Inside a hotel on Rue Champagne.

"Lady Liliana."

"Something happened?"

The woman in the mirror spoke in a disgruntled tone.

Lannie bowed her head and said, "Yes, the orphan who lived upstairs in me before seems to have joined the Steam Church, and he died, so the Steam Church said that they would fund her to open a welfare home." ”

"The Church of Steam? Heh, it's not the steam church on Beckland's side, I really can't handle it and come back, there are tasks here. ”

The lady replied seemingly mildly.

"Lady Liliana, please give me another chance, although there is an accident, I will complete the mission."

Lanny said hurriedly.

The lady smiled at the corners of her mouth, and there seemed to be a hint of mockery and contempt in her eyes, and she left a sentence at the end.

"Whatever you want, anyway, go back to Beckland if you can't complete the mission, or I'll make you understand the price of betrayal."

"I will never dare to betray you, Madame!"

Lanny's voice trembled, as if she thought of something that scared her.

When I looked up, the magic mirror had already returned to its original appearance, like an ordinary mirror.

Lanny sat in her seat and didn't speak for a long time.

"Madame Traore has taken care of you for many years, and you have betrayed your benefactor like this?"

"It's you again!"

Lannie's eyes froze, "This is our mission here, it should have nothing to do with you, right?" If you want to meet Lady Liliana, I can help introduce you next time. ”

"No, you don't."

Roy pushed his lowered hat up a bit, "Maybe you've forgotten who I am......"

"We know each other?"

Lanny realizes something is wrong.

However.

The next moment, she felt a wave of dizziness.

Poison!

The other party was poisoned!

She immediately wanted to jump out of the window, but the weakness slowed her down considerably, and she felt an invisible hand that seemed to push her in near the window.

When turning the head.

A mask with an "angry" expression was facing her.

Boom!

A cane knocked down head-on.

Lannie's head hurt sharply, and blood flowed down the top of her head—

Thanks to the daily workouts, Roy's body is great, and it was the Fusak martial arts that he just used.

No bells and whistles, just pure use of power.

Boom!

Bang –

Lannie, who was poisoned herself, was beaten with two canes and had a splitting headache, and she lay directly on the ground, and she looked up with great difficulty and despair, and saw her eyes full of rage.

She didn't understand.

Who the hell is the other party and why did he kill her.

The next moment, the opponent's cane stopped.

Lannie looked up in struggling fear, and then, her pupils narrowed, and she thought of a possibility......

"You, you're Roy! You're not dead? ”

"You shouldn't have come back."

Roy held back his emotions and picked up Lannie's own pistol from the side.

"Bang!"

One shot.

Blood stained the floor.

Roy slowly took off his mask, restraining the anger in his heart.

He didn't have much affection for "Lannie" originally, and his knowledge came more from the memories of her predecessor, but if she wasn't so ungrateful......

Roy reported to the church at most.

But.

After listening to it just now, he couldn't bear it in his heart.

Roy was silent for a long time, waiting for the extraordinary trait to be revealed, picking up the extraordinary trait that belonged to the Assassin, and then destroying the spirit that belonged to Lannie, leaving the mirror through the back door.

He was all too familiar with the lanes around here.

All the way back, the road is basically familiar, and it is impossible to be discovered by the mechanical heart or the night watchman.

Arriving in a secluded corner, he burned his bloodstained clothes with pyrotechnics.

After disposing of everything, Roy returned to Azk's home.

An hour passed.

"Officer, look at this situation......

The innkeeper's face turned pale.

He never imagined that there would be murder in his store.

"What's the hurry, what the hell is going on, we won't know until we've checked it."

A police inspector scolded.

The boss immediately apologized.

Leonard didn't speak, leaning down.

After making a closer look, he looked at the table—

There is a round vanity mirror.

His psionic ability is not as good as Klein and Old Neil, but as a nightmare in Sequence 7, and with a hint from an old man who carries him around, he won't miss such a clue.

Magic Mirror.

These haunting witches!

He was silent for a moment and said, "We will strictly control the news, don't worry, it won't affect your business." ”

"Thank you, thank you!"

The boss gave a salute again and again.

Leonard got up and told him to leave, leaving him and Frye alone.

"What's the situation?"

"I don't know, but the other party's spirit is gone, and the mirror on the table should be a magic mirror, she is an extraordinary person in the path of assassins."

"The identity is not yet clear and may need to be verified." ”

"I found this."

Frye pulls out the note.

It was a note from Lannie's body, so contaminated with blood that it was impossible to read most of the text, but the address was vaguely recognizable.

An apartment on the next street.

It's familiar.

He recalled for a moment, remembering why this apartment looked familiar—

"This is the apartment where Roy lives."

"Roy? He ......"

"What's wrong?"

Leonard turned his head sideways.

Frye hesitated for a moment and said, "You may not have paid attention in the past two days, the Mechanical Heart team was attacked by Ms. M of the Aurora Society, Roy died after the break, and the mechanical heart has issued a wanted warrant." ”

Leonard was silent.

It turns out that the Heart of Machines was also attacked yesterday, so it's no wonder that the Punisher came to the Night's Watch to help, but the Heart of Machines didn't move at all.

"I remember that lady in the apartment was a member of the Steam Church?"

"Yes."

"I'm going to ask, check the information, and find out about Roy by the way."

A flash of sadness flashed in Leonard's eyes.

Although he and Roy are not in the same church, the other party's character and cooperation ideas are very appetizing to him, and he has recognized the other party as a friend in his heart.

Within a day, he lost his captain, his partner, and a friend.

Aurora Will!

He clenched his fists, his nails embedded in the flesh.

……

"What did you do out there?"

Crane smelled blood, and after tapping his teeth to open his vision, he saw that Roy's emotional colors seemed to be a little confused.

Mood is low, and irritable and depressed.

"I glanced at the landlord and happened to see something unpleasant."

Roy smiled, "There are always a lot of wolf-hearted things in the world, and Russell the Great summed it up very well, the farmer and the snake ......."

Again Russell the Great.

The corners of Klein's mouth twitched slightly, Huang Tao, you are really everywhere!

In fact, Roy doesn't know if the Emperor said it or not, but compared to saying such words in his own mouth, it is obviously more in line with the cognition that the Emperor said.

Klein didn't ask any further.

The two have been in contact for a while, he understands Roy, the other party is not a person who kills innocents indiscriminately, and the truth behind this matter is probably not very positive.

Before going back to the house, Roy suddenly stopped and turned around, "Crane, go back and have a look." ”

"What?"

Klein pretended not to know.

Roy smiled, "Take a look at your family, and then decide for yourself whether you want to meet them at the right time." ”

Klein didn't answer.

Roy said to himself, "It feels good that someone cares, and in my case, although Mrs. Traore is not a relative of mine, she shed tears for me when she learned of my death. ”

"She's a kind lady."

Klein replied.

"Maybe when I'm about to go crazy, the thought of someone else caring about me will give me infinite power."

Roy sighed.

Then, he opened the door and went in, leaving a sentence, "I have booked a ticket to Beckland tomorrow morning, Crane, we are destined to meet again in Beckland." ”

"Hmm."

Crane looked at the sleeping captain.

The captain often said -

We are guardians, but we are also a bunch of wretched creatures who are always fighting madness.

For this sentence, Roy, as a voyeur, undoubtedly has more experience.

Maybe old Neil understands, too.

Therefore, even though he was bewitched, he still used a way not to hurt others.

Crane looked out the window and finally made up his mind.

He's going to check it out!

Even if it's a final goodbye.

……

Back inside the house, Roy sorted out the clothes he had bought.

These are his changes of clothes.

Pity.

I can't get my remodeled coats back, but I spent a lot of money to transform them.

Went to Beckland, maybe a few more changes.

It's all about moving!

Roy pondered for a moment, then took out the Assassin's extraordinary trait.

It's beautiful, but it's also spooky.

Unexpectedly, Lannie downstairs turned out to be a female assassin after going to Beckland and became a subordinate of a witch.

He was silent for a moment, and looked outside.

Azik is not there.

Crane seems to have just gone out the door.

Roy ascended to the Temple of Mystery, and then added this extraordinary trait to the temple, and now his temple has many extraordinary properties.

In addition to the extraordinary traits of the "Martial Scholar" that is the core of the trumpet, there are also the extraordinary traits of the Bishop of Rose and the Assassin.

In addition, there is a special extraordinary item -

Ears of filth.

He looked at the ear.

"I have to find a way to seal it so that I can use it in reality, so that it is foolproof."

The last time he faced Ms. M., if Roy could amplify Mr. Men's whispers with this extraordinary object, Ms. M might have exploded on the spot.

Roy pondered for a moment, summoned the star map, and then pointed to a flickering purple point of light on the star map.

It stands for Frank.

Spiritual extension, with the power of the mysterious temple, he and Frank have built a spiritual channel.

……

On the Future, Frank held a book in his hand, studied it carefully for a while, and then tossed it aside.

"It's all a bunch of guys who don't understand the greatness of life."

Frank pouted.

Wheat can only be with wheat?

What kind of logic is this!

Wheat, chickens, and cows are all life, so why can't they be crossed together?

It's too narrow.

"Mother Earth, look at these wretched ordinary people, they are simply blaspheming the greatness of life!"

Frank sighed.

Then, he looked out.

"Maybe I should ask Mr. Hermit for help, and I haven't paid the price yet, but how am I going to see him?"

As he was thinking, he felt that the words around him seemed to come alive, and the flow of information from the books floated out.

Frank is swept by the information vortex and his mental consciousness is in a trance.

When he returns to normal—

It was already a strange and familiar place in front of me.

The hermit's hall!

Frank was overjoyed.

"Dear Mr. Hermit, I finally see you again!"

"Heh, you seem to be distressed."

Roy chuckled.

Frank nodded repeatedly: "You asked me to take a few steps back, I figured it out!" I've been working on crossbreeding chickens with wheat lately, so that eggs grow out of those wheat grains—"

He spoke excitedly about his creation.

Roy was a little nervous, but fortunately he was now in an information state, and even if his face changed, he would not be seen.

It was a huge challenge to communicate with Frank!

If you seriously think about that kind of invention, the three views and thinking will be greatly shocked and polluted.

No wonder the people of the Earth Church could not bear to expel him.

But.

This kind of strange invention is very suitable for Silver City.

There is nothing there.

The inhabitants have been eating black flour grass for a long time, and they have to suffer from the madness brought by the extraordinary item of "black flour grass"-

A curse from a god-level seal.

comparatively.

Weird-looking plants, that's really a gospel creation.

However, plants such as rice and wheat may not be able to grow in a dark place like Silver City.

Mushrooms are still the best crop.

Roy waited for Frank to finish complaining before smiling: "Frank, for normal people, your creation is indeed terrifying. ”

"Do you think so?"

Frank hears the voiceover –

The other party also felt that he was wrong.

Roy smiled and said, "But there is someone who is as thirsty for knowledge as you is, and she happens to ask me for help, and her situation may be suitable for you, and she hopes to meet you." ”

"Is it for me to play?"

Frank was a little puzzled, but at the same time interested, "Can you tell me what the situation is?" ”

"That place was abandoned by the seven gods, so it is also called the land forsaken by the gods, where there is only darkness and lightning, and there is no light, so normal plants cannot grow, only black-faced grass."

Roy smiled as he spoke, "It's a seal-derived plant. ”

"Seal-derived ......"

Frank was a little shocked, and then sighed, "In such a bad situation, you can still derive plants, this seal must be very powerful!" ”

As for the forsaken land of God.

Frank hadn't heard of it, and he wasn't very interested in the mysteries.

"It's precious knowledge."

Roy said with a smile.

The meaning is self-explanatory –

It comes at a price!

Frank came back to his senses and hurriedly saluted, "Mr. Hermit, I haven't paid the previous reward yet. ”

"You just have to remember what you want to offer."

Roy reached out slightly.

After his promotion, his spiritual improvement was enough to support a long communication with Frank.

Frank struggled to recall.

Then, he found out that-

Pieces of information representing words and images dispersed from his location and gradually converged into a book.

His name is on the book.

Frank was stunned and froze for a few seconds before he said, "Dear Mr. Hermit, can I take a look?" I'm sorry, but I'm really ......."

"It's okay, it's your knowledge."

The book floated gently on the table.

Frank flipped over.

The text above is very orderly, and the first part is some of his thoughts and cognitions when he first became a "cultivator".

It's amazing!

He thought back to the scene he had just seen.

That kind of writing, as if it came to life, arranged and combined itself, and finally turned into such a record.

Frank respectfully held the book between his hands and held it high above his head.

The book fell to the bookshelf on the side.

Roy said lightly: "This is the knowledge related to Silver City, you can have a rough understanding, and then decide whether to agree or not." ”

"Okay."

Frank nodded.

Roy waved his hand, and another book landed in front of Frank.

Frank opened the book.

Then, a dark city came to him, and above the city walls, stood a beautiful and beautiful woman.

she

Rumble!

Lightning.

The silver-white thunder light pierced the dark night sky and shone on the Silver City.

"It's daytime in Silver City."

A woman said to herself, "We in Silver City have no sun or moon, only eternal night and lightning, so we call the time when lightning strikes are daytime." ”

She spoke of the state of Silver City.

"There are no plants here, we have tried many times, but in the end they all failed, and the only food source is prey and black-faced grass."

"That's the most reliable and stable source of food in Silver City, but I suspect it hides an element of madness, it's a bounty, and it's a source of madness."

"I want to change that."

"I think you should be an extraordinary person in the cultivator's path, you can be valued by Mr. Hermit, your ability is beyond doubt, we have a lot of extraordinary materials in Silver City."

"However, we are short of food ......"

She kept talking.

Frank looked very closely, and everything in Silver City was revealed in front of him.

In this dark environment, it is really difficult for ordinary plants to grow.

It's better to say.

There is black-faced grass growing naturally, and that's a miracle -

A miracle that belongs to Mother Earth.

Frank was curious about this seal, he thought for a moment, and said, "Mr. Hermit, I promise to help, but I want to know more about this seal, and ...... else"

"I need a potion recipe for the Druid Sequence."

He looked apprehensively at the hermit.

Roy said lightly: "This is a deal between you, I can help you convey the request." ”

"Thank you for your kindness and generosity."

Frank bowed slightly in respect.

"Hmm."

The next moment, the hall quickly disintegrated and turned into a torrent of information.

Frank opened his eyes, his heart surging.

"The dark environment, and the black-faced grass, may have to add some influence of that aspect, and it is best to effectively combat madness."

"It's kind of difficult."

"But that's how challenging!"

……

Frank agreed.

Roy was not surprised, with Frank's character, that he would certainly agree to such a challenging study.

Because in Silver City, his research has the potential to be recognized and needed.

He glanced at another star.

This star is the same as Frank's, medium-sized, and represents "Lovia Tiffany".

He pointed his finger, and a stream of information passed by.

Subsequently—

Inside the Silver City, Luo Wei, who was walking around and patrolling the periphery, suddenly froze, and a pious expression appeared on her face.

After a moment, she looked surprised, and folded her hands in front of her chest in a gesture of prayer.

There is no other reason.

The content of the information flow is -

A man covered in a flood of information spoke, talking about his conditions.

Learn about seals.

Druid recipe.

Seals......

Lovia was stunned, and immediately understood that the so-called seal should refer to the thing that produced the "black grass".

Is that a seal?

At first, she didn't understand how the other party knew, but then she quickly reacted-

With Mr. Hermit here, it's not surprising to know this.

Is this a bonus?

She was secretly thinking in her heart.

"I'm going to gather more knowledge about those two sequences to satisfy Mr. Hermit as much as possible."

Lovia was thinking about it, and suddenly looked upstairs.

Then, she saw a teenager standing up, as if he was looking at her.

Derrick?

The scrappy boy.

She glanced back, and the other party immediately withdrew his gaze, as if he had returned to the room.

"Am I scary? This guy is a bit weird. ”

Lovia thought to herself.

(End of chapter)