The further Annan went deeper into the dungeon, the more he felt a biting chill.
Especially since he just broke out in a fine sweat and hasn't wiped off completely. Now I can feel the chill in the air.
"... Senior's basement, the environment is quite difficult."
Annan smacked his mouth.
At the door, near the Philosopher's Stone, the temperature has exceeded 50 degrees; and the temperature here in the dungeon is at least below zero, it's like a cold storage... Annan can even clearly see the white water he exhales when he breathes. fog.
He searched around the dungeon.
Annan first discovered the black fires stored by Salvatore.
They are all stored here, next to the wall. The white freezing air fell like a veil, completely covering the black flames.
"… Well."
Looking at these black flames, Annan suddenly remembered something.
Not long after he arrived at Frozen Water Port, the ship Don Juan was on was burned down with black fire.
Annan was still having fun at that time.
Because the Viscount sent someone to burn the ship, it was tantamount to destroying all the previous evidence. How many things were left on the entire ship, how many people had been there, and the traces of battle on it... all disappeared.
They also couldn't find any evidence that Annan was not Don Juan Geraint.
At first, both Annan and Salvatore thought it was the black hand of Viscount Barbour. In their analysis, this is to let Salvatore go to the basement to analyze and study the black fire, and take the opportunity to block Salvatore in the basement.
It was precisely because of these black fires that Annan paid attention to Viscount Barber. And it was his intention to be his enemy—that's why he discovered the conspiracy of the Church of the Rotten Man.
But looking back now...
The old Viscount seemed to have absolutely no need for this.
Because he didn't need to burn Annan and Salvatore to death.
He just needs to let those black fires explode in Frozenwater Harbor.
A large number of civilian casualties will immediately attract the attention of the church and the kingdom - these black fires have Salvatore's personal label, and if no other suspicious elements are detected, Salvatore will inevitably be imprisoned and wait investigation. At the same time, Annan, as the lord of Beihai Territory and the actual controller of Frozen Water Port, was sent for questioning as a matter of course.
The North Sea Territory's garrison has always been in Roseburg.
In other words, the only control area qualified to temporarily detain two Transcendents is Roseburg.
At that time, Viscount Barber will definitely ask "Don Juan Geraint" and Salvatore to go to Fort Rose, waiting for the investigation team from the capital and the people from the Black Tower to arrive.
And the two were imprisoned unarmed in Roseburg's control area... The life and death of Annan and Salvatore were completely in the hands of Viscount Barbour.
Even if Viscount Barber had no chance to do it, this incident could find a way to become a stain on Don Juan Geraint. And then it became an excuse for the Geraint family—because his fundamental purpose was not to kill Don Juan, but to continue to rule the Northern Sea Territory until the ceremony was completed.
Drive Don Juan back to the capital, and the result is the same.
But if it wasn't for Viscount Barbour... who burned the ship
"...it's Benjamin."
Annan murmured.
Yes.
Salvatore only made one batch of these inert black fires. It was made when neither he nor Benjamin left the Black Tower of the Marsh.
Although these black fires were sold to Viscount Barbour through Gerald's channel; but Gerald, he could only buy them from Benjamin.
This batch of "inert" black fires can be sensed by Gerald of the Soul Seizing School. Could it be that Benjamin, as a master of the Transformation School, would completely ignore its value
This is unlikely.
Benjamin should have left at least one batch of samples.
That is to say, this inert black fire is in the hands of Gerald and Viscount Barber...
Benjamin also has a batch hidden in his hand!
He burned the ship, on the one hand, to destroy the evidence that "Don Juan Gerainte is dead"; on the other hand, he used this incident to remind Annan and Salvatore.
Tell them that Viscount Barbour is going to use the black fire as an excuse to attack them!
"At least at the time, Benjamin hadn't left."
Annan frowned slightly: "Strange..."
Benjamin what does this mean
Why did he dispose of this handwriting
Did he recognize himself as Don Juan's substitute
"... He has seen Maria, so he should know that I am Annan Lindong."
Doesn't he wonder why I'm here
Annan paused.
he thought.
There is only one possibility that can perfectly explain these things.
—Benjamin knew why he was here from the very beginning!
Maybe even the reason why he appeared in Frozen Water Harbor...
Directly related to Benjamin!
"… Yes."
Annan's thoughts suddenly became clear.
The Rotten Church fears the Skeleton Lord. So the chief guard and the others never arrived at Frozen Water Port, and left in a small boat halfway.
And if the person who burned the ship was Benjamin, then at least he had reached the Freezing Water Harbor. Because Annan didn't see Benjamin's carrying object and wizard robe at that time, it means that he had already left at that time.
Judging from the hunger Annan Coldwinter had when he woke up... he also just came to the beach not long ago.
In other words, Benjamin had met Annan 100%!
But he knew that Annan's status was noble and nothing could happen, but he didn't take Annan away.
this means…
The matter of letting Annan pretend to be Don Juan was in his calculations!
That's why he left Don Juan's token.
Those letters, rings, pocket watches, Don Juan's dagger, and...
... Fragmented Chapters of Truth·The Book of Skycarts
Although he still felt that this guess was a little omission, Annan felt that he was very close to the truth.
"What the hell are you trying to do..."
Annan muttered, frowning.
He suddenly lost interest in carefully searching the dungeon.
Of course, part of the reason is that he found that many things here cannot be stored at room temperature...
never mind.
Anyway, if you want anything, you can just ask the senior directly. No need to take it away... it doesn't matter where you put it.
Don't waste is true.
And as Annan walked around, he quickly found the location of the so-called "magic mirror".
It was a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror, about three meters high, covered with a thick red cloth.
Annan tore off some of the red cloth from behind the mirror—it doesn't need to be too much, a height of about 1.6 meters is enough.
In order to prevent Annan from being inconvenient to cover the red cloth back later.
After using other people's things, return them to their original positions. Annan understood this kind of courtesy.
It was also Annan who walked back to the front of the mirror in high spirits.
Let me be well, what is the nature of my soul—
I saw black lines like ice cracks all over the mirror. Apart from these lines, Annan could only see another self in the mirror.
Black shoulder-length hair, light-colored lips tightly pursed, ice-blue pupils that seem to be shining, and pale skin that is almost transparent.
... Seems like, no different
Before Annan could think about it, the black lines on the mirror gradually faded away.
"… Huh?"
Annan's pupils shrank slightly.
Under Annan's gaze, the pattern on the mirror suddenly changed!
He saw the sides of his own head, and two other heads slowly appeared—on the left was a black bull's head with marbled black stone horns on his forehead; with glowing mane.
In the mirror, Annan's heavy winter clothes gradually faded away.
Two wings of light wrapped in white soft light spread out from his waist, and then retracted, covering the half of his body below the chest, covering his knees like a long skirt. And behind Annan's shoulders, two golden wings of light slowly opened.
And at the moment when he met the face of the person in the middle.
There was a buzzing sound in Annan's head, and he suddenly lost consciousness.