The Righteous Player(s)

　　 Seeing Vasily with his hands regained freedom and lying on Annan’s desk writing to Maria, Annan emphasized again: “Remember to show me once after writing.”

　　 "I understand, Your Highness."

　　Old Vasily didn't look up, but replied to him obediently.

　　Annan nodded, indicating that he heard it.

　　 He leaned back slightly, leaning on the seat and thinking.

　　Annan just learned that Maria Windong gave Vasily the order:

　　 "Get ready to go home, Vasily. Ten days later, a cargo ship covered with blue canvas will arrive at the frozen water port. You can leave by boat."

　　 After that, Vasily asked Annan for the first time-could he reveal the news about him here to Maria?

　　 Annan’s reply is yes, but he must know what Vasily wrote.

　　Vasily Manning readily agreed to this request.

　　While waiting for him to write a reply, Annan thought in silence.

　　...Vasily Manning.

　　Annan does know this surname.

　　 He did meet his brother Merlin Manning.

　　 But that's because Annan once met him in Nightmare: White Tower.

　　 Merlin participated in the first half of Michelangelo's ceremony. Being able to be invited by Michelangelo, even if he is not the best disability school wizard, is basically about the same.

　　Before his retirement, Merlin was a core member of Winter's Hand-even trusted by Maria.

　　Annan still remembers him... it was a tall and thin, taciturn old man.

　　 Merlin's curse is a silver tongue ring, and the position of the curse is in the mouth. When the wizards clashed, his first reaction was to stand in front of Maria.

　　...But Annan also knew very well in his heart.

　　 Among those who survived the Baita ceremony... there must be no Merlin.

　　In other words, old Merlin should have died five years ago.

　　 Do some math... Basically, the time when Vasily was dispatched by Maria into the Kingdom of Noah was basically after the White Pagoda ceremony. His first duty is to observe the resurrection of Michelangelo...

…Yes it is.

　　 Vasily’s initial mission was just to “observe”.

　　 Although he was hired by the Corruption Church, he was the one who finally released a large number of rituals for summoning creatures to destroy. This level of intervention has obviously exceeded the level of "observation."

　　 It can even be said that his behavior is somewhat contrary to Maria's order.

　　 Maria only sent him alone, and she didn't help him. Then her purpose must not be to "destroy the ritual", but merely to observe.

　　 The purpose of sending Vasily is because he has sufficient mysterious knowledge. Can understand the ceremony.

　　 At first, Annan didn't quite understand the contradictions.

　　 But after learning that Merlin was Vasily's biological brother... Annan already understood everything.

　　...That's how it is.

　　 Did he count his brother's death on Michelangelo's head?

　　 Although Vasily received Maria’s task and knew that it was a god’s sublimation ceremony, he still wanted to try it. Can this ritual be destroyed?

　　 That's why Vasily planned to die with "Don Juan Gerante" at the very beginning. If the direct descendants of the Gerant family die here, it will inevitably cause turmoil within the kingdom of Noah.

　　 This is his last ripple.

　　 And after seeing Annan and Kafni, he obviously realized something immediately. This gave up the idea of ​​"Vasily using the Big Bang".

　　 No wonder...

　　 Annan felt that something was wrong from the very beginning.

　　 You must know that the extraordinary power of the ritualist comes entirely from mystical knowledge.

　　 What determines the strength of ritualists is their logical analysis ability, resilience, memory, experience, rationality, courage... and most importantly, to have money.

　　The key to the problem lies here.

　　 The price of mysterious knowledge is not cheap.

　　 Some ritual knowledge can directly give birth to ritual masters, so it is banned in most countries; and the knowledge about gods is itself a taboo that cannot be spread—the knowledge has weight and cannot be remembered by the mortal brain.

　　 Even if you hear or see it, you can use it at most once.

　　 Those secret books that record mysterious knowledge are not easily available to people without money.

　　 Before, I made Annan think that this might be the reason of the rotten husband’s direct cult... It’s because there are too many summoned objects. This is not like a huge amount of knowledge that one person can master.

　　 But it really is.

　　 This can only explain one thing.

　　 The stupid apprentices of Vasily didn’t realize...their teacher was definitely not a wild, impoverished ritualist. It is an official person of a certain country.

　　 The "secret" that has recorded taboo knowledge about the gods will not disappear after reading; it just needs to be read again to supplement it after it is consumed. And those knowledge about rituals was even more confiscated by them in the forbidden library.

　　 Whether it is King Noah or Duke Winter, as long as he is not stupid, he will definitely try to create a ritualist.

　　Why can Vasily learn so many kinds of taboo knowledge?

　　Why can he be trusted by Maria, and lurking alone to another country to perform missions related to the gods, for as long as five years?

　　 The answer is simple.

　　 He and his brother are basically similar occupations!

His elder brother Merlin is a senior at Hand of Winter, who is mainly responsible for eradicating foreign spies in the country; and Vasily himself can be ordered by Maria personally to perform a cross-border mission with a mission cycle of several years... It can only explain Vasily is also an elite in espionage affairs.

　　 After all, transcendents need to check customs clearance documents and strictly verify their identities when entering and exiting through underground passages. This makes it impossible for them to perform espionage missions... but the words of ordinary people are too weak to fight against the extraordinary. The priests with stable and extraordinary powers cannot be directly transferred by the royal families of various countries.

　　The only thing that can pass through the gray mist...there is only the ritualist.

　　 So Annan finally understood another thing:

　　 Why do you want to catch the ceremonial master?

　　 Because every ritualist, no matter how strong or weak... may be a spy from another country.

　　 "It's finished."

　　 Vasily said softly.

　　 Then he put the pen on the table, reached out and pushed the letter to Annan.

　　 I saw it said:

　　"A tribute to the storm and the wolf:

"New information: I have met with His Royal Highness Annan, who has been missing for a long time. He is now in Noah, under the alias Don Juan Gerante. He has completed the conjecture of the year, got the reversal inscription, and regained his feelings. But His Royal Highness has become a transcendent, unable to return to the winter by boat through the gray mist.

　　"Also: His Royal Highness Annan is now befriending His Royal Highness "Shadow Demon" Kafni, and has the advancement of the Silver Knight, his identity may have been leaked;

　　 "Ask, do I return to Winter in ten days as originally planned?"

　　 Watching Annan carefully read the reply, UU Read www.uukanshu.com Vasily took the initiative to speak, and asked Annan in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, the penultimate paragraph... do you want to delete it?"

"…No need to."

　　 Annan resolutely refused: "Just send it like that."

　　 He believes that Maria needs more accurate information so that her actions will not be deviated. Information must be conveyed accurately enough.

　　 And there is nothing to delete...

　　 Soon, Annan watched Vasily perform a simple sacrifice ceremony and "burned" the information to Maria.

　　 It didn't take long for Vasily to raise his head.

　　 "Received a reply, Your Highness."

　　 Vasily said respectfully: "The return plan is cancelled.

"The'Daughter of the Storm' ordered me to leave Noah to assist you. She will find a way to take you back and ask me to send you a message. Don't try to cross the underground border, and wait quietly at Noah, Don’t run around, and don’t contact strangers anymore."

　　...But I can’t help but run around.

　　Annan sighed deeply.

　　 I'm going to the king's capital in three months... This is a task assigned by Sir Silver himself.

　　 Annan reluctantly repeated the task, and asked Vasily to pass it on to Maria.

　　...I always feel that Maria treats him like a child? ?

　　 Tell him to stay where he is, don’t run around, don’t talk to strangers...like talking to a lost child on a cell phone.

　　 No, Annan’s physical age seems to be a child...