Above the gray fog, Klein breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the Silver City exploration team returning home and the Giant King's Palace remained unchanged. He leaned back in his chair tiredly.
After nearly two hours of observation, his spiritual power has reached its limit and can only last for another quarter of an hour at most.
"No matter what, the harvest this time is beyond my imagination. It is only right that I give the Silver Knight potion formula to the City of Silver." Klein rubbed his forehead, his thoughts unconsciously diverging. "Mastering these ancient secrets will be of great help to my digestion after my promotion. The problem now is that I haven't completely digested my Trickster potion yet...
"From the feedback we've received over this period of time, we can see that the spread of various strange stories does have a significant effect. Once Miss Magician finishes the manuscript and publishes it, and it takes a while for things to get ready, it should be ready.
"However, she has only started writing for a few days, and I don't know when she will be able to finish the manuscript...
“Why can’t she just write a few more hours every day?
"When I go to pick her up this time, I'll urge her to hurry up..."
Thinking of this, Klein suddenly remembered one thing, that is, he had not yet given Anderson the reward for finding "Vice Admiral of Disease".
“Let’s wait until he helps Danitz become a ‘conspirator’. This is part of the agreement anyway… The promotion ceremony for the ‘Iron-Blooded Knight’ is neither difficult nor easy. It is even more troublesome for the ‘Hunters’… It actually requires the ‘Hunters’ who are good at provoking and plotting conspiracies to form a team of at least thirty people, cultivate a deep comradeship with them, make them stronger one after another, and cooperate with them tacitly, so that they can understand the ‘Hunters’ intentions through their eyes and actions, and become almost one with each other, and then they will form the ceremony… The stronger and more tacitly the team is, the better the effect of the ceremony will be…”
Seeing that the Silver City exploration team had returned in an orderly manner for a period of time without any accidents, Klein finally felt relieved. He left the gray fog, threw himself into the bed, and fell into a deep sleep.
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After a rest at the camp in the afternoon, Derrick Berg finally recovered and his face was no longer so pale.
He had just baked the bread with black grass powder when a figure emerged from the shadows outside the door and spoke in a low voice:
"Derrick, the chief wants to see you."
"Yes." Derrick stood up subconsciously, "Thank you."
He was originally planning to find the Chief and hand over the potion formula of "Silver Knight".
After watching the messenger retreat into the shadows, he walked out of the room and came to the camp square illuminated by the campfire.
At a glance, Derrick saw many team members who did not participate in this exploration mission gathered in twos and threes, discussing something in low voices with excitement on their faces.
They already knew that the Giant King's Court could see the sea, and that it was not too far from the seashore. As long as they could find the right road, they would be able to arrive there in no time.
This is an important step for Silver City to save itself after discovering the outsider Little Jack.
The residents of Silver City, with "Dawn" and "Morning Light" as their main forces, finally saw the light.
The long wait and persistence seem to be paying off.
Derrick could understand the feelings of his teammates because he felt the same way. However, having heard about various things about the "God War Ruins" from the "World" Gehrman Sparrow, he knew very well that the sea was not simple. If he wanted to go to the other side of the sea, it would probably be extremely difficult.
Apart from anything else, just the "Dark Angel" Sasriel who is sleeping in the Giant King's Palace and blocking the key road is a trouble that cannot be overcome at present.
I can only hope for Mr. Fool's blessing. Well, the little boy can appear in the temple ruins, which means there is another way to bypass the Giant King's Palace and reach the seaside... Derrick thought hopefully, walked around the quietly burning campfire, and walked towards the chief room on the other side.
Suddenly, he saw a person sitting silently in the shadow of a huge rock.
He was a man in his twenties, much taller than Derrick. He was holding a light golden bracelet with three small bells hanging on it, and was looking at it with unfocused eyes.
Derrick was no stranger to this man. He knew that he was Antirna's husband, Dolores, a Sequence 6 "Knight of the Dawn".
In Silver City, people can freely fall in love and get married before they reach the age of eighteen. If they still don't have a spouse by the age of eighteen, one will be arranged for them. The same applies to those who have been widowed for three years.
This is a necessary measure to ensure the population of Silver City. It seems to go against human nature, but for the continuation of the entire race in the Dark Land, this is the only way. Moreover, this can also ensure to the greatest extent that everyone has a certain number of close relatives, so that they will not transform into terrible evil spirits after death.
Dolores and Antirna are neighbors living on the same street. They have known each other since childhood and have had a liking for each other. Eventually, they began to fall in love when they were teammates in a patrol team, and gradually became husband and wife, with a very deep relationship.
Considering that their children were still young, Colin Iliad deliberately left one behind when exploring the "Giant King's Court" this time.
On the one hand, Derrick felt that there was nothing wrong with the Chief's arrangement, but on the other hand, he felt a strong sense of sadness because of Dolores's performance, as if he had returned to the state when he had to stab his parents to death with his own hands.
The exploration took only half a day from start to finish, but for Dolores, everything was different.
After a moment of silence, Derrick withdrew his gaze and continued forward, his steps unconsciously becoming heavier.
At the same time, he thought of a rumor:
The elder "Shepherd" Lovia once had a husband, but he died during an exploration. This was a very common thing and not worth discussing at all. However, except for Lovia, all the members of the team that explored the temple ruins "went crazy". After they were eliminated, a rumor gradually spread among some residents of Silver City:
During that exploration, Elder Lovia ate her husband!
It was a "night" with a low frequency of lightning and the wind was a little cold. Derrick shuddered and turned his attention back to the present.
He took a few quick steps, arrived at his destination, and knocked on the chief's door.
"Come in." Colin Iliad said in a normal voice.
Derrick pushed the door open and saw the chief, who was wearing a linen shirt and a dark coat, wiping the two straight swords with grease.
Colin Iliad did not stop, he raised his head and looked at Derrick at the door and said:
"What do you think of this exploration mission?"
What was the purpose of the Chief asking this? Derrick, who had been deeply influenced by Alger, the "Hanged Man", subconsciously had this thought in mind.
He couldn't grasp the chief's specific intention, so he closed the door and answered calmly:
"There may be another way to the seaside. The Giant King's palace should be the key, but it is too dangerous. We need more information."
Colin Iliad nodded and asked:
"The angel kings conspired with those beings in the name of gods, in order to rebel against the Lord?
"And this was successful, leading to the abandonment of this land?"
Although Derrick had never heard of such an inference directly, it was not difficult to draw a similar conclusion based on the various secrets he had learned at the Tarot Club:
"Yes, that should be the case."
Colin fell silent, and even the movement of wiping his straight sword slowed down a little.
After a few seconds, he put down the items in his hand, took two steps and said:
"Those involved in the conspiracy are still active on the other side of the sea?"
Derrick was silent for a while, then answered carefully:
"most.
“But not too active either.”
Colin Eliat nodded, indicating that he had nothing else to ask.
Derrick quickly said:
"Chief, when 'Light Killer' Milgungen died, I obtained the incomplete formula of the 'Silver Knight' potion, including auxiliary materials and the promotion ceremony."
When he said this, Derrick knew that his lie was so fake that it could be seen through at a glance, because he didn't even dare to open his eyes at the time.
However, he could never think of a better excuse.
If Mr. Hanged Man were here, there would definitely be a better way... Just as Derrick had this thought in his mind, he heard the Chief speak slowly:
"Great, what is it?"
…After being stunned for a second, Derrick quickly repeated the relevant rituals and auxiliary materials in detail.
Demon Hunter Colin listened quietly, then heaved a long sigh and said:
"Your contribution this time is very significant. This is of vital importance to the City of Silver. From now on, our upper limit will be Sequence 3, not Sequence 4. Within a certain range, the risk encountered by the exploration team will be greatly reduced."
Why is the upper limit Sequence 3? The risk of the exploration team encountering something within a certain range will be reduced... Derrick was happy that he could make such a contribution, but he found it difficult to understand the Chief's words.
However, he knew that this was knowledge that he was not qualified to know, and planned to ask about it at a Tarot gathering later.
He then said goodbye and turned to open the door.
"Derrick..." Colin Iliad suddenly called him.
Derrick looked back with a hint of confusion, and found that the Chief's expression was rather solemn.
Colin was silent for a while, then shook his head and said:
"Be careful Lovia."
“Yes, Your Excellency.” Derrick responded from the bottom of his heart.
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Backlund, North District.
Hazel returned to the city from the Elk Manor in a carriage, preparing to go to the Loen Charity Scholarship Fund to meet Miss Audrey to discuss donations and help.
After spending many times together, she had a very good impression of this noble lady. She felt no pressure around her, and the strange emotions that had been pent up in her heart dissipated a lot, and she gradually recovered many forgotten memories.
"I should have a teacher... What happened that day? Every time I try to recall it, I tremble all over..." Hazel looked out the window with a bit of melancholy.
Her carriage was passing near Böklund Street.
At this time, a man dressed as a postman rode a bicycle sideways past the front in a quite leisurely manner.
Hazel glanced around casually and saw a monocle worn on the right eye.