The Master of the Strange Realm

When he got into the carriage again and prepared to go to the church, Jenkins was still lamenting that things went well. Then he took the jar in Alexia's hand, opened the lid and saw the black mist dancing inside, and he suddenly realized:

"It turned out that it was directed and acted by myself, so I said, how could it be such a coincidence that I encountered a supernatural event just after I moved out?"

The black mist in the jar is a supernatural substance called "fear mist" by the benefactors. It often appears in abandoned cemeteries or areas where some alien creatures with "fear aura" and "intimidating aura" live.

The only function of this fog is to cause people with poor mental health to have terrifying hallucinations. In addition, it is also a common ritual consumable. According to Alexia, the liquid produced by B-03-1-8383 [Secret Wine Glass of Fear] that Jenkins placed with Dolores is most likely a highly concentrated metamorphosis of [Fog of Fear]. The final product.

"But no matter what, the fog of fear cannot appear in the downtown area. And if someone wants to do harm to Dolores' sister, it is impossible to use such a simple method. Did she get it herself? In order to take the initiative to Dolores asked for help, and then took refuge in her... The word "take refuge" seems to be wrong. "

said Jenkins, and the ladies agreed with him.

There is nothing wrong with Agelina Stuart's approach. Now the children of the Stuart family know that with their father's serious injury, some things have to be faced.

At this time, wanting to stay out of the situation and wait for the birth of a new king is undoubtedly the stupidest thing to do besides being a faggot. So everyone is placing bets, and considering that there are many children in the Stuart family, even Dolores, who seems to be weaker, will have some supporters.

"Speaking of which, what is your father doing in the palace recently?"

Thinking of the situation in the Hampavo Kingdom, Jenkins couldn't help but sigh. The current situation in Loen was even more chaotic than the other two countries that were about to go to war.

"I don't know. In order to prevent spies from the Kingdom of Cheslan and Fidicli, my father changed the servants and guards in the palace significantly. I don't think anyone knows what my father does in the bedroom every day."

Dolores answered somewhat sadly.

It is hard not to think that perhaps His Majesty the King is thinking of borrowing some forbidden methods to "borrow another five hundred years from heaven." Thinking of this, Jenkins looked at the palace standing on the low Shangqiu in the center of the city, but found no unusual aura.

"But it's certainly something to be wary of."

When the convoy reached the fork in the road ahead, Dolores and Julia changed carriages and went to Loen City Hall with the convoy in front and behind, while a separate carriage carried Jenkins and Alexia across the city. , came to the Sage Church on the edge of Loen.

As soon as Jenkins got out of the car, Father Fernando walked out of the church like a prophet. It seemed that Jenkins' public whereabouts were not a secret. Father Fernando happened to also have something to ask Jenkins, and his arrival was actually quite coincidental.

Alexia waited in the carriage, and Jenkins followed the priest into the church. I prayed under the holy symbol for a while as usual, and then followed the priest into the corridor on the side of the main hall.

The church in Loon Parish is much larger than that in Nolan Parish. On the one hand, this is the capital of the country and has more significance than Nolan. On the other hand, the church in Loon is outside the city rather than in the city center, and there will be resistance to outward expansion. Smaller.

After passing the corridors and stairs, the priest and a group of nuns led Jenkins to the second floor of the tower on the side of the church.

This entire floor is open, like a small square. The blue light is trapped in the center, which is an icy blue heart.

"Regarding the monster you and others defeated on the way, we checked the information and conducted folklore surveys, and found some traces. Its origin is no longer available for investigation, but it was indeed sealed by the Zhengshen Church. It is very ancient. What we can know about the story from the past is that this heart is the source of the monster's power. If a seal is not applied, it will rely on this heart to regenerate. "

The priest introduced it, and then indicated with his eyes that everyone in the room could leave except the keeper responsible for guarding it. Loen does not have Nolan's [Gate of All Things], and a suitable location must be selected to store each item with specific properties, so this heart is in the church room.

"regeneration?"

Jenkins suddenly became interested and eager to try which of his abilities could completely destroy this heart.

Chapter 1277 Chapter 1256 Machinery and Treasure Hunting

"Meow~"

Chocolate was also eager to try it. His eyes were shining and he stretched his head to look at the heart of the snowman imprisoned in the center of the space.

"No, no, no, Saint William. After we informed Beldiran of the situation, the Holy See said that there would be no plans to destroy it for the time being. You also know that everything is not peaceful now. Three days ago, the French near the Whirlpool Islands in the outer sea The Lix volcano erupted, and a lifeless giant hand emerged from the ground. The church wants to use the power of this heart to help seal the giant hand. The original owner of the hand is probably..."

The priest looked around carefully, and then whispered to Jenkins in a low voice:

"Probably the leader of the [Molten Giant] clan who was killed by Ms. Hidden Moon in the 15th era. You know, those alien species that live in offshore volcanoes all year round violated the taboo..."

This refers to their attempt to sublimate the race's bloodline through the power of strange objects, which resulted in catastrophic disaster. Even though that was thousands of years ago, many histories still record the fact that the sea level in the physical world dropped by about 0.1 inches (0.25 centimeters) as a whole.

In order to commend Jenkins for his contribution in this matter, Belduran originally planned to give him a public award. Of course, the reason for the award was for other things. This can be regarded as gradually pushing the Holy Son to the front. One of the steps.

But because the material world has been in chaos recently, most of the gifted ones from the Sage Church who are eligible to attend the awards are "putting out fires" everywhere. Therefore, the award ceremony was postponed, and this time the award was changed to give Jenkins the right to mobilize all resources of Loon Diocese.

"Mr. Rossière just left Loen yesterday. Something happened in the east... He will tell you about this in person when he comes back..."

"No, I don't need any rights."

Jenkins waved his hands repeatedly. He was not ready to take responsibility. Moreover, he was here as a guest and he had to consider the thoughts of the local host.

In addition to the snowman, the bodies of the two demigods who were defeated by Jenkins and Alexia in the House Square were also found.

The corpse of the puppeteer who was defeated by Alexia only had the part above the head left. The autopsy results showed that he had indeed come into contact with the [Frost Victory Contract] and was promoted to demigod because of this. There is no problem with this man's identity. He has been wanted for so many years, and the church has already mastered most of his information.

Unfortunately, the church could not find the person who killed him, so the huge bounty remained unclaimed. Jenkins suggested that the money should be donated to help the people affected by this disaster, but this kind of thing cannot be done in a short time.

The one who was defeated by Jenkins lost consciousness and fell to death after being extracted by the vines of [Profane Production], so his body was quite complete.

This corpse was also autopsyed by the [Church of Death and Doomsday], but the results were quite shocking.

"To be specific, his body is more than two-thirds geared. Yes, this is the reason why he was promoted to demigod, and it is not a normal promotion process."

In addition to Father Fernandez, there were also several scribes with the title of "office director" who explained to Jenkins in the office. Jenkins has not yet remembered their names.

"What's going on? When I was in Nolan, I also encountered strange phenomena related to gears. Are these two things related?"

Jenkins asked, this time thinking of Nolan's underground differential engine. Not surprisingly, the strange gear that the thief Divo stole from the "Gear Artisans Guild" was one of the underground harvests of the Artisans Guild.

Upon hearing his question, several people in the office looked at each other. Finally the old local secret keeper answered this question:

"Saint William, we have not seen Nolan's steam mechanical giant with our own eyes, so we cannot give you a definite answer. But according to more and more evidence over the years, the [Church of Creation and Mechanics] is doing similar research, There is no doubt that these two things were not their fault, but the best way to know the source of the power of these strange gears is to ask them.”

There is no [Church of Creation and Machinery] locally, not even Nolan. If you want to know their secrets, you can only negotiate with the Holy See.

Jenkins is always wary of this kind of wanton use of gear power. His instinct tells him that unrestricted modification of the human body is extremely dangerous. This is the conclusion that the stranger has learned from past knowledge.

As for tobacco, since Jenkins only found that kind of thing in Nolan, it was impossible for someone to submit the report in Loen. But the investigation about those will never end here. The broken box is the next target of Jenkins' investigation. Although the box was ordinary in style and had no special markings, Alexia said that given her some time, she would be able to trace the information of the previous owner from the box.

"Divination?"

Jenkins asked curiously.

"No, it's big data fuzzy computing."

The "treasure" location provided to Jenkins by the goblins in the book is in the mountains south of Rune. Although it is a group of mountains, the mountains here are just low hills, which are completely incomparable to the mountain system that stretches across the middle of the continent in the north of Norland.

After leaving the church, the carriage drove the two of them out of the city. Jenkins asked the carriage to wait near the tavern on the edge of the city. Then after leaving the city with Alexia, they rode the unicorn and flew together.

The unicorn seems to be particularly fond of Alexia, which is a treatment that Hathaway has not received.

Flying southward, snow-capped mountains and ravines flashed beneath our feet. Although it is only oral, the location described by the goblin is very detailed. She uses the number of "my wings flicker" as the unit of measurement, while Jenkins only needs to hold a pocket watch to write down the frequency, and then simply do some multiplication calculations to know the true distance.

The mountains in the southern part of Loen are low and rolling, and it is also a rare uninhabited area among the four directions of the royal capital. When the unicorn carried the two of them to land slowly, Jenkins felt a little cold, and the cat hid in his arms and refused to come out.

"This is also my first time in this area. From the map, there should be a small valley nearby."

Alexia shook her fingers as she spoke. As the sky-blue halo flashed, she seemed to have discovered something, leading Jenkins to walk along the snow-covered mountains.

It only took less than five minutes to walk up a snow slope with an exaggerated slope. After sliding to the bottom and walking for a while, I saw the entrance to the valley. There is no sunshine at the bottom of the valley all year round, and the snow is basically the same as in winter.

I stepped on the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow while walking inward, and then as expected, my eyes discovered a strange light on the rock wall.

Chapter 1278 Chapter 1257 Relics and Machines

"I saw."

After discovering the aura, Jenkins said to the short lady next to him, and then followed the goblin's prompts, stretched out his hand and made a weird and complicated gesture. While doing this, he slowly activated his soul emblem. When the gesture and the emblem overlapped, the snow-covered rock wall facing his finger flashed with dazzling white light.

Then the rock formation seemed to have melted and faded, revealing a cave entrance that was large enough for a man of Jenkins' height to stand upright and walk. There was a shadowy light inside the cave entrance.

"It's here, it's really smooth."

Jenkins said with a smile, and then walked in first. Alexia looked at her surroundings with some doubts, and then followed her.

I thought that the entrance of the cave was spacious enough, but I didn't expect that the space became wider and wider as I walked inward. The light in the cave is all emitted by the ores scattered on the walls and feet. Neither Jenkins nor Alexia knows this kind of stone that can emit light independently, but just by observing it with the naked eye, it seems to be purely natural and has not been artificially processed. of stone.

The passage was not long, but when Alexia threw a metal talisman, the white light that lit up allowed them to see the murals on the rock walls on both sides of the passage.

The words may be lost, but as long as the eyes and senses of intelligent creatures do not deteriorate, the information conveyed by the pictures is common.

Stretching from the entrance into the distance, the murals depict what seems to be a coherent story. But because it was too long ago, most of the pictures and colors were mottled and unclear. They could only barely make out that the ancients living in this area put a huge thing and a large number of treasures deep into the cave.

"This pattern means warning. It is still used now, but as part of the heraldry of the nobles of the Kingdom of Hampavo. In the coat of arms, it represents that this family has "strong force"."

Alexia pointed at the mural and introduced.

"So it's very possible that there will be a problem here? It's better to be safe. If some ancient monster is released, I think it will be very troublesome."

Jenkins said this, and the short lady also agreed with this view, so the two of them stayed inside the passage for a full two hours to ensure that it could be entered, but no one could get out except for them, and then they continued to move forward.

After walking for less than ten minutes, you can see the bright light representing the exit. When the two of them stood at the exit of the passage, they were both shocked by the scenery they saw in front of them.

In the center of a vast white snowfield, a standard silver-white metal cube has one corner pointing downwards, slowly spinning around the lead vertical line at this corner, and the silver light fills the entire snowfield.

Although the area of ​​​​the snowfield is not large, it definitely should not appear at the end of the passage. When he was observing from above, Jenkins was very sure that there were rolling low mountains nearby. He would not miss such a conspicuous plain.

"It's a space anomaly."

Alexia, standing next to him, explained, and Jenkins understood immediately. Although the space stability of the material world is extremely strong, under certain special circumstances, such as the destruction of powerful space-type numbered items, some strange space phenomena may be created.

This has been recorded in considerable detail, but Jenkins still can't imagine anything that can create such a large strange space.

"what is that?"

He looked at the huge silver metal cube in the middle of the snowfield. The metallic texture on its surface was very strong, like the luster of liquid mercury. The flat, mirror-like surface and sharp-edged shape cannot be produced by the technology of this era.

"This... I really want to know what this is."

Jenkins asked casually, but he didn't expect Alexia to actually answer. He looked at the short lady in surprise, who had a puzzled face:

"I'm pretty sure this is the thing I know, but it's a bit too coincidental. We were obviously talking about it a few days ago, and now it appears completely in front of us immediately. This is really doubtful... ....The only clue I found about the difference engine you mentioned is the record in "The Hokuriku Poetry".

In the material world of the 15th Era, there were many large continents. Among them, the current Loen was almost on the extreme northern continent at that time, which was called the Hokuriku; and the "Hokuriku Poem" mentioned by Alexia Jenkins You also know that this is a forbidden book written by a crazy bard in the 15th century. It records the crazy imagination he saw after witnessing an unknown existence. It is a relatively well-known taboo in the contemporary era.

"A rich businessman brought a magical machine to Hokuriku. People were amazed by the machine's ability to 'predict' and 'divide' almost everything. They trusted it, respected it, worshiped it, and finally the building that was built by the machine" The city dominated by Guidance fell into eternal destruction. The fragment of the "Hokuriku Canto" I saw in the ruins three years ago recorded the appearance of that machine..."

As she spoke, Alexia raised her finger and pointed forward:

"That's it. The machine I obtained from the ruins may still be in the Hokuriku, so I wanted to look for clues in the tower, and that's why I came to Loen; and, I think in the mural we just saw, the one who was This is probably the huge object that the ancestors sealed in the cave.”

As Alexia raised her finger, water ripples flashed on the surface of the silver cube. The spin speed of the cube began to slow down, and as the water patterns appeared more and more frequently, six faces with their own characteristics gradually emerged from the bottom of the surface to the surface.

The six raised faces looked at Jenkins and Alexia in turn with extremely slow spin speed. The unified features of their faces were extremely sharp edges and corners, and their huge eyes gradually became humanoid in color.

It should be afternoon, but the sky was getting dark quickly. Dark clouds covered the sky, and with the emergence of whispers and human voices, ancient buildings of various sizes in the snowfield rose from the ground. In a few seconds, what stood in front of Jenkins and Alexia turned into a small city. Only by looking up can one see a silver cube with six raised human faces floating in the center of the city.

Those whispers were not caused by the appearance of strange things, causing chaos in one's heart, but actually countless people speaking. The old city is waking up, and the people living in it are taking to the streets, living and working as they did thousands of years ago.

Jenkins glanced behind him. The cave exit had disappeared, and behind them was a path leading into the countryside.

Chapter 1279 Chapter 1258 The stone slab under the altar

"If you say this is someone pulling us back to the past, I definitely don't believe it."

Looking at everything in front of and behind them, the two were silent for a few seconds before Jenkins said this, and Alexia also added:

"It's an illusion, and a very clever one at that."

She reached out and touched it forward, and the mottled color patches appeared in the air as her palm passed by, but in the next second they returned to the city street scene again.

"Although the power of that machine and mine are different in nature, they are expressed in similar ways. It seems that the thing that created the illusion wants us to enter this city."

Alexia said easily, not feeling any pressure.

"Probably thousands of years have made it too boring, so we weave this illusion."

Jenkins looked at everything in front of him and sighed, stretched out his palm, and four ice chess pieces automatically emerged from the spirit. With a casual throw, the chess piece fell to the ground. As the icy blue light shone in turn, the swordsman, knight, astrologer and priest who knelt on one knee and paid tribute to Jenkins appeared beside him.

They have lost the light of humanity they had when they challenged Jenkins in front of the palace, and have become completely manipulated puppets. Jenkins guessed that the soul to which the chess pieces belonged had returned to the world of [Lord of Winter], leaving only the chess pieces corresponding to the power.

"Go ahead."

He gave a very simple order, and then the chess pieces got up and walked towards the city, disappearing from sight soon.

Jenkins closed his eyes and shared the blurry vision of these chess pieces. Both the cat and Alexia looked at him curiously. Not long after, the young man opened his eyes, fished it out in the air, and four chess pieces appeared in his palm again.

"coming."

He said this, turned around, picked up Alexia and jumped up suddenly. Almost in the next second, a scorching red ray flew from a distance, leaving a trail of white smoke on the ground under their feet. of carvings.

"The ice field at the beginning was not an illusion, but it was not the complete truth. I saw through the sight of the chess pieces that the cube itself was completely sealed. The only thing it could affect was the area around it. It was just in Seducing us."

When jumping up, it was Jenkins holding Alexia, and after jumping up, Alexia was flying holding Jenkins.

After getting the tip from Jenkins, Alexia directly took Jenkins to fly to a very high height. As they moved away from the ground, the illusion of the city disappeared little by little, and the snowfield reappeared under their feet. At the same time, the densely packed bronze chains that were originally invisible on the ground also appeared in the field of vision.