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Chapter 156 Adam's Ability

Chapter 156 Adam's Ability

No one was shocked by the information released by the World. Only Alger, the Hanged Man, who was roaming around the sea, asked hurriedly, "Is the information accurate?"

He heard that the flagship of "King of the Five Seas" Nast, the "Black Emperor", was once called the "Black Throne".

Klein the Fool manipulated the World and smiled, "This news is absolutely accurate."

Because this is what Russell said himself in his diary.

Alger took a deep breath and said, "I've always heard some rumors that the 'King of the Five Seas' Nast had been canonized by Emperor Roselle. It turns out that this is not just a rumor."

Everyone then understood that the ship called "Black Throne" currently belonged to a king on the sea.

This is indeed incredible. I didn't expect that the emperor had been dead for more than a hundred years, but he still influenced the current situation on the ocean.

Alger asked again, "How did the emperor get that ghost ship that is said to be from the Solomon Empire?"

"I don't know about that." Klein manipulated the "world" and said, "It is said that clues were obtained from some legends and historical materials, and the ghost ship was eventually discovered in the Oradek Islands."

Alger nodded: "I am very satisfied with the information you provided."

To be exact, it was a completely unexpected surprise, which enabled him to distinguish the authenticity of many news.

Audrey Justice suddenly asked, "Mr. World, do you have any other information about the Emperor?"

She was very interested in this legendary emperor.

Klein thought: Are the things that happened in the bedrooms with the noble ladies and ladies considered other intelligence?

In order to preserve the emperor's reputation, he decided not to disclose the information.

So Klein manipulated the "world" and said, "I don't have much information about the emperor either."

Audrey was a little disappointed: "Oh, okay then."

The transaction with the elves has officially ended.

Just like the transaction at the last Tarot meeting, everyone not only got the answers they wanted, but also gained a lot of knowledge in the subsequent questions and answers.

After the transaction was completed, Derrick the Sun said, "Can you help me find out if Adam is currently in the 'Forsaken Land of God'?"

At the party last week, Klein announced that Amon had an older brother, and Little Sun was very worried that Amon's brother was also in the "God-Forsaken Land".

He went back and thought for a long time before deciding to ask about Adam's whereabouts at the Tarot Club, so that Silver City would not be at a loss as to how to defend itself when faced with Adam's threat in the future.

Odysseus replied: "According to some of the information I have learned, Adam is not in the 'God-forsaken Land'.

"He formed an organization called the 'Twilight Hermits' in our world, so I guess he should be mainly active in our world."

Twilight Hermits?

Klein was somewhat surprised when he heard the name behind the gray fog, because Roselle had once been a member of this organization.

Alger frowned. It was the first time he heard of this organization.

Audrey and Magician Fors looked somewhat confused; they had never heard of this name before.

Derrick breathed a sigh of relief: "Mr. Hermit, thank you for your answer."

Odysseus nodded slightly, accepted the other party's thanks, and then reminded: "Everyone, do not mention or write the name of the 'Twilight Hermit Society' outside the Tarot Club, and do not say Adam's name casually."

Klein recalled the corresponding records in Roselle's diary: It seems that Roselle's guess is correct. Even if the name of "Twilight Hermit Society" is written in the outside world, it may be noticed by the convener of the gathering!

Audrey, Fors, and Derrick didn't quite understand what "Hermit" meant, but they just thought it was very strange and a little weird.

Alger had already guessed, "If we mention 'Adam' and 'Twilight Hermits', Adam might be aware of it?"

"Yes." Odysseus did not give a detailed explanation, but simply said: "He has such ability."

Klein immediately thought of "0-08": That is a Level 0 seal of the "audience" path! Just like Adam, if I know it, it will know me. This... this ability is a bit abnormal!

Alger asked the Hermit: "What are Adam's specific abilities?"

"I can't tell you the details." Odysseus said, "We are under the protection of Mr. Fool at the party, and Adam will not know what we are talking about now.

"After I learned the relevant information, I took corresponding protective measures.

"If there are no corresponding protective measures, the more you know Adam, the more Adam will know you!"

Except for "World", the other members opened their mouths in surprise.

Alger thought: This ability is too powerful!

Fors only had one thought in his mind: How terrible! How terrible.

Audrey asked, "Mr. Hermit, what protection measures do you mean?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "Once you reach Sequence 7, you will have the corresponding abilities."

Audrey understood: "Hypnosis?"

Odysseus nodded: "Yes."

Klein thought: Using the "audience" to deal with the "audience" is a very good idea.

Audrey added: "Mr. Hermit, thank you for your answer."

Odysseus once again calmly accepted the other party's thanks, because this information was actually very valuable. Odysseus reminded everyone and did not charge any compensation.

Then Klein manipulated the "world" and said, "Does anyone have any news about the 'Thousand Faces Hunter'?"

No one spoke, proving that there was no news.

Klein sighed quietly in his heart. At present, the magic potion of the "Magician" was almost digested. Deep Sea Janna's hair had been obtained a few days ago. The "Little Sun" would be able to help hunt the "Human Skin Shadow" soon. Only the "Thousand Faces Hunter" had no news yet.

He planned to try other channels after the Tarot Club, such as asking Miss Sharon or asking a vampire servant of the Church of the Mother Earth whether the blood clan had such accumulations.

At this time, Alger was looking for the formula for the Sequence 6 potion, so there was no demand for it at the moment.

"Sun" Derrick was digesting the potion of "Prayer for Light" and had no other needs.

Magician Fors learned that Dorian would give her a main material to advance to Sequence 8. She planned to buy another main material after getting that one, so she did not plan to initiate a transaction for the time being.

Audrey was planning to get the Sequence 7 potion formula from the Psychological Alchemy Society. She hadn't gotten the formula yet, and there was no need to trade.

Odysseus had just been promoted to Sequence 7 and was working hard to digest the potion. He had no plans to trade the Sequence 6 formula for the time being.

So after a few seconds of silence in the hall, the session automatically entered into free communication.

Everyone started to share the interesting things they encountered in the previous week. When it was Odysseus' turn, he said, "I encountered a strange thing last week, or a strange and extraordinary way...

"Well, I don't even know if I should call those abilities extraordinary paths?"

Everyone was intrigued by the description of the "hermit" and looked towards him.

"Hermit" Odysseus continued: "She is a Beyonder of the 'Witch' Path, but she possesses some abilities to control corpses, souls, and absorb life from others.

"It is said that he can also control the blood of others, and the ability to make the bodies he controls bear the damage he suffers.

"What is certain is that the extraordinary ability she displayed, other than that of a "witch", was not the result of using a seal, but was indeed her own ability."

Everyone was stunned, obviously it was the first time they heard of such a thing.

Alger asked, "You mean, a Beyonder has the ability to use two paths?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"It seems so." Odysseus said: "Her extraordinary abilities beyond the 'witch' path are very unexpected.

"So far, I don't have enough information to explain all this.

"I just got some information from a friend. Some followers of the evil god, while possessing extraordinary abilities of their own, can also gain some abilities and strength from the evil god.

"It's just that there are too few such cases, and my friend doesn't know exactly how they do it."

Everyone fell into deep thought, because this was different from their understanding of the extraordinary. Since they became extraordinary, the first extraordinary knowledge they learned should be: potions should not be drunk carelessly.

After drinking a potion from the "Fortune Teller" pathway, you cannot drink potions from other pathways except those from adjacent pathways that have reached a certain sequence.

But the description of the "Hermit" is that one person has the ability of two paths!

Audrey asked first: "Did she take a potion of adjacent paths?

" "I heard everyone say before that if you take a potion of adjacent paths, you can have the ability of two paths at the same time."

Odysseus shook his head. "As far as I know, the adjacent path to the 'Witch' path is the 'Hunter' path, and her extra abilities are not from the 'Hunter' path."

Klein thought to himself after the gray fog: I didn't expect that the adjacent path of the "Witch" path is the "Hunter" path! This is very interesting. I remember Russell said that when the "Hunter" path reaches Sequence 4, a woman can also become a man, while the "Witch" path is just the opposite.

Alger also noticed this: This was an unexpected gain. He didn't expect that "Witch" and "Hunter" were adjacent paths... There seemed to be no similarities or commonalities between these two paths!

After the hall was silent for a while, Alger suddenly asked, "Have you ever heard of the followers of the Lord of Storms?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and no one answered for a while. Even Klein had never heard of it.

Odysseus thought for a moment and said, "I've heard that some Sequence 7 Beyonders in the Sailor Path can acquire some Sequence 6 or Sequence 5 abilities in advance after receiving the favor of the Lord of Storms!"

Alger nodded: "Yes, they have acquired some extraordinary abilities in advance through the gift of the 'Lord of Storms', so they are called 'The Lord's Favored Ones', and they can summon strong winds and huge waves as long as they are on the sea.

"I also heard that some devout believers who are not Beyonders can also possess these abilities for a short period of time."

Odysseus understood what Alger meant: "You mean, the gods can use 'giveness' to allow some believers or extraordinary people to have certain extraordinary abilities?"

Alger spread his hands and said, "I just have this idea. I'm not sure if other gods have this ability."

Odysseus thought about it and felt that this was a very good idea.

Because it is a "gifted" ability, it does not have corresponding extraordinary characteristics and will not conflict with the extraordinary characteristics in the body, so it seems that it can be used in two ways.

Thinking of this, Odysseus smiled and said, "Mr. Hanged Man, thank you for your idea."

Alger waved his hand to indicate that it was no need to thank him. After all, the Hermit had just provided some advanced intelligence about Adam without charging any compensation.

After the gray fog, Klein had a similar guess as Odysseus: the extraordinary world is really complex and weird.

Other members also had some fantasies, but because they had never seen such a special extraordinary person, they were just fantasies.

After finishing this topic, Klein manipulated the "world" and said, "I just got a piece of news that there is another mastermind behind the serial murders.

"In other words, there is another master behind the murderer."

This was the information he had just learned from the great detective Isengard Stanton, who had an official background. He shared it now, firstly to remind the members in Backlund, and secondly to see if he could exchange any information.

Audrey and Fors were very concerned about this, but they didn't know much about the "devil" and couldn't provide any useful information.

Alger pinched his chin and thought for a moment before saying, "The person hiding behind this should be a Sequence 5.

"After all, his 'pet' was preparing to advance to Sequence 5, and the master couldn't possibly still be a Sequence 6."

In a previous Tarot meeting, the serial killer was discussed in detail. Everyone knew that it was an extraordinary creature that was committing the crime.

Audrey and Fors both took a deep breath. This was more difficult to deal with than the previous extraordinary creature.

Alger asked the World, "Will this Sequence 5 be crazy enough to seek revenge against the official Beyonder who killed his 'pet'?"

"If he has the chance, he will definitely do it." Klein manipulated the "world" and said, "But I guess he will only retaliate against the unofficial personnel investigating this case at the moment."

Like Detective Sherlock Moriarty.

Odysseus reminded: "Everyone, I have always felt that there is something strange about this serial murder case.

"Why didn't the murderer destroy the body, but displayed the victim's body in front of everyone as if showing off his masterpiece?"

Klein pondered for a moment and manipulated the "world" to say, "You mean, he is trying to cover up something through this case?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "I don't know either. I just think it's a little strange."

Klein fell into deep thought again.

After communicating for a while, Klein announced the end of this Tarot Club.

(End of this chapterChapter 157 Mr. Wizard strikes again

Chapter 157 Mr. Wizard strikes again

"The Land Forsaken by God", Silver City.

Derrick Berg returned to the real world. He took a deep breath and felt sad that the Lord had fallen.

This feeling is not that sad, I just feel that after looking forward to it for so many years, I finally feel helpless after knowing the result, and also a little... relieved.

Of course, it was because he found new hope in The Fool that he didn't feel so desperate.

Derrick realized that he couldn't tell anyone else this news unless that person was also willing to believe in The Fool.

Then he thought of his research on the "Hermit", so he immediately got up and went to the Round Tower to ask to see the Chief.

Soon Chief Colin met with Derrick. The chief with gray hair asked, "Do you have something important to talk to me about?"

"I don't know if it's important." Derrick already had some experience dealing with superiors. "The more I think about it, the more strange it seems. I think I should report it to the chief as soon as possible."

Colin nodded: "Go ahead."

"The last time I was patrolling outside the city, I seemed to feel a strange force when I passed the swamp in the north of Silver City." Derrick said seriously,

"I've never felt this way before, and it disappeared very quickly, so I didn't pay much attention to it and didn't report it at the time.

"But last night, I had a lot of dreams in a row. I always dreamed that I was looking for something in the swamp. It felt like there was something very important in the swamp!"

The experienced Colin said almost immediately: "Maybe you saw some important information at that time, but you ignored it because it would cause some harm to you, and those dreams were your spirit reminding you."

He thought for a moment and said, "I will immediately organize people to conduct an investigation. If necessary, I will also let you join the investigation team."

Derrick felt a little relieved and was about to say goodbye and leave.

Chief Colin suddenly asked, "I heard from the patrol that they saw you catching fish in the swamp?"

"Ah, yes… yes." Derrick had provided the Hermit with a strange fish when he was doing business with him before.

If it were in the past, Derrick wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong when the Chief suddenly brought up this matter, but Derrick is no longer the same Derrick as before.

He realized that the chief might have noticed his lie, but the chief still said that he would set up an investigation team immediately, which seemed to mean: I know you are lying, but I also know that your reminder is important.

…

Backlund, No. 66, Rose Street.

The Tarot meeting ended and Odysseus returned to the real world. He stared at the ceiling for a while as usual, then stood up to prepare for the ceremony and complete the transaction with the "Hanged Man".

The Tarot Club earned 630 pounds from the sale of magical items and extraordinary weapons, and 1,000 pounds from the information exchange with Alger, for a total of 1,630 pounds.

Odysseus took a deep breath. Now the Tarot Club has become one of his main sources of income.

After cleaning up the altar, Odysseus went to the basement and used the "teleportation array" there to return to his residence at No. 77 Hailin Avenue. He turned back into the owner of Gar's Herb Shop and took a rented carriage to the herb shop.

Today was the day for checking and sorting out the accounts, something Odysseus had always done himself.

After Mandy's assistants Bella, Enoch and Kena showed Odysseus the account books one after another, Odysseus made some records and talked to the three of them for a while.

Then he looked around the herbal medicine shop again, and seeing that there was no problem, he left the shop and returned to No. 77 Hailin Avenue.

Today, Odysseus rested for a night at his residence on Hailin Avenue. The next morning, he changed into a wizard's attire and returned to No. 66 Rose Street. He studied witchcraft while waiting for new customers to come.

Ding-ling, ding-ling~

I waited until the afternoon and finally someone came knocking on the door.

Odysseus opened the door and it was the old gentleman who had previously doubted whether his son was his biological son, York Elton.

Behind him, there was another middle-aged man dressed like a gentleman, clean-shaven, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, looking very gentle.

The other person adjusted his glasses and observed Odysseus carefully.

York took off his hat politely and said, "Hello, Mr. Wizard. This is my friend, Verdu Jackson. He wants to ask you for help with something."

Odysseus looked at the other person's glasses carefully. As long as they were not monocles made of crystal, it would be fine.

"Come in." Odysseus invited the two gentlemen in. After everyone came in, he waved his hand slightly and the door closed automatically.

Verdu, who was behind, saw this scene and suddenly became nervous.

But York already trusted the wizard very much because of Odysseus's previous performance, so he smiled at his friend, his eyes seemed to say: See, I told you this wizard is very powerful.

After both parties were seated, Odysseus said, "Sorry, I don't have any drinks for you."

York recalled that the wizard "Gandalf" had said before that his drink was poisonous to ordinary people, so he quickly said, "We are not thirsty."

Odysseus smiled slightly and said, "Then let's get to the point as soon as possible. What do you want to see me about?"

Does Mr. Verdu also suspect that he is going to be a father?

Verdu said: "Mr. Wizard, please keep what I am going to say a secret for me."

Odysseus thought to himself: Why does this sound so familiar?

Verdu took a deep breath and said as if he had made up his mind: "My daughter Delia seems to have been attacked by something evil, and her temperament has changed drastically!

"She sometimes stood on the terrace in the middle of the night, as if she was waiting for something.

"Sometimes he would suddenly smile evilly, especially at night, and that smile was scary.

"Sometimes he would hum some very sad songs at night, which gave people goose bumps.

"Delia used to be a very gentle and lovely child and would never do anything like this."

The middle-aged gentleman finished speaking in one breath, looking at Odysseus with expectant eyes.

Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "I suggest you go to the church you believe in and tell the pastor about these things."

"I asked the bishop of the Church of the Goddess of Night to come and see her." Verdu said with a wry smile, "The bishop said that Delia was frightened in her dream and that's why she became like this.

"They gave Delia some potions, which did work after she took them, but soon Delia's behavior became strange again."

Odysseus was stunned: It sounds like the judgment of the Nighthawk should be correct. It is either in a dream or inadvertently that the spirit sensed something polluted. Judging from Delia's performance, it is not very serious and should not recur.

He thought for a moment and asked again, "How long has this been going on, Delia?"

Verdu replied, "More than a month."

"Have you ever been in extreme pain, or said anything crazy?"

"No."

Odysseus frowned and asked, "Has anything strange happened in your family recently?"

Verdu smiled helplessly: "Neither do I."

The previous bishop had also asked this question, but after thinking about it for a long time, he could not think of anything strange that had happened.

Odysseus asked again: "Besides the changes you mentioned before, has Delia changed in any other way?"

Verdu was silent for a while and said, "Please keep my description confidential."

Odysseus nodded: "Go ahead."

"Delia's eyes seem to be brighter, and her temperament has also changed to a certain extent." Verdu said uncomfortably: "She…she is obviously only in her teens, but she exudes the temperament of a mature woman in many cases.

"And...and Delia was very introverted before, but now she likes chatting with young male servants. Because I'm afraid of accidents, I have dismissed several male servants in the past month."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

It was no wonder that Verdu had repeatedly requested confidentiality. In Loen, where the people were conservative, a woman, even an underage woman, who behaved in this way would easily be labeled as "not reserved enough."

But Odysseus seemed to have found a clue: "I should know what's going on. It's understandable that the bishop of the Church of the Goddess of Night doesn't know this, because this is very obscure knowledge."

He also accidentally read the relevant knowledge in the "wilderness of knowledge".

The church should also have this knowledge, but because such situations rarely occur, it may not be disseminated to members at the captain level or below.

For such extraordinary cases that do not show much harm, at most the captain will lead the investigation.

Verdu breathed a sigh of relief: "Then...what should we do now?"

Odysseus thought for a moment and said, "I have to go to your house to confirm. Um... you guys go wait in the carriage first, I'll make some preparations and then come find you."

He now felt more and more that preparation was very important for a "wizard".

This approach doesn't seem to be good at direct combat, but in Odysseus's opinion, if you are well prepared, you can also dare to fight head-on!

Therefore, this requires rich knowledge and experience to predict the difficulties you may encounter and make corresponding preparations in advance.

Other "wizards" may need time to accumulate before they can achieve this.

But Odysseus can already do this now. First of all, he has the help of the "wilderness of knowledge" and has a very extensive knowledge reserve.

Secondly, he has a "God's perspective" and has sufficient understanding of the twenty-two paths. The combination of the two makes Odysseus a "senior wizard" shortly after he was promoted to "wizard".

After making the necessary preparations, he got on the carriage outside and followed the two gentlemen to Verdu's house.

When Verdu saw the confident look of "Mr. Wizard", he finally saw hope. His daughter's recent affairs had exhausted him both physically and mentally, and he really didn't know how to solve such a problem.

York was also very happy that the wizard he introduced could help his old friend solve the problem, which made the old gentleman feel very honored.

The atmosphere in the carriage was very harmonious, and the three people came to Böklund Street, where many wealthy people and politicians lived, while chatting.

Verdu's home is a large villa with a large yard and a garden in the backyard.

The main body of the villa is a three-story building that looks spacious and grand.

After the carriage entered the yard, Odysseus said, "Next you must follow my instructions and not make any mistakes. Otherwise, the monster will probably run away, and it will come back to affect your daughter at some point in the future."

Verdu nodded quickly: "Okay!"

"After I enter the room, take me to a reception room. Don't let too many people know of my presence." Odysseus said, "so that the monster won't be on guard."

Verdu nodded repeatedly, and after thinking about it for a while, he came up with a solution.

After the carriage stopped at the door of the villa, Verdu got off the carriage first and instructed the servants who came up to do various things immediately.

When there were no more servants at the door, Odysseus got off the carriage and, under the personal guidance of Verdu, came to a reception room that was rarely used.

The attentive Verdu asked his valet to wait at the door. The tea, snacks and fruits brought by the servants were all delivered by the valet. If anyone asked, he would say that he was talking about important matters with Mr. York Elton.

After all this was arranged, Odysseus, who was sitting in the upper seat, said to Verdu: "Go and take a look at the inside of Delia's left arm, roughly at the elbow, to see if there are two small round wounds.

"It should be on the inside of the leg, probably at the knee. There is also a similar wound there, but it's not easy to check there. We only need to confirm one of them."

"Okay." Verdu left the reception room and thought for a while before going to the second floor. At this time, Delia was taking an art class, and her personal maid was waiting outside the study.

Verdu waved to Delia's personal maid and said, "Is Delia normal today?"

The maid replied, "No."

Verdu said "hmm" and then said, "When Delia was getting dressed this morning, she didn't have any wounds of unknown origin on her body, right?"

The personal maid said, "It seems that there are two small round wounds on the inside of the knee."

Verdu took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down: "Okay, I get it."

Because Verdu had been asking about his daughter's condition frequently recently, the maid didn't suspect anything.

Verdu thought about it for a while and decided to check the wound on Delia's arm to be on the safe side, so he asked the servant to bring tea and snacks and entered the classroom.

There were only two students in the classroom, Verdu's youngest son and daughter. Verdu's eldest son had already gone to college, while his youngest son and daughter were being educated by a tutor, preparing for the college entrance examination.

After entering the classroom, Verdu first exchanged polite words with the teacher, and then asked the servant to serve tea and snacks.

Then Verdu let his son and daughter take a break, and he looked at their easels, as if to see if they had made any progress recently.

Just as the servant brought tea to Delia, Verdu was quick-witted and knocked over the cup, spilling the tea on Delia's arm.

Verdu immediately squatted down anxiously, and while rolling up his daughter's sleeves, he said, "How is it? Are you burned? Hey, I'm old and clumsy..."

He saw that there were indeed two small round wounds on the inside of Delia's arm, around the elbow, as if they were caused by a thicker needle.

Verdu tried his best to keep his hands from shaking. He continued with a smile, "...I accidentally knocked over the teacup."

(End of this chapter