Mystery: Start with the Reader

Mr. Azik, you make me very uncomfortable looking at you like this... Karen felt a little frightened, and subconsciously stood up straight, letting Silica, who was standing on his shoulder and face-to-face with him, tilt her body, almost Fall down...

Fortunately, Silica was a dead soul and "Apiao" was an innate ability, so there was no real accident.

Just when Karen wanted to say something, she heard the bronze-skinned gentleman opposite say in a slightly deeper voice: "Your strength is still too low... This will make Silica worry."

Having said this, he took out a bone flute about 20 centimeters long with seven holes from his arms, and continued:

"This is a token of a powerful spiritual creature who recently chose to follow me... Just blow it, and you can summon 'Tajik' into reality to help you fight... Well, 'Tajik' is the real name of that spiritual creature. .

“Of course, since it is loyal to me rather than you, there is a price to pay every time you summon it.

"Take it so Silica doesn't have to worry about you being in danger in the future."

Karen was silent for a while. He turned his head and glanced at Silica who was chirping on his shoulder. Finally, he took the bone flute and said, "Thank you."

After taking the bone flute in his hand and studying it, Karen asked in a calm tone: "Your Excellency... I mean, what exactly does it cost to summon the 'Tajik' Excellency?"

"Every time it takes action, it will take away 20 years of your lifespan... So you'd better become a demigod as soon as possible, otherwise with your current lifespan, you will probably die in just a few times." Mr. Azik took the photo He put down Karen's shoulder and said earnestly.

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On the other side, while Karen and Mr. Azik were talking, the three Abners exited the cave where the altar was located in a tacit agreement. Judy even took the time to fly out of the valley and kill the frozen man on the top of the cliff. The shivering Miss Plant took the next step.

However, after she came back, her face looked a little strange, and she would steal glances at Abner from time to time.

Abner can completely understand this. Anyone who finds that his clone's mind is full of other people will definitely do the same...

After waiting for a while, Karen and Mr. Azik finally walked out of the cave where the altar was. The latter nodded to the others and said: "If there is nothing else, I will go back first..."

"Wait a minute, Mr. Azik... I would like to invite you to my manor as a guest." At this time, Abner suddenly spoke and said meaningfully: "I recently discovered a place that may be related to you... …”

Regarding Azik's secret, Abner was a little vague. After all, in addition to Karen, there were also Judy and Arsenoff, two people who were not familiar with Mr. Azik. He was not sure about the other party. Do you want your affairs to be known to irrelevant people?

Mr. Azik stared at him for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay."

Seeing that he could probably hold the expected "thigh", Abner breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Karen and Judy, and asked: "What about you, do you want to come to my manor too? Where are you? There are enough rooms...well, Karen knows."

Hearing his invitation, except for Miss Plant, who was very moved, the other three "Desolate Ones" all shook their heads. Finally, Karen said: "Our mission is not completed, we still need to thoroughly search this valley...

"In addition, as the 'Desolate Ones', if we enter Loen's colony without reporting, it will have a bad impact and cause some trouble."

The implication is that they entered the country illegally, so they could just be sneaky. They might be arrested if they entered the city openly.

He and Judy could still disguise themselves to enter, but Captain Arsenoff's height and size did not allow him to keep a low profile...

Abner could understand this after a brief thought, so he bid farewell to the "Desolate Ones" for the time being, and then was grabbed by Mr. Azik's arm and walked toward the depths where various rich colors were superimposed.

Although Mr. Azik did not recognize the address of Abner's manor, he could find where Byam's creatures were most contaminated with Abner's breath, so the two of them soon appeared in Elaine's bedroom. shape.

Looking at the sleeping girl on the bed, Mr. Azik glanced at Abner with a half-smile, then quietly left the bedroom and entered the corridor.

Abner was a little embarrassed, and immediately entered "psychological invisibility", thinking in his heart: Elaine is my personal maid, and she is indeed the person who has the most influence on me in Bayam... What's more, When I was creating extraordinary items before, I had to boil water in the basement for half a day, so there must have been spiritual entanglements... But if I explain it this way, will Mr. Azik believe it?

Fortunately, Mr. Azik had heard of the reputation of the "heroic detective" a long time ago, so he was not surprised by this. He didn't ask any more questions. He followed Abner into the study and took a sip of the Fairy that the latter prepared for him. Mo coffee.

The Filmer coffee in the Pass River Valley near the Star Plateau is one of the best coffees in the world, as famous as the highland coffee and the plateau coffee in Feneport. Abner naturally bought a lot of it when he was in the southern continent.

Putting down the coffee cup, the entire study naturally entered an imperceptible "lockdown" state. Mr. Azik then said, "Can you tell me what you discovered?"

Abner nodded and said: "Actually, a friend of mine found a portrait of you in a ruins..."

Then, Abner told Mr. Azik all the ins and outs of the incident, except for the part involving the Tarot Club and Miss Justice.

This includes the fact that the mountain where the hot spring hotel is located was once the castle of the descendants of giants, but it was destroyed by an inexplicable "natural disaster", and it also includes the invitation for Ms. Crossfia's "performance" next Thursday.

After Mr. Azik listened carefully to Abner's story, he remained silent for a long time with a solemn expression, and then he frowned and said:

"Your description gave me a familiar feeling, but it didn't remind me of anything more."

"It's a pity," Abner sighed in disappointment.

He thought he could get some important information from Boss Azik.

Azik picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee, and said calmly:

"I always encounter similar things. If it were easy to recall the past, I think I would have found a way to get rid of my fate."

"Of course, I'm grateful that you always remember my things. Although you have your own ideas and your own secrets... I don't mind. After all, you are really helping me."

He thought for a moment, then stood up and said:

"I have some things to do recently. I will go to Indo Port to see you next Wednesday... Well, you should be at the hot spring hotel you mentioned, right?

"When the time comes, I will bring you a gift as a reward for telling me this."

Hearing this, Abner hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Mr. Azik, you don't have to be like this... You helped me communicate with the badge before, and it was already considered as advance payment..."

"Really?" Mr. Azik glanced at him and smiled, "What if the gift I give you is the 'breath of Calderon City'?"

The smell of Calderon City? Another main material for making a bone dragon? This... Abner's heart moved, he quickly changed his attitude, and said shamelessly: "Then thank you for the gift..."

"You are really unpretentious..." Azik laughed when he saw this, feeling that this detective really liked him, only a little worse than his student from Tingen.

"Okay, look forward to our meeting next Wednesday." After saying that, the void around him rippled like water waves, and his figure disappeared into the room.

Abner stood there, and after a long time he said helplessly to himself: "Mr. Azik, why are you leaving so fast? I also want to ask about the relics of the 'God of Luck' that may be hidden under this manor... …

"However, he didn't mention anything just now... This shows that even a strong man like Mr. Azik has not discovered the location of the 'God of Luck' ruins...

"Well, the angel of 'destiny' is the hardest to figure out. Maybe it really hasn't been turned on yet..."

While Abner was thinking, the sky was already brightening, and the "Red Maid" Elaine also came to the study to find Abner, watching him hesitate to speak.

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Abner asked strangely.

"Sir...you...did you go to my room last night?" Elaine gritted her teeth and asked.

how do you know? You should have been sleeping deeply at that time...Abner almost blurted out, but he controlled his surprise and said expressionlessly: "Why do you ask?"

"There are footprints in the soil in my room." Elaine glanced at Abner's shoes and said.

It was an oversight. It seems that you need to pay attention to cleaning up the traces after using "psychological invisibility" in the future. Otherwise, even if you ignore it at the time due to the "psychological" level of intervention, you will still be able to find clues afterwards.

Abner reflected in his heart, but said solemnly on the surface: "Last night, a powerful demigod came to visit, but because you were contaminated with my aura, he was teleported to your room...

"Well, just know this yourself and don't tell others."

What he said was all the truth. A demigod strongman did arrive last night, and it was indeed transmitted to Elaine's room by mistake due to his aura. But together, they successfully put the matter of "entering the girl's boudoir at night" under Ah's control. Mr. Zick's head.

Elaine was indeed misled. She didn't think Abner would joke about the demigods, so while being frightened, she nodded seriously and said, "I will keep it a secret!"

After tricking Elaine away, Abner had time to study the badge that he had "communicated" with Mr. Azik, went to the basement, and prepared a candle made of Warfar beeswax for it.

Because Warfar beeswax is also a spiritual material, Abner has some in his warehouse, but this amount is not enough to consume every day.

"Looks like I have to buy some for the Extraordinary Party tonight...

"But this is not a long-term solution... It is best to use Bernadette's 'Pale Death' to crush it, and then recreate a magical item with less negative effects...

"But this is not a goal that can be achieved in the short term... Not to mention that Bernadette and I have no friendship, with my current level of 'craftsman', the negative effects of items made with the extraordinary characteristics of demigods may not be as bad as this... After all, this is 'alive' and can be negotiated.

"We need to improve the sequence as soon as possible!"