Part 5 The Red Priests Chapter 177 – After the Quest
Above the gray mist, seeing the Silver City exploration team embarking on their homeward journey without any change in the Giant King’s Palace, Klein breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back in exhaustion.
After nearly two hours of observation, his spirituality was already close to its limit, and he could at most support it for another quarter of an hour.
”No matter what, the harvest this time has completely exceeded my imagination, giving the ‘Silver Knight’ magic potion formula to Silver City is the right thing to do.” Klein rubbed his forehead, his thoughts unconsciously fanned out, “Mastering these ancient hidden secrets will greatly help me digest after my promotion, the problem now is that my ‘Trickster Mage’ magic potion hasn’t been thoroughly digested yet ……
”From the feedback that has been coming in one after another during this period of time, it can be seen that the spreading of various weird stories does have a not-so-small effect, and by the time Ms. ‘Trickster’ finishes that manuscript, publishes it and distributes it, and then has a period of time to gestate it, it should be just about ready.
”But she’s only started writing it a few days ago, so I don’t know when she’ll finish it ……
”Why can’t she write a few more hours a day?
”When I go to pick her up this time, I’ll rush her by the way ……”
Thinking of this, Klein suddenly remembered something, that is, he hadn’t yet given Anderson the payment for finding the “Disease Lieutenant General”.
”Let’s wait until he helps Danez become a ‘conspirator’, anyway, this is one of the agreements …… The promotion ceremony of ‘Iron Blood Knight’ is said to be difficult, not difficult. To say it’s easy is not easy, especially for the ‘hunters’, it’s even more troublesome …… It’s surprising that the ‘hunters’ who are good at provocation and like to plot conspiracies should be allowed to form a team of at least thirty people and cultivate a deep comradeship with them, so that they become strong one after another, and work together so well that they can understand the meaning of the ‘hunters’ based on their eyes and movements, and are close to being one with each other, and then they will form the ceremony ……The higher the strength of the team and the degree of tacit understanding, the better the ceremony’s effect is better ……”
Seeing that the Silver City exploration team had returned in an orderly fashion for some time and without incident, Klein finally let go of his heart and left above the gray mist, dropping himself into his sleeping bed and falling soundly asleep.
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In the afternoon town camp, after some rest and recuperation, Derek Berg finally recovered and his face was no longer so pale.
He had just used the bread baked from the powdered black flour grass when a figure grew in the shadows outside the door and spoke in a low, husky voice:
”Derek, the Chief wants you.”
”Yes.” Derek subconsciously stood up, “Thank you.”
He had been preparing to go to the Chief and submit the “Silver Knight” magic potion formula.
After watching the messenger shrink back into the shadows, he stepped out of the room and arrived at the camp square illuminated by the campfire.
At a glance, Derek saw many members of the team who had not participated in the quest gathered in twos and threes, discussing something in low tones with excited faces.
They already knew that the “Giant’s Court” could see the sea, and knew that it was not too far away from the beach, and as long as they could find the right path, they could reach it in a short time.
This is an important step for Silver City to save itself after the discovery of the outsider Little Jack.
With “Dawn” and “Morning Sun” as their main strength, the residents of Silver City finally saw the light of day.
The long wait and perseverance seemed to be about to pay off.
Derek could understand the feelings of the team members, because he was also like that, but he knew very well that the sea was not simple, and he was afraid that it would be extremely difficult to go to the other side of the sea, having heard about various things about the “Relic of the Divine Battle” from “The World” Germaine Sparrow. He knew very well that the sea was not an easy place to travel to the other side of the sea.
Not to mention, the “Dark Angel” Sasriel, who was sleeping in the Giant King’s palace and blocking the key path, was a trouble that could not be overcome at the moment.
We can only hope that Mr. “Fool” will bless us. Well, the fact that that little boy can appear in the temple ruins means that there is another way to bypass the Giant King’s palace and reach the seaside……. Derek thought hopefully, and bypassed the quietly burning bonfire, and walked towards the chief room on the other side of the room. the chief room on the other side of the room.
Suddenly, he saw a man sitting silently in the shadow of a boulder.
It was a man in his mid-twenties, quite a bit taller than Derek, holding a pale gold bracelet with three small bells hanging from it, his eyes unfocused.
Derek was not unfamiliar with this man, and knew that he was Antina’s husband, Dolores, a Sequence 6 “Knight of the Dawn”.
In Silver City, before the age of eighteen, one can fall in love freely until marriage, and if one does not have a spouse by the age of eighteen, one will be arranged, and the same applies to those who have been widowed for three years.
This is a necessary measure to ensure the population of Silver City, it may seem to go against human nature, but it can only be done for the continuation of the entire community in the Dark Lands, and it also maximizes the chance that everyone has a certain number of next of kin that will not mutate into horrible evil spirits after death.
As for Dolores and Antirna, they were neighbors who lived on the same street, knew each other since childhood, had a mutual liking for each other, and eventually started to fall in love when they were teammates in the patrol squad, and step by step they became a couple, with a very strong bond.
Considering that their children are still young, this time when exploring the “Giant’s Court”, Colin Iliad deliberately left one behind.
On the one hand, Derek felt that the Chief’s arrangement was fine, but on the other hand, Dolores’ performance brought out a strong sadness, as if he had gone back to the time when he had to stab his parents to death with his own hands.
This quest was only a small half day from start to finish, but for Dolores, everything was different.
After a moment of silence, Derek withdrew his gaze and continued on his way, his pace unconsciously heavy for a few steps.
At the same time, a rumor occurred to him:
Elder Lovia “Shepherd” once had a husband, but died in a quest, which was originally a very common thing, not worth discussing at all, but that time the team exploring the temple ruins, except Lovia all “crazy”, was cleared, and gradually there was a rumor among some residents of Silver City. A rumor spread amongst some of the residents of Silver City:
Elder Lovia ate her husband during that quest!
Derek shivered and returned his attention to the “night”, when the lightning was very infrequent and the wind was a bit icy.
He took a few quick steps to reach his destination and raised his hand to knock on the door of the Chief’s room.
”Come in.” Colin Iliad said in a voice that saw no anomalies.
Derek pushed his way in and saw the Chief in his linen shirt and dark coat polishing the two straight swords with grease.
Without stopping his motion, Colin Iliad lifted his head and looked at Derek in the doorway and said:
”What are your thoughts on this quest?”
What was the Chief’s purpose in asking that? Derek, who had been trained by Alger the Inverted, subconsciously had this thought.
Unable to grasp the Chief’s exact intentions, he closed the door with his backhand and answered frankly:
”There may be other paths to the sea, the Giant King’s palace should be critical, but that’s too dangerous, we need more information.”
Colin Iliad nodded and turned to ask:
”The angelic kings conspired with those beings who took the name of gods to, to rebel against the Lord?
”And that gained success, leading to the abandonment of this land?”
Derek hadn’t heard such an inference directly, but combined with the hidden secrets he had learned at the Tarot, it wasn’t hard to come to a similar conclusion:
”Yes, it should be.”
Colin fell silent, even the motion of polishing his straight sword slowed a bit.
After an interval of a few seconds, he placed the item in his hands and paced two steps:
”Those beings involved in the conspiracy are still active on the other side of the sea?”
Derek was silent for a while, weighing his answer:
”Mostly.
”But not too active.”
Colin Iliad nodded, signaling that he had nothing more to ask.
Derek hastened to speak:
”Chief, at the time of ‘Lightslayer’ Milgungan’s death, I had the remnants of the formula for the ‘Silver Knight’ magic potion harvested, including the supporting materials and the promotion ritual.”
When he said these words, Derek knew that his lie was so false that it could be seen through at a glance, as he didn’t even dare to open his eyes at that time.
However, he could never think of a better excuse.
If Mr. “Inverted Man” was here, there must be a better way …… Just as this thought passed through Derek’s mind, he heard the Chief say slowly:
”Very well, what is it?”
After …… Derek froze for a second, he hurriedly said the corresponding rituals and auxiliary materials as they were.
”Demon Hunter” Colin listened quietly and said with a long sigh:
”Your contribution this time is very great, this has a vital significance to Silver City, in the future, our upper limit will be Sequence 3, instead of Sequence 4. Within a certain range, the risks encountered by the exploration squad will be much lower.”
Why is the cap Sequence 3, the risks encountered by exploration squads within a certain range will be reduced …… Derek was happy that he could make such a contribution while having some difficulty understanding the chief’s words.
However, he knew that this would be knowledge that he was not qualified to know, and planned to ask about it at the Tarot Gathering afterward.
He then offered his farewells and turned to pull open the door to the room.
”Derek ……” Colin Iliad called out to him suddenly.
Derek turned around slightly puzzled to find a rather pensive expression on the Chief’s face.
Colin was silent for a while and shook his head down:
”Be careful of Lovia.”
”Yes, Lord Chief.” Derek responded from the bottom of his heart.
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Berklander, Northern District.
Hazel returned to the city from the Elk Manor in a carriage, preparing to go to the Ruin Charity Scholarship Fund to meet with Miss Audrey to discuss things like donations and help.
After many times together, she had a very favorable impression of this noble lady, feeling little pressure to be around her, all the strange emotions that had built up in her mind dissolved quite a bit, gradually retrieving many forgotten memories.
”I should still have a teacher …… What exactly happened that day, I will tremble …… every time I intend to recall it,” Hazel cast her eyes out of the window a little melancholy.
Her carriage was passing near Birklund Street.
At that moment, a man dressed as a letter carrier passed horizontally in front of her on a bicycle, with a rather leisurely demeanor.
Hazel casually glanced around and saw a monocle worn over the right eye.