The decaying council has finally put an end to Dimiente's rule, the long-awaited lord is about to take his place, and the castle is filled with a festive atmosphere. When the news of the Lord's announcement of a celebratory dinner spread, the servants in the castle spontaneously moved all the food and wine that had belonged to the council out of the warehouse, and many enthusiastic citizens rushed over to help, bringing their own handmade food to add color to the evening party.

El and Lolana found a rest room near the castle hall and sneaked in. It was originally a place for aristocratic guests to communicate privately, but now a young man and woman are pouring out their grief by the windowsill. El didn't bother to pay attention to the whispers of the dog man and woman, and directly pulled the two of them down and knocked them unconscious, and then stripped naked to change for himself and Lorana.

According to El's own experience, as long as he doesn't kill people directly, or act in an act that affects the development of the plot, he won't attract the attention of the phantom. It's unclear if the Phantom will be able to escape Blackbeard's clutches, but according to Lorana's reasoning, it must have the ability to respawn, and it's best not to waste time on it until the truth is known.

Of course, changing clothes is not to hide people's eyes, because they are inherently bystanders who do not belong to this world. What El really wants to hide from is the same onlookers as himself. Whether it is Roger or Blackbeard, in the current situation, they will only follow closely behind the ass of the plot clues, and their attention to other ordinary people will naturally be much more relaxed.

He doesn't have to be pretty, he just needs to make himself and Lorana look less eye-catching, at least to keep both of them safe.

Lolana had reservations about El's disguise, not against the idea itself, but only to remind Eln from a rational point of view that everything in this illusion was illusory and could not be brought to the real world, otherwise the robbers would not have known how much money they had made...... If you really change into this set of nobles' clothes, and then the illusion suddenly ends, wouldn't you want to meet everyone with your bare buttocks?

El carefully imagined the comical image, and couldn't help but leave a cold sweat. In the end, he listened to Luo Lana's advice, and the two of them dressed up hastily, painted their faces black and brown with some kind of alchemical potion residue, put on a hat to cover their heads and faces, and then leaned down in the crack of the door to peek outside.

Lolana waited patiently for Lucius to arrive, and if El's conjecture of the time jump was not wrong, it would only take a while for Lucius to appear. But they didn't see Lucius's next move at the time, and they didn't know what he was going to do with the Seal of the Earth's Center. No matter what conspiracy he was secretly planning, he would never try to hold the Seal of the Center of the Earth in his arms like Blackbeard, the weight of that thing was not something that ordinary people could afford.

El stood beside Lolana, peering out the crack in the door with her for a while, but his mind was no longer there. In fact, he made the decision to retreat in the first place, not only because of his own whimsical speculation, but also because he heard the whisper in his ear again.

"Take him, snatch him! That's your treasure! It must not fall into the hands of anyone else!"

"It's an artifact! It's an artifact that can tear through space! Don't you want to pursue power?"

"Kill him! Kill Blackbeard! He's just an old bandit leader, and the outside is all your soldiers!"

The moment the phantom appeared, El's ears were filled with frantic whispers, which were fast and urgent, and sounded as if it was not one person, but a group of people who were noisy in his ears. Under such harassment, El could not concentrate on dealing with Blackbeard at all, and could only retreat temporarily.

But in the midst of all the noise, Els finally determined that they had locked on to the target—not the Seal of the Earth's Center, but the blood-red blade in the hands of the Phantom.

The whispers in those ears are quite deceptive, and if you were an ordinary person, you might have taken him as your own voice from the beginning. But El has an innate resistance in this regard, first of all, he is an unbeliever, and the only deity he has ever come into contact with since he was a child is the god of agriculture, Swires, who is still an honest and low-key deity who never shows his grace, and even his own sacrifices have not necessarily seen him show his divine grace.

Secondly, El's perceptual abilities were far beyond his current overall strength, but even so, he didn't feel anything abnormal, neither the clairvoyance of the True Eye, nor the telepathy of Little Ranga could explain the source of this whisper. And the absence of anomalies is precisely the biggest anomaly, which also shows that these voices come from areas that he does not yet understand.

Elle was eager to tell Lolana the secret of the whisper so that she could help her research it. But I don't know if it was affected by this mysterious force, and he found that he couldn't open his mouth. But nothing related to it, not even those related to the blood-red blade, could not be discussed.

There seems to be a voice in my heart saying, this is your own secret, why share it with others?

El doesn't know if this mentality comes from a mysterious influence from the outside world, or if it is a true portrayal of his own heart, but it is certain that it will not help solve the current problem. Everything in this illusion is full of weirdness, making it difficult for him to distinguish between the real and the unreal, in other words, it is a battlefield that he is not familiar with.

Even if it was a great benefit, El was not willing to fight here, and he desperately wanted this illusion to end as soon as possible.

"He's here!" Lolana whispered suddenly, and El quickly looked in, noticing that Lucius had indeed walked in from outside the hall. He was surrounded by his own knights, and he looked full of complexion, not at all like he had already been killed twice. As the long-awaited hero, Lucius caused quite a stir as soon as he appeared, and everyone put down their work and surrounded him, scrambling to see the hero's true face.

If El's blind guess of the time jump theory is true, then it means that the seal of the center of the earth is still in his hands, and Blackbeard's plan to kill two birds with one stone may have come to naught. However, this is only a conjecture, and I am afraid that conclusions cannot be easily drawn until it is supported by sufficient evidence.

"Roger is here too......" Lorana added.

El followed her gaze and subconsciously narrowed his eyes. In fact, the two of them hid in the rest room not to hide from Blackbeard, because both sides already knew about each other's existence, and they also made their hostile positions clear, and it was not easy to hide it, unless they risked their bare butts and dressed themselves up as a complete plot character.

The target they really wanted to observe was Roger, who had not yet appeared. According to Lorana's reasoning, this fantasy should actually have two story lines, Roger must be next to Adrian in the first story line, and they and Blackbeard are in Lucius's second story line. If nothing else, these two storylines will soon converge, and now is the perfect opportunity.

With the intention of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, El very much hopes that Roger can fight with Blackbeard, but at this time, there is another person to pay attention to - that is Adrian, the king of thieves.

El and Lorana don't know what Adrian looks like, but it won't be difficult to find this man, as he must be Roger's target.

Roger came in with several of his men, and El had some impression of these bandits, because they were the strongest leaders around Roger besides Thea, and despite the hard battles in the second layer of ruins, these people were very careful to retain their strength, and did not toss themselves to death like Thea. From this point of view, it can also prove that they are not the kind of people who are unscrupulous.

But...... At that time, there were seventeen robbers who followed Roger into the secret passage, and now only these strongest cronies are left around him, where are the others?

The question flashed through El's mind, and he quickly put it behind him, as he saw a figure who appeared to be Adrian.

It was a middle-aged man walking beside Roger, wearing a plain black tight-fitting monastic robe, following behind the zealous citizens, bowing his head and walking into the castle hall with a blank face. Although El had never seen the man's face, he was particularly familiar with the style of the monastic robe.

There is only one kind of person in the world who deliberately puts loose monastic clothes into a close-fitting style, and others think that their nerves are not normal, but for themselves, clothing is just a prop to cover their bodies, and comfort and appearance are meaningless.

They are the ascetics of the Darkmoon Church.

Adrian's treasure is hidden in the Darkmoon Church.

If this connection alone is not enough to deduce the exact identity of this person, but Lolana leaned on the crack of the door and said quietly: "This guy is very handsome......"

El, who had always had a deep malice towards men who ate on their faces, pursed his lips and habitually reached for the dragon's tooth bow behind him. If it were a secluded corner, he might be itching to give this guy an arrow.

Would a true ascetic of the Darkmoon Church care about his appearance? Elle had reservations, he hadn't seen any more examples other than the ascetic in front of him. I have an impression of Miss Shirley in my memory, but the side of the murderer is more impressive than the appearance.

But this guy in front of him, his old face full of middle-aged melancholy and sensual charm, must be the result of careful care. Compared to other evidence, only this face can match the legend of the King of Thieves.

Handsome to the point of being beaten. (Go read OM) (Jiangsu.com)