Part 3 The Traveler Chapter 212 Burning After Reading

　　Danez gripped the small, brass knife and ran it over the back of his left hand a few times, hesitating to fire it.

　　He lifted his head and squeezed out a smile:

　　”I’ve been wounded many times, but the pain still makes me wince.”

　　”Get to the point.” Klein responded indifferently.

　　Daniz dryly laughed:

　　”Haha, just a little afraid of pain.”

　　Just as his voice fell, his right hand had already fired and used a small copper knife to make a cut on the back of his hand, the words he had just said seemed to be just a distraction to drain his mood.

　　Blood spilled quickly, and Daniz was busy putting down the knife, dabbing up the blood with the fingers of his right hand and applying it to the dark brown cover of Grosel’s Travels.

　　After completing this step, he held his breath and waited for the change.

　　Suddenly, goose feather-sized snowflakes appeared in front of his eyes, while a howling wind whistled in his ears, followed by a piercing cold that madly burrowed into his body.

　　Though he was prepared for it, Daniz was still stunned and instinctively looked around to make sure he was there.

　　He realized that he had left the captain’s cabin of the “Golden Dream” at some point, and was in a frosty land covered by a blizzard, and because of the extremely harsh environment, he could not see far away at all, and could not even tell whether he was in the mountains or the plains.

　　Really entered a strange world …… Captain is also here? Daniz raised a hand in front of his face for fear of being blinded by the wind and snow.

　　He calmed himself, remembered Germaine Sparrow’s explanation, and busied himself with taking the square-folded note out of his trouser pocket and carefully unfolding it.

　　During this process, he was partly afraid of an accident that would cause the note to break or be blown away, which would have robbed him of all hope; fortunately, that did not happen, and he saw what Germaine Sparrow had written:

　　”In Hermetic, preferably ancient Hermetic, recite the following honorable name:

　　”The Fool who is not of this age;

　　”The mysterious lord above the gray mist;

　　”The Yellow and Black King who reigns over good fortune.

　　”Burn after chanting.”

　　Is this …… a hidden being of divine proportions? Because of Iceberg Lieutenant General Edwina’s strict teaching, Daniz was not illiterate in the field of occultism, and even had a good foundation.

　　Looking at the note in his hand, he subconsciously sucked in a breath of cold air, inhaled the biting wind and icy snowflakes, and immediately coughed continuously, his expression distorted.

　　He could now confirm a previous guess:

　　Germaine Sparrow really belonged to a very powerful and secretive organization, and that organization believed in a deity-level existence called “The Fool”!

　　Sure enough, such a powerful and crazy guy would not have no origin, not casually grown in the ground …… Danez pulled the collar, tightened the clothes, looked at the note dancing in the wind, his face appeared obvious hesitation.

　　He was well aware of how dangerous it was to recite a hidden being of unknown origin who knew neither good nor evil, and that it might lead to an end worse than death!

　　The captain is also trapped here, and there is no way out …… Danez clenched his fist against the front of his mouth.

　　He suddenly shook his hand and chanted the honorable name of “The Fool” in the ancient Hermetic language.

　　……

　　”On the Golden Dream, in the captain’s cabin.

　　Kraven witnessed Danez become illusory for no apparent reason, and then disappear, leaving no doubt as to the way to enter the Grocer’s Travels.

　　After waiting patiently for a while, an illusory cascade of supplications suddenly rang in his ears, and it was clearly coming from a male.

　　Whew, it seems that The Grocer’s Travels can’t isolate the gray fog, and the world in the book is still able to connect to that mysterious space …… In this way, even if I follow into it, I won’t be without a backdoor and without a card …… Klein unabashedly sighed with relief.

　　Just to be sure, he once again took four steps against the grain, chanted an incantation, and entered above the gray mist, seeing the speck of light representing Daniz swinging away in a circle next to the Fool’s high-backed chair.

　　”It’s the body that enters along with the soul …… The world of the book is too solid to be shattered by pulling in the spirit …… Also, if it were possible, there would have been a corresponding revelation from the previous divination… …’Poseidon’s Scepter’ is too dangerous, and directly ‘bestowing’ it on Daniz would only cause him to pass away quickly ……” Klein half-closed his eyes and spread out his spirituality, sensing for a while and coming to many conclusions.

　　Without delay, he immediately returned to the real world, picked up the small copper knife, and wiped off the Daniz blood on it with the paper.

　　Folding the paper and placing it in his pocket, he began to consider what to do next:

　　”It looks like I’ll have to apply the blood and go straight in, so I don’t have to worry about an accident happening to my body, and it’ll solve the problem quickly.

　　”But again, I can’t be careless and negligent, I have to guard against another danger, hmmm …… If there is a problem with anyone on the ship, after I enter the ‘Grocer’s Travels’, find a chance to sneak into the captain’s cabin and sacrifice the book to the ‘True Creator’ ‘, ‘Original Witch’ or ‘Hidden Sage’, then I would be in big trouble, and surely life would be worse than death.

　　”Most of the crew of the ‘Golden Dream’ seem to have gravitated towards the ‘Iceberg Lieutenant General’, and the fact that Anderson’s superficial provocation from before was effective is enough to say a lot, so telling them that it’s related to the ‘Lt. Admiral Iceberg’s’ life, it was safe to tell them to watch over each other, and that no one could enter.

　　”The problem is Anderson, he is the strongest hunter, more powerful than any of the ship’s extraordinary people, and is good at ambush and infiltration, there is not a small possibility to avoid the supervision of others, sneak into the captain’s room …… His origin is also not too clear to make me really believe.

　　”Gotta find a way to get him into the Grocer’s Travels with me ……”

　　As he thought, Klein flipped through the old tawny parchment stapled tome again, realizing that this time nothing more appeared, and that the story lacked traces of Danez’s presence.

　　”That is to say, one must successfully survive and meet the protagonist team in order to actually become part of the story and have the pages of the book present more?” Making an initial judgment, Klein once again walked towards the door and opened it.

　　”Did it work?” “Flower Bow Tie” Yodson and the others asked in unison.

　　Klein shook his head and said calmly:

　　”There will be a long ceremony to follow.

　　”No one is to come in and disturb it, or it will result in the permanent disappearance or outright death of Edwina Edwards.”

　　After explaining the main matter, he looked around the circle and said bluntly:

　　”I suspect there is a problem with any of you.

　　”Next, you monitor each other.”

　　”Gourmet” Bru-Walls was about to make his customary retort when he suddenly caught sight of the empty captain’s chamber, gone was the Danez who had just entered.

　　Associated with the captain’s disappearance, he was sure that Germaine Sparrow had really found the problem and was trying to save him, so he nodded and said:

　　”I will take charge of this matter.

　　”And they will supervise me.”

　　Without shivering, Klein turned to Anderson Hood, who was leaning against the opposite wall:

　　”You come in for a minute.”

　　Anderson cocked the right corner of his mouth and tsked:

　　”Those who don’t know think I’m your subordinate, and you’re practically the model of a provocateur with an attitude like that.”

　　With his mouth chattering, his body still straightened up and with slow steps, he stepped into the captain’s room.

　　After closing the door to the room and unlocking it, Klein turned to face Anderson:

　　”Any interest in participating in a rare adventure?

　　”You might be able to reach the achievement of hunting a dragon.”

　　Based on his observations these days, he thought that Anderson Hood was a hunter with a combination of curiosity and adventurous spirit, and was very happy to see new things and experience excitement that he hadn’t had in the past.

　　Anderson stared at Germaine Sparrow’s face for a few seconds of serious scrutiny, then broke into a smile and said:

　　”Not interested.”

　　He shook his head firmly.

　　Whirling around, he grabbed Klein’s mouth before he could speak again and chuckled heatedly:

　　”I ‘smell’ danger, an egotistical crazy powerful adventurer has invited me to join him, what does that mean? It means things are very troublesome and very dangerous!”

　　I thought you would be interested, this is different from your usual behavior ah, really can let go and can take in …… Well, try the intimidation method again, if not, then throw this guy to the deserted island, let the “golden dream ship” drive away, and come back to pick him up, as a hunter. As a hunter, desert island survival should not be difficult for him …… Klein quickly had a decision, his eyes deliberately turned cold, looking at Anderson said:

　　”I will not leave myself a hidden danger.”

　　Anderson froze for a second, quickly piled up a smile and said:

　　”Haha, I was just joking, I’m interested in the title of Dragon Hunter.”

　　……You become also too fast right ……You hold on a little longer, you can enjoy removing the head can eat ……Klein nodded, walked back to the desk position, and said to follow over the Anderson Hood and said:

　　”Coat the cover of this book with your blood, it doesn’t take much.”

　　”Smear it?” Anderson glanced curiously at the Grocer’s Travels for a few moments, then glanced around the room, “Edwina’s disappearance had something to do with it? And the disappearance of that failed hunter earlier? Ah yes, ‘Blaze’ Danez, almost forgot his name, luckily he has a higher bounty now.”

　　The corners of Klein’s mouth twitched as he replied matter-of-factly:

　　”Right.”

　　”Kind of interesting ……” Anderson glanced at the desk, picked up the small brass knife, and absently made a cut on his own hand, making blood.

　　Immediately afterward, he carefully lowered the knife and applied the blood to the dark brown cover of Groselle’s Travels.

　　After a few seconds of observation, Anderson was about to pick up the brass knife and wipe off the remaining blood on it when a raging blizzard suddenly covered his eyes.

　　Watching Anderson disappear into thin air, as did Danez, Klein picked up another piece of paper, wiped the blood off the copper pocketknife, and folded it into his coat pocket.

　　–He was not sure if the three of them would be in the same place after entering the world of the book, so he had prepared the materials for the “Divining Staff Search Method” in advance!

　　After doing this, Klein took the knife and scratched on the back of his hand.

　　The muscles in his face moved upwards, his eyes angled downwards, and it took several seconds before he snapped.

　　His body jerked slightly, his head tilted sideways, and Klein’s mouth grinned involuntarily.

　　Waiting for the blood to flow, still holding the knife, he grabbed his cane and quickly applied the liquid to the cover of the parchment tome.

　　Without waiting long, Klein found himself suddenly in a world of white ice and snow.