The Gatekeeper's words contained great power, and her voice spread in layers in the chaotic and inexplicable spiritual depths as the tinned cane slammed into the floor with the thunderous echo of her tin cane.

In an instant, the unseen "whisperers" in the room fell silent again, and the whole world fell into a temporary silence, and after a few seconds, a low roar came from afar—as if it were a large body, approaching with heavy steps.

Agatha raised her hand and let her eyes look in the direction of the voice, and in the place where she looked was the window nailed by layers of planks—a pale glimmer shone through the cracks in the window, and suddenly all the light shook a little, and then dimmed, as if a large thing had come to the window.

In the next second, the criss-crossing planks shattered silently, and countless gray-black fragments silently flew apart, and then stopped in mid-air near the window, as if frozen in amber, and a giant appeared outside the window.

The giant, dressed in a black robe of death, his body covered with bandages, except for the dim yellow glimmer of the eyes of his head, stood outside the building, almost the size of an entire house, and then the giant bent down slightly, keeping his head level with the window on the second floor—he turned his head, and there was no expression on his bandaged face, and then he raised his hand and held out three fingers to Agatha.

"Three questions and answers." The giant said in a thunderous voice.

Agatha was stunned for a moment when she saw the giant.

This was not the gatekeeper she was familiar with—the gatekeeper she usually communicated with didn't have such a huge body, and the one in front of her was obviously a higher-level emissary...... Why did the messenger answer his call?

But soon, she suppressed the doubts in her heart - the messengers were all under the orders of the god of death, Bartoc, and she didn't need to delve into the matter, the most important thing at the moment was to find out what was going on here.

"I'm looking for the soul that last wandered in this room," she said, gesturing with her cane to the empty table not far away, "he may have been contaminated, but his whereabouts are unknown." ”

"That soul is gone, has entered the kingdom of rest, has the power to erase his debts, and pollution is no longer a problem."

The Deathbringer outside the window spoke in a thunderous voice, then put away a finger: there are two more questions and answers.

Agatha was stunned for a moment, and immediately noticed the word "mighty" in the messenger's mouth, she quickly thought about it and weighed it, and asked the second question: "Who does mighty come from?" Who erased the debt of that soul? ”

"Fire usurper." The messenger's cloudy yellow eyes seemed to flicker for a moment, and there was a clear warning in the way he said the word, and then he withdrew another finger.

Agatha felt a sudden dizziness at the hearing of the word "fire usurper", and she instantly realized that she was coming into contact with some kind of "knowledge" that originated in the depths of the world, and which had never been made public to the earth.

But she didn't mess around - it was not uncommon to communicate with the gatekeeper on the "other side", and occasionally come into contact with some dangerous knowledge, even if she was young, she had experience in this area, and since the messenger outside the window chose to tell herself this word, it means that it is at least within her range.

If it's really a taboo-level problem, the messenger will remind you.

Agatha paused, took a light breath, and asked the third question, "Who is the usurper?" ”

"Humans."

The messenger outside the window said, and then he withdrew his last finger, and the figure dissipated in a howling wind, giving Agatha no chance to continue talking.

The scattered and still pieces of wood flew and reassembled into their original appearance in an instant, and the windows of the room were closed again, and the pale light of chaos poured into the room through the cracks and fell on Agatha, who was a little stunned.

The young gatekeeper stood there stunned, for the first time in her life, she felt a little overwhelmed after talking to the gatekeeper on the "other side", the answer to her last question still lingering clearly in her mind, but she had no idea what this inexplicable answer was!

Mankind? What is the answer? Meaning...... Is the usurper a human? The power that can be called "mighty" by the Deathbringer comes from a human being?

What kind of "human" does this have to be?! Is this still "human"?!

The noise interrupted Agatha's thoughts, and the eyes in her hands rolled to see wisps of hair-like black matter spreading beyond the triangular barrier, like ink dripping into the water.

The spirit world began to expel itself as an uninvited guest.

She shook her head, raised her hand to return her eyeballs to her sockets, and with a flick of her cane, she scattered the pale flames that outlined the triangle on the floor.

In an instant, the spirit realm subsided, her voice returned, and color and light filled her vision again, and she returned to the scene where the guardians were busy, her subordinates still working nervously and orderly.

Agatha moved her eyes, pulled a small bottle from her coat pocket, pinched the cap, tilted her head, and dropped two drops into her eye socket.

The feeling of dryness and discomfort quickly subsided.

One of his subordinates approached and waited for Agatha to put away the potion bottle before he stepped forward and asked, "Did you find any clues?" ”

"The soul has departed, and the gatekeeper 'on the other side' has confirmed that the soul has passed through Bartók's gate and entered the resting place," Agatha said lightly, "...... That's all, no more clues. ”

For security reasons, she did not mention the term "usurper" to her subordinates.

The word clearly has power, and even points directly to the deep knowledge of extreme danger, and it is better to go back and research the literature.

His subordinates were apparently aware of Agatha's concealment, but as an experienced guardian, he didn't ask anything, nodded and went back to work.

Just then, a sudden sound of footsteps sounded from the corridor outside, interrupting Agatha's thoughts.

A guard who was looking after him downstairs walked in: "Your Excellency Gatekeeper, the lady is awake. ”

Is the young Senjin awake?

Agatha immediately put aside her thoughts for a moment, and hurried to the first floor, where she saw Garoni, who had woken up from her sleep.

The sturdy lady with stone-skinned skin was sitting on the couch, holding a cup of soothing herbal tea made by the priest himself, and her eyes were in a trance, looking at the coffee table in front of her in a dazed manner, until Agatha sat down across from her and tapped lightly on the table.

"Hello, my name is Agatha, and you should know me," said the young gatekeeper, carefully observing the situation of the person opposite, "Do you know what happened?" ”

"I ...... My name is Garoni," said the female apprentice with the herbal tea, her eyes still a little wandering, as if she had not yet completely freed herself from her sleep, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Gatekeeper, I ...... My mind is still messy, and I feel like I've had a long, long dream, in which I've been solving math problems, proving over and over again, that I haven't been so tired from my learning experience since I was a child......"

"Solving a math problem?" Agatha was stunned for a moment, then asked with a thoughtful expression, "Do you remember how you fell asleep?" Who did you host or do before you fell asleep? ”

Garoni frowned slightly, as if she was trying hard to remember, but after half a minute she shook her head apologetically, "I'm sorry, I don't remember, I don't even remember everything from yesterday afternoon until now—I wouldn't even know if it weren't for these guardians...... Something happened at home. ”

Agatha frowned deeply.

Memory overlay, deep sleep, and "solving math problems", that sounds ...... It's kind of like the power of the clergy of the god of wisdom.

But the God of Wisdom is also one of the four righteous gods, so why would His priests do such a thing?

They are not heretics.

I always feel that there are too many things to confuse today.

Agatha rubbed her forehead with some headache.

All sorts of intricate lines tangle in her mind.

Strange and suspicious traces of battle in the alleys outside, the recent cultist activity in the city-state, the "Elementals" and suspicious accidents in the mines, the strange things that happened in this house, the message of the messenger of death......

"Excuse me......" Garoni looked at the gatekeeper in front of her with some nervousness, although the other party looked very young, she was still uneasy in the face of the highest-ranking church spokesperson in the city-state, "My teacher, is he okay?" ”

"Your teacher?" Agatha was puzzled.

"He's supposed to be upstairs, his name is Brown Scott," Garoni quickly explained, "I just woke up in a bit of a mess and forgot to say it, he needs to be quiet......"

Agatha was stunned for a moment.

(End of chapter)