Mystery: The Lamp God’s Path To Freedom

Quinas left MI9 and went directly to the military headquarters. He was going to report to his superiors about the mission to escort the slave ship.

The military is not monolithic, and the two largest factions are the King's Faction and the Great Noble Faction. The former is truly loyal to His Majesty the King and the Augustus family. The latter is ostensibly loyal to the royal family, but actually represents the interests of the alliance of some great nobles, mainly those land nobles with a long history, such as Duke Negan.

Quinas belongs to the former, he is a diehard supporter of George III. His superior in the military is none other than Admiral Hein Clausewy, who is directly loyal to His Majesty the King, a Sequence Four demigod of the arbitrator path.

When they arrived at the military headquarters, Admiral Hein's secretary told Qonas that the admiral was currently inspecting the barracks and would not be back until noon.

Quinas had to wait in the reception room. After waiting for a while, Quinas felt a little restless and couldn't help standing up and pacing back and forth in the room.

What happened in Pritz Harbor has always made him restless. Although the enemy did not reappear later, the abnormal ability and the attack for no reason made him puzzled, and the unknown represented danger.

After drinking too much coffee and going to the bathroom twice, the secretary came to inform Quinas that Admiral Hein was going to the dining room of the military headquarters. Quinas thanked the secretary and hurried to the restaurant.

Admiral Hein is a very easy-going person. He thinks he is funny and humorous, and he likes to tell all kinds of jokes, including Ruen's not-so-funny cold jokes, and Intis' dirty jokes with color.

Quinas quickly found Admiral Hein in the dining area. He was holding a dinner plate and talking to an officer with a smile. Quinas knew the officer, a major general like himself.

Admiral Hein was a middle-aged gentleman who seemed to be in his forties. His face was gentle and well-maintained. If you didn't look closely, you couldn't see the small wrinkles around his eyes. In fact, this is an old man who is nearly sixty years old. His sideburns are a little gray, but the rest of his hair is still completely black, and his hairline is also unexpectedly forward for his age.

Quinas found an opportunity to report to Admiral Hein on the mission in the southern continent alone.

The slave-hunting operations of the black gloves developed by the military were supported by the Gnosis Society. In the Rose Islands and East Balam, they easily captured enough slaves. The biggest difficulty was how to hide from the eyeliners of the Church of Storms. and official investigations. And Quinas's main task is to escort the slave ship at sea, and to immediately silence the insider if there is a risk of being discovered.

Quinas briefly described the general process of carrying out the secret mission, and added a few important details. Admiral Hein's smile never faded, and he nodded again and again when Qonas narrated the key points, as if he was very satisfied with this shrewd and capable subordinate.

At the end of the conversation, Quinas showed hesitation, and said in deliberation: "Just as I was about to complete the task and prepare to hand over to them in Pritz Harbor, I was attacked."

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Are you injured?" Admiral Hein showed a concerned expression just right.

"I wasn't injured, but I didn't cause any harm to him either. This is what I'm confused about. Please give me some advice, Admiral," Quinas said earnestly.

"Tell me."

"He looks like a spirit body that can always float in the air. He can use the ability of the arbitrator path, at least Sequence Five, but the effect of the ability is stronger than the normal Sequence Five. I didn't see him use the sealed item, but he said The words spoken will be realized. The weirdest thing is that he is almost immune to all my ability attacks, whether it is my own or the ability of "Concerto of Light and Shadow". I have never encountered such a situation that is completely unaffected, according to As far as I know, even for the adults of Sequence Three or Two, the effect of demigod-level ability attacks is only greatly reduced."

"Well... this is really unreasonable, um... what do you think?"

"I think he is not a normal person, but a high-ranking evil spirit of the arbitrator path. During his formation, he was affected by the extraordinary characteristics of other paths, causing his ability to mutate."

"Well...that makes sense, so what do you want to do?"

"I want to look up portraits of nobles and royal families based on his image, and see if there are fallen high-sequence experts whose appearance is similar to this evil spirit, so as to confirm the identity of the evil spirit."

"This is a good direction, so what are your plans for the next step?"

"I want to issue a mission to MI9 first to find relevant clues. Based on the evil spirit's instinct to desire extraordinary materials from this pathway, focus on this at the underground markets and Extraordinary gatherings in Pritz Harbor and Backlund. At the same time, release Wanted, widely mobilize bounty hunters."

"Okay, you did a good job on the mission to the Southern Continent this time. I will report this to His Majesty the King and seek rewards for you. After you have dealt with this evil spirit, go back and have a good rest."

"Yes, follow your orders, I will immediately deal with the evil spirit incident, and swear allegiance to His Majesty the King!"

Watching this ambitious and energetic subordinate leave, Admiral Hein's smile remained unchanged.

...

Halles Street, in the living room of the Welch home.

Naya, a beautiful girl with long, smooth brown hair, excitedly proposed to the dark black notebook on the marble coffee table, "How about we do a divination?"

"Divination? That's something you girls like to play. I think we should find more reference materials."

Klein shook his head in disapproval. Divination sounds very unreliable. History is a serious topic that requires textual research and empirical evidence. How can it be treated with a child's play attitude?

"It's not impossible, right? We can try it, it's not troublesome anyway." Welch was not as straightforward as Klein, and immediately followed Naya's suggestion and proposed a solution to please the girl.

Then he said to Naya, "Do you know how to divination?"

"I know, I know, I have learned something from others, we can do mirror divination."

While speaking, Naya stood up directly and urged Welch to find the items needed for divination.

After a while, Naya and Welch came back with a silver mirror, a candle, and a bottle of men's perfume.

Naya first closed all the doors in the living room, then drew the curtains, and the living room immediately became dark.

After that, Naya cleaned the already clean marble coffee table again, put the notes of the Antigonus family in the center, and put the mirror behind the notes, so that the people sitting in front of the coffee table can just look at them from the bottom of the table. Saw notes in the mirror. She set the candle in front of the note, lit the candle, took out Welch's perfume, and sprayed some in the air, and the air was immediately filled with a strong fragrance.

After getting everything ready, Naya half-kneeled in front of the coffee table, and asked Welch and Klein to face the coffee table and stand behind her, keeping a quiet and respectful attitude.

So a seemingly nonsense divination began.

Under the dim candlelight, Naya stretched out one hand to touch the mirror, the shadow of her arm passed through the notes, showing a crooked and turbulent shape, and the other hand covered her chest. She closed her eyes and bowed respectfully. Chanting:

"Mysterious mirror, please tell me the origin of the note in front of me."

She repeated in a low voice, and Welch stared at the mirror curiously, while Klein felt a little ridiculous.

The yellow candlelight trembled slightly, and the room became abnormally cold, and a strange power spread from the black-covered notebook, silently entwining the three young men in front of the coffee table, but the three of them didn't notice it.