Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Chapter 155 Why Do You Use What Other People Give You?
night.

Saint Samuel Church, in a quiet room.

Wearing a black windbreaker and red gloves, Leonard Mitchell, with black hair and blue eyes, opened the door and walked into the room. Dunn Smith, with a pair of deep gray eyes, was standing in front of the window and looking out quietly. red moon.

Leonard walked into the room and said in a relaxed tone:
"Captain, there is good news. Benson has successfully passed the unified examination for government employees. They will come to Backlund after the New Year."

Dunn turned around, smiled and said, "It's indeed good news."

Compared to Tingen, where the highest Sequence 7 Extraordinary sits, Backlund, which has a large number of mid-sequence Extraordinary and even high-sequence Extraordinary, is undoubtedly safer.Especially after the last 'big cleaning' to clean up a large number of mice hiding in the dark, Backlund will undoubtedly be safer.

The most important thing is that they are all here and can also help take care of one or two.

Dunn thought for a while, and exhorted:
"When the time comes, try to arrange them in the North District."

"I see."

Leonard nodded slightly, "The church arranges a place for each nighthawk, and I can give them my place."

Although Klein's pension was a full 6000 pounds, it was enough for the Benson brothers and sisters to live well.But this doesn't mean that they can rest easy, because they owe Klein their lives, which is far from being compensated by 6000 gold pounds!
"Yeah." Dunn nodded slightly, but didn't say anything else. He just turned around and continued to look at the red moon outside the window, with the corners of his mouth upturned.

Leonard saw the corners of Dunn's mouth drawn from the side, and asked a little strangely:

"Captain, what are you laughing at?"

Dunn chuckled and said, "I think of happy things."

He met Sherlock twice, once in a dream, investigating Dr. Allen's nightmare events.The other time was just a few days ago, when he was in charge of investigating Jason Beria, the murderer who assassinated Duke Negan.

And the results of these two meetings were completely different. The first time he didn't even doubt the extremely similar appearance of Sherlock and Klein, but the second time he could see the similarity between the two at a glance.

There is only one explanation for this—the first meeting was in a dream, and he may have been blinded by some kind of power, so he didn't notice it at all.As for the second meeting, it was not in a dream, and this meeting was probably beyond the expectations of that Sherlock detective.

More importantly, he investigated that Sherlock detective and found that his earliest record was that he came to Backlund on August 8 and rented the house at No. 26 Minsk Street.And that day happened to be the second day after Klein was buried.

These may not be conclusive evidence, but it is enough for Dunn, he believes in his own judgment.

It's just that, even though these have been confirmed, Dunn has no intention of recognizing the other party.Because on the one hand, Klein doesn't seem to intend to recognize him, no matter what the reason is, Dunn respects Klein's choice.Of course, Dunn thinks this is very likely because Klein feels that he can't explain to the church how he 'turned around'.

Dunn also couldn't explain this point.Therefore, he and Leonard also concealed their 'resurrection'.

On the other hand, the concern was that Ince Zangwill, the culprit who almost caused the evil god to descend, was still alive!

Having become red gloves, they are qualified to learn more about the sealed item '0-08', especially when they are responsible for hunting down Ince Zangwill.

As for Ince Zangwill, who owns '0-08', every move of these 'informed persons' is under his surveillance.This also means that they are almost completely transparent in the eyes of Ince Zangwill, and the only thing that can keep a secret is their thinking.

If he had only met 'Sherlock Moriarty', Ince Zangwill would not have noticed anything.But if he and Klein recognize each other, then Ince Zangwill, who once killed Klein himself, will also know that Klein is still alive.

Being able to force Ince Zangwill to do it himself is enough to show that he hates Klein to the bone.And if he knew that Klein was still alive, and also revealed the secret of Klein's ability to 'return the dead', it would undoubtedly make Klein's situation extremely dangerous!

So until Ince Zangwill was completely executed, he would not attempt to recognize Klein, nor would he take any action to expose Klein.Even when investigating Sherlock Moriarty, he would investigate together with other detectives who were involved with Jason Beria, and Sherlock's intelligence was mixed in and it was not conspicuous.

of course.

The premise is that all this is out of his own will, not from the coincidence made by '0-08'.
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Outside the Bar of the Brave, a rented carriage briskly passed by.

In the carriage, Klein, who was wearing a half-height silk top hat, and Sharon, who was still wearing a black gothic court dress, sat facing each other.Looking at the expressionless pale face of the former bodyguard lady, Klein really had no way to exchange pleasantries, so he could only get straight to the point:
"I'm ready."

After listening quietly, Sharon said concisely:

"tonight?"

She raised the end of her voice slightly to indicate that she was asking.

"If you have no problem, then I have no problem." Klein responded well prepared.

In fact, at first he planned to ask Ember to dig the grave together.But considering that Miss Sharron might not be able to accept the participation of strangers, Klein still gave up this plan.After all, Sharon didn't even call Maric who was with him, and Klein couldn't casually let others join.

Moreover, he has already been promoted to Sequence 6 'Faceless Man', and Klein still has several powerful magical items in his hands, so he is not completely unconfident about exploring the underground ruins.

"Okay." Sharon nodded.

The scene was quiet for a few seconds, and Klein asked after deliberation:

"Have you heard about mermaids, do you know where you can meet this legendary creature?"

Sharon looked at Klein with blue eyes without blinking, as if she had transformed into a real puppet.

After a while, she said without emotional ups and downs:

"Where human footprints can reach, there are no mermaids. Only the fishermen of the Gargas Islands will occasionally hear the singing of mermaids in the storm during the long voyage to hunt white-tailed whales."

Located in the depths of the Sunya Sea, the Gargas Islands are the farthest point of human colonization in this ocean, featuring products such as whale oil and whale meat.

Similar to the information given by 'The Hanged Man', Klein felt slightly regretful, but still nodded slightly:

"I understand."
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Queens, the luxury villa of Earl Hall's family.

Audrey put on a white napkin and watched the dining maid cut the steak for herself, placed the foie gras and jade sauce, spread jam on the soft bread, added sauce to the barbecue, and the sumptuous dinner flickered under the light of many candles With an attractive color.

In a real aristocratic family, there are many types of maids. In addition to personal maids, there are also maids in different bedrooms, study maids, living room maids, guest room maids, clothing maids, shoe maids, jewelry maids, dining maids, laundry maids, kitchen maids, To ensure strict correspondence, one servant for one thing.

Although this is a waste of manpower to a large extent, for nobles, decency is everything, and unless there are many debts, the requirements for similar aspects will not be lowered.As one of the largest bankers in the country, Earl Hall obviously wouldn't be short of this money.

Audrey took a sip of the maroon tea, letting the faint aroma of malt and rose linger in her mouth.

Sitting next to her was supposed to be her mother, Lady Catelyn, but was now reduced to embers.In fact, every time Ember had a meal in the villa, her mother would take the initiative to sit on the other side to make room for Ember.As for the reason for doing so, both Audrey and others are well aware of it.

At this time, she heard her father, a member of the Kingdom's House of Lords, the great banker Earl Hall, muttering to the newspaper in his hand:

"It's crazy!"

Audrey blinked and asked curiously:
"Could it be that the Aurora Society assassinated another ambassador or duke?"

In addition to the assassination of the ambassador of the Republic of Intis at the beginning, the "deed" of the assassination of Duke Negan a few days ago was also counted on the Aurora Society for some reason, and it is difficult for Earl Hall's reaction to make people wonder whether it is Aurora Who will be assassinated again.

"Oh, baby, you don't want to know, this time it's not an assassination, it's the Aurora Society who stole the tomb of a noble from the Fourth Epoch!"

Earl Hall shook his head while flipping through the newspaper, and there was even a hint of anger in his tone.

Hibbert Hall was slightly taken aback, swallowed the grilled mushroom in his mouth, and asked doubtfully:

"Which ancient noble's tomb was stolen?"

Unlike what newspapers and magazines imagined, the dinner of a noble family is not serious and there is no need to keep silent.This is a rare time for family members to gather together, and they chat casually about various light topics while eating, so as to exchange feelings and strengthen bonds.

Earl Hall put down the newspaper, shook his head and sighed:

"That mausoleum belongs to the Amon family."

"Amon?"

Ember was slightly taken aback, and the action of cutting the steak paused for a moment.

Oh, that's what I did, that's all right.

As for the Aurora Society being responsible, well, it’s actually quite good, anyway, the Aurora Society probably won’t care about it, let alone come out to clarify.Thinking of this, Ember immediately continued to slice the steak and stuffed it into his mouth as if nothing had happened, letting the plump and delicious gravy bloom in his mouth.

Hearing this, Hibbert couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed, and sighed:

"The once prominent family has long been destroyed, and even the tombs of the ancestors are not peaceful."

The Quaternary Epoch is the era before the current "Dark Iron Era". The history about it is full of fog, and there are many deficiencies. Even unearthed tombs, ancient cities and documents are very few. With the aid of the seven major churches' vague theological classics that focus on faith education, we can barely piece together a little "original appearance".

And the Amon family is one of the great nobles that are rarely recorded among them. He rose up in the Tudor dynasty in the fourth era, and was also one of the five major families that supported the establishment of the Tudor dynasty.It is no exaggeration to say that the status of this family in the Tudor dynasty is even more prominent than Duke Negan who was assassinated a few days ago!
Today, thousands of years later, this once prominent family no longer exists, and people even have to dig their graves after death.As an aristocrat, Earl Hall naturally couldn't avoid the anger of some rabbits and foxes.After all, although it is only the tomb of the Amon family that has been stolen, who knows if it will be the turn of the Hall family in a hundred years?

Audrey moved slightly, and calmly cut a piece of steak from her ranch. After observing Earl Hall's expression, she asked curiously:
"Father, even if the tomb of the Amon family was stolen, the murals in it should also help us understand the history of the Quaternary Epoch?"

"That's the whole point."

Earl Hall shook his head and said in a deep voice, "The Aurora Society not only stole the tomb of the Amon family, but even installed a large number of high-performance explosives to blast it afterwards. Now the entire tomb has been completely destroyed! Including murals and ancient books Including documents, everything that may have historical value has disappeared with the collapse of the mausoleum."

"Explosion?" Audrey opened her mouth, apparently in disbelief.

Forget about tomb robbers, why do you want to explode after the fact, how can there be such grave robbers!No, if it's the Aurora Society, maybe they can really do this kind of thing, after all, judging from the descriptions of Ember and other members of the Tarot Society, it's obvious that the Aurora Society is full of mentally abnormal lunatics.

Ember suddenly asked:

"When did this happen?"

"Just this afternoon."

Earl Hall pointed to the front page of the newspaper and sighed regretfully, "This is today's evening paper. The archaeological team of the Church of Steam discovered this mausoleum. It was originally planned to carry out protective repairs and archaeology on it, but it was not until it arrived. It was discovered that this mausoleum had been destroyed by the Aurora Club. If the archaeological team could arrive a day earlier, perhaps this would not be the case.”

"Oh, that's fine."

Ember's expression returned to normal, and the collapse of the mausoleum obviously had nothing to do with him.

After all, his exploration was a few days ago, and although he did cause a little damage at that time.But the collapse will definitely not happen, at least he was fine when he left.However, there is a high probability that the Aurora Society is also responsible. They may not even know where this mausoleum is.

There is a high probability that the "archaeological team" of the Church of Steam accidentally collapsed the mausoleum, so they hurriedly published the matter in the newspaper and blamed it on the Aurora Society.After all, the mausoleum couldn't be collapsed by the official archaeological team, right?So no matter what, the truth can only be done by grave robbers like the Aurora Society!
While cutting the steak, Hibbert said with some emotion:

"Perhaps this is what Emperor Roselle said about the troubled times."

Duke Negan was assassinated twice, and the ambassador of the Republic of Intis was also assassinated. Two months ago, the Orthodox Church joined forces with the military and MI[-] to eliminate secret organizations. The mausoleum was destroyed...

All of this gives people a feeling that the mountains are about to come and the wind is full.Even people who don't know what happened can keenly sense that something is wrong.After all, the newspapers in previous years were far less 'colorful' than they are now. It's hard to describe it as a coincidence.

Earl Hall's knife and fork stopped, and he said solemnly:

"Hibert, Audrey, try to minimize going out during the period before the New Year's party."

Audrey pretended to be an innocent girl and whispered:

"It's so cold, even if Dad asks me to go out, I won't go out."

Earl Hall looked at Audrey with doting eyes, but at the same time felt a little helpless.

As for why it is limited to the New Year's party, it is actually easy to understand.Because according to the customs of the Loen Kingdom, nobles with fiefdoms will leave Backlund one week after the New Year's Ball, return to their territories, enjoy a happy life in the countryside or castles, and wait until June to return to the capital to start the day after day. social day.

Of course, Earl Hall, a powerful aristocrat and a big banker, must often travel between the two places to handle affairs.But Audrey and Madam Caitlin don't have to follow, they can stay in the castle in the territory until June.

Hearing this, Hibbert suddenly asked curiously:
"Ash, after the New Year's party, are you going to stay in Backlund or return to the territory of Winter County?"

Ember thought for a while, and replied:
"Should stay in Backlund."

"really."

Hibbert joked, "The winter in Backlund is already very cold. Although East Chester County is not very warm, it is at least much better than Winter County. At least if I were placed in Winter County, I would definitely Can't stay a day. But, "

After a pause, Hibbert gradually got to the point, and said with a smile, "Would you like to come to our family's territory to play? The family's territory is quite large, and there are many villages and towns under its rule. At that time, you can also Accompany Audrey on an outing, and go hunting by the way."

"You can think about it."

Ember thought for a while, then nodded lightly, not knowing if she really thought so or was just being polite.

Audrey immediately recognized Hibbert's implication, and lowered her head appropriately, causing a faint blush to appear on her fair cheeks.

And this undoubtedly made the Earl and his wife who saw this scene show a gratified aunt smile.
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There was an abandoned chapel in the middle of Williams Street, with dead vines covering the walls and gray stones scattered here and there.Inside the chapel, excrement and sundries are intertwined, and stone piles and withered grass are interspersed.

Under the deep darkness and the bleak crimson covering the edge, Klein and Miss Sharron blocked the baron, His Excellency Rafter Pound, who was trying to dig an underground passage to the underground ruins.

However, before he could say a few words, the baron suddenly came to a stone wall that was still in good condition with his eyes straightened. With his back hard, he slammed his head hard on it.

Boom boom boom!
He bumped it three times in a row, and fainted with blood on his forehead.

Klein and Sharon noticed the abnormality at the same time, and each responded accordingly. One of them filled the ruined chapel with crimson moonlight, and the other took out a copper-green cross, ready to soak it with blood at any time.

Immediately afterwards, the baron who should have fainted got up again, his eyes were bloodshot for some reason.

Raft Pound raised his right hand and wiped his forehead, leaving his palm full of blood.

He stuck out the tip of his tongue, licked the scarlet liquid, and said intoxicatedly:

"Tuduo's blood is really delicious, it's simply intoxicating.

"This will make my abomination exceed the limit to the maximum, and help me temporarily expand the boundary of the seal."

Holding the cross in one hand, Klein asked in a little astonishment:
"Evil spirits in the ruins?"

There were strands of blood running across Rafter Pound's face, and he smiled horribly:
"You guessed it..."

Rafter Pound's voice stopped abruptly, and he suddenly stared at the cross in Klein's hand.In the pupils, the blood red has completely infected the whites of the eyes, and negative emotions such as hatred, evil thoughts, and resentment spewed out, turning into acupuncture needles that almost condensed into substance, continuously infecting Klein's nerves.

"Who gave this to you?!"

(End of this chapter)