Part 4 The Undead Chapter 165 – The Chief’s Hints
At the top of the round tower, in the room belonging to the Chief Elder of the Council of Six.
Colin Iliad was tall by Silver City standards, with disheveled, unkempt white hair and a face that was heavy with lines, but the rest of his face was wrinkle-free, with a few old scars that were either twisted or deep.
He wore a linen shirt underneath and a brown coat with a belt that looped around his waist with multiple small compartments, and his light blue eyes were so vicarious and deep that they seemed to be filled with stories.
When Derek had finished his salute, the “Demon Hunter” nodded gently and pointed to the items on the table in front of him:
”Do you remember them?”
Derek glanced at them, and his eyes suddenly froze, reflecting two translucent worms the thickness of a child’s finger.
”The Worms of Time.”
Worms of Time” with one transparent ring after another!
The “Worm of Time” that originated from the “Blasphemer” Amon’s bilocation!
”Remember.” Derek was silent for a second, and instinctively replied, “Amon’s legacy.”
Colin Iliad said with a slight, unseen nod:
”One of which you still cough up.”
Without waiting for Derek to speak, he said slowly and quietly:
”You once said that when possessed by Amon, you are mostly in a daze, like a dream, and only occasionally awake.”
Facing the Chief’s watchful gaze, Derek nodded continuously, indicating that he had indeed made a similar description.
Colin Iliad’s eyes shifted and cast out the window, overlooking the buildings not far away:
”I don’t think I’ve ever told you about what you did during that time.
”You performed two rituals back and forth, one with a mikveh element and one as if you were making a sacrifice, both of which were responded to in some way, do you have any recollection of what happened then?”
As expected, when I asked Mr. “Fool” for help in purifying Amon’s doppelganger using the secret contract ritual, I was also being monitored …… Derek wasn’t surprised by the chief’s words, he had long ago been under the “inverted hangman’s ” under the guidance of the “inverted hangman”, following the Silver City elders are experienced, it is impossible to just let go of the abnormal person’s thoughts, got the conclusion that after leaving the dungeon itself, there has been monitored, and the sacrifice ceremony, from the shadows there is the emergence of a stopper of the situation, the initial corroboration of the conjecture.
”…… Doesn’t ring much of a bell.” Derek made a thoughtful face, then shook his head.
Colin, who was only surveying out of the corner of his eye, saw this and sighed as he looked back:
”Think back more carefully.
”Those two bugs left behind by Amon are very valuable materials, and I’ve been looking for ways I can utilize them, and if I can secretly make them into some sort of item, it would be an undercurrent that no one else knows about, and could be crucial at a critical time.
”There may be symbols, ancient incantations, mystical elements that can be referenced in those two rituals you went through.
”Think about it more carefully.”
In the past, Derek would have understood only the surface of the chief’s meaning, but at this moment, he was able to “translate” the corresponding words into sentences that were not directly expressed by the latent a few seconds slower:
”I know that you still have some connection with Amon.
”We’re about to open the former chief’s tomb, and I have to prepare a little extra to prevent accidents and keep Lovia and others from jeopardizing Silver City’s bottom line, so try communicating and see if you can get help or give me the details of the previous rituals to figure it out for myself. ……”
”Inverted man” Mr. right, the more in a high position, the more experienced people who have faced many dangers, the more accustomed to the use of hints to express their own meaning euphemistically, to leave room for both sides of the conversation …… Derek Holland had a kind of himself really mastered a certain skill.
Thinking that the purpose of the chief is to limit the elder Lovia and the other party’s representative of the “Fallen Creator”, he felt the need to do something, but he had no idea how to utilize the “Worm of Time”, and could only consider praying to Mr. “Fool” to see if it would help him. He could only consider praying to Mr. “Fool” to see if he could get help.
”I’ll try, to recall, I, need, a quiet room.” Derek responded with a break in his speech, weighing his words.
Colin Iliad seemed to be prepared for this and raised his hand to point down the hallway:
”There are a number of rooms across the street with open doors that are unoccupied, so pick one for yourself.”
”Yes, Your Chief Excellency.” Derek saluted and exited, found a random unoccupied room, unlocked the wooden door, and sat down, whispering a prayer in a shadowy corner with slightly glowing eyes.
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Dixie Bay, Port Escon.
Carrying his luggage, Klein left the airship along the gangway, ready to take the military base’s carriage to the city.
As for Daley Simone, Leonard Mitchell and other “Red Gloves”, the first batch of people left the airship, and Klein was in the bottom few, without meeting.
Into the city, looking for a hotel to stay, he was about to lie down a little more, to improve the last night due to a variety of problems caused by the lack of sleep atrophied state, suddenly ringing in the ear of the illusory layers of prayers.
It sounded like a small “sun”…… Klein covered his mouth and yawned, entered the small washroom, and took four hard steps backward to the gray fog.
As he expected, it was the crimson star that symbolized the “sun” that shimmered and rippled.
The spirit spread outward and touched it, and Klein soon realized what the Sun was praying for.
The chief of Silver City was asking the little Sun, no, asking what he thought was Amon, how to utilize the “Worm of the Hours” spell……. Fortunately, I’ve had trouble with this before, and I’ve solved this problem long ago. I’ve solved this problem long ago. …… However, using the Worm of Time to create a powerful spell that can briefly change destinies requires praying to the Fool, which directly exposes the little man behind the Sun. “Isn’t it a direct revelation that behind the Sun is not Amon, but another unknown hidden existence? Kraven tapped the edge of the mottled table with his right index finger, carefully considering how to respond.
In less than a minute, he turned his thoughts around and realized that his earlier concerns were pointless:
First of all, except for the “shepherd” elder Lovia, who might have received some revelation from the “real Creator”, no one in Silver City knew the specifics of Amon, but only guessed that K might be one of the eight angelic kings of the Creator’s side. “Therefore, even if they knew about the existence of the “Fool”, they would probably think that it was Amon’s own body, or the deity that Amon was serving now.
Secondly, the honorable name of “The Fool” was no longer a name for the “True Creator”, “Blasphemer” Amon, and “Shepherd” Elder It was no longer a secret to Amon, the True Creator, the Blasphemer, and Lovia, the Elder Shepherd, and it didn’t matter if more people in Silver City knew about it.
Once again, the chief called Colin Iliad is still just a “Demon Hunter”, even if he has the honorary name of “Fool” and has a “0” level seal, he can’t do much. After all, even “Blasphemer” Amon and the “Real Creator” didn’t come knocking at my door in the middle of the night.
Finally, the chief of the Council of Six had already known that there was something wrong with the little Sun, and now it was almost as if he had made it clear.
Klein’s thoughts were racing, and he felt the need to be a little more bold, and perhaps use this to develop one or two underlings, no, believers, in Silver City, so that the little Sun will not be alone in his struggle.
Moreover, the current me and the me when I purified Amon’s bilocation have made great progress, I have accumulated deeper knowledge of the occult, and with the “Neptune’s Scepter” in my hand, I can pry more power from the mysterious space above the gray mist, so I don’t have to worry about what mistakes I will make when facing the Sequence 4 demigods in the ritual…. …As long as we don’t recklessly drag people into the gray mist, it’s fine. …… Klein quickly made a decision, and turned the process of how to make the “Luck Stealer” spell into light, and put it into the crimson star that symbolizes the “sun”! The crimson star symbolizing the “sun”.
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Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock.
Even before it sounded, Colin Iliad knew that Derek Berg had opened the door and was walking this way.
”Come in.” He turned his body toward the entrance.
Derek pushed his way in and curtsied:
”Your Chief Excellency, I recall some vague details.”
Colin Iliad nodded calmly on the surface and said:
”What are they?”
”Made of sterling silver and mercury ……” Derek paused after succinctly describing the earlier part of the ceremony, “I think I was whispering a passage of the honorable name: Fools not of this age. ”
Colin’s eyes narrowed slightly as he suddenly interrupted:
”The corresponding symbol is the one left on the candle?”
”Yes.” Derek replied matter-of-factly, “The second paragraph is that of the mysterious lord above the gray mist.”
At this point, Colin interrupted once more:
”No other ritual material is needed?”
”Not required.” Derek nodded in slight surprise.
He then realized that the chief seemed to be deliberately interrupting his recitation of Mr. Fool’s name.
Yes, our common language is Giant, a language that can invoke the power of nature, so if we recite the name directly, it will inevitably produce all sorts of unknown effects, and it is because I know that Mr. “Fool” is a true deity and trustworthy that I have the habit of finishing the sentence in one breath, and the Chief doesn’t know that… …Derek continued with some clarity:
”Paragraph three, the yellow and black king who reigns over good fortune.”
Colin listened quietly, nodding slightly:
”Very good.
”I’m not sure that what you recall will be of any help, but it’s still no small contribution, and I’ll have someone increase your merit.
”Go back, or read in the library for a while.”
”Yes, Chief Sir.” Seeing nothing else, Derek breathed a silent sigh of relief and quickly exited this room at the top of the round tower.
Colin Iliad watched him leave and turned to the chair behind the desk and sat down, casting his eyes over the two small, translucent link worms.
Next to them lay a notebook depicting a cryptic symbol made up of half “Pupiless Eye” and half “Twisted Thread”.
Colin’s eyes didn’t move for a long time, and his whole body seemed to have turned into a stone statue.
After a while, he slowly stood up and took out three candles.