In the distance, the metal black tower standing under the hazy gray fog and the setting sun rose slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Very slowly, but certainly rising. As a result, a burst of smoke rose from the ground, but it also made the shadow standing in the afterglow of the setting sun grow longer and longer until it pierced through Nolan's eastern urban area like a sword.
From Jenkins' current position, the setting sun and the summer glow were just behind the Black Tower. But this not only did not make the metal tower shine, but the sun's light seemed to be absorbed by the black tower, leaving people with only panic and anxiety.
Even if he didn't use the Eye of Reality, Jenkins knew that the already powerful black aura could definitely reach a level that he had never encountered before. He opened his mouth to say something, but felt extremely bitter in his mouth.
It wasn't that Jenkins had bad breath, it was that there was something wrong with the air.
"Cover your mouth."
He warned Miss Magic, Mr. Hood and Miss Windsor, and put the cat standing on his shoulder into his pocket.
"What's the smell?"
Miss Magic also smelled something strange in the air.
"It seems that the oil is soaked in water, mixed with kitchen waste, and left to ferment all summer."
Mr. Hood frowned and covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve. Jenkins glanced at him unexpectedly when he heard the words, wondering how he knew such a strange smell.
Although the smell is very pungent, at least it is not a poisonous gas-it is not a poisonous gas if it is not inhaled for a long time. But for the sake of his health, Jenkins still suggested that the servants take Queen Isabella back to the house first, knowing that there will be no aftershocks.
After that, Miss Magic took Miss Windsor to leave first. After Jenkins thanked Mr. Hood as Jenkins Williams, he also asked Mr. Hood to go back as soon as possible, so as not to collide with the church team.
Then he was beside the queen to ensure that she would not die immediately, and after the people from the church arrived, he asked his servants to notify the dukes who were in Norland to come over.
During this period, Jenkins handed over all the information about Queen Isabella investigated today to the church. He wasn't going to hide it, and there was no need to. As for how the church will deal with it, Jenkins doesn't want to bother.
All he knew was that he would tell Bishop Parode that things about the throne had to be expedited. In the past, due to the peaceful handover of power, Jenkins' progress has not been fast, and he has not borrowed much from the power of the church.
But from today, everything will be different. Jenkins saw it clearly, and he shouldn't expect anything from the old man. Regarding the matter of succession, we can't delay any longer. He wants to ascend to the throne as soon as possible.
Queen Isabella's use of extraordinary power is different from the haughty Tarquin and Thrash II's contact with mystery. The former is to break the curse on her body, and the latter is because of selfishness, but frankly speaking, the disaster of Loen And the three demigods in the tree house have no absolute relationship with Salhi II.
But Queen Isabella is indeed using mysterious powers to kill people, and even cooperates with the tree house, which is considered an illegal organization by the church. Although as she said, as long as she expresses repentance, the church cannot force her to abdicate, but Jenkins also believes that the church will not easily make such a move of "forgiving".
In particular, he would not allow such an act of forgiveness by the Church.
Jenkins left the mansion only after confirming the arrival of the church team and the hurrying dukes. Duke Douglas wanted to stop Jenkins and ask about the specific situation here, but Jenkins ignored him.
With a gloomy face, he talked to Captain Bincy who was guarding outside the house for a while, knowing that the Church of Twelve "cherishes" this hard-won opportunity for Queen Isabella to make a mistake, so this matter will not happen. It's easy.
"As for the tower."
Captain Bincy pointed in that direction:
"My team is only responsible for the perimeter security here, so I didn't set out as soon as I received your notice. When we left the church, the earthquake just happened. Miss Bevanna saw the rise of the tower with us. She is now It's probably over."
Jenkins then took the chocolate and headed towards the metal tower, because the earthquake had just happened, and there were many people on the gray and foggy streets. Although the frequency of Nolan earthquakes is very high recently, no one dares to bet against death that since their house was not damaged last time, it will definitely not be damaged this time.
The crowd on the street was not very crowded, but most of them were talking about the inexplicably elevated black tower. Now the height of the black tower no longer changes, but just looking at that height, there is an inexplicable sense of oppression.
It stands in the center of Nolan City. Although Jenkins doesn't know much about the wonders of this world, he can bet that the current Black Tower is probably one of the tallest towers in the world.
The neighborhood around Civic Plaza was cordoned off with greater force, and even Jenkins had to wait for his ID to be calibrated before he could enter. This not only requires him to release his soul emblem as proof of identity, but also needs to answer some questions and sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Even so, it is already a simplified process. Because in principle, except for the church givers who are allowed to enter the block due to work reasons, any other personnel not related to this matter are not allowed to enter. Jenkins is an antique shop apprentice who is semi-clerical in the church, and of course belongs to the "not related to this matter" crowd.
Miss Bevanna personally went to the blockade at the intersection of the street and brought Jenkins into the block, and the two hurried along the street towards the tower. Jenkins looked at the tense atmosphere around him, as well as those people with serious faces in the gray fog, and felt that things seemed more serious than he thought:
"Any new discoveries?"
he asked.
"That tower... our previous guesses were all wrong."
Coming to the bottom of the tower at a close distance, I found that the area of the original base of the tower has doubled, which shows that the cross-sectional area of the tower protruding from the ground this time is larger than the upper part.
In addition to Miss Bevanna, there are seven or eight demigods of the Orthodox Church who took a quick look and even saw the Holy Son from the Mechanic Church. But the two didn't have time to say hello. The gentleman was holding hands in front of the pagoda, arguing with the two gray-haired old men excitedly.
"This is the current sketch of the Black Tower."
Miss Bevanna led Jenkins to where the Keeper and the others were. Due to the expansion of the tower base, the original tent and the temporary shed were moved a little farther away, and the number of Keeper and apprentices under the shed now also become more.
When Mr. Smith heard Miss Bevanna's voice, he stepped aside to let Jenkins see the huge model of the black tower outlined on the white paper with a pencil on the desktop, and some data were simply written on it.
At the top is the tower raised for the first time, with no patterns on the surface, and below is the tower raised for the second time, which is obviously higher and wider than the first tower, and there are some vague depictions on the surface, but there is no trace on the paper. Draw clearly.
"Before you came, a very simple experiment made the Church of Mechanics discover that the part that appeared on the ground for the first time had a completely different composition and color from the tower that was newly exposed to the ground this time."
"What's the meaning?"
"It means that the towering part that was exposed to the ground last time was not a few floors of the tower, but a first floor of the tower. This time the new one appeared is the second floor from the top to the bottom of the black tower... A lie not long ago The followers of the Black Tower once ventured into the tower. In his description, there are no stairs inside the black tower, and the ceiling cannot be seen from the upper edge of the field of vision... "
Now Jenkins understood. He turned his head to look at the black tower whose top was almost invisible, and then imagined that this was only the top two floors of the tower. A strange feeling of shuddering made him feel a little chill in his heart.
Holding Chocolate's head on his shoulder to keep it from moving, he bent over hesitantly to look at the sketch on the table:
"In other words, the internal structure of this tower may be completely different from what we currently imagine? Moreover, since the second floor will suddenly protrude from the ground, will more underground floors appear one after another in the days to come? ?”
"Probably so, the Church of Mechanics said it is entirely possible."
The Keeper replied.
"But why? Why did the tower rise suddenly? There must be some reason for this?"
"According to what you said, believers of lies killed a benefactor of the Gear Artisan Guild in the eastern mine area today. Our current view is that the elevation of the tower is related to this."
When Jenkins went to the church to report Queen Isabella just now, it was an excuse to meet a believer in lies on the way to walk the cat. The latter gave him a stack of materials and disappeared.
"So what is the purpose of this tower? Now that the second floor has been extended, we have more clues, can we discover some new information?"
he asked again.
"It's hard to say, there has been no satisfactory progress."
The keeper said with some embarrassment.
"Then what about these patterns? What are the patterns on the outer periphery of the second floor of the tower?"
Jenkins pointed to the sketch.
"The lines around the black tower are not fixed, but slowly changing."
The old keeper explained again:
"The parts revealed at one time are very rare. When we discovered those engravings half an hour ago, we even thought they were some kind of unknown ancient characters. These engravings change very slowly. I think if you want to know It will take at least a month to engrave all the patterns."
"But why is the periphery of the first layer blank and the second layer engraved?"
"have no idea."
The Keeper shook his head again.
Seeing this, Jenkins also knew that he couldn't ask more questions. He turned around and looked under the black tower with some embarrassment, wondering if he should venture in again.
The first floor is the bronze statues of the kings of the three major human kingdoms in the material world. He believes that there must be something different on the second floor.
PS: This chapter is 3K. Ask for tickets at the end of the month.