Part 1 The Joker Chapter 96 Daley’s Speculation
The next morning, a thoroughly restored Klein walked into Blackthorn Security at a steady pace.
”Good morning, Klein, it’s a cool day, I’m looking forward to the evening meal.” Roxanne, dressed in a long light green dress, stood behind the reception desk and greeted with a smile.
Klein deliberately rubbed his stomach and said:
”Ms. Roxanne, you shouldn’t be discussing such topics at this time, I’m already getting tired of today’s tasks that are still to come, and I just hope that the night will come sooner.”
”So do I.” Roxanne chuckled.
She looked around and beckoned Klein to lean in, then lowered her voice:
”I just saw Ms. Daley.”
”Ms. Daley the ‘psychic’?” Klein asked back, slightly surprised.
This most famous psychic in Ahova County had been residing in Enmat Harbor, which was not too close to Tingen.
”Yes.” Roxanne nodded vigorously, “But she has left, ah, she is the ideal extraordinary person in my heart, if I can become a psychic, I am going to leave Tingen and travel all over the world all by myself, to Intis, to Forsak, to Feneport, to the southern continent, to the prairie, to the primeval forests, and to the plains of ice and snow!”
Miss, the rules and regulations of the night watchman are understood …… Klein shook his head in amusement:
”Even if it’s Ms. Daley, if you want to leave Enemart Harbor, you need to apply, you need to get approval.”
”I know, but you can’t remind me of that at this time and shatter my illusions!” Roxanne huffed, “The truth is, there’s no way I can become an Extraordinary, it’s too dangerous, I don’t know when I’ll die with a bang, and in my opinion, the so-called Extraordinary are those who turn themselves into monsters in order to fight monsters.”
”Archbishop Charnis said that we are guardians and a bunch of pathetic people who are always fighting against danger and madness.” Klein sighed and replied to the words that had impressed him.
In order to fight against the Abyss, so we must bear the corrosion of the Abyss.
The two men were silent for a while at the same time, Roxanne was the first to slow down, her mouth nudging toward the partitioned position:
”The captain wants you to go to him as soon as you get here.”
”Okay.” Taking his hat and carrying his cane, Klein passed through the partition and knocked on the door to enter Dunn’s office.
The middle-aged gentleman with deep gray eyes and a high hairline set down his coffee cup and smiled:
”Daley was here.”
”It’s not a surprising thing, as Roxanne had already told me in advance.” Klein responded with a smile.
Dunn didn’t care for his humor and sighed:
”Daley has been transferred to the Diocese of Birkeland, which is the busiest and most crowded city in the world, and also has the most extraordinary people and the most opportunities …… She has more hope of becoming an Archbishop or a High Deacon than I do.”
”Why?” Klein asked rhetorically, sitting upright and puzzled.
Dunn thought for a dozen seconds and said:
”She has a unique talent in mastering and tapping into Sequence magic potions……. As I told you before, the internal rule of the Night Watchers is that in order to take the next Sequence magic potion, one must wait for three years before undergoing a rigorous examination to avoid getting out of control, but normally, three years is often not enough, and I’ve gone from the ‘Sleepless One’ to ‘Midnight Poet’ took three years, and from ‘Midnight Poet’ to ‘Nightmare’ it took nine years, the Nine whole years, and from ‘Nightmare’ to Sequence 6, it has taken me three years, and I don’t know how many more.”
”By the time we’re physically old and our spirits start to fail, we shouldn’t try to advance anymore, even if we get over the pitfalls, because the risk of losing control is so high that no one wants to take the risk.”
”And Daley and I, unlike the vast majority of extraordinary people, she submitted a special application just one year after she became a ‘corpse collector’, hoping that she could take the follow-up magic potion right away, and to everyone’s amazement, she really passed the even more stringent examination with flying colors, and received the ‘ Gravedigger’ magic potion.”
”From ‘Gravedigger’ to ‘Psychic’, she also used only one year, heck, this year is only her fifth year as an extraordinary, she’s only 24 years old, she’s still young enough and still has plenty of opportunities. ”
Ostensibly the most famous psychic in Ahova County, but actually a real psychic …… Isn’t that “playing”? Old Neil seemed to have mentioned that Ms. Daley had a similar tendency …… Klein felt that he had grasped the core elements of “psychic” Daley’s rapid promotion.
”Captain, you’re still young enough too, you’re only in your thirties.” Klein relieved Dunn, and silently added in his heart, just a little bad memory ……
Dunn took a sip of his coffee and shook his head with a bitter smile.
”Why don’t you ask Ms. Daley for advice on mastering and tapping into Sequence Magic Potions?” Klein asked deliberately.
Dunn put down his coffee cup and rubbed both brow bones and said:
”She asked me to become a real nightmare …… don’t know what it means.”
Playing a nightmare …… hiss, nightmares make people feel evil ah …… Klein frowned slightly, a short silence.
At this time, Dunn flipped out his pipe and sniffed:
”Daley and I discussed the matter of the ‘Diviner’s’ magic potion following up on being a ‘Joker’, and without considering for a moment that the members of the Mithraic Order deliberately deceived you, she came up with an interesting guess. ”
”What guess?” Klein asked eagerly as his eyes lit up.
He had once used divination to find out if the Joker was the successor to the Diviner’s potion, and had received a vague but closer to certain answer.
Dunn’s dark gray eyes swept over him as he pondered:
”The normal sequential pathway is a progressive relationship, following a certain common denominator and cascading within a field, for example, ‘Sleepless One’, ‘Midnight Poet’ and ‘Nightmare ‘, it is clear that they are all related to the night, and the restfulness and serenity derived from it, and it is conceivable that the follow-up will be the same, only it will be even more powerful, more involved, and may have elements of occultation, doom, fear, and the Crimson Moon ……”
”Certain sequential pathways, which don’t seem to be the case on the surface, can still be analyzed closely and commonalities can be found, such as ‘Assassin’ and ‘Abettor’, which implicitly share the same elements of bringing calamity, bringing pain, bringing bring sorrow, bring despair, and the later sequences should fit that pattern as well.”
Klein, listening with considerable attention, volunteered to ask:
”But ‘Diviner’ and ‘Joker’ are not related in this way?”
”Uh-huh.” Dunn nodded softly, “Daley thinks that perhaps there exists another way of sequencing the relationship, after all, we don’t know nearly enough.”
He added after a pause:
”Daley says that in a similar pathway, the medium and low sequence potions each provide the extraordinary with a new, seemingly unrelated ability, and that at a certain stage of qualitative change, these abilities are blended together to create the exceptionally powerful ‘professions’ that encompass them. ”
”That is to say, not a progression, but a relationship between decomposition and combination.”
Seeing that Klein was listening with some confusion, Dunn raised his right hand and said:
”The normal sequence pathway is recursive, like everyone’s stature, starting as a child, getting taller section by section, interspersed with getting stronger, heavier, and more mature.”
”And the special sequence pathway is this ……”
Here, Dunn flexed his thumb:
”This is sequence 9.”
Then he flexed his index finger:
”This is sequence 8.”
Following closely, he slowly flexed the remaining fingers one by one:
”Each finger is independent of the other and seems to have little to do with each other, but at the end of the day ……”
By the time he spat out the word “final”, all five of Dunn’s fingers had been flexed into a hard fist!
”I see.” Klein snapped out of it, deeply agreeing with Ms. Daley’s guess and the captain’s analogy.
Perhaps it really was? He nodded thoughtfully.
Sequence 8 “Joker” and Sequence 9 “Soothsayer” were very different, with completely new abilities, and according to the description of the Night Watch’s internal information, the corresponding Sequence 7 and Sequence 8 “Joker” also had no similarities. There is no similarity ……
Klein was silent for a while and asked curiously:
”At what stage will the different abilities combine together and undergo a qualitative change?”
Dunn sips his coffee and laughs:
”Daley and I both guessed Sequence 4!”
”Why?” Klein blurted out.
”Because according to the church’s division of sequence pathways, Sequence 4 is the starting point of the higher sequences, and is said to bring about a qualitative change in life and spirit in itself; in ancient times, in the Fourth Era, Sequence 4 powerhouses were already qualified to be called demigods and demi-humans, but sadly, in modern times, such powerhouses are already very, very rare.” Dunn lamented.
”Sequence 4 to Sequence 1 are high sequence powerhouses, so what are the low sequences?” Klein asked with considerable interest.
”Sequence 9, Sequence 8, and Sequence 7, all belonged to the low sequences a thousand years ago, but in the last few hundred years, the scarcity of the number of extraordinary people has made the major churches regard Sequence 7 as a medium sequence as well.” Dunn smiled to himself.
Sequence 9 and Sequence 8 are low sequences, Sequence 7, Sequence 6, and Sequence 5 are medium sequences, and Sequence 4 and above are high sequences …… Klein repeated in his heart, and inevitably felt a little bit of yearning.
Rossel the Great is a high sequence powerhouse!
However, the higher the sequence, the greater the risk of losing control ah …… Klein thought rather fearfully.
He asked again as if casually:
”What is the Church of the Goddess’ Sequence 4 magic potion called?”
”As a matter of fact, I don’t know, my confidentiality level can’t access the corresponding information yet, and I can only look through them when I become a diocesan bishop or a deacon of the night watchman.” Dunn shook his head and laughed, “As a matter of fact, at least half of the thirteen archbishops and nine senior deacons who are at the top of the church are below Sequence 4, well, my statement is of the more optimistic kind. That Archbishop Ince Zangwill, who was wanted before, was the one who lost control after a failed attempt to promote to Sequence 4.”
The one who took away the seal “0-08”? The name of his magic potion seems to be called “Gatekeeper”…… Klein thought for a moment and asked tentatively, “The Sleepless Pathway’s Sequence 5 is ‘Gatekeeper’? ?”
”No, that’s for the psychic pathway, you’ll be able to see the corresponding information when you become Sequence 7 and become a Bishop or a Nightwatchman Squad Leader.”
”Gatekeeper” is sequence 5 of the psychic pathway, meaning guarding the gates of hell? Or, guarding the gates of the spirit world? Klein thought speculatively.
”Well, go find old Neil and continue your studies.” Dunn smiled, “Don’t forget the big dinner tonight, it’s at the Old Vale, reservations have been made, and this time I’ll introduce you formally to the other night watchers.”
”Okay, I’ve got the cash ready.” Klein forced the corners of his mouth to turn up.
”No, it’s not necessary, did you forget we have an extra allowance? The portion you turn in for completing commissioned tasks.” Dunn said with a wave of his hand.
Klein was stunned for a moment and smiled broadly:
”Yes, Captain!”
He turned his body and walked towards the door, mentally starting a silent count:
”Three, two, one …… Huh, Captain didn’t call out to me ……”
Klein took a long “one” and was surprised to realize that Captain Dunn Smith hadn’t forgotten anything that needed to be added.
Miracle …… He commented silently in his heart.
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Inside the armory, the old Neil glanced at the moody Klein and said:
”Don’t think about the big meal in the evening, you still have a lot of things to learn, such as more ceremonial magic, such as the ancient Hermetic language, gargoyle language, elvish language, and so on and so forth.”
”By the way, you also have to practice fighting with your teacher for at least two hours every afternoon outside of your days off.”
”Fighting? The captain didn’t mention it just now ah ……” Klein was startled.
Neil Sr. nodded and replied without hesitation:
”He forgot.”