Hearing what the black-robed witch said, Ovia remained silent, so the witch bowed her head again and wrote:
"[Challenge of the Tower]
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A miracle used by those who overcome fate.
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Summons a Basil to smash down on the enemy.
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According to legend, a miracle created by a god who aspires to become a god.
When he stepped into the first floor, he already knew all his fate. "
Read while writing, tear off the paper and throw it to Ovia after finishing writing:
"Just use this as my ticket to watch all this. I will sit with you and sit in the auditorium to witness the birth of the myth. I can guarantee that I will never participate in it again."
Ovia took the paper:
"No matter what happens, you can only stand in the audience."
"Of course, you are standing with me. I think this can be regarded as a miracle."
The curtain closed, blocking Ovia in the white robe and the witch in the black robe on both sides. Also because of the closing of the curtain, the lights on the stage were blocked, and darkness and calm were restored here again.
It's just that in this darkness, someone sighed, maybe it was two people sighing together.
Jenkins on the other side has successfully entered the fourth treacherous realm. Just like before, he was lying on the ground, feeling uncomfortable because of the dizziness caused by the space transfer.
Although he didn't get up for the time being and couldn't see the surrounding environment, he could already judge that the light here was very dark, but he could still catch the red fire light at the edge of his field of vision.
There was no particular smell in the air, if anything, just damp earth and mildew. There was soft soil under his body, but it was not in a natural form, but had been compacted by someone, so he guessed that he probably fell on a dirt road.
"Did it fall on the path in the forest?"
He secretly guessed, but he couldn't feel too many spirits of life around him. Even if there were plants, it was definitely not a forest nearby. On the contrary, the power of the shadow is extremely strong, and it doesn't even feel like it belongs to the shadow world.
After a while, he scratched his head and got up. When he raised his head, he saw the ancient castle standing in front of him.
The old castle at the end of the dirt road perfectly fits all of Jenkins' imaginations about "an old castle in a fairy tale". The exterior is made of black bricks, the windows are of different sizes and all have curtains drawn, blocked by hideous iron fences. Most of the windows are not on the same level, which seems to illustrate the complexity of the internal environment.
Looking up, the two sides of the castle are in the style of towers, while the center presents a slender triangle. Stepping back a few steps, you can see the gargoyle statue standing on the roof. While they haven't been seen in action yet, Jenkins thinks these statues will definitely be the next enemy.
And the sky background of the castle, like most of the ghosts, presents a deep and chilling black. It's just that there is a very inconspicuous moon hanging in the black sky, it is a bright yellow moon.
"Oh, I see, the power of the beast of disaster-the moon-swallowing civet will appear in this strange world!"
He thought about it, but immediately became annoyed. The third delusion has been exaggerated to the point that he needs to summon a sage to overcome it, and now even if the fourth one is not the real moon-swallowing civet, he may have to use additional means to overcome it.
And thinking of the last strange situation, Jenkins still couldn't help sighing. Even though she had already prepared for Ovia to be a sage, her mood was still very complicated when the truth was revealed.
Now the situation is probably all clear. In the distant past, after Jenkins met the fortune teller girl and defeated the vampire, Jenkins left because the dream ended, and even though Ovia knew from Jenkins that he came from the distant past, But still want to find him.
In the process of searching, she has seen many things, gradually clarified her own path, and like Alexia now, she has become a god with her own power. When she first became a false god, she probably chose the path of fate, just like when she was a mortal.
But when she had the opportunity to be promoted to the Righteous God, Ovia did not choose to inherit the path of destiny, but opened up a new path by herself, becoming the tenth Righteous God-inheritance sage.
Because he used to be a fortune-teller and had an indissoluble bond with the God of Destiny, and the process of becoming a god probably also got the help of the God of Destiny, so the relationship between the Sage Church and the God of Destiny Church is particularly good. This can also explain why when Miss Audrey wanted to become Teacher Jenkins, the church did not object to this heretic's proposal, presumably because of this origin.
Jenkins didn't know what kind of feelings he should have for Ovia, whether he should treat her like a friend from the past, or like a sage.
In the past, the gods of this world he knew were similar to rules and had no worldly feelings. But only now do I realize that the gods of this world are not natural gods in the full sense, but gods with certain emotions.
"No, maybe only some gods who become gods through special means have such feelings."
He did not believe at all that the God of Nature and the God of Death had feelings.
"Forget it, I'll think about such a troublesome matter after I defeat the difference engine. If you are distracted by such a ridiculous thing and accidentally make a wrong judgment... well, this matter is not ridiculous at all. .”
This kind of mental activity, which was similar to asking and answering himself, adjusted his mood very well. He stood up and sorted his backpack, then reached into his pocket, and found the third coin as expected. Probably because this time corresponds to [Stage of Destiny], so this is actually a colored gemstone coin.
Jenkins wasn't sure if there were naturally colored gemstones in this world, but the coin in his hand showed no signs of being chiseled at all. The side that is considered to be the reverse side has the pattern of the holy emblem of the sage, and the front side is the emblem of the [Stage of Destiny].
Combining the rules of the coins obtained the previous two times, it can basically be determined that the front side represents the emblem of the savior, and the back side is the method used to defeat the strange world.
But he couldn't be sure that the coins obtained were obtained according to the rule of "you must gain something after going through the treacherous situation", or it was a conspiracy of the Difference Engine.
"Maybe the difference engine wants me to condense the power to reverse the fate of the savior, and then bring it to the ninth floor to give it."
Even though he thought so, he still put the coins away.
Just now, I was only looking at the main body and the top of the castle, and didn't have time to look at the surrounding situation.
He stood on the dirt road facing the entrance of the castle. On both sides of the dirt road stood evenly spaced wooden sticks. On the sticks were upside-down cone-shaped bonfires fixed with wires. There were about a dozen of them.
The flame wasn't very bright, but it could make Jenkins see clearly, at least much brighter than the looming moon in the sky.
It's just that the light of the fire can only illuminate the castle and the dirt road. Turning around and looking at the back, or looking at the sides of the road, there is darkness that cannot be seen through in any way.
There is no wall around the castle, but there is a circle of iron fences that seem to have not been maintained for many years. The gate of the castle facing the dirt road, the fence gate is open, and a humanoid creature is waiting for Jenkins' arrival in front of the gate.
"At least this time I don't need to climb over the wall or find a key to open the door."
He comforted himself in his heart, and after counting the items in his hand again, he let out a breath to finally calm down, and then walked over.
But just took a step and stopped:
"The power of the surrounding shadows is so strong, is it a real phantom? The first trick is trying to make me sacrifice the 'twin demon', the second trick is the death of the undead, and the third trick is to overcome on the stage Me, then the fourth..."
After thinking about it, he turned his back to the castle again, and then used [Real Illusion] in the shadow, leaving the shadow in place, and then walked towards the castle again.
There is a bonfire next to the fence gate, so people under the fire can be seen clearly.
From a distance, it looks like a dwarf, but it is actually an old man who looks like a housekeeper with a hunched waist. Half of his face is made of metal, and the other half is a normal human face that is almost drooping.
He stood there rubbing his hands nervously until Jenkins came over. In both hands, the left hand is metal, and the right hand has bruise marks, but it is a normal human hand.
"Oh, adventurer, here you are at last."
Waiting until Jenkins stood in front of him, the hunched old man seemed to have just discovered him:
"The lord's castle has been invaded by terrible monsters. I must clean up those monsters before the lord returns. Adventurer, are you willing to accept my commission?"
"What's the situation? A role-playing game?"
Jenkins was skeptical, but nodded:
"Okay, but what can I get paid?"
"The terrain around here is complicated, if you can help me clean up the castle, then I can tell you how to get out of here!"
said the old man, still rubbing his hands together.
"Tell me how to get out? Well, that makes sense. But what's in the castle? And the lord's castle is so imposing, I don't think I can clean it all by myself."
If this treacherous situation required him to break into the castle and clean up and kill the monsters in each room one by one, he might really consider using additional means immediately.
"No, there is no need to clean up the entire castle, and the lord will not like strangers breaking into every room. In fact, among the monsters that break into the castle, four are the most dangerous. You just need to clean them up."
"Four? Isn't it three?"
"Sorry, adventurer, what did you say?"
"No, I didn't say anything. All right, four monsters. Can you tell me where they are?"
Jenkins looked up at the castle, his eyes trying to distinguish the aura, but observing outside, the black aura was all the same everywhere:
"As you said, I don't really want to break into other people's rooms."