Part 1 The Joker Chapter 207 – The Guardian
Dunn sighed:
”I did try to sidetrack you at the time because what I was going to do involved a secret of the Church and the Wardens, but Coenley’s death messed with my head and for a moment all I could think of was a lame excuse to give you a chance to come back and see it.”
”What secret?” Klein pursued with considerable relief.
He had nearly forgotten that there were suspected children of evil gods or mythical creatures out there.
Dunn weighed his words, “In the mystical realm, there may be a law, heh, I haven’t read much, but I still know what a law means.”
”The law is called, the Law of the Imperishability of Extraordinary Characteristics.”
”Extraordinary characteristics don’t perish, they don’t diminish, they just transfer from one bearer to another.”
Klein’s eyes widened for a moment, then snapped out of it and asked thoughtfully in return:
”For example, an out-of-control Extraordinary would leave behind a sealing object, a magical item, or the main material of a magic potion?”
”Right.” Dunn nodded solemnly, “It’s not just out-of-control extraordinarys …… it’s the same after the death of normal extraordinarys.”
”It’s also the same …… “Klein chewed on Dunn’s description and vaguely understood a little bit what the captain was doing at that time.
As his thoughts spun, he suddenly remembered something, and that was that after the death of the Tuxedo Joker, a thumb-sized ball of blood with a hint of blue color appeared next to the body suspended in mid-air, and at that time Frye’s explanation was that there were always some strange changes in the Extraordinary after their deaths.
Dunn’s gray eyes were dark as he continued:
”But unlike the out-of-control extraordinarys, what the normal dead extraordinarys leave behind is no longer materials and items, it, it is slightly equal to magic potions, corresponding to the sequence of magic potions, only lacking a certain amount of auxiliary materials.”
Slightly equal to magic potion …… Slightly equal to magic potion! Klein’s eyes shrunk, it was like a lightning bolt struck within his mind, and the endless darkness was thus illuminated.
He suddenly understood a lot of things, and understood why the extraordinary pathway would not follow in the event that the materials were cut off.
In addition to using substitutes, one could simply rely on the remains of the corresponding extraordinary person!
This should also be one of the reasons why only finished magical potions were given when it came to the High Sequence! Another reason is to prevent the formula from leaking under extraordinary means such as divination and psychic …… One speculation after another surfaced within Klein’s mind.
Dunn glanced at the door to the night watchman’s recreation room and explained in a low voice:
”Several years ago, er …… specifically several years, I do not quite remember, at that time I was not yet the captain of the Nightwatchman squad, stumbled upon this problem, and after exchanging information with Daley, who had just become an extraordinary person not long ago, I immediately made a report to the Holy Church, which told me to keep it a secret and gave me two choices, huh? , and that’s why I came to explain it instead of Dai Li explaining it, whoever exposes it is responsible for it.”
”The first option was to pretend not to know, just like the vast majority of the captains and deacons of the Night Watch, and continue to let the Sanctuary arrange for the relics of the normal deaths of the Extraordinary, the second was to give me a special, simple ritual, and the corresponding technique to directly consume the items that result from the aggregation of traits for a certain time limit, well, this only applies to the per se pathway, and only applies to sequences equal to itself, and lower.”
”This will allow my extraordinary traits to enhance and my strength to become more powerful. In terms of dream-related abilities, I won’t be much worse than the corresponding Sequence 6 right now, which is why I dared to take on Mrs. Sherron.”
”So ah …… there’s still this kind of thing ……” Klein slowly exhaled.
He finally understood why he couldn’t think of a reasonable explanation even though he had thought through his head before, it was simply because of the lack of prior knowledge ah, relying on his brain hole couldn’t even make up for it.
Well, this is very consistent with the so-called “law of indestructibility of characteristics”…… will it change from quantity to quality if it keeps gathering characteristics like this? Klein thought to himself.
Glancing at him, Dunn revealed a bitter smile and said:
”I chose the second development, but not to become more powerful, really want to be powerful, as soon as possible to digest the magic potion and get promoted is the best and most direct way.”
”Yes.” Klein heartily agreed, “Gathering the characteristics of equal or lower sequences of the same pathway in this way, I’m afraid that while enhancing the strength, it will also raise the risk of losing control, right?”
Dunn solemnly shook his head, “Not really, it’s something left over from normal extraordinarys, not out of control extraordinarys, well, after knowing about the ‘play method’, I revisited it and realized that it would make it more difficult to digest.”
”Then why did you continue?” Klein asked rhetorically, stunned.
Dunn reached into his coat pocket with his right hand to fumble for his pipe, but realized he had left it in his office.
He shook his head in self-deprecation:
”As I said earlier, I didn’t take their relics to become more powerful.”
Here he paused for a moment, his eyes somewhat out of focus as he looked across the room at the glow of the gas lamps tinted with an eerie blue hue, and said in a low voice:
”They are all my companions …… We have been through much together, we have taken on monsters and mad cultists in the darkness together, some have saved me, and I have saved many of them, we have walked in the quiet of the night, we have fought unseen by the masses, we have fought against dangers, and We guarded each other’s backs.”
”I’m sad to leave them behind, I remember Little Etter breaking down on the spot in fear and crying after his first dangerous mission, I remember Adelaide, heh, he was Roxanne’s father, he once used his arm to help shield me from an evil curse, I remember Dawn as the girl with the warm air of the morning sun, always silently documenting what we all went through, and I remember Kornleigh was small but knew a lot of things, played the seven-stringed zither, sang, told stories, and was more of a poet than Leonard …… I’m sad to part with them.”
”I wished to continue to fight alongside them, to fight the monsters of the darkness together, to execute the mad cultists in everything, to guard the city of Tingen together, and so I chose to take what was left of them.”
Dunn’s gray eyes seemed to glow with light, his steadiness and his depth disintegrating quite a bit in this moment.
He continued with the corners of his mouth turned slightly upward:
”In my dreams they are still with me, Adelaide loves to read and always stays in the sunroom with a book, he lets me discipline Roxanne every time so that she matures faster, so much so that Roxanne always complains about how I’m becoming more and more like his father and is always terrified of me, Yit’s the one who can’t be bothered and goes out into the woods every day to hunt, and Dawn’s always standing at the window of her bedroom and watching us talk, and Cornley, who has just joined, has made himself a seven-stringed lute, where he plays and sings to himself …… I’m sorry to leave them.”
”Captain ……” Klein subconsciously whispered out of his mouth, he almost had blurred vision, he couldn’t help but raise his hand and wipe his eyes, and cursed in his heart, shit, captain you are cheating me out of my tears ah… …
But I finally understand the captain you “play law” slow progress of the reason …… Klein whirls silent sigh.
”It’s a shame old Neil died out of control, or he would have brought us so much joy.” Dunn withdrew his eyes and looked down and pinched the spot between his eyes.
After a few seconds, he lifted his head and smiled bitterly:
”It was a selfish decision.”
”I didn’t know what Adelaide, Kornleigh, and their true wishes were, and I selfishly made the decision for them.”
”I’m such a selfish person.”
”No ……,” Klein said, shaking his head violently.
……
In the couch area of the reception hall, Leonard watched as Mego Oss scratched down handful after handful of hair, his expression once again stiffening as he watched.
Mego Oss was slightly annoyed as she kept picking up a cup of water to drink, her face vaguely twisted as she looked at Leonard and said:
”I don’t know why, but I’m suddenly a little uncomfortable.”
Leonard Mitchell was about to reply when he suddenly saw Mego Oss raise her hand and grab at her own face, grabbing off a piece of flesh with a brush, a long strip of flesh, flesh stained with blood.
”My face is a little itchy.” Mego Oss smiled shyly, the corners of her mouth cracking all the way down to where her cheekbones were, revealing white teeth and bright red gums inside.
XXXX! Leonard burst out silently, feeling that the situation was deteriorating too quickly.
His lips opened and closed as he listened sideways for a moment, and his expression suddenly changed color to an iron blue.
He barely managed to squeeze out a smile and said to Mego Oss, who kept clawing at his face and clawing down bloody flesh:
”I’ll go to the washroom.”
”Okay …… of ……,” Mego Oss’s tone became a bit flaky.
She touched her stomach and said:
”My …… child …… is a little restless ……”
Without further response, Leonard quickened his pace and approached the partition.
After entering the corridor, he looked deeply at the urn of the saints that Dunn Smith was holding and exhaled helplessly.
Then, his expression became resolute as he said:
”Captain, I’m afraid it’s too late, we have to deal with Megoos and the baby in her belly immediately, otherwise, the entire city of Tingen will suffer great losses, and it’s not something that can be avoided by having the surrounding populace evacuated, and I know that you’ve already shot such a telegram just now.”
Dunn asked with a slight frown and unusual seriousness:
”Are you sure that the situation has deteriorated to such an extent?”
”Yes. In no more than three minutes, Mego Oss will have mutated and her child will be born early.” Leonard replied in an affirmative tone.
As he spoke, he glanced at the thick veins wrapped around Klein’s hand and said in a deep voice, “Sealant ‘2-105’? Give it to me to use, I can utilize it better.”
”Good.” Without the slightest hesitation, Klein handed the “Vessel Thief” over to Leonard.
This was originally what he was prepared to do.
Just then, Dunn Smith tugged on his collar, patted his thin black trench coat, and spoke with a firm attitude:
”I’ll go out first with the ashes of St. Selene, you guys will come out to fight after ten seconds, remember, dozens of silences, and then, no matter if I’m in a good or bad condition, you guys can’t waste any time and make your strongest attacks on Mego Oss and the baby in her belly.”
With that said, he turned around, holding the urn, and walked in an upright position towards the partition location.
”Captain ……,” Klein called out with dry lips.
”Captain.” Leonard shouted back in a low voice.
Dunn stopped in his tracks and looked back, his expression gentle and his voice mellow:
”Don’t worry about me, I’m not alone, Adelaide, Dawn, Little Etter, and Cornley are fighting alongside me, no matter what dangers they face.”
He paused for a moment, his gray eyes looking kindly at both Klein and Leonard:
”And don’t be nervous, we are guarding Tingen City.”
The corners of his mouth quirked up in a smile that wasn’t any different from the usual.
After saying this, he stopped stopping and cast his eyes outside, passing through the partition with firm footsteps, only the black knee-length trench coat slightly raised back.
”Captain!” Klein and Leonard shouted out again at the same time, unable to stop the tears, but Dunn didn’t half slow down.
We’re a bunch of wretches who are constantly fighting danger and madness, but we’re even more guardians.