Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 370 "Hunting for Women" Da Nizi
Once Roger confirmed this, he immediately activated his "Secret Insight" vision and looked at the sticky stain on the ground.

"As expected, it has a divine aura... its level is around Sequence 4."

"The decaying aura here is quite obvious... it does seem rather difficult to deal with."

After a moment, Roger stood up and told Bandit what he had observed.

"So, it seems that the information given by Chief Augur Gul is pretty much correct."

Bandit nodded and spoke.

Afterwards, the man and the cat exchanged a glance and walked together toward the direction where the stains extended down into the canyon.

They walked for another 10 minutes, and Roger suddenly heard the sound of something chewing and eating.

He immediately felt a chill run down his spine, and he and Bandit hid behind a cliff one after the other, then looked in the direction from which the eating sounds were coming.

"This thing is disgusting!"

The next second, Bandit's voice, already lowered, rang out, its tone filled with disgust and revulsion.

As Roger thought this, right where the two of them were looking, there was a wriggling, yellowish-green, snot-like viscous thing crawling up and down on the dead, bloodied, unrecognizable animal carcass. At the top of the snot-like thing was a terrifying mouth with teeth arranged in a ring, like layers of hollow holes.

At this very moment, it was using its mouthparts to continuously devour the already dead, strange animal.

Upon seeing this, Roger activated "Secret Insight" once again, because this time he saw the true form of the divine monster and thus read out more information through "Secret Insight".

"'Those who are destined to die'... should be at level 4."

Roger sensed something was off about the strange sequence name, but he didn't comment on it further.

On the other hand, through the effect of "Secret Insight," Roger also confirmed that the "dead man" in front of him was not a clone, but a complete original body.

This is likely because there are no demigod-level threats nearby, and the "blue-skinned ones" have already left. Therefore, these demigod-level beings do not need to expand their search range by creating clones; they can simply wander around this land that is already polluted by "decay."

This fact also made the subsequent operations full of variables.

On the one hand, each clone of the "inevitable one" can be regarded as equal to the original body, but sealing only one clone will inevitably weaken the effect of the ritual.

On the other hand, although Bandit had recorded curse-type abilities and could use these curse abilities to kill all clones with the help of "amplification", killing the opponent was not its ultimate goal.

Therefore, Bandit had to use his near-Sequence 4 strength to fight a true Sequence 4 demigod head-on, and the only thing he could take advantage of was that the opponent lacked intelligence and acted almost entirely on instinct.

As for why this "inevitable being" looks like this, Roger guessed that this alien creature might originally be something similar to a slime, or it might have mutated into this form due to infection with "decay".

After clarifying this information, Roger quickly explained it to Bandit and asked him about his next plans.

"It's okay, I'll take care of him."

Although Bandit was somewhat afraid of the snot-like monster, it was also extremely excited at this moment in order to complete its advancement ceremony, and its tone revealed its eagerness.

"it is good."

Roger nodded and then added:
"If you want to seal it, you must first cripple it and render it unable to fight. After that, I will use 'Amra's Guidance' to help you change the venue and complete the ascension ceremony."

"I know."

Bandit nodded, then the cat turned its head back, still a little uneasy, and asked:
"If I'm about to die, try to pull me out of the water."

"Stop talking nonsense and go quickly."

Roger scoffed. In fact, what Bandit said was complete nonsense. If there really was a problem, he would definitely save the cat.

However, he didn't want Bandit to let his guard down at this stage, always feeling that he had someone to back him up.

Under such influence, Denite might subconsciously be unable to exert his full strength in combat, and there might even be oversights in the subsequent sealing process.

After all, the promotion ceremony for "Arcanist" has high requirements for assessing whether the candidate can complete it independently. Generally speaking, the more independently the candidate completes the ceremony, the better the effect of the ceremony.

Without hesitation, Bandit shook its tail and walked directly toward the snot-like monster that had its back to it.

The cat walked very lightly, and because it was so small, the snot-like monster didn't even notice its presence for a moment.

This is partly because the snot-like monster is indulging in eating, and partly because it is not very intelligent.

Bandit was also testing the other party's intelligence in this way. When it had reached within 10 meters behind the monster, the cat suddenly swelled up, its entire body covered in black armor, and a deep, straight longsword appeared in its mouth.

Because of the divine aura, the "dead man" subconsciously tried to turn around, but it was too late.

Because at this moment, Bandit had already used his short-range teleportation ability to arrive in front of his opponent and slashed down with his sword.

Although it looked powerful, Roger knew perfectly well that the sword strike was just a feint and that Bandit hadn't used his full strength.

As expected, the "dead man" seemed to have sensed the attack and immediately exploded, turning into countless cells and pathogens that engulfed Bandit.

Just a second before the pathogen was about to devour Bandit, it reappeared not far from Roger.

"The spread of pathogens is prohibited here!"

At the same time, its childlike voice rang out, and this was a “ban”.

Considering the possibility of failure in unleashing the "ban" against Sequence 4 life forms with his own Sequence 5 strength, Bandit consciously used "Amplification" on himself, greatly increasing the intensity of the ban.

Sure enough, in Roger's "secret insight" vision, the dense swarms of pathogens flying towards him and Bandit suddenly stopped in mid-air.

The next second, the pathogens aggregated rapidly as if they possessed intelligence, once again revealing the snot-like monster.

At the same time, a broken wand fell to the ground with a "thud".

This is the "Wand Substitute" that Bandit learned from Lindsay Lewis, who was originally the Witch of Pain. In the first round of the battle, it used this ability cautiously, partly to counteract the attack of the pathogen, and partly to avoid being hit by the opponent's "inevitable death" ray.

Through this feint attack, Bandit successfully tested a skill that Elder Augur had not mentioned before—the pathogen splitting technique used by the "certainly dead" earlier.

On the other hand, the prohibition issued by this tabby cat is also very well thought out.

The ban states that it "prohibits the spread of pathogens," which simultaneously prevents the spread of pathogens and the possibility that the "inevitable dead" could use pathogens to cause harm, evade, create clones, or relocate.

Roger was immediately impressed by its cautious and rather cunning fighting style, and the anticipation in his eyes intensified.

Soon, the doomed man seemed to realize that he could no longer divide into pathogens, and in a fit of rage, he immediately fired a greenish-black ray at Bandit.

The moment the ray appeared, Roger's heart skipped a beat, because he sensed a distinct aura of death emanating from it.

Roger even had a feeling that if he were to be hit by that ray without taking any precautions, even with his formidable strength, he might die, or at least lose most of his life.

Upon seeing the ray appear, Bandit immediately used short-range teleportation. The instant it disappeared, the ray struck a rock wall above the canyon, leaving a crater emitting black smoke.

The next instant, Bandit reappeared, its deep, straight greatsword now ablaze with black flames.

This is the black flame it previously learned from Lindsay. Although this darkness is only at the Sequence 5 level, it has the ability to kill spirits and comes with a curse effect.

It is worth noting that, for safety's sake, Bandit appeared at a distance from the "certainly dead" person.

Normally, at such a distance, unless Bandit's greatsword could extend or retract, it would be impossible to pierce that "certainly dead" person.

However, something counterintuitive soon happened.

In a way that seemed to defy the rules, Bandit's greatsword actually struck the "certainly dead" at an almost impossible distance.

Due to the combined effects of the "Blade of Spirit and Flesh" and the "Black Flame," the "certainly dying man" immediately let out a shrill wail and began to writhe on the ground.

Roger was slightly taken aback by this scene, but he quickly realized what was going on.

"steal?"

Roger muttered to himself.

Yes, this is exactly the "stealing" at the "dream thief" level.

Taking advantage of the moment when the "certainly dead" were scattered and regrouped, and their status had declined, Bandit used his "magnification" ability to enhance the "stealing" ability he had learned from Ophina King, and with the help of "secret insight," he accurately stole the opponent's "inevitable hit" ability.

It was precisely because of this that it was able to strike the snot monster from a considerable distance in a miraculous way, severely injuring it.

And because of the "ban", the "certain to die" could not avoid the attack by splitting, so he could only take the hit squarely.

While the "certainly dead" man was writhing in agony on the ground, Bandit drew his sword without hesitation and instantly appeared beside Roger again.

"This should be enough. If we stab it one more time, it might die."

Roger nodded in agreement upon hearing Bandit's assessment.

At this point, the "one who is destined to die" has been successfully weakened, and what Bandit needs to do next is to seal it away.

Just as Roger was about to retrieve Amra's guidance from the "Original Force Core" and use the "Reappearance" ability to change the location, he unexpectedly saw Bandit shake his head:
"No need to change the location, just give me the potion."

Roger paused for a moment, then handed a bottle to Bandit.

The bottle contained a liquid substance, shimmering with layers of starlight, as if the Milky Way in the sky had been captured in a magic potion.

This was the "Arcanist" potion that Roger had prepared in advance, a Sequence 4 apprenticeship potion. The last time Roger brought Bendit back to the Abraham family fortress, he had already obtained a complete set of "Arcanist" potion ingredients, and this time they came in handy.

The tabby cat nodded slightly, then lowered its head, closed its eyes, and softly murmured the name "De La Hoya Giant Rat".

"A symbiotic being of the spirit world, a rabbit-like rat chasing its territory, a beacon of the material and symbolic world, the great 'Lord of De La Hoya'..."

At the same time, the tabby cat boldly walked toward the "dead man" who was writhing and howling on the ground.

As it approached, the "magnification" ability enveloped both itself and the "one who is doomed." The next second, with a flash of blue light, Bandit and the "one who is doomed" vanished from the scene.

Although Roger had no idea what the tabby cat was up to, seeing its confident demeanor, he could only wait quietly.

This wait lasted a full half hour. Just as Roger was about to lose his patience and prepare to go to the territory of the "De La Hoya Giant Rat" to find Bandit, the tabby cat suddenly emerged from a beam of blue light.

At this moment, it was covered in wounds, its once beautiful and soft fur was now stained red with blood, and its face was ashen, as if it had encountered something very chaotic.

This made Roger tense. He was about to step forward to ask Bandit if he was alright, but suddenly he felt a divine aura emanating from the other party.

This divine aura is fundamentally different from the divine aura that Bandit possessed when he transformed into the Black Knight.

It is not a disguise made with the help of external forces, but the aura that only a demigod can emit.

"Could it be that?"

Roger narrowed his eyes slightly, then tentatively asked:
"Success?"

"Ah."

Bandit nodded:
"I almost killed him in the spirit world, but thankfully I succeeded." "Let me drink some recovery potion first, then we'll go back to the 'Blue-Skinned One' and talk it out. It's still too dangerous here."

Roger was curious about what had happened, but he didn't rush to ask. Instead, he took out a bottle of green potion from his bag and handed it to Bandit.

Using the power of the "invisible hand," Bandit took the potion, and its wounds began to heal visibly.

Seeing that Bandit's complexion was improving, Roger used his teleportation ability to bring the tabby cat back to another continent on Butak Planet.

The person and the cat landed on the outskirts of the temple. Because it was late at night, there were no "blue-skinned people" there at this moment, and the musicians had all dispersed.

Roger took some cat food and water out of his pocket and handed it to Bandit. After the tabby cat wolfed down its food, Roger asked what had happened.

"That's right, it's actually quite simple."

Bandit said as he washed his face with his paws:
"When I was promoted to a traveler, I used the special spatial clusters created by that big rat in the spirit world to determine my coordinates."

"It was on that occasion that I noticed a rather large spiritual realm area within these special spatial clusters, and the giant rat seemed to be deliberately avoiding that area, not expanding its space there, as if something very terrifying was lurking there."

"And coincidentally, I happened to be near that space at the time, and I also saw some of its mysteries."

The tabby cat seemed a little frightened when it got to this point; it licked its paws again before continuing:
"There is a strange void in that spirit realm space. The void seems to have some kind of gravity that will attract spirit realm creatures that are far away and then completely devour them... The only ones that are unaffected are those white-furred creatures that are half rat and half rabbit."

"Although I had a physical body at the time, I also felt that powerful gravitational pull. Fortunately, I had already completed the 'Traveler' advancement ceremony, so I immediately left that area."

"Out of curiosity, I recorded the coordinates of that space... As time went by, I gradually forgot about it until you told me about the ascension ceremony of the occultist. Only then did I think of using that space to seal that divine monster inside."

"But this process will inevitably be very dangerous, because not only the snot monster will be affected by that gravity, but also myself."

"So I recorded the 'identity alteration' ability from you in advance, and then temporarily altered my identity to that little mouse that often delivers letters to you, thus avoiding the fate of being attracted, successfully throwing that snotty monster in, and completing the promotion."

"On the other hand, because that spirit world coordinate is still within the projection range of our world, in this sense, although I sealed an interstellar creature, the act of sealing still occurred within the influence range of our world."

At this point, Bandit shook his head:
"Although I changed my identity, it is very strange that my fate is still not completely close to that of the rat. I can only resist gravity to a high degree, but cannot completely ignore it."

"During this process, I happened to encounter two other spirit creatures and was attacked by them... These spirit creatures seemed to be very disgusted by the rat-like aura emanating from me, which is why I was injured."

"Fortunately, I dodged quickly enough, so I wasn't seriously injured. After that, I teleported to the giant rat's territory and had it send me back to this planet."

Roger was completely bewildered by these words and for a moment forgot to ask about Bandit's newly acquired abilities.

"You mean, those spirit creatures seem to have a strong aversion to, or even hatred for, the De La Hoya Rats?"

Roger had never heard of this information. He already knew that the "Rat of Dela Hoya" would be active in the spirit world, but he never expected that it would have this kind of relationship with other spirit creatures.

There are two possibilities. The first possibility is that the "Rat of Dela Hoya's" act of expanding its territory in the spirit world may be seen as a very abhorrent behavior by other spirit creatures. The other possibility is that the "Rat of Dela Hoya" is naturally prone to being ostracized by these creatures, which is why it had no choice but to open up its own territory.

However, considering that the highest level of the "Rat of Dela Hoya" is an angel-level being, the latter possibility is relatively low.

After all, normally no spirit creature would dare to arbitrarily exclude an angel-level being, unless they are also angels, or beings like "Phoenix King" Greta Garley, or "Death" Salinger.

Of course, another possibility is that the spirit creatures attacked Bandit because they greatly respected the "Rat of Dela Hoya," but Bandit was pretending to be the Rat of Dela Hoya, and not quite. So they considered this behavior disrespectful, and it could be seen as blasphemy.

With that in mind, Roger pressed on, asking further:

"Will the real 'De La Hoya Rats' be attacked by spirit creatures?"

His reason for this question was to figure out which category the "Rat of De La Hoya" belonged to in the spirit world, but upon hearing Roger's question, Bandit shook his head:

"I'm not quite sure about that, because the spirit creatures I saw earlier were all frantically resisting the attraction of the black cave, completely oblivious to everything else, and they were all quite far away from the rats."

"But today I was very close to those spirit beings... I don't know if that's the reason, so I really can't answer your question."

"Ok."

Hearing Bandit's somewhat vague description, Roger was a little frustrated, but for the time being, there was no other way to clarify the matter.

He quickly changed the subject, discussing with Bandit the latter's newly acquired extraordinary abilities.

When this was mentioned, Bandit became very excited and talked on and on for a long time. Roger was also very familiar with the contents of those abilities—they were no different from the records of the Abraham family and the abilities previously displayed by the "Secret Saint" Butis.

The only difference is that Bandit has just been promoted and has hardly digested the potion, which means that its extraordinary abilities have not yet been developed to their full potential, and the number of spaces behind the doors it can connect to is very small. It can only grow in this aspect as the potion is further digested.

But no matter what, it is still a genuine demigod-level combat power—especially the four demigod-level abilities that Bandit had previously recorded, which have now reached the true demigod level.

Moreover, Bandit, which has already been promoted to Sequence 4, can record even more divine abilities. Combined with its inherent mysterious abilities as an "Arcanist," it will undoubtedly provide great assistance in the upcoming battles.

Roger then found Augur Gur and obtained some new Barnett berries from him. He then silently recited the name of the "De La Hoya Rat" and used the spirit world as a springboard to return to Earth.

Although Roger only spent seven or eight hours on Butak, a whole day had passed on Earth at that moment.

Roger first returned to the “Forsaken Land” to check on the cleanup of the battlefield and the resettlement of the wounded and the dead. Then, he used the Traveler’s ability to temporarily send the “Mysterious Queen” Bernadette, who had volunteered to return to the “Dawn” to retrieve a powerful sealed artifact, and the somewhat bored “Admiral” Cattleya back to the “Dawn”.

After the two had carried all the necessary supplies and sealing items, and after Cattleya had eaten some snacks on the ship and calmed her nerves, Roger sent them back to Midnight City once again.

After finishing this task, Roger called Lindsay Lewis to go with him and also transferred a portion of his tactical squad into the "Old Box" as a supplement to their future combat strength.

"Captain, where are we going?"

Lindsay asked with some curiosity.

"Siberian".

Roger didn't offer much explanation, but instead activated the "Traveler's" teleportation ability, taking himself, Lindsay, and Bandit to the port of Berens in West Bayron.

Upon arriving in West Bayron, Roger found a quiet place to release Lindsay's tactical squad to relax their tense nerves. As for Lindsay himself, Roger led him to a carriage and headed towards the address of an inn left by Klein earlier.

The journey wasn't short, and the coachman spent the whole way trying to chat with the handsome Lindsay. The worst part was that the coachman only spoke the local Dutan language of West Bayron and had very little knowledge of Intis. So, Lindsay was exhausted from passively receiving the coachman's incomprehensible one-way output until Roger couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to pull Lindsay aside to discuss some nautical matters, which finally shut the coachman up.

"It seems you haven't lost any of your 'charm' abilities. Even as a man, you still possess the magic to make men fall for you."

After getting off the carriage, Roger watched it drive away and couldn't help but tease Lindsay.

"To be honest, Captain, I don't think it's my problem, but rather that the coachman's orientation seems to be..."

Lindsay stopped speaking halfway through her sentence and then sighed softly.

To be honest, although this guy has turned back into a man, his years of experience as a woman are still subtly influencing Lindsay.

He felt that it would take him at least half a year to get used to being a man again, and until then, it would be best to avoid contact with strangers as much as possible.

"Don't overthink it, bro."

Roger patted Lindsay on the shoulder, then looked at the reasonably decent hotel in front of him.

"It seems Klein has a bit more money on his hands lately..."

Roger was quite pleased, and then he led Lindsay and Bandit inside.

Roger had only taken a few steps when he saw Daniz Dubois coming down the stairs, seemingly preparing to leave the hotel.

This immediately sparked a strange idea in Roger's mind, and as he passed Danitz, he whispered:
"'Flame' Danitz, bounty 6000 pounds..."

"Who?"

Danitz was startled by the sound and instinctively flew backward toward the door.

As the fourth boatswain of the "Golden Dream," a ship known as "Iceberg Admiral" Edwina Edwards and listed on the bounty board, Danitz's greatest fear is being recognized by bounty hunters in a crowd.

Danitz quickly turned around, placed his hand on his gun holster, and looked at Roger warily.

At this moment, he was ready to use the fire crows to create an explosion and escape in the chaos.

As for taking him down in Berensport—come on, it's broad daylight, and as a bounty-bearing pirate, he has no desire to get himself into trouble in this bustling city center.

However, after he saw Roger's face clearly, he was so frightened that he wet himself.

"Silver, the King of the Galaxy?"

Although Danitz had never met Roger, Roger's photos had appeared in newspapers all over the Northern Continent because of his performance in battle—although Roger had been using the "Faceless Man" ability to change his appearance during that time, he just happened to be using that famous face at this moment.

At this moment, Danitz felt like crying—heaven knows why "King of the Galaxy" John West was here, and could even accurately call out his name and bounty.

"This is a demigod!! He can't kill me, right? He probably looks down on me, right?"

Danitz felt like his whole body was about to split open. He no longer dared to touch the gun holster, and the thought of releasing Fire Raven had vanished. He just hoped that the "King of the Galaxy" wouldn't kill him in a fit of anger; that would be the best of luck.

Not to mention the man with long red hair standing next to the "King of the Galaxy." Based on his intuition, which also belonged to the "Hunter" pathway, Danitz immediately judged that the other party should be an "arsonist" with a higher sequence level than himself.

As for which sequence it is, that's beyond his comprehension.

"Don't be nervous."

Roger smiled slightly, and then said:
"Give my regards to your captain."

After saying that, Roger turned and walked into the hotel.

"Captain? Is this a threat? Is he targeting the captain?"

Danitz, still shaken, was panting heavily, feeling his back completely soaked with sweat.

"...bullshit!"

……

Room 303, third floor of the hotel.

Klein Moretti, who had just seen Danitz off, was about to pour himself a glass of sweet iced tea when a spiritual warning suddenly made him turn his head toward the front door.

"A demigod? It seems there's more than one?"

Just then, a knock sounded at the door, making Klein even more nervous.

However, before he could even ask, a fluffy tabby cat appeared in the hallway of his guest room.

"Hi!"

Bandit first greeted them, and then in an instant transformed into a terrifying being the size of a lion, with a dark longsword in its mouth.

"Look at the sword!"

"Are you crazy?!"

Klein couldn't hold back any longer and started yelling.

(End of this chapter)