Volume I: The Golden Pocket Watch Chapter 11: Invitations

The Night Watchman, as the ancient texts rightly record, is the emblem of the Church of St. Hornavich, which represents the sleeping and crimson gods, and is a symbol of the Church's orthodox clergy.

Venathan's thoughts suddenly froze, and then he thought of the illusion he had experienced before, and he suddenly blurted out: "You manipulated the illusion that I fell into just now?" ”

The night watchman, Joseph Paxton, held the gold-wire cane, his black tuxedo fluttering in the wind, and his gray-blue eyes hinted at an inexplicable smile.

"Everything just now is the truest reaction in your heart, and I just made a small guide."

Joseph's voice was mellow and gentle, and the warm smile on his face was so friendly and natural, and he looked very gentlemanly.

"Everyone is not perfect, in the illusion, in addition to the essential goodness, there are all kinds of other negative emotions and dark desires, these emotions and desires will make everything messy, ridiculous and even crazy, so you don't have to be ashamed of what you just did in the illusion, this is exactly what I want to see, compared to you in reality, I believe in you in the subconscious."

This...... Trust me more subconsciously?

Venason was shocked when he heard this, if he said that in the subconscious illusion, the matter of the traverser was revealed, it was very likely that he would be treated as a heretic immediately, and he would really jump into the Yellow River and not be able to wash it away.

Thinking of this, he thought about it for a while, and quickly relieved, because this Mr. Night's Watch didn't understand the word crossing at all, let alone earth, graduate school entrance examinations and other things, so the worry just now was a little redundant.

Hmph, your civilization here has just reached the steam period, and my secrets are all from the year 2023, you must not understand, after all, this is not a language that can be communicated in an era.

But then again, the clergyman's abilities are really incredible, and the experience just now doesn't look like a fantasy at all!

Now calm down and think about it, that's not me at all, I'm not so bad, all the pictures are actually what Joseph Paxton wants to see, or what he wants to see the real side of my heart.

Venathan's thoughts flickered, and he vaguely realized what had just happened.

If I could, I would also like to be a clergyman, and I would have nothing to do with other people's subconscious for a spin, that would be wonderful?

"Ahem, may I ask Officer Paxton, did you get the answer you wanted from my subconscious?" Venason dispelled his thoughts, and he asked rhetorically.

Joseph. Paxton didn't answer directly, but looked at him deeply, and asked with some half-curiosity and half-tentativeness:

"Before answering your question, let me answer a question, what do you think about the supernatural abilities of the clergy?"

What do you think? You can ask me about this, what can I think, it must be envy.

However, this can also be very dangerous, and at the same time as gaining great power, it is also accompanied by depravity, after all, the gift of anything in the world has already been secretly marked with a price.

"Speaking of which, I haven't met a cleric before, nor have I been exposed to supernatural abilities, but I just feel amazing and dreamy, but at the same time I feel very dangerous and pitiful!."

As he spoke, Venason paused, his amber eyes looked at Joseph opposite, and asked:

"Officer Paxton, am I right?"

"Magical, dreamy, dangerous, pitiful......"

Joseph Paxton nodded and spoke slowly:

"Very special thinking logic, you are indeed different from ordinary people, this is the first time I have heard such an answer in recent years, but there is no doubt that you are right, I can now confirm that you have no problems."

You really still don't worry about me, so today you test me with your extraordinary abilities.

Actually, I don't have to, if I really have a problem, I won't fall into your illusion this morning, but pretend to be tricked, and then play a good show with you.

"Thank you for your confirmation, Officer Paxton, my family will be back today, and if there are no other problems, then I will take my leave."

"No, there's one more thing."

"Anything else? Haven't you already confirmed that I'm fine? ”

Vinason asked rhetorically, a little stunned, and he felt an endless sense of tediousness.

The gold-threaded cane that Joseph held in his hand had disappeared for some time, and he put his hands in the pockets of his gray trousers, and walked slowly, and as he moved with his steps, the air around him suddenly became stagnant and difficult to circulate.

Venason instinctively noticed that something was wrong, his hair was rising, and everything in front of him seemed to have frozen, as if he had been thrown into a container that drained his air, and even breathing became difficult.

It's a supernatural ability, and he's used it again!

Looking at Venasson, whose whole body was tense and carved like a knife sculpture, the corners of Joseph's mouth politely turned up: "Relax, this time it's not an investigation, it's an invitation." ”

"Invite?"

Vinason blurted out, busy adding, "Invited me?" ”

In the face of absolute transcendent power, Venason became a little flustered at this time, and the feeling was like falling into that mysterious sea last night, and his heart began to beat violently.

"That's right, it's an invitation from the Night's Watch!"

"Vinason. Mr. Van der Rohe, as an ordinary person, was able to survive the extraordinary event, which shows that you have something different, such as luck, and the lucky person is exactly what we night watchmen need, I am the captain of the night watch in Grayvajo County, Joseph Paxton, on behalf of the Hornavich Church, in Faslangka, I officially invite you to join the night watch. ”

What does it mean to involve an extraordinary event without death? I've already died once, but you don't know it.

But joining the Night's Watch is what I expected, at least in this kind of circle, I can learn more about the mysteries... There's also the issue of rings.

However, as the law enforcement team outside the door of the ancient Orthodox Church, it is an official team in the Kingdom of Ghent, so it should not be so easy to join.

"Mr. Joseph, may I call you that, may I ask what it takes to join the Night's Watch? Or what are the corresponding requirements? ”

"You're really smart, and you do have a little bit of a request!"

Sure enough, this kind of professional team is not so easy to join, and it takes a threshold to become a night watchman, and it also needs a threshold to touch extraordinary power.

"What requirements?"

Vinason immediately asked, of course, he was not hopeless, after all, the captain of the Night's Watch personally came to invite, and it was obvious that the threshold was within the scope of what he could accomplish!

Joseph Paxton paused, raised his gray-blue eyes, looked into his eyes, and a gentle voice came from his throat:

"Admission to St. Hornavich University......"

The turn startled Venason, who stood there for a full two or three minutes, thinking that he had misheard.

Is there any necessary connection between going to college and becoming a night watchman? Or is there a civil service in the world? If you want to enter the system, do you have to go to a university first?

"Mr. Joseph, are you serious? I'm an art student, and as you know, studying art has made my brother and sister work so hard that they can't afford to stay up, and it's hard to re-enter another university besides art university. ”

After Joseph heard Venason's words, he chuckled inexplicably:

"I think you misunderstood, Mr. Venason, St. Hornavich University has an entrance exam, but you don't need to, because you have already completed the assessment, but I need to tell you frankly that the moment you step on campus, your life will usher in a huge change, the first step is to touch the transcendent and become a priest, and at the same time it will also cause you to lose a lot of beautiful things, precious things."

Losing something nice?

Venason instantly understood Joseph's intentions and entered the University of St. Hornavich, gaining extraordinary abilities to become a clergyman, and the clergy have always been the main force against the Fallen, of course, this is one of the requirements to enter the night watch.

"Let's not mention this for now, I have a small question here, do you know what a fallen person is?"

Sure enough, he began to ask questions about this, and in a flash of thought, he spoke.

"I've seen similar descriptions in ancient books, they are monsters who have been polluted by secrets, extraordinary temptations, and other factors that cause the collapse of reason and degenerate, and they are called degenerates."

Venason didn't panic, he did read the record of the Fallen in Jason's diary before, and it clearly recorded that the Fallen were not human, they were terrifying monsters.

"Do you know, then, the relationship between the Fallen and the clergy?"

When he said this, a ripple flashed in Joseph's gray-blue eyes, and his expression changed slightly, but the whole was still unfazed.

Capturing the change in Joseph Paxton's expression, Vinason paused slightly, and then pondered the words:

"Hostile hostile."

"That's right, in fact, in addition to us Night's Watch, there are also Poseidon Enforcers, Sun Crusades, Light Crusades, and other church inquisitors, and nearly half of the events that deal with the Fallen are banished every year."

Half banished? What do you mean, Venason was stunned for a moment.

At this time, Joseph half-turned, turned his back to him, and said without any emotion:

"And in this half, the vast majority are our teammates, if one day I lose control in front of you and degenerate into a monster, what will you do?"

Hey, big brother, don't mess around, what do you mean to lose control in front of me?

"Of course, I'm just assuming that, in addition to losing control, and in the face of a powerful enemy, I am unfortunately killed or polluted, and you are the only one left, what will you do?"

Big brother, you are still standing, endlessly, people like you who are crazy to stand up are still the first, if this is on the earth, your grave grass is probably more than a meter high.

Vinason scolded Joseph Paxton a few times, then thought about it and said in a very firm tone:

"I will do everything in my power to prevent disaster from happening and turn my fortune around, but if I encounter an enemy I cannot defeat, I will flee, hide, and when I am strong enough, I will show my vengeful fangs to the enemy."

"If someone else says this, I think it's a little hard to do, but if it's you, it shouldn't be a problem."

Joseph lifted his steps and began to walk forward.

Trample!

Stompe!

After about five steps in a row, he whispered, half notice, half reminder:

"At the end of the Q&A, the acceptance letter from St. Hornavich University will be delivered within a week, and after you have completed the enrollment process, someone will bring you to sign the contract related to the night watchman....."