Chapter 11 Getting to Know Each Other

Taking a look at the "Judgment" card in his hand, Xio was startled and said:

"It met my expectations."

The "Fool" shrouded in gray mist nodded lightly, and confessed flatly:

"Becklund time, every Monday, at three o'clock in the afternoon, gather here and make preparations in advance.

"At the party, you can exchange information, materials, formulas and knowledge, and you can also pay a certain price to entrust tasks to other members."

Xio thought about it, and suddenly said:

"Yes, Mister Fool."

She thought that today would be the end of the day, but once again she heard a voice from the top of the long bronze table:

"What did you do before you were corroded by that power?"

Sure enough, it was eroded... Xio calmed down, and described the process of exploring the castle with Forsi, focusing on the bronze gate called "The Gate of Darkness", and the history of the erosion. Become the castle guard of the Wraith.

Then, she noticed that Mr. Fool nodded slightly, and said in a gentle voice:

"Before Sequence 4, don't enter that old castle again.

"Let's go back."

Xio got up immediately, followed the descriptions in various religious ceremonies, and saluted respectfully:

"Your will is my will."

As soon as she finished speaking, crimson rose in front of her eyes, and when everything dissipated, she had already returned to the real world, holding a thick tree.

Subconsciously looked at the back of the hand, and found that after the black spots on it faded at an extremely fast speed, Xio raised his head and looked at Forsi who was staring at him worriedly.

When the eyes met, Forsi was overjoyed at first, and then showed a shy smile, opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

Xio let out a breath slowly, pointed to the front and said:

"Go back to the town first."

"Okay!" Fors replied without hesitation.

At this time, above the gray fog, Klein the Fool was tapping the edge of the mottled long table, thinking about what happened to the two ladies "Magician" and "Judgment" today.

Even if the things or powers sealed by the "Gate of Darkness" do not escape, they can still corrode the guards and explorers outside. Just thinking about it makes people fearful!

Moreover, this kind of pollution is rooted in the spirit body. To solve it, Klein has only two ways. One is to let the eroded person hold a complete secret agreement ceremony, mobilize the power of the mysterious space above the gray mist, and use the "sun brooch" to To complete the purification, the second is to directly pull the spirit body here and use the gray mist to "kill the virus". Since there was no time for the situation at that time, he chose the latter.

"What could it be?

"The most erosive force belongs to the 'demon' path...there is a connection to the abyss? It is not impossible. According to the description of the little 'sun', in the middle and early stages of the second era, demons often left the abyss and were active on the earth. It wasn't until the ancient sun god was born and the ancient gods fell continuously that they retreated to the abyss and sealed it. According to this statement, it is quite normal for the northern continent to have an ancient underground road entrance leading to the abyss... It is necessary to build a castle and send people The guard, can also imagine...

"But the problem is, thousands of years have passed, how can there still be the sound of clapping there? Are the demons trying to return to the earth?" Klein made a preliminary guess.

For the time being, he has no plans to explore the abandoned castle and verify his ideas, because it seems that there will not be any major changes in a short period of time-in his heart, since the information about the castle comes from the inside of the blood race, it can completely let the Emlyn "Moon" first collected further information to find out the history of the castle.

Reining in his thoughts, Klein took off the citrine pendant and divined whether it was urgent to abandon the castle, and got a negative answer.

He immediately returned to the real world, waiting for the local ruler, General Mesanjes, to come with a deposit.

…………

2:00 p.m. Feneport time,

Haggis, dressed as a Northern Continent gentleman with his hair back, was protected by a team of guards, carrying a black suitcase, and knocked on the door of Dwayne Dantès' room.

"Please come in, please come in." A gentle and elegant voice came out, first using Backlund's accented Loen language, and then changing to the local Dutan language.

Haggis turned the handle, pushed the door open and entered, only to see Dawn Dantès, with gray sideburns and deep blue eyes, standing up from the easy chair while pressing the lower end of his black vest.

"Good afternoon, my friend." This gentleman from Loen, who has a very good appearance and temperament, took two steps forward and stretched out his right palm.

This time, he changed back to Loen language.

Haggis responded in the aristocratic Loen language:

"It's an honor to be your friend."

After shaking lightly with Dwayne Dantès, he looked around and said with a smile:

"Is this your servant?"

He was referring to the mixed-race young man standing behind the arms dealer opposite, implying "is it trustworthy?" After all, Dwayne Dantès did not bring any servants with him when he visited the general's mansion yesterday.

"Yes, his greatest strength is that he is good at keeping secrets." Dwayne Dantès responded with a smile while pointing to the leather sofa opposite the easy chair.

Surrounded by two guards, Haggis closed the door casually, sat down, and said with a smile:

"I've heard an Intis proverb, and it's said that Emperor Roselle said it.

"He said only the dead could keep secrets."

Dwayne Dantès laughed dumbly and said:

"Emperor Roselle also said another sentence:

"The corpse can speak."

"Really? This is the first time I've heard of it." Haggis enjoyed the process of communicating with the gentleman from the Northern Continent. After chatting for a while, he picked up the suitcase on the side and opened it.

At this moment, there seemed to be a golden stream of color overflowing from the inside of the suitcase, and under the sunlight outside the window, the whole room seemed a little brighter.

Haggis then looked at Dawn Dantès and said:

"5,000 Ruen gold pounds, and gold coins and bars worth 5,000 pounds.

"It's a deposit.

"The remaining 30,000 pounds of banknotes and gold, I will always carry them, and I will give them to you after the arms delivery is completed."

Dwayne Dantès glanced at the stacks of banknotes, gold coins and gold bars in the eyelid box, retracted his gaze, and said with a smile:

"When to set off?"

Haggis closed the suitcase, handed it to Dawn Dantès' servant, and said simply:

"tomorrow morning."

He paused for two seconds, then turned to speak:

"Monsieur Dantès, the general has a distinguished guest who wishes to visit you."

Dwayne Dantès' expression remained unchanged, and he was silent for a few seconds and said:

"when?"

"Now." Haggis said in a gesture that did not dare to be perfunctory, "He is downstairs."

Dwayne Dantès nodded slightly:

"Ask him to come up."

Haggis breathed a sigh of relief, led the guards out of the room, and went down the stairs.

Not long after, Luca, who was wearing a plain white robe inlaid with brass threads, came up, his silver hair combed very neatly.

When he came to Dwayne Dantès' door, he was about to raise his hand when he heard a voice from inside:

"Please come in."

This time, the ancient Fusac language was used.

Luca didn't change his expression, and naturally pushed the door open.

He immediately saw the middle-aged and elderly gentleman with good looks and temperament from yesterday standing beside the easy chair, facing him sideways.

And on that easy chair, sat a young man with black hair and brown eyes, a thin face with sharp edges and corners, and a cold demeanor.

Luka was startled, then stepped forward, entered the room, and closed the wooden door.

After he calmly found a sofa and sat down, his gray-green eyes clearly reflected the figure of the young man opposite him.

"Gehrman Sparrow?" Luka asked as if asking.

Gehrman Sparrow drew the corners of his mouth and said:

"It's not polite to call someone by their full name."

Luka nodded and said:

"Sorry, I was rude. I remember that you have been promoted to Sequence 5 for less than half a year, or even only 3 months. Well, it should have been completed in the God War Ruins. I didn't expect... You have become a demigod now, which makes me a little Gaffe."

Gehrman Sparrow smiled slightly, without any explanation.

After a brief silence, he asked in a slow-paced manner:

"Why are you visiting me?"

Luca answered calmly:

"do not know."

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little weird. Gehrman Sparrow seemed to have forgotten that there was an old gentleman sitting opposite him, and he needed to speak again.

Luca moved his chin invisibly, and said to himself:

"Well, I accidentally made a prophecy before, and in that prophecy, I will be in a rather troublesome situation in the future, and someone I met here these days can help me deal with it.

"I'm not sure if it's you, but with the idea that I would rather admit my mistake than miss it, I finally decided to meet you and get to know each other.

"My name is Luca Brewster. I am a clergyman who serves the 'God of Knowledge and Wisdom'. I am currently in charge of various affairs of the church in West Balam."

Gehrman Sparrow nodded and said:

"Yes, I already know you, I don't think I need to introduce myself anymore?"

"Of course." Luka thought for a while, "You should be a 'crafty mage'. I recently received information that there will be changes in the secret practice of Intis."

He didn't see Gehrman Sparrow's expression of astonishment. The world-renowned powerful adventurer was silent for a while and said:

"Zaratul has returned."

Luka's pupils suddenly changed, and then returned to normal.

Then, he stood up, nodded and said:

"Now that we've met each other, it's time for me to say goodbye."

After saying this, he walked to the door, turned the handle, and left the room.

Sitting on the easy chair, Gehrman Sparrow watched his back being covered up inch by inch by the wooden door until he disappeared completely, and suddenly chuckled:

"What a magic stick."

"Yes." Dawn Dantès, who was standing by the easy chair, found a place to sit down, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a sip.

He with gray temples and deep blue eyes and Gehrman Sparrow with a thin and angular face immediately looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

…………

On Monday afternoon, Dwayne Dantès took out his gold case pocket watch, opened it, took a look, and said to Haggis sitting opposite:

"It's almost time to arrive at the destination, I think you need to take a break in advance."

"Great suggestion." Haggis quite agreed.

Dwayne Dantès pointed to the street ahead:

"There's a hotel there. Let's rest for half a day and start tomorrow morning."

Haggis did not object, turned to the front, and told the driver a few words.

After checking in, Dawn Dantès declined Haggis' afternoon tea invitation on the grounds of taking a nap.

After more than half an hour, above the boundless gray fog, Klein sat in the seat belonging to The Fool.

PS1: In fact, I was very satisfied with the previous chapter. It basically eliminated the psychological description, and relied on the preliminary foreshadowing, the behavior of the characters, and the choices made to give the character and style, avoiding the situation of routine, leaving an aftertaste. I can think about it carefully so that I can understand what kind of person Xio is, but it seems that many friends don’t like it because they think it’s too sudden and fast. Well, I’ll explain more in the future, and I won’t analyze Xio’s inner activities at that time. , anyway, every action, every choice, every word has a performance.

Why is there a sense of suddenness? I think the problem is not the plot, but the structure. As a long novel, many foreshadowings and descriptions are too far apart. When it is finally put together, it may be more suitable to describe with a heart than to describe in a line. The back is light, so that the pavement can be thicker when it falls.

Also, in the fifth volume, I am going to adopt some new narrative techniques, and use some POV things. From the first chapter, I always fix the camera on a character and describe it from his perspective. When the intersection is connected, a transition is made, so many of Xiao Ke's psychology and behaviors are downplayed. After that, this writing method and the normal writing method will alternate.

PS2: Please recommend a monthly ticket on Monday~