Deep Sea Embers

The roar that could almost tear the soul echoed in the consciousness, and the sense of chaos and out of control stirred the mind, and gradually subsided over time. This "storm" lasted for an unknown period of time, and the registrar suddenly realized that " the existence of the self.

He heard the sound of his heart beating wildly, and his reason struggled hard to return to the "human" side from the edge of losing control. He realized what happened just now, subconsciously raised his head, and looked at The direction from which the strange voice came from.

Duncan stood in front of him, with the flames of his spiritual body floating behind him, his tall figure was like a dark cloud falling from the sky, exuding an indescribable sense of oppression.

The registrar thought for a while, and suddenly recalled what the girl named Nina said to herself just now: "...just don't be afraid later."

He recognized the tall figure in front of him—for an elf, a hundred years ago was not too far away.

But before he could cry out in surprise, a gentle force suddenly poured into his mind, and at the same time, a familiar voice came from not far away: "Let me take over here."

The registrar turned his head to look in the direction of the voice.

A middle-aged man wearing a dark blue college burqa, with graying hair and a thick book under his arm walked into the room, looking at this side with calm and tired eyes.

"Your Excellency the Keeper!" The registrar immediately stood up from the table as soon as he was rescued, and immediately moved away from Nina and Duncan.

Then he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to report something, but before he could speak, he was interrupted by the raised hand of the middle-aged man called the "Secret Keeper": "I have already understood the situation here, and this matter is now being handled by City State University." Take over, don't ask anything else. Your work for today is over, go to the psychological counseling room for a mental evaluation immediately after leaving here, go."

The registrar left full of guesswork and bewilderment, while Duncan's eyes fell on the middle-aged elf with a sense of fatigue on his face. After careful study for a while, he asked curiously: "Who are you?" ?”

"You don't know me anymore?" The middle-aged elf frowned suspiciously, but quickly nodded with understanding, "Oh, yes, I heard that your memory was affected by the subspace..."

He seemed weak when he spoke, and there was a sense of tiredness in his tone, so that there was no change in his tone when he expressed surprise. In the end, he sighed and raised his finger to himself: "Ted Lear , the 'Keeper of Truth' in Qingfeng Harbor, responsible for the safety of this city in the extraordinary realm, we met a hundred years ago, at that time you often invited me to drink, and we exchanged many things related to the border."

Ted Lear? The Keeper of Truth?

Duncan frowned. Of course he had no impression of this name, but the situation of "meeting an acquaintance" before him was not surprising. Before he came to Qingfeng Harbor, he knew that there must be many people in this city who would recognize him. This face of mine - after all, a hundred years is not too long for an elf, and the Lost Homeland was often on the edge of the civilized world, and the longest dealings were border cities like Qingfeng Harbor.

So after a short thought, he took out the speech he had prepared: "Sorry, I can't remember, the subspace took away more than half of my memory, please forgive me."

Ted Lear waved his hand: "It's okay, just forget it, 'forgetfulness' is Lahm's greatest blessing, and I'm used to dealing with 'forgetfulness' anyway."

Accustomed to dealing with "forgotten"?

Duncan was taken aback when he heard this, and felt that there was some resentment and deep meaning in the other party's words, but it didn't seem to be directed at him, but before he could ask, the "Keeper of Truth" on the opposite side continued to speak: "I After listening to Ms. Lucrecia and the leader of the field team explain what happened, is that Ms. Nina behind you?"

Nina had already got up from the chair at this time, she hid behind Duncan, looked at the stranger across from him curiously, and when she heard her name being called, she walked out generously and greeted him politely : "Hi, I'm Nina."

Then she raised her face again and looked at Duncan with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Uncle Duncan... Did I cause you trouble?"

Duncan laughed and reached out to rub Nina's hair: "It's all trivial, don't worry about it."

While talking, he was feeling something else in his heart - being accidentally involved in an extraordinary incident when he tried to report an abnormal situation to the guards, it was better than leading a group of ghost sailors rampaging in the city center and being caught by the sheriff Zili...

Compared with the noise that Lawrence made at the beginning, this little trouble between Shirley and Nina is quite harmless.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking: "Where is Shirley?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps suddenly coming from the door, and then Lucrezia walked into the room with Shirley: "Dad, Shirley is here."

Shirley had a nervous look on her face. After entering the room, she observed Duncan's expression carefully, and then quickly explained as she walked over like a thief: "I didn't do anything wrong! I and Nina was going to report the situation to the guards, but for some reason, a strange thing popped up all of a sudden, and as a result, the guards were nervous and insisted on us..."

"Oh, I apologize to the two ladies on their behalf," Ted Lear turned his head and glanced at Shirley, "but this is a necessary safety procedure."

Shirley had just walked halfway, when she was startled by a stranger's voice next to her, she turned her head and glanced at this ordinary-looking middle-aged man who had no sense of existence since just now: "Why is there someone here when I go here... ...Uncle, who are you?"

"He is Ted Lear, the 'Keeper of Truth' from Breezy Harbor," answered Lucrezia on the side. Greeting, and then added, "It is equivalent to the 'gatekeeper' or 'judge' of this city-state."

As soon as Shirley heard it, she rushed to Duncan's side in an instant.

Seeing Shirley's exaggerated reaction, Ted Lear froze for a moment before turning to look at Lucrezia: "...Am I so scary?"

Lucrecia spread her hands: "I guess the reason has nothing to do with you."

Duncan turned his head and glanced at Shirley who had rushed to his side: "I think you are quite comfortable with Fanna? Why are you still afraid of people like judges at this time?"

"Can it be the same?" Shirley shrank her neck and glanced at the "Keeper of Truth" on the opposite side, muttering in a low voice, "Fan Na has already joined the gang, this is not one of us..."

Duncan immediately glared at this guy: "The team, how many times have I said it is the team!"

"oh……"

Duncan sighed helplessly, then shook his head, then looked up at Ted Lear and Lucrezia who was walking towards this side: "I have already learned about the general situation from Nina, then Let's spare the explanations and the niceties - now I want to see that 'strange thing' Shirley was talking about, is it in this facility?"

"The twenty-fourth sample containment room is in the underground archives in the Central District," Ted nodded, "I'll take you there."

After finishing speaking, the "Secret Keeper" with a tired face took out the heavy book he was holding under his arm, casually opened a page, and tapped on it with his fingers.

In the next instant, a page in the book suddenly flew into the air, and Duncan saw a gate drawn on the page, the surface of which was covered with countless mysterious and complex symbols—during a series of dazzling transformations and reorganizations, The door drawn on the paper quickly transformed into an illusory door in the air.

The translucent illusory door opened, and behind it was a scene of a certain corridor deep underground in a certain facility.

Duncan looked at this scene with amazement, and immediately felt in his heart that he really deserved to be the faction with the highest level of education in the world—the performance of the "Secret Keeper" of the Academy of Truth was indeed a bit cooler than Vanna's jumping and chopping.

And his second reaction was curiosity, guessing what would happen if the paper was taken from mid-air during the unfolding process-this bold idea circled in his mind for a moment, and he noticed it in the next second Lucrezia next to him gave him a subtle look.

"Dad, don't move."

Miss "Witch" reminded quietly with her mouth.

Duncan turned his face away as if nothing had happened, and put away his bold thoughts.

Then, under the leadership of Ted Lear, Duncan, Lucrezia, Shirley and Nina with curious and expectant expressions passed through the illusory floating gate in turn.

The short-term dizziness and perception dislocation soon ended, and when the light and shadow in front of them condensed again, they had already arrived at the "Central District Underground Archives" that Ted called.

A long and deep corridor appeared in Duncan's field of vision. The two sides of the corridor were illuminated by bright gas lamps, and one could see the sacred symbols engraved with the God of Wisdom Rahmu, and the relief stone slabs lined up with symbolic figures and scriptures. Near the lights, in the solemn and heavy corridor, you can also see emergency isolation gates at intervals, and between the gates are small rooms with closed doors.

"This is the containment area," Ted Lear glanced at the two curious young girls next to him, and explained casually, "Suspicious samples discovered temporarily, anomalies below medium hazard, and contamination, All kinds of items that cannot be destroyed in a short period of time will be imprisoned in each room according to the level of danger and the method of containment - don't approach those doors rashly, the things inside are not very safe."

As if to confirm the "Secret Keeper"'s warning, along with his voice, various indistinct sounds came from some small rooms on both sides of the corridor, some were the noise of iron chains rubbing against each other, some were like people The whispers in sleep, the disgusting movement of viscous liquid surging, and the sound of footsteps constantly ringing behind the door, as if they would come out of a certain door in the next second.

Shirley and Nina immediately withdrew their curious eyes, and the expressions on their faces finally became a little serious and tense.

Duncan glanced across the small rooms with adequate security measures.

In the next second, there was a dead silence in the entire corridor.

"It's safe now." Duncan nodded in satisfaction.