Chapter 73 So They Dumped Each Other
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After discovering that his history tutor, Mr. Azik, might be an old antique who had lived for over a thousand years, Klein's initial shock and confusion were followed by a dilemma: should he report Mr. Azik to Captain Dunn?
Reporting him would betray the friendship between him and Mr. Azik.
Not reporting him, however, made Klein worry that if Mr. Azik really was an old antique who had lived for an unknown number of years, would he pose a danger to him once he recovered his memories?
After much deliberation, Klein decided to perform a divination above the gray fog.
The result was self-evident: the divination indicated that if Klein didn't report Mr. Azik, he would receive help from Mr. Azik in the future.
This naturally tipped the scales in Klein's mind regarding whether to report him or not, and he ultimately decided to conceal the matter for Mr. Azik and tell Mr. Azik about the discovered clues later.
Of course, being a cautious person, he didn't directly conceal the matter about the portrait. Instead, when reporting to Captain Dunn, he mentioned in a joking tone that "Someone was trying to sell me a portrait of the first Baron Lamud, and the person in it looked quite like my history teacher," fully demonstrating the art of language.
After the three of them confirmed that the evil spirit had indeed only appeared in the last two to three months, they naturally had to stay at the Lamud Town inn because it was late and inconvenient to return.
At the same time, because of Sealed Artifact 3-0782's characteristic—that ordinary people within a 15-meter radius for more than an hour would have their souls purified, turning them into idiots who only praised the sun—the three of them couldn't keep Sealed Artifact 3-0782 in the inn all the time. After discussing, they could only take turns holding Sealed Artifact 3-0782 and staying outside the town.
Alone in the quiet and dark grove, Klein spaced out for a while, then took out the metal vial he carried with him and used the contents to create a simple wall of spirituality.
The reason for this was, on the one hand, to guard against danger, such as being attacked by evil spirits. On the other hand, it was naturally to prevent mosquito bites—to be honest, there were really a lot of mosquitoes in this grove. Klein had only been sitting for a few minutes and had already been bitten several times.
"As expected, I should bring the corresponding ointment next time…" After scratching the bumps caused by the mosquito bites, Klein took out his pocket watch and glanced at it.
There was still some time before the experimental time he had agreed upon with Lin Ruo.
"Lin Ruo definitely didn't expect that the captain would bring us to exorcise the evil spirit so quickly…" Klein closed his pocket watch, complained, and then, feeling too bored, he thought for a while and took out Sealed Artifact 3-0782 to study it.
He was still a little curious about this thing. After all, this was the first time Lin Ruo had told him that the small knowledge of the Sun pathway was an example item, and it was also the first Sun pathway Sealed Artifact he had come into contact with—even Sealed Artifact 3-0782 itself was a relatively special one among the Level 3 Sealed Artifacts.
I wonder if I can divine its origin or special reason…
Klein fiddled with the Sun Holy Emblem in his hand, and suddenly had a brilliant idea.
…
Backlund, Lin Ruo's office—
"Just looking at this language, it's completely impossible to imagine that the origin of the ancient elves is actually the Chinese…" Because he had to conduct the sacrificial ritual experiment, Lin Ruo rarely skipped class at the Evernight Church in the evening, and instead chose to study the Elvish language at home. After reading the Elvish language teaching materials for a long time, he couldn't help but sigh.
The materials needed to hold the sacrificial ritual were already placed on the table in front of him, waiting for the agreed time to start the ritual.
Suddenly, Lin Ruo was stunned. A feeling as if he was being burned by flames instantly swept through his entire body, causing him so much pain that he couldn't even hold the book in his hand for a moment.
"Pa ta—"
The sound of the book falling on the table overlapped with the sound of the chair falling, clear and loud.
Lin Ruo fell to the ground, and the burning pain made him unable to think for even a moment. However, this pain came quickly and went even faster, lasting only two or three seconds in total.
"Fuck!"
With the pain subsided, Lin Ruo rarely cursed. He struggled to get up from the ground, supported himself on the table, and his forehead was already full of sweat.
"Klein…" Lin Ruo almost gritted his teeth and said a certain name. The moment he regained his ability to think, he understood that it was Klein who was divining the Sun's blood, making a big mistake and implicating him.
What is this? The cat courts death, implicating the old father and causing him to be injured?
"You're done… Starting tomorrow, if I don't double your homework, I'm not your dear teacher!" Lin Ruo took a deep breath, calming his irritable mood, which could be compared to that of an irritable old pigeon.
His body was even slightly trembling due to the intense pain just now.
This wasn't Lin Ruo being afraid, but an uncontrollable instinct.
After a long while, Lin Ruo completely recovered. He helped up the fallen chair, sat down again, and began to think about what had just happened.
It wasn't surprising that Klein was courting death. After all, he was a death-courting expert in the original work. From angels to half-Great Old Ones, there was nothing he didn't dare to divine. If it weren't for the Sefirah Castle's position being too high, Klein would have courted his own death with his style of daring to divine anything he saw.
It also didn't surprise Lin Ruo too much that Klein was divining the blood of the Eternal Blazing Sun at this time. After all, he was the one who prompted the Nighthawks to go to Lamud Town to exorcise the evil spirit. Although he was surprised by the Nighthawks' efficiency, it wasn't strange.
What really concerned Lin Ruo was indeed the intense burning pain he had just felt.
"In other words, something happening to Klein will indeed affect me?" Lin Ruo pinched his chin, thinking, "However, although the pain was intense just now, it didn't cause me any substantial harm… Then, if Klein really dies, what kind of impact will it have on me before he is resurrected because of the Sefirah Castle?"
"Will I experience the feeling of death once?" Lin Ruo pursed his lips, and couldn't help but think of that death in his previous life.
It must be said that although he wasn't afraid of death, Lin Ruo really didn't like the feeling of death.
"As expected, I still have to try to avoid this possibility as much as possible…"
Lin Ruo murmured, his gaze falling on the ritual materials prepared next to him, and suddenly snorted coldly.
What kind of experiment! I'm not doing it!
He wants to be a glorious pigeon!
…
At the same time, Tingen—
Klein, who had already recovered from the burning just now and had sorted out the knowledge he had gained from gazing at the gods, returned to reality.
Because of the death-courting he had just done, his spirituality was almost exhausted, and his tired eyes could hardly open. He first glanced at Sealed Artifact 3-0782, and then took out his pocket watch and glanced at it.
It was now very close to the agreed-upon experimental time, but Klein was sure that in his current state, it was impossible to ascend to the gray fog to respond.
This was the rhythm of being a pigeon. I hope Lin Ruo won't be angry… Klein thought, and because he still had to take care of Sealed Artifact 3-0782 and couldn't rest at all, he cheered up and waited until the agreed time in the blink of an eye.
However, Lin Ruo's prayer did not sound.
Huh? Did it fail? Klein was a little puzzled. He knew that Lin Ruo wasn't someone who would break an appointment casually.
Suddenly, Klein's expression changed slightly, because he thought of a very bad possibility.
Could it be that his death-courting… implicated the other party?
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