Part 5 The Red Priestess Chapter 130 Dorian’s Plea
Jorwood District, 22 Hope Road, Hat Trick Inn, outside room 2016.
Voorhees came straight through the wall without attracting anyone’s attention, then she flexed her fingers and knocked on the door to the room in the agreed-upon rhythm.
It didn’t take long for Dorian Gray Abraham, broad-shouldered, thick-armed, and dressed in black formal attire, to unlock the door and twist the knob.
With an extremely quick glance from side to side, this gentleman stepped aside and let Voorhees enter.
”I really didn’t think that you could become the ‘Records Officer’ …… so quickly,” exclaimed Dorian as he closed the door to the room and discreetly checked the lock before turning his body around.
By the standards of this era, he was already a middle-aged man, but he was still stuck at Sequence 7, “Astrologer”, with no hope of advancement at all.
On the other hand, his student, Forsyth Voll, had only spent about a year going from Sequence 9 to Sequence 6.
Comparison of the two, no wonder Dorian not heart sighs, secretly sad.
The Abraham family lineage should have been noble and attracted envy, but now it was a heavy curse that frustrated him.
”It’s all because you taught me well, teacher.” Although Voorhees didn’t like to go out and preferred to stay at home, she was also a best-selling novel author who would be invited by the nobles from time to time to participate in the literary and artistic salons of the high society, so it wasn’t so bad that she didn’t know how to speak, and she did receive a lot of help from her own teacher, from knowledge and money, to recipes and materials.
Dorian gave her a look and shook his head, laughing:
”It’s not like you’re the only student I’ve taught, with this kind of promotion speed, there’s only one person in my memory who can compare to you.”
He paused for a moment and continued:
”Next, you’re aiming for Sequence 5 ‘Traveler’, and I have higher expectations for you, hoping that you’ll obtain Divinity and become a Sequence 4 ‘Secret Mage’.
”Of course, I also have one request, and that is that when you do become a demigod, try praying to a certain hidden being, listen to K’s answer, and figure out what K is saying.
”It does have a certain amount of danger, but for Sequence 4 demigods, there’s enough to withstand it, and without any other factors, nothing should go wrong.”
”Teacher, is this answer important to you?” Voorhees knew exactly what was going on, but he still feigned curiosity and doubt.
Dorian was silent for a few seconds and let out a long sigh:
”Very important, my parents, my brothers, my sisters, my children, too many people have given their lives in pursuit of this answer and have gained nothing ……
”Don’t worry, the reason we’re paying such a high price is because of an ancient curse hidden in our family’s bloodline, and you’re not related to us by blood.
”I don’t have the luxury of hoping that in my generation I will find a way to lift the curse through that answer, but I do hope to know where it originated and understand what the cause of my own death really was ……”
At this point, Dorian took a breath and didn’t go any further in the story.
For some reason, Voorhees at this moment intuitively felt the heaviness accumulated from generation to generation over the last thousand years.
It was really hard for her to imagine what kind of pain it would be for one’s grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, and children to all die directly or indirectly due to the same curse.
Thinking of the care that her teacher had taken of her, Voorhees, who had only harvested this concern and love from her elders in the recent years, opened and closed her eyes, lowered her head slightly, and nodded her head vigorously:
”I will try my best.”
Dorian put away the feelings he had just expressed and nodded gently:
”One of the most appreciated things about you is your kindness.”
Folth became a bit embarrassed and turned to a word mentioned in his teacher’s words just now:
”Family?”
She remembered that her teacher had yet to speak of the Abraham family to herself, falsely claiming that he and Lawrence and Annalisa were members of a hidden organization.
– In order to distinguish between what things her teacher had told her and what she had learned at the Tarot, Voorhees had done some serious combing before she left the house, lest she accidentally blurted out information she wasn’t supposed to know.
Dorian answered simply:
”To solve the curse problem, people from my family have joined that organization.”
He whirled around and digressed:
”Why the rush to move this time?”
”Being targeted by the Official Extraordinary.” Voorhees started with a half-truth, then grumbled about the mailman for a few moments.
Without further ado, Dorian avoided Folth, set up the ritual, summoned the music-loving void creature Marmos, and had it spit out three items.
One was a crystal so transparent as to be almost illusory, the second was an ancient parchment, and the third was a small hunter’s backpack.
”This is an extraordinary property left behind by a ‘traveler’, with it you won’t need to gather additional primary materials, this is a ‘traveler’ magic potion recipe, this backpack contains the corresponding secondary materials, if you don’t have a good way to preserve it, then try to digest the ‘Records Officer’ magic potion within half a year, otherwise their spirituality will be completely lost …… “Dorian handed all the items in his hand to Voorhees.
”Thank you teacher.” Folth said sincerely.
She then unfolded the parchment and quickly skimmed through the magic potion recipe, focusing on the ritual:
”Setting up special coordinates in four completely different, far apart locations deep within the Spirit World.”
”The purpose of this ritual?” Foerth thought for a few seconds and opened his mouth to ask his teacher.
”After taking the ‘Traveler’ magic potion, you will uncontrollably begin to roam the Spirit World, and when you initially grasp the power, you will realize that you have lost your way, and at this time, you will be able to return to the real world with the help of those four special coordinates, otherwise you will be trapped in the depths of the Spirit World for a long period of time, where it is not only dangerous, but also will also assimilate you, making you lose your mind and become a creature dependent on the spirit world.” Dorian had seen students promoted to Sequence 5 before, even though he had no hope of becoming a “traveler” himself.
”Then there should be an alternative to ……,” Voorhees whispered as if in thought.
”Right.” Dorian nodded and said, “Previously, there was an item in the organization that allowed people to return to reality directly from the spirit world, but unfortunately, it was lost.”
Not waiting for Voorhees to inquire, Dorian turned to him:
”If, I mean if, you can really become a demigod and fulfill that wish of mine, I will give you an important item that I am in charge of, it is a teacher’s expectation of you.”
One of the powerful seals of the Abraham family? Voorhees vaguely had some guesses, didn’t dare to promise anything and still said as he did just now:
”I will work hard.”
Then, she asked curiously on this topic:
”Teacher, you just mentioned that Sequence 4 is ‘Secret Mage’, what about Sequence 3, Sequence 2, and Sequence 1?”
Dorian let out a laugh at once:
”You’re only Sequence 6.
”Well, Sequence 3 is called ‘Wanderer’, Sequence 2 is ‘Traveling Mage’, and the name of Sequence 1’s magic potion is ‘Star Key.
”Oh, it’s a good thing you mentioned this aspect, I can’t believe I forgot to put together a list of Spirit World Exploration Notes for you, these are things you have to keep in mind after becoming a ‘Traveler’.
”In that case, I’ll stay one more night, and you can come to me tomorrow to get the information.”
Voorhees agreed as he recalled the names of the magic potions in the high sequence of the ‘Apprentice’ pathway:
”Okay, teacher.”
After handing over these things, Dorian paced back and forth a few times, pondered for a while, and once again instructed:
”There is a certain attraction between extraordinary properties of the same pathway that is not yet apparent when the sequence is low, and becomes stronger the higher the sequence.
”There are times when this attraction will not be directly felt by you, it will cause you to unknowingly approach a certain high sequencer of this pathway. When you become a ‘traveler’, you will have to be constantly aware of this aspect.”
Speaking here, Dorian paused for a moment and said:
”There aren’t too many demigods of the ‘Apprentice’ pathway that are still alive, among them, the one you need to be especially careful of is a man called Buttis, he’s the ‘Sage of Secrets’ of the Aurora Society, and like Louis, he’s our organization’s Betrayer, and I will give you his portrait tomorrow.”
Boutis …… Voorhees mentally repeated the name her teacher had just mentioned.
At the same time, she had a new perception of her last chance encounter with the Aurora Society’s Divine Envoy Louis Vine:
Perhaps it was not a chance encounter, but rather an attraction between extraordinary characteristics, and the teacher was carrying a powerful enough “apprentice” pathway seal!
Forsyth quickly suppressed this thought and began to ask for advice on the various aspects of playing the role of “recorder”.
……
Silver City, Berg’s house.
”It turns out that there is a way to bypass the front area of the ‘Court of the Giants’ and enter the interior through the ‘Forest of Decay’ and the ‘Desolation Tunnel’! …… “Derek Berg recalled the information shared by Mr. World just now on top of the gray mist.
This is very important to Silver City, because the preliminary exploration from the afternoon town camp shows that the closer to the “Giant’s Court”, the more various monsters from the darkness, the stronger they are.
”The Chief must be told!” Derek stood up fiercely, rushed out of his house, went straight to the round tower, and met Colin Iliad, the chief of the “Council of Six”, as he wished.
He followed Mr. Hangman’s instructions, and said that he recalled certain frescoes he had seen in the afternoon town of The Shadow, which depicted a secret passage into the Court of the Giants. Colin Iliad listened quietly.
Colin Iliad listened quietly, without interrupting Derek’s narrative, before finally nodding gently:
”Very well, you have done well.
”What do you want in exchange for this merit?”
”The complete brain of an adult Mind Dragon.” Derek was prepared.
Colin didn’t ask why and thought for a moment:
”If that secret passageway is real, then the value is bound to outweigh the complete brain of an adult mind dragon, hmmm …… you can pick something else, are you interested in the magic potion formula of the higher sequence of the ‘cultivator’ pathway? ”
This was asked Mr. “Fool” …… Derek said in a burst of surprise as he gained some clarity:
”Do we have a magic potion formula for the higher sequences of the ‘plowman’ pathway?”
He didn’t remember having any at all.
”Of course we do, you should remember that the Giant King’s queen is the ‘Harvest Goddess’, but the surrounding area lacks the corresponding extraordinary materials. There’s no need to rush, you can reconsider.” Colin Iliad calmly changed the topic, “Can you already skillfully control the power of the ‘Priest of Light’?”
”Can.” Derek responded succinctly.
Colin was silent for a while, looking at the half-grown child in front of him:
”What kind of Saint-level seal do you want to pick?”