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In the north of the Kingdom of Loen, the cool September wind was tinged with a chill, and after passing through the cemetery, it felt even more chilly.
Klein was startled by the surprise and suddenly came to his senses. He smiled bitterly and said to himself:
"This time travel really does hide some secrets..."
"But it looks like I can only survive two more times before I can't 'revive'... I don't know if this recovery ability, which doesn't normally appear, will be useful if I'm chopped into a paste..."
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After calming down for a few dozen seconds, Klein buttoned up his clothes and found that he was wearing his newest shirt and tuxedo, but they were both covered in mud.
...Benson, Melissa really doesn't know how to save money... This thought came to his mind subconsciously. He supported himself with his hands, turned over and stood up, and found that the ability of the "Joker" had not disappeared.
“The best brother… the best brother… the best colleague…” Klein looked at the tombstone and silently recited the inscription on it. His heart suddenly ached, as if he understood the grief of Melissa and Benson.
This may be more sad than witnessing the captain's death... He sighed, retracted his gaze, squatted down, and closed the coffin lid again.
Although his thoughts were still somewhat scattered, Klein knew that he had to deal with the scene as quickly as possible and not be discovered by anyone.
Coming back from the dead is not something that normal people can do!
If the Nighthawks, the Mandated Punisher, or the Mechanical Heart knew about this, Klein believed that he would not have a good ending. Of course, if this was Earth and he had taken the "Lawyer" or "Swindler" potion, he could have been tricked into being "God's Favor" or "Redeemed", but this world has a true God who will respond to rituals!
After filling the soil again and covering the stone slab, Klein clapped his hands and stood up again.
There was nothing special about the situation. He was like a gentleman who came to pay his respects to his friend late at night. The only thing wrong was that the person in the photo on the tombstone looked exactly like him.
During the process just now, his inspiration detected the existence of the "Azik Copper Whistle", so he dug it out and wiped it clean.
However, Klein did not plan to summon the messenger immediately. He decided to figure out the current situation first.
Raising his left hand, Klein saw the topaz pendant still wrapped around his wrist.
"Is this considered a burial object?" He laughed at himself, took off his pendulum, looked up and looked around, his expression gradually becoming solemn, "...The captain should also be buried in this cemetery..."
He changed directions twice in succession and finally used the pendulum to determine the location of Dunn's grave.
After walking and searching in the moonlight for more than ten minutes, Klein saw the captain's black-and-white photo: his expression was gentle, his hairline was high, and the gray of his eyes could be vaguely seen, not much different from usual.
Below the photo is Dunn's name, date of birth, date of death, and epitaph:
"The true guardian;"
"The most trustworthy companion;"
"Captain forever."
Klein stared blankly, his vision blurring out for some reason. He vaguely recalled that day when he saw the captain turn his head and wink at him with his left eye. He spoke in a mellow and relaxed voice:
"We saved Tingen."
Captain…Klein shouted silently.
He stood there like a statue for several minutes, then suddenly smiled and said:
"Captain, you must not have been in a very good mental state that day. You even said that if Old Neil hadn't lost control, you would have been able to 'take' him into the dream. He is the 'Secret Peer' and you are the 'Nightmare'. You simply cannot take advantage of the Beyonder characteristics he left behind. Well... you didn't even ask me if I had any powerful means of attack. Did you trust me or did you forget about this incident... But you must have guessed something... I only took one Sealed Artifact, saying it was for Leonard. You should have been able to guess with your toes that I have additional, powerful means of attack."
Having said this, Klein paused, shook his head and sighed:
"I don't know what I am now. Maybe I'm just an evil spirit that crawled out of hell and wants revenge..."
As he was speaking, he suddenly couldn't continue, tears streamed down his face, and finally, he choked and shouted:
"Captain...we can't bear to part with you either!"
Feeling the chilly wind blowing past him, Klein raised his hand to wipe his eyes and twisted his nose.
Returning to silence, he found a secluded place nearby, walked four steps backwards, and entered the gray fog.
He wants to use divination to find out who killed him that day and the real murderer who is behind this series of events!
Since it has appeared in front of me, I can definitely divine some information... Klein pursed his lips tightly and saw that the majestic palace and the ancient and mottled long table had not changed at all.
He sat down in the seat belonging to The Fool, and a yellow-brown parchment and a round fountain pen appeared in front of him.
Since his body was not well protected, Klein did not delay and wrote down the divination statement after a brief thought:
"Kill my people."
He recited it silently seven times, leaned back in his chair, and entered a dreamland with the help of meditation.
In a gray world, countless points of light were flying and gathering, eventually forming a picture:
A pair of shiny leather boots, a slightly pale hand, and the urn of Saint Selina held by the former.
As his sight gradually moved upward, Klein saw a middle-aged man with short dark blond hair.
He was wearing a black double-breasted frock coat. He was obviously blind in one eye. His eyes were a deep blue, almost black. His facial features were as if carved, without the slightest wrinkle.
The picture was shattered, and Klein woke up from his dream. He frowned slightly, and felt that the murderer who killed him looked very familiar.
As a fortune teller, he quickly confirmed why he felt familiar with the person, because he had seen the other person's photo and related facial description on the wanted poster!
The murderer was Ince Zangwill! The former Archbishop of the Church of the Evernight Goddess who defected with the Sealed Artifact "0-08" and the "Gatekeeper" who failed to be promoted!
"It's him!" Countless images flashed through Klein's mind, and finally stopped at the scene where the other party picked up Saint Selina's urn.
Tap, tap, tap. He stretched out his hand and tapped the edge of the long bronze table. He felt that he had figured out a lot of things.
"The captain said that Extraordinary people who die normally will also leave behind Extraordinary characteristics. When they are gathered together, they are roughly equivalent to a potion without auxiliary materials."
"That is to say, as long as you know the corresponding auxiliary materials, you can get promoted through the 'relic'. Of course, you can't take it beyond your level, otherwise it will easily cause you to lose control or go crazy."
"Well... promotion to a high-sequence powerhouse requires special rituals. This is what is mentioned in the incomplete formula of 'No Darkness'... Subsequent upgrades may also require rituals..."
"Ince Zangwill is a Sequence 5 Gatekeeper from the Death God pathway. He wants to become a high-sequence warrior and a demigod. Based on the actual situation of sequence swapping, he has three choices: the first is a Sequence 4 from the Death God pathway, the second is a Sequence 4 from the Sleepless One pathway, and the third is a Sequence 4 from the War God pathway, a Demon Hunter."
"Saint Selina is a saint, either Sequence 4 or Sequence 3. Her ashes correspond to one of the potions of these two sequences... As the former archbishop, Ince Zangwill must know exactly which one it is, and what the auxiliary materials are..."
"His real purpose in planning these things was to obtain Saint Selina's ashes and use them to advance to Sequence 4 of the Sleepless Path?"
"Well, the skull of the descendant of the god of death may be the material needed for the special ritual. After all, it was originally the path of the 'god of death'."
"It seems that he is targeting the captain rather than me... He is the mastermind behind this..."
After figuring this out, Klein wrote down the corresponding divination statement, picked up the pendulum, and let the topaz pendant hang on the surface of the paper, almost touching it.
After reciting silently, he opened his eyes and saw the topaz pendant rotating clockwise.
This means that the previous information is sufficient and the divination is successful!
This shows that Ince Zangwill had indeed planned a series of things for Saint Selina's ashes and to advance to Sequence 4!
Klein tapped the edge of the table again and thought about another question:
"Zangwill is only a Sequence 5's 'gatekeeper'. He alone cannot create so many coincidences that Megose can visit the Nighthawks at the right time according to the 'arrangement'."
"So, it's the ability of the Sealed Artifact 0-08?"
"It looks like an ordinary feather pen... and its function is that what is written is destined to come true?"
"No, it shouldn't be that simple... Otherwise, Ince Zangwill would only need to write down 'Saint Selina's ashes grew wings and flew into Ince Zangwill's hands' and then sit and wait at home..."
"This must have certain limitations..."
"'0-08' probably doesn't have direct attack capabilities, otherwise Ince Zangwill would have already forced his way into the Chanis Gate in Tingen City..."
"This item, located at the top layer of all the sealed objects, can make people behave according to its description without realizing it? Is this the reason for all those coincidences?"
"If this is true, '0-08' is really terrifying. Even Megose, who is pregnant with the evil god's offspring, followed its arrangement... No wonder the '0' level sealed objects are very dangerous, with the highest level of importance and the highest level of confidentiality. They cannot be inquired about, spread outside, described, or spied on..."
Klein stopped tapping the edge of the table and did a divination for his previous guess. Unfortunately, the information was incomplete and he failed.
Seeing that several minutes had passed, he planned to return to the real world as soon as possible, so he stopped thinking and wrote down the second to last "divination statement":
"The city where Ince Zangwill is currently located."
Due to the existence of the Sealed Artifact "0-08" and the fact that Ince Zangwill should have become a demigod, Klein couldn't directly divine the other party's specific location. He could only zoom in and make vague "inquiries."
Of course, if there was no mysterious space above the gray fog to eliminate interference, even if he made a vague "ask", he would definitely fail in divination and get no answer.
Leaning against the high-back chair, Klein silently recited the divination sentence seven times and entered the dreamland once again, entering that gray world.
The gray world suddenly cracked open, revealing a rushing, spacious, slightly turbid river.
There is a magnificent bridge over the river, and there are docks one after another on both sides of the river, busy with goods and numerous workers.
There were rows of houses on the northeast bank of the river, most of which had the characteristics of the current architecture of the Kingdom of Loen, with polygonal hipped roofs, oriel windows, and no verandas facing the street. In addition, there were also many Gothic buildings.
The streets here are crowded with people, horse-drawn carriages passing one after another, and strange machines can be seen from time to time.
The further east you go, the more chimneys there are and the thicker the smoke. The further west you go, the higher the terrain becomes. Houses in some gray-blue, beige or light yellow spiral upward, surrounding a magnificent palace and a tall Gothic bell tower.
when!
The bell rang again, and Klein woke up. He knew which city he had just seen.
"The Land of Hope", "The Capital of All Capitals", Backlund!
PS: I was surprised that such a long paragraph disappeared after I PSed it at noon. Well, it was mainly to ask everyone to guess the abilities and limitations of "0-08". I will release some information after the first part is finished, and see how many you can guess correctly, all of which can be inferred from the previous content.