage, stood a dark figure.

It was a thin but tall man, with his back to the two of them, a black fur coat draped over his straight back, a black jazz hat on his white head, and the moonlight pulled a huge shadow of teeth and claws on his body, giving people a great sense of oppression.

White heads?

This discovery puzzled Jack, but what surprised him even more was the Assassin who was torn apart in the Thunderbolt Prison.

He is dead, and the [living cat] who was bypassed by Jack has not escaped death after all. "Who are you?" asked Jack, frowning.

The black and white man turned around, and Jack realized that the so-called white head was just a mask made of white cloth, and on the white face, there were no facial features or expressions.

It was supposed to be a frightening mask of nothingness, but the moment it was confirmed, Jack was relieved because he recognized the presence in front of him.

However, Safina on the side was still vigilant, and her sharp gaze kept scanning the mysterious person's body.

"Don't be nervous," Jack pulled Safina beside him, although he finally found something that Safina didn't know, but now was obviously not a good time to taunt, he hurriedly explained, "Safina, he should be a good person." You, you're supposed to be a Night Watchman, aren't you?"

The latter, slightly uncertain, was addressed to the mysterious man.

"Good evening. The mysterious man spoke, his voice low and hoarse, as unchanging and angular as a hard stone, "I am Rorschach the Faceless. ”

Although the Faceless One does not admit that he is the Night Watchman, his answer still gives Jack the answer - he is the masked hero Faceless that he has been introduced to in the newspaper.

The night watchman was originally a position of the Holy See, and every church would have a night watchman who would patrol the city at night to fight evil and respond to threats. There is no such profession in the Western Continent, where the legal system is sound and the Holy See is excluded, but in the Western Continent, there are many volunteer masked heroes who walk at night, fighting against evils that cannot be touched by the law, and proclaiming justice that the law cannot afford.

They wore masks, hid their identities, and did everything they could to help the weak and eradicate evil, and at first, these masked heroes were called "volunteer militia" by the newspaper, but later, a more appropriate name was placed on them.

"Night Watchman"

That's what people call them.

(Thanks to the Soul Returning Branch-kun for the tip)