Secret: I, the hermit, want to make progress too much

Chapter 97 Emperor, your daughter will be the Riddler!

coincidence?

Roy pursed his lips.

He couldn't listen to this now, and felt something was wrong when he heard it.

Although that part of the memory was sealed, the fear from his heart and instinct still gave him a creepy feeling all over his body.

"I have encountered many coincidences in Tingen. Can you help me see if there are any extraordinary factors guiding this coincidence?"

"..."

On the pea vine seat, Bernadette glanced at her beautiful eyes.

Her gaze seemed beyond the present.

Destiny and time converged in her eyes, eventually forming an intertwined node.

After more than ten seconds, her spirituality was restrained and she returned to normal.

Bernadette was silent for a moment, and then said: "It seems so."

"like?"

It seems that even the master of prophecy can't see it with his voyeuristic eyes.

Roy sighed inwardly.

Bernadette looked at the little boy, observed it carefully for a while, and said, "I didn't notice it just now, but there are traces of influence on his destiny."

"This may be similar to what I experienced in Tingen. He was arranged here."

Bernadette thought for a few seconds and said: "If there is no way to deal with it, the best way is to stay away. After Lanerwus is dealt with, I have a task for you. Then you can leave for a while."

"What commission?"

Roy asked immediately.

"Go to the sea, find Star Admiral Cattleya, and tell her that her destiny has changed."

"What do you mean?"

Roy was extremely surprised.

Has the trajectory of destiny changed?
Does it mean that Cattleya will never enter the Tarot Club again?
In addition...

"You see in me the fate of the Star Admiral?"

Roy was very curious, but Bernadette just smiled faintly.

"That's it."

"Destiny is not fixed. I can only see a corner of it occasionally, and I can't explain its reasons."

"Just bring her the message and don't worry about anything else."

Great Emperor, now your daughter is also a Riddler.

Roy complained secretly in his heart.

Bernadette sat quietly on the seat made of pea vines and said: "The reward is the Sequence 6 formula, and the price is that you need to pay one thousand pounds."

Only a thousand pounds?

A normal Sequence 6 potion recipe requires nearly two thousand pounds.

Sometimes it depends on the situation.

Roy's heart was pounding, but on the surface he said speechlessly: "Madam, did you guess that I have so much money?"

"I've heard some."

Bernadette had a smile on her lips.

Roy took out the newly warmed Thousand Gold List——

All the money I earned from risking my life to complete the commission was handed over at once.

Fortunately, I still have five hundred pounds from selling the magic potion formula.

Bernadette flicked her fingers.

Inspired by spirituality, after a while, words appeared on the paper.

Roy took it, and the previous emotions disappeared.

It says--

Sequence 6, Professor Scroll.

Main materials: 20g of bark from the Sage Tree, deep-sea octopus brain.

Auxiliary materials: 80 ml of pure water, 5 drops of purple datura juice, 10g of deep-sea octopus ink, 5g of sage tree juice.

Professor Scroll's potion recipe.

Praise the Queen of Mystery!

A smile appeared on Roy's face.

"Don't these materials exist within the organization?"

"The auxiliary materials can be fully included. For the sake of previous news, the brain of the deep-sea octopus can be sold to you at market price, and you can collect the bark of the Sage Tree yourself."

After Bernadette answered, she continued to explain, "This is the best treatment."

Roy accepted the note.

"Do you need any help from me regarding Lanerwus?"

"Being not."

Bernadette looked forward, as if staring at the empty night sky.

Spiritual power surrounds you.

After a few seconds, she said: "I asked Hyde to take that boy away. Please pay attention recently. If there is a similar coincidence, you can directly read my honorable name."

As she spoke, she spoke her honorary name——

"The Holy Spirit who pursues knowledge, the beacon of the mysterious world..."

"it is good."

Roy nodded heavily without asking why——

His instinct told him not to inquire into this matter.

Bernadette smiled and said, "Goodbye."

The next moment, the dark forest and pea vines all disappeared in front of him, and the little boy fell unconscious. The influence of the hidden sage on him had been eliminated.

but.

What happened to him still made Roy feel horrified.

In a short period of time, he would not dare to enter the mysterious palace next to the other party.

After tying up the other party, the little boy sat quietly in the living room.

He didn't struggle, he just looked at Roy with terrifyingly quiet eyes.

"What's your name?"

"Cano Padra."

The little boy said calmly.

Roy frowned.

Kano's state seemed to have lost his emotions. He had no mood swings about anything and acted very rationally.

When the influence of the Hidden Sage was still there, he even had a suspected ability to "predict".

He couldn't help but ask curiously.

"What has happened to you before?"

“My parents died, and I was heartbroken, and then I prayed to a great being, and He answered me.”

He replied nonchalantly.

"You were tied up by me, weren't you afraid that I would kill you?"

"You won't kill me."

The little boy answered quietly.

The spirituality in Roy's eyes faded, and the blessing of the eye to see into secrets weakened.

His heart was very heavy.

this little boy...

Bernadette did eliminate the influence of the Hidden Sage on the opponent, but some effects had already been caused and were irreversible.

That is--

His emotions are the same as those of the Hidden Sage, possessing a terrifying calmness, and nothing can shake his emotions.

Kano's human emotions were destroyed.

If all things have divinity, now only the "divine" part is left.

Is this the salvation He performs?
Roy was silent for a while.

He clenched his fists, and then slowly relaxed them. He no longer thought about Kano, and instead began to think carefully about this "coincidence."

this matter……

It can be regarded as a warning to yourself from above.

He could no longer get close to the "population" thing, otherwise the person who came next time might not be a little boy, but a pillar of the Moss Trappist Order.

He warned himself not to come any closer to the truth.

but.

Even if there is no "coincidence", the hidden sage's harm to the little boy is real, not to mention, the madness caused by the other party is not the only one.

In your lifetime, you must deal with the Hidden Sage and put an end to the terrible madness he brought to this path.

The next morning.

Roy woke up early and exercised in his own designated gym.

after a while.

"Ding dong!"

The doorbell rings below.

Roy glanced down.

Hyde is here.

He went down to open the door, and Hyde took off his hat.

"Not long after we met, the queen gave me an order to pick up a little boy."

"follow me."

Roy walked upstairs and said as he walked, "His name is Cano Padra. It should be noted that he does not have normal human emotions."

"No normal human emotions?"

Hyde frowned.

Roy nodded slightly: "Yes, I feel like his emotions were erased by the Hidden Sage."

"and many more!"

Hyde suddenly stopped, shocked, "What did you say? The influence of the hidden sage?"

Roy looked back strangely.

"Yeah, didn't the Queen of Mystery tell you?"

"No, he just asked me to pick him up and take him with him for a while."

Hyde opened his mouth, and finally fell silent.

Related to the Hidden Sage...

In a place like Backlund, it was really challenging for him to bring a child who had been influenced by the Hidden Sage.

Roy coughed slightly and explained sheepishly.

"Actually, it's okay. The hidden sage part of him has been eliminated by the Queen."

"I hope so."

Hyde was expressionless.

Walking upstairs, he saw the boy tied up.

Seeing the scars on the other party's body and the heartless, soulless eyes, he instantly softened and let out a long sigh.

"The Hidden Sage is truly an evil god!"

"Yes."

Roy answered briefly.

but.

Kano raised his head and looked at them with his calm eyes.

"He is great, He makes me feel no sorrow or pain..."

At this moment, Hyde tightened his grip on his cane.

He let out a long breath.

"Come with me. I will take care of you for the next period of time. When our ship arrives, I will send you to another place."

"This is what the Queen of Mystery means."

Hyde said to the boy.

Kano nodded.

He is very well-behaved, has never known fear, and can easily make the most rational judgments.

Roy watched the two people leave.

In his heart, there was one more reason to be promoted to "hermit".

perhaps.

This is one of my "missions" to travel through time.

of course.

Or maybe there is no mission at all.

In a world like this, just staying alive requires a lot of strength.After they left, half an hour later, Roy entered the mysterious hall.

Memories come flooding back.

"Adam's warning?"

"Or is it the current 008? Who got it and replaced Ince's original position?"

He sat in a chair and thought for a long time.

In any case, it will definitely be beneficial to you to stay away from sensitive places like "population" for the time being.

Roy felt powerless again.

Fortunately-

I obtained the Sequence 6 potion formula.

The two main materials are difficult to obtain in Backlund, but through the Tarot Society and Elder Lovia, there may be a way to obtain them quickly.

But for now, my focus is still on digesting the "Wizard".

Then, he took out the extraordinary characteristics.

Extraordinary characteristics of barbarians.

Counting the extraordinary characteristics of the barbarian and lawyer that were previously split, he already has a lot of extraordinary characteristics in reserve.

It's a pity that in the Church of Steam, he has no way to access the knowledge of craftsmen, otherwise Roy would have already tried to create extraordinary items through the mysterious palace.

Then, Roy looked at the ring.

This ring was taken off Anol's body, and it was suspected to have twisted abilities. At least at the time Anol used it, it seemed that he wanted to reverse the effect of his spell.

but.

Arnold didn't know that Roy's spells attacked indiscriminately, without distinguishing between friend and foe. He was not afraid because of the mysterious palace and the "resistance" accumulated over a long period of time.

After some appraisal, he roughly understood the ring's ability.

It is indeed related to the Corrupted Baron, but it is not a combination of extraordinary characteristics, but the sequence pollution produced after the mysterious death of a Corrupted Baron.

and so.

Extraordinary characteristics cannot be separated from it, and it only has one "distortion" ability, and the negative effects are also very large——

After using the distortion ring, the user's heart will gradually be contaminated and distorted, until finally he becomes extremely greedy, dark, and completely loses his mind.

Taking off the ring for a day can eliminate the negative effects.

"A very useful ring."

"No wonder the leader of the Werther Party dared to let Arnall guard the cellar alone."

Roy's face showed joy.

With it, this trip is worth it.

After that, he took out the barbarian's extraordinary properties.

Roy had an idea.

Previously, he developed the "Crazy Transformation Technique".

Use mad grass as a spell-casting medium to achieve extraordinary abilities similar to those of barbarians.

Crazy grass is too expensive.

As the main material of Sequence 8, the price of a mad grass is at least three hundred pounds, or even higher.

Using sequence 8 main materials to cast spells is pure waste. Even if the main material belongs to the extraordinary sequence, it is difficult to damage it, but the crazy grass itself can.

In case of strange situations such as the transfer of some of the Extraordinary characteristics of the Kuanghua Grass...

It can easily lead to unpredictable consequences.

So, he had an idea——

Extraordinary properties are more stable and difficult to damage than extraordinary materials. This is why extraordinary items are most often made of extraordinary properties.

Can extraordinary properties be used as casting materials for witchcraft?

If it were feasible, there would be no need to search the streets for materials, let alone spend so many gold pounds.

After several deductions and divination, Roy came to the conclusion——

Can try!

……

Returning to reality from magic, Roy took out the extraordinary characteristics of the barbarian and began to try to cast spells.

Focus your spirit.

Outline witchcraft symbols.

third step--

Roy held the barbarian's extraordinary characteristics and chanted a spell in ancient Hermes to strengthen the witchcraft symbol: "Go crazy!"

Target: yourself.

In an instant, he felt a wave of frantic emotions arise in his mind.

Subsequently.

With one punch, the wind howled.

Both strength and speed are much stronger than before.

The madness technique works!
A smile appeared on Roy's lips, and the next moment, he felt subtle signs of digestion.

"Studying witchcraft can also speed up digestion."

"wizard……"

As he was thinking about it, the space suddenly became distorted, and a figure appeared in front of him.

Roy was startled.

"Why did you come here without a sound?"

"letter."

Nina spat out a letter.

"who?"

"Joker's."

Nina said.

Oh, Kline.

Roy opened the envelope and found that it was indeed Klein's handwriting. He wrote the recent events in the letter.

"Dunn wakes up, but falls into madness and needs to digest and ease the madness step by step."

Not unexpected.

He continued to look down.

"I have arrived in Backlund and am currently renting on Minx Street."

"Mr. Azik will take another two or three days."

Klein, what are you reminding me?
Roy smiled silently, then put away the letter. Then he saw Nina's bright eyes staring at him, and then he remembered his previous promise.

He had no choice but to think about it and prepare to tell the other party a story.

……

Roy didn't leave the house for the next two days.

He decided to settle down for a while.

Then, he encountered no special "coincidence".

As long as there are no special events, Roy's life will return to normal.

This also made him sure of one thing.

008 definitely fell into the hands of someone else, and the other person was probably a member of the Witch Sect——

If the warning this time was made by "Adam", then the other party would have done it more quietly, and it would not have been such a coincidence and alarming.

of course.

It's also possible that Adam wasn't interested in him, so he warned him to stay away from the matter.

This relieved him.

If it was really Adam's gaze, he would not even wait for Lanerwus, but would ask Bernadette to help him carry the bucket and run away tomorrow.

"It's better to provide more information from now on. Just let Klein handle this kind of thing."

The other party is protected by a goddess.

Dancing in a minefield won't kill you.

I am different.

Roy divined the time and the current situation of Forsi, and was ready to fish for people at any time——

Today is the night of the full moon.

……

Night falls and the moon rises quietly.

In an apartment in Jowood District, Forsi was lying on the bed, quietly waiting for the time to come.

A few minutes later, she heard the terrible murmur again.

Tonight——

Not just gibbering, but also terrible roars.

Her nails were embedded in her flesh, her hair began to grow disorderly and crazily, and a little bit of granulation appeared on her face.

Forsi couldn't help it anymore.

She prayed painfully——

"Eyes that see into the future."

"The leader of the mysterious palace..."

Read the second sentence.

A flood of information enveloped her.

Immediately, she appeared in the mysterious palace.

Forsi opened his eyes tiredly, and then said bitterly: "Thank you for your protection, great Mr. Hermit."

"This is my promise."

Roy smiled lightly.

Forsi lowered her head. She originally wanted to try to resist on her own, but she found that with her own ability, it was still difficult to resist Full Moon's ravings.

She sat down and recalled some memories.

Then—

A page from the diary emerged.

At the same time, there is a page with some intelligence information written on it.

She offered it respectfully.

"Mr. Hermit, the first one is the diary, and the second one is the information about the Moss Ascetic Society that I collected at the party."

Roy put away the two pieces of paper.

Then, he frowned slightly.

This page of diary contains some daily trivial matters. The initial page looks like Russell's content, with various experiences written on it.

During this time, he also wrote that he was sick.

"On July 7, I was much better."

"On August 8th, I will set off again and continue my journey!"

It doesn't seem to be a problem.

but.

He didn't know why, but he always felt a little weird. After looking at it carefully two or three times, Roy put it aside temporarily.

"Perhaps Bernadette knows something. Based on her memories, we can compare and confirm more information. Unfortunately, I can't ask her directly."

"It would make myself look more suspicious."

Later, Roy couldn't help but think of what happened that day.

Bernadette said——

Cattleya's fate has changed.

As a master of prophecy, she may have sensed something, including reminding herself of the frequency of "coincidences."

Although Bernadette had previously asked Heide to come to Tingen to find her, which in itself indicated a certain problem, before a complete showdown, it was best not to be too direct.

Then he looked at the second page.

On this piece of paper, it was written that Forsi saw a rather suspicious person, and after some verification, he was confirmed to be a member of the "Moss Ascetic Order".

"Some way" is to trade with Hyde, right?
but.

The fact that she was able to collect this information was already a reflection of her extreme efforts.

Roy was relieved.

Forsi also marked the other party's previous activities on it.

Quayside?
What are the Trappists doing there?
He put down the paper.

"Mr. Hermit, I originally wanted to investigate in depth, but there has been a bit of chaos in the East District recently, so I don't dare to go..."

Forsi said with some uneasiness.

Roy chuckled and said, "There's no rush."

"Thank you for your magnanimity and kindness."

"Come here."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)