Chapter 114 Conditions
King's Campus, underground ruins.
After thinking he had dealt with the invaders, Claudiu left the depths of the ruins. The swarm of bats he followed flew all the way from the first floor of the ruins through layers of corridors and stairs, and finally arrived at the third floor, which was where the spider altar was located.
In the first layer, a group of black bats quickly gathered together and formed the figure of Claudius in the shadows. On his side, Thorn, who had been waiting for a long time, quickly came up.
"Sir, what's the situation down there? What happened to those invaders?"
Facing the returning Claudio, Cirong asked respectfully, while Claudio answered slowly with his hands behind his back.
"I have killed those guys on the first floor. Although they have some abilities, they are no match for me."
"They were all killed? As expected of you... Are those guys Black Dogs?"
"I trapped them in the innermost layer and poisoned them with poison gas... I can't check the details... I'm not sure if it was Black Dog, but it's more likely that it wasn't. Their abilities and behavior are far from Black Dog's."
Claudius said this. He had fought many battles with Tivian's hunters and knew their style of doing things. They did not have any extraordinary people who specialized in using meat puppets. After raiding a stronghold, they would immediately begin various sampling investigations on the scene and interrogate prisoners of war on the spot, instead of all of them going deep into the depths of the ruins alone, where there would be no one left behind.
Moreover, it stands to reason that the Security Bureau knows about the existence of the ruins under the school, and they also know that it is an empty ruin of almost no value. The fact that these invaders can go deep into the ruins can only mean that they don't know much about the ruins and are fools who want to go treasure hunting.
"Not black dogs? In that case, those black dogs that ambushed us before might have been used by them. Then who could they be..." Ci Rong said thoughtfully. Suddenly, he thought of the name Rosicrucian. He used to think that this name was just a pretext for those black dogs to take the blame, but now it seems that it may not be that simple.
"It doesn't matter who they are for now. The priority now is to build a stronghold. I will immediately contact the other strongholds I am responsible for and ask them to assign people here. The stronghold on Liujin Street in the North District is very close to here. It won't take much time for their people to get here..." Claudio said in a deep voice, and listening to Claudio's words, Ci Rong spoke worriedly.
"Sir, we just had a fight with the Black Dogs at the North Pine Forest Farm, and now a large number of slaves have been released. The risk of being exposed is already very high. If we continue like this, will we..."
“No matter how high the risk of exposure is, we cannot give up for now. We still have one final ‘ritual’ left to perform, and we must complete all of them before we can leave. Otherwise, we will need to find other Mirror Moon statues, and the overall progress of the association will be greatly delayed.
"I will find a way to deal with Black Dog. The most urgent task now is to restore the base and abandon it immediately after the last ceremony."
Claudio made such arrangements and listened to Claudio's words. Cirongye nodded. Just when he was about to say something, he was stunned for a moment and suddenly thought of something.
'Oh right... our failed operation this time was based on the wrong intelligence I obtained last time. It seems that the conversation between the two men who claimed to be members of the Rosicrucian was already known that I was eavesdropping on them. Their conversation was leaked to me on purpose in order to make me lead people into the ambush circle of the Black Dogs so that they could launch a surprise attack on the base.
"If that's the case, then you can't trust anything the two men said, including at the beginning when they were talking about that woman..."
Ci Rong thought so. He still remembered that his subordinates had reported to him several days ago that they had seen a dark-skinned woman with a good figure entering No. 23 Green Shade Town. And when he went to investigate the scene when the two Rosicrucian members met for the first time, they also talked about that woman. They were sure that this woman was their member, but in their words, the dark skin and figure were just disguises.
At that time, I believed the information, so I didn't let my men follow that clue. But now it seems that if all the information I obtained at that time was false, then the information about that woman must be true!
After realizing this suddenly, Ciel was stunned for a moment, then immediately spoke to Claudio.
"By the way, sir, regarding those invaders... there is actually a very crucial piece of information."
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King's Campus, deep in the underground ruins.
In the staircase hall of the Star Number Book Society ruins, Dorothy looked at the words on the stone tablet in front of her. She couldn't help but feel happy when she saw the detailed information on the various ranks of the Black Earth Stage of each "Initiated" Extraordinary and their advancement methods.
"Got it! It's here! There is a method to advance to the Black Earth Stage in this ruins, and there is actually a branch path!"
Dorothy thought excitedly in her heart that this exploration finally paid off, and her biggest purpose of coming to this school had finally been achieved.
With excitement, Dorothy began to carefully examine the stone tablet in front of her. It not only recorded the names of the 12 branches of the "Start", but also detailed the requirements and methods of the rituals for each branch. She only needed to memorize them all and then slowly choose one, and then she could be promoted after getting ready.
Dorothy was also curious about the names of the various branches recorded on the stone tablet.
"If I use the 'cup' as a secondary spiritual power, can I be promoted to a puppeteer? Could it be the same as controlling corpse puppets? I am quite proficient in this now, so I can consider it for a while."
"If you use 'Stone' as your auxiliary spirituality, you can be promoted to a thunder master among the elemental masters. This means that the elemental expression of 'Qi' is actually 'Thunder'? This is quite unexpected. The path of 'Qi' seems so quiet, but I didn't expect the elemental expression to be so violent...
If you choose 'Shadow', it means 'Dream Interpreter', which means you can master abilities related to the dream world. I don't know what you can do specifically?
It is expected that "Deng" can become a fortune teller. I wonder if he will achieve anything in fortune telling after becoming a professional fortune teller?
'And the last one, the Scholar, doesn't say that any auxiliary spirituality is needed. Does this mean that this is a pure path of enlightenment? It turns out that there is also a branch path of choosing only one spirituality and then going all the way to the end. It can be considered as an eye-opener. I don't know what kind of ability this pure path of enlightenment will have.'
Looking at the many branches recorded on the stone tablet, Dorothy analyzed them in her mind, and now she was thinking about which branch she should take.
'The ability I need now is to manipulate corpses. I feel that the puppeteer is quite suitable for me. If I choose the puppeteer, my ability to manipulate corpses may be improved. Moreover, from now on, my "cup" can be automatically restored to a certain extent, and the spiritual pressure will be less.
'As for the Thunder Mage, I feel like I have the strongest direct output capability among these branches. With 'Stone' as my auxiliary spirituality, my direct confrontation capability can be much stronger, which can make up for my weakness in direct confrontation.
'The dream interpreter's ability is too unclear to judge the value directly from the name...
"A fortune teller is not bad either. I wonder how becoming a proper fortune teller will improve my fortune telling abilities? However, the fact that the 'lamp' can turn on automatically is attractive enough."
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