Mystery: A Spark

Upon hearing his answer, Fors quickly made his own request, which was also granted.

Witnessing all this, Audrey's lips curled slightly, and she looked to the side with a reserved air, pretending to look for a book.

As a qualified and promoted "audience member," she had accurately grasped Hugh and Fors's preferences in certain aspects after multiple encounters, and thus made arrangements in advance without anyone noticing.

This subtle guidance is precisely a testament to the audience's ability.

Chapter 117 The Shield of Faith

Wednesday morning, 7 Townsend Street, Queens.

As Arthur emerged from the basement, he fiddled with a silver-white, gem-like object in his hand.

This is an extraordinary trait of the Guardian Sequence, just delivered to him by Little Sun Derrick via Source Castle Logistics.

At the same time, Arthur also materialized the secret technique he had deduced in his mind onto parchment using the power of the Source Castle, and then handed it over to Little Sun.

Of course, since it passed through Source Castle Logistics, Klein naturally saw this secret technique.

But Arthur didn't care, because Klein was a fragile guy who preferred to play defensively and couldn't use this secret technique.

He wasn't worried that Klein would reveal the secret technique.

On the one hand, it was because Arthur trusted Klein and felt that his character was quite solid.

On the other hand, if Klein were to pass on this secret technique, then the blame would naturally fall on his head.

If something goes wrong, the Goddess of Night won't come after Arthur.

"Next, I need to think about what kind of magical item I can make with this property," Arthur muttered to himself.

Since this is a magical item used to save lives in emergencies, it naturally doesn't need to be carried around all the time like a hidden blade.

Arthur has a symbol that can store things, so he can keep this magical item inside when he is not in danger and take it out when he encounters danger.

Therefore, the portability of this amazing item doesn't need to be considered too much.

In addition, since this was a piece of equipment used for defense, and it needed to be usable immediately, a very special type of equipment immediately popped into Arthur's mind.

Shield.

Coincidentally, Arthur, as an excellent taunt tank, does need a good shield to increase his sense of security.

As a weapon that occupies an important place in the history of human civilization, the materials used to make shields have become increasingly diverse with the diversification of warfare and the development of the times.

From the earliest wooden shields to the later bronze and iron shields.

As materials changed, the shape of shields also underwent various changes to meet the needs of warfare.

For example, kite-shaped shields, tower shields, small round shields, etc.

Arthur, on the other hand, intended to choose the thickest and most secure tower shield.

After deciding on the design of the shield, Arthur began to consider the patterns on it.

As we all know, the patterns on shields can be enchanted, giving them all sorts of magical effects.

In addition, this pattern can also unite people to a certain extent.

The most typical example is Captain America's shield.

After the shield was painted with the five-pointed star symbolizing the American spirit, it gained the ability to attract all external attacks.

As long as Captain America holds up that red and blue five-pointed star shield, all enemy attacks will be aimed at the shield and will not hit Captain America.

Moreover, this shield later became a spiritual symbol, a pillar of strength for soldiers on the battlefield.

As long as that figure wielding the shield remains active, the soldiers' fighting spirit will not be easily extinguished.

Therefore, Arthur originally planned to dye the shield red and then put a hammer... and scythe pattern on it.

However, after considering several factors, Arthur ultimately decided against taking such a risk.

As he was thinking, Arthur suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder.

Then a childish voice rang cheerfully in his ear:

"Arthur, Arthur, I found that brown-haired, red-eyed boy you mentioned at number 15 Mink Street!"

In Arthur's house, Arthas's childish voice rang out cheerfully.

"Oh? Ian actually went to see Klein after all," Arthur said, somewhat surprised but also relieved.

Logically speaking, he didn't interfere much with Backlund's affairs, so the plot here shouldn't be too affected by his butterfly effect.

The biggest problem is that in the original story, Klein witnessed Ian being pursued by the Zigmans while traveling by train to Backlund, and how Ian escaped the pursuit using his own wit.

While evading capture, Ian also keenly noticed Klein's gaze.

Therefore, it's hard to say whether Ian's choice of Klein to take on the job of finding Detective Irene in the original story was influenced by their chance encounter on the train.

When Arthur went to Tingen, he sabotaged things from the shadows until Ince Zangwill was forced to take matters into his own hands.

This leads to a problem: Klein arrives in Backlund earlier than in the original story.

Therefore, there is almost no chance that he and Ian will run into each other. So when Ian chooses a detective to help him with his investigation, he is very likely not to choose Klein.

For this reason, Arthur asked Arthas a couple of days ago to keep an eye on the Klein family when he had nothing else to do.

In order to avoid the "Five Pounds Kill Ambassador" incident not happening, which would prevent Mr. Fool from obtaining the potion recipes for the subsequent sequences.

Actually, the potion recipes are a minor issue, since Arthur already knows them all. He can simply find a way to sell them at the Tarot Meeting.

The most crucial issue is that if "The World," Mr. Fool's alternate account, cannot be created, then the consequences will be quite serious.

However, it seems that fate has its own inertia in its course.

Without Arthur interfering too drastically, the plot eventually returned to its original course, and Ian still approached Klein for a commission.

"Hmm... So, now that we know Ian is going to make a request of your friend, what can we do?" Arthas asked curiously.

"Hehe, we don't need to do anything about this, we can just watch the show," Arthur said with a smile.

"Watching a show?"

"That's right, a spectacular show."

......

Inside a room at the top of the Round Tower in Silver City.

Colin sat at his desk, reading intently a piece of parchment in his hand.

After carefully reading it several times, Colin put the parchment back on the table and closed his eyes to think quietly.

After a while, he opened his eyes and said in a deep voice:

"Can use."

Derrick, standing in front of the desk, was overjoyed.

What he feared most was that this transaction, which he had brokered as an intermediary, would result in a secret technique being obtained in exchange for a precious Guardian trait, but which would be of no use to their Silver City.

If that's the case, then Derrick definitely won't be able to forgive himself.

"What about the risks of this secret technique?" He immediately recalled Mr. Chariot's warning and asked.

“There are risks in everything you do, Derrick. The idea of ​​gaining strength without paying a price only exists in dreams,” Colin said gently.

He stood up, walked to the window, and said:

"The essence of this secret technique is to imprison extraordinary creatures within one's own body and then draw upon their power."

"The source of the risk lies in the struggle of wills between us and the extraordinary creature sealed within our bodies."

"If we can suppress the extraordinary creature sealed within our bodies, then we can control it and use its power. Otherwise, the result will naturally be going insane due to loss of control, and then dying."

Colin turned around, looked at Derrick, and continued:

"For Silver City, such risks are already extremely small, so this secret technique is of great significance to us."

"Derrick, you deserve a lot of credit for this."

“Chief, I didn’t actually do anything.” Derrick was a little flustered when he suddenly received the praise.

He genuinely felt that he hadn't played a significant role in the deal.

The secret technique was given by Mr. Chariot, and the Guardian trait was brought out by the Chief; he only played the role of passing items.

Anyone could do that.

“Don’t underestimate yourself, Derrick. Since that mysterious being chose you and not someone else, it means that there must be some quality about you that attracted Him.”

The tall Colin effortlessly reached out and patted Derrick on the shoulder.

Even though Derrick is already over two meters tall, he is still a head shorter than him.

"Have you obtained the formula for the subsequent sequence of your solar pathway?" Colin asked.

“No… I don’t know what I’ll exchange it for yet,” Derrick said, shaking his head.

"Don't worry about this. Silver City will pay for all the rewards you need to obtain the subsequent sequence formulas."

"Furthermore, if you later find anything useful at that mysterious gathering but don't have enough chips to exchange for it, you can also tell me," Colin said gently, looking at the boy in front of him.

“Yes, thank you, Chief,” Derrick said, somewhat excitedly.

"Okay, go back and rest. You have patrol duties tomorrow."

Derrick bowed to Colin and then left.

Colin walked to the desk and sat down again.

He took out a new parchment and, referring to the parchment on which the secret method had been recorded, began to write and draw.

“Your Excellency, I thought you would inform the other elders about Derrick’s matter.” The Shadow Watcher appeared behind Colin and said.

Upon hearing this, Colin shook his head and said:

"Derrick is still too immature to take on too much responsibility, so now is not the time to tell too many people about him."

“Especially…” A striking and radiant female figure flashed through Colin’s mind, and then he shook his head and sighed.

The Shadow Watcher knew who he was talking about and fell silent.

After sketching and drawing for a while, Colin exclaimed in surprise: