Chapter 130 Monitoring, Divination, and Abnormality
The city of Elosia, the heart of the kingdom, is now bathed in the afternoon sun.
Inside the towering city walls, the wide cobblestone streets are bustling with people and traffic.
The hustle and bustle was in stark contrast to the chaos of several days of trekking through the wilderness.
The mansion that Ottorek III gave to Jemin was located in the middle-class aristocratic district of the royal capital. Although it was not luxurious, it covered a large area and was fully equipped with pavilions and towers.
The gate of the mansion was tightly closed and seemed peaceful, but in some unknown corners, several pairs of eyes were watching every move in the house through imperceptible monitoring arrays.
This is a surveillance officer sent by the palace.
In their view, this "Lord Jack" has a mysterious origin and extraordinary abilities. Although His Majesty the King praised him lavishly, he never let his guard down.
"Today's target person behaved normally." A monitor in a standard robe whispered to the crystal ball. His eyes penetrated the illusion of the crystal ball and looked at Benjamin's figure in the study.
In the crystal ball, Benjamin was sitting at the desk in his bedroom, one hand supporting his chin and the other hand casually tossing a few copper coins.
The copper coins flew in the air, making crisp clashes, and then fell precisely back into his palm or scattered on the table.
The regular sound of metal collision even made the surveillance personnel feel a little sleepy. After all, since coming to this mansion, he has spent some time every day doing this "boring" action.
"It's been almost a week. Apart from fiddling with his small coins every day, he reads books or goes out for a walk." Because the work was too boring and tedious, another monitor yawned impatiently.
"Is he being too cautious? Or is this just the norm for orc spies? New to a new environment, he's hesitant to act rashly?"
"Who knows? His Majesty the King said this Jack's origins are unknown, and he might be a spy sent by the orcs. The five legends of Golden Harbor were all killed, so the fact that he was able to bring those nobles back alive is itself strange." The previous observer frowned. "It's better to be cautious. Even if he's just an ordinary adventurer, a powerful person of this level is worth our manpower to monitor."
"Oh...it's so boring." The young monitors complained. Although their eyes were still fixed on the surveillance screen, they began to become a little lazy without realizing it.
At this moment, Benjamin, who was described as "boring" by the observer, was looking at the copper coins scattered on the table, with an imperceptible curve at the corner of his mouth.
He raised his hand, gathered all the copper coins into his palm, and tossed them up lightly again.
The copper coins fell with a clinking sound, forming an obscure hexagram.
"The art of divination... is still very useful in this kind of environment." Benjamin whispered in his heart, his fingertips brushed over a copper coin, and a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes.
Given Jieming's interest in immortal cultivation, he naturally learned the special technique of divination. Although he did not study it in depth, he thought he was not bad at it.
When he was in the Noren 13th plane, he rarely used this kind of monastic method.
The main reason is that the Noren plane and the Noren workshop itself belong to the wizard civilization, and the ninth-level wizards in the wizard civilization are too powerful.
The contract signed when enrolling was not just a contract with Nolen College. In addition to the contract regarding military service, a large part of the contract stated that the person signing the contract must not betray the wizard civilization in any form.
This compulsory contract signed at the beginning of cultivation is basically one of the foundations for the wizard civilization to conquer multiple dimensions.
However, in order to ensure that no information could be extracted from the wizards once they were captured, these contracts were directly linked to ninth-level wizards.
So theoretically, every wizard has an indirect causal relationship with the ninth-level wizard.
This made Benjamin very helpless.
Divination may seem mysterious, but it actually involves a lot of things. If you are not careful and touch upon the cause and effect of a ninth-level wizard, you will be seeking your own death.
What's more, the essence of divination is the use of the origin of the world. When you first arrive in a new plane, you know nothing about the rules of the plane and have no way to practice it.
In many cases, it is far less direct and effective than simply hiring a fortune-telling wizard to help with the calculations.
But at this moment, under the circumstances of being surrounded by surveillance from both inside and outside, the art of divination showed its unique convenience.
After all, to outsiders, he was just fiddling with coins out of boredom, and there was nothing unusual.
When he was in Golden Harbor, he had already begun to meticulously sense and study the laws of heaven and earth in the Eloshia plane, the direction of the spiritual veins, and the complex atmosphere in the mortal belief network.
Through the previous two months of research, Benjamin has gained a deep understanding of the rules of this world, and he can finally use this unknown method of divination.
Just now, with the help of divination, he accurately calculated the only blind spot of surveillance in this mansion.
In fact, it cannot be considered a blind spot for surveillance, because professionals who set up magic arrays will not make such a mistake.
Strictly speaking, that was just a blind spot for the surveillance personnel.
At a specific time and location, the monitoring personnel may subconsciously ignore the visual points for various reasons.
"It's almost time." Benjamin's eyes flashed.
He stood up seemingly bored, left the bedroom and walked towards the study on the other side.
The movements were natural and smooth, no different from those of the previous few days.
As he passed through the corridor, he flicked his hands slightly.
In the surveillance personnel's crystal ball, Benjamin was still under their surveillance. He walked into the study, found a book and sat down to read.
But in the mansion, a wanton smile appeared on Benjamin's lips.
Because just now, he used his magic weapon to set up an exquisite illusion in the entire study area.
There are many types of surveillance spells in the mansion, and it is quite difficult to invade them one by one.
Moreover, all the servants in the mansion are considered spies, so simply changing the surveillance is meaningless.
Therefore, directly using illusion to simulate his activities in the study is the most convenient and covert way.
The servants did not dare to enter the study without his permission. After all, in this world, books are very valuable property.
In the eyes of the surveillance personnel outside, Benjamin will continue to carry out his daily reading, walking, and even continue to play with the copper coins in his "sight".
Looking at the surveillance cameras that had been shrouded in illusion, Benjamin smiled and the door closed quietly.
He could finally take real action.
From the space expansion bag, Benjamin kept taking out various materials - rune stones that shimmered with light, parchment scrolls that exuded elemental aura, and even a few metal parts that were refined by special techniques.
He carefully placed the materials in the center of the room and began to install them according to the instructions.
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A few days later, night fell and the palace was brightly lit.
A grand welcome banquet is being held to welcome the orcs, elves and dwarves who have come from afar.
As the "Kingdom's Special Advisor", Benjamin wore a well-fitting aristocratic dress and moved among the crowd.
He wore a polite smile and occasionally chatted with various nobles, ministers, and priests, collecting information from all sides.
"Advisor Jack, your heroic deeds have spread throughout the capital. You are a hero of the kingdom!" A portly duke raised his glass in praise, with a hint of awe and curiosity in his eyes.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty and all of you." Benjamin smiled back, but there was no emotion in his heart.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Jie Ming's eyes narrowed slightly.
The various desires and emotions of the nobles also transformed into mixed worldly energy and were silently absorbed by the talisman in his dantian.
At this moment, his body stiffened slightly.
Perhaps it was because he had been using divination too frequently recently, which caused some strange changes in his perception. Benjamin suddenly caught several unusual auras.
These auras had no changes compared to the surrounding ones, but they carried a kind of fluctuation that made him feel threatened.
The fact that he felt threatened showed that these people were extremely powerful, probably surpassing the second-level creatures.
But the fact is, there are very few legends in the entire banquet, and each of them is in a very conspicuous position, which does not fit the area perceived by Benjamin.
The most important thing is that although the opponent's strength can make him feel threatened, Jieming has a feeling of being on a whim.
He still had no idea what this sudden impulse meant, but it didn't seem dangerous.
Out of curiosity, Benjamin quietly searched the crowd and finally located the source of these auras.
The first one is a dazzling female elf in the elven delegation.
The other party has a beautiful appearance and elegant temperament, attracting the attention of countless nobles.
Her smile was flawless, but Benjamin felt that she had a sharp edge that was inconsistent with her noble temperament, like a wolf in sheep's clothing.
On the other side, in the orc delegation, a rough and heroic orc warrior was eating meat with big mouthfuls and making loud noises.
He speaks in a vulgar manner, has a reckless temperament, and exudes wildness.
There was also a female dwarf in the dwarf delegation who looked bold and rough. She was holding a wine barrel and drinking. Apart from her eye-catching beard, she looked nothing special.
These three happened to be members of the foreign delegation.
"strangeness……"
Jieming observed secretly for a while. Although he didn't dare to observe too closely for fear of alerting the enemy, he did not find any connection between these people and himself for the time being.
"Ask for divination? Forget it, forget it. It's better not to commit suicide."
After all, there are gods in this world. If someone can make you feel threatened at the first level of creatures, it is likely to be related to gods.
If he could predict the spirit behind the opponent, then Benjamin could kill the opponent instantly.
"Tsk, let's wait and see what happens."
On the other side, the nobles started to stir. Benjamin glanced to the side and couldn't help but exclaim in his heart:
"The sage's disciple, I didn't expect such a great figure to attend this banquet..."
Jieming shook his head, put on a smile and re-immersed himself in the party.
(End of this chapter)
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