Chapter 339 Medium
In the northwest suburbs of Tivian, far outside Gale Fortress.
In the daytime, on the rolling hills and in the open space between the woods, the negotiation between Nefernis and the Order of the Coffins has officially begun. At this time, Dorothy is sitting in her own carriage in the distance, observing the scene of the negotiation from the perspective of Nefernis and other small corpse dolls, and using the information channel to tell Nefernis in her mind how to respond to Larina's words.
That’s right, what Nefernis said to Larina before, and even some of her actions, were all said and done after receiving Dorothy’s on-the-spot instructions. The manipulation of living puppets is an extraordinary ability of the puppeteer, and if they are not protected by the “shadow”, they will be illuminated by the “light”.
But the consultation channel is different. The power of the consultation channel comes from the mysterious system that Dorothy has. For the sake of today's transaction, Dorothy has done experiments... When she uses the consultation channel to communicate with others, she will not be illuminated by ordinary illumination lights and show abnormalities, while living puppet manipulation and corpse puppet manipulation will.
Regarding this situation, Dorothy initially thought that the "lamp"'s ability to detect extraordinary powers only worked on the extraordinary powers of this world, and the system did not belong to this world, so it could not detect it.
But in the subsequent experiments, she was wrong. Dorothy used the abilities exchanged by the system to conduct tests. She used the Shining Lamp to detect the use of her Dragon Roar. It turned out that when the release time was slow and she was waiting for the Dragon Roar, the Shining Lamp actually responded. The moment the Dragon Roar was released, the Shining Lamp showed an abnormal purple color. Under the detection of the Shining Lamp, the Dragon Roar was considered to be an extraordinary ability of "activation".
After the experiment, Dorothy felt a little surprised. It turned out that abilities from other worlds could also be detected by the Brilliant Light, but the system's own abilities, such as the consultation channel, could not. This experimental result troubled Dorothy for a while. After a period of hard thinking, she came up with two possible results.
First, Dorothy's previous conclusion was correct. The detection of the "light" can only produce an effect on the extraordinary abilities of this world. The reason why the abilities exchanged by Dorothy can be detected is that in essence, the abilities brought by these alien knowledge have been integrated into the power system of this world after coming to this world, and have become the extraordinary abilities of this world.
The best example is the Sunlight Gun. In the Dark Souls world, the Sunlight Gun relies on faith to activate. It is a miracle that Gwen imitates the sunlight, but Gwen does not exist in this world. The power structures of the two worlds are not connected, so the Sunlight Gun has become a skill that relies on the "light" in this world. The energy consumed is the "light" of this world, and it must also be the power of this world.
In theory, although the normal release of Dragon Roar does not consume spiritual power, the powerful release after full mastery does consume "inspiration". Therefore, the Dragon Roar and other alien knowledge that Dorothy is using now... is actually the result of being locally trained by the system. In a sense, this is the ability of this world, and the ability of the system itself is the real external one.
Secondly, the ability of the system is perhaps also the power of this world. The system can connect to other worlds and receive prayers. I can use it to disguise myself as a god, and I can let it replace the guide to complete the promotion ceremony... I can consult it about departmental issues, and it can even remind me that doing certain things may attract the attention of the divine existence...
All these signs seemed to prove that there was some kind of connection between the system and this world. It might also be some kind of power in this world, but it was very special... or... very high...
The above are some of Dorothy's thoughts on the nature of the system when she was verifying whether the system's consultation channel could be detected by the "light". Although there were some experiments and some inferences, Dorothy still knew too little about the essence of this mysterious system in her mind, so she didn't spend too much time to explore it in depth.
Back to the scene of the negotiation, in the clearing in the woods on the top of the hill, Larina had come to the wooden table, and Nephnis in a long robe followed closely behind her and stood in front of Larina. At this time, the two of them were staring at each other across a small wooden table.
"Well, let's see if both of us have fulfilled our previous promises..."
Larina said this, then put her hand on the lantern on the table and turned it on. The lantern immediately emitted a warm orange-yellow light that ordinary gas lamps could not emit. It was very obvious that it was a hidden lamp.
A faint yellow light shone on Nephnis and Larina, and the spiritual radiance of the "lamp" was detecting them. Any extraordinary items, talismans, spiritual storage, and even extraordinary effects that were being used could not escape the illumination of this bright lamp as long as they were not protected by the "shadow".
After the Huijian lamp shone for a while, the indicator light on it emitted a faint red light. When Larina saw it, she asked Nefernis.
"You have the extraordinary marks of the 'cup' on your body...what is it?"
"Ah, this is a tool for controlling those meat puppets..."
Listening to Larina's words, Nephnis said this, then she stretched out her hand with a thin glove, showing a ring on it, and took it off. As a result, two of the three coachmen standing in the distance fell to the ground alive. Then Nephnis took out a button from her body, and the last coachman standing also fell to the ground.
"There are so many goods in this batch. It will be difficult to transport them all without some help." Nefnis said, and stepped aside, placing the two meat puppet control props in her hand on the ground where the Brilliant Light could not reach. Then she moved in front of the wooden table, in front of Larina. At this time, the Brilliant Light shone on her body, and there was no other color on the indicator light, which meant that there was no other extraordinary effect in operation on Nefnis's body at this time. In Larina's eyes, Nefnis's soul could be felt, and she did not have any extraordinary items using "Shadow" to shield the Brilliant Light.
"This thief can sense spirits, so he should be a Beyonder of Silence. He has two flesh puppet manipulation tools, and seems to have some connection with the Cup... Could it be that she..."
Looking at the scene in front of her, Larina had some ideas in her mind, some ideas about the identity of the person in front of her. As a Cretaceous extraordinary person, she has a certain understanding of the secret world. The spiritual combination of "cup" and "silence" makes people think of only two results at the first time. One is the Filthy Order of the Afterbirth Cult, and the other is the treasure-stealing gangs active in northern Ufica and ruins all over the world. And what this person is doing now is obviously closer to those insatiable treasure-stealing gangs.
"Okay... I was wondering who was so bold, it turned out to be those thieves..."
Staring at Nefernis in front of her, Larina thought so in her heart. At this time, she was already guessing in her heart whether the person in front of her was a member of a treasure-stealing gang. You know, this group of thieves originated from Beiwu are all over the world. Although their main job is tomb robbing, they have a lot of side jobs. Theft and extortion against other extraordinary gangs or forces are also common.
"So now... you have confirmed it, right? I have brought the goods, so where is your reward?" At this time, Nefernis said to Larina. Listening to Nefernis's words, Larina said silently, waved to a subordinate in the distance, and then the subordinate came running over with a small bag. After taking the small bag, Larina took out things one by one from it and placed them on the table.
These things included several bundles of largest denomination Pound notes, three books of varying thickness and age, and a crown engraved with a skeleton and a badge with a closed eye. After placing these things one by one, Larina shone the badge lantern on them again, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, she spoke.
"This is the ransom you demanded, six thousand pounds, three secret books, and the holy emblem of the Immortal Hades. Humph, as a thief, do you also want to worship the holy wish of His Majesty the Hades?"
"That's about right. After all, we deal with the dead every day. Holding this feels like being protected by His Majesty the King of Hell. It makes me feel more at ease."
After hearing Dorothy's words echoing in her mind, Nephnis held her composure and responded to Larina, then tried to reach out for the things on the table, but was stopped by Larina.
"Wait a minute, your goods have been inspected, but ours haven't been inspected yet."
Larina said this, then winked at her subordinates around her, and then all of them started to move the boxes. Some of them even summoned a few skeletons from the forest to help.
In this way, with the busy work of the skeleton puppets and Larina's men, the boxes on the two carriages were unloaded one by one and placed on the ground. Larina's men began to check each box.
After Larina's men opened the box, they examined the condition of the sealed coffin inside, checked the ghost alarms on it and the condition of the spirit inside the coffin, and used the bright lamp to carefully check whether there were any other extraordinary traces attached to the box and the coffin besides their own extraordinary traces, so as to avoid being tracked by a beacon. The iron coffin containing the sealed wooden hoof was checked in particular.
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