Chapter 561

Julia took advantage of the gap when Jenkins was speaking and asked at the right time from the side.

"Meow~"

The lying cat immediately stood up and answered her.

"Have you eaten? If you have eaten, just prepare some midnight snacks for us. If you haven't eaten yet, then let's eat together."

Dolores hadn't had dinner yet because she was waiting for the two of them to come back. She even pushed her sister to attend the important meeting in the evening. Now that the two people who had gone out returned, the whole family sat at the dining table and continued to listen to Jenkins telling the story:

"That tree is very old and is not afraid of fire or ice. Later, Alexia thought of a way and asked me to use the new cane to turn it into a scepter and forcefully give it to some people who like to eat leaves and The worms in the wood give an excess of life force. You can't imagine what those horrible worms look like when they grow to the size of a calf..."

"That's enough Jenkins, you don't have to ask me to recall what I just saw."

Alexia interrupted Jenkins in time, allowing everyone to continue dinner in peace.

Behind the terrifying old tree is the mad poet's skeleton that has been touched and made alive. The skeleton is a terrifying monster between a cursed spirit and an undead entity, immune to most physical and magical attacks. At first, only Alexia's attack with her blue cube was effective. Later, Jenkins realized that it must be a method that contains the rules of the world to be effective, so he directly told the corpse with lies that it could no longer move. .

This didn't completely work, but it did make it lose the ability to transform into a spiritual body, move at high speed, and change positions in space. Only then could Jenkins and Alexia win.

"So have you found any useful clues?"

Dolores asked curiously while manipulating the knife and fork.

"Due to the power of the curse, that small mountain village has maintained its original state for thousands of years. We found some traces of fighting in the village, and then followed the traces and climbed to the nearby snow-capped mountains. We found an extremely terrifying thing on the top of the snow-capped mountains. The remnants of the battle. The place is beyond the influence of the village curse, but the traces have not disappeared after thousands of years. The mad poet and the unknown brave man at that time were probably stronger than any of us... Jenkins may sometimes Able to fight them, but not in the current state."

Alexia explained and Jenkins nodded:

"It is unimaginable that mortals stranded in the material world can leave such traces of battle just by relying on their ordinary state. Sure enough, the effects of all native savior emblems and abilities can be called miraculous. The mad poet seizes from disasters Although I still lost to my opponent in the end, I believe more and more that the warrior who did not leave his name is the real savior who saved the material world at the end of the fifteenth century.”

He said this, and Julia glanced at her princess, who pretended not to hear anything.

"The most important discovery is that while searching the mountain village, we found the residences of the mad poet and outsiders at the same time. In the mad poet's residence, we found the map he held at the time, translated the signs on it and checked The changes in the physical world's terrain over the past millennium will help us find his footprints, but it is very difficult. In the unknown brave man's room, we found the letter he left behind, the crazy poet. After being killed, because the curse leaked was too strong, the brave man could only leave with the living people in the mountain village and wait for time to weaken the power of the curse before solving it.

The letter stated that if he did not return, then those who came after him could seek him out and collect payment after resolving the curse. "

Alexia said.

"But that was three epochs ago. Where are you going to get paid?"

Dolores asked:

"Psychic or divination? I like the teacher's number divination."

"No, the hero's letter asked us to find the Franka family living in the Western Continent. No matter what era, as long as this family still exists, we can get rewards after showing the letter. However, Alexia and I both “I wonder if this family, Dolores, has any nobles with this surname in this country?”

Jenkins asked the princess.

Dolores thought for a moment and shook her head, then looked at Julia, who immediately said:

"Tomorrow I will go to the royal library to check. The surnames of all the nobles of the three modern kingdoms and some nobles of the small kingdoms are included in the library's database."

"That's great. I originally wanted to check with Miss Tostevere, so I don't need to bother her now."

Jenkins said with a smile that although today was very tiring, it was all worth it.

He carefully cut off a small piece from the steak with a silver table knife, and then brought it to his mouth with a fork. In fact, he is still used to using chopsticks until now, but now that everyone is eating here, there is no need to act unique.

Dong dong dong~

There was a knock on the door of the restaurant. Julia walked to the door to check, and then the old housekeeper walked in quickly.

"Mr. Williamt, the Sage Church's carriage is outside. There seems to be something urgent."

The old butler leaned over and whispered in Jenkins' ear.

"What's going on so late?"

Jenkins was a little confused, but since the church specially sent someone to find him, there must be a reason. I had a few quick bites to fill my stomach and then said goodbye to the ladies.

After changing the clothes for traveling, he returned to the restaurant and picked up the cat. Then he hurriedly walked out of the door of the house to the courtyard, and then saw Father Fernando waiting anxiously at the door of the manor.

"Sorry, it took me some time to change clothes."

He jumped into the carriage, and the priest immediately asked the coachman to speed up towards the city.

"What happened in the city?"

Jenkins had time to ask, but looking out the car window, the city that was getting closer and closer was peaceful. It seemed to be a peaceful night.

"It's not Loen that has a problem, it's Nolan City. Now Miss Bevanna from Nolan has something urgent to do with you."

Soon he arrived at the church and met Miss Bevanna through the prepared basin of delusions. She was not indoors, but on the street. Based on what his eyes could capture, Jenkins judged that this should be in the slums of Nolan's lower town.

The night sky in the background was shrouded in black clouds. But this black cloud has nothing to do with Ye Yu. It is purely a strange phenomenon caused by the release of special spirits into the city and their accumulation. In other words, Nolan, who had just recovered from the "heavy rain" and "earthquake", once again had a huge event happen to him.

Chapter 1369 Chapter 1346: Tracking

"What's going on?"

There was also a whole team of scribes with Miss Bevanna, and the corpses of some alien species were scattered around them. Most of those alien species are corpse-eating creatures and cursed ones. In other words, they are all enemies of mankind. Except for some curses and illegal alchemy experiments, these creatures have actually disappeared in the material world.

"Jenkins, I'm sorry to disturb you so late. The thing is like this. This afternoon, someone opened a door in Nolan that connected the material world and the outside world, causing a large number of alien species to enter the city through this way. Now Nolan Lan City is under total martial law, and all citizens are prohibited from going out. The church is leading a team to search for the escaped aliens in the city. Now, although the situation is temporarily under control, we still have not found the location of the door. We are asking your stargazing teacher Ao Dai. After Miss Li asked for advice, she said that you must do the divination this time. "

"Me? But..."

Jenkins' big head in the sky showed a hesitant expression. He knew his level very well, and it was difficult to divine a lost key, let alone such critical information. But he can indeed do something. During the camp fire incident a few days ago, he got a broken mirror, which can help in the search.

"These are Audrey's original words. She said you will find a way. No matter what method you use, please give me the answer before dawn. The time now is..."

Miss Bevanna looked at the clock tower standing in the center of the city.

"It's nine o'clock in the evening. You still have ten hours. Please hurry up. Although the situation is under control now, we don't know whether the number of alien species rushing over from another world will double in the next wave."

Miss Bevanna ordered, and Jenkins could not find any reason to shirk the task, so he could only nod in agreement.

"However, the alien invasion will not be because of..."

When he pulled his head out of the basin of delusion, Jenkins suddenly thought of something. So he introduced the current situation to Mr. Fernando, then asked for a spacious room in the church, locked himself in it, and announced that he wanted to perform complex divination.

"You're here to watch the door for me. If someone knocks on the door, just delay. I'll be back every hour."

After he was ready, he made excessive demands on his cat. The cat barked unhappily, but did not object.

Everything is ready and head to Nolan immediately. After walking out of his closet, he noticed that the atmosphere tonight was unusual. Just walking from the backyard to the street was delayed for ten minutes, because there were constant church benefactors patrolling the streets together with the local police and even the army.

In the end, Jenkins could only take the risk and summon a unicorn on the roof of the empty Miss Silver Flute's house next door, and then let the unicorn carry him to a high altitude that could not be seen from the ground.

Looking down on the city from this height, Nolan is lit up by warm yellow lights, and the outline of the urban area and the thick fog outside the urban area are clearly visible. Clusters of firelight were dancing in the narrow streets. They were patrol teams carrying oil lamps and torches. Judging from the density of the fire, it is basically impossible to move on the ground now.

Jenkins knew that he didn't have time to enjoy the night view of the city, so after taking off, he let the unicorn fly to the construction site of the Nolan Branch of the Fictionary National Bank in the east of the city. Mr. White Cat planned an action here today. Thinking of the alien corpse he just saw next to Miss Bevanna, Jenkins connected the two things together, so before starting the so-called divination, he had to confirm whether his guess was reasonable.

The bank started construction since the Kingdom announced banking reforms at the beginning of this year. Within four months, the basic framework of the building had begun to take shape. Because the door was closed, there was no need to arrange night watch personnel inside. Jenkins was able to land on the roof, and then returned to the ground from the side by stepping on temporary wooden boards and metal supports that were constructed to facilitate construction.

This block was very quiet, and there was no smell of blood in the air, as if it had nothing to do with the turmoil in the city tonight. Jenkins stood in the shadow of the building to cover his figure, and then used the Eye of Truth to observe the surroundings, trying to find suspicious auras, but found nothing.

Only when he carefully checked, he found some bloodstains in the corner of the wall on the inside of the first floor. The bloodstains had dried up, but it should not have been more than a day ago.

"Is it unrelated to what happened here?"

He could only come to this conclusion for the time being. After confirming again and again that there were no clues here, he could only return to Loon first.

The cat in the room lay loyally in front of the door. When he heard Jenkins get up, he immediately stood up and pounced on him. The young writer immediately praised his cat for being very useful, and kept patting and caressing it. Chocolate was obviously very happy with this series of actions.

B-07-4-2637 [Incomplete Treasure Hunting Bronze Mirror] was on him. Jenkins originally planned to use it to find "clues related to the Williamite family bloodline", but now for Nolan, he could only use this broken mirror.

According to the process seen in the data, Jenkins cut his finger with a knife, and then carefully wrote "Looking for the portal connecting to the other world that appeared in Nolan City" on the mirror with blood, and then opened the window and threw the mirror away.

There was no sound of the bronze mirror falling to the ground. On the contrary, a sudden gust of wind almost blinded Jenkins' eyes. He hurriedly bent down under the window to avoid the wind. When the sound of the wind disappeared and he was about to close the window, he found that there was a branch on the windowsill that was blown out by the strong wind.

The branch was just an ordinary branch, which Jenkins' eyes could confirm. This should be the hint given by the mirror.

He sat at the table with the branch and checked it several times, but did not find the secret hidden in it. Later, he remembered to distinguish the tree species, which might have some special meaning.

After inspection and speculation, Jenkins thought it was a branch of birch.

"Birch... Mr. Birch?"

Mr. Birch was one of the original members of the Hooded Gentleman's party. He died on a rainy night last autumn because of the girl selling flowers. Jenkins visited their home at the beginning of the year because of the fruit plate. Mr. Birchwood's family was doing well, and there was no other tragedy in the family due to the death of the head of the family. Jenkins knew their address very well, and this was the target of the next stop.

Section 1370 Chapter 1347 Loyal Heart

"What does this have to do with Mr. Birchwood?"

After connecting the clues in his hand with Mr. Birchwood, Jenkins wondered, and then asked himself in his heart:

"Is there something wrong with my interpretation?"

But there was no more useful information to be read from ordinary branches. Jenkins thought about it and returned to Nolan again, this time heading towards Mr. Birchwood's home.

After Mr. Birchwood died, because there were no adult men in the family, the family moved from the alley where they originally lived to a relatively safe street-front rental apartment, and the family squeezed into a room on the third floor.

It was also a martial law area in the city. Jenkins jumped from the unicorn to the roof, lying there carefully avoiding the vigilant eyes of the patrolling police and the gifters below, and it took a while to find the attic skylight.

The skylight was locked, so he very impolitely melted someone else's padlock before climbing into the attic. There was no light in the rental apartment now. It was late and everyone was asleep.

He tiptoed from the attic to the third floor, and while he was still wondering whether he should enter Mr. Birchwood's family's room, the door opened by itself.

Jenkins covered his mouth to prevent his breathing from being too loud and being heard by the old man who came out in his outdoor clothes. That was Mr. Birchwood's mother, a woman in her fifties, who didn't look like she was going to the toilet.

The old woman also tiptoed and seemed to be very good at it. She came all the way to the first floor and walked out of the house. Jenkins followed behind, watching the old woman choose narrow and remote alleys to walk, successfully avoiding three or four waves of patrol police along the way, and finally stopped downstairs of an unfinished building with no name in the slums.

"What are you doing out so late? Even if it's a date with a lover, she's a little too old..."

Jenkins, who was hiding in the corner, had reached a peak of doubt, and before long, another equally sneaky man came over from the other side of the alley, sticking to the shadow of the wall. Jenkins had some impression of this man's face. He had seen it in the local daily newspaper. It seemed that he was a not-so-important official of Nolan City Hall.

"Mrs. Wood, long time no see."

The slightly fat middle-aged man said while wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, looking very nervous.

"To be more precise, we haven't seen each other since the fatal news was delivered 12 years ago. I didn't expect that after so many years, the higher-ups still remember me...Speaking of which, what happened tonight? Why was there a sudden curfew?"

Mrs. Wood, the mother of Mr. Birchwood, that is, the mother of Mr. Jack Wood, asked.

"I heard that the pirate king in the outer sea sent a small force of killers and rapists to sneak into the city... It's not important. Mrs. Wood, after so many years, the organization has used our line again. As my superior, you should know why."

"Of course I know, because the war started, and our spies, who were deployed by the Kingdom of Chesland to the Kingdom of Fidictry, have been dormant for more than ten years and have finally come into use again."

The old man said disdainfully, but he didn't know that in the other corner, the young man covering his mouth was so surprised that he didn't know how to express his feelings.

"Spy? Mr. Birchwood's mother is a spy for the Chesland Kingdom?"

If he hadn't heard Mrs. Wood admit this with his own ears, Jenkins would never have imagined that an old man in his fifties could also be a spy. From the conversation between the two of them, it is not difficult to tell that Mrs. Wood and that man were spies at least twelve years ago. It is really hard to imagine when they were sent to the country to perform tasks.

"I thought you wouldn't come to see me. After all, so many years have passed and your last task has been completed. Even if you decide to become an ordinary person and forget about the past, I can understand it."

The man said to the old man with some shame.

"I still remember the oath I made before setting off from my hometown. Even if I live in Nolan for more than thirty years, even if I marry a man from the Kingdom of Fidicli and give birth to the next generation for him, I will still I have never forgotten where my country is.”

Mrs. Wood said calmly, these were the words of an old man in his fifties.

"I know that I may never have the chance to go back in my life, and I won't even be able to be buried in my hometown after my death, so I can only make some contributions to the country during my lifetime."

"You are really..."

The man was as surprised as Jenkins who was secretly eavesdropping. He thought for a long time but couldn't find a suitable adjective, so he could only sigh:

"If there were more people like you in our country, I am afraid that the prosperity of the ancient Hikali Empire would have been restored long ago."

It is not difficult to tell from the conversation that the purpose of the two people's trip was to restore the spy intelligence line that had been dormant for more than ten years. Mrs. Wood and the man Jenkins could not name met tonight to confirm each other's loyalty, and Mrs. Wood announced the decisions made by her superiors, the latest tasks, the new code book, and the issue of subsidies for special periods.

This information may be very important to some people, but it has nothing to do with the purpose of Jenkins' trip. He still remembered that he was looking for the portal that connected the material world to the outside world, so he was anxiously wondering if he had gone the wrong way, but at this moment he heard the man ask Mrs. Wood:

"...there's something I shouldn't have asked about, but...I heard that your son passed away unexpectedly last fall. I'm sorry. I should have sent you a letter or attended the funeral. , but did not make any statement in the end.”

"It's the right thing for you to do. Jack has nothing to do with our career. He always thought that I was just an ordinary housewife. There is no need to cause him more troubles after his death. You don't have to pity me, I still have two children." A promising grandson, they will grow up smoothly under the protection of God..."

Mrs. Wood's voice reached Jenkins' ears through the wind. He didn't know whether he was right or wrong in eavesdropping on this conversation, but Mr. Birch's family was indeed a bit too complicated.

"You don't have to worry about my life. Even without the special allowance sent by Charles every month, our family is living very well. Little Jack has a wide range of friends, including librarians, businessmen, and students. After his death, his friends are all Willing to help us..."

Jenkins didn't listen carefully to the rest of the words because it had nothing to do with him. With a heavy heart, he turned towards Mr. Birchwood's house, wanting to see if he had missed any clues. But as soon as he turned the corner, he heard painful groans coming from the dim alley beside him.

Chapter 1371 Chapter 1348 The whole story and smuggling

Hearing those strange sounds, Jenkins frowned and hesitated for a moment, then walked over cautiously, while observing the aura with his eyes. He immediately recognized that the aura belonged to Mr. Hood, so he quickly walked into the alley and found several ghoul corpses next to a garbage can that smelled bad. As he walked forward, he saw Mr. Hood The gentleman leaned crookedly on the low wall.