Lord of the Mysteries v7c14 - Tencent MTL

On a steam train bound for Conston, Jian Hai County.

Klein, dressed as a wandering magician, looked across a narrow table at the young man and his parents opposite and said:

"I have two kinds of magic, one is to make your wishes come true, and the other is to answer your questions with a mirror. of course, the first kind of magic has to be paid, and the second kind of magic must answer the questions raised by the mirror. what kind of show do you want to see?"

The young man had black hair and brown pupils and seemed to have a better education. he looked at his parents sitting next to him and said with a smile:

"my wish is too difficult to bother you.

"relatively speaking, I am more curious about mirrors that can answer questions."

Klein sighed and shook his head, turning his left hand over to reveal a silver mirror that could fit into the sleeve, with a black jewel on each side.

"it seems to be an antique." The young man opposite commented with interest and then said, "my question is, what is the purpose of my visit to Conston this time?"

Klein, with the usual street magician smile on his face, reached out his right hand and touched the surface of the mirror and whispered quite seriously:

"Magic Mirror tells me what the answer to the question is."

After three times in a row, he released his right hand and showed the surface of the mirror to the three passengers opposite.

There are a few silver words on it:

"to get married."

". Magical. " The young man and his parents looked at each other with an incredible expression.

After they boarded the train, they never mentioned wedding-related topics, nor did they show anything reminiscent.

This is the first time they have seen this kind of magic that does not rely on props and fake audiences.

"well, it's time for the mirror to ask questions." Klein smiled and covered his right hand on the surface of the mirror.

"all right." The young man responded curiously.

"next, let's see what questions the mirror will ask." Klein released his right hand slightly ostentatiously, as if he were doing a formal magic show.

The silver words on the surface of the mirror have changed and stretched into a complete sentence:

"you prefer your bride to be a woman over forty, don't you?"

The young man's expression solidified, then turned pale, and then completely red.

"No way!" He retorted immediately and couldn't help looking sideways at his parents and hurriedly complaining, "what a strange question!"

". It's joking. " Klein smiled apologetically and pressed his right hand against the surface of the mirror as if he didn't know this would happen.

Then he released his right hand again.

Sure enough, the text on the surface of the mirror changed again:

"how old are you?"

"25 years old." The young man replied cautiously, as if afraid of falling into a trap.

He felt that there had been some changes in the way his parents and the passengers around him looked at him.

"well, this magic show ends here." Klein smiled and put away the mirror. "you can try another trick."

No sooner had he spoken than the steam train whistled, which was a sign that he was about to enter the station.

"Sorry, I should get off." Klein took out his gold pocket watch, pressed it and looked at it.

He immediately picked up his luggage, followed the crowd of some passengers, left the steam train and came to the platform where the gas street lamp had not yet been lit.

This is the city of Beldan in Jianhai County, a city with the rise of coal mines and the decline of coal mines.

For Klein, the greatest significance here is that it is an important node of the Fossack invasion route in the previous world wars.

-- Fossack had a total of three routes of invasion, one was to attack the Ammanda Mountains on the border, trying to break through the land lines there, one was to attack the coastal ports from the island of Sonia, and the other was to try to land, and the other was to invade from the inter-sea along the main railway to Beckland.

Among them, due to the existence of the Storm Church and the power of the armored ships to cooperate with the high "arbitrator", the navies of Fossack and Fenerbaut never achieved the intended results, or even failed to control the sea, while the headquarters of the Church of Night blocked wave after wave of attacks until the end of the war, so that Winter County, East Chester County and other places were not directly baptized by the flames of war.

Of the three routes, the only one who succeeded was the army of the sea, who combined by land and water, captured Conston, Ron's second largest city, and then advanced all the way to the southeast to rendezvous with the Intis in the Beckland region.

Klein plays a wandering magician, on the one hand, to accumulate wishes, to show miracles, to digest potions, and to improve his strength, on the other hand, he intends to return to the road of war. use their own eyes, their own ears and their own heart to truly see the trauma of the previous war.

Knowing the secrets of the stars and the earth, he can understand the plans of the Night Goddess and accept it to some extent, but that doesn't mean he will be indifferent to those sacrifices.

At the same time, he also confirmed one thing, that is, even if he failed to stop George III from becoming the "Black Emperor", the world war would still break out, but Ron would have the advantage, and the "Night Goddess" and his allies would oppress the "God of War" head on, forcing him step by step to seek the help of the Earth Mother.

At that time, the number, intensity and scale of divine warfare will exceed that of the present.

For this reason, Klein wandered along the Fossack invasion route, one station at a time.

Out of the platform with traces of cannon fodder, he carried a shabby suitcase with a change of clothes, identified the direction, and went to what might be a hotel.

At night, he will walk the streets of the city, performing wish magic for people.

After a few steps forward, Klein was inspired and looked to the end of the street.

There passed a figure of a woman in a simple linen robe, a bark belt, long black hair and no shoes and socks.

Arianne!

The ascetic leader of the Night Church, the earthly angel Arianne!

How did he get to Beldan? By this time, shouldn't he have returned to the Night Monastery of the Serenity Church? Or be sent to St. Milon, the capital of Fossack, to preside over the takeover of the Legacy of the God of War? It will never be easy for an angel walking on earth to appear in such a small city. Klein frowned slightly in a moment of confusion.

He hesitated for a moment and finally decided to ask one or two.

It was not that he wanted to mind his own business, but that we were all in the same city, and no one could escape from any accident.

But by this time, Arianne has disappeared in the crowd, and as a "secret servant", there is no way for Klein to track it down, similarly, in the relationship "secret" thing, the "magic mirror" Arodes is also a little powerless.

Klein took a slow breath, turned thoughtfully into the hotel, opened a room and put away his luggage.

Then, keeping the costume of a wandering magician, he walked all the way to the municipal square of Beldan City with the "magic mirror" Arodes and following the spiritual intuition of the "diviner".

Here, next to the city hall, there is a notice board with many notices on it.

Klein saw a lot of people watching, and it seemed that there was a new document coming out, so he approached and stood on the periphery of the crowd, looking at the log-colored sign.

In the middle of the notice board, a slightly yellowed piece of white paper covered the other notices, which read in black ink and Roon:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am your new consul.

"now, I issue three new decrees:

"first of all, no creature can leave here without my permission.

"second, all beings are equal before the law, and even angels can be killed by ordinary people.

"Article 3, those who commit the following crimes will be severely punished, with the maximum death penalty:

"1. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.

"2. To steal; steal.

"3. Recite the honorable name of the gods completely;

"4. Offering sacrifices to evil gods;

"5. Fraud;

"6. Divulge secrets;

"."

Such an announcement. Klein picked his eyebrows and did not need spiritual intuition to detect that there was something wrong with the content.

He instinctively turned his mind and tried to bring the spirit back to the source fortress.

However, an invisible force blocked his "leaving", so that he could only get in touch with the gray fog but could not get through.

This. Klein narrowed his eyes slightly and took a few steps back to distance himself from the crowd.

In his view, this degree of abnormality has reached an almost divine level.

He has been unable to return to the Source Castle before, but the main reason is that it is too late to take four steps backwards, recite mantras, or be disturbed and blocked by "himself".

In the real sense, there is only one time that he can't get away from the real world by means of external force:

It was in the misty town, where the secret world and powerful seal was created by the Night Goddess.

Except this time, even the blasphemer Amon did not do anything similar. At that time, of course, Amon's main purpose was to force Klein to trigger the source fortress, and then seize the opportunity to take advantage of the loophole to replace him as the "great master above the spirit world." otherwise, the "angel of time" could have prevented Klein from returning by stealing ideas.

Who is the new "consul" in Beldan city? Is that why Ms. Arianne came to Beldan? In a sudden twist of thought, Klein let the Magic Mirror slide from his wide sleeve to his left hand.

"what happened?" Klein asked in a low voice.

On the surface of the silver mirror, the water was swaying, and the slightly whitish silver words appeared:

"several rules have been replaced here, and it is impossible to know exactly who did it. Great master, you can try to find the 'secret servant' Arianne and learn the truth from him.

"are you satisfied with my answer?"

The rules have been replaced. "lawyer"? "arbitrator"? Or is there a "Bug"? Klein raised his head thoughtfully and looked around, and found that the citizens in the square were a little confused, not quite understanding why the new notice mentioned angels and why it was necessary to apply and get permission to leave.

The war is over!