Mystery: Start with the Reader

"Surprise: Beginning with the Reader ()"

The guarding force of the ceremony in the embassy naturally also includes the underground. Abner turned into a giant bear and used "Sneak Underground" to wander around for a long time before discovering the only abandoned prison that was not covered.

It is said to be abandoned because the exit of this prison has been completely sealed off and isolated from the embassy. Strictly speaking, it can no longer be called a part of the embassy.

"It is said that this house was an earl's villa before it was sold to Intis as an embassy. This cell should be the place where the earl set up privately to hold the 'prisoners'...

"Well, that earl probably doesn't want his private prison to be exposed, there is a high probability that he ordered someone to bury it before the property was handed over...

"But Intis may not have discovered it, or maybe he has discovered it but didn't care... In short, this place has been abandoned...

"However, this is convenient for me... I originally planned to use the 'earth-like spell' to dig out a cave myself..."

Turning back into a human form, Abner took out the clothes from his backpack and while speculating about the origin of this abandoned prison, he kept taking out spiritual materials, depicting and arranging a building full of symbols, magic signs, complex patterns and twisted spirits. number of altars.

After a night of continuous "analysis", Abner has determined that there are three altars in the "Guardian Ceremony" covering the embassy, ​​and each has a "2" level sealed item or a magical item of the same level as the power core.

Therefore, this "ritual" also has three basic abilities:

The first is to detect and sense unshielded people or things related to evil, chaos, and madness. This is the basic function of the ceremony, and it can run on its own without being stimulated, and it can warn in time. And once the ritual is activated, the detection induction will become a "prohibition" of related abilities such as evil, chaos, and madness.

The second is, as Abner speculated before, it is the inspection ability specially aimed at "psychological invisibility". Once a psychological incongruity is found, immediately warn the host of the ceremony.

Of course, there is an upper limit to the "inspection" ability of this ceremony, but Abner is not sure what level of "psychological invisibility" can be seen through. Anyway, the low-end version he simulated must not be able to hide it.

Third, the "Guardian Ritual" of the embassy can create "barriers" after being activated to trap intruders and protect ordinary people. The strength of the "barrier" is very high, it is difficult to break below the high sequence, and it is the same for various types of attacks.

"'Detection' and the activated 'prohibition' ability should come from the magical item of the 'judge' ability.

"'Inspection' is like the handwriting of a certain 'polymath' who has done a 'weakness analysis' specifically for 'psychological invisibility'... Maybe a certain 'polymath' participated in the construction of this ceremony, or someone' Has the targeted 'secret technique' developed by the 'secret technique instructor' been used by the constructor?

"'Barrier' should be the core ability of 'Guardian'...

"Tsk tsk, the three mid-sequence items are the core rituals, it's really a big deal.

"In the original book, Mr. A probably also knew about the existence of this 'Guardian Ritual' in advance, so he used the 'vehicle' to hide and sneak in, and used the ability of the 'corrupted baron' to distort the ambassador's order. One-on-one assassination."

While Abner sighed, a new altar had been built, and then he put a dark chain armor glove on it.

That was the only Extraordinary item "Hand of Wisdom" that he obtained in the mausoleum of "Baron Conwa".

"When your enemy loses his mind due to arrogance, you are wise." Recalling this sentence in the "Hand of Wisdom" analysis report, the corners of Abner's mouth curled up slightly.

Speaking of which, his ritual transformation plan is essentially to add a "core" to the "guardian ritual" of the embassy, ​​and use the newly added "core" to weaken or even control the original function of the ritual.

And to complete this plan, not only must you have a master-level ritual magic level, but you must also be familiar with the ritual arrangements in the embassy,

There is still the most critical step, which is to connect the "core" altar he arranged with the other three cores.

The above is easy to say, for Abner who has the "Pure White Eye", it is only a matter of time before he wants to "analyze" the ceremony clearly... But the "connection" step is not a coincidence, and It is easy to be spotted by the host of the ceremony.

Of course, Abner knew very well that it was impossible for the host to stay in front of the core altar all the time, and even became slack because of the long-term stable days... But he didn't dare to bet on this, in case he was in action, The other party just checked the core of the altar on a whim? Wouldn't that be bad?

"So, it's safest to wait until tomorrow morning to get the information from Xio, and find a time when the other party is not around to complete the last step."

Thinking of this in his heart, Abner looked at his pocket watch and found that it was getting late, so he took off his clothes and put them back in his bag, then turned into a giant bear again and dived into the ground, all the way to the underground safe house that the teacher dug at the beginning.

During this process, he tried his best to avoid the direction of Williams Street, so as not to be face-to-face with a three-in-one evil spirit if he was not careful.

...

At the same time, in the ancient hall above the gray mist, Klein held a strange black ear and wrote the divination statement:

"The source of this item."

The reason why it was so miserable last time was because the divination was divine blood, looking directly at the Eternal Blazing Sun. This time, only the items left by the "listener" were used, so it must not be so dangerous...

While thinking firmly, Klein took a breath, leaned back, and silently recited the divination sentences.

After seven times, his eyes darkened and he fell into a deep sleep.

Immediately after a "bang", his blood vessels burst open, the veins separated from his body, and spread out into slippery tentacles full of evil patterns. The gray mist swayed slightly, causing a little corrosion in the palace like a giant's residence. sign.

Unlike the time of Eternal Blazing Sun, Klein still had his sanity left and rolled over on the ground. He clung to the handrail and endured bitterly.

After a few seconds, the swaying gray fog returned to calm, and the evil voice echoing in Klein's mind completely subsided.

The "tentacles" fell down one by one, and his wounds began to heal rapidly.

He even looked directly at the "True Creator"... However, He seems to be stronger than the "Eternal Blazing Sun"...

Just when Klein was weakly expressing emotion, the black ear in his palm suddenly collapsed, turning into tiny light spots one by one, light black light spots, and finally converged into an iron-black charm.

After divination about the function of this talisman again, he shook his head, and after getting rid of the constant roaring voice in his ears, Klein whispered:

"Call it, 'Foul Language'..."

...

Early on Tuesday morning, Abner, who had barely slept for a few hours, came to his restaurant, read the newspaper leisurely, and enjoyed the sumptuous breakfast prepared by Mrs. Scudder.

Wow, Abner was flipping through the "Daily Observer", and suddenly saw a piece of news on the second page:

"In the early hours of this morning, a fierce gun battle took place in the park on White Rum Street in the Bridge District. According to the police, this may involve a conflict between two gangs, one of which is the notorious Zmanger Party."

Is this the encounter between MI9 and Intis intelligence personnel in the original book? Is this the task that Hugh mentioned when he left yesterday?

Abner put a piece of bacon into his mouth, thinking thoughtfully.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the restaurant, and then Hugh, who was carrying a bag, walked in under the guidance of Mrs. Scudder.

Since Abner knew she was coming, breakfast was also prepared for her. And Xio was not polite... More likely, she was really hungry... In short, after eating three fluffy and crispy croissants and drinking a cup of coffee, she wiped her mouth and said: "The information you want I sorted it out for you."

"Thank you." Abner nodded with a smile. From the spirit of the other party, it can be seen that this lady must have stayed up all night.

Xio didn't find it too hard. She used to stay up late when she was an "arbiter" in the East District, and she was used to it. And Abner has always helped her solve so many problems, and being able to give him some help made Xio extremely happy.

Then, Xio talked about the mission she set out last night, talked about the half-intelligible words of that Ms. Vera, and finally asked: "What do you think His Highness means?"

Abner bowed his head and pondered for a while, combined with the "conspiracy" of the Intis ambassador in the original book, he quickly came up with a rough guess:

"I think that Her Highness Vera wants to catch all of Intis' intelligence personnel."