Sean didn't stay in the old town of Tacoma for long. After checking the border military camp on almost the third day, he was ready to go back.
The city of Tacoma only had people check everywhere that day, especially those places that the Adak merchants had not been to. In fact, Sean could see that these people were not telling the truth. Although the old city of Tacoma was large, it had been almost two months since the last incident. Since the restoration of the trade route, many Adak merchants have stayed here. They should have searched all the places that could be searched.
If that book really existed, it would have been taken away long ago.
But then again, could it be that the book that Alphonse regarded as the supreme scripture is in this city?
The world is so big, it's hard to encounter opportunities where everything happens by chance. Sean thought about it and thought it should be related to the octopus man Weisman and those deep divers at that time. Maybe something caused him to become that horrible appearance in the end.
Because he was not the leader of the team at that time, Sean even hid his identity for a while. Although Frelia occasionally communicated with him privately on some issues, the two of them had few opportunities to meet after all, and they communicated secretly through the tunnels of the military camp.
And later, when she sent herself back, there were still a large number of Black Feather Knights and Wizards left in Tacoma City. Perhaps she was not fully aware of some things.
The Book of the Dead may be difficult to find, but the statue made of unknown material caught Sean's attention.
When I asked the Adak merchant, he couldn't tell me what it looked like because he had never seen it.
I just heard people say that it is very attractive and looks very strange, but it has a unique appeal.
When asked what the unique attraction was, the merchant's answer shocked Sean and Joseph.
The businessman responded by imitating someone else's tone of voice.
If I could, I'd like to have it for myself.
What was important was not this sentence but the expression on the other person's face. I didn't know if he was imitating those people or if he was deliberately acting like this. When he said this, the ferocity and desire in his eyes were so strong that even the hot-blooded Joseph felt a chill down his spine.
After that day, Joseph told Sean several times that the businessman's expression would always appear in his mind and he couldn't get rid of it, and he felt like he was trapped in it.
And I was awakened from my dream that day.
statue.
Still very attractive
Sean imagined everything he could think of in his mind. Perhaps there was some kind of magic hidden in it, which made people who saw it want to get it almost crazy.
But since this thing has been taken out of the country, it is very difficult to get it back, and there is not even room for negotiation.
Whether in daily communication or at the national level, the Zambutar region and the Adak region can only be regarded as ordinary diplomatic relations. People from the two regions often complain about each other in private. If you want to ask for something or want to understand the situation, you will probably be blocked by the managers of the opposite city.
Perhaps I should ask Frelia about this matter again. After all, she was there for a while, and maybe she can find out some of the details.
Since their territory is too close to the two worlds, they must be prepared to eliminate any possible threats.
"grown ups."
Joseph, who was behind him, came forward and spoke.
"You don't look well. Did you not sleep well last night?" Sean asked curiously.
It shouldn't be
After all, Joseph was a sergeant major. Regardless of what he had done before, anyone who had survived the Tacoma incident had seen one or two dead people. He was actually frightened by a strange and hideous smile until dawn, and he was still in a trance today.
If he hadn't sensed anything unusual, and the merchant who appeared that day was just an ordinary human being, Sean would have almost thought that the other party had released magic to terrify this battle-hardened veteran.
"Yes, a little, but it doesn't matter. It should be fine today." He said it reluctantly and his face became more and more ugly.
"I'm a little curious, Joseph. You were also promoted to sergeant major through normal means. You must have seen a lot of things that ordinary people have not seen. Think about how majestic you were that day. You even scared the other party before, but that businessman just said one sentence and scared you like this." Seeing that there was no one around, Sean would also joke with the sergeant major.
On weekdays, the two of them rarely have the opportunity to communicate, but the other party is a general by their side after all, so they should write more to get to know each other.
"Hey"
Joseph also bared his teeth a little embarrassedly. His big beard was obviously very manly, but he was surprisingly timid.
"Actually, I just remembered something when I saw that person's appearance."
"Oh what is it."
The other party smiled awkwardly, but Sean could tell that he had something to say.
"We still have a long way to go, why don't we talk about your story."
"Actually, I saw that expression once when I was very young. It was on a good friend of mine. He had that expression the last time I saw him."
"What happened to him after the last time?" Sean asked curiously.
"Dead."
"Died from a horror legend."
This made Sean even more curious. What does it mean to die in a legend?
"What's going on?"
"Just like strange and bizarre stories spread everywhere, there were also strange stories passed down from generation to generation when we were young. I lived in a remote mountain village in the Oro region, which was called Tacoma. But the story happened in an earlier period, when there was no Oro city, or it was just a small village."
"A woman named Marianne who lived in the forest all year round"
The story Joseph told was actually the same as the scripts Sean often heard from artists in the hotel.
An old widower living in a dark forest, behaves strangely and horribly. People often see her in various places in the forest, and there are many explanations about her origins. In the final analysis, the most common guess is that she is the incarnation of an evil demon.
"When we were little, what we feared most was being stared at by Marianne, because those eyes seemed to want to drag you into the abyss." Joseph still showed a sense of fear when he talked about this incident.
"But you're fine now."
"That's right, but one of my friends wasn't so lucky. He disappeared after being spotted by Marian. He ran into the forest at night and disappeared."
"Is that the person you were talking about?" Sean asked.
"Yes, but it was eight days later when we found him. You can't imagine how a child could survive in such a dense forest for eight days. I still feel scared when I think about it now." Joseph suddenly looked at Sean, his expression still showing unconcealed fear.
"He eventually went crazy, and the last time I saw him, he had that weird smile on his face."
"And he also told me that he would come back sooner or later."
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