The Master of the Strange Realm

Therefore, the Undead Knights of the [Church of Death and the End of the World] were recruited. Jenkins has seen them more than once. This group of people has the same chain ability and is the backbone of the Death Church's fighting force. Letting the knights help pull the carriage, not only does it move faster, but it can even jump out of the road and shuttle through various terrains in a straight line. It only takes half an hour to get from the Sage Church in the city to the outskirts of the Evergreen Forest. That’s all.

The only lady who went to Evergreen Forest with Jenkins was Alexia, it was safer for the others to stay in the church.

"Normally speaking, even if the difference machine doesn't know that you can use all the gifts, it can still think that the church will try its best to provide numbered items to help you. So on the one hand, the tower will most likely limit the numbered items as much as possible. On the one hand, the Difference Engine is bound to make big moves near the Evergreen Forest.”

Alexia said this at the beginning of the half-hour journey, and the church thought so too, so Evergreen Forest has entered the highest level of alert.

"There's going to be a fight? In the forest, I'm nearly invincible."

He replied with a little confidence while sitting in the carriage.

"It's not that simple. Do you think that fire started burning in the virgin forest in the south just to serve as a breeding ground for the children of the Mist and to release more smoke? It is testing, testing how to fight nature and the forest."

"Difficulty chance of burning Evergreen Forest?"

"I can't say for sure, but there will definitely be a big battle next."

Jenkins opened the car window and leaned out of the window with a very dangerous movement to look in the direction of the forest. After leaving the city, there were no street lights, and there were only falling ashes and seemingly endless darkness in the distance. If there was a fire in the forest with this kind of weather, the sky would have been dyed red long ago, so at least for now, the Evergreen Forest is relatively safe.

"At least it's okay now, but we can prepare for the next battle in advance."

He whispered, retracted his body from the window, touched the well-behaved cat, and then took out the cane and sword respectively. The Bone Holy Sword was given to him by "Miss Fabry" in full public view, so he can now use it openly:

"The Difference Machine will definitely not dare to use the core to direct the battle, otherwise the tower will be meaningless. As long as there is no core, I can probably deal with other threats."

"But don't forget, before entering the tower, the tree house also prepared a [gift] for you. Are you sure you can fight continuously with high intensity? They may want to rely on this to make you waste as much time as possible before entering the tower. strength."

"No problem, we can't underestimate the church."

He said, closing his eyes to rest and prepare himself for whatever might come.

The faint blue fire covered the horses, riders and carriages, as if a convoy coming from the underworld silently arrived at the edge of the evergreen forest. Even when there is no light at all on the outskirts of the city and gray fog blocks the view, you can still see the distant scenery of the forest.

Jenkins opened his eyes.

"Did you fall asleep just now?"

Alexia closed the book in her hand and asked thoughtfully.

"No, I just took a rest. If I fall asleep and dream about that big black cat again, I'm afraid my mental state will be even worse."

He joked, and then heard the cat beside him meow in frustration. Chocolate is not the kind of cat who doesn't know the priorities of things.

Chapter 2092 Chapter 2061 The carriage that cannot leave

The current evergreen forest has expanded for the second time due to Jenkins gathering the seeds of the world tree, and its scope has completely exceeded the valley where the winery was originally located. Without the dangerous passes in the valley to defend, the church could only set up checkpoints on the only way to the forest. Therefore, before entering the forest, the group stopped and underwent identity checks one by one.

Even in the suburbs, the gray fog, black clouds, and ashes with residual heat are no different from those in the city. You can even look up and see the belly of the giant metal whale slowly disappearing under the clouds.

The smell in the air is no different from that in downtown Nolan. This is also the norm all over the world. No matter where you go, you cannot avoid such a doomsday scene.

There was nothing wrong with the identity check, but the Undead Knights could no longer send the group forward. The unique environment of the Evergreen Forest was very unfriendly to the undead. Fortunately, we are not far from the entrance of the forest now, and the church has already arranged for ordinary horses. Next, in less than ten minutes, we will probably reach the forest.

After getting back on the carriage, Jenkins saw Chocolate yawning, so he put it on his lap, then asked Alexia with a smile:

"Would you like to take a nap too?"

He put the chocolate on his right leg, then patted his left leg:

"I can lend you a pillow here."

Alexia chuckled and patted him:

"I don't have to take a break, this book is so interesting."

The book in her hand was not written in Common, not even any human language, nor Elvish:

"What's this?"

He only saw the page that was spread out, and a very complicated circular ritual matrix was drawn with a pencil:

"Is this a book you wrote?"

"Of course not. This is a question that little Feeney asked me. I'm trying to think of a way to help her answer it."

"what is the problem?"

"You actually included the ability of [My God is Here] in the learning and understanding abilities you gave Feini. Do you really think that a teenage girl who has just come into contact with mysticism can understand these things?"

The ability of [My God is Here] can only be known to one person originally. Once it is taught to others, the original knower will automatically forget the content of the learning ritual. For example, this ability was sold to Jenkins by Miss Lark Hathaway. After that, Hathaway could not remember any details of the ceremony at all. But perhaps because of the special nature of Jenkins' soul, the message he conveyed will not be forgotten by him.

Alexia also knew about this ancient divine ability from Jenkins, so she could help Finny answer her questions.

"I remember you mentioned that the three abilities of [My God is Here], [Energy Body] and [Angel Halo] combined together are the complete ancient god-trance ritual."

Alexia asked casually.

"Yes, I am definitely aware of the two abilities [My God is Here] and [Angel Halo]."

The former was bought from Hathaway last fall with the moonlight sword. He had just heard about the chain ability at that time, and he was envious of this powerful ability, so he was fascinated to exchange it for numbered items. The latter was one of the fifteen rituals that Miss Magic gave to Jenkins as a thank you after giving [Heart of the Ocean] to Miss Magic a few months ago.

"What about [Energy Body]?"

Alexia asked again.

"I just know the name of this, but it doesn't necessarily require three abilities to form a chain. The chain only needs to achieve the effect. Even if there is no long-lost ancient backdoor ability like [Energy Body], as long as the energy is truly realized, The body can be used temporarily by the gods, and the chain can also be achieved. "

Jenkins explained nonchalantly.

In the contemporary era, there are actually many ways to achieve temporary energy incarnation. Not long ago, during the welcome ceremony of the False God Cult, some people appeared from the rain. Even Jenkins can allow himself to exist in the form of a pure spirit of life. This is the privilege of Yggdrasil, but he just won't do it.

Relatively speaking, compared to the rather idealistic ability of "My God is Here" and the extremely demanding ability of "Angel Halo", "Energy Body" is the easiest to achieve by other means.

"Thinking about it this way, Feini seems to fully meet the conditions for using this chain. After all, as long as Louise is by her side, [Angel Halo] is equivalent to her talent."

Alexia joked, and Jenkins immediately explained:

"That's what I say, but how could I possibly act with Feeney's body?"

He smiled and said:

"I don't want to be laughed at by Chocolate and you for hundreds of years."

"Next time you mention us and your cat at the same time, please put us first... But have you ever considered whether using this method of trance can temporarily free your soul from the treacherous state? That means leaving the tower?"

Hearing Alexia say this, Jenkins sat up straight. He really had never thought of this idea, but it was indeed feasible. After all, the gods communicated by the Divine Descendance Ceremony are located in a location far further away than space fragments such as the Deception Realm. Since it is possible to summon gods from such a "far" place, then it is certainly feasible to summon Jenkins out of a strange situation.

The nine-story tower is full of crises, and even if it only allows Jenkins' soul to leave temporarily, it will definitely be of great help to him.

"No, it still won't work. The divine descending ceremony not only requires the cooperation of mortals, but also the power of the gods themselves. I only have a drop of divinity, and I have to deal with the difference machine in the end, or be forced to use it on the road to protect myself. I can't waste it on help. I left the tower briefly."

Thinking of this, she leaned back a little frustrated. Alexia also understood this, so she didn't mention this idea again. But she had a new idea. After all, little Feini was quite special.

The conversation with Alexia continued, but it turned into talking about trivial matters in life, and even talked about the wedding next summer. Only then did Jenkins realize that Alexia actually had guests who wanted to send invitations. It was a friend she knew from the past, and she wasn't completely alone as Jenkins thought.

"Speaking of which, how long has it been since we boarded the carriage again? Haven't we reached the Evergreen Forest yet?"

He suddenly asked doubtfully, and then took out the women's pocket watch to check the time.

Seeing that Jenkins was still wearing his pocket watch, Alexia smiled softly. This was lent to Jenkins by Alexia when the two of them separated outside the winery before the Evergreen Forest appeared on the last thirty-day of the thirty-day incident last year. Later, she was anxious to take a carriage to Loen City, so she didn't ask for the pocket watch back, and Jenkins kept it with her.

Although they did not have the close relationship they have now, Alexia now firmly regards this as a token of their love.

"Oh, something might be wrong."

He motioned Alexia to look at the dial, and the three hands were spinning like crazy. This does not mean that the clock is broken. Jenkins will know that the internal structure is fine when he knocks it. There is a force affecting it.

"I guessed that the difference would cause something to happen. I thought I was sending a mechanical army to attack the forest, but I didn't expect it to be such a small trick."

He muttered, patting Chocolate's little head to wake it up, now was not the time to sleep.

"The Difference Engine probably knows that the mechanical army cannot do anything to the Church."

Alexia opened the car window next to her, and the two of them looked out together. Outside is a vast plain with almost no light shrouded in black clouds, which is consistent with where it should be now. He just stuck his head out and looked in front of the carriage, but he could no longer see the shadow of the forest.

There were no other convoys that were supposed to be traveling together, so the driver outside the car did not respond to the loud shouts. So Jenkins held the chocolate and tried to jump out of the car window with Alexia to see the situation.

But as soon as he hit the ground and before he could roll around to relieve his strength, he bumped into Alexia. The two of them and the cat rolled into a ball in the carriage amidst the "screaming" of chocolate.

It's still the same carriage as before, the traces left by the chocolate claws and Alexia's book are still exactly the same.

"It seems that the range of movement has been restricted... I will try again."

Throwing away the chocolate, Jenkins climbed up and pushed open the carriage door on the side, then jumped down again. When it landed, if it hadn't been pulled by Alexia, it would have almost hit the cat who was ignorant of the current situation.

But despite this, Chocolate was still furious and shrank into the corner. Jenkins picked him up and comforted him, and it took a while before his body stopped twitching due to fear.

"Ha~"

Alexia made this sound.

The surrounding aura was black as expected, but this did not help the situation. The first thing to figure out is the reason for returning immediately after leaving the carriage. If you figure this out, you can at least break the stage preset by the differential engine.

"It could be time or space. If it's time, we were stopped immediately after leaving the carriage and then moved back to the carriage... Just pretend I didn't say it. This is unlikely. And I'm basically immune to time-stopping, so the space around me changes."

Jenkins said, the blue magic in Alexia's hand had started spinning, and the sky-blue light was brighter than the light of the kerosene lamp in the carriage, making both Jenkins' and Alexia's faces alternately illuminated.

"But the question is, what does it want to do? Trapping us on the carriage is certainly not the ultimate goal. Maybe there is something wrong with the direction the carriage is heading."

Alexia said, so Jenkins thought of another method:

"I'll project it out and give it a try."

As he said this, he closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he actually appeared in his closet:

"The space blockade is actually ineffective against projection?"

He himself didn't believe it was so simple, so he checked around to make sure that he was really in his home at this moment and was not deceived by some illusion.

Chapter 2093 Chapter 2062 The Fog of Time

Worried that his successful use of the projection to get outside was an accident, Jenkins, who came to his bedroom, did not immediately cancel the projection and return to Alexia. Instead, he summoned the unicorn and flew him to Alexia at an extremely fast speed. in the direction of the evergreen forest.

From a distance, a thick white fog envelopes the forest. From a very high altitude, it can even be observed that the fog does not invade the forest but merely surrounds it. There are no clues on the ground, but in the sky above, the white mist has completely surrounded the evergreen forest. It is an open trap, just waiting for prey to fall into it.

Observing from the periphery of the fog, we can finally find some difficult-to-see spiritual flowing tracks in the black spiritual light. Following this strange situation, Jenkins finally found some wooden pile-like things on the ground while trying not to get close to the fog.

But when he struggled to dig out the soft soil, he saw that it was a clock half buried in the ground:

"Is it really about time?"

So he returned to the carriage and shared some information with Alexia who was reading a book. The latter patiently listened to Jenkins’ findings:

"It seems...I'll go out with you to take a look."

But Alexia's projection failed. She failed to project into the outside world of white mist using the same method. Jenkins originally thought this was the connection between his soul and his strength, but Alexia asked another question:

"What effect does [The Uncrowned King] have?"

The most significant effect of [Uncrowned King] is the enhancement of companions. Centered on the ability holder, all friendly units whose race is human or at least have human blood will receive certain enhancements. This can be regarded as a kind of myth-locking ability. Although it is not as obvious as the myth-lock, it affects a certain range. It is somewhat similar to [Stage of Destiny].

Before Jenkins could explore other effects, the church said they would find some information for him to look at, so he didn't bother to study them.

"The Uncrowned King probably doesn't just enhance the people around him... This is not the point now. Do I need to dig out a clock to show you?"

Jenkins asked again.

"I won't use it for the time being. I'm worried that it will cause other changes in this area. Do those clocks look similar to the clocks you destroyed last fall?"

"That clock was originally of an ordinary style. In theory, it is similar to any clock. Alexia, did you think of anything?"

"Although numbered items in the style of clocks are extremely rare, they are not unheard of. I thought of a legend. Although I thought it was a story before, there are not many things that have happened around me recently that are enough to be passed down and become legends in the next era? Jenkins, I I need you to verify something.”

After receiving instructions from Alexia, Jenkins returned to the unicorn again. The two took off together, and at a very high position, Jenkins drew a huge copper bell out of thin air. He let it fall freely without paying attention. When it was about to approach the white mist, he threw a stone. The stone hit the outside of the copper bell, and the sound of the bell immediately spread outward.

The sound wave that spread was not big, but it actually caused part of the fog circle under the bronze bell to be dispersed out of thin air.

"it is as expected."

He thought in his mind, and no longer paid attention to the huge falling bronze bell, but let the unicorn leave on its own, and then returned to the carriage again:

"Yes, the sound of the bell can dispel the white fog."

"Then it's obvious, Jenkins, have you ever heard of the 'chaotic fog of time'?"

This world is full of unknowns, as well as myths and legends. Most of the legends may be connected to some numbered items, but the church obviously cannot verify every legend. And even if you are determined to explore the origin of a certain legend, you may not be able to get the truth.

Therefore, some stories are likely to point to numbered items, but due to various reasons, such as they only appear once every thousand years, or they can only be witnessed by non-Orthodox Church members, there is insufficient evidence to prove their existence, so they cannot be numbered.

Information about such items will also be recorded, but will receive less attention than special items that are officially numbered. Alexia was talking about one of them. It was not very famous, and Jenkins had only heard of the name in daily chats with his father.