Vanna, who was born in the Secret Order and had also been in contact with relevant histories, bit her lower lip and frowned slightly, also weighing the value of risk.

But obviously, her expression was more like a desire to try than uneasy and nervous. Soon, Vana turned her head and looked at Douglas eagerly: "It's all here, let's go and see it first?" ”

It's all here, it's still a child for the New Year...... This sloppy lingua franca is so common in another world that Douglas wanted to laugh a little, and while adjusting his "wriggling hunger", he took the lead towards the gap in the wall and took on the task of opening the way: "Then you follow closely." ”

The two men jumped over the short wall one after the other and entered the ruined manor.

If there is a difference between looking from the outside and looking inside, it is that the buildings made of black masonry really have a sense of depression when you look closely, and even the sunshine will be muddled by black shadows, making it seem powerless. Coupled with the lack of natural light, it is conceivable that even in the era when this manor was still in use, it was not necessarily very comfortable to live in it.

I wonder if the extraordinary will be depressed due to the lack of light...... Well, that's going to get out of hand, right?

Allowing some divergent thoughts to slip by, Douglas looked at the courtyard that covered a large area, and couldn't help asking, "Don't tell me to find it inch by inch?" Where's the treasure map, take it out and take a look? ”

"That's just a metaphor! In fact, all I got was the name 'Diran', and all I knew was that it must exist somewhere in the northern continent and that there was a legend that survived. Vanna retorted as she raised her hand to the collapsed castle in front of her left, which was the main building, and her tone was very affirmative, "But I know that it's in the building, because the special 'key' always corresponds to a special door." ”

Special? It's so special that it's not broken by rubble...... Seeing that Vana had no intention of taking out the "key" to show it, Douglas did not force it, but insisted on checking the dead spots in the courtyard before coming to the castle. The wooden gate, which was originally held with metal hoops, has decayed, and the rivets scattered all over the ground have been embroidered to pieces, but fortunately, the columns as thick as two people hugging each other are strong enough, and the arch-shaped dome has also withstood the pressure, so that the first floor of the main building is relatively well preserved, and the floating ash can even be seen in the carefully laid out patterns on the ground.

Illuminating the foyer, which was particularly dim due to the lack of light, Douglas first noticed two corpses, or bones, huddled together not far from the door.

Although the spell-like ability of the "Master of Tricks" lacks attack power, it is flexible enough, such as the flash spell, which can either blind the enemy's dog eyes for half a second, or last for about half a minute at a low brightness, of course, which requires some control from the caster. Douglas skillfully threw a few new flashes around, focusing on illuminating the ground near the skeleton.

Although Vanna can also summon flame streams, her persistence is not comparable to the flash technique at all, so she simply didn't intervene, but carefully analyzed the situation of the skeleton: "There is no flesh left, it shouldn't turn into a living corpse, right?" ”

"Well, you can try it...... Douglas raised his left hand, and a burst of dark green light suddenly flashed on the human skin glove, activating the ability to "manipulate living corpses".

The two skeletons were motionless, and it really didn't seem to have anything to do with the living corpses, and perhaps it would take some kind of manipulation of the skeletons to get them back on their feet.

As for the possible resentful spirits, Douglas was not afraid at all, "wriggling hunger" was born to be the nemesis of the spirit class.

After confirming that it was harmless, the two approached to take a closer look. Because they were in a sheltered room, the clothes on the skeletons were not completely decayed, and the remaining clothing characteristics and the degree of decay prove that the two skeletons were not antiques from the Quaternary period, but more like the products of recent decades.

After a brief look at the skeleton, Douglas judged: "It should be a man and a woman, and if you look at the height and the wear of the pubic bone, it feels like the age is not very old, especially for the Fursacks." ”

"Okay, you're going to examine corpses?" Vanna crouched next to him, learning to flip through it with some surprise, but had to admit that she might have to use the occult to get the answer.

"It's normal for bounty hunters to be skilled in turning over corpses." Erwuzai, who was born in the Church of Mother Earth God and has mastered a solid knowledge of physiology under the influence of his blood colleagues, quickly changed the subject, "But I can't see the cause of death. He didn't leave just a few steps from the gate, but died here......"

The two of them tacitly left behind the skeleton for which no further information could be obtained, and chose a direction to walk along the right side of the foyer towards the depths of the castle, which looked like a ballroom or a banquet hall, with a ceiling so high that it could create a half-circle corridor along the wall, but the corridor was partially shattered by a large chandelier that had fallen to the ground.

39 on the left and 38 on the right...... Hey, that's a bit of a lot, right? After counting the number of branches on the left and right of the chandelier, Douglas tried to recall the information he had turned over, and only remembered that the Quaternary commoners should not place more than three on the left and two on the right, and by this standard, the owner of the castle at that time was a nobleman.

However, it is only reasonable to be noble, the nobles of the Quaternary are all extraordinary families, and only such a family will leave a high-order formula.

Further back through the corridors reserved for servants to sweep or serve food are the kitchens, laundry rooms, and utility rooms, all of which are decayed, littered and of little value. However, in the depths of the utility room, the two found a new corpse.

This time it was barely qualified to be a corpse, and although it was only one step away from rotting clean, it didn't have any of the unpleasant smell of human tissue decomposing, as if it was frozen in a moment of decay. Corpse Three's clothing and belongings are much better preserved, and have a distinctly Rosell's time—a feature that Russell passively popularized during the Northern Continent's conquests and wars, and that mix and match Earth styles with Intis traditions.

Modern Intis clothing is more or less in the style of the Russell era, so Vana only feels a retro beauty when she looks at this dress. As a native of the earth, Douglas's evaluation is that Russell's aesthetic ability needs to be improved.

Throwing a new flash to replace the one that was about to go out, Douglas looked at the corpse No. 3 and smacked his lips in a strange way: "No. 3 died earlier than No. 1 and No. 2, but the corpse is in a better state...... Is this something that extraordinary abilities can do? ”

Vana spread her hands and said helplessly: "'Corpse collector'? 'Secret Prayer Man'? Or the 'voyeurs' who have mastered the knowledge of blasphemy...... It's all possible. ”

"Why can't you be a 'soothsayer'? If there's a high-sequence trait hidden here, it should be fine to kill a few normal people. ”

"But the higher echelons of the Esoteric Order have never shown this, uh, is that ability? It doesn't seem to make sense to keep the bodies of those who died early intact. ”

Again, this ability doesn't sound like much use, it's not as good as my flashing skills...... Douglas didn't change his mind, and it was extremely common for seals to have negative effects that were not practical.

Not every seal is like a "wriggling hunger" that sings, eats, and praises the true Creator.

They continued to sweep the first floor of the castle at a modest speed, and found corpses No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6, both male and female. The two people, who have not delved into history, can no longer judge the chronology only from the difference in clothing, and can only refer to the law of the first three corpses, and number them in order according to the degree of decomposition of the corpses.

Before exploring the second floor, the two returned to the foyer for a short rest. Vanna ran out to bask in the sun – chasing natural light after an hour in a gloomy building covered in dust and cobwebs was indeed an instinctive human reaction. When she had fully stretched her muscles and returned to the foyer, she saw that Douglas was still inside, touching the axe-like imprint on the wall with her hand.

"Quaternary people have strange tastes, huh?"

As she spoke, she also reached out and touched it, feeling that these patterns did not have the slightest beauty and regularity from near or far, and could only make people feel dazzled.

Douglas paced nonchalantly, not commenting on the subject, but instead raising a completely new topic: "What kind of organization is the Esoteric Society?" ”

Although I don't understand why he mentioned the Esoteric Order, but being idle is also idle, Fanna has no consciousness of betraying her family, and briskly poured out a lot of words: "Esoteric Order...... Although we are positioned as a covert organization, we are actually a semi-official organization. Do you know the Directorate General of External Security of Intis? This agency can benchmark against your MI9, which is mainly responsible for espionage, and the Esoteric Order has a very close relationship with the Foreign Directorate, and most people can receive the salary of the Foreign Directorate, including me. After all......"

"After all, your leader Zarathu was the Rose the Great...... He's a strong supporter, isn't he? Douglas habitually wanted to use four-word words such as "right-hand man" and "minister of the humerus", but for a while he couldn't express the corresponding meaning in Rune, so he had to change to a more popular expression.

Vanna looked at him with some surprise. As an important figure in the modern history of Intis, Russell's life is about to be ripped off, but due to the principle of extraordinary concealment in the Fifth Age, it is impossible for the biography of Russell circulating on the market under normal circumstances to have extraordinary elements other than the Steam Church and the Sun Church, let alone the always low-key Esoteric Order: "You know this? But it was actually much earlier than that, and the former royal family of Sauron also cooperated with us a lot, and the chief was still there to guide the work from time to time. After Russell's assassination, the leader behaved rather strangely, and it is said that he once fell into madness and even the upper echelons could not approach ......"

Thinking of the terrifying legends and physical destruction that circulated in the guild and were enough to give ordinary people nightmares for a lifetime, Vana couldn't help but shudder. In order to put aside these memories that are easy to cause psychological shadows to people, she also launched the Dafa to change the topic, and asked curiously: "Why are you suddenly interested in the affairs of the Esoteric Order?" Don't worry about retribution for taking what is here, there are very few people who know about the existence of Tyranku, and we are now under the command of the Red of War, and Lord Medici is a true angel. ”

Douglas said in his heart that I really don't worry about this, in addition to being a member of the Red War, I am also an Angel of the Times, an official extraordinary, and I also have an offer from the top of the Aurora Club in my hand, and the buff is completely enough to stack on this part......

He thought for a moment and let out a soft sigh: "In the past, my dream was to be an archaeologist. ”

Before Vana could say "I can't see that you are so cultured", he continued as if he were talking to himself: "But after coming into contact with the extraordinary world, I found that my past life was like a false oil painting, a canvas that the church and the gods could paint at will.

"The history of the Fifth Age is indeed clearly visible, but the older Quaternary is forever shrouded in fog, not to mention the Tertiary and Second Ages, which exist only as myths. An ordinary historian would never know when the first stone tools were hewn out and when the first bonfires were lit – perhaps not at all, because history and theology are inseparable here.

"If it weren't for the gods who had blessed humans on the land where monsters were infested, who else could it be? Since this answer is no longer changeable, there is no point in asking again...... Why are you standing so far away? ”

Vanna, who began to move to the side in the middle of his sentence, kept walking and looked at him solemnly: "There is a wise proverb in my hometown, 'Do not go near the one who is rejected by God,' because when he is struck by lightning, the people around him will also be affected!" You Rune do believe in the Lord of the Storm, don't you? ”

Douglas: "...... I believe in the goddess of the night, and besides, whose god is idle and stares at me? ”

After complaining, he thought about it, but still obeyed his heart's wishes, and silently but sincerely apologized to Mother Earth God and Amun.

I'm sorry, but the name of the Goddess of the Night is really useful.

Vanna also complied with her heart's wishes, walked out of the foyer to check the sky outside, and made sure that there were no dark clouds gathering overhead before she approached Douglas again, and patted him on the back generously: "It turns out that you agreed to hunt for treasure with me to take the opportunity to realize your dream...... Then hurry up and search the second floor! By the way, stay away from me when I make a personal testimonial in the future, although I am only a shallow believer, and the eternal sun is above......"

"You're a member of a secret organization who still believes in righteous gods?"

"Isn't it reasonable to say that we are a semi-official organization, and the official organization believes in the official! However, Lord Medici does not like the eternal sun, nor does he like the Lord of the Storm and the god of wisdom, so praise the god of all machines, it is all Intis's ...... anyway"

What kind of flexible way of believing is this? Douglas shook his head amusedly, watching Vana draw a triangle on his chest unusually unfamiliarly, and felt that the real blasphemy still depends on the aborigines, where is he blasphemy, just stating the facts!

Archaeologist, this was indeed his dream, but unfortunately after failing the college entrance examination, he went to study a half-dead foreign language major. He waited until the end of his sophomore year to prepare for a graduate school exam, but he didn't study long before he traveled through another world.

Archaeology in this other world is a high-risk and unpromising buy-one-get-one-free profession...... After joining the Church, Douglas did read some of the history books of the Bloodline's collection out of interest, but he did not study them systematically—at the time his studies focused on occult knowledge and various ancient languages.

Douglas let himself wander for a moment, but as he ascended the stairs to the second floor, he retracted and focused on exploring and guarding against the risks that might come.

Soon, they found bodies Seven, Eight, and Nine.