Coincidentally, Miss Magic's gift clue is very close to the vague information provided by Dolores about the Genesis Tablet. But Dolores' news is half a year out of date, and Jenkins doesn't think he has that luck, so the main goal of tonight is to find that C-type gift.
This is the first joint adventure between the old elf and Jenkins. In the past, Jenkins knew him as an elder who sat in the house and gave guidance to young people.
But in fact, if you convert the level of the human bestower, the strength of the old elf is not weak. After all, even among the elves, he is considered a very old elder. Even if his talent is mediocre, as long as he works hard, time can give extra gifts to all things.
The two walked side by side on Nolan Street at night, chatting while walking. Soon from the upper city to the dense fog around the city, even though there are gas street lights on the side of the road, the visibility is still terribly low.
"It's bound to go wrong."
The old elf sniffed the special smell in the air and said with certainty that he and Jenkins were very close, but still saw each other as a shadow.
"I've seen too many similar things. Naturally, although it doesn't have its own consciousness, it can best respond to changes in the outside world. The current fog is enough to give birth to some terrible things."
In fact, it does not need to be born naturally, but man-made means can use the power of this dense fog. Jenkins and the old elf talked about last year's "Children of the Mist" plan. This plan was inexplicably destroyed by Jenkins once, and then he wanted to use the power of the evil god to carry it out again. Then at the end of last year, the Six Gods Under Nolan incident happened .
"I haven't heard of this, but since there can be a second time, maybe there can be a third time."
The elf speculates:
"As long as you have the ability to manipulate the fog, regardless of the cost, it is not difficult to borrow power from these fogs. You see, just walking in the fog, I can even feel the creepy feeling of needles pricking my skin, Nolan The fog is out of control."
Manipulating the fog is a specialty of the [Smell and Appreciation Committee], and the other party has also moved to Nolan as a whole not long ago. If the old elf's speculation is correct, then I am afraid that the third [Children of the Mist] plan will really appear.
Besides, the previous two times were related to [Tree House], and now the group of cigarette sellers have also hooked up with Tree House. Jenkins doesn't believe that these two groups just want to cooperate to make money.
He sighed, troubled by the thorny question. The old elf reassured that this is not a problem with Jenkins alone, and as long as the source of the smoke is properly controlled, Nolan's fog is nothing but water without a source.
"So I have to be king."
Jenkins came to this conclusion, and the old elf nodded in relief:
"This is an honor that belongs to the elves. I heard about the Middleton family. You should take back the power that belongs to the elves."
The gift that Miss Magic knew was smuggled to Nolan with a batch of antiques last fall. It should have appeared on the black market or other underground trading channels, but because of the fire caused by the "inferior explosion spell", the gift was followed Together with the unburned antiques, he lay in the Carfax Yard for half a year.
The batch of antiques that were later used as evidence disappeared without anyone paying attention, and then became the collection of a local nobleman. Miss Magic learned of this clue by accident, but she is not sure whether all the antiques that were originally used as evidence have flowed into the hands of one person. After all, no one knows what the gift is. .
Soon Jenkins and the old elves came to the house of Viscount Rudos in the west of Nolan. Viscount Rudos is a local nobleman in Nolan. Although the family is not prosperous, his daughter married the current Karl The Director of the Personnel Department of Fax Field, this is probably the reason why he was able to get the batch of antiques.
The house is quite large, with towering walls protecting the owner, and closed black iron gates to reject all intruders. Both Jenkins and the old elf have the means to change their face and body shape. After a simple change of clothes, the two turned over the wall together.
The old elf's skill is not very flexible, but it is no problem to climb over the undefended high wall. Just as they landed, they were spotted by a group of black wolfhounds resting by the wall. These watchdogs were big, scary and full of viciousness, and each of them seemed to be able to swallow several chocolates in one gulp.
"Meow~"
The cat on the shoulder swept the back of Jenkins' neck with its tail dissatisfied.
Without Jenkins doing anything, the old elf took out a pinch of powder from his pocket and sprinkled it forward. The wolfhounds who were just about to stand up and howl fell down listlessly, as if they had fallen asleep due to excessive sleepiness.
"This is the elf's special formula, used to deal with some wild beasts in the forest."
The elf explained in a low voice, and then he and Jenkins leaned against the wall to avoid the patrolling guards. After bypassing a pile of empty wine barrels and jumping over the stacked building materials, they came to the back door of the house.
"I've already inquired. Our target is on the third floor."
Jenkins said, in fact, the aura he saw just now was on the third floor.
The back door of this house probably has not been opened all year round, the keyhole is rusty, and the doorknob is also dusty. Jenkins had some trouble poking it open with wire, and slipped into the house with the elf.
The first floor of the house is Viscount Rudos's reception room, study, living room and servants' rooms, and the second floor is the living area of the Rudos family. But after going up to the second floor, after searching for a long time, the two of them didn't find the stairs leading to the third floor.
Jenkins looked up again to confirm the location of the gift, and then called the elf who wanted to try to see if there was a trap door:
"Don't bother, let's go straight up."
As he spoke, he threw two Silence Charms under his feet, and moved the low cabinet with the vases on the side of the stairs, stepped on the cabinet and reached out to touch the ceiling of the corridor on the second floor, and as the flames flowed out, the ceiling was burned out in a short while. a big hole.
"let's go!"
He quickly climbed to the third floor, then reached down and pulled the dumbfounded elf up.
"Do you do this often?"
Only then did the elf ask, he couldn't imagine why Jenkins was so proficient.
"No, don't think of me as a bad guy."
Jenkins shook his head and said, jumped back to the second floor to move the cabinet back, picked up the charm on the ground, and then jumped up and grabbed the elf's hand. After returning to the third floor, press your hands on the ground to fill up the burnt hole, so that no one will know that there are impolite intruders on the third floor.
PS: I originally wanted to use "Thieves of the Night" as the title of the chapter, but after thinking about it, "Bandits" is more in line with the style of this chapter.