The Master of the Strange Realm

Earlier last week, Jenkins learned from Miss Silver Flute at Mr. Hood's party that the Fidictli Kingdom would officially declare war on the Cheslan Kingdom this Friday. Unexpectedly, the other party actually took the first step, and the timing was so clever on Wednesday night that it was hard to say whether a spy leaked the military plan of the Fidictli Kingdom in advance.

But unlike the previous discussions in newspapers and among citizens, this time the war is really coming. After returning to the study with Julia and talking to the ladies for a few words, I knew that they did not have much hope for peace.

"We all know that the Fidictli Kingdom and the Cheslan Kingdom have a feud, border disputes and frictions of all sizes for so many years. Even without Nolan's fuse, the war will not be eliminated."

As for how far the war between the two countries will go and which side will win in the end, no one dares to guess now.

Now among the three major human kingdoms in the material world, the two kingdoms occupying the east and the west have officially declared war, and the capital of the northern kingdom has suffered two serious attacks in just two weeks. Even the king has to start considering the issue of succession.

This world is really starting to get chaotic.

On Thursday morning, all the newspapers Jenkins could find reported the declaration of war between the two countries in the form of front-page headlines. Some newspapers even claimed that the troops on the front line had already had the first friction last night, but this was unconfirmed news. Because of the turbulent situation and military blockade, even Dolores's spies did not know what the situation was on the front line.

Jenkins and his friends lived in a city far away from the war, but this did not mean that the war had nothing to do with them. When Nolan checked the mailbox at home in the morning, he listened to the hard shouting of the newspaper boys a street away, and then found a two-page recruitment pamphlet lying in the mailbox. Later, he learned that this was uniformly distributed by the city hall. Even if Nolan was not within the scope of the conscription, some things had to be consistent with the whole country.

Unlike Dolores and Alexia in the North, the ladies of Nolan were all directly related to the war. Hathaway and Britney's fathers are both important members of the kingdom's navy. Even though the Nolan Navy is still preparing for a decisive battle with the pirates in the outer sea, this does not mean that after the decisive battle, the kingdom will postpone the navy's advance to the east because of their hard work.

Hathaway was very worried about this matter. When Jenkins saw her at the club, she was holding a newspaper and reading it. That page was a frontal photo of Count Hesha.

"In order to end the battle of the Broken Islands as soon as possible and let the navy also participate in the battle against Cheslan, my father, who was originally in Nolan, also led the fleet to the Broken Islands to command the battle."

Hathaway said very worriedly.

"In fact, he disappeared a few days ago, and my mother didn't tell us where he went. Now I understand that the kingdom does not want the plan to be exposed, so the team led by my father is operating in secret. My mother is really worried. These days, she spends a lot of time praying for my father at noon."

Jenkins didn't know how to comfort his girl. No one could stop the war. As a soldier, Count Hesha naturally had the responsibility to go to the battlefield.

Even though Nolan City is one of the cities farthest from the war front, the news of the start of the war still makes people living here panic. People talking about this can be heard everywhere, whether they are pessimistic or optimistic, most people do not like war.

The arrival of the war also brought a large number of foreign population to Nolan, because Nolan is a non-recruitment area stipulated in this time, and it is far away from the front line. In just one morning, Jenkins saw many carriages with strange family emblems carrying various nobles and merchants coming to the city from the city.

This is a common thing in wartime. People always spontaneously gather in places they think are safe, but they don’t know that Nolan is actually the most unsafe place.

Because of the news of the war between the two countries, the riots in Rune on Tuesday night did not make the headlines on Thursday. It seems that people think that the disaster suffered by a city is not particularly important compared to the disaster suffered by two countries, so the rhetoric that the church has made up with all its efforts to blur the truth is not taken seriously by many people.

Hathaway learned the whole process of the Loon riot from Jenkins, and also from him. Fortunately, those black shadow monsters are invisible to ordinary people. Therefore, although the citizens know that there is unrest in the city, most of them only think that it is just a murderer running around.

In addition to the night passers-by who died unfortunately, the people who really participated in the battle on the street were mostly private soldiers of unknown origin.

"If this happened to Nolan, I think Britney would definitely guess that the extraordinary really exists. Speaking of which, I forgot to tell you that after the fire in the camp a few days ago, she has been looking for the lady who rescued them from the tower."

Hathaway looked at Jenkins and asked:

"So what kind of face did you use to do that thing at that time?"

"I can't remember clearly, it should be an ordinary-looking woman, right? What's wrong, are you worried that Britney will like her?"

Jenkins made a joke that even a cat knows is inappropriate at an inappropriate time, in an inappropriate tone, and to an inappropriate person, which caused Hathaway to glare at him.

Compared with Jenkins, who has been busy recently, Hathaway's life is much more leisurely. The red-haired woman was happy to listen to Jenkins talk about his life and adventures. After openly revealing that he was a scribe of the church, Jenkins was able to tell more of his stories.

Although in his opinion, those were mostly difficult past events, they were still quite good in terms of storytelling, and Hathaway was willing to listen.

When the new cane was mentioned, Jenkins mentioned in passing the story of the elf and Miss Capet. He sighed and lamented that the past of the Williamt family was too complicated, but ignored the surprised expression on Hathaway's face:

"You actually investigated to this extent?"

"Yes, if most of the insiders were not unwilling to tell, I might be able to find out more things. Now that the war is coming, it will be more difficult to conduct cross-regional investigations.

But I already have a plan. When I return to Nolan, I will tell Robert and Mary about Miss Capet, and then I will take the two pieces of metal I own and meet Miss Capet. Maybe my father would be able to tell more about his family's past when he meets new relatives. "

As he spoke, he took off the metal hanging around his neck. Now that they are spliced ​​together, although it is still unclear what shape they are, they look much more regular.

Chapter 1325 Chapter 1302 The Beginning of the Game

"Your father will give you something that represents the family. Does that mean that he tacitly agrees that you will inherit everything from the Williamt family?"

Hathaway asked tentatively while checking Jenkins' pendant.

"Why do you think so? I think my father gave them to me for safekeeping just because I found the second piece...and the Williamte family is just a civilian family and has no ancestral property or historical honor to inherit. , even if my father is really biased to this extent, he just gave me his savings and the house on Privet Drive. You know, I am actually quite rich myself and don't care about this.

Jenkins said and touched his cat, and the cat meowed in response to show that he was satisfied with Jenkins' touch. This is a feedback mechanism, because Chocolate knows that if it doesn't respond to Jenkins' actions, it can't let him know that it's doing the right thing.

"you're right."

Hathaway did not look into Jenkins' eyes, lowered her head and answered, then handed the pendant to him and solemnly asked:

"You should keep this, it might be a token or something like that."

"You mean my ancestor once saved a mysterious man, and the mysterious man gave him this thing, saying that he would repay his kindness hundreds of years later? Oh, this is a plot from a classic knight novel, maybe I will get to know him because of it Several princesses.”

Jenkins said jokingly.

"You now know the princess and live in her home."

Hathaway pointed this out with a straight face, and Jenkins stopped joking.

Because she was concerned about her father, Hathaway secretly checked the files in his study. Combined with the information she learned from Blainey and Marquis Michael, she deduced that the Nolan Navy would be broken in half a month. The Islands launched a decisive battle to completely end the overseas war, and then devoted themselves to the battle against Chesland.

This is a very critical force. The Nolan Navy is the most powerful among the naval forces of the Kingdom of Fidicli.

Hathaway even thought about going to the sea in person to ensure her father's safety, but the situation overseas was complicated and she still had some seasickness, so she could only think about it.

"But it won't take too long. Even one of the pirate kings died in Nolan. The pirates in the outer sea will not be the opponent of the regular army."

Jenkins reassured, hoping everything was okay.

Hathaway is going to visit Britney who is grounded at home in the afternoon and talk to her about the war. So after lunch with Jenkins, I told him not to forget to write a letter, and the two separated. Jenkins wandered around the clock tower as usual, and it was not until evening that he successfully entered the world of doomsday fantasy, and even his feet were sore.

The old man in the clock tower expressed surprise at Jenkins' reappearance and was blunt about his surprise:

"A person who is extremely attuned to the power of space can enter here with a very small chance before this world completely overlaps with the real world. How do you manage to enter and exit every day?"

Jenkins couldn't answer this question. Just like he didn't know all his inexplicable talents, he didn't know whether the so-called fitting space had something to do with his accidental transformation into Jenkins.

Things must be done one by one. No matter how anxious you are, some things cannot be accomplished overnight.

After dinner that day, Jenkins, who had just found a chance to rest, was brought into the city by Dolores, and together with her, he delivered a disaster relief speech at the financial department. Now almost all high-ranking nobles and officials know that Sarsi II is about to abdicate, so their attitude towards these princes and princesses who interfere in government affairs is subtly different from before.

"I always feel that since I came to Loen, my life has been busier than in Nolan. At least when I was in Nolan, I often spent half a day relaxing behind the counter at Dad's Antique Shop."

Jenkins said to Alexia, but the short woman said that's just life.

Time was like being pushed and running, and Friday came like this. Jenkins still remembered that today was the game time for Hathaway's "Story within a Story", so he went to Nolan after breakfast.

After getting ready in the basement of his home, he took his cat to the slums in the south of the city.

Early mornings in the slums are much more lively than outside, not only because of the high population density here, but also because the people here have to work harder to survive.

The people living here had new things to talk about because the war was coming. When looking for the address, Jenkins heard people walking by and squatting in front of their homes eating breakfast, loudly expressing their opinions on the war.

The poor people in Nolan have little to do with the war. Even if they are urgently mobilized, they will only be found at the most critical moment. Therefore, talking about the lives and lives of a large number of strangers is one of the few entertainment activities at the beginning of a hard day. It's hard to say whether this life is more cruel or war is more cruel.

The address provided by Hathaway is in a three-story building in the middle of the slum. At least twenty families live in this building. All the decorative walls that can be removed have been removed, and then the landlord divided the house into Renting out small cubicles, although the living environment is a bit worse, is at least cheap enough.

The only thing that remains intact is the attic, which is not rented out but where the landlord keeps some discarded furniture. Hathaway didn't know under what circumstances he discovered the anomaly here. This kind of place is really hidden.

For safety reasons, she had used some means to keep the people living downstairs from coming back within a day, so when Jenkins climbed the stairs, he did not encounter any strangers looking at him.

All the way to the attic, standing at the door wearing a mask was Hathaway. She looked at Vanilla, the white cat squatting on Jenkins' shoulder, before letting him in. By then, Mr. Hood and Mr. White Cat had already arrived.

One of the triggering conditions of B-11-1-0299 [Story within a Story] is that there are 3 to 10 Gifters in the room, so Hathaway did not enter.

"Who else is coming?"

Jenkins pretended not to know the results on the blackboard in the sewer. He stood at the door and did not go in.

"Mr. Magic is coming again, but Mr. Silver Flute is not coming. It is said that he has encountered some troubles and will not appear in the city in the near future."

Mr. Hood explained for Hathaway, he walked out, and then motioned to Jenkins to go in and sit for a while.

Just now, Mr. Hood and Mr. White Cat were sitting on the sofa on the side of the loft. It was a rough-made fabric sofa. At this time, only the left part of the fabric was left, and the right leg was broken, so the sofa was tilted, but it was still possible to sit on it.

The place seemed extremely crowded because it was filled with similar discarded furniture. Hathaway had obviously cleaned up in advance, otherwise there would have been heavy dust on the floor.

Chapter 1326 Chapter 1303 Role Selection

Jenkins' attention is currently focused on the table in the middle of the loft, which is a wooden round table just like the one described in the B-11-1-0299 information. The intact paint and exquisite workmanship make this round table particularly conspicuous among the discarded furniture in the attic. Everyone will understand at the first glance that this table should not be here.

"Is this it?"

Jenkins thought to himself, blinking and seeing a dazzling aura. He looked at the table with interest, but he didn't see anything special about the table from its appearance.

Miss Magic was late in the end. It was originally scheduled to start at nine in the morning, but everyone only heard her footsteps walking upstairs at nine-ten.

If it weren't for the fact that they were all acquaintances, the other four would not have waited. Miss Magic also knew this, so she apologized to everyone very sincerely and explained the reason for her lateness:

"I came out of home at seven o'clock, but I encountered an accident on the way here...I entered a strange place and just escaped from it."

Only Jenkins and Hathaway knew what she was talking about. Hathaway had heard Jenkins describe the doomsday fantasy, and Jenkins had been in and out of it many times.

He was a little surprised at this time. What he had been worried about finally became a reality - the doomsday world was approaching reality faster. The specific manifestation was that more and more people would enter there accidentally.

"I'm going to speed up those rituals."

He thought in his mind, and then heard Hathaway announce that everyone's game can begin.

After the five participants gathered in the room, a warm yellow sheen exuded from the surface of the round table in the middle of the loft. The luster became brighter and brighter until finally everyone had to close their eyes. When they opened their eyes again, the small attic had turned into a warm and dry spacious room, and the luster of the flames in the fireplace shone on the table. There are game equipment, six soft seats around the table, and tea sets, desserts, and various food and drinks on the ground.

"There are six chairs, why is there one more?"

Only Hathaway knew the rules. She told everyone that after reading the rule book, they would understand it naturally.

Jenkins even saw a soft cushion about the same size as a chocolate placed on the table facing one of the chairs, so he chose that chair and placed the chocolate on the soft cushion. The cat immediately made a pleasant sound. scream.

Not only has the environment become more comfortable, but the area of ​​the round table has also expanded to an astonishing extent. The bottom of the original round table was hollow, but now the bottom of the tablecloth is solid, and I don't know what is hidden underneath.

The size of the room changed and the cluttered furniture disappeared. The styles of the walls and floors have become comfortable and pleasant, and there are some oil paintings such as Dragon Quest hanging on the walls, which are very suitable for the current environment. Naturally, the door cannot be opened, but the room that originally had no windows has an ordinary window on the side wall, allowing everyone to look out at the street view of Nolan.

After everyone chose their place, with the sound of the gear machinery inside the table, a hidden box rose up next to everyone's hand, and inside was a rolled parchment roll tied with a ribbon. After taking out the parchment, it was recovered in the secret compartment. After checking, it was found that the same content was written on the parchment in chic and beautiful floral letters. This is the rule book.

"If every Category B extraordinary event could be as friendly as this, then our lives would become more comfortable."

Jenkins heard Mr. Hood sitting to his left lament that he felt the same way, and after experiencing so many things, this was probably the friendliest adventure he had ever encountered.

The parchment roll is very long, with a lot of game terms written densely on it. The first paragraph is the background of the story, which is the background of this game:

[The time comes to 1867 in the universal calendar, which is the era of the steam industry. On the west coast of the main continent in the material world, there is a prosperous city called Nolan. Five adventurous young people living in this city got to know each other through letters and met on April 19 of this year to have a pleasant and exciting adventure together.

They agreed to meet at nine o'clock that morning, and then set off together to the abandoned hospital on the outskirts of Nolan. Your story begins from this moment...]

"Isn't the date today? And the location is also Nolan. It really feels like immersion."

Mr. White Cat waited for Hathaway to finish reading and then said impatiently that he was very interested in this kind of game. Only Jenkins had a vague premonition in his heart, especially since he mentioned the "abandoned hospital" just now.

"Okay, let's choose an identity according to the regulations."

Hathaway interrupted Jenkins' thinking and asked everyone to start the next step. The characters in the adventure are not the five of them, otherwise such an adventure would be meaningless.

So everyone used the pen they carried with them to write their real names on the back of their respective rule books to express their acceptance of the terms.

When everyone raised their heads again, the sound of gears turning appeared again under the empty round table, this time accompanied by the whistle-like sound of a steam stove - even though there was no such thing under the sealed tabletop, a small small figure rose in the center of the tabletop. Inside the wooden grid are two D10 (ten-sided) copper-colored dice.

Because the area of ​​the table has been expanded to an astonishing degree, if you want to touch them, someone has to stretch their arms and lie unsightly on the table, so in the end, Jenkins can only use the deformed cane to move the dice. In front of Hathaway.

“According to the rule book, each of us rolled two dice in turn, the first representing tens and the second representing ones. Based on the two-digit result, one of the preset 100 characters was selected to play the game. This character is a real Nolan character."

Hathaway said, seeing that no one was talking, she picked up two dice and rolled out the numbers. The results of both times were zero, but this did not mean that her result was zero. On the contrary, it meant 100.

"Although the rule book says that the character drawn has nothing to do with the size of the number, I think the largest number should have extra luck."

The magical lady next to Hathaway said with a smile. Hathaway didn't say anything, but picked up the character information in the hidden grid on her left as the gears operated after rolling the dice.

It was a bright silver piece that looked like a work of art.

After just one glance, Hathaway's hands began to shake. I believe that if she hadn't been wearing a mask, she would have looked ugly.

Chapter 1327 Chapter 1304 Host

The sound of flames burning in the fireplace in the cozy room makes people feel warm and comfortable. Jenkins looked at Hathaway strangely. After she got the character card, she acted abnormally.

"According to the current characteristics of this game, the rule that 'the character is real' is definitely not a lie to enhance the sense of substitution. Could it be that Hathaway got the character of Britney? She was worried about telling us Will the four reveal their true identities, or are they worried that this game will happen simultaneously in the real world? "

Jenkins thought, a little worried about Hathaway. But soon he no longer had to worry, because after coming to him in clockwise order, after rolling two heavy dice and getting the number 50, he got a silver metal piece with Bryony Mi written on it. Haier's name and information.