Mystery: Shadow of Order

On the outskirts of the south of St. George District in Backlund, near a sparse jungle, a closed and slightly illusory bronze gate was constructed. The surface was covered with various mysterious patterns, and there was an indescribable depth and Silence.

With a creak, the door swayed and cracked open.

Behind the gap is the impenetrable darkness, like the deepest and darkest night sky.

Pairs of indescribable eyes were hidden in the deep darkness, densely packed, everywhere, but unable to see the specific appearance.

Bloody arms without skin stretched out, green and black vines that highlighted the baby's face stretched out, and palms with cracked mouths and teeth were grabbed out, they screamed and laughed. , crying, shouting, scrambling to capture everything outside.

But there was only one figure in front of them. He was of medium stature, with bronze complexion, vicissitudes of eyes, soft facial features, and a small black mole under his right ear. He was Azik Eggers.

He raised his hand and pressed the silk top hat on top of his head. His vicissitudes of life did not seem to have any focus. When his eyes fell on the **** arm that stretched out without skin, it fell on the blue and black vines that highlighted the baby's face. On the palms with mouths full of teeth, they instantly quieted down and pressed against the ground.

Azik slowly raised his head, looked at the bronze door that had a gap open, stretched out his hand and pushed the door, the gap immediately widened and opened abruptly, and an indescribable darkness rushed out. He stopped in front of him, and was pulled away like a curtain, revealing a figure.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Azik, I can't continue investigating Ince Zangwill for the time being."

The figure's voice was gentle, but every word caused gusts of cold wind, which stained the sparse and dry grass on the ground with a gloomy green, and then completely withered and disappeared with the wind.

"You don't need to be sorry. It is a very dangerous thing for you to investigate, even if you have established a connection with the underworld."

Although he still lost a lot of memory, Azik knew that the underworld was not that simple.

The underworld is a special place opened up by the ancient gods of death in the spiritual world. It belongs to the spiritual world, but remains independent. Because of his move, he gave all the "gatekeepers" a small amount of authority in the Death Domain, so that they all gained a certain degree of strength improvement, but this did not mean that they could enter the underworld.

Because they are still pure human beings and cannot survive there.

Moreover, the underworld is where the ancient **** of death is located. After his fall, there have been cases where the demigods of the "death" pathway were unable to return to the real world after entering.

But Dunn Smith is a special case. He is equivalent to having died once, and that "gatekeeper" characteristic has greatly transformed his body. If Azik hadn't signed a contract with him under the witness of the underworld, he would have been completely transformed into an undead with only instinctive consciousness, just like a messenger of bones.

In this way, Dunn Smith can use the power of the underworld in the contract to keep his deep underworld unaffected. As long as he does not explore the underworld, there will be no major problems. The only disadvantage is that he cannot stay in the real world for a long time. .

Each stay cannot exceed three hours. Once it exceeds or the power in the body loses balance, he will be dragged back to the underworld.

"I didn't lose my balance because of investigating Ince Zangwill."

Dunn, who was shrouded in darkness, shook his head. One third of his body belonged to the living, one third belonged to the undead, and the rest was the power of the underworld.

In order to kill Lockhard, he used the power of the underworld to forcibly open the gate of the underworld, which caused his own power to lose balance and was forced to return to the underworld to rest. It would take at least half a month to rebalance the power in his body again. .

"When I was in the Red Rose Manor, I accidentally discovered Klein. He is now a detective under the alias Sherlock Moriarty. I was afraid that he would be found by '0-08', so I had to write to remind him to let him He stayed away. Then an evil spirit-possessed 'Teacher of Chaos' attacked him and I had to deal with him first."

"Klein?"

Azik didn't forget the name, he was just a little surprised that he was resurrected, but that's all. Whether it was him or Dunn, they were all monsters who got up after death, but it was just one more.

"I see, has he left Backlund now?"

"I'm not too sure, but with my reminder, he will definitely leave because of his character, it's just a matter of time."

A smile appeared at the corner of Dunn's mouth, and dark green and pale symbols began to appear on his face. The power imbalance in his body made him stay in the real world for a shorter time.

"I will contact him later." Azik nodded, he also understood Klein's character.

"Then please don't tell him that I'm still alive. I'm like this..." Dunn Smith looked at the runes that gradually appeared on the skin of his arms, felt the heart that was almost no longer beating in his body, and his tone was a little heavy.

"Hehe, don't worry, although my memory has been lost a lot, as long as you can become an 'undead', I cancel the contract and you can return to normal."

When a demigod is reached, it is officially out of the normal human state. Now that Dunn has been in the underworld for a long time, the problem of being promoted to Sequence 4 within a year is not a big problem, and he has even passed the most difficult ceremony.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Azik."

Dunn bowed in the darkness, Azik Eggers nodded and waved his hand casually, the darkness receded like a tide and disappeared inside the bronze gate.

……

45 Gatton Street, West End.

"Lawrence is dead?"

"His life has come to an end, and even medicine can't save him."

Rawls nodded. In this case, he had nothing to do. He squeezed the corners of his eyes and said:

"Abraham, or how about Dorian?"

"He's a little scared." The corners of Alysia's mouth twitched up, and Dorian Gray acted like a crappy theatrical actor after hearing Lawrence's last words, with every movement rigid and deformed.

"why?"

"In Lawrence's last words, Abraham was asked to cooperate with Tamara, which would allow the Abrahams to live normally with their surnames."

Rawls's eyes lit up when he heard it. Although the Abraham family no longer has much power in the Beyonder world, it still has a certain influence in the secular society. The accumulation of wealth for thousands of years has enabled every small family to occupy a high position in the middle class. Part of the force that the local government must strive for unity.

Considering that he may inherit the Masi Kingdom in the future, he can completely reach a deal with the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, give up the pursuit of the Abraham family, and let them all immigrate to Masi to become his supporters.

Although he thinks his idea is feasible, Rawls knows that it will take time, at least after Dorothy Lovelace arrives to communicate with the Abraham family. But it must be completed before the curse on them is lifted, otherwise after Klein, the half-old day, is born, the pursuit of Abraham by the Seven Gods and the Church of the Seven Gods will be abandoned.

"Dorian is worried that Lawrence's last words have your guidance?"

Alysia nodded. She knew the history of the Abraham family since the Fifth Epoch, and knew that Dorian's thoughts were normal. If it fails again, Abraham might really be history.

"I see." Rawls knocked on the armrest of the chair, "Let Forsto communicate with him, the Tamara family feels too threatening."

Although the Abraham family still has two Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts in their hands, their own strength is still too weak. A sneak attack by a demigod is enough to destroy them, not to mention the Tamara family.

"Fors was introduced to them by me, and Dorian may not trust her."

"That's how we can express our kindness to Abraham, isn't it?"

Rawls asked with a smile, a force that could threaten them would take the initiative to express goodwill, and the Abrahams had to respond, otherwise they would only worry about whether they would be directly perished because of it.

Alysia didn't answer and moved on to the next topic:

"Edinson, who is in charge of Backlund's 15 Minutes, reported a situation, saying that a shareholder of Backlund Daily wanted to buy their newspaper. If that doesn't work, they can inject capital in exchange for shares."

"How much does he want?"

It wasn't that there was no such thing in the past, but Rawls and Alysia would simply ignore it. The newspaper was related to the follow-up plan and would not be sold, but if it was a share, it would be possible to give up part of it.

Even though the Tamara family is not short of money, they can use this to enter the newspaper industry in advance and expand their influence, and they cannot rely entirely on Bernadette.

"70%, they are willing to pay 80,000 pounds and be responsible for all subsequent expenditures."

"This price seems a bit high?"

Although the free newspaper is a big gimmick, as long as you insist on burning money, it will be a matter of time to make a profit, but it is undeniable that this newspaper has only been published in Backlund for less than half a month, and it is only about a month in Ruen. The loss was less than £30,000.

Moreover, his status as a shareholder of the Backlund Daily allows him to ask officials to restrict this, or simply issue a free newspaper, and he has a complete opportunity to withdraw the 15 Minutes from the market.

"Who is that shareholder?"

"Joseph Torres, editor-in-chief of 15 Minutes, Sean Barrow, said he has a certain influence in the press, but most of his assets are not concentrated in newspapers, but in trust funds."

"That's right... I will ask from Philip, since he is a shareholder of the "Backlund Daily", he must be closely related to the Conservative Party."

Although "15 Minutes" is related to Rawls's efforts to expand his influence, it is the first step into a normal life for the Tamara family. In order to reassure them, some gestures of goodwill are naturally done.

"Is everything normal in the Rorsted Islands?"

"At present, it is relatively normal. Many merchant ships can sail normally, but the activities of the Loen Navy have not stopped, and 'George Negan' has also appeared frequently."

The real George Negan is dead, and the current one is disguised by MI9 to avoid causing greater political disturbances, which has been acquiesced by the Negan family. After the incident has subsided, the Governor will die of illness.

However, it was Edward Leto who gave Rawls a headache. Even though he had already gained the trust of Philip and Agusid, matters involving Beyonders would not be disclosed to him as a "lawyer".

At present, it can only be confirmed that the big pirate is still staying in the Rorsted Islands, which should be related to MI9 forging that George Negan is still alive.

Rorsted Islands "normal", but Andreevich seems to have had no news since the last time I wrote back... Rawls frowned, it's not normal for a pirate general to suddenly lose news, trusted messenger at sea If you can't find them, you can only wait for them to contact them.

……

"His Royal Highness, I'm going to the south for a vacation. I'm afraid I won't be able to come here for a while."

After telling today's detective story, Klein started to do the most important thing today.

"This is the New Year's habit of many Loen people." Prince Edsack nodded lightly and turned to look at the old housekeeper Finkel, "Go and help me prepare a New Year's gift,"

"Yes, His Royal Highness." The old butler saluted meticulously.

"His Royal Highness, this is me..." Klein pretended to be embarrassed, "I have already received the reward..."

"It's just a New Year's gift. I hope you will bring back better detective stories when you return from the south."

I'm sorry, but it's impossible for me to come back. Even if I do, it's impossible to come back as Sherlock Moriarty. James Holmes may be a good name... Klein secretly complained~www.wuxiaspot. com~ The two chatted for a few more minutes. In Klein's increasingly anxious mood, the old housekeeper Finkel finally came over with a beautifully packaged gift box.

After some thanks, he followed the old butler all the way to the entrance of the manor, and took back the gun bag and sidearms under his arm.

Less than a minute later, he got into the carriage of the Red Rose Manor.

Leaning against the wall, watching the manor outside the window getting further and further away, getting smaller and smaller, Klein relaxed, slowly exhaled, and let the hanging "heart" return to its original position.

He understood that at this moment he had left the center of the stage.

Next, he bid farewell to Backlund and headed to the sea... He calmly thought about the follow-up plan.

At this moment, his inspiration moved, his spirituality tightened, and he saw the door of the carriage opened quickly and closed silently!

Before he could respond, a figure was quickly outlined, wearing a heavy black dress and a sapphire ring.

How could this be? Am I not even letting go of me? I didn't do anything! Klein's heart suddenly lifted, and he subconsciously snapped his fingers "Flame Leap" to leave, but he felt that his body had become petrified and stiff, and he could only watch the figure appear completely.

The girl's age is completely different from her style of dressing, she is only eighteen or nineteen years old, with a slightly round face, slender eyes, a gentle temperament, and a hidden sweetness. She is an excellent beauty.

She... Klein was stunned for a moment, then immediately recognized the other party and blurted out:

"Triss!"