Mystery: Start with the Reader

Church of Evernight, inside the Church of Tranquility.

Leonard Mitchell put on a black windbreaker and red gloves, and entered the room belonging to Senior Deacon Crestel Sesima.

"Congratulations, you have officially become a red glove. May the goddess bless you." Sesima drew a crimson moon on her chest.

He still covered his mouth with the high neckline.

"Praise the goddess, it is my honor." Leonard raised his right hand and tapped it clockwise four times.

Sesima didn't say much, and went straight to the point:

"According to your own request, I put you in the Soest team. He is a requiem master and has his own magical items. I have already ordered someone to prepare for you the extraordinary weapons you need.

"In addition, the Holy Church has just received a special extraordinary case, which is related to the dream. The location is Gurain City in the Southern Continent. The Soest team is about to set off in an airship and is expected to arrive before the end of this week. You only have a few Hours to pack your bags."

"Your Excellency Sesima, what's so special about that case?" Leonard asked curiously.

"The person who caused that case called himself Doctor Strange. He had appeared in Tingen and Sunyahai. The former helped the Nighthawks defeat the plot of the Blood Worship Cult, and the latter intercepted and killed the subordinates of the Undead King. Fleet." Sesima did not hide anything, and mentioned the collected information to Leonard.

"Tingen!" Leonard's heart tensed at first, and he relaxed after hearing that the "Blood Worship Cult"'s plot failed. Like Iron Man in the town at the foot of the mountain..."

But Sesima shook her head and said, "I've told the Nighthawks in Backlund similarly. These heroes seem to be fine now, and even helped our officials and saved my life...

"But they are also unstable factors! Just like Doctor Strange this time, he spread a kind of extraordinary card in Gurain to force others to sleep. Although it seems to be helping others, it cannot be ruled out that he is using this method Some kind of ritual is going on... so it has to be stopped."

"That's true..." Leonard, who is also a Nighthawk with rich experience in handling cases, nodded in approval after thinking about it.

"Also, from the way of behavior, that Doctor Strange probably belongs to the same organization as Iron Man, The Joker, and the Rogue who recently appeared in Backlund... You have to take into account the collection of some clues during the investigation, for example, What is the significance of the Tarot ceremony held by Grand Thief and Clown in Backlund." Sesima added.

"yes,

Your Excellency Sesima. "Leonard didn't have any opinion on that.

This will be the beginning of my revenge... He said something silently in his heart, and was about to turn around and leave, but at this moment, Sesima suddenly stopped him and said: "Wait a minute, there is one more thing... I heard that Ai Detective Bunabreen is currently on vacation in Bayam, he is my friend, I will pay a visit when you pass by there... If you see him, send a telegram to let me know the result."

Leonard was in a trance when he was called, as if he had returned to the Blackthorn Security Company, to the scene after Dunn arranged work every time.

But he quickly came back to his senses, mocking himself for being full of unrealistic fantasies, and then seriously thinking about Sesima's words.

He didn't mention the personal affairs of the agent, and he didn't mention such a strange request, but why did he pass by Bayam when he went to Gulain? Wouldn't it be faster to fly directly to Dixi by airship?

He thought so and asked.

Sesima was silent for a few seconds, but still replied: "You will meet up with a team of elite Punishers there, and then take the battleship of the Church of the Storm to Gurain together."

"A Doctor Strange who hasn't really caused any trouble... is worthy of joint action by the elite teams of the two churches?" Leonard asked puzzled.

You have a lot of questions... Secima glanced at him, but didn't answer directly, but said: "You will know when you get to Gulain."

Understood... The investigation of "Doctor Strange" is just an excuse, and the joint action of the two churches is probably something else... Moreover, this method is obviously intended to deceive someone... Who could it be?

Leonard nodded thoughtfully, and didn't continue to ask any further questions. Instead, he took the opportunity to pack his luggage after saying goodbye to Sesima, and asked in a low voice, "Old man, what do you think?"

"It's very simple. This method will not be to deceive the enemy. It is most likely to be an ally... So, it is either the Church of Steam or the official Loen." Pales Zoroas who "parasitic" on Leonard's body Dehe laughed and said, "It must be that one of them made some big moves in the southern continent, and they didn't report to the Church of Storms and you, so they sent you there under other names to find out the truth."

"So that's it, I understand!" Leonard, who was listening attentively, showed a look of surprise on his face.

...

On the "Golden Dream", "Vice Admiral Iceberg" Edwina, after studying the knowledge of the spiritual world, did as Ebner expected. She did not think of gaining anything for nothing, but prepared a return gift for this gift.

She strolled to a bookshelf, took out an ancient book bound by thick parchment, then returned and handed it to Abner, and introduced:

"This is also a notebook of the Abraham family. It is called the Book of Astrology and Elements. It was written by the only wanderer of the Abraham family for nearly a thousand years. It records a lot of knowledge related to the astral world and symbolic elements. It is also full of Fantastic ideas of how that knowledge could be put to use..."

The more Abner heard it, the more he became familiar with it. He flipped through it cautiously, but found that except for the lack of knowledge about astral worlds and symbols, the "wonderful idea" about the application was exactly the same as the content in the book of astrology in his hand. .

It can even be said that the book of astrology and elements is the complete version of the book of astrology.

I got the book of astrology from Fanny's grandfather, Mr. Surrey... The gentleman said that it was a manuscript copied by him when he was studying in Lunburg. Deletion and transcription of the Abraham family's notes... I even complained about the death-dealing behavior of that high-ranking powerhouse...

So, this notebook in my hand is the real source of the book of astrology? It turned out to be written by a "wanderer" of Sequence 3... Thousands of years ago, that is, at the beginning of the Fifth Epoch? Didn't he suffer from Mr. "Gate" or some kind of pollution that I can't think of, but I know is terrible? How did it work?

However, that "Wanderer" must have died later, otherwise the Abraham family would not have been in such a miserable situation...

Seeing that Abner was lost in thought, "Vice Admiral Iceberg" Edwina did not urge her, but pulled a chair over, sat down and continued to study the knowledge of the spirit world.

Soon, Abner stopped thinking without a clue, and he didn't hide the fact that he had the book of astrology in his hand, and directly asked about the origin of this notebook.

He believed that with his current friendship with "Vice Admiral Bingshan", if the other party knew, he would definitely tell him... After all, it is difficult for a "reader" to control himself in this regard.

Edwina put down the book, thought for two seconds, raised her head, and explained in a neither too fast nor too slow:

"The book of astrology in the library of the Lemburg White Tower is actually my great-grandfather's summary of that notebook, as well as his personal experience.

"That notebook was a relic of my great-grandfather's friend named Benjamin Abraham...Because the material itself has no extraordinary power, he gave it to my great-grandfather before his death.

"As for who that wanderer is, I don't know. I only know that it should be an ancestor of the Abraham family. He is the only member of the Abraham family who successfully advanced to demigod or even Sequence 3 in the fifth era... It is said that he was in After being promoted to a demigod, his temperament has changed drastically, and he is unwilling to disclose his successful experience."

It turns out that the high-level powerhouse who died was your great-grandfather... Besides, Benjamin Abraham? Isn't this also the subordinate of Emperor Roselle? I remember that in the original book, it was only with his help that Roselle found the mysterious island where Grimm was buried...

If you are friends with this person, the great-grandfather that Edwina is talking about is Edwards, one of the so-called "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", right?

Although I can't remember some things, I vaguely know that the problem behind the Abraham family, or Mister "Gate", should be consistent with the problem of the mysterious island that Russell discovered...

Edwards got this notebook, is it also a deflection of fate? After all, he also landed on that island in the original book, and returned there after he died at the age of 100.

But I didn't find anything weird about this notebook with the "Pure White Eye", and Edwina held it for so long, and there was nothing wrong with it, right?

Hmm, considering that the "Wanderer" always managed to advance, maybe he really found a way to block the raving or pollution?

However, for the sake of caution, it is safer to study this notebook in "Origin Castle".

Thinking of this in his heart, Abner closed the old book and asked Edwina, "Can I borrow it for a while?"

"Vice General Bingshan" Edwina nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes."

Afterwards, the two exchanged a few more pleasantries before Abner bid farewell to him.

Since the "Golden Dream" has been cruising near the southern continent during this period, and it is not too far from Gurain, Abner did not use the "Edwards Bryan teleportation technique", but "swimmed" back after identifying the direction. The colonial city built on the hillside.

When I returned to the basement of Wall’s house at No. 22 Front Ya Street, Upper Lip District, it was already late, and Abner had no time to eat dinner, so he held a ceremony inside the set up “barrier” to transfer the newly acquired Book of Astrology and Elements and The crystal ball obtained after killing "Giant Man" Ozil was "sacrificed" to Mister Fool, asking him to keep it on his behalf.

Needless to say, the former, the latter was deliberately taken out by Abner from the rest room of the "Dream Labyrinth Tower"...

Ever since the crystal ball was put in, Abner felt that the luck of his "liver" points had become extremely bad, and he had failed several times. If he hadn't been able to "shuttle" and leave the scene directly, he might have lost money Drop the "Out of Spell" money.

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