In the cornfield, there was a blackened creature that looked like a mouse and a rabbit, gnawing on the rhizome of corn.

Perhaps gnawing too hard, it didn't notice that a corn plant behind it was quietly crouching towards it.

The creature that was about to bite off the rhizome of corn suddenly raised its head and finally realized that there was danger!

But it was too late to find it, and the low-lying corn suddenly opened with corn fruit the size of two adult palms, its red tassels like the straws of blood-sucking creatures, and the leaves wrapped around it were like thin flesh membranes, and when the whole thing opened, there were no corn kernels in it, only a strange mouth full of inverted teeth.

The "corn fruit" suddenly ducked down and swallowed the mouse-like creature in one gulp.

The creature struggled violently in the "corn fruit", but soon, it was motionless.

Hobert realizes that these are not corns at all, just corn-shaped monsters!

It's just that what makes Hobart strange is that after those corns "looked" at him, they seemed to see some kind of monster, and they actually dumped them one after another, trying to avoid Hobert!

Hobert took a few steps forward, and the corn in front of him dodged as well.

He smiled: "Are you so shy?" ”

After making sure that the corn was not aggressive, Hobert quickly moved forward by "twisting" the distance, but the cornfield seemed endless, and he couldn't leave it even after twisting it several times.

As he progressed, he injected spirituality into the "Order Crystal" to find the traces of the black dog spirit animal!

Theoretically, as soon as you enter the "Misty Town", the black dog spirit beast will be attracted by the "Order Crystal", why hasn't that guy appeared yet?

But soon, Hobert stopped, and heard a faint "salad" sound in the distance, as if there was some monster hiding in the cornfield, and he stretched out his left hand and poured his spirit into "1-107": "It is forbidden to hide here!" ”

Crash!

All the corn on his left suddenly fell to the sides, and at the end of the cornfield, Hobert saw an old man who seemed to have suffered from vicissitudes, it was none other than Ryan Solomon, who had disappeared in the Great Smog of Beckland!

After the other party saw Hobert, the corners of his mouth pulled back, and suddenly showed a cruel smile: "Crazy! ”

Hobert had already taken precautions and immediately opened the shield of the "Order Crystal"!

But just now, when the other party was still hiding behind the patches of corn, the characteristics he exuded were already affecting Hobert, which made Hobert feel that crazy thoughts were bursting out of his mind, and it was difficult to form a complete thought for a while.

It is hard to imagine how serious the consequences will be if you are hit head-on by the "madness" of the other side.

Then Hobart realizes that spiritual warning and perception have failed here.

There was at least a kilometer or two between Hobart and the "Mad Mage" Ryan, but the other party came to Hobart with a "twist".

Hobert, who had recovered from a slight state of "madness", found that the eyes of this "mad mage" flashed with a crazy look.

For~

As soon as he raised his hand, he didn't see the force, nor did he touch the barrier, but there was a soft sound on the barrier, as if he had received a heavy blow.

Probably because the barrier was unscathed, Ryan's crazy eyes seemed to have regained his senses slightly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hobert poured spirituality into "1-109", and while lifting the barrier, he punched: "Slaughter!" ”

Ryan, who was regaining his senses, was punched away, and Hobart felt that he had broken several ribs of the other party, causing the other party's chest to dent: "Enlarge it!" ”

While magnifying the serious injury into a fatal wound, he raised his left hand again: "Banished!" ”

Ryan's eyes finally began to flash with wisdom: "Twisted! ”

He "distorted" his notion of a corn plant, which was "banished" several kilometers away.

Hobert was a little surprised in his heart: the "distortion" of the level of sequence 3 can even be distorted by the target of "exile"?

All along, he felt that some of the abilities of the "Inquisitor" could not be escaped by the target, and at this time he realized that the reason why he had such an understanding was that he had not encountered a strong enough enemy.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that Hobert is one level lower than Ryan, and he is using seals, and if it is a "banishment" used by a "chaos hunter", maybe the "mad mage" will not be able to distort it.

Ryan looked at Hobert and flashed a sinister smile: "Gift!" ”

Hobert's entire chest collapsed suddenly, and his heart and lungs felt like they were about to be pinched by some force!

A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out of his mouth, and he realized that the "mad mage" in front of him could actually "gift" all his injuries to himself.

Hobert gritted his teeth and threw out a "deprivation charm": "Steal!" ”

Ryan's three abilities of "gifting", "distortion", and "madness" were deprived, which made him a little stunned for a while.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hobert immediately fled, and at the same time "gifted" most of his injuries to a corn plant next to him!

The corn plant immediately exploded into a puddle of minced meat!

It's a pity that the "Charm of Deprivation" only steals the opponent's abilities and makes them unable to use them for three hours, but Hobert can't use these abilities.

Therefore, Hobert can only use the method of "distorting" the space at the level of sequence 4 to quickly escape.

Fortunately, Ryan's "twisting" ability was deprived, otherwise the other party would have been able to catch up with Hobart in just a blink of an eye.

However, the scope of the opponent's ability is also very huge, he raised his hand and was about to cast a new ability on Hobert, Hobart had been paying attention to this, and at this time he immediately injected his spirit into "1-107": "Deprivation! ”

The "Arrogance" that Ryan was about to use was also immediately deprived for a short time, which was the "deprivation" of the "Law Mage", which could make the target unable to use the ability for three minutes.

Taking advantage of this gap, Hobert finally escaped from the cornfield.

Although it was still within the attack range of the "Mad Mage", at this time, because of the distance between the two, Hobert already had a certain amount of time to react.

And Hobart found that the mad mage did not chase after him at all, but leaned over to the corn around the battlefield just now, and licked the blood that Hobert spurted from the corn leaves.

Frightened, Hobert finally saw the town in the fog.

The most striking building in this town is a very old spired church, which is black all over, has no bell tower, and hovers one pitch after another black crows hovering at the top.

There are many buildings scattered around the church, ranging from ordinary two-story houses, to simple wooden houses, and bakeries with hanging signs.

In the bakery, Hobart finds Crane who is lying on the ground, coughing and struggling, and the "Resentful Spirit" secret puppet who is being eaten.

The one who nibbled on the secret puppet was a woman in a plain white robe, she looked holy, dignified, and her face was bright and splendid.

She gracefully dug out the heart of the "secret puppet", and bit off a large piece in one bite, and half of her face was covered with blood.

This is exactly the "Witch of Despair" Panatia who was also "caught" into the town during the previous Beckland Great Smog Incident!

In this situation, she is very much like a fallen saint.

When Panatia saw Hobert, she unscrewed off one of the puppet's arms and threw it to Hobert, grinning with a bloody mouth, "Mr. 'Mad Mage', please, I don't mean to eat alone. ”

Hobert was stunned: This guy has a problem with his mental state, and he actually recognized me as that "mad mage"!

But then he realized that something was wrong, and immediately poured his spirit into "1-109", and two pillars of fire appeared from behind him and turned into dozens of fire crows.

Sure enough, the surroundings were already covered with long black hair, and they were surrounding Hobert.

Hobert immediately commanded the fire raven to burn the hair!

At this time, several ice arrows had appeared in front of Panatia, and they were shooting at Hobert.

As Hobart expected, Panatia's mental state was indeed bad, but not bad enough to make people mistaken.

She just said that, just to make Hobart think that her mental state had a lot of problems, and then look for an opportunity to sneak attack.

"Chaos!" Hobert dodged the ice arrow, and snapped his fingers.

Boom~

The flesh bomb of "1-109" caused Crane's secret puppet to explode, and the flesh was scattered all over the ground.

Hobert let the two fire ravens hover around him, and said to Panatia, who was rushing towards him, "I have no intention of disturbing your meal, but I have come to save my companions." ”

Panatia paused, looking at the flesh all over the floor with some regret, and before she could feast on it, it turned into minced meat.

Hobert said, "You can eat in peace, and we will leave, or I will burn this flesh and blood into charcoal." ”

Panatia didn't answer, just crouched down with a wary look on her face, and went to pick up the flesh on the ground.

And Hobert also carried Klein, and was about to find a place to fix it first.

Suddenly, all three people present looked at the sky.

The red moon had pierced through the fog and shone clearly on the town.

Panatia looked horrified, her hair grew like tentacles, picking up flesh within her reach, and rushed into the nearby houses.

Hobart also hurriedly carried Klein into the house and immediately locked the door.

Immediately there were some noisy whispers in the streets, and the empty town, as if suddenly there were quite a few more residents, walking down the streets, greeting each other.

It was safe in the room for the time being, Hobart and Klein each found a chair to sit down, although most of Hobert's injuries just now were "gifted", but the remaining half were also very serious injuries.

After all, that is the attack effect of "slaughter" + "amplification".

It occurred to him that if the "Frenzy Mage" fought with someone else, he could put a brick on his head and "gift" all his injuries to the enemy.

If it is two "mad mages" fighting, it will be even more exciting, this one will "give" the injury to the other, and the other will "give" it back, so that you can fight until you are old.

And Crane was not much better, he lost his secret puppet as soon as he came up, and accidentally saw Panaday's incomplete mythical creature form, so his spirit was severely impacted, and then he suffered a demigod-level "disease" attack.

If it weren't for Panatia's desire to leave some fresh "ingredients", I'm afraid Klein wouldn't have survived Hobert's arrival.

Hobert injected the spirit into the "Healing Fork" and used it twice in a row to heal most of his injuries.

Ever since Epli reminded Hobart to take care of the extraordinary properties of the Healing Fork, he'd kept this magical item with him.

Hobart then treated Klein, but only to treat his illness, and Crane had to meditate on his own to recover from the mental shock.

Fortunately, Klein's many "death experiences" have made his spiritual body's self-healing ability very good.

The two of them breathed quietly for a moment before they each said what they had just experienced.

Unlike Hobert, Crane appeared in a bean field, where countless pods opened their mouths to bite Crane, and it took him a lot of effort to get rid of the bean field.

The pants were basically bitten, but fortunately they weren't hurt.

After that, Crane, who entered the town first, met the "Witch of Despair".

After Hobart also finished talking about his experience, a thought appeared in his mind: he was not the opponent of the "Mad Mage at all"! Fortunately, the other party has a tendency to go crazy, and if he quietly "gifted" his madness to me as soon as he came up, maybe I would be dead by now.

He sighed, "If it weren't for the charm, I might have died in that cornfield." ”

Klein also sighed: "I finally understood the power of the demigods today, and I didn't even have a chance to use the charm. ”

In other words, if he used the "Charm of Deprivation", he was no match for the "Witch of Despair".

Hobert's gaze looked outside for a moment and said, "I have some information about this town here, and in some sources, it's called 'Misty Town'.

"The exact source is unknown, only that it is related to 'hidden' authority."

Klein nodded and said, "I just passed through the divination, and this is the source of danger at night in the relics of the Divine War in the eastern part of the Sunia Sea. ”

He further explained: "After entering the relics of the Divine War, when night falls, if anyone does not sleep, they will find that they have disappeared without a sound by the dawn of the day.

"I once woke up from a dream due to an accident, and I saw such a mysterious and strange misty town in the distance of the sea."

Hobert thought for a moment and said, "Based on the information we traded about that mural before, this matter makes sense. ”

They had previously traded information about the fall of the sun god, including the battle between the "Rose of Redemption" and the ancient sun god.

At that time, the goddess of the night also participated in the war, and it is normal that some "hidden" power was left in the remnants of the divine war.

The two of them glanced at each other, and the specific content of the information exchanged, and how it "made sense", did not say anything.

They thought of going together to avoid having ears on the wall.

But in any case, Crane can be sure that the creatures who disappeared in the night of the Divine War Ruins have been sent here.

Because they were not directly erased, the result of divination on them was that they were still alive, and at the same time, because of the "hidden" interference, it was impossible to know their whereabouts.

He thought again: This place is closely related to the "night", is it a "prison" built by the goddess herself? Possibly, She is the 'Mother of Secrets' and should be able to directly transform people and things into a 'hidden' state!

Thinking of this, Klein said, "The scene in this town has a lot of similarities with the ancient ruins on the main peak of the Hornachis Mountains.

"I've just seen half-nibbled white bread, glasses with red wine, and messy silver knives and forks on the table in the room.

"It looked like someone was having dinner, but it suddenly evaporated!

"I've seen the literature before, the ancient ruins in the Hornachis Mountains are well preserved, and some of the tables still have a lot of dinner plates, which have dried up and rotted in them, and in some rooms, there are half a bottle of wine that has almost turned into clear water."

It was a doubt in his mind, and if this place had anything to do with the ruins, there might be some other dangers.

Hobert pondered for a moment before saying, "This reminds me of a piece of information that I forgot where I saw it, the kingdom on the main peak of the Hornachis Mountains is probably the kingdom of God established by Antigonus and his sister. ”

Klein was slightly stunned: "Antigonus's sister? ”

The King of Angels and his sister?

It's not that they can't have sisters, but these great people in the ancient Extraordinary Realm have gone through a long time after becoming angels, and their families may have passed away.

And it was the first time Klein had heard of information about Antigonus's sister.

"Yes." "She is called the 'Mother of Heaven,' and their kingdom is called the 'Land of Night,' Hobert said. ”

Klein was stunned: "Mother of Heaven? Night Country? ”

The title of "Mother of Heaven" sounds like she can't live more than three episodes.

As for the "Night Country" Klein, he had heard of it before, and if Antigonus's sister was titled "Mother of Secrets", it was likely to be the Goddess of the Night.

He recalled that during a free exchange session of the Tarot Society, the "Hanged Man" had said that the "Night Country" had been destroyed by the Church of the Goddess of the Night.

Klein speculated that this was a war of destruction launched by the Church of the Night Goddess for the extraordinary characteristics of the "Night Country".

Hobert looked at the moving figures outside the curtains: "Before the action, the 'founder' gave a hint: the church is the key!" ”

Klein was slightly stunned: "That 'Witch of Despair' just now said that the church is very dangerous!"

"Of course, it's possible that she's lying, but I personally think it's the truth."

The reason is simple, who would tell too bizarre lies about "food"? And generally speaking, the ability to "instigate" needs to be supported by some real information.

"It could be dangerous for her." "Have you ever thought that if this place is related to the ruins on the main peak of the Hornachis Mountains, then the danger we encounter may come from not only the 'hidden' side, but also the high sequence of the 'soothsayer' path?" ”

Klein understood: "You mean, there is a danger from the 'soothsayer' side in that church?" ”

Then he asked himself: "It is very possible that all these foods on the table actually have a spiritual thread."

"Just now I was wondering why this happened, but when you reminded me like this, it occurred to me that maybe the 'soothsayer' had reached a high-level extraordinary person, and could make the spiritual thread appear on some inanimate objects."

In the end, he smiled helplessly: "In that church, there won't be a high sequence of 'soothsayers' to guard the exit, right?" ”

"That's too extravagant!" Hobert sighed: "Not to mention angels, it's just a Sequence 3 who is also a member of the Pre-God Council in the real world, the bishop of the region.

"If it's in a covert organization, it's probably the leader."

He "guessed," he said, "There might be a seal-like arrangement there." ”

Klein nodded, it made more sense.

"When Crimson Moon's state is over, we'll have to venture out and explore some of that church." Hobert added, "Now let's sum up our enemies. ”

Klein also agreed with Hobert's suggestion that the way out was most likely to hide there, and he said, "The 'Witch of Despair' just now is the one who created the Great Smog of Beckland. ”

"I know." Hobert smiled helplessly: "I was almost beaten to death by her before. ”

Klein was slightly stunned, thinking back to what he had just experienced, and remembering that Hobert was also a Sequence 5 when he was in the Great Smog of Beckland before.

At this time, he was deeply aware that what Hobart had just said was only stating the facts, not describing anything.

"And Mr. A of the Aurora Society, who is a 'shepherd'." Klein said, "As far as I know, he should have come to this misty town as well. ”

To be exact, Mr. A disappeared in front of Klein.

Hobbert nodded: "The words of the 'shepherd' can indeed survive in such an environment for a long time. ”

And he may be in a better state than the "Witch of Despair" and the "Mad Mage", after all, he can still "eat himself" when he is hungry.

Then Hobart said, "The Sage I have been looking for before, the Sage who disappeared in the Great Smog Incident, should also be in this town.

"But he has not been in very good shape, and in some ways his intelligence is not very high, and he may have been trapped in the church by the enemy.

"However, the other party should not die just now, because he used to be the guard of the god of death, and he was 'blessed' by the god of death, and it is difficult for ordinary seals to control him."

He's dead, exactly, how can he die again?

However, what Hobart is not sure about is whether the black dog spirit animal still has a "spiritual thread"?

Klein was slightly stunned: Death's guards? This sage seems to have a story!

Hobart continued, "The other is the 'Mad Mage' I just mentioned, he is a descendant of the Solomon family, and he has a level 0 seal.

"The cornfield when I appeared here, and the soybean field when you appeared, must have been made from that seal.

"But that's the seal of the 'Pharmacist' path, not the seal of the 'Cultivator' path, so the crops that grow are all monsters, and in the special environment of this town, eating those crops may die faster!"

He thought for a moment and said, "However, just now, the 'Mad Mage' didn't use that seal, and our Sage didn't appear.

"Could it be that the seal was taken away by our Sage?"

It's not impossible, and in that case, I don't know if the black dog spirit beast has undergone a certain mutation.

In the end, Hobert concluded, "After exploring the church, it would be better for us to confirm the state of our Sage and prioritize meeting with him, so that we can have a good chance of victory. ”

Originally, his plan was for the black dog spirit beast to entangle the "mad mage", he waited for an opportunity to kill the "Desperate Witch", and Klein killed Mr. A.

Before the action, Hobert also specifically confirmed that with the "power of order" of the "country of disorder", he could still feel the existence of the black dog spirit animal.

In other words, after such a long time, the "power of order" in the other party's body has not disappeared, and it can still obey Hobert's command.

Hobert speculated that it may be the closed environment of Misty Town, so that the "power of order" in it has not completely dissipated.

But the problem now is that after entering the "Misty Town" for so long, I haven't seen that black dog spirit beast!

Crane also agreed with Hobert's simple plan, saying that if only the two of them relied on them, they would not be able to defeat those three enemies.

The next question is, how to get close to the church?

There is a severance with the spirit world, and neither "travel" nor "flash" can be used.

There is also a huge risk that Hobart will "twist" the distance to cross the wall, and it is also because they are cut off from the spirit world, and their spirituality is not very sensitive, and if they "twist" into the street outside, it will be miserable.

Fortunately, in Klein's seal with the ability to "travel", there is the ability to "open the door".

They can look through the illusory door, observe the situation on the other side of the wall, and then choose whether or not to go through the door.

So the two of them cautiously passed through the illusory "door" and moved towards the church little by little.

As he passed through the third room, Hobert looked at the shadow in the corner and immediately raised his hand: "Arrogance! ”

The shadow suddenly became like a pool of black liquid, flowing to the side, dodging Horott's attacks.

"Exploit!" Hobert ended the other party's "shadowing" state early.

From the "liquid", a figure rolled out, his expression was a mixture of madness and fear, it was Mr. A, who had become very thin.

As Hobart was about to continue his attack, Mr. A smashed through a wall and hid in the room where Hobart and Crane had arrived.

Boom~

There was a loud noise as the wall was broken, and the whispers on the street outside disappeared in an instant, and they seemed to turn their heads to look at the room where Hobart and Crane were.

Klein hurriedly "opened the door", and the two men entered the next room, which was closer to the church, and waited quietly inside for a few minutes.

Little by little, the eyes outside looked away, and the whispering gradually resumed.

Both of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Hobert smiled and whispered, "This guy really survived!" ”

At this time, the whispering outside gradually became quieter, and the two of them felt something, and through the window and curtains, they vaguely saw that the crimson moon was reintroducing the fog.

Hobert said, "Let's go!" ”

Klein immediately opened the door at the front, and when he reached the room closest to the church, the whispering disappeared.

Hobert and Klein suddenly felt crazy thoughts pop into their heads, such as going out to catch the "Witch of Despair" and playing a "game" of three people together.

For example, grab Mr. A just now and taste his flesh and blood.

At the same time, they feel that their movements are very uncoordinated, they want to raise their hands but turn around, and they stand still even when they are moving forward.

Hobert, having had been in the cornfield, knew that it was a "madness" area attack, and the "madness mage" seemed to have regained a lot of sanity.

But fortunately, his spirituality was also affected, and he couldn't determine the specific location of Hobart and Crane, so he could only attack with this range.

As for why he was able to use the extraordinary ability stolen by the "Deprivation Charm" in advance, it should be that after Hobert escaped, the "Frenzy Mage" used the ability of "utilization" to end the state of deprivation of ability in advance.

The level of "Deprivation Charm" is probably higher than that of Sequence 3, but not quite as high as that of Sequence 2, and there is no time to recover the ability to be "deprived" during the battle, but after the battle, the "Frenzy Mage" will have a lot of room to maneuver.

"Twisted!" Hobert "twisted" the negative effects on his body, grabbed Klein's shoulders, and then quickly passed the distance from the room to the church in a continuous "twisted" way.

The two men stood in front of the church and looked back.

Panatia "Witch of Despair" is speeding towards this side with a mirror jump, while "Mad Mage" is standing far away on the rooftop, watching Hobart and Crane in action.

The "Mad Mage" at this time gave people the feeling that it was really not as crazy as just now, and the two of them seemed to have joined forces.

Hobert glanced at them, "twisted" the distance one last time, and entered the church with Klein.

Panatia jumped out of the glass and watched silently as the two men entered the church, a little frightened.

Inside the church, the "frenzied" state of Hobert and Klein quickly disappeared, and they quickly regained their vision in the dim environment, and saw one figure after another hanging in the air as far as the eye could see.

All of them were human, some dressed in black classical robes, some in brown jackets, some in fluffy skirts, and some in tattered clothes like beggars.

They all looked like they were being smoked dry, hanging from a high place, their heads hanging low and dangling.

This immediately brings to Hobert's mind some ghost stories about the "Hanged Ghosts", but the ropes hanging from them are nowhere to be seen.

Woo~

A cold wind blew in the church, and the corpses hanging in mid-air turned to Hobart and Klein at the same time.

"Chaos!" Hobert raised his hand.

The corpses seemed to lose their orientation immediately, some to the left, some to the right, and in any case no longer looked at the two intruders.

Hobert noticed Klein's gaze and explained with a smile, "These guys look at it together, it's weird!" ”

If it was before, Hobert would not have made a random move, so as not to wake up some unknown forces.

Recently, however, Hobart has noticed that breaking a preconceived noto, or breaking a convention, such as being reckless when it is time to be cautious, can make one's spirituality more lively.

Of course, such a "break" is under certain certainty, such as going out to find the "mad mage" desperately looking for such a thing of death, Hobert will not do it.

The two of them observed these figures, but fortunately they were all humans, and Hobert did not find the shadow of the black dog spirit beast in them.

"Spiritual Thread!" Klein suddenly said with some surprise!

Hobert hurriedly hid behind Klein, he remembered that the "spiritual thread" here would become a little strange, and his current spiritual strength was not as sensitive as when he was in the outside world, and he didn't know if there was any danger from the "spiritual thread" at present.

Klein explained, "Their 'spiritual threads' are so special that they all converge on the top of the church, and they are hanging by the 'spiritual threads.'" ”

Hobart asked, "What's at stake for us?" ”

"Our 'spiritual thread' is like the metal of a magnet, drifting uncontrollably upward." Klein said, "Don't resist, I'll pull your 'spiritual thread' back." ”

Hobert immediately felt a little astringent, and he did as Klein said, and did not put up any resistance.

Klein added: "Our 'spiritual thread' still has a tendency to drift upwards and must be fought against at all times. ”

Hober nodded: "No wonder for the 'Witch of Despair' and Mr. A, this church is full of dangers, even if the 'Mad Mage' comes in, it is difficult to accurately 'distort' his 'spiritual thread'. ”

Crane asked with some incredulity, "Can the 'Mad Mage' even 'twist' the 'spiritual thread'?" ”

Crane has always felt that the "spiritual thread" can only be seen by the extraordinary people of the "soothsayer" path, and it should be the ability that belongs to this path alone.

"I can do that, too." Hobert casually explained: "It's just a 'conceptualization' of 'distortion', but it's not so precise that 'distorted' is still very dangerous in such an environment." ”

Because he couldn't see the "spiritual thread", maybe the "twisted" direction was wrong, and he would be closer to the source of danger, and he would be hung up in an instant.

Then the two of them looked together at the interior of the church, and in the depths of the church, there seemed to be an altar.

The two of them walked forward step by step, trying to ignore the swaying overhead, as if looking down on their figures.

After walking twenty or thirty meters, the two came to the altar and saw a statue carved in stone on the altar, which presented a female human figure as a whole, but two animal legs grew out of the ribs and waist, which were covered with short, thick and hard black hair.

At the foot of the stone statues, souls are sleeping.

After taking a few more steps forward, and after seeing its face clearly, Crane's eyes froze.

Because the stone statue has a beautiful face, it is the one who sent them to the misty town.

Hobert's expression also became solemn, not that he was surprised by the other party's appearance, but that he felt that the other party's four beast legs really affected the overall image too much.

He couldn't help but think: The real image of the goddess of the night is similar to this, right? One leg destroys everything.

Then he saw a figure diagonally behind the statue, and he gestured to Crane to go around it.

Behind the statue sat an old man in a black robe, with a hood, his head bowed, his eyes closed, and his white beard long and dense, as if it had not been trimmed for decades.

Klein whispered to Hobert, "There's something wrong with his 'spiritual thread'. ”

The old man's "spiritual thread" actually stretched out from his body and returned to the position where he came out.

Hobart said in his heart: It should be called "Him".

He stepped forward: "Old man! ”

Klein felt that Hobert's actions were a little reckless, but after thinking about it, this old man's state was so weird, if he wanted to harm himself, he would have done it a long time ago, and he wouldn't have waited until now.

The old man opened his eyes and looked at Hobert, and finally his gaze fell on Klein behind him: "Finally, another 'soothsayer' has come here. ”

Klein Heart Says: Why Say "Again"?

The old man in the hood said: "In the extraordinary world, it is a very rare thing to have a reliable partner. ”

What he said was that Hobart was relieved to let Klein manipulate his "spiritual thread".

The two of them didn't pay much attention to this just now, and when the old man said this, Hobert realized that in this extraordinary world, there would be no more than five people who could make him so reassured, and Klein was one of them.

Even if Epally had the ability to operate the "Spiritual Thread", Hobart would not be so relieved, he knew that although Epally would not harm herself, her state was sometimes not very good, and it was difficult for people to be completely reassured.

Klein had a similar feeling, he had just asked Hobart not to resist his manipulation of the "spiritual thread", and he really didn't resist.

Is it just because you once fought side by side with you? Klein suddenly thought of this question.

The white-bearded old man said again, "Do you want to escape from here?" I can show you the way. ”

Klein was unimpressed: "Then why are you still here?" ”

The old man hung his head and laughed: "Because I am dead." ”

Crane felt a chill in his back and quietly took a step back.

Hobart smiled, "I almost thought you were an extraordinary person in the 'Death' path. ”

The old man slowly raised his head and glanced at Hobart before he said slowly: "I used my special extraordinary ability to find the pores of world history and destiny, cut out my own image, freeze it here, and maintain it until now.

"As for my body and my spirit, they are already utterly dead."

Klein sighed in his heart: What an incredible ability.

But he had no way of confirming whether it was true or not: "Then why did you instruct us on how to escape?" ”

The old man's long beard twitched slightly: "After you open the gate, the history and fate of this place will change, and the image I cut out will disappear with it."

"When the time comes, you'll see a jar of ashes, and I just hope it will be sprinkled into the Serenzo River, near Trier, the capital of Intis, which is my hometown."

Hobart is tempted to ask: How did your ashes get here?

But he realized that he could not get a real answer, so he asked instead: "Do you know Russell the Great?" ”

The old man's expression suddenly became solemn.

Klein also noticed that Hobart used "you" again.

Hobert spread his hands: "It's not hard to guess, the extraordinary person who was born in Trier and has the path of 'soothsayer' must be a member of the Esoteric Order.

"And I happen to know that Russell the Great has worked with the Esoteric Society."

The old man's expression gradually became kind again: "What a smart young man." ”

"I want to be sure of one thing." Hobert said: "After the fall of Russell the Great, did he precipitate the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Emperor of Knowledge'? Is that extraordinary property in the hands of the god of steam and machinery? ”

The old man was silent again.

Crane was also very interested in this question when he thought of some of the information he had obtained from the previous transaction and the contents of some diaries.

After a few seconds, the old man smiled and said, "I don't have any relevant memories, maybe I don't know, or as a historical image, I don't know this history."

"However, theoretically, it is possible to extract a piece of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Emperor of Knowledge', and it is most likely to fall into the hands of the gods of steam and machinery."

Then he asked, "Where did you know these secrets?" As far as I know, there are very few people who know about this matter, and they can probably count it on one hand, could it be that the current extraordinary world has announced the real cause of Russell's death? ”

Klein said: Now you can't count on one hand, at least the members of the Tarot Society already know everything. Of course, if this old man had more than a dozen fingers on one hand before his death, that would be a different matter.

Hobert only vaguely said, "I am an extraordinary person in the 'lawyer' pathway. ”

The old man with the hood was not satisfied with this answer, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there going to be a new 'Black Emperor' in the outside world?" ”

Hobert smiled, "You're all dead, don't worry about that." ”

Klein turned his head to look at the corpse hanging from the top of the church, and he didn't laugh: if it weren't for the extraordinary world, it would be obviously very immoral for Hobert to do this, disrespecting the old and disrespecting the dead!

(End of chapter)