Part 3 The Traveler Chapter 211 Attempts

　　Placing the pen in his hand, Klein unclasped the Spirit Pendulum within the cuff of his left wrist and held it in one hand, hovering over the paper right above it, close enough to touch.

　　”Edwina is in this book’s story.” With that, Klein closed his eyes and silently recited the divination statement.

　　After seven times, he opened his eyes and saw the citrine pendant doing a clockwise rotation.

　　This was a sure sign that Edwina, the “Iceberg Admiral”, was in the book “Grocer’s Travels”!

　　It’s really a world within a book. …… And the state of affairs within it should be so special that the story can’t be turned over without newcomers. …… Klein nodded his head imperceptibly, rewound the silver chain that held the citrine pendant, picked up the crimson round-bellied fountain pen next to him, and wrote down a new divination phrase. wrote down a new divination statement:

　　”A way into Groselle’s Travels.”

　　This time, he used the “dream divination method”, and saw a blur of figures in the gray world.

　　These figures, some huge, some slender, had in common the fact that they were holding a tawny parchment stapled book.

　　What happened next appeared in two different ways; some of the figures that had been carrying the Travels of Grosel were gone without a sound, while some of the figures that had been picking up the tome at times and setting it aside suddenly disappeared after either accidentally or voluntarily dripping blood onto the cover!

　　The image shatters and Klein opens his eyes to look at the long, stained table in front of him, frowning slightly as he makes his interpretation:

　　”To access or open the Grocer’s Travels, one must either be exposed for a long period of time, reach a limit, or drip one’s own blood on the cover?

　　”Would this be too simple? Maybe …… it really is that simple, the Ruin soldier in the story ‘came out’ as an ordinary man who didn’t even understand the occult, and relied on his companions to help him grow up to become a ‘Knight of Discipline’ ‘ …… So, the opening method will not be complicated, and the average person will be able to complete it.

　　”The previous handful of researchers, including ‘Iceberg Lieutenant General’ Edwina, are all extraordinary people with enough occult knowledge to know clearly that you can’t take your own blood and drop something indiscriminately, or else you’ll die without even knowing how, it’s just the same as an ordinary person using the effective ‘Magic Mirror Divination method’, very easy to invoke a powerful unknown hidden existence, so that’s why they didn’t have problems ……

　　”Plus, Edwina mostly kept ‘Grocer’s Travels’ in her collection room and only touched it occasionally, so it wasn’t until she recently had a new research idea and touched it for a long time that the book reached the condition to open?

　　”Well, even ‘Magic Mirror’ Aroldus only knows that this book is eccentric, and that many of its successive owners have disappeared, suspected to be related to the Gargoyle Clan and the ‘City of Miracles’ Levihide, which suggests that the opening of ‘Grosel’s Travels’ will interfere with the surroundings and erase the corresponding clues, so the vast majority of its past collectors were not aware that there was something wrong with it and did not have the idea to study it.

　　”There should be more missing masters than just the ones in the story, the rest may have died due to various issues and failed to leave their names in the Travels ……”

　　Krynn retrieved his thoughts and did another divination, hoping to gain a way out of the Grocer’s Travels.

　　This time, he saw an even more violent blizzard in the gray dream world, and saw a huge figure standing on top of an icy peak.

　　It was a translucent dragon that still stood close to five meters on all fours, and it seemed like a close relative of a lizard, with an ugly face, dark blue eyes and a long, thick, powerful tail, and a pair of huge wings covered in leathery membranes behind it, which, just by spreading them out, had the feeling of covering the sky.

　　Its scales resembled ice crystals, flowing with a translucent shimmering light, the most beautiful and dreamy part of its entire body.

　　Suddenly, this frost-carved giant dragon raised its neck and body and let out a terrifying hiss that pierced through the blizzard.

　　At this moment, the human standing up it exceeded ten meters.

　　”The King of the North”…… that frosty dragon …… Klein broke away from the dream world and tapped his fingers on the armrest of the high back chair.

　　His interpretation of the divinatory revelation he had just made was:

　　The key to leaving “Grocer’s Travels” is the “King of the North”!

　　Klein’s initial suspicion was that he needed to kill the frost dragon, so that the protagonist Grocer’s purpose could be accomplished, in order to bring the story to a satisfactory “conclusion” and open the doorway to leave the book.

　　However, it is also possible to try to see if it is possible to forcibly break the interval between the world of the book and the real world …… Klein relied on his rich experience and quickly had the idea to try.

　　He first picked up the “black emperor card” covered in his right hand and integrated it into his spiritual body.

　　Suddenly, Kline’s body was covered with black armor, a heavy crown was added on top of his head, and his aura became dignified and majestic, making people dare not look directly at him.

　　Then, he pried the power of this mysterious space above the gray mist to the maximum extent, causing them to flow like water and surge over.

　　Seeing this scene, Klein did not hesitate, beckoned and took the “Scepter of Poseidon” in the pile of clutter, and poured his own spirituality into it.

　　The greenish-blue jewels at the top of the white bone scepter lit up one after another, blossoming with dazzling luster.

　　Uncountable silver and white lightning appeared, in the magnificent palace, as if forming a sea of thunder.

　　In the end, Klein utilized the suppression and balance of the “Black Emperor’s Card” to pry all of his power into the lightning storm.

　　Rumble!

　　Above the gray fog, thunder rolled and went straight into the distance, and a thick and magnificent lightning bolt either fell at the same time or one after another, and struck on the book “Grosser’s Travels”.

　　A blinding light enveloped the entire palace for a full twenty seconds.

　　When everything subsided, Klein looked at his target again and realized that the long mottled table was in tatters, while the tome with its dark brown cover was intact, only slightly curled at the edges.

　　More powerful than I imagined ah …… Also, the item that can create a world in a book, which will be simple …… Heh, before 8000 pounds to buy it is absolutely not a loss ah, it can be completely used as a shield, can definitely block at least the attack of the saint level, the only problem lies in that the area is too small and the coverage is not enough …… Klein’s thoughts flashed, and the long bronze table quickly returned to its original state.

　　Since he couldn’t forcibly penetrate the “barrier” between the book world and the real world, he could only begin to think about how to enter in the normal way.

　　”Let’s get some blood first, then bring it in here, smear it on the cover, and use the spirit body with the ‘Black Emperor’s Card’ and ‘Neptune’s Scepter’ to enter? This doesn’t have to worry about running into the ‘King of the Five Seas’ Nast, as he can’t sense it at all and can’t enter the world of the book, but the problem is that after rescuing the ‘Lieutenant General of the Iceberg’ in this way, she can be sure that German Sparrow is the Rogue Thief ‘ Black Emperor’ ……

　　”Well, there’s also a most important problem, entering with a spirit body means that the physical body is in the outside world, in the captain’s room of the ‘Golden Dream’, and I’m not sure about the state of time flow in the world of the book, it’s very easy to go for days at a time, in that case, the body will meet with an accident if not careful, after all, it lacks protection , and in an unfamiliar place, when the time comes, rescuing Edwina, only to realize that ‘myself’ is missing, the joke would be on me.” Klein quickly dismissed the idea of a spirit entering.

　　He didn’t trust most of the people on the Golden Dream, and he was wary of the strongest hunter, Anderson.

　　After trying to divine whether there was any danger in entering the book to save the people, but getting a failed result, Klein pondered for a while and returned to the real world, and then, without panicking, took back the “Grocer’s Travels” and disposed of the residual traces of the ritual.

　　Glancing out the window at the approaching dusk, he walked to the door of the captain’s cabin, unlocked it, and opened it.

　　”Gourmet” Bru-Walls, “Singing” Orpheus, and all the others were outside, none of them had left, and even at the stairway, there were crew members poking their heads in.

　　”Got a clue?” Bru-Walls asked offhandedly, but didn’t hear his own voice as everyone huddled in the doorway asked.

　　Klein scanned the room and nodded.

　　For a split second, he heard cascading long breaths and saw a variety of looks of delight and excitement.

　　If one day I go missing like this, who will be like them …… Klein’s thoughts turned to Danez and said:

　　”I need an assistant.”

　　After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the desk location.

　　”Yes!” Daniz busily followed him in and skillfully unlocked the door to the room.

　　”What can I do for you?” He asked eagerly, as if he had already seen the scene where, thanks to his own efforts, the Captain had finally been rescued.

　　Klein stood by the desk with a serious expression:

　　”What comes next will be very dangerous.”

　　”Very dangerous?” Daniz instinctively bared his teeth.

　　”You could disappear from here on out, or even die on the spot.” Klein gave the worst possible outcome.

　　Seeing Gelman Sparrow, the madman, being so serious, Daniz instantly understood the seriousness of the matter, his heart sank and he subconsciously became flustered:

　　”This, what does this have to do with saving the captain?”

　　”Directly related.” Klein replied succinctly.

　　Daniz said in silence for two seconds with a somewhat twisted expression:

　　”What happens if we don’t do it?”

　　”Your captain could stay there forever, or he could die in the next second.” Klein said truthfully.

　　Danez opened his mouth and then closed it again without speaking.

　　His eyes drifted for a few seconds before finally falling back to Germaine Sparrow’s face and he said through gritted teeth:

　　”Start.”

　　”Shit!” He whirled around and cursed himself under his breath.

　　Klein picked up the pen and paper on the table, swiped a note, folded it into a square, and handed it to Danez:

　　”Put it in your coat pocket and read it when you get inside.”

　　”Go in?” Daniz asked back, somewhat dazed and confused.

　　As he opened his mouth, he had automatically taken the note and tucked it into his pants pocket.

　　Without answering, Klein gestured to the Grocer’s Travels on the table:

　　”Get a little of your own blood and apply it to the cover of this book.”

　　This …… Danez vaguely had some guesses, picked up the copper dagger next to him, and nodded heavily:

　　”Yes!”