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A corner of Intis.

"The efficiency of steamships is too low, and the design of Rune's new ironclad ship is very good, and it is time to consider increasing the displacement and speed, and I think that the hull can be engraved with magic and ritual patterns, and magic and extraordinary power can be used to operate the ship."

Said a man dressed in classical mage robes with a hood covering his eyes.

A large freighter is parked in the shipyard of the port. The freighter, which had only been in production for a few years, was damaged in the recent flood and became the only vessel still in the port, with other small and medium-sized fishing vessels washed away. There are no other pillar industries in the entire harbor town, and they are all counting on the ship to be put into service as soon as possible, giving some psychological and financial comfort to the devastated homeland.

The craftsman sent by the Steam Church jumped off the ship and complained to the secret man's brain, "After the hostility with Rune, our territorial waters are almost completely blocked, and we can't even catch many fish, what do you want the ship for?" ”

The voyeur asked, "Why does the ship have to be in the sea?" ”

The craftsman looked at him and then at the ship: "If it is not in the sea, how can such a large-tonnage ship fly in the sky?" ”

"Why can't you fly?" The peep rolled up his sleeves, revealing his arms, which were too thin compared to those of the craftsman, and then took the craftsman's hammer and nails, "I'll carve a floating ritual magic on the ship, as long as the spirit drives me to pray to the sage." ”

Five minutes later.

The voyeur who barely carved a large circle with a diameter of one meter lifted his hood and wiped the sweat from his head, and complained to the craftsman: "This ship is so strong? When am I going to engrave? ”

The craftsman touched his chin and looked at the circle: "You're right, we need more professional engraving devices, such as automatic recorders, which may be a new industry in the future, and I want to pray to the church to report this idea to apply for patents and research funds first." ”

Hearing the research funding, the voyeur smiled at the same level as the craftsman: "How much can I apply for?" ”

"If you apply early, you can still sneak into the archbishops' workshop to do two or three jobs, and if you apply late, you can only stand outside the workshop and run errands for them." The craftsman looked at the peeper, "Write an application with ritual magic, neatly written, elegantly worded, logically fluent, and earnest, and then we will quickly turn it in and see if we can apply for something." ”

The voyeur patted his chest and reassured, "Don't worry, our Morse Ascetic Society often asks for study reports, and I'm good at it." ”

"By the way, even if you do engrave the magic, it's strange that such a large ship can be used to transport goods, if you just want to design a transport device that can fly in the sky, why don't we dismantle this ship and make a civilian airship that can be driven by rituals?"

The voyeur opened the assignment book, looked left and right, chewed the words for a while, and said happily:

"The request did not say that the ship could not be dismantled, but only that there was a way to restore the economy of Philen and improve the living conditions of the residents."

"Good."

The craftsman said: "Now it is up to the construction and improvement of a civilian airship." ”

Now, of course, it is impossible for them to fly into Trier and enter the technical university to study from scratch, so there is only one easiest way - thinking of the educational and teaching methods of the great being, they look at each other and say in unison: "You go!" ”

"Aren't you very good at skipping class? Escape to Sequence 6 without going crazy, you go! ”

"I'm not the most likely to skip class, it took me ten years to get promoted to Sequence 6! My spirit is fragile, you are the main technician, you go! ”

"Well, we'll be one and a half." The craftsman tries to bring a win-win attitude to learning, "I'm going to do the reconstruction, I'm going to learn to build, you can learn the magic improvement, so that at least one can live." We prayed together, and the sage of this new knowledge, which was not well understood, would have spoken twenty times, and now at ten o'clock we would begin the ceremony, and when we had passed out, we should go to sleep, and tomorrow we would get up and continue our work. ”

"I think so." The voyeur expressed his appreciation.

So the mysteries began to lay out the rituals on the ground, drawing symbols, and the craftsman opened the folding bed and quilt that he had brought with his luggage. After the ceremony was completed, the two lay on their beds and prayed to the Hidden Sage to gain knowledge related to the transformation of civilian airships.

After a brief period of pain, they all fell into a baby-like sleep.

……

Intis, Trier.

Passing through the door, Crane's world returned to normal, and the first thing that caught his eye was a faintly glowing cathedral, a Gothic building in style that resembled an old era, with a high spire pointing to the sky, and large and small stained-glass windows dotted on it.

It was late at night and there were no more believers visiting, but there were still many people active in the cathedral, and the spiritual brilliance flashed frequently.

"This is our current sanctuary, so we can't teleport in."

The Dark Sage briefly explained to Klein, his expression solemn and solemn. Guessing that this was some kind of pilgrimage, Crane nodded, and followed the Dark Sage to the long staircase in front of the cathedral, and in the process, he casually asked:

"Are you going to retreat back to Intis?"

The Dark Sage who was walking in front of the side to lead the way nodded, this time he had something to do, so he resisted the idea of kneeling down and kowtowing all the way.

"Yes, I won't go back after sending you here."

"Stay in Trier?" Klein looked around.

"Perhaps, I obeyed the church's arrangement, maybe I went to another area to participate in the reconstruction work."

As he spoke, he took out a notebook from his bosom and handed it to Klein: "You reminded me that I just remembered that this is some of the things that are left of our stronghold in Beckland, as well as the list of members, since you plan to take over there, they will all be handed over to you." ”

"If you need it, or if you want to cultivate your own power, you can reopen extraordinary gatherings, and the authorization is also in it."

Extraordinary party?

There is still some nostalgia, but the Extraordinary Party is no longer of much value to him who is about to become Sequence 3, and the current wild Extraordinary Ecology of Beckland is not very good...... But maybe it can be adjusted a little to prevent them from triggering an incident after being pushed into a hurry...... Klein took the notebook and answered casually, very interested in imagining what it would be like for the Tarot congregation to hold a secret meeting in the real world.

Immediately afterward, he remembered Mr. Isenger Stanton, who had held many gatherings of wild extraordinaries under the title of "Eye of Wisdom", and had received a lot of help from the other party's meetings, such as spiritual bullets, axes for "Sun", and a lot of information and gold pounds.

Mr. Eisinger Stanton can be regarded as a friend of Klein's trust, but it is a pity that he has been busy in the period after the God War, and he has to prepare for promotion, and he has to pay attention to charitable foundations, and he doesn't know how the other party has been doing recently.

Throwing out these inconspicuous frustrations and worries in his heart, Crane put away the notebook and followed the Dark Sage all the way to the gate of the Cathedral of Light. The ten-meter-high gate made everyone look up and bow their heads in awe.

At night, the main entrance was closed and locked, so they went in through the side door.

They were greeted by an acquaintance of the two, Ms. D, who had received the grace of the Lord and became a saint.

The Dark Sage greeted, "Night shift? ”

"I'm not done."

A few days passed, although the joy of the rest of her life after the catastrophe was gradually diluted, Ms. D was still relieved to see the two acquaintances. On the one hand, the Great Flood took away too many people, and I was glad that the two acquaintances were still alive, and on the other hand, the arrival of the Dark Sage meant that someone would be able to communicate directly with Aurora fanatics like Mr. A, and finally not have to figure out their thoughts by themselves, and they were splashed with blood from time to time.

"Long time no see, Mr. X."

Irena looked at Crane, "Are you also ready to stay on Trier?" ”

Klein looked at the Dark Sage, and the Dark Sage shook his head, meaning that the Red Angel had no public information, and Crane's promotion sequence 3 and the identity of the Divine Favor had not been known to the other members of the Aurora Society, so Klein responded politely:

"No, I'm just here to visit the current Templar, and I'll be back in Beckland soon to stay there."

Irena was in awe of Crane.

"Let's go, the people of the Esoteric Order are already waiting for you." She turned sideways, made way of the way, and led the two of them into the cathedral through the side door, down the winding staircase to the heights.

Crane admired the lavish gilt paintings and various gold decorations left behind by the Church of the Eternal Sun while listening intently to the small talk of the Dark Sage and Ms. D. Judging from this answer, she seems to know something, but she doesn't know very well - they have cooperated, they have met secret couples, and they are the great nobles of Intis, she knows that Klein is a "soothsayer", and she also knows some of the movements of the Esoteric Order, so she guessed that Klein came to cooperate with the Esoteric Order this time, and in a sense, she did not guess wrong.

"How's it going?"

Ms. D made a joke: "Do you want to hear good news or bad news?" ”

"Let's listen first."

"The good news is that Trier has a new deity, the war and the flood are over, and our urban reform and construction program is steadily advancing, and Trier will once again be at the forefront of the times and become the most modern metropolis," Irena said. ”

Klein barely froze.

The Dark Sage was a little excited: "What's the bad news?" ”

"The bad news is that our modern metropolis will be empty, with no pedestrians on the streets and no merchants in the shops." Irena said calmly, "It would be more accurate to say that the population of the whole of Intis is now the total population of the original Trier. ”

The Dark Sage shook his head and drew a cross on his body:

"Let their souls ascend to heaven."

That is, there is only one Trier left in the country? Almost no survivors in all other cities...... Klein's eyes widened slightly, as if he had not had a more accurate idea until now. Previously, he had established contact with Arodes through Fort Yuan, briefly inquired about Intis's situation, and was slightly relieved to hear that the Divine War was over. He knew that Intis was in trouble, and that there was a great flood, but he never expected that the flood would fall from the sky in Trier.

He couldn't help but ask, "How did the final flood be solved?" ”

"It was the Hidden Sage who saved Intis." Irena replied, "He used his powerful magic to stop the sea and divide new rivers and river systems. With that, she pointed out the window.

Passing by a window high up, Klein stopped and looked out.

He had seen the world map before, and now he quickly remembered it. Trier is similar to Beckland, there was a river running through the original city, and now there is a large river in the city of Trier, and there are several tributaries like spider webs forming a water system in the city, if he had not known that this was North America, Klein would have doubted that he saw the Venice of the 19th century.

Then, Klein's eyes widened slightly.

On both sides of that brand new river.

Countless people gathered around, firewood piled up under the relics, and the fire burned brightly, stretching far and wide along the river.

“…… Nothing to look at. Irena said softly.

The rest of the road was silent as the Dark Sage and Irena muttered to themselves, reciting verses in memory of the dead. And that scene lingered in Crane's mind, lingering for a long time, and the surging grief and pain made him clench his fists.

"Here we are."

Once she had reached her predetermined floor, Irena paused, said a brief goodbye to them, and turned and walked downstairs.

Crane and the Dark Sage walked in the direction she had pointed out, and within a few steps, the fire suddenly lit up and swept out of the hallway.

The red angel waited for their arrival with his back against the wall, arms crossed, and the fire came from his fingertips.

"It's pretty fast."

Medici lit a cigarette for herself, didn't smoke it, just put it on her finger and burned it quietly. He flicked a switch, and the long white tube on the ceiling of the verandah flickered a few times and then lit up, illuminating the surroundings at once. The Dark Sage had never seen anything like this, and immediately began to praise the Lord for the miracles, and Crane's eyebrows twitched, feeling as if he was back in a high school classroom.

Immediately afterward, he noticed that Medici was holding an antique glove of special material in his hand, with metal wrapping at the joints, as if only in oil paintings were combat armor.

Seeing that Crane noticed the extraordinary object in his hand, Medici raised the glove and raised it, then crumpled it.

Klein's eyebrows twitched again.

The old gloves with a sense of historical beauty turned into pieces of broken copper and iron, and then the spiritual brilliance emerged, which quickly gathered in Medici's hands and became a very special and extraordinary property. As soon as it was dark, like a liquid and a gas, a dark fog suddenly appeared around it, and it didn't take long for the Dark Sage to find himself disoriented, unable to distinguish between front and back, left and right.

There seemed to be many things flashing in the mist, like an ancient city, like a mythical scene, as if walking through history.

This is the extraordinary characteristic of the "ancient scholars"?

"Do you want to be promoted here?" Just as he was fascinated, Medici asked him, and with a gesture, threw the Dark Sage out of the cathedral window.

Klein hesitated, he felt that the cathedral was hidden enough, and Medici's presence was enough to interfere with most of the anomalies and unnatural phenomena brought about by promotions, after all, he was only in promotion sequence 3 now.

So he nodded, and took out the citrine pendulum wrapped around his wrist, and used the method of "divination" to confirm whether this extraordinary property could be absorbed by himself.

He received a revelation that the mass was dangerous, but barely bearable.

Oh, under normal circumstances, no matter how careful you are, the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 3 are equivalent to poison, and if you can survive it, you will be promoted, and if you can't hold it, you will go crazy, lose control, or even die violently, I hope that the owner of this trait will not die violently in the process of promotion...... Crane stared at the rapidly rotating citrine pendant counterclockwise for a few seconds, then pulled the silver chain up and rewound it around his left wrist.

Thoughts flashed through his mind:

"In addition to the keywords such as 'thriller', 'horror', 'director', and 'incomprehensible ability', the role of 'sophist' should also have elements such as mystery, unknown, complex, and elusive fate...... This one is the behavior style, and the other is the attribute ......"

"And for me, the origin is mysterious enough to involve the terrifying and dangerous existence of Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun, the experience is so complicated that it has prevented the true god from coming, frightened the true god, and the fate is so elusive that I can't even understand the 'mercury snake', so I have already played it in advance, and naturally digested that part of the potion, and there is no need to summarize the rules......"

"This really reflects the word 'weird'...... But such a play is really ......"

Crane shook his head, no matter what, the feeling of being arranged for a lifetime made him physically and mentally exhausted and even angry.

"The ritual of the 'Ancient Scholar' requires that at least 300 years be completely detached from reality, and that after I have become history and do not belong to the current era, I am sealed in a cocoon, and my life hanging from the gray mist is satisfying and more than enough. Moreover, my world has become history, which means that my knowledge of ancient history is definitely far better than that of any 'sophist', and I can definitely avoid a lot of dangers if I have done a very effective role in advance......"

As his thoughts raced, Crane took a deep breath and didn't think about it anymore.

But just as he was getting ready, Medici spoke again suddenly, interrupting his train of thought:

"You are a divine being, do you know what the Lord is doing?"

Klein was at a loss for a moment, and said in his heart, "You angel don't know what I, a demigod, can know?" I'm afraid you don't want to know, like the real Creator who wants me to become a god or something...... Klein pondered for several seconds, and finally said honestly:

"I don't know."

"But He told me not to pray to Him under any circumstances after He was gone."

Medici's eyebrows furrowed suddenly, and Crane suddenly had a feeling of extreme danger, but this feeling was fleeting, and without even the light on the ceiling flickering, the red angel had already controlled his emotions again.

"It's okay." He threw the extraordinary trait directly in Klein's direction, "Take it." ”

Klein didn't expect this to be so straightforward, but he was also mentally prepared, wearing a silk top hat and a double-breasted tweed coat, his skin suddenly became transparent, and worms containing three-dimensional layered symbols were drilled out one after another.

The transparent worms flickered, touching the dark mist around them, and then, the extraordinary property of almost no weight floated in front of him, attracted and absorbed by Crane, like a dark red light.

Silently, Crane felt a cold feeling spread through each "spirit worm", and there was a slight burning pain.

Immediately before his eyes appeared a familiar, invisible gray mist, which enveloped the entire world, revealing some of Klein's past experiences below.

There is the story of him after he became Klein, and there is also his life when he was Zhou Mingrui.

TBC

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If there are no other competitors, it will be determined as the Secret History Sage in the end.,It's good.,As soon as I hear it, I know that I'm the same generation as A.。

However, A's "secret" is a secret prayer, and Klein's "secret" should be secret.

(End of chapter)