Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Intis Empire, capital Trier.

The top floor of the Intis Security Bureau office building belongs to the office of the Director of the Security Bureau.

Bernadette sat at her desk, dealing with a mountain of documents.

Since Russell's return, Bernadette has successively begun to hold many positions in the Intis government, and the director of the General Administration of External Security is one of them.

The reason why she, the angel, personally served as the director was not because of how greedy he was for power.On the contrary, Bernadette actually hates dealing with these troublesome things.But after all, Russell had just returned from resurrection and had no trustworthy subordinates at all. Many things could only be left to Bernadette, the only trustworthy daughter.

In order to complete the task more efficiently, Bernadette will also select suitable members from the Dawn of Elements to serve in the government.

On the one hand, Elemental Dawn was originally an organization founded by Bernadette. In addition, these people's current power is completely dependent on Russell, so there is no need to worry about loyalty.On the other hand, these members can also use this to complete their identity transformation from 'secret organization members who everyone shouts about beating' to 'official law enforcement officers who are bright and upright', which is a win-win situation.

For example, today's General Administration of External Security has many members of Elements Liming in it, who are mainly responsible for reviewing internal personnel.

Although nominally, the responsibilities of the General Administration of External Security are limited to handling external events.

However, as the first organization to surrender to Russell, Russell also reciprocated the favor and gave the General Administration of External Security great powers. It has single-handedly handled all internal and external affairs. The word "external" can be removed.

On the contrary, the intelligence agency that was originally responsible for internal affairs has been controlled by the top leaders of the former Intis Republic for a long time and has never been trusted by Russell. Now it is completely idle and has no real power.

After Bernadette finished processing one document, she picked up another document on the table. She scanned the document with her beautiful eyes and quickly extracted the keywords:
Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Esoteric Order, Orville, Dilan...

Bernadette frowned slightly, and an invisible message was quickly transmitted from the office to the mind of someone downstairs.

dong dong!

After a while, there was a knock on the door. When Bernadette's voice came from inside the house, the other party pushed the door open and entered.

There were two people entering the office. The leader was a tough-looking young man. He was wearing a general's uniform, with a prim and serious face, and meticulously combed light blond hair. They were followed by a man in a suit and leather shoes, who looked nervous and looked like a clerk. dark-haired middle-aged man.

Bernadette picked up the documents on the table and showed them to the young man in front of her, and said calmly:
"Donald, how much do you know about this document?"

Donald Bush, former Director of the General Administration of Foreign Security, current Deputy Director of the General Administration of Foreign Security, and the 'War Bishop' of the Red Priest Path Sequence 3.The other party was a demigod who was promoted during the Russell Empire, and was considered one of his father's former team members.

Since he was already a demigod when the First Empire of Intis fell, he was not purged by the Second Republic, but remained in a high position.Of course, being in a high position is also relative.

As a 'War Bishop', the army is undoubtedly the best bet for the opponent, so during the First Empire, he was one of the top leaders of the army.

During the Second Republic, although he was still a general and a demigod, he was forced to be transferred from the army, where his strength was better utilized, to the capital to serve as the director of the General Security Bureau. This was actually a rise and fall in secret.

On the one hand, it is the kindness that Russell once promoted, and on the other hand, it is the cold reception of the Second Republic.So when Russell returned from the resurrection, Donald Bush immediately switched to the Second Reich with the Directorate General of External Security.

Donald Bush pointed to the middle-aged man beside him and explained meticulously:
"His name is Antoine. He was once a member of the Secret Order. Recently, for some reason, he heard the words 'Orville... Dilan' for no reason. And according to his understanding, there are senior government officials who are looking for the Secret Order. The members of the association are suspected to be related to the babble."

once?Bernadette doesn't care who the other person was in the past. Most of the people in this organization were officials of the Second Republic of Intis. Aren't they also working for her father's Second Empire now?

"Tell me the specific situation, the more detailed the better." Bernadette put down the document and said calmly.

"Yes Yes."

Antoine wiped his cold sweat and explained with some anxiety:

"I am the 'Faceless Man' in Sequence 6 of the Seer Path. Many members of the Secret Order are in this sequence. Therefore, most of them will join the intelligence agencies of various countries at the request of the Secret Order to give full play to their extraordinary abilities."

"I don't know if all Extraordinaries on the diviner path are like this, but at least within the Secret Order, all members will hear the murmurs of 'Honakis... Fregra...' when they are promoted. These rants It does not appear only after a certain promotion, but every promotion is accompanied by such babble, and the higher the rank, the stronger the influence of babble, and many members have lost control because of this."

"Of course, if your spirituality is exhausted, you will occasionally hear similar gibbering. But since I was promoted to Sequence 6, I have stayed in this sequence for a long time, and I have never been overworked or exhausted my spirituality. My mental state has always been It’s very stable, and I haven’t taken any magic potions to try to get promoted.”

"But a few days ago, I suddenly heard babble. The content of the babble was different from before, but there were only two words, Orville and Dilan. I have exchanged information with other members of the Secret Order, and it seems that not everyone will hear it. Similar nonsense."

Bernadette interrupted him and asked:
"There are frequent contacts among members of the Secret Order?"

Antoine hurriedly explained:
"Members of the Secret Order are prohibited from communicating with each other privately. Frequent communication is a recent thing. Because all the top leaders of the Secret Order suddenly disappeared some time ago, and after that..."

He paused for a moment before continuing:

"After that, there were rumors that the leader who founded the Secret Order had died, and those of us completely lost contact with the Secret Order. In order to be able to contact the organization, we began to contact in private, using the extraordinary abilities of the 'Faceless Man' The specialties identified each other, established several secret gatherings, and agreed to exchange information regularly every week.”

In fact, if it weren't for the chaos within the Secret Order and the suspected death of its leader, Antoine would not have confessed his identity to the top brass of the General Security Bureau so easily, no matter how strong Russell came back.

Bernadette asked:
"How many people were at your party? How many other people are in a similar situation to you?"

Antoine answered honestly:

"There are 13 people in total. Others should not be able to hear the gibbering, but it cannot be ruled out that this is just their disguise."

As a member of the Secret Order, Antoine knew very well how cautious these old men were.As 'faceless men' on the diviner path, they can perfectly control every muscle on their faces, which makes them extremely good at hiding their emotions and will never leave any trace in front of outsiders.

Bernadette didn't stop and continued to ask:
"What do Orville and Dilan represent?"

"I do not know."

Antoine shook his head and explained:
"I am only the outermost member of the Secret Order, and I have lost contact with the organization. I know very little information. However, regarding Dilan, I heard that the senior leaders in the society mentioned that our mysterious and terrifying leader once called a building The ancient castle in Dilan is hidden." When he recalled that existence, Antoine couldn't help but tremble, even though he seemed to have died.But the terrifying legends and substantial destruction He left behind are enough to give people nightmares for a lifetime...

It is no exaggeration to say that if that person stood in front of him, he could turn the entire building, the entire street, and the entire city into puppets in an instant, and then control them to commit suicide.

This process was so fast that even the angels had no time to react and save everyone.

Bernadette looked at Donald and asked:
"What does this have to do with the foreign minister?"

Donald thought about it and said:

"The Minister of Foreign Affairs has been in private contact with the top leaders of the Secret Order. They are looking for members of the Secret Order who can hear the whispers. It seems that they hope to find 'Orville' and 'Dilan'."

Bernadette thought for a while and suddenly asked:

"What do you think these two words mean?"

Donald shook his head:
"I don't know, maybe it's a treasure, maybe it's a trap."

Bernadette thought thoughtfully. Extraordinaries in the diviner path would hear clear murmurs when they were promoted. They were two words:
'Honakis', 'Fregera'.

The former is a place name pointing to the Honakis Mountains.

The latter is a personal name, pointing to Fregra, the ancient god of the Second Age, the Demonic Wolf of Destruction.

The truth behind this nonsense is that the ancestor of the Antigonus family is sleeping on the top of the Hornakis Mountains. He hopes to use this to lure the extraordinary people in the path of the soothsayer to go to the Hornakis Mountains.

Since the member of the Antigonus family was eliminated by Mr. Fool, this kind of nonsense has naturally disappeared.

Extraordinaries on the diviner path will no longer be troubled by gibbering.

But now some members of the Esoteric Order suddenly heard blabbering. Although the content of the rants has changed, the essence is to lure extraordinary people on the path of diviners to go to the location mentioned in the raves to find the so-called 'treasure'.

The only doubt is, who did this raving come from?

First of all, it is certain that gibbering must belong to the angels of the diviner path, and only angels can do similar things.

But the problem is, the ancestors of the Antigonus family and Zaratul have both fallen, who can this 'babble' come from?
"Zarath is not completely dead yet?" Bernadette said to herself silently.

Her father once said that if all impossibilities are eliminated, whatever is left, no matter how unbelievable, is the truth.

The death of the ancestors of the Zaratul and Antigonus families was personally carried out, so in theory there should be no mistakes.But there are exceptions to everything. For example, Zaratul, like the ancestor of the Antigonus family, possesses an additional extraordinary characteristic of the 'Miracle Master'.

The ancestors of the Antigonus family were affected by the eternal sleep of the goddess of the night, and even if they had extra 'Miracle Master' extraordinary characteristics, they could not plan ahead.But Zaratul is different. As an angel who has lived from the Fourth Age to the present, his vigilance is even higher than that of the Antigonus family. He can definitely use the extra extraordinary characteristics of the 'Miracle Master' to make a difference. .

Moreover, according to the information obtained by Bernadette, Zaratul has been trying to separate excess extraordinary characteristics for resurrection——

This is a skill the other party learned from her father.

Sequence 0 of the Black Emperor pathway, even if it has fallen and its extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness have been divided up by others, can still be resurrected and return, and forcibly strip off the extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness that have been accommodated by others, and become the true god of Sequence 0 again. .

This is an extraordinary ability that belongs exclusively to the Black Emperor path, but Zaratul saw an opportunity in it - since the Black Emperor can be resurrected, and the Miracle Master can also be resurrected, then the angels of the Seer path may not be able to use methods similar to the Black Emperor. resurrection.

For example, he separated some of his extraordinary characteristics and hid them somewhere in a specific way.In this way, even if Zaratul's body has fallen, he can be resurrected with the help of these extraordinary characteristics.

The murmurs heard by the members of the Secret Order should be one of the backup tools He left behind to awaken Him, guiding them to the designated place to resurrect Him.

Antoine must not have been the only one to hear similar gibbering. Someone at the top of the Secret Order must also have heard the gibbering, and there must have been more content.Antoine only heard the words 'Auville' and 'Delan', and the demigod might be able to clearly know what this location represents - such as the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 2.

In this way, even if the top brass of the Secret Order knew it was a trap, they would definitely step into it willingly.

After all, that is the extraordinary characteristic of Sequence 2, and it is the key to their promotion to angels.

But the demigods of this path are notoriously cautious, and they will not risk their lives easily.Therefore, it is necessary to use other people to test the danger of the trap, such as mid-sequence Extraordinaries like Antoine.

If he can hear gibbering, he is qualified to enter the trap.

However, his strength is limited, and the demigods can ensure control over him with their absolute strength.

However, although Sequence 6 is not strong enough, as long as it is further cultivated into Sequence 5, it can be used as the main force for exploring traps.

But even so, this is just a 'family matter' within the Secret Order.

The purpose of the Foreign Minister's intervention is obvious - the Steam Church is the only one in Intis who can check Russell. But now the Steam Church has obviously compromised, which makes the top leaders of the Intis government unable to see the victory. hope.

Therefore, they can only hope to introduce external forces to continue to compete, and a Sequence 2 angel is naturally their key target.

Whether members of the Secret Order gain extraordinary characteristics and are promoted to angels, or Zaratul returns from resurrection, they can win the support of an angel for them.In this way, perhaps they can maintain their power for this fragile balance.

"Naive idea."

Bernadette whispered to herself that Zaratul could not save them, it would only accelerate their destruction.