Mystery: Mr. Witch and Miss Hunter

Chapter 349 anticlimactic
After an unknown amount of time, Adele opened her eyes, and what caught her eyes was the sky that seemed to be burning and the luxuriant beech trees.

With some difficulty, she raised her hand to her eyes, and found that she was still wearing the navy cloak, dripping water. Adele used her tongue to sip the water drops on her face, it was salty.

The feeling of severe spiritual deficiency did not disappear. At this moment, she only felt a splitting headache, and it seemed that hundreds of seeds had been planted under the skin of her face.

"It seems that every time I lose consciousness or enter a sleep state, my consciousness will come to this world, and it will consume my spirituality to adjust my state to the most accustomed mode."

Adele thought to herself, when she came here before, she was always wearing the light white robe she wore when she was an assassin in the East District, full of spirituality, only this time, entering the City of Disaster with almost exhausted spirituality, still It is a state of spiritual exhaustion.

"However, since I can still appear here alive, it proves that they at least caught me up."

Thinking of this, Adele felt a little relieved, and gave up the idea of ​​returning to reality directly by committing suicide.

There is no fixed relationship between the time inside the City of Disasters and the time in the real world. Every time Adele feels the time in the City of Disasters and the time elapsed in the real world, it does not match at all. It seems that the only corresponding relationship between the two is that Adele Dyer's death in the city of disasters is equivalent to waking up in reality.

In this case, even if Adele explores the city of disaster for a while longer, it will not delay her being rescued in the real world.

"Now, you have to act first..."

Adele stood up and walked in the direction of the telegraph office in her memory.

Last time, she stayed in the outside world for too long and was finally killed by a dead body falling from a zelkova tree. So this time she chose the Telegraph Office in the Red City District as the target, trying to figure out why she appeared here. What is the purpose of the disaster city behind it.

After all, I can't just come here out of nowhere, the city of disaster must have its purpose.As for whether you want to cooperate or not, you have to wait until you figure it out first.

Soon, Adele came to the door of the weird telegraph office, and cautiously opened the door to enter.

However, she did not see Paavo Court and his female colleague Melanie, and the telegraph office was empty.

Carrying a revolver, Adele walked behind the window of the telegraph office, and found that there was still a pipe that hadn't been completely extinguished. The last time Pavocott was holding this thing to smoke.

The things in the room were randomly placed, and red and blue pencils, telegraph printing paper, playing cards, and white dice made of animal bones were scattered on the table.

They have always lived here, so it is impossible not to know that there will be a resurrection of the dead here at sunset; and now, it is not long before sunset, where did Melanie and the others go?

Adele was a little puzzled, so she decided to wait for the two to come back in the telegraph office.

There were newspapers on the table, and she picked one up and read it, and found that the date on it was the way the Solomon Empire dated at the beginning of the Fourth Epoch.

The current calendar commonly used in the Northern Continent has been revised by Russell, and the number of days in some months is significantly different from that of the Solomon Empire. For example, during the Solomon Empire, February had 30 days, but now it only has 29 days at most.

And the date on this newspaper is February [-]th, which should be from the time of the Solomon Empire.

Adele turned the newspaper to the front page, and found that the front page was about a major breakthrough in the nautical industry and the discovery of a brand new route leading to a brand new continent.

The crew leading there were insane without exception, and this route was also summed up in the few words that leaked when they occasionally regained their clarity.

No one would believe the nonsense of these crazy sailors, but fortunately they did not forget to leave evidence when they discovered the New World. The two old-fashioned cameras on the ship faithfully recorded everything they saw.

The newspaper quoted these groups of photos. Although the clarity is not high, Adele can still see that it is a continent completely surrounded by sunlight, full of vitality and plants that she has never seen before. Any sea area in the North Continent.

In addition, the newspapers also mentioned that the word "light" was repeatedly mentioned by those crazy navigators and sailors during their brief sobriety.

If you insist on explaining, the sun is indeed fierce on this continent, but is this level of connection worth remembering by a group of crazy sailors?
Adele put a question mark in her heart.The main body of the newspaper’s narrative seems not to be people from the northern and southern continents known to Adele, but the appearance of Melanie and Pawcourt is out-and-out from the southern continent, and they also use the chronological method of the northern continent, resulting in There is a strong sense of contrast and conflict.

Just as Adele was thinking about these things, there was a sudden sound of kicking footsteps at the door, and a figure wearing a white hooded robe with an invisible face walked into the telegraph office and headed straight for where Adele was. Walking over to the window, he bent his index finger and tapped the glass twice.

"Are you going to send a telegram? The operator here was out just now. You may have to wait until they come back."

Having learned the lessons of the previous two times, Adele tried to avoid conflicts with the other party.

The other party didn't speak, but just knocked on the glass window with his index finger harder, the knocking sound was disturbing.Adele waited for a while, but the man still didn't stop.

Could it be that this is one of the rules of City of Calamity, and there is no way to proceed without sending a telegram for him?
Adele hesitated and weighed it a bit. She felt that it was just a telegram, not a big deal, so she opened the window panel and signaled the other party to throw the note in.

Soon, a crumpled note was thrown into the window. Adele took out the note, walked to the telegraph, and began to type skillfully. Her fingers painted with red nail polish moved up and down flexibly, as if It's been done countless times.

No, why am I operating this typewriter?
The moment Adele typed the last character, she suddenly thought of this question.

The transmitter used by the telegraph office is quite different from the household one, and I am not a generalist, so how could I be able to operate it proficiently after reading it once?
Also, she's never had red nail polish!
"Need a draft, do you?"

Adele was horrified to find that she had said something she didn't want to say at all, and her voice was extremely strange, not like her own, but like the Melanie whose voice was ruined by second-hand smoke!
She twisted her neck vigorously and looked out of the window. At this moment, the people outside the window just raised their heads because of her words, showing a face exactly like Adele's with a faint smile!

Then, she felt that her body became stiff and she was about to lose the ability to move independently.

Exhausting her last strength, Adele pulled out the pistol that had not completely disappeared from her waist, aimed at her head and pulled the trigger.

After a bang, Adele sat up abruptly.

Tracy and the others surrounded her, seeming to be taken aback by her sudden awakening.

"...How long have I been unconscious?" Adele's first words when she woke up were to ask the people around her.

"Five hours."

Wendy took out her pocket watch and took a look, "Since you killed the last monster, there hasn't been any abnormality on board for the time being, and now we're heading towards Aleser."

"Although we quickly caught you after you fell into the water, you are still in a coma for some reason. Tracy speculates that it may be caused by a lack of spirituality."

Five hours... Adele took a deep breath. Originally, she thought that the time spent in the dreamland of the City of Disaster would only be longer than the real time. Unexpectedly, this time, the physical sensation time was only more than ten minutes. But five hours passed.

It should be the difference caused by that replacement...

Adele thought to herself, the biggest difference in entering the dream this time is that she was almost eroded by that Melanie's personality this time.

That kind of erosion will delay the speed of awakening in the real world?

Adele kept these messages in her heart and reminded herself not to die next time.

However, I still don't understand why all the creatures started to go berserk tonight?

If it wasn't for these creatures' sudden runaway, Adele might not be able to deal with these weird crew members who come and go without a trace so quickly.Although this has caused Adele a lot of trouble, it is still a bit anticlimactic compared to the atmosphere they created at the beginning.

Suspicious things happened one after another, Adele simply stopped thinking about it and tried to sit up from the bed.

Seeing that she was fine, everyone was relieved and gradually dispersed with relieved expressions.

Only Wendy still had doubts on her face, and she still stared at the dial of her pocket watch from time to time.

When she just crossed over and had no start-up funds, she wanted to sell some of the original owner's things from the flea market, but she met an old man in black robe there, and bought this pocket watch from him.

Wendy also doesn't remember how the old man persuaded her to buy this pocket watch. She even forgot what he looked like. She can only vaguely remember the old man's eyes that were as dark as the surface of water with a conspicuous softness. White long beard.

But now, of the four long scales on the dial, there is only a single 9 o'clock scale left at this time, and the others have fallen off and disappeared at some point.

……

Port of Indo.

Due to the time difference, it was still evening in Indo Port at this time, and the people in the parade yelled and yelled for a whole day, and exhausted a lot of energy, trying to find a place to fill their stomachs.

However, the surrounding shops have long had experience in dealing with gangsters and parades. They closed their doors as early as when they gathered, and took away all valuables in the shops.

——After all, it is inevitable that there will be physical conflicts during Feysac's parade. Because of their personalities, such conflicts will inevitably escalate, and it is not uncommon for them to turn into beatings, smashing, looting or zero-yuan purchases.

"Finally quiet down."

Annie sighed, and took out the cotton earplugs in her ears. Listening to these guys making noise at the door all day, her ears were almost callused.

Under the deliberate guidance of the forces behind it, the first target of this parade was the Feysac government and the God of War Church, which had lost the support of the true God. The reason was to start a war, and the Queen's Island Shipping Co., Ltd., which was the representative of Loen, was just incidental.

Therefore, apart from enduring a day of noise and having a few windows smashed when it was unprepared at first, the company suffered no damage.

"Well, it's almost time to let those people out."

Venata, who was sitting at the desk, nodded, and stretched out her hand to pull the bell rope in front of the desk. Soon, a company member in a thick cotton uniform walked into the room and saluted Venata.

Now, the original brand of the Esco family headquarters has long been taken off by Venata and replaced by the brand of Queen Island Shipping and Mining Co., Ltd., and the emblem has changed from the original sword-bladed pistol to honeysuckle and crown.

"Send out the prepared food."

Venata said to the man, the expression on her face was not unnatural.

After all, she did not forget the purpose that Adele told her. They tried to recruit believers in the Feysac Empire as much as possible. Although they had taken the status of government officials before, they just thought it was easy to do things.If Venata had to choose between the government and these people, she would definitely choose these ordinary people without hesitation.

Soon, a few company members carrying iron pots came to the avenue ahead, and under the escort of a group of bodyguards with live ammunition, they began to distribute white bread and soup to the bewildered marchers.

As for what this move symbolized, Venata didn't bother to delve into it.

He was already at odds with the people of the Church of God of War, so is it really necessary to work hard for them?Speaking of working hard, Venata, who was forcibly conscripted into the army, had already done it once during the invasion of Loen.

After the food distribution is over, let Azik Eggers go out to promote the teachings of the Gnosis Society that has been modified to a certain extent...

Venata narrowed her eyes, planning secretly.

Gnostics believe that the spirit is the essence of a person, and the body is just a cage that binds the spirit. People will do evil because they are affected by the body. They must gain knowledge through spirituality, so that the spirit can gradually be freed from the body, and then go through the tests of the astral body. , finally leave the material world, return to the purest and most authentic self, and obtain eternal salvation.

Although in Intis and Ruen, most of the senior members of the Gnosis Society were of the witch path, the original teachings did not include the belief in the original witch.

The believers of the Gnosis Society were either bewitched by high-level members and directly converted to the original witch, or based on the description of the spiritual world in the teachings, they forced the anchor point to the original witch who had the authority of the spiritual world and the true self.

However, the primordial witch is not the only one who possesses the authority of the spiritual world. She is above the spiritual world and reality. In the past, in the present, and in the future, the great ruler of the spiritual world, "The Fool", is also the target that this teaching can point to. .

As for the necessary connections...

Anyway, it can't be written down, so even if there are rumors that the "primordial witch" is actually the wife of "The Fool", it is logical... right?
(End of this chapter)