Since the incident in the city-state of Custer, I don't know if it's because of Tina's influence or some other reason, the Joker hasn't appeared again.

Despite the fact that the Joker has been causing him a lot of trouble, he is still grateful to the Joker for his efforts in resurrecting Tina last time.

Thinking of this, Wayne's face gradually returned to calm, and he raised his hand to say hello, "See you again, Mr. Leonard." ”

"I'm glad to see that you still have some kindness and sanity, young Mr. Wizard."

The clown was still dressed in the same ceremonial attire, with his trademark "bright" grin on his face, staring straight at Wayne with blood-red, murderous and malicious eyes.

"Huh?" Wayne didn't expect him to open like this, and raised his eyebrows: "In your cognition, should I be the one who has no reason and good intentions?" ”

"Of course...... No,"

The clown deliberately elongated his voice, not as impatient as before, raised his hand and pulled out a tall and gorgeous chair, leaning comfortably on it, "I just thought that after going through something like that, you would have some changes." Or is it because you deliberately refrain from breaking down? ”

Restraint?

Wayne thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "You're right. ”

The words did not refute it, but his actions showed that it was not restraint, but growth.

It is the growth of people who have experienced calamities, tribulations, and intrigues and ambitions.

At least that's what he thinks.

"Uh-huh," the clown looked at him noncommittally, his fingers crossed on his upturned knees, "but I'm quite satisfied with this state. ”

"Mr. Leonard, did you come here to tell me this?"

Wayne didn't want to continue the conversation and talk to a madman about mindset change and growth unless he was really crazy.

Hearing his words, the clown's smile disappeared, and his eyes suddenly turned cold, "You mean, I'm wasting your time?" ”

"In terms of results, yes."

Wayne nodded and pointed to the workbench beside him, "I have a lot of things to do, and there is so much useful knowledge waiting for me to learn and dig into." ”

"Knowledge? Scold! ”

The clown glanced at the instrument on the table and sneered, "In your cognition, knowledge is something useful that can give you strength, or transform into useful ability?" ”

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not!"

"Huh?" Wayne was stunned, knowledge can't bring power?

"The knowledge you understand is nothing but words recorded on paper or engraved on inscriptions, and its essence is only words, only words themselves." A mocking smile appeared on the clown's face, "And the little power attached to the words, oh, is the knowledge of your mouth, and that is nothing but the will of the writer." ”

The essence is just words?

What is knowledge the will of the writer?

Wayne frowned and looked at him, "You, what do you mean by that?" ”

He vaguely understood something, but it wasn't profound.

Could it be that the runes, potions, and various spells he had learned before were the power of the writer himself?

This, how is that possible!

The clown sneered, "Don't you understand? He, or They, always liked to attach rules and wills to words in order to leave traces of existence. And what you learn is not called knowledge, but only mixed with them......"

"Wait, you just used the word 'Them'?"

Wayne had to interrupt his preaching, this 'they' wouldn't be referring to the gods, would it?

Leaving traces of existence with words, with the intellectual power of personal will?

At this moment, a name came to his mind—Gonzalez, not in Gonzalez, but in the old god that few people knew.

He remembered that when he was raising the level of Gonzares before, he saw a picture......

"Hee-hee-ha-ha...... Did you find out? That's right, it's Them! Them, those who are called 'gods'. ”

The clown seemed to think of something, and laughed maniacally: "In essence, power is power, and words are words." Knowledge seems to be a combination of the two, but only a small part of it is useful. As for the others, not only is it useless, but it will lead you to inherit their will. ”

"When you unconsciously get used to these private powers, your will will be transformed. Know that not only are you chasing it, but it will also approach you in the hope that you will carry more 'will'. ”

"This is the essence of 'knowledge'!"

Essence...... Chase, get close to ...... Carrying the will......

Wayne roughly understood the meaning of those words, but it still felt incredible.

Is this how all knowledge comes from? Can't you learn and use it?

Wait a minute.

Wayne suddenly remembered that a month ago, when he had just become an apprentice, he saw the booklet, and the original words on it were - when you pursue knowledge, knowledge is also chasing you.

Reminiscent of what the clown just said......

"So, how should we judge and distinguish whether there is, well, some kind of will above?"

"Your own stuff, there will never be a problem!" The clown said.

Wayne was surprised: "Own? ”

If you don't learn and master those contents, how can you transform them into your own things, you can't just make them up out of thin air, right?

"There's a limit to what a 'person' can grasp," the clown seemed to read his thoughts, and his eyes were rare with a look of calm, "Origin, soul, spirit, body, and natural abilities, these are your own things, as for the rest...... It's up to your luck. ”

Wayne looked at the clown thoughtfully, if he really did what he said, it would only be enough to improve his origin and basic attributes.

But how is that possible?

At the very least, things like runes and potions have to be learned and mastered, right?

Otherwise, he would have to rely on his fists to fight.

"Well, I'm not here to tell you this."

The clown leans back in his chair and snaps his fingers, and the scene changes around him.

"Huh?" Wayne was stunned for a moment, and looked at the surrounding scene, which seemed to be the cabin where the clown first appeared, "Mr. Leonard, you brought me here?" ”

"In that theater, there are words that may be heard by the little calamity."

"Lesser calamity? Are you referring to Tina? Is something wrong with her? ”

Wayne frowned, the white-haired girl's condition has improved recently, and she is no longer as indifferent and godless as before, there should be no problem.

Is it because of the revival of the coffin?

"You guessed it right, she's in big trouble, and you're in trouble." The clown's upright body collapsed, his face was very ugly, and his eyes lost some of their brilliance, "At the same time, my trouble is even greater." ”

Wayne pointed to himself, "You, I have it too?" ”

"There's no way she can get in there now!"

"There...... You mean that special dark space? ”

He thought of the world full of shadows and silhouettes that appeared after Tina used Psionic Vision before, and Tina couldn't get there?

The clown nodded, "I don't know exactly why, it may have something to do with her death, or it may have been affected by the resuscitation coffin, in short, the result." ”

"But she looks normal now?"

"Normal? Do you remember what happened to you the last time she left the theater? ”

Encounter?

Sitting on a tattered stool in the cabin, Wayne recalled, "Nothing special, right? ”

"Storm, and you're in some trouble today, aren't you?"

The clown breathed a little heavily, gritted his teeth and said, "That's the calamity effect caused by her inability to transmit the calamity power on her body to that world!" ”

"You're saying that the previous storms, and the Storm Hunter today, were all because of ...... Tina?! ”

Wayne stared at him with wide eyes, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

He had thought that the storm was the cause of the changeable weather at sea, and that they were just a little unlucky when they met Henrik.

He didn't think that these things could be caused by Tina.

"That's the way it is, she has to integrate the calamity power she has been building up into that world in order to keep herself and those around her safe."

"What about staying in the theater all the time?"

The clown gasped, "That way, I'm still in trouble!!" ”

Hearing his shrill roar, Wayne couldn't help but shrink his neck, as if he was really in trouble......

"Well, I wonder what effect she has had on you?"

"She, she," the clown seemed a little embarrassed, and his eyes looking at Wayne were also faintly crazy and murderous, and he struggled in his heart, and was silent for a long time before he whispered, "She trapped me there." ”

"Sleepy?"

"Bundle, bundle...... Hell, that's what you saw before, she tied me up there and never let me go! ”

The clown's face was hideous, "But now that she doesn't go in there anymore, and she has even forgotten how to come in and out freely, it will be more and more difficult for me to come out and move, otherwise why do you think I have been coming to you for so long?" ”

"I can't wait to use the abyss creatures to train you every day, so that you have the strength to find Lilith, why don't you show up?"

"I'm sorry," Wayne looked like a clown who was about to go berserk and asked cautiously, "Mr. Leonard, what do you need me to do?" ”

This thing was really deliberate before, deliberately forcing him to fight those abyssal creatures!

"I need you to teach her how to open that world, not those damn Gonzales like she does now!"

"Open there?" Wayne spread his hand and said innocently, "But I don't know how to get there." ”

The clown gasped, his blood-red eyes glaring at him viciously, "Activate her Calamity Origin, she naturally knows how to open it." ”

"Activate?" Wayne suddenly understood, "You don't want her to go back to the way she was before?" ”

"That's right, she's a calamity, fate! And do you think it's a good thing not to activate Calamity? In the end, she will die even worse! ”

"What do you mean?"

"Hmph, you haven't forgotten that she's the madwoman's vessel, have you?" The clown snorted, "Sooner or later, the madwoman will find her and get everything back!" ”

Mad woman?

Wayne frowned, "At least Tina isn't facing that threat right now. ”

It was not easy for Tina to return to her normal cognitive state, she could laugh, she could learn independently, and she could get along with them normally......

I really didn't want Tina to go back to the way she was before, that would be too cruel for her.

And, when the day comes, he will stop it.

For example - slaughtered that crazy woman!

The clown's eyes widened, he couldn't believe that he would say such innocent things, and he was just about to open his mouth to scold, and then he thought about what had happened these days......

"In fact, if the lesser calamity can grasp that power and go further, it may not be impossible to turn the madwoman into a container."

"Seriously?"

Wayne looked at the smile on the clown's face, and doubted the truth of his words.

"What I said is true!" Seeing his eyes, the clown couldn't help but roar: "As long as she takes one more step forward, it is definitely possible to take the initiative." ”

Wayne asked suspiciously, "What should I do then?" ”

"Merge into the calamity, become the calamity itself! As long as she's in that ominous world...... No, even if it's just for a while once in a while. ”

"So, the result is still to make her activate and change to her previous state?"

"It's different, this time, I'll make a move!"

"You ......"

The Joker interrupted, "That's right, I will...... Well? ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw that the surrounding space began to shake violently, as if collapsing, and everything in the wooden house directly shattered.

"Damn, it's time, you remember next time, next time I'...... Cooperate with me!! ”

The clown only had time to say that before he disappeared with the cabin, and Wayne returned to his studio in the theater space.

Cooperate? What do you want?

Wayne looked at the workbench in front of him and sighed, "It's still a taboo, I haven't finished speaking......"

However, he carefully recalled what the clown said just now, and the matter of knowledge was not to be said for the time being, he was still far from the level of crushing everything by relying solely on his own basic strength. At least for now, he still needs to use spells, runes, potions, equipment, and other powers to improve and fight.

The most important thing is the second thing that the clown asks him for help...... Is it really going to change Tina again?

"Hey......"

……

……

At the same time, a small boat, only three meters long, a submersible to be exact, with a camouflage layer of deep-sea creatures on the outside, quietly moved away from the Ronan.

"Did the message get out?"

"Boss, I think it's like I'm dreaming, everyone on the Storm Hunter was wiped out by someone I've never seen before......"

"This is the world of the sea! If you are as good as Henrik, you must always be careful! ”

"Well, if we hadn't been far away just now, we probably would have died together. But the new captain on the Ronan is really strong. ”

"Look at it, after tonight, the name of the red-haired Marco will definitely resound on the west coast of the Eastern Continent. The Black Pearl will definitely make some moves when the time comes, but you have to keep an eye on it. ”

"Understood!"

(End of chapter)