"Whether it's what's hidden under this blockhouse where the seals are stored, or why the people of Silver City turn into evil spirits after death, these two questions can actually be summed up in one question."

These were the first words Hawkes Fly said after Thoth and Amon returned.

The active-minded Amon immediately understood what the chief meant, "So, what is hidden underground is the source of the curse."

"Yes. Hidden underground is a seal called 'Gift of the Earth, its ability is to make non-poisonous and harmless black grass grow around Silver City, and its negative effects are ......

Speaking of this, Hawkes let out a breath of turbidity, "It's to turn the inhabitants of Silver City into evil spirits."

The momentary exhaustion and numbness that made his tall and burly figure feel withered, and through the not-so-bright light, Amon looked at the rusty gauntlets bound in iron chains and asked, "Not all the residents of Silver City know about this, do they?"

Hawkes smiled bitterly, "If we knew that behind the black-faced grass that is regarded as a gift of hope and grace is the truth that parents, brothers, and sisters will not rest in peace, no one will be able to eat a mouthful of dry food in peace, no longer have the strength to fight monsters, and no more fighting spirit to find a way out."

Immediately afterwards, the weathered old man said solemnly, "This should have been a secret kept by the Chief of Silver City for generations, and I confided it in order to keep the promise of 'problem for problem...... In any case, I am ashamed to have violated the precepts of my ancestors, and please don't tell the rest of Silver City about it."

"Hehe, that's another price...... Gah!"

Thoth gave the white crow a brain break, and before he pecked it, he quickly grabbed the little head, and said calmly, "It's rude, this little thing just loves to scare people. Rest assured, we won't tell anyone else, swear in the name of the Creator."

Ignoring the white crow flapping its wings in anger, Thoth speculated with the mind of an occultist, "Could this 'gift of the earth' mark every man who has eaten black-faced grass? And induce a mental degeneration at the time of their near-death experience? Hmmm......"

"No, the curse is still so haunting."

Just as Thoth was about to pull some information out of his head, Hawkes hurriedly said, "The previous generation of chiefs found that as long as they left the coverage of the earth's bounty, they would not become evil spirits."

"Beyond that, the black-faced grass won't grow, right?"

"That's how it should be."

"That's right," Amon stopped his fuss, "I used that pair of glasses to see a 'ring,—— between a dead black-faced grass and a black-faced grass that can barely bear ears, and the circular area within the ring should be the 'Earth's Gift, the scope of action.'"

"Great, how big is that circle?"

Amon estimated, "The radius is between one hundred and fifty and two hundred meters."

Hawkes sighed, "Most people can't leave the area in time, and the reason why the previous chief found out about this was because he went to explore an area far away from Silver City, and he stayed by the corpse of his fallen comrade for three days and three nights, but the corpse did not turn into an evil spirit." ….

"I see." Thoth breathed a sigh of relief and smiled instead, "Spatial distance is an issue, but it would be much easier if the limit was only distance."

Hawkes was stunned for a moment, and asked in an uncertain tone, "You...... You're going to solve this curse for us?"

Thoth nodded appreciatively, "Is there any problem?"

As a hidden sage, he has always been adept at solving problems related to knowledge, and suppressing and weakening the negative effects of seals is itself a very useful science.

"On behalf of Silver City, I thank you for your kindness, but we don't know how to repay you."

It is certainly a good thing to be able to solve the curse and let the relatives rest in peace, but considering that there is no free lunch in the world, Hawkes is still very cautious, and he asked tentatively, "There are still some powerful seals in Silver City, I wonder if Lord Siddle is interested?"

"Okay, you can show me." Thoth silently added in his heart, although I said before

It's almost over.

After some introduction by Hawkes, Thoth picked a saint-level seal of the "Moon" pathway, which requires moonlight to trigger, but the Godforsaken has been dark, and it has been eating dust in the corner since the "Cataclysm", even if Thoth takes it, it will have no effect.

"Now, isn't it time for us to take a look at the 'Gift of the Earth'?" The White Raven said in a tone that Hawkes didn't feel comfortable listening to, "Or are you going to let Him meditate on something he can't see or touch?"

"Of course not, but I'm going to take something first, and with it you will have access to the 'bounty of the earth,'"

A moment later, Hawkes carried in a large stone disc, a bulky thing, about the size of a millstone, and though Hawkes tried to put it down as lightly as he could, Thoth felt the ground shake the ground the moment it hit the ground.

Amun's gaze froze, and he jumped off Thoth's shoulder, scurrying as he moved as he surveyed its structure—though it was white stone, it had an intricate structure that did not correspond to the Silver City, with three circular grooves on it, one large, one medium, and one small, each of which was divided into twelve parts, and three hands were joined at the center of the circle. These are clearly three clocks, but unlike a normal clock, it does not sound "tick-tock" over time.

"This is the key to the underground space where the 'bounty of the earth' is stored."

Hawkes said with some shame, "But the dossier containing the method of use was lost in an attack by evil spirits."

"There's 'error, the power of the way, the person is very high.'"

The rules of sound propagation were fraudulent, and Amon's voice bypassed Hawkes's ears and passed to Thoth alone, who rarely took it seriously, "But this is not what I did, it should be the last person who held 'wrong, uniqueness'."

The answer is imminent.

"So it's my father's handiwork."

「Alex？！」

Thoth was secretly shocked, the layer of "secrecy" he had touched earlier made him think that the goddess of the night was trying to hide something, but he didn't expect that there was also the original sun god, the all-knowing and all-powerful creator - but it is not surprising that the remnants of the old days are in some way a natural ally, and it is not surprising that they would come together to plot anything. ….

"It's more exciting."

"Huh?" Thoth didn't react.

Amon was eager to try, "There are not many opportunities to expose my father's old bottom, I want to cherish it."

He pecked a few white feathers off of his body, and when the feathers landed, they became pitch black as ink, and "multiplied" like mitosis at a rapid pace, until they formed black crows about his size, and together they activated the ability of the "Decryptor", using their claws to flick the hour, minute, and second hands on the three dials, working together in Hawkes' stunned gaze.

"Click."

As Amon put away his doppelganger and returned to Thoth's shoulder, a sound similar to a lock being opened rang, followed by a stopped clock, ticking regularly that filled the dark fortress. Immediately afterwards, a piece of the ground collapsed like quicksand, revealing a dark circular gap, like a "rabbit hole" leading to another world.

Thoth realized that the hidden barrier, which had just been unmoved no matter how much he tried, had opened its net, which confirmed his suspicion that the goddess of the night and the ancient sun god had indeed reached some kind of cooperation.

"This ......" Hawkes felt that he had been stimulated enough today, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Shhhh Thoth motioned for him to stop talking, and then drove a peeping butterfly to fly down slowly, this time the secret did not swallow it, and it caught a shape, sinking, elongated, and covered in mud......

"Whoosh!"

A green shadow sprang out of the gap, like a predatory pit viper, and the reflexes he had honed on the battlefield allowed him to catch it—it turned out to be a vine-like man-eating flower! It began to struggle frantically after being pinned, but Thoth's arm had "Ibaraki Boy

The magic blessing of the severed arm of the child was extraordinary, and with a small popping sound similar to a liquid bursting, its body hung limply, and Thoth let go of his hand, and a slimy lump fell to the ground.

But the plants felt no pain, nor did they know fear, and the death of their companions could not suppress their desire to erupt and overturn the entire floor of the Sealed Fortress, and the seals began to agitate, rejoicing that they could finally be freed from their restraints.

"Amon, please steal the Chief Mister's hearing and sight."

The next moment, Hawkes Folly's world became extremely silent and dark, and Thoth solemnly spoke—

"'When the third seal was opened, I heard a third living creature say, 'Come!'

"And I looked, and behold, there was a black horse; The knight is on his horse with the scales in his hand."

"And I heard a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, 'Buy a measure of wheat for a penny, and do not waste oil or wine.'"

A clatter of taps rang out from the darkness, and a scrawny black horse had arrived from thousands of years ago and stepped onto the land of the Godforsaken Lands, with a knight on its back and a scale in hand.

Visions began to pervade the dark interior, with fertile earth and undulating waves of wheat in front of the horses' hooves, cracked and parched earth behind the horses' hooves, yellow and haggard crops, thousands of miles of starvation, crows and vultures pecking at their carcasses with little oil and water, and squealing in discontent. ….

The knight's name is famine, and he is the natural enemy of abundance, the antonym of all prosperity.

"If you still want to keep that little and pitiful abundance," said Thoth, coldly, "just give me some peace, and don't go crazy here."

Under the threat of famine, the commotion subsided, the plants retreated into the ground, all illusions and whispers retreated like a tide, and Amon returned sight and hearing to Hawkes.

Despite all the battles, the feeling of being robbed of his senses terrified Hawkes, and he asked in disbelief, "What happened?"

"You're not an angel yet, and there are some things that don't help you." "Next, I'll go deep into the ground to learn more about the earth's gifts," Thoth said.

"If it's too loud, just—"

Amon flew to the "stone mill" and patted the largest dial with his paws, and then pointed to the thickest hour hand, "This needle is dialed to this position."

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The Northern Frontier of the Empire.

"Yo, Duke Abraham, don't you talk to your cub about the starry sky in front of the hot fireplace, and what are you doing in this cold place?"

"Young people can always find something to do for themselves, so I don't have to hang around them all the time."

Duke Abraham ignored the Red Angel's habitual taunts and blew on the tea foam calmly.

"If you're here for Big Eyes, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed." Nor was Medici going to tell him the twists and turns of the nobility, "He is walking outside now, and he doesn't know what year or month he will come back."

"It doesn't matter." Bethel put down his teacup, "I'm not here to chat today, I'm here to give someone away."

Medici frowned in confusion as a door decorated with silver spikes opened behind Bethel, and a pale-faced man was pushed out by an invisible force.

"Who is?"

"An occultist, a hidden family."

Medici's expression became solemn, and Bethel said unhurriedly, "He was in the vicinity of Stiano Mansion at the time, and he was the first to bear the brunt, but because of the protective effect of the emblem, he was lit by the sun's flames a few seconds later than the others—and those seconds were enough for me to fish him out of the fire."

"Even though most of his body was scorched, the incomplete constitution of the mythical creature made him breathe a sigh of relief, so I used the recorded 'Restart' to restore his physical body, but his mind went out of sorts - what you see now."

Medici noticed that the young man's eyes were full of fear, his lips were constantly moving, his nails were unconsciously tearing off the dead skin on his hands, and he didn't care about the blood on his fingertips.

"He saw things he shouldn't see."

Bethel added meaningfully.

In other words, he was an important clue to the fire, and such a person should have been held in Trensost's hands, and even brought to Solomon.

"You want Big Eyes to owe you a favor?"

"I'm not here to lend money, I'm just going to pay off my debts."

Duke Abraham stood up and said, "I am tired of Lord Medici for bringing a hidden word, thanking him for his help in the primeval forests of the southern continent at the beginning of the glorious age, in the 59th year of the Creator's calendar."

(I was wrong, I don't eat sugar oranges at the same time as hot pot rice noodles anymore, and I felt like I was fighting the Battle of the Four Emperors in my stomach all afternoon.) ）

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