Mystery: Start with the Reader

In the afternoon, Detective Essinger felt very satisfied after checking Abner's learning progress in the ancient Fusac language, so he handed him a copy of ancient Hermes language materials.

"Ancient Hermes comes from nature, similar to ancient dragon language and ancient elf language, the effect is very direct, and it is a language that truly has 'power'! But it lacks the necessary concealment and protection, and it is easy to put users in danger. You are learning You should also pay attention to this point, and don’t read it out unless necessary.” Detective Essinger urged Abner repeatedly as he handed the information to Abner.

Abner also knew the importance, nodded solemnly, and with the help of pure white eyes, he devoted himself to the study carefully.

In this way, a few days passed quietly.

In the past few days, Abner has lived without any disturbances. With the help of language learning and reading and comprehension during rituals, he quickly mastered various knowledge and digested the spiritual remnants in the potion. He even felt that in another week or so, the 'reader' would be completely digested!

The time soon came to Wednesday morning. After breakfast, Abner and Hugh came to the abandoned manor in the northern suburbs again.

After shooting out the practice bullets they brought, they played against each other again. This time, Abner supported Xio for a full minute before losing.

Xio was very surprised by this. You must know that her digestion of the potion has not been slow in the past few days, and her fighting ability is much stronger than that of the last fight, which is enough to show that Abner's improvement is astonishing.

"Your physical fitness has not improved much, but many skills seem to be mastered soon, forming a physical instinct! As far as I know, many knights have fought on the battlefield for more than ten years to reach this stage... Maybe you are really a fighter. Genius, it's a pity you didn't choose the potion of the 'Warrior' sequence." Xio said regretfully. Although she didn't know exactly which path Abner was an Extraordinary, she was not fighting head-on.

Abner has no regrets about this. Maybe this fighting talent is also a gift from Pure White Eye, but its support in other aspects is obviously stronger. If you really choose 'Warrior', you will be blind to most of its functions.

"By the way, your physique is more suitable for knight swords and other weapons. I don't know much about those weapons, and I only know the basics. What I'm best at are daggers or three-edged thorns." Xio is only 1.5 meters tall. Knight swords are taller than hers, so they are naturally not used to using that kind of weapons.

"It's enough to know some basics. I don't expect myself to become a 'juggernaut', and as long as I am promoted to Sequence 7, I can naturally become a weapon master." Abner was in a good mood and was not disappointed. Program thing:

"Has Forsi's new book been published? Is she still looking for various reasons to delay the draft?"

Xio rubbed her forehead, and replied with some helplessness: "Not yet, but under my supervision, she has finished writing, and it will be published as early as Saturday."

"It's really hard work for you, I think her editor should treat you to dinner!" Abner joked with a smile.

"Actually, Ms. Aina has already invited..." Xio sighed.

While the two were chatting and laughing, suddenly three carriages drove over from far to near. The sound of the horse's hooves vibrating the ground made Dexiu and Abner immediately alert, quickly packed up the things they had brought, and then went through the side door of the manor and entered a small utility room in the living room to take shelter. This is an emergency plan planned before the break.

Of course, thanks to the two of them being cautious, they collected the shell casings after shooting practice, otherwise they were designated to show their feet.

But what they didn't know was that just after they hid in the utility room, a gust of wind suddenly blew up on the shooting range. After the cloudy wind passed, all traces of activity were wiped away. The people who got on and off the carriage didn't notice it at all.

"Someone might want to buy this manor..." Xio whispered in Abner's ear after carefully discerning the words of the person who came.

Abner nodded.

This is not good news for him. If someone really buys this place, he won't be able to come to the shooting range for free.

"Actually, it's not a big problem. Most of the rich people buy suburban manors for vacation or hunting, and they don't come a few times a year. As long as they can hide the people who guard the house, they can still get it." Xio obviously guessed that Ai Buner's mind was slightly relieved.

It's not as convenient as it is now, and I have to sneak around and worry... Fortunately, my marksmanship has improved rapidly!

When Abner was thinking about something, the group of people outside came to the living room together after looking at the other rooms.

"Mr. Caron, what do you think of this place? Although it looks dilapidated, as long as it is renovated, it will not lose to the Elk Manor in the west. Moreover, it is closer to the North District, and the transportation is more convenient. I bought it for 2,500 pounds. It's absolutely worth it!" A very magnetic male voice said in an exaggerated tone, destroying his good voice completely.

Xio pursed her lips when she heard this, and whispered a little unconvinced: "When my father bought it, it cost 4,200 pounds..."

Abner sighed silently, thinking that if he had money in the future, maybe he could help Xio buy it back? But after thinking about it, it's better to forget it. It's more fulfilling and ritual for her to do this kind of thing by herself. What's the matter if I do it for you?

"Mr. Cecil, as you said, this place is too run-down. Not only do I have to renovate it, but I also have to buy new furniture and decorations! Besides, I heard that this place is always haunted? So, how about a thousand pounds? ’ the Mr Caron bargained after pointing out a series of issues.

"1,000 pounds is too little! At least 2,200 pounds! Mr. Cuaron, it's just rumors about hauntings. Don't you think I'm fine?"

"But how did I hear that you were really seriously ill before?"

...

Hearing them keep arguing, they finally lowered the price to 1,800 pounds. That Mr. Cecil refused to give in any more, so Mr. Caron seemed reluctant to agree and made the deal at this price.

While the lawyer was signing the contract, the man named Caron walked to the door of the utility room.

Abner and Hugh immediately became tense. The former thought for a while, then took out an iron mask from his pocket and put it on his face. It was originally used for participating in the Extraordinary party at night.

And Xio was even more straightforward, directly grabbed a handful of dirt and wiped his face.

The two of them were surprisingly in the same mind. Once they were discovered, they immediately covered their faces and rushed out. As long as they were not caught on the spot, they could say anything.

But the strange thing is that Mr. Cuaron walked back and forth in the utility room for several steps, but in the end he didn't open the door to come in. Instead, he murmured to himself with some doubts: "Why do I always feel that there is something missing here?"

Across the door, the two of Abner, who had obviously heard this, looked at each other in surprise, and they both saw three words in each other's eyes: "It's weird!"

This is much more terrifying than that Mr. Caron opened the door and walked in! This shows that there is an extraordinary power in this house that they don't know about! And the unknown is the scariest...

After the group who inspected the house left, Abner and Xio didn't dare to delay any longer, and wanted to leave the abandoned manor as quickly as possible.

Just when Abner was about to step out of the room, his spirituality was suddenly touched, he turned his head unconsciously, and saw a line of words written in Hermes script on the glass of the window at some point: Don't be afraid, Kaspers mentioned you to me.

The words fluctuate like water ripples, and disappear in a blink of an eye. If Abner's memory and observation skills are far superior to ordinary people, he may think that his eyes are dazzled.

Caspers? When did he know such a high-end person? No, he did know such a person in the original book, Miss Sharon from the Temperance School of the Rose School of Thought... Did they get to know each other so early?

I thought so, but Abner didn’t stop. I can’t just believe what that guy says. It’s better to go to Kaspers to confirm the truth.

"It just so happens that there is a Extraordinary party hosted by the teacher behind the Brave Bar today, so just stop by and ask."

When Abner was thinking this way, he and Xio had already run to the boundary one mile away from the manor in one breath.

Xio slowed down at this moment, and asked with lingering fear: "What is that, I didn't even notice anything!" She didn't see the words on the glass, but her intuition told her that there was a big monster in the living room. fear.

"It might be a 'wraith'..." Abner was actually not sure, and could only say that it was very likely.

"'Resentful Soul'? Is it the name of a certain sequence?" Xio now has some blind trust in Abner, thinking that he knows everything.

"It's Sequence 5 of the heterogeneous pathway."

"Sequence 5..." Xio swallowed hard after hearing the words, and was too scared to speak again. Such a strong person crushing their two Sequence 9s is no more difficult than killing two ants.

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After the two returned to the urban area in silence, Xio continued to work as an 'arbiter' in the Eastern District, bringing justice to the lower classes. And Abner returned to Detective Essinger's home, planning to study hard for an afternoon to relieve the depression in his heart due to his weakness.

The previous experience made him once again have the deep feeling that life and death are involuntary. Even if that Miss Wraith didn't have any malicious intentions, he still didn't like that feeling. It was a feeling of weakness that could not even be resisted.

But as soon as he opened the door of the teacher's house, Abner saw Jane sitting in the living room with some anxiety.

Detective Essinger saw him coming in, and said with a smile, "You're back, this Miss Grant has been waiting for you for an hour."

Abner met with the teacher first, then looked at Jane, and asked suspiciously: "Jane, why are you here?"

Jane got up and walked quickly to Abner, and said a little embarrassedly: "I...I want to ask you for help!"

This girl has always been very nervous, and I have never seen her look so coy in my memory... To be honest, this kind of performance made Abner feel a little nervous.

Seeing Jane peeking at Detective Essinger and then turning his head quickly, he immediately understood the other party's concerns, so he apologized to the teacher and took her to his room.

Sure enough, as soon as she entered the house, Jane couldn't wait to grab Abner and said anxiously: "Abner, I want you to help me investigate my father!"

"Investigate Mr. Grant? What happened to him?" Abner frowned upon hearing this.

"He has been going out secretly at night in recent days. I suspect that he has a lover... I dare not tell my mother about this, so I have to ask you to help find out."