"Could it be that the secret of Mr. Bernoulli is related to the difference engine? But what is the relationship between the seal revealed under the Temple of the Old God in the desert in the central part of the continent and the difference engine based on Nolan?"
Although he couldn't figure it out for the time being, since there were no clues in the mansion, Jenkins decided to return to the small town of Beketo after disposing of the underground blacksmith workshop. Regardless of whether the difference machine appears there or not, it is also an excellent thing to confirm the church's handling plan after receiving the news.
So he called out his unicorn in the yard, and the little beast bent its legs and bent down on the ground so that Jenkins could easily ride on it.
He was about to fly to the sky with the cat, but saw Mr. Hood, Mr. Black Cat and Miss Lark Hathaway walking together on the path covered by weeds.
The three of them talked while walking, and as they climbed up the hill, they gradually saw the whole picture of the mansion. When they saw the man with the white cat standing next to the unicorn, the three of them stopped together, and then walked quickly:
"Oh, it's Mr. Candle. I didn't expect you to find the treasure earlier than us."
"Good afternoon, everyone. Is it... um? What treasure?"
He asked in a daze, and then suddenly turned his head to look at the mansion behind him, with a surprised expression on his face:
"You mean, the treasure is here? Is there such a coincidence?"
"What coincidence?"
Hathaway asked suspiciously, but got no answer.
"Yes, there is a high probability that the treasure is here. We have found a very important clue and we have enough confidence. Although we searched for a while before I met you this afternoon, I didn't know there was a big house here.
Mr. Candle, haven't you gone in yet? "
asked Mr. Black Cat, and then wanted to invite Mr. Candle to come in with them. Although the treasure is precious, the friendship between the four people is even more precious. Not to mention, it was indeed Mr. Candle who arrived first.
"No, I just came out, and I have other things to come here."
he explained, and then mounted the unicorn. The little beast groaned softly, then stepped on the spot, ready to take off:
"You don't need to go in, but now I have a terrible thing to deal with. I didn't find the treasure, you don't need to go to the basement, I have already checked, and there is no treasure in the basement. The two clues I got indicate that the treasure is not in the wilderness Out there, the treasure is hidden in a small statue. Go upstairs and look for it, and don't forget to check the statue on the banister, it's quite a deceptive location."
Saying that, the unicorn had left the ground, and the three friends looked up to watch Mr. Candle lift into the air:
"Aren't you really going to look for it with us? It's a pity, but you have already reached the 'end'."
Mr. Hood asked again, loudly so that Jenkins could not hear him.
"Thank you for your kindness, but there is really something wrong this time. So goodbye, you guys leave as soon as you find the treasure, it's not safe here."
After speaking, the unicorn rushed into the sky with the man and the cat. Only the three people in front of the mansion were left, watching them disappear into a white dot in the distance of the somewhat gloomy sky.
For the convenience of movement, Jenkins took off his black robe and changed back to his own appearance when he was in the air, and the white cat Vanilla also returned to the black and white coat color of chocolate.
On the outskirts of the small town of Beketuo, Jenkins, who noticed that there was no large-scale battle in the town, jumped off the unicorn outside the town, and then quickly entered the town.
When they came near the Church of the Sage, they saw the Blessing Squad coming from Nolan, and martial law had been imposed on the church. The scribe who handles the door knows Jenkins and lets him in.
Jenkins met Mr. Gilbert, Ms. Lawrence, and Mr. Kafka walking out of the church on the third flight of steps. These three are demigods of the church, and the last two are only active in Evergreen Forest, which Jenkins is not very familiar with.
"Oh, Jenkins, here you come."
Mr. Gilbert greeted, and the three stopped and introduced the current situation to Jenkins:
"Bevanna received the news you sent to the church, and after confirming with the southern diocese and the Holy See, she found that there might really be some trouble. According to the news from the diocese where Bernoulli was originally stationed, this person left the desert small In front of the town, his personality changed drastically, and he often disappeared for a long time.
It just so happened that a group of people who were going to Nolan's Church of Fate by steam train had a temporary rest at a station about 2.5 miles (4.02 kilometers) away from the town, and among them was the ninth-level demigod, Miss Broniance. They helped with the divination. Although it was impossible to perform a very specific divination, the result still showed that there was originally something in the obsidian seal under the old church. "
"Monsieur Bernoulli took that thing?"
"Or, it is also possible that that thing forcibly kept up with Orvi Bernoulli."
Mr Gilbert said.
"Where is M. Bernoulli now?"
"It was gone when we arrived."
Mr. Gilbert shook his head, and the four walked out of the church together. Nolan predicted that there might be major problems here, so he notified the other churches of the news from Jenkins and the results of the prophecy in the desert town.
The joint investigation team formed by the Twelve Churches has arrived in the eastern suburbs of Nolan. The three of Mr. Gilbert are demigods sent by the Church of the Sages, and the combat power sent by other churches is no less than this.
I thought it would be a long search process, but as soon as he came to the street to meet other members of the investigation team for the next step of action arrangements, Jenkins noticed raindrops falling from the sky.
Stuffing the cat on his shoulder into his pocket, but not into the pocket where the blu-ray metal ball was, was a mistake he had made in Blacktown's past, and he would not repeat it. Then, the four of them observed at the same time not far outside the town, the black shadow of a gigantic four-legged monster flashing past behind the black clouds in the sky.
At the same time, a sound like the cry of a giant whale in the abyss reached everyone's ears. Jenkins looked at the back of his naked hand. The rain touched the skin, and some imperceptible black smoke came out immediately.
"Why does that black shadow look like a cat? Could it be the moon-swallowing civet that is said to have devoured the primordial moon?"
The three demigods soared into the air and flew towards the place where the shadow appeared. Jenkins was pulled by Mr. Gilbert and shouted, the wind in the air was too loud.
"Meow~"
Chocolate showed a pair of small ears from the breast pocket, and the fluffy ears trembled, just now it heard Jenkins calling its name.
"It won't be such a bad situation, don't think so scary."
Mr. Gilbert also shouted at the top of his voice.
And at this moment, the black shadow behind the clouds flashed again, like a strange creature passing by the searchlight in the dark night. Now everyone who saw this scene, like Jenkins, realized that it was indeed a huge cat-shaped creature.
"Meow~"
Chocolate's two front paws were pawing at the edge of the pocket, the upper half of his small face poked out, his eyes were just above the edge of the pocket, and he looked curiously at the black shadow behind the dark clouds in the distance.
Things always inadvertently turn out to be worse than everyone expected, before a group of four landed on the ground. Following the reappearance of the whale's call, from the solid field below, chained tentacles burst out of the ground, dancing wildly towards the sky.
Scorching white steam spewed out from the ground through the small hole where the chains broke, and hundreds of chains rose straight up in the white steam. In the end, it got into the clouds and entangled the huge black shadow.
Pull it down suddenly, and at the same time as the whale cry appeared for the third time, that strange cat-shaped creature with three eyes on its face, four legs with upturned joints, and nine tails behind it finally emerged from the clouds. Show up later.
"Meow~"
Chocolate let out a cry, making sure that the ugly guy bound by chains must have nothing to do with him, so he shrank his head back again.
And Mr. Gilbert has recognized what it is, and Jenkins has heard the answer:
"Sage, it turns out that the ancient legend is true."
"What legend?"
Four people are landing, and the joint investigation team has also arrived nearby:
"Buried under the desert by the nameless god of old, the ancient evil beast suppressed by the black stone - cloud whale beast, this is a terrible monster that can manipulate clouds and smoke wantonly."
In fact, the number of material world rumors about beasts sealed in the desert may run into four figures, and most of them sound more real than Jenkins' Stranger Tales. The desert in the central part of the continent has existed since at least the 14th century, and various rumors and legends have been heard in all ages.
From thousands of rumors and legends, the church could not clearly identify a directional correspondence with the currently appearing obsidian seal. But when the monster finally appeared, people recognized what it was at a glance.
The good news is that the "Cloud Whale Beast" is not a disaster beast, but the bad news is that this thing is not an ordinary evil thing either.
Although it looks like a strange cat, the original records of the Church of Nature indicate that the monster should have been a whale that lived in the ocean in ancient times.
In epochs so remote that no records can even be found, unspeakable monsters fought in the seas. At that time, the ocean area of the material world occupied more than 90% of the area. While the ocean race was dominant, it also gave birth to many indescribably huge creatures in the invisible darkness below the sea level.
The battles of the monsters left many corpses, and ordinary whales became stronger little by little while drawing strength from the corpses again and again.
It first mastered the ability to get out of the water, and then it could fly with the help of clouds. Later, even the body lost the appearance of the whale, changing from a fish to a bird, from a bird to a bat, from a bat to a mouse, from a mouse to a cat.