The crimson in front of his eyes dissipated, and Derrick Berg saw his bedroom again, and saw the pure crystal ball.
Crack!
The crystal ball shattered from the inside out, or turned into pieces of illusory light that flew into the surrounding void, or fell to the ground with a crackling sound, all of which were crystal clear.
Derrick stared at the scene in silence. From the reflection in the bronze mirror beside him, he noticed that his face was covered with bloodstains. He also noticed that the back of his right palm was swirling with a deep red light, forming a circle with radiating lines.
This strange symbol quickly penetrated into the back of his hand and disappeared completely.
Derrick was stunned for as long as it took for more than a dozen lightning bolts to illuminate the sky before he finally woke up from his dreamlike confusion.
He looked at the crystal ball fragments on the ground, then looked at the back of his right hand, his eyes gradually becoming deep.
After walking out of the bedroom and returning to the living room, Derrick opened the door and looked up at the sky above the City of Silver.
A flash of lightning flashed, and everything was covered with silver light. Then, amid rumbling thunder, the world returned to darkness, a darkness without a single ray of light, a darkness so deep and heavy that it made people despair.
Derrick clenched his fists. There was no joy in his eyes, but sadness and pain remained.
But he was no longer confused.
…………
Phew, I’ve tricked another member into joining. No, I’ve recruited another member… Klein laughed and shook his head, mocking the current strength of the Tarot Club.
The leader, The Fool, was only Sequence 9 and had just digested the Fortune Teller potion!
The Silver City, which "Sun" said had no hope at all, had at least three high-level Sequence 4 warriors!
"After I lay the groundwork once more, I can explain the situation to the captain and submit a special request. Once I become the Joker, I will at least no longer be just a support." Klein did not stop. He extended his spirituality, wrapped himself up, and fell rapidly downwards.
Penetrating the gray fog and breaking through the whispers, he returned to the room and removed the spiritual wall.
Then, Klein picked up the key, opened the door and walked out. He first went to the two rooms booked by Dunn to check and confirm that the captain and Frye had not returned yet. Then he went to the first floor and pushed the key to the boss.
The boss glanced at the wall clock on the side and gave him a thumbs up:
“Good job!”
Hey, what do you think I do by opening an hourly room? Klein opened his mouth to explain, but in the end he decided to let the other party continue to misunderstand.
He comforted himself with a feeling of grievance:
Well, this way he won’t be so gossipy as to mention the fact that I booked another room in front of the captain!
After walking around for a while, Klein did a quick divination and returned to the hotel based on the result. He went straight to the second floor and saw, as expected, Dunn and Frye discussing the results of their investigation in one of the rooms.
"It can be confirmed that the vengeful spirits have only appeared in the last two or three months." Dunn glanced at Klein who opened the door and nodded his conclusion.
Klein immediately agreed:
"My investigation also confirmed this..."
He recounted the key points of the previous question and said at the end, "Oh, there is a town resident named Rogue Gray who claims that he has a portrait of the first Baron Ramde at home. He said it is an antique oil painting from more than a thousand years ago."
“You didn’t spend money to buy it, did you?” Dunn’s gray eyes flickered, and after a moment of hesitation, he asked directly.
Captain, do you think I'm such an easy fool? Klein laughed dryly:
"No, not really. Although I am only a student of history, I have also attended some courses in archaeology. I have some experience in this area and can make a preliminary assessment of authenticity. Haha, the person in that painting looks a lot like my history teacher, Mr. Azik."
He mentioned the most crucial thing in a casual and nonchalant manner.
Dunn really didn't pay attention to this. He rubbed his brows and said, "This kind of town with ancient ruins is always full of various antiques. I just met a town resident who was selling Baron Ramde's silver wine cup."
"Someone tried to sell me the Ramde family crest, saying it was dug out from an ancient castle," Frye agreed.
Klein subconsciously asked, "You didn't buy it?"
Frye looked at him, and he looked at Frye, and neither of them continued the subject any further.
"The next task is for you or Frye, who have recovered, to take the Sealed Artifact '3-0782' to a deserted place outside the town. Otherwise, most of the people in the inn will become idiots who only know how to 'praise the sun'. You go first, or Frye?" Dunn looked at Klein with deep gray eyes.
"Me." Klein raised his hand slightly and smiled. "It's not too late now. I can get a good night's sleep when I come back. Is it a two-hour rotation?"
"Yes, Frye, you and Klein go together and confirm the handover location." Dunn turned his head to look at the "corpse collector" Frye. In the middle of the separate investigation, he had found an opportunity to hand over the sealed object "3-0782" to Frye. Otherwise, he would have been purified physically and mentally and started to praise the sun. However, Frye could only hold on for another three hours because he did not have enough time to recover.
“Okay.” Frye took out the “mutated sun emblem” from the inside of his thin black windbreaker and handed it to Klein.
Klein took it with great curiosity and interest. He felt that the metal of the badge was warm to the touch, and it felt like hot water was flowing inside.
The warm and gentle light was like ripples, spreading out layer by layer, bringing a pure flavor. At the same time, Klein felt that this dark golden holy emblem with the sun symbol was constantly washing his spirituality, removing impurities and leaving behind purity.
As expected, the Sealed Objects all have a very tricky side. If you are not careful, people may die, or it may be even more tragic than death... He muttered to himself and put the Sealed Object "3-0782" on the inside of his clothes.
After confirming the status of the revolver, the talisman, and the cane, he and Fry walked out of the room, left the hotel, and headed straight for the outside of the town of Ramde.
The two walked around the sparse and deserted woods and confirmed that there were no living people within a few dozen meters.
"If anyone comes close, drive him away." Frye reminded him coldly and gloomily, "I will take over from you in two hours."
“No problem.” Klein replied with a smile.
After watching Frye walk into the town, he found the half-high stone he had just set his eyes on, picked up the leaves next to it, and wiped the surface.
Then he touched the top of the stone with his finger and examined his finger for a few moments in the crimson moonlight.
After confirming that everything was correct, Klein lifted up his thin black windbreaker and sat down.
Don't stand if you can sit! He added silently in his heart.
After calming down for a few minutes, he looked at the dark, silent, deep and scary grove. He couldn't help but stand up, took out different metal bottles from the secret pockets inside his clothes, and sprinkled some herbal powders and essential oil hydrosols around the stone.
Then, Klein recited a spell in Hermetic, and with the help of materials, he released his spirituality and sealed the area where he was.
The purpose of his simple ritual was twofold. First, he didn't rely on the fortune teller's premonition of danger and was prepared to be attacked by dead bodies and ghosts. Second, it was to drive away mosquitoes...
It's a hundred times more effective than toilet water! Klein sat back down with satisfaction.
After sitting there bored for a few minutes, he curiously removed the sealed object "3-0782" and carefully examined this "mutated holy emblem of the sun".
I wonder if I can divine its origin and special source... Suddenly, an interesting idea flashed through Klein's mind, so he took out the paper and fountain pen he carried with him and wrote down the divination statement:
"The source of the mutated Sun Holy Emblem in my hand."
——As a qualified and true fortune teller, Klein had already made sufficient preparations to perform fortune telling anytime and anywhere.
After silently reciting the divination sentence seven times, he closed his eyes and entered a meditative state, using this as a springboard to begin his own dream.
In his dream, he only saw a pure light, and other than that, he gained nothing.
“Well, the church must have tried other fortune tellers before. If there is no source in the information, it means that no effective results were obtained, just like what happened to me just now…” Klein sighed and thought about it, “I wonder what the result will be if the interference is eliminated?”
As soon as this idea came into his mind, it immediately occupied his mind and made his curiosity reach its peak.
After hesitating for more than ten minutes, he saw that the night was quiet and there was no one around. He was also in a secluded place in the grove and would not be seen by passers-by, so he stood up, walked four steps back in the spiritual wall, and entered the gray fog again.
In the majestic palace, Klein sat at the head of the ancient long table, with the tan parchment, the black round fountain pen, and the "mutated sun holy emblem" appearing in front of him.
"It feels quite real..." He picked up the sealed object "3-0782" and weighed it, and found that its shape and touch were the same as those in the outside world.
Relying directly on my feelings to manifest? Klein muttered and rewrote the previous divination statement:
"The source of the mutated Sun Holy Emblem in my hand."
After reciting it silently seven times, he took the parchment and the seal "3-0782", leaned back, and entered the dream.
In the gray and illusory world, Klein saw a drop of golden, warm, and bright liquid.
It floats above the altar, with a man in a white classical robe standing in front of it.
Only the back of the man was left. He had lost all life force and slowly fell towards the altar.
At this moment, the Holy Symbol of the Sun in his hand touched the drop of golden liquid, which quickly penetrated into it.
When Klein saw this, his dream quickly faded away and he woke up.
"It turns out that it's because of the fusion of that drop of golden essence that this holy emblem has remained effective and cannot be controlled. Well, at least decades have passed since it was discovered, and its purifying ability has never declined... I wonder what that drop of golden essence is... Some high-grade extraordinary material?" Klein played with the materialized seal "3-0782" in his hand and fell into deep thought.
After thinking for a few minutes, he tried to separate the "golden **" from the tangible "mutated sun holy emblem" according to his feelings in the dream.
As soon as he thought of it, it appeared. Klein looked at the badge in front of him, which was no longer as warm and pure, in shock and amazement. He looked at the drop of quietly floating golden liquid and had a higher evaluation of the mysterious space above the gray fog:
This is magical enough, even if it is just a virtual object that has been separated and materialized!
"The source of this drop of golden liquid." He wrote down the new divination sentence with great excitement.
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