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"Then again, how come the school sees Siea and Barranca? Dead? ”

Richard jumped out of the boat, and the large rag dolls in the palm of the men and merchants on the ground stood up one after another, and walked into Richard's suitcase in a line, and the last doll to enter raised his hand to close the box.

He lifted his suitcase and exhaled as he faced the sea, and the fog around him immediately became thicker, obscuring the harbor and the ships, and the disorienting curse turned into a mist that filled the area.

Seeing that the "Angel of Temperance" called the leader by name without any honorifics, Mehams and Tawfik did not dare to squeak.

There is a general feeling within the "Rose School" that the leader's brain seems to have grown back after the replay has been revised, and it is clear that this is a good thing - as evidenced by the return of the "Angel of Temperance" to the Resistance. Compared with the benefits brought by this, calling him by his name is nothing, anyway, this is a matter between angels, and he has the right to be a corporal of His Royal Highness Siea.

Only half of the people in the school can barely accept the "indulgence-moderation-indulgence" method, and the rest can't accept it, and those who still only have indulgence and don't try to set shackles on themselves can only get out of control, which is also the end of too much indulgence in ordinary times.

In most secret organizations, it is easy to have a peculiar phenomenon - such as the promotion of indulgence desires, often the low-level members and ordinary people to whom the organization belongs will obey these demands and indulge completely, while the leaders who need to manage them often have their brains not all corrupted by indulgence, at least there are some left.

For example, the two demigods who were barely adapted to the new way of acting were carried by Richard, and their remaining brains exceeded 50%, and they were assisted by the precious temperance play of His Royal Highness the "Angel of Temperance".

Even the Aurora Society is the same, they go crazy from top to bottom, but they are very clever to use madness as their disguise.

Still playing mute, trying to get a little bit of feedback from the "Angel of Temperance", Tawfik had to speak in his place:

"His Highness Barranca is doing penance."

"It seems that the adjustment of his acting method is not going well, too, he is so old."

Richard left the harbor disappreciatively, entered the city of Alethor, and asked casually, "Mehams, do you have the courage to become an angel?" But you're not too young, and if you do, you're going to have to work hard from now on. ”

McHams: (°卌°)!

Without waiting for McHams to respond, Richard threw up the next question:

"Is Hilda leaving?"

Tawfik has consciously become a speaker: "She set off yesterday for Vrsac. ”

"Well, she doesn't even want to talk to me." Richard sighed, "It was indeed my problem to act in such a hurry and leave, but if I didn't become an angel in the 'City of the Damned', I would be the first of the school leaders to die." I've explained to her so many times, but she still doesn't seem to forgive me, as if she's secretly stabbing me villain. ”

One hundred and three years ago, when the events of the Cursed City first broke out, Tawfik was only 5 years old and did not know much about it, so he looked at Mehams. But McHams seemed determined to play the dumb seriously, and he didn't move his eyebrows.

But Richard's exclamation didn't last long, he was already in the city.

Compared to the past, Aleser is quite lively, and most of the people on the street know at a glance that they have Southern Continent blood, but their identity is not necessarily indigenous. Because compared to Byron, who was destroyed and established a puppet regime with firm resistance, the method used by the Northern Continent against the Highland kingdoms was softer and more terrifying - intermarriage.

In the early days of colonization of the Southern Continent, the Kingdom of Rune forbade intermarriage between its own and the people of the Southern Continent, and if it was discovered, it was to be exterminated, and if a white-skinned child was born, it was to be executed. If it is brown-skinned, it can continue to live as a slave.

The early colonial policy of the Kingdom of Rune was relatively simple, "directly exterminating the flesh", and it was not until the people who firmly believed in the Grim Reaper and the royal family of Eggers were almost dead that they began to introduce slavery and increase the labor force of factories and compradors.

"How many people are still out there in the school?"

Richard put Tawfik and McHams back in his pocket, and asked spiritually, "I think there are quite a few people who have taken the opportunity to evade moderation under the pretext of helping the Church of the Reaper, and have come back to me with a list." ”

There was no mezzanine in the waist bag, and the two demigods were squeezed side by side, and Tawfik consciously shrank into the corner.

He thought for a moment and replied, "Zatwin is still on a mission in the Northern Continent, do you want to call him back?" ”

"What is he doing over there?"

"Uh...... Hunt down the remnants of the temperance faction, a student of Renette Tinicol. ”

"Oh......" Richard nodded slightly, taking care of the old man's business by the way, "Sharon." ”

The Highlands are different – the colonists in the Highlands are Intis and Fursack.

In addition to shattering the dignity of the Highland Kingdom in terms of faith and culture, it also engaged in "racial purification".

To put it simply, it is to intermarry with local women, have children, and use Northern Continent school education and church to convert their faith. Many low-level people from the Northern Continent who were not living well came here to "help the barbarians of the Southern Continent to civilize" in the form of marriages, and in this way to increase the number of new believers and "spread the glory and grace of the Seven Gods" by converting indigenous women and their children into believers in the gods that their fathers believed.

The rough ones robbed the women from house to house. Gentle, marry a local woman, and live a Northcontinent-style life,

Richard Ernst was one such child, except that his father belonged to the former, and his mother happened to be a beautiful girl "white enough to be sent to the officer's camp", and thus became the temporary wife of a "big man" of unknown rank.

Temporary. As long as you have a two-room room, a table, a chair, a plank, and a girl you like, you have a temporary home and a wife.

Such wives and homes can be many.

He thus had the height of the face of the Fersaks, but his father was irresponsible, and was stingy in giving the belief in the noble god of war to the ignorant and weak native women, and Fersak was later defeated by Intis in the battle for the colony.

If the officer is lucky, he might be able to die in the City of the Damned, and see for himself what kind of great man his bastard son has become.

And in the long run, such an act is even more effective than Rune's "annihilation of the flesh".

After several generations, the highlands of the current highlands, the remnants of the northern Intis colony of the Southern Continent, are basically of Northcontinental ancestry, and most of them have culturally accepted the reality that they have fathers from the Northern Continent and mothers from the Southern Continent, although their mothers were ravaged before giving birth to them.

This has also led to the cultural fragmentation and poor cohesion of the highlands.

Some people follow in the footsteps of the "Rose School", some people want to go to the sea to worship the Seven Gods, but many more people are in a state of grass on the wall, and no matter what happens to the world outside the colonies, it has nothing to do with them.

Coupled with the cleanliness of the "temperance faction", the leaders of the "indulgent faction" who still have the remaining brains often look at the Church of the Grim Reaper and sigh: "If only we had such cohesion, such a clear hatred, such an emperor." ”

There was hatred, but because the cohesion of the organization was too poor, it began to split itself before it was all lost. In addition, the leaders on both sides are not very smart, and the "Angel of Temperance", who can really bring a hint of threat to the church, is forced to leave early. For various reasons, the remnants of the Highland Kingdom can only survive as a hopeless rebel army in various places, gradually swallowed up by indulgence and hatred, and become terrorists.

There was a crowd fight in the street ahead, and Richard took a bite of the pancake filled with cheese and glanced over at the crowd.

A large group of people who seemed to have a deep blood feud in the last second suddenly became respectful of each other, praising each other's relatives, and the slap that was swung out turned into helping each other sort out their collars, and the punches that were punched out began to beat others on the back, and their quality was so high that even civilized people would be ashamed of themselves.

In the end, the men said goodbye to each other and reluctantly parted.

The security in the Intis colony is not very good, and the turmoil in the southern continent has also caused a lot of northern continenters and outcasts to appear here, but Richard's extremely intimidating height (192) can keep trouble with his long legs away automatically.

"Sharon, what's the news?"

"No news...... They killed Steven in Sequence 5 in one go last year, as well as a werewolf and a living corpse. Zatwin brought so many people with him, but the mission was not completed, and he was unwilling to come back like this. ”

The sunk costs are too high.

That's all it, and if you fail in the end, it's a bit rude.

Richard pursed his lips, he just wanted to scold S'ea for this brainless thing and wasting time on meaningless things other than to "intimidate the remnants of the temperance faction", the "Mother Tree of Desire", like his good son, has a limited brain capacity to think only about "fighting the temperance". Thinking that it was the past that asked Zatwin to stalk Sharon, not the present, and he swallowed back the highland king's populace in a restrained manner.

"There's no point in keeping there and catching Sharon, Renette Tinicol is dead, and his students are just Sequence 5. The temperance faction did not obey her, and whether she lived or died did not have much influence on the school. ”

Richard decided to take advantage of it (not Zatwin), and by the way, also to give the bare-bones commander demigod a chance to make up for his mistakes and go down the stairs, lest he really fall into trouble with Sharon. In case the haunting Renette Tinicol suddenly pops up and promotes Sharon, then Zatwyn will also have to become a sunk cost, and the Rose School will lose a whole set of 7-4 potions, which is enough to promote Sharon's henchman Marić to a demigod.

"You mean to bring Zatwyn back?"

"Let's put Sharron's affairs aside for a moment, and don't waste time on inconsequential things. Let him read more newspapers and gather information on the Northern Continent...... By the way, he's running a stronghold there, right? Then try to contact the organizations in the Northern Continent by the way, except for the Aurora Society and the Predator Cross, to see if you can trick a few rich collectors or officials into coming over to buy things...... Money comes and people go, and if you want goods, you will fight. ”

“…… Good. ”

……

Beckland, the Jowood district, near the Tasok River.

In a restaurant, a middle-aged man is dining, cutting a medium-rare steak on a plate with a knife and fork.

He was dressed in a black clergy robe, with a black glove on his left palm, a thin face, brown skin, sunken eyes that looked like dried corpses, and a studded beard with black roots and white extensions, spreading from his mouth to his ears.

Zatwin's eyes are close to the complexion, they are light brown, and he obviously has the temperament of a priest, but he gives people a cold and terrible feeling, as if he will be perverted in silence.

Or rather, that's how most of the extraordinaries of the Rose School feel.

Even if you change to a new way of playing now, you can only temporarily turn "perverted" into "startled neurosis".

The first floor is mainly lit with candles and gas sconces, creating a dark and quiet area.

The smell of food wafted through the air from all over the place—the houses in the nearby streets were townhouses, the ground floor of the street was a shop, and the point of contact of the Rose School was ostensibly a restaurant with a focus on Southern Continent.

Just then, a customer came in at the door of the restaurant.

The customer was in a black suit, black pants, black leather shoes, with a pair of black eyes and a thin face.

He had a broad forehead, wore monocles and a tall top hat, and his gaze casually scanned to Zatwin.

Glancing at the black gloves on Zatwin's left palm, the corners of the customer's mouth curled slightly, and he shook his head with a smile, as if he was a little disappointed.

Then he entered the dining room and sat down at another table in the distance from Zatwin, who had returned from a malicious look.

Zatwin didn't pay much attention to it and continued to eat dinner.

In the light of the gas street lamp, the cool breeze of the night blew through, and the demigod of the Rose School suddenly shuddered.

Zatwin knew that this was a sign of inspiration, and his heart tightened, and he hurriedly looked down at his hands, and was shocked to find that the black glove he was wearing on his left palm was gone!

It's gone!

As a demigod and half-human being, Zatwin didn't know when the seal he wore on his hand was gone!

He turned his body sharply and looked into the restaurant, and the image of the man just now came to mind.

Soon, he locked on to the target's breath, found that the other party was still in the restaurant, and even beckoned the waiter to ask for a menu.

Zatwin wanted to directly "flash in the mirror" and possess him, but for some reason, his hands trembled involuntarily, and he vaguely felt that there were one dangerous and terrifying enemy after another hidden around him!

The thought flashed through and disappeared like lightning, and Zatwin subconsciously squeezed the cutlery, and increased the strength of his hand, and used a blunt dinner knife that was difficult to cut through even his fingers.

Then, he lowered his head and ate the steak bite by bite, as if nothing had just happened.

561

22 Pesfield Street, Headquarters of the "Rune Charitable Scholarship Fund".

Klein stepped out of the reception room and saw Audrey the "Justice" coming out of his office.

The dress that this aristocratic lady wears today is relatively plain, with a white background and dark green, ruffles on the cuffs and collar, and only a bow-tie flower made of layers of lace on the chest, and she doesn't even wear jewelry.

"Good morning, Miss Audrey." Klein made a look of surprise at the chance encounter.

Audrey glanced at Dawn Dantès, who had gray sideburns and a good appearance, and responded with a light smile:

"Good morning, Mr. Dantès."

She wanted to say "long time no see" briskly, to make fun of the fact that the other party hadn't come to the charity fund for a few days since the establishment ceremony, but considering that the apparent relationship between the two could only be regarded as acquaintances, she forcibly held back the corresponding words.

Klein rubbed the corners of his forehead, shook his head with a wry smile, and said:

"I'm sorry, I didn't come here until today."

"I've been too busy lately, and it is foreseeable that I will be even busier in the future, and I may have to go to the Southern Continent to deal with certain things."

The reason why he made a special trip to inform Miss "Justice" about his departure from Beckland for a while was to show his sincerity, hoping that the aristocratic girl could help keep an eye on the foundation and make it work properly - for Klein, he sincerely hoped that this "charity scholarship fund" would help more poor people in need.

And he, it seems, Amon has come to Beckland, and at the moment Amon has only one impression on him that is better.

The one who has begun to steal the seals seems to be a difficult one to get along with, and in order to prevent the "Source Castle" from being stolen before Ince Zangwill's death, he is ready to find a reason to run away.

"To the Southern Continent?" Audrey could read Dwayne Dantès's sincerity and asked rhetorically, slightly stunned.

Klein smiled and said, "For a commission." ”

At this moment, the first thought that came to Audrey's mind turned out to be: Which Sequence 5 is going to lose his life?

Sensing that Miss "Justice" seemed to be making bad associations, Klein added:

"Cooperate with the nobles and help them deliver some items to the younger generations who are fighting on the front line."

Delivering goods to the younger generations of the nobility? Ah——!h Audrey suddenly felt a little excited, and said with a clear smile:

"May the Goddess bless you with all the best."

After habitually saying this, she tasted the incongruity, and she was actually saying to a person who was a "fool" gentleman, may the goddess bless him!

This is probably closer to a curse...... Could Mr. Gelman Sparrow be angry? No, he's actually a gentle man at heart, and I didn't mean anything wrong...... This time I went to the Southern Continent and came back, and the one who played Dawn Dantès should be another dependent, right? Could it be a demigod? Audrey's thoughts drifted unconsciously.

In addition to Lord Hibbert, it seems that Earl Hall has a son, which means that Miss Audrey's other brother may also be in the Southern Continent? Crane smiled helplessly, and equally skillfully drew the crimson moon on his chest:

"May the Goddess bless us."

After a few moments of greeting Miss Justice, Klein went back to lunch.

According to the plan, he was to go to the "East Bailang Veterans' Club" in the afternoon to settle the matter, and to visit Dr. Allen.

During the usual after-dinner nap time, Crane drew a symbol on the full-length mirror in his bedroom that summoned the "magic mirror" Arodes, and soon, the water on the mirror floated, and a line of miserable white essay words emerged:

"Great and honorable Supreme Master! Your faithful, humble and insignificant servant Arodus has followed your calling. (**)”

"Dear master, are you in a good mood today? (o▽)o”

The corners of Klein's mouth turned up slightly: "Not bad." ”

"Your humble servant Arodes, thank you for your answer! May I ask if you have summoned me this time to teach me something? (UU)”

"Yes." Klein said, "Is Ms. D trustworthy? ”

The light on the mirror quickly condensed into a new line of text: "She can be trusted, but if you can use me as a guide, I will be able to do ten thousand times better than her!" (=ω｀=)”

Beneath the text, the mirror surface fluctuates like the surface of the water, and a picture emerges: Ms. D, who is much more plainly dressed, wears a wide-brimmed hat and appears in a port in the style of the Southern Continent.

Klein pondered for a few seconds and asked again, "What is Ms. D's true identity?" ”

The silver text twisted into a few lines of concise character introductions:

"Irena Albert Montmartre. The youngest daughter of the Marquis of Intiscappet, she had two older brothers, and in addition to her, the Marquis of Cape had three illegitimate sons and two illegitimate daughters. At the age of 22, he was 12 years old and became associated with the Aurora Society due to an extraordinary event, and converted to the 'Ancient Sun God'. Married to the second son of the Marquis de l'Lefère, he will marry in March next year. ”

The picture below is also distorted, and a large portrait of the family appears, and the faces of what appear to be fathers, mothers, and brothers are blurred, except for the bright-looking lady, whose face is clear, and she wears an exaggerated and ornate dress, which looks a little smaller than what Klein had seen.

If you have a marriage contract, is it because you are not satisfied with the political marriage and want to become a demigod before you get married? In the Aurora Society, I believe in the "ancient sun god", which is very creative, "I just want to believe in the sun god, it doesn't matter which sun god it is?" ”…… And her mind is normal, there is no sign of madness under the influence of whispering, and she is not as schizophrenic as the "Black Sage", this lady is not simple...... Klein suddenly came up with a lot in his head, but he didn't pay much attention to these things, since the other party was trustworthy, there was no need to pay more attention to other details.

He said:

"It's your turn to ask me questions."

"Okay! Great master, what else do you have to command? (▽*)”

It's so self-realizing...... The corners of Klein's mouth turned up again, and he said:

"The clues of the Sun God Bird and the Divine Radiance Stone are not under the control of the Eternal Sun Church."

"Honorable master, you, you are so considerate of the humble Arodes!! The seal of the Church of the Eternal Sun is so tight that it's hard for me to snoop into, but there are many clues from the outside world. And they often appear together, in the sea area of the ruins of the god war, there are traces of the activities of the sun god bird in the following places, and in the depths of a primeval forest in the southern continent, there is also a habitat of the sun god bird, as well as ...... At the same time, within a radius of one thousand meters of the Sun God Bird's activity range, there will definitely be the existence of the Divine Radiance Stone! ”

Crane jotted down images of glowing islands, sacred forests, and remote and unremarkable peaks.

He still remembered that when he hired Miss Sharon to be his bodyguard, because of the danger, Miss Sharon in Sequence 5 quoted a reward of 1,000 pounds for three days, but it was an ultra-low price caused by many factors. If he hires Ms. D, who is also a Sequence 5, for a week or so, it will cost at least 10,000 pounds, but Ms. D's request is only the clues and materials of the main material of Sequence 4......

Compared to the primeval forests and the remnants of the mountains, the most convenient way is to go to the ruins of the god war to obtain them.

Hey, isn't the "Hermit" struggling with how to get a drop of the "Serpent of Destiny" blood? It's better to outsource this task, so that Ms. "Hermit" can get these two materials, I will give the materials to Ms. D, Ms. D will make up the difference, and give me what the "Mercury Serpent" may need, and I will help Ms. "Hermit" get this drop of blood of the mythical creature, and everyone can get what they want!

I feel that the feasibility is very high, and I will go to the source fort to divinate the success rate later!

Without waiting for Arodes to say that he could ask questions, he spoke directly:

"In the Southern Continent, can I still contact you?"

"Absolutely! Just take out that magic ticker. On the surface of the mirror, those silver words quickly reassembled, "However, you can't let it stay in reality for too long, or use it too often, there are many 'Mother Trees of Desire' in the Southern Continent, and he may sense it." (； д｀)ゞ”

Klein bowed his head lightly and asked:

"What do you know about the Mother Tree of Desire?"

"Magic Mirror" Arodes was silent, and it took a long time for the silver light on the mirror to creep and change into a complete sentence:

"I don't dare to say it, and I don't dare to show it."

Don't dare to say, and don't dare to show, the "Mother Tree of Desire" is the true God? His person is higher than the first sequence of Zarathu, and the uniqueness of the "destiny" path...... Klein was a little surprised, but also mentally prepared.

……

In the evening, inside the East Byron Veterans Club.

Calvin, who had a donkey's face, was waiting there, and when he saw Dawn Dantès coming, he got up with a smile and said:

"You are such a gentleman of action. I really appreciate this attitude of doing things. ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand and shook it with the gray-eyed Dwayne Dantès.

Klein smiled modestly, deliberately showing the appearance of organizing language, and waited a few seconds before saying:

"I want to go to the southern continent and go to West Bailang in the near future."

Calvin's smile became more and more satisfied: "After dinner tomorrow, I will send someone to pick you up, the military just has an airship to transport supplies and personnel to the Gulf of Disey, and from there it is very close to take a boat to the southern continent." ”

"Thank you." Crane stood up and saluted sincerely.

It was actually by airship to reach Diesi Bay, which means that the voyage can be reduced by another two or three days. He didn't need to be accompanied by Ms. D when he returned, and if she agreed, her disappearance would be reduced to a week or so, which would be acceptable to the Intis nobles.

And in his opinion, following the military out of Beckland is a safe enough option that no one will suspect.

After a few more details, Klein got up and took his leave, and returned to the hall with Congressman Macht, ready to leave.

In the hall, next to the buffet table, nearly a dozen men in military uniforms or civilian clothes are holding a glass of wine and gathering to laugh about the latest rumors.

Crane glanced at it, and suddenly felt that one of the figures was a little familiar.

The man is more than 1.85 meters tall, but less than 1.9 meters, his arms are slightly long, his legs are deviated to a certain extent, his shoulders are unusually broad, and his black formal suit looks tight.

This is...... Klein's thoughts flickered, and his spirit became tense, and he remembered the source of the familiarity:

This is the demigod who met "Mad Captain" Connors that night!

The demigod who is suspected of working for a faction of the royal family and leading human trafficking!

……

South Continent, Port of Behrens.

In a lavishly decorated room, a hand reached out and lit a gas wall lamp in the room.

A soft dim yellow light lit up, illuminating a figure standing at the desk.

The figure has a rectangular face, a white hair cover on its head, two slightly upturned beards on the side of its mouth, thick eyebrows, and a classical dress. Dressed in a tuxedo with long toes, he looks like a man from a fifteenth-century oil painting or playing card.

He stretched out his hand and opened the unsightly black wooden box on the table, which was decorated with red velvet inlaid with a lamp with ancient characters like snakes and birds. The motifs are somewhat similar to the official languages spoken in the Byron Empire, but they are very different.

The person who is like playing cards speaks:

"Where did you get this?"

The blonde-haired Major General Konstantin Levitt, standing in the shadows, bowed his head: "From the treasury of Katami, he sold this artifact to the local garrison, hoping to exchange it for some kindness. But he's dead now. ”

"How did you die?"

"It is said that it was because of the sale of this important antiquity. His actions caused the wrath of the Church of the Reaper, so he was killed in his own territory. "All of his men were killed by the Church of the Reaper in a vengeance. ”

"In other words, the source is broken."

"Yes, noble prince."

Prince Grove, the demigod of the Augustan royal family, swiped his finger across the shell of the lamp, and his finger suddenly pressed slightly, but the lamp was not twisted and damaged, and even the black primer and gold text on it were not scraped off.

"And then, how did it get to you?"

Konstantin replied truthfully: "The officer of the local garrison gave it to me, and I am in ...... After losing the Battle of the Plains and retreating, he unexpectedly made a wish to 'let everyone appear at the port of Behrens at once', and his wish came true. ”

"Is the officer still alive?"

"Yes."

Prince Grove turned his back to Konstantin and covered the lamp with his palm. The light and shadow in the palm of his hand were distorted, and under the powerful interference of a demigod, the black primer on it finally wrinkled slightly, revealing the real body of pure gold underneath, engraved with countless intricate occult symbols.

Really...... The legendary "Wishing Lamp", 0-05!

It was disguised as a royal artifact and kept in the hands of the natives of Byron, so it is no wonder that the church has not been able to find it......

The prince's eyebrows moved, and a hint of pleasure appeared in his serious voice:

"I'll remember your credit."

"You have found something truly precious for the kingdom."

TBC

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560—"On the Influence and Current Situation of Different Colonial Programs on the Culture of the Southern Continent"

Q: Why does the author like the big chapter so much?

A: Because I can't think of two titles.