Mystery: Start with the Reader

At three o'clock in the afternoon, in Detective Essinger's house in Hillston District, Abner was sitting upright, listening intently to his teacher explaining the knowledge of occultism:

"Readers hardly have the means to confront the enemy head-on at low levels, but our rich reading volume and profound knowledge make almost every reader an expert in ritual magic. Now I will teach you some basic operations and precautions of ritual magic." matter."

"The low-sequence people themselves are not strong enough. Almost all ritual magic that can be performed is to pray for power and help from the outside. Therefore, only orthodox gods can be considered. Never try to communicate with unknown and unpredictable existences, even if some people believe in them. They, even if the recorded promises are full of temptations!"

"As far as you and I are concerned, it is best to pray to the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. If you pray to the Lord of Storms or the Eternal Blazing Sun, there will be no good end."

"Well, in mysticism, the god of knowledge and wisdom is Blue Star, which needs to use mercury, brass, lavender, pepper, and mint as materials...

"The blue star corresponds to Saturday, and the blue star time is from 0:00 to 1:00 on Friday, and from 11:00 noon to 12:00 on Saturday..."

"Although today is Saturday, it is a pity that the best time has passed... But for us Extraordinary, especially readers who are good at ritual magic, these are not needed. Our vigorous spirituality, our powerful The astral body is the most critical element..."

Observing the ritual magic demonstrated by Detective Essinger himself, Abner carefully recorded the key points in his notebook, and secretly sighed: It is a lucky thing to have a reliable teacher in occultism! If he had to rely entirely on his own reading and groping, even with the help of pure white eyes to analyze it, it would definitely take a long time to master the relevant knowledge.

After completing a basic ritual magic for healing, Essinger looked at his watch and found that it was already half past four, so he stopped explaining and said to Abner: "That's all for today... I see you I haven’t brought my luggage yet, so let’s go back to the East District to pack it up, and try to come back before dinner. After the meal, I will arrange for you to continue studying the ancient Fusak language.”

"Okay, teacher!" Abner replied politely.

However, he did not immediately go back to the East District as Detective Essinger thought. Instead, he made a detour on the road and bought a lot of items related to the ceremony, as well as a pair of copper and silver inlaid glasses.

He planned to preside over a ceremony himself while the iron was hot, and endow the pair of glasses with the ability to block the vision of his pure white eyes. This not only allows him not to have so many worries when using the golden finger, but it is also a testament to the god of knowledge and wisdom.

Abner's thinking was very simple, since that god has probably noticed him and made a good-faith 'investment' in him, why not just chant his name and see if there is more? Gather a few handfuls of wool...

After returning to his residence in the East District, Abner first prepared symbolic objects for ceremonies with the things he bought, and then arranged the spiritual wall. Based on what he learned in the afternoon, he skillfully depicted the image of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom" The Holy Emblem—an all-seeing eye located on an open book, has prepared a corresponding altar.

Inside the wall of spirituality, he lit a candle, picked up the prepared hydrosol extracted from lavender and mint, and dripped it on the quietly burning flame.

A fresh and pleasant fragrance permeated the air, and Abner burned several kinds of herbal powders in succession.

Then he took a pen and traced a special symbol on a piece of parchment in front of the glasses he bought

After finishing all this, he took a step back and said in Hermes language:

"I pray for the power of knowledge;"

"I pray for the power of reason;"

"I pray for the favor of the God of Wisdom;"

"I pray that you will bring to this pair of glasses the power to hide visions."

"Lavender, a herb that belongs to Blue Star, please pass on the power to my spell!"

"Peppermint,

Herbs belonging to Blue Star, please pass on the power to my spell! "

...

Woo!

With the reverberation of the incantation, the atmosphere inside the altar suddenly became extremely mysterious. Except for the three candles, the remaining brass holy dagger, refined salt dish, vial of pure dew, paper and pens were all trembling slightly.

Abner waited nervously. He had seen such a situation this afternoon, so it was not surprising, but he was a little worried about gains and losses.

After more than ten seconds, the flames of the three candles also shook together, dyed pale green!

Then, a series of complex symbols flashed across the lenses of the pair of copper glasses, and then disappeared after a few seconds!

At this time, Abner felt a tingling pain between his brows, which was the sequelae of too much extraction of spirituality. His strength is still too weak, even if he just used rituals to create a temporary Extraordinary item, it would take away about half of his spirituality.

After the ceremony was completely over, Abner put the glasses on the bridge of his nose, opened his pure white eyes to the half-length mirror in the room, and glanced for a second, then nodded in satisfaction, and said to himself: "It is almost impossible to see the pupils on the surface." The effect has changed, and the effect is good! Well, according to the analysis results, its ability to block the vision is effective within three days, which is much better than I expected for one or two days." It can save a lot of money, if you use it every day It's too expensive to come here once.

Of course, the most important thing is that the God of Knowledge and Wisdom responded to this prayer, which is the best news for Abner! At least it shows that He really has no malicious intentions for the time being...

After tidying up the room, Abner did not rent out the one-bedroom apartment, after all, he would come here to preside over some ceremonies that needed to be completed behind his back.

After returning to Hillston District, after seeing Abner with an extra pair of glasses, Detective Essinger didn't suspect anything, but just laughed and joked: "Wearing glasses makes you look more knowledgeable and temperamental." , it's just that your casual clothes don't match it, it seems that you have to buy formal clothes."

"A full set of suits in Backlund costs 10 gold pounds..." Abner muttered to himself, but he had to admit that what the other party said made sense. His pair of glasses was only worth 1 gold pound and 8 soli, and now the whole set of clothes cost about the same.

For the next night, Abner was studying the ancient Fuysac language. Since the ritual consumed too much of his spirituality, he didn't open his pure white eyes to cheat this time. But his progress is still not slow, and such focused and careful study has consolidated the knowledge he has learned before.

"Looking at the past to learn the new, it really is so!" Before the break, Abner said with emotion.

...

Late at night, in the abandoned manor of Dill's family in the northern suburbs, a man wearing a white shirt and black vest, with an unusually pale face walked slowly on the stone road in the garden. However, the watchman who was supposed to keep watch at night seemed to be sleeping extremely soundly, and didn't realize that there was an unexpected visitor in the manor at all.

Suddenly, this man who seemed to be in his twenties seemed to sense something was wrong, stopped in his tracks, and frowned while looking in the direction of the shooting range.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared beside him, wearing a complex black court dress and a small soft hat of the same color. It was the pale blond figure who watched the Abners leave through the window glass in the morning. A beautiful lady with blue eyes.

The man was not at all surprised by the female ghost's appearance, and calmly said, "Sharon, has someone been here again? Do you want to transfer immediately?"

"No, it's just an unrelated person who secretly came to practice shooting." Sharon said succinctly.

The man nodded, stopped asking, and talked about another matter: "There is news about the previous incident. Gore and Rea have been dealt with by the Punisher. Only Jason took the opportunity to escape. It should be Hiding in the south of the bridge or in the Jowood area to recuperate."

"Maric, we need to find him as soon as possible, otherwise he will soon call another group of people to hunt us down..." Sharon said succinctly.

"Indeed, it is 'one and never again' to lead the Punishers to fight them. They are not fools, and the Punishers are not idiots even though they are irritable." The man named Maric nodded.

"You can actually quote Roselle?" Miss Sharron looked sideways.

The corners of Maric's eyes twitched, and he finally said: "I can also read..."

...

In the early morning of June 3, after training for an hour according to the knight exercise method taught by Hugh, Abner wiped the sweat from his brow, and then went directly to the small restaurant he often frequented in the East District. He had an appointment with Hugh yesterday. Okay meet here.

Speaking of which, after learning about Abner's physical fitness and gun sense before, Hugh felt that he didn't need to go to the manor in the suburbs every day, and it was enough to guide and practice alone twice a week. Although Abner guessed that this might be an excuse for Miss Hugh not being able to afford to practice bullets every day, after all, she was not reimbursed like Klein.

All in all, they agreed to only go to the manor on the morning of Wednesday and Saturday, and if they have something to look for each other on the rest of the day, they should come to this small restaurant to meet.

As soon as he opened the door of the restaurant, Abner saw Mr. Lian, a skilled worker whom he had met before, saluted Hugh respectfully, then stuffed a paper bag into Miss Hugh's hands, and kept chanting with meager words of praise.

It seems that Xio has seen this kind of scene a lot, just let go of his majestic aura, the gentleman opposite had to stop the flattery in his mouth, followed Xio's instructions, and left the restaurant in awe and gratitude.

At this time, Xio breathed a sigh of relief quietly, and after putting away the paper bag, walked to the seat opposite Abner and sat down.

"It seems that Mr. Ryan's matter has been settled?" Abner said with a smile after taking a sip of coffee.

"Yes, I went to find that 'two-faced man' Rosen last night, he followed my persuasion very cooperatively, and let people waive most of the unreasonable interest this morning." Hugh also ordered a breakfast Eat and talk.

Sure enough, Xio didn't go to prison because of this... Abner just sighed in his heart, and then heard Xio say:

"By the way, I have a friend who wants to meet you. Do you have time at noon today?"

"Uh, why is it noon?" Can't it be now? Abner asked subconsciously.

"Because she might only get up at noon... No, if it wasn't necessary, she might not get up all day..." Xio thought weakly in his heart.