Mystery: I, the Hermit, am too eager to improve

Chapter 50 Owl...Lady?

"A very capable and decisive kid, Leonard, you're nowhere near as good as him!"

"Old man, where did you go just now?"

Leonard was a little annoyed. He leaned against the carriage, far away from the others, and whispered to the old man.

They almost died!

Looking back now, Leonard still feels a bit scared.

Pales sneered.

"I told you before that I was parasitizing you to avoid my enemies. For an existence of His level, even if it's just the pollution and a trace of spirituality brought by the divine descent ritual, I shouldn't make any moves."

"A divine descent ritual? From the true creator? Is he connected to your enemy?"

Leonard was surprised to hear this.

One is that what happened before was actually a divine descent ritual!

Secondly, it seems the old man has a grudge against the true creator?

Pales replied, "I don't know, but it's best to stay away. That guy is practically everywhere. Who knows if Aurora will even have him? Only by being cautious can we be sure of anything going smoothly. Unless you're really about to die, I won't make a move."

"All right."

"Leonard, you can't always rely on others. If you had even a fraction of that kid's decisiveness and fighting ability, you wouldn't have performed like this today."

"I know."

Leonard answered in a low voice, "Old man, was that a divine descent ritual by the true Creator?"

"Well, but normally it shouldn't have succeeded. Not even a trace of divinity could descend. The current situation still feels a bit strange."

"..."

Leonard was about to ask another question.

Three people approached him from a distance, so he had no choice but to shut up and stop talking.

Fry asked wearily, "Are you alright?"

"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired."

"They seem to have left. Shall we go up and check?"

Roy said.

Leonard nodded: "Okay, I'll go first."

The fact that the old man spoke meant that the slight divine contamination had disappeared.

If there's only one hermit, and he dares to come, he's not too afraid now.

Roy followed behind, hearing muttering incoherently in his ears.

His mental body was also slightly corrupted, so some of the sage's ramblings passed through the barrier.

but.

Once you can enter the mysterious temple, the pollution can be easily broken down and eliminated.

Roy endured the rambling and followed the footsteps ahead.

Leonard went inside.

The anomalies on the corpse indeed disappeared.

They searched the surrounding area.

"They are all ordinary books, but a few of the books on mystical knowledge are also Hainas's divination books."

Luo Yao said.

Leonard rubbed his temples. "Have the police arrived yet?"

"Yes, it's here."

"We'll go back once they arrive. Everyone deserves a rest after this ordeal."

Leonard said, looking at Roy, "Thank you, Mr. Roy. If it weren't for you, our operation might have been very disastrous."

Roy shook his head: "If it weren't for me, you might not have taken today's action. Who knows, if you came back later, Sirius might already be dead."

Given Sirius's condition, it's impossible for him to live for long.

Leonard frowned and said, "Indeed, and the opponent's condition is very advantageous to you, which is too much of a coincidence."

"Yeah, luckily I'm alive and brave enough to fight, otherwise—"

Roy's tone carried a hint of relief at escaping death.

Frye and Luo Yao remained silent.

They provided little help in the war effort, only offering minor resistance, and they still don't know exactly what happened.

"What exactly did you see?"

"No, I didn't see anything, but my intuition tells me that the other party is terrifying, and I absolutely cannot look directly at them with the eyes of a spy."

Roy explained.

Then, he took a deep breath and said, "Of course, I have a terrible idea. Something that can't be looked at directly, yet can make a crazy, out-of-control Sequence 8 so terrifying, can only be the influence of a superior, perhaps..."

"Contamination from the true Creator!"

Leonard spoke slowly and deliberately.

He wanted to say "divinity," but the old man stopped him before he could finish.

Frye and Luo Yao stared wide-eyed in astonishment, their faces filled with disbelief.

They had just fought a madman who had been corrupted by the true creator.

"They've all dissipated now; they're just ordinary corpses."

Roy said with some concern, "What I'm more worried about is that extraordinary property. It might be the one that appeared in our Mechanical Heart territory, but it's still nowhere to be found."

"After this incident, we night watchmen will fully cooperate."

Leonard said seriously.

He should be able to get the Sequence 7 potion after this week.

Although reaching Sequence 7 would inevitably lead to a promotion, staying in Tingen for a short period shouldn't be a problem.

He wants to deal with these lunatics before he leaves!

Roy nodded slightly, but inwardly he was annoyed with himself for his carelessness.

no doubt.

Sirius's extraordinary property is the one that Lannus obtained.

The divine corruption of the true creator may have been acquired through his hands, but it's unclear whether it came from Lanius or Megaius.

He only focused on Lanluus's sequence, but overlooked the fact that Lanluus was actually a member of the Aurora Society, and his things could naturally circulate within the Aurora Society as well.

As Roy thought about this, a sudden realization dawned on him—

Do not!

Perhaps it wasn't that he was being ignored, but rather that he was being influenced.

By that thing...

Roy didn't delve into the matter; instead, he decisively cut off his thoughts to avoid being further entangled by the script.

After waiting for half an hour, the police arrived.

On the way back, Leonard drove.

Roy closed his eyes.

He dared not ascend into the mysterious hall.

Although I've forgotten the reason, it should be related to Leonard's secret.

Roy cut off all thoughts, keeping himself clear-headed, and forcibly endured all the ramblings and indoctrination.

Back at Blackthorn Security, Frye and Luo Yao got out of the car, and Leonard turned around and said, "I'll take you to Black Iron Bar."

Roy was about to nod when he looked up and saw an owl-like spirit creature flying high in the sky. He suddenly remembered—

I haven't had any further communication with it yet.

"Take me home, I just remembered something I need to take care of alone."

"What is it... okay."

Leonard changed his mind halfway through the question and didn't ask any further details.

The old man reminded him.

That owl-shaped spirit creature!

"You need to take a break, because you may have been exposed to some contamination."

"Yes, I'll use ritual magic to heal and recover when I get back. I should feel noticeably better in a couple of days."

Roy was taking precautions.

Leonard was relieved.

He took Roy home.

"Oh my god, Roy, what happened to you?"

Traore covered his mouth, his face filled with surprise and fear—

Roy was now covered in blood, and there was even some splattered brain matter.

"Mrs. Traore, I forgot to mention, I work at the police station now, so... you understand, it's inevitable that these kinds of things will happen."

Roy smiled helplessly.

Traore exclaimed in surprise, "I never imagined you were a hero working at the police station."

"I wouldn't call myself a hero. Hmm, I smell really bad, so I won't chat with you any longer."

Roy went upstairs, then into his room, and immediately took off his clothes and went into the bathroom.

He didn't know where the owl was.

But before going in, Roy said, "I'm going to take a shower first, don't come in."

"I'm a lady, how could I possibly do something as rude as peeping at someone taking a bath!"

An annoyed owl could be heard from outside.

If you listen carefully, you can almost hear a hint of shyness in its voice.

It turned out to be a woman.

I can't hear it at all.

Roy thought to himself as he entered the bathroom.

(End of this chapter)