Chapter 76: Sewer Walker
Tick, tick.
The damp vapour spread in the darkness, and there was silence here, as if it had fallen into silence and death without the usual smell of decay in the sewers, as if even the life of the microbes had been stripped by the sudden influx of darkness.
But as the sound of the water sounded, a faint light emerged in the thick darkness, and as the sound of water echoing in the sewers became louder and louder, the light gradually expanded, and finally revealed its true face.
- It was a glass-covered oil lamp that was burning firmly.
A fair, even pale, slender hand carried the lamp in the darkness, the owner of the hand seemed to be familiar with the line, and soon she found a place and tapped her fingers lightly on the top of her head, making a dull sound of striking metal.
"Whew, I didn't expect the smell here to be unpleasant. This is really unexpected, but what is the situation now? ”
The footsteps stopped, replaced by the crisp voice of a young girl.
The lower half of Hazel's face was illuminated by the flickering light, and she muttered to herself as she stared at the faint light of the fire. If you look closely, you'll see a faint glow on her fingers that is provided by extraordinary objects.
Moreover, even after the flame of the oil lamp she was carrying was extinguished, the ring made of extraordinary properties on her finger would allow Hazel to not be consumed by darkness for a short time, and have the opportunity to relight the oil lamp.
Hazel was worried about whether some strange monsters would grow in the sewers because of the darkness. But now, it seems, there is no life here, not even the usual smell of garbage.
She stood silently, pressing her ear close to the wall, letting the extraordinary properties expand her hearing. After a while, Hazel said with some surprise:
"There's even a passage here...... Did the government build the dungeons on top of the previous sewers and dungeons? ”
The echo rippled around, causing Hazel to close her lips and hesitate: "According to what the teacher said before, there is the church of the goddess of the night in front of you......"
She closed her eyes and seemed to cheer herself up: "Come on, Hazel...... In order to protect my father and mother, I will investigate what the source of this darkness is......"
She is now the "Dream Stealer" of Sequence 5, only one sequence away from her teacher at the time, Amon (who thinks), and although the government has stated that darkness is harmless, Hazel, who has lived through the Beckland Cataclysm and the Divine War, thinks that she still needs to do some investigation.
After encouraging herself, she cautiously walked forward. As her figure disappeared into the darkness, a stone sculpture in the shape of an eye turned strangely and looked at the little bear child brought out by the big bear child.
Hazel continued to walk forward, her steps were slow, for fear that her movement would be too big and the oil lamp would go out, but she had already seen with her own eyes, as long as she blended into this darkness without a light source, she would be swallowed by the darkness, and she did not know where she went.
Quite a few people have disappeared into the darkness.
However, when she walked around a corner, she saw a young man with a wide forehead, a thin face, and a monocle standing quietly.
“…… Yikes! Hazel was startled at first, letting the flame of the oil lamp in her hand shake suddenly, and after she hurriedly took two steps back, she settled down to look at the young man in front of her, and recognized the identity of the young man in front of her.
"Teacher? Why are you here? ”
Could it be that Mr. Fei is also here to investigate Beckland's situation? Hazel looked at Amon in front of him with some joy, and couldn't help asking. However, she saw the teacher in front of her looking at her with a serious look that she had never seen before. After a while, Amon spoke:
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm ......" Hazelle lowered her head a little weakly, she struggled for a moment, but still chose to confess to her teacher: "I'll investigate the situation here, teacher." ”
She tried to change the subject: "Speaking of which, when did you come back, teacher?" ”
"Hey......" Amon suddenly turned up the corners of his mouth: "Just now, someone told me that my student sneaked into the sewer and asked me to catch her back." ”
"Huh?" Hazel was stunned, she didn't know at which step she had exposed herself and allowed herself to be discovered by others. No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't remember where she was exposed.
Amon looked at Hazel's reaction and immediately laughed—he was laughed at angrily.
He was having a good time in the circus, when suddenly a rising Dongxi came up to him and taunted him - and then showed a picture of the Sequence 5 Extraordinary Beings bravely entering the old dream.
Amon doesn't remember asking Hazel to do these things, although he did take her to Crane, who was still a demigod at the time, to investigate Crane, but now Hazel's style is clearly better than blue.
She managed to do what Amun, the king of angels, couldn't, and went straight to the source of an old dream that was being promoted without knowing anything about it.
According to Gao Wei's words, this is a big explosion of S attributes...... The San Check 100/1 failure and perhaps the inspiration failure (COC terminology).
"Oh? Why are you investigating here? Amon looked at Hazel with a blank face: "Why do you think you are here?" ”
"Teacher, now I'm in the fifth sequence......" Listening to Amon's words, Hazel said with some grievances: "Moreover, my father has also been running around outside these days, in order to solve this matter. I fear for his safety...... And, aren't you also here to investigate? ”
Amon obviously heard the subtext of Hazel, and what Hazel wanted to say was that Amon, a demigod-level extraordinary, could come here to investigate, and she also had the ability to come here to investigate.
Amon was silent for a few seconds again, then he pushed his monocle and said to Hyor in front of him, "What gave you the illusion that I only have Sequence Four?" ”
Hazel let out an "ah" again, looking at Amon in front of him with extremely shocked eyes. Amon said slowly to Hazel in front of him:
"Sequence 4 is called a demigod, sequence 3 is also called a demigod, not to mention, there are 'demigods' in this division of the demigod level angelic person...... Hehe, no matter which way, the demigods are a qualitative change. Even if you need Sequence 4 to be able to set foot here, why do you think you can be here? ”
Amon said with a hint of amusement in his tone, "Do you think those extraordinary people who are higher than you in the order are the kind of fools who are inferior to you everywhere else?" ”
Listening to her teacher's tone, Häzel suddenly lowered her head.
Amon sighed:
"Go back, the source here is not something you can investigate, and I am not going to come here to investigate, I am just here to bring you back. As for the situation here, heh, there are already people working on it. ”
"Don't you want to go back?"
Hazel opened her mouth and said with some difficulty: "I didn't register with the official ......"
To put it mildly, this is one of the reasons why she came to investigate here, the church and the official have already brought all the extraordinary into a certain place for centralized control, and ordinary people are also entering the dungeon one after another. However, entering the dungeon requires extremely strict registration measures, and Hazel, who has concealed his identity as an extraordinary, is reluctant to take such a test.
Amon looked calmly into Hazel's eyes, causing Hazel to bury her head lower. After a long time, Amun's wrist twisted and released the "light", making the place suddenly brighter.
"I give you two options, the first is to get out of here and turn yourself in to the church; If nothing else, you'll be in prison for ten days and a half months. Until all your identities are investigated, you will be released. ”
"I'll pick the second one."
Hazel said without hesitation, if she was really imprisoned in the prison of the church, then first of all, she didn't know what kind of treatment she would receive, even if the current church has a good reputation among the extraordinary, but when she remembered the way the Storm Church dealt with the wild extraordinary, many wild extraordinaries were reluctant to reveal their identities.
And the second ...... When she got out of the cell, she really didn't know how to explain it to her parents. After all, in the past, the method of counting extraordinary people was voluntary registration, but now there is a high order of extraordinary people to check their identities one by one.
"Oh? Is it. Hearing Hazel's answer, Amon said lukewarmly: "The second plan, that is, I will go and explain to your father that you are an extraordinary person, and then you can go out with me, this time we will go to Vrsac." ”
Looking at Hazel's resistant look, Amon smiled:
"Just kidding you, I'll take you to the Church of the Fool later, ask the bishop there to register your identity, and then someone will take you to the dungeon, so that you can play the role of an extraordinary person who takes the 'wrong' path."
After weighing the pros and cons of these three options, Hazel nodded and pinched her nose to agree to Amon's request. In other words, she also understands that her teacher has a chance for herself, and even spends a lot of experience to help her solve her identity.
"Then, I'll give you a little advice, Hazel. Unlike now, unlike in those days when the Church Extraordinaries were able to hunt down wild Extraordinaries at will, the Church can be trusted. And now the extraordinary...... More akin to a profession than a mystical identity. ”
After hesitating for a moment, Amon said to his students, "Don't think about investigating something extremely dangerous on your own, if you haven't determined your true beliefs now, you can believe in the fools." Heh, what you do reminds me of Russell back then. ”
Of course, this refers to Russell's fearless spirit, and the only one who dares to explore the abyss and look up at the stars before he has divinity is probably Rossell Gustav, the "Great Emperor of the Old Days".
"Russell? Russell the Great? I'm like him? Häzelton was a little surprised, "From an ordinary person all the way to becoming the emperor of the country, and finally resurrected from the dead to become a god...... Speaking of which, teacher, do you know Russell? ”
You don't seem to have any thoughts of remorse at all...... I've really taught you to be another me.
Amon sighed secretly in his heart, and then the corners of his mouth hooked a subtle arc, "What I'm saying is that your recklessness and impulsiveness are very similar, if he wasn't so reckless back then, then he wouldn't have to die again." Oh, if it weren't for the help of someone, then He probably wouldn't have risen from the dead by now. ”
Hazel was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting such a secret.
"Also, I've changed my mind."
Amon looked at Hazel and smiled eerily, "You don't seem to realize the seriousness of the matter. Before sending you home, I am going to let you witness what is called a truly extraordinary world, and what is a bloody and dark extraordinary world. ”
"Alright—let's go, but before I leave, I'll take you to the Church of the Fool to complete your identity registration."
Hazel watched as Amon pressed directly on her shoulder, and the next moment, the scene around her changed rapidly, turning into a somewhat dimly lit corridor.
"Here it is...... Church of the Fools? ”
Amon smiled and said, "Yes—are you sure of what your true beliefs are now?" Is it the goddess of the night? ”
Hazel hesitated and shook her head.
"There is no definite faith yet...... "A smile gradually appeared on Amun's face: "When you open your identification, you need to fill in your own faith, among the subsequent branch beliefs of the fool." Remember to fill in the 'fallen angels' under the Fool's seat. ”
"Huh? Why? Hazel was puzzled and said, "And teacher, do you know why there is such a fallen angel?" It is described in the Holy Scriptures as the fallen Son of God, the fallen Morning Star, who usurped God's authority and then surrendered to the 'fool'......"
Compared with other gods, there are very few fool believers who believe in this "fallen angel" and "fallen morning star", and there are not as many followers as the "angel of time" and "angel of the stars".
After all, they also believe in gods, and ordinary people also have likes and dislikes for the dependents of gods in their hearts, and there are really not many ordinary people who believe in fallen angels.
"I don't know."
Amun, who knew why he was called a "fallen angel", turned his face away:
"When the time comes, you can fill it in, and it will have no effect on your faith."
(End of chapter)