349

Angels of temperance? Why did she suddenly appear in Beckland? Obviously, I have always communicated with His Highness by messenger before......

Amon was puzzled, but felt that this matter had nothing to do with him, so he continued to concentrate on nibbling on crepes.

"Give me a hot cocoa, please!" He said loudly to the clerk.

Soon, the clerk placed the hot cocoa that had been prepared on his small round table, and Amon paid two pennies by the way.

The fireplace in the cake shop is blazing, and a thin layer of glass keeps the cold out, and the interior is warm like spring.

Amon's seat was just by the fireplace, and he felt warm in his back, and his palm holding the hot cocoa was also warm, which was very comfortable.

Where am I going next?

He took out the travel brochure of the Kingdom of Rune from his pocket, flipped to the fold of the simple map, opened it, and began to plan the route.

Among the doppelgangers of the "Angel of Time" Amon, Sequence 4 is the largest group, scattered in various countries and cities, and there are many in the Southern Continent and the Godforsaken Lands. Sequence 3 is about one-tenth of it, and looking for them is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, while Sequence 2 is even rarer, and is also controlled by the ontology. The Sequence 3 clone he found had just changed his identity and was estimated to be living in East Chester County for a long time, which was specially chosen.

The destination is Stone, the large city of East Chester County, and the target is the municipal librarian in Stone.

East Chester County is northeast of Beckland, separated by a mountain range, and the best way to get around is by civilian airship. But it was too expensive, and it was still an advanced technology in Rune that only the great nobles, intellectuals, and the upper echelons of the Church could enjoy. The best way to do this is by steam train, but because of the mountains, if you start from Beckland, the steam train needs to travel around the mountain, which doubles the travel time.

The steam train takes two days and one night...... First of all, I would choose a second class seat or above, and secondly, on a long trip I would definitely choose a first class seat, the kind with a private room and a bed.

Of course, the problem is not this, but the noise of the steam train, and even if it is a first-class seat, the quality is difficult to compliment......

tomato

Amon took a large sip of hot cocoa, smacked his lips, and began to conceive of the second formula:

Not by land.

There are still many rivers in the eastern part of Rune, such as the inland channel of the Tasok River, which flows directly into the sea.

Arrive at Plitz Harbour and then take a ferry north along the coastline of Rune to reach Enmatt Harbour in East Chester County, where it will be smooth along the river into the city. This is much better than taking a steam train, and the cost of a second-class ticket is only £11 in total.

And this is a domestic transfer, and there is a cheaper and more affordable 9 pound half ticket option at the port, Amon made an instant decision.

But before leaving Bakeland, Amon had one more thing to do.

That is to take a trip to the Aurora Society's station, the Faye Manor on the outskirts of Beckland, to "say goodbye" to the Medici and the real Creator.

Yes, farewell.

When humans are about to leave their homes and loved ones for a long time, they will solemnly say goodbye, and sometimes there will be some banquets for exchanging feelings.

Amon doesn't feel the need for a farewell meal at the Aurora Club, but he thinks it's necessary to say goodbye to everyone to feel humanity, though he doesn't understand what the act is necessary for Amon everywhere. It's like playing a house, you know what to do, but you don't know why you want to do it, and you don't know what the point of doing it is.

The Medici would definitely laugh at me. He thought expressionlessly, no, she will laugh at me for anything I do, angel-level provocateurs are really annoying.

A cup of hot cocoa will warm up all the limbs.

Amon ate the last bite of the crepe, wiped his hands and mouth, and got up to leave the cake shop.

350

Richard Ernst came to the dockers' guild and knocked on the door.

After a while, an older man came to open the door. He was of short stature, with a stiff back, and deep dents in his rough and broad hands, which looked like an old fisherman.

The old man looked up with great difficulty, and when he saw the tall Richard, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some fear:

"You...... Who are you looking for? ”

Richard took two steps back and stepped down the steps so that the old man didn't have to keep his head up: "I'm looking for Miss Maria." ”

"Miss Maria is not here." The old man said warily.

"Do you know where she is?"

"I don't know. There's no one here either, so you can look elsewhere. With that, the old man slammed the door shut.

Richard was not angry, but understood something. She turned around and headed to other Ernst Foundation affiliates in the East.

The afternoon sun was pale and cold, and she walked through the crowd, and the height and sturdy physique of the Fersak mestizo stood like a flock of bears among the huddled pedestrians of the East End. When a vicious dog tries to hurt someone on the side of the street, the angel throws out a transformation curse that turns the vicious dog into a patched doll and falls into the arms of a little girl wiping her tears by the wall. A child, thinking hidden, reached into her coat pocket, felt for the coin, and when it was taken out, it slammed into a small flower. Several washerwomen scrambled over the large buckets of dirty clothes and curtains and sheets brought by the servants of the rich family, and a very old middle-aged man stood on the street corner, holding a newspaper, observingly observing her.

Richard turned his head and smiled at him. The middle-aged man immediately froze, squeezed out a smile, and then quickly covered himself with a newspaper.

Not pretending, not MI5...... Richard disagreed and moved on.

Soon, she arrived at the newly expanded processing plant that Maria had reported, where the workers were busy with several boxes of goods piled up at the door. In Vision, there is a blonde worker in the factory who shows a calm blue color and the spiritual brilliance of an extraordinary person, while at the same time, the doormen and security guards of this processing factory are all dead people without any spiritual brilliance.

But the dead were patrolling and walking around like the living, sitting and standing, and the Extraordinary Male was practicing the occult.

A living corpse? is an extraordinary person of the prisoner pathway, blonde, brown eyes, one meter seventy-four tall, and of southern continental descent...... The defector of the moderation faction of the previous year, Gavin Lead? Are you still working on Maria's side...... How many wages does a person get for four jobs?

The living corpses looked around vigilantly, all of them good and competent security guards.

Before the living corpses could notice him, Richard left the processing plant.

Across two streets, on another block, Richard came to Maria's Charity School.

At a glance, she saw the blue-haired Extraordinary Man sitting in the guard's room, a "navigator" who was about to finish digesting potions, and was mentally stable and in a normal state.

The navigator also saw her, and his expression immediately became serious: "Who are you?" During the class, no other people are allowed! ”

Richard smiled: "Wasn't the previous doorman a veteran?" Where did the old gentleman go? ”

"He's old, and we're giving him a pension so he can go back to retire."

The navigator was still staring at Richard, he didn't feel any danger from the man, but he still didn't let go.

Seeing that the navigator was so serious, Richard was very relieved: "I have come to find Mary. ”

"Maria? Miss Maria is not here. ”

"Yes. But she called me back. Richard shrugged, "Maria always likes to bluff, putting herself in a weak position, luring the enemy deeper, and then looking for an opportunity to fight back. This kind of ploy didn't last long, she was already in sequence 5, didn't she? ”

Hearing the person in front of him pointing directly at Maria, the navigator's face immediately became gloomy:

"I don't know what you're talking about, sir, but you'd better not ...... again," said this, and the Storm Path, who had always had a mouth faster than his brain, finally remembered the first sentence, "What? You were called back by Miss Maria? Uh, you, what the hell...... Do you have any proof? Like letters, etc.? ”

It was Mary who called me back three days in a row by reciting my honorific name...... Richard smiled and took out an open letter from his pocket preparedly: "Yes." ”

The navigator carefully took the envelope, checked the address and the sender's name, and then took out the letter and examined it. He pulled out the letter and, after reading two lines, nodded his head in confirmation, "It is indeed Miss Maria's handwriting." ”

He was about to continue asking, when he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, and saw Maria, dressed in disguise, striding out of the school building and approaching the guard pavilion quickly.

"Sean, didn't I tell you before that if a 'tall, gray-haired' gentleman visited, you would notify me immediately?" Maria pulled down her sunglasses, glared at the navigator, then looked at Richard, her voice lowering considerably, "Please go this way." ”

The navigator was stunned: "Isn't that what Gavin said to them?" ”

"You were there at the time."

"This ......"

Richard played the round with kindness: "No, it doesn't matter, this gentleman has a strong sense of responsibility, is also very responsible, and is trustworthy." ”

Sean's eyes widened, and he scratched his head in embarrassment, watching Miss Maria and the strange young man walk quickly towards the school building.

"Huh? Why didn't you take the letter with you......"

Adhering to the moral standard of not peeking into other people's privacy, Sean put the letter back and folded it and pressed it on the table.

Then, he noticed the recipient's name written in small print in the corner of a line:

Heathine Ernst.

"Ernst? This is not our Foundation...... Hey? Hey? The name? Isn't this the new name of the chief, whom Miss Maria had told us in private? ”

"Just, just now...... Chieftain?? ”

I witnessed an angel and turned her away? Is this angel or a leader we have admired since childhood?

Bang! A thunderbolt flashed in his mind, and Sean entered a state of being thundered, unable to think normally for a long time.

……

A few minutes later, an empty classroom.

Richard casually found a place to sit down, put his handbag on the table next to him, and asked straight to the point:

"What's going on on the East End?"

Maria took off her sunglasses and frowned: "I only knew that something very dangerous would happen, and Ademisor suddenly sensed this danger earlier and was seriously injured mentally. It is still sluggish and can no longer intervene in related events. ”

"I don't know exactly what will happen. But his last words were 'they're all dead.'" ”

Richard was silent for two seconds and asked, "So, what is your current emergency plan?" ”

"I saw that you have arranged extraordinary people in each of your subordinate organizations, and I have inquired along the way, and I have also found that many elderly employees have been arranged by you to take vacations or pay to be dismissed, and you want to use this method to protect their safety."

"On the way here, I noticed that there was less traffic, and you also encouraged some employees not to go out unless necessary."

Mary nodded slowly.

"At the same time, you are also spreading the news that you have recently encountered difficulties and it is inconvenient to come forward, hoping to expose the hidden dangers."

"Yes."

Richard thought for a moment, "That child of the path of fate, is Ademisor?" Who he said would die? ”

"He suddenly went out into the street and said to passers-by, 'They're all dead.'" Mary answered truthfully.

"Not all pedestrians are connected, an indiscriminate attack? Or massacre? "Or population cleanup? Richard's chin rubbed as he thought about what might happen.

This is Beckland, the capital of Rune, and it should be impossible for terrorists to carry out a large-scale attack...... Is it just that street, or is there more? It's not good to continue asking, the more this information knows, the faster Ademisol will die...... The dangers that can be felt by the path of fate, perhaps the prophets can also see it, and go back and ask Pereas, but he is in Lemburg, and his honorific name cannot be responded to globally......

Richard asked again, "Was there a similar situation with Ademisol before?" Can you tell how long it will take for his induction to take effect? ”

Mary immediately replied, "Yes, there was another reference before, and that was Tingen." ”

Tingen. Richard seemed to understand something, and she nodded, motioning for Maria to continue.

"According to the report of the head of Tingen, in July-September of this year, Ademisol also behaved unusually. It was prophesied that there would be a great catastrophe and that the whole of Tingen would be flooded in a sea of blood. ”

"The prophecy was presented in the form of 'the true creator of God', and although there were heavy casualties, it was still very different from Ademisore's prophecy, that is, it could be rescued and prevented and the damage could be reduced."

"From July to ......September," Richard said, "if I remember correctly, the Divine Descent took place at the beginning of September." ”

"That is, Ademisor's prophecy may span about two months."

Mary paused, grimacing: "Yes. ”

"It's because I'm not capable enough, and I know that I can't deal with the disaster of the evil god downgrade, so I tried to ask the leader to come back."

Richard smiled, she stood up, and patted Maria on the shoulder without care:

"No, you're doing it right, you're doing it right. The only problem is that you don't know when the disaster will happen, and if it does happen in two months, it may not even last a month with your current emergency measures. ”

Although Richard said it in a joking tone, Maria's heart couldn't help but feel heavy at the thought of the rapidly dwindling funds.

"Well, there's no need to worry too much."

The Angel of Temperance comforted his subordinates: "During this time, I will stay in Beckland, try to help you investigate some possible hidden dangers, and by the way, rectify the security environment in the eastern district." Looks like I'm going to spend the New Year in Beckland this year. ”

Maria smiled: "I feel very honored that you are willing to stay here. ”

"I'll take you to see the school and the kids."

351

Ever since watching "Heart of the Machine" explore Amun's Tomb, Crane has been waiting for the spoils to be shared.

It wasn't until after dinner that Carlson, a member of the "Heart of the Machine", rang the doorbell of his house.

Crane didn't ask much questions, and followed the other party all the way to the Lever Chapel near the docks of West Bailang, and entered the three-story house next to the building.

The signboard here is:

"Beckland Machinery Research Society".

Good academic ...... Crane suddenly thought of the Black Thorn Security Company, and smiled at the corners of his mouth.

Guided by Carlson, he walks through some bizarre contraptions and finds himself in a windowless room.

On the long table in the room were many highly spiritual objects, including the properties of human skin shadows and the "ghost frames" covered in black cloth, but none of the characteristics of the extraordinary ones left behind after death.

Obviously, the higher-ups of the "Heart of the Machine" did not want me to let me know about the laws of immortality and conservation of extraordinary properties...... Crane wasn't surprised.

"You can pick one." Yoon, who was not wearing a hat, pointed to the long table.

Crane observed it "carefully" a few times, sighed and said:

"There was nothing I wanted.

"How much can I get if converted into gold pounds?"

He's already figured out that he's not going to get the Human Skin Shadow trait here in the Heart of Machine.

While this could be explained by the need to craft certain magical items or try out unique ritual magic, there was a chance that his own sequence would be exposed, and Crane didn't want to take that risk if a better option came along.

So, he plans to take the money purely!

And this can not only help him scrape together the 2,500 pounds that the Psychological Alchemy Society demanded, but also effectively dispel the vigilance of the "Machine Heart".

Yin Kangse was obviously relieved, straightened his hair, and replied with a smile:

"1500 pounds.

"However, we encourage you to pick money, so, a total of 2,000 pounds."

Crane immediately showed a sincere smile:

"Good!"

TBC

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Wonderful thoughts: Richard is like a mirror, both for the characters and for the readers.