Lord of the Mysteries fanfic: wake up, hermit

"Mr. Chief."

A young voice startled Hawkes Foley to tremble slightly. He quickly put away all his negative emotions. The moment he turned around, he had returned to his unsmiling appearance.

"Your Excellency Siddel."

"I brought the 'outside world' you wanted."

Thoth unfolded the leather, and based on the outline drawn with charcoal, the information stood up on the leather, converging into flowing rivers, surging seas, majestic peaks, continuous mountains, row upon row of houses, and endless plains...

Although they are all miniature versions, they are enough to shock the people of Silver City at the vastness of the world.

The eyes of this old half-giant shone with childlike curiosity, and he refused to look away for a long time. He carefully held up the scroll and solemnly thanked him.

"You're welcome. By the way, did I just disturb you?"

"It's not like I'm disturbing you. I'm just counting the newly added sealed objects. Thanks to you, we gained a lot that night."

"Really?" Thoth cast his gaze on the rusty gauntlet, "I thought you were remembering him."

"You're talking about..."

When Thoth took out the "Half Circle" necklace, all of Hawks' expressions and movements froze, and he even stopped breathing for a moment - there was also a similar necklace hanging around his neck.

Necklace. The two broken halves are put together to form a complete circle.

The cataclysm brought everything in the land abandoned by the gods to a state of stasis. The clothing habits, architectural styles, and even traditional customs here have not changed much. Rather, it is because of the darkness and the days of fighting monsters.

After going through suffering, you need to stick to the remaining traditions to remember the meaning of yourself as a "human being".

Thoth still remembers an interesting little tradition, which he learned from the market. The merchants will specially polish the stones and bones into incomplete shapes, but the two halves will definitely form a complete shape when put together.

Things, such as a shield, an animal head, and a fruit.

"This is an amulet to protect brothers and sisters." The vendors said, "There is no reason to buy it alone. If you want to buy it, just buy a pair."

The matching half of Hawks' amulet was picked up by Amon from the rusty arm armor after defeating the Ghost Rider. At that time, he was just wondering why an evil spirit was wearing human accessories.

After picking up the necklace around Max's neck, he discovered through some simple divination that the two fragments came from the skull of the same monster.

"Now it's my turn to ask a question." Thoth stared quietly into Hawks Foley's eyes: "Why did your brother become like this?"

"It's not surprising that the spirits of extraordinary people after being demigods will mutate and turn into evil spirits. My brother was a black knight of the 'Hanged Man' path during his lifetime."

This sentence belongs to the common sense of occultism, and there is no fallacy. But if it is so "unsurprising", wouldn't it mean that a large number of angel families in Sequence 3 and Sequence 4 are full of evil spirits? Thoth complained in his heart, but

His face was still as calm as water: "Many people have been aware of this problem as early as the beginning of the Third Age, and requiem rituals have also become popular. Has Silver City lost this knowledge?"

Hawks was noncommittal, "Now is no different than before. Most people die in the dark without any explanation, but there is no chance to lie in bed and receive a requiem ceremony."

"Okay, let's go back to the topic we just talked about."

Thoth took out a small bottle, which contained some dull-glossy particles, "It's not surprising that high-sequence Beyonders turn into evil spirits, but only Sequence 9, Sequence 8, and Sequence 7 Beyonders also become alienated after death.

As an evil spirit, it is worthy of further study.”

"The dust left after the evil spirits dissipate is also a precious spiritual material, so you collected it with great care - please forgive me for taking some without asking. I went back a little bit to find out that the owner of this dust was just a

The little girl from sequence 8.”

"Of course, I have also considered whether this mutation is caused by the environment. After all, the environment in the Land Abandoned by God is very different from the outside world. But the crow with me visited the city-state where there are still survivors and found that they

The low-sequence Extraordinaries there all died peacefully without any signs of mutation."

"In other words, Silver City is special."

Thoth said calmly, "So, could you please re-answer the question I just asked?"

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Duke Abraham walked through the corridor decorated with oil paintings and came to the royal garden. The rhythm of the solar terms was distorted. The flowers here did not have the slightest decay and withering that should be expected in winter. Instead, they were delicate and beautiful.

The Black Emperor was sitting at a white stone round table reading official documents. An ink bottle with a quill inserted, gold ink pad and the emperor's special seal were placed in his hands.

"Mr. Bethel, you are here."

The Black Emperor put down the report, and Bethel Abraham saw a table composed of countless horizontal and vertical lines. The top of the page read "Fire in Sedien County, Intis Province, December 28, 32 Calendar of Solomon"

Casualty list (nobles)" are several eye-catching characters.

In the top row of grids, the words "name", "gender", "title", "official position", "fief", "annuity", "path and sequence", "family member status", etc. are written in order.

Looking below, there are about thirty or forty lines, and most of them are from the Stiano family, and can be said to be the core descendants of the family.

Their patriarch, one of the few baronesses in the empire, a Sequence 3 "occult scholar", is in the first row.

For the purpose of checks and balances, even if the Hidden Sage had a well-founded reference to the Stiano family, the Black Emperor did not impose an overly bloody and painful punishment, but only condemned them sternly and then expelled them.

The center of power of the empire - if the hidden sages pose a threat in the future, you can find an opportunity to recall them back.

Bethel, who was trying to figure out the king's heart, booed secretly - it's a pity that they couldn't wait until this day.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, another list of casualties has been compiled... Ah, Duke Abraham, thank you."

A young man in well-dressed clothes walked quickly and saluted Bethel after presenting the official document. Bethel nodded slightly, looked at his young and serious eyebrows, and asked: "Are you Augustus?"

The boy at home?"

"Loras Augustus, it is an honor to be remembered by you."

"Well done, Loras."

The Black Emperor looked at the newly sent list and nodded appreciatively, "You have been working hard for a long time without sleep. Go down and rest."

"It is my honor to fight for the empire, and I am always waiting for your summons."

The young man walked backwards out of the garden, and the Black Emperor handed the fruits of his labor to Bethel.

"Look at this."

This is also a list of casualties, but the targets are civilians. Most nobles are Extraordinary from birth. Even if they are burned by the fire of the sun to the point where no bones are left, their identities can be determined quickly with the extracted Extraordinary characteristics and a little divination.

, so the casualty list of the nobles was quickly compiled.

On the contrary, most of the civilians who died will only leave a pile of ashes. If the wind blows again, not even the ashes will be left. The difficulty of sorting out such a list of casualties is equivalent to repairing a car that has been damaged by wind and rain for thousands of years.

Ancient paintings that are very old - not only do you have to spend a lot of time, but you also have to rack your brains to figure out where to start.

But the order of the leader of a country is absolute. Since the Black Emperor said he wanted this thing, the people below him must bring it up even if they lose all their hair, on time and without any delay.

The length of this list is about five times that of the previous one, almost dragging to the ground, but it is not as complicated as the noble one. Apart from "name" and "gender", only "occupation", "place of birth" and

"Three Sequences and Pathways" - Although the complete God's Path is tightly controlled by the nobles and the royal family, in an era when extraordinary is so common, it is not surprising for ordinary people to obtain low-sequence potions.

Later, in order to obtain higher-order potion formulas, they will most likely submit to a certain family or church.

"Dali Merkel, herbal shop owner, 'cultivator' sequence 9."

"Lelina Spears, bartender, 'Peeper' sequence 8."

"Anton Gordon, shoemaker, 'Peeper' sequence 9."

"Charles Milton, dyer's apprentice, ordinary man."

"Jed Liddell, street performer, 'Peeper' sequence 7."

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As he watched, Bethel discovered one thing. Among the few civilian Extraordinaries, "Secret Peepers" accounted for a considerable number.

"Hide the eyeliner under the cloth."

The emperor revealed the Duke's imminent speculation, "In order to carry out surveillance missions, they deliberately stayed very close to Stiano's house. In addition, the incident took place at four o'clock in the morning, and many people were caught by the rapidly spreading sun while they were still sleeping.

Fire devoured it."

Bethel was silent for a moment. If the hotel where his reckless child stayed was not two blocks away from Stiano's house, he would not have had the good luck to be woken up by the smell of cigarette smoke, nor would he have the time to think.

out of His honorable name.

"Then how to deal with this?"

Like a magic trick, a ball of light as big as a candle flame appeared above Bethel's palm, with a faint tendency to expand. But whenever it wanted to "make trouble", it seemed as if an invisible big hand caught it and let it

The heat can never be completely released - and when its heat is completely released, a city block can be reduced to coke in less than half a minute.

"Bang——"

The shadow of order grew from Solomon's fingertips, swallowing up every ray of blazing light. After a slight sound, this restless fire was completely extinguished, leaving only a thin smoke.

The aloof emperor sneered: "It's just stolen light, how can it compete with the real sun?"

(I have to prepare a paper recently, so the frequency of updates will be reduced)