Mystery: Start with the Reader

v3 Chapter 51: Platform (1/9)

A quarter of an hour ago, afternoon town in a nightmare.

When Abner came to the church where Derrick and others set foot in reality, he saw a different scene.

The magnificent and bright church, the complete and classical tower, the three priests kneeling to repent... Scenes completely different from reality appeared in front of his eyes one by one.

Relying on the protection of the "hidden barrier" on his body, Abner carefully searched here with "Pure White Eyes" in front of the three priests.

Soon, he found that the church was full of "degenerate" and "dirty" atmosphere, and it had a very high personality, and its source was the high tower next to the church.

But Abner circled around the tower for a few times, but couldn't find a way to get in. It was surrounded by the power of "degenerate" and "shadow", and he couldn't get close at all, even if the "hidden barrier" on his body would After coming into contact with those forces, there are waves.

"You can't break through!" Abner suddenly made a judgment in his heart, and then used the illusory "Omniscient Eye" in "Unknown Land" to strengthen his "analysis" ability, and observed the tower in a comprehensive and detailed manner. .

After a while, he had a hint of enlightenment in his heart, and thought to himself:

"So it turns out... Although this tower is in the same level of nightmare as the strange afternoon town, it does not leave a passage for entry and exit here... In other words, this tower was completely sealed by the 'Dark Angel' himself!

"Well, I'm afraid he doesn't know about the construction of the transmission channel by the 'God of Luck'... He sealed this place, probably because he didn't want the residual source of energy in it to pollute the believers.

"And the real entrance of this tower is likely to be in reality... You must first get out of the nightmare, enter the interior of the real tower, and then return to the hidden nightmare, so that you can truly reach the abandoned 'Sea of ​​Chaos' entrance!

"Well, I'm afraid there is another arrangement at the entrance. After I teleported over, I immediately fell into some other location in the afternoon town in the 'nightmare', hiding the way to get there.

"It is conceivable that at the time of the 'Redemption Rose' conspiracy, the goddess had a high probability of suddenly appearing in the afternoon town in the nightmare... and when she left, she would leave the nightmare first, making people think that the transmission channel was not in the nightmare. ...

"And after he entered reality, he returned to the secret and teleported away...

"Oh, the entrance to the tower in the nightmare was blocked by the Dark Angel himself!

"Such a design... a typical dark under the lights!

"Is it the handwriting of the 'God of Luck'? No, it seems that this passageway that secretly connects the giant's royal court and the elf's territory has definitely had the participation of the goddess at the beginning of its construction!

"Only his hidden authority can hide from the 'Giant King' and the 'Dark Angel'!

"Of course, I think the cooperation of the giant queen is also indispensable... No matter who this giant queen was originally."

While his thoughts were spinning, Abner was going to use Mr. Fool to draw the "Sun" Derrick out of his nightmare, the "balance" point between the destroyed nightmare and reality, and enter the real afternoon town.

——If the "balance" had not been broken before, it would not be so easy for him to go out.

But at this moment, Abner suddenly saw a man in tight black clothes being dragged from reality into a nightmare church by three men in the same clothes. The person dragging is almost identical, the only difference is that he has a gloomy expression and a dull complexion.

Seeing this scene, Abner immediately judged that the person being dragged was a member of the Silver City exploration team, and the other three were the shadows of him and his teammates!

Seeing that the man was about to be put on the altar for some kind of transformation ceremony, Abner had to temporarily lift the "hidden barrier" and show his figure.

——Since you encounter it, and there is not much danger, you can’t wait for death.

Of course, considering that there is still a true creator believer in Silver City, he did not show his true face, but put on the "vest" of "Professor", and at the same time transformed into a formal suit that is common in Loen, and put it on that layer of marble. Outside the armor.

As soon as he appeared, the surrounding space was dyed golden and spread out layer by layer.

After the man with the same face as the captive was covered with golden light, he immediately opened his mouth and let out a silent scream, but he soon burned himself, turning into a distorted shadow, and inch by inch in the light and flames. ablation.

As for the expressions of the other two people, their bodies were rapidly dimmed. After only two seconds, the two of them disappeared like shadows illuminated by the light.

clap clap clap!

Roots of bones, clumps of flesh and blood fell from their bodies and smashed to the floor.

A little bit of light is slowly precipitating from the inside of these wrecks... That is their Beyonder characteristic!

——Unlike the lucky one who was dragged, his teammates had been completely swallowed by his own shadow.

At the same time, the three priests in front of the statue in the church did not change, they were still crawling there, repeating the same words of repentance over and over again, like illusory images left over due to the environment.

Abner didn't care about them, but came to the rescued man who was still in a dazed state, and asked with a giant smile, "Are you alright... What's your name?"

Hearing the question, the man woke up like a dream. He gave Abner a wary look, but considering that the other party had just saved him and he was obviously in a strange place, he still answered the question cautiously:

"I'm not injured...Thank you for your help."

His thanks were genuine, but he didn't mention his name.

Abner didn't care either, after picking up the other two's Beyonder characteristics, he put away his smile and sighed: "This is the legacy of your companion... Take it back to their relatives.

"By the way, you can call me Mr. Tower, or Mr. Professor."

With Abner's current net worth, he would not covet the two mid-sequence characteristics, so he chose to return it to the other party to release his goodwill.

The man's face was gloomy, but he still took the characteristic, then bowed to Abner, and repeated the words just now: "Thank you, Mr. 'Professor'."

But this time, his tone was much more sincere.

"You're welcome, I'm actually Derrick Berg's friend..." Abner chuckled, then changed the subject and clapped his hands, "Okay, I'll take you out of this nightmare now."

After he finished speaking, he did not wait for the other party to ask any questions, he identified the "crack" between the nightmare and reality that appeared because the "balance" was broken, and then used the "Hand of Leon" to pull up the man and go through it together.

——Finding weaknesses and loopholes is the housekeeping skill of the "Reader" pathway, and "Hand of Leon" is the secret technique that Abner taught Susie and Audrey at the beginning... Although only Susie has learned it .

As soon as Abner brought the man into reality, he happened to meet the chief's group, and then heard Derrick the Sun on the opposite side say in a voice full of surprise:

"Mr. 'Tower'? Why are you here?!"

To this, Abner was not in a hurry to answer, and only gestured to Derrick with his eyes to stay calm, until the man named La Roja finished the examination and reported what had just happened to "Chief" Colin After that, he smiled, then took off the hat he had transformed into, put his hand on his chest, bowed to everyone in the City of Silver, and greeted:

"It's my first meeting, and it's a pleasure to meet you here."

As he said that, he looked at the "chief" and said with an inexplicable admiration, "Especially Your Excellency Colin Iliad, your name is often mentioned by Derrick, and it sounds like thunder in my ears. Loud."

"I'm also very happy to meet you... Mr. Tower." Although Colin didn't let his guard down, he also responded to Abner's kindness before, "Also, thank you very much for saving my team. ."

"It's nothing... It's a pity that I couldn't save the other two." Abner pretended to be regretful.

The two sides tentatively exchanged a few words, and thanked each other for the "gear book" and "projector" they found. Colin then asked the question he most wanted to know the answer to:

"Mr. Tower, is it Mr. Fool's will for you to come to Afternoon Town this time?"

"I came to the 'Land Abandoned by God' under the guidance of a great existence. I really have a mission..." Abner didn't answer directly, and after a vague answer, he directly changed the subject and said, "It was a coincidence that I met you, and I also Please don't tell anyone that you've seen me again."

It's not that he doesn't want to bring people from Silver City into the normal world, but at least for now, he can't expose the passage connecting Bayam and Afternoon Town.

If it were not for entering the reality of the "Land Abandoned by God", the "Hidden Barrier" would no longer be able to be used... Or, once it was used, it would directly fall back into a nightmare, and Abner didn't want to meet the people of the City of Silver at all.

However, since the meeting was unavoidable, he simply helped the "Sun" platform to make him more valued.

After all, his appearance, in the eyes of Colin and others, means that Mr. Fool has the ability to send in people from the outside world.

And since you can come in, you can go out!

On the other hand, Colin did not hesitate to respond to Abner's request for secrecy, and gave a serious warning to the three people beside him.

In response, Abner nodded with satisfaction, and then left a sentence, "Derrick is very popular in our party, whether it's 'The World', 'The Hanged Man', or me, all are very fond of him After that, he said goodbye and left, apparently heading out of the town.

In fact, he turned back halfway through~lightnovelpub.net~ With "psychological invisibility", he watched Colin and Derrick and his party from a distance.

He didn't dare to get too close, after all, the Demon Hunter was also good at dealing with monsters that would be invisible and have a weak sense of presence...

If the chief finds out, the image he just created will be completely ruined... It may also implicate the reputation of Mr. Fool.

In this way, he witnessed Colin pressing the priests in the church to ask the names of the other "kings", but the other party burned himself when he was about to pronounce the real name of "Eternal Blazing Sun".

Witnessed Colin, Derrick, and others fought fiercely against many monsters and won...

Witnessed that Colin finally realized the hidden dangers of the "Royal Court of Giants", he knew that he couldn't be impatient, he had to prepare for half a year, a year, or even two years, and pre-exploration time and time again...

Witnessed Colin's final decision to set up a camp at the crashed Floating City ruins.

After everything was calm, Abner carefully came to the collapsed church again and walked into the almost completely destroyed tower next to it.