Chapter 77 The old pigeon finally arrived in Tingen
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"Klein, it seems you've found clues about my past memories?"
Although his tone remained gentle, Azik's voice carried a clearly discernible urgency as he asked this, and his expression was noticeably tense.
Klein, who had been lost in thought, immediately snapped back to attention upon hearing this.
He looked at Mr. Azik, his gaze settling on the small black mole below Mr. Azik's right ear, and carefully phrased his words: "It's like this, yesterday I received a mission to eliminate a Wraith in the abandoned ancient castle outside the town of Lamud."
"Lamud…" Mr. Azik repeated the name softly, his brow slowly furrowing.
But clearly, a mere name was not enough to stir up more memories.
Seeing this, Klein observed his expression while slowly recounting what he had discovered in Lamud, regarding the portrait of the first Baron of Lamud.
After listening to this story in silence, Azik remained silent for several minutes, seemingly trying hard to recall, but ultimately shook his head: "Your description hasn't helped me recall anything more.
Perhaps… perhaps I need to see that abandoned castle for myself."
He looked up at Klein, "Can you take me there?"
"It would be my honor." Klein, who had already made up his mind from the start, naturally wouldn't refuse.
However, just as he was about to go out and rent a carriage to take them to Lamud, he heard Lin Ruo chuckle beside him.
"Taking a carriage from here to Lamud will take at least two hours, and I don't have that much time, Klein."
Klein was taken aback, and then realized that Lin Ruo could only stay in Tingen for two hours, and immediately felt a little embarrassed.
"So, leave the matter of hurrying to me!" Lin Ruo, who habitually enjoyed teasing Klein, leisurely spoke the following words after appreciating Klein's troubled expression.
This immediately made Klein pleasantly surprised, but also curious, wondering what method Lin Ruo would use to hurry.
Then, Klein saw Lin Ruo mutter something, but his voice was so soft that he couldn't hear it clearly at all.
Immediately after, he saw Lin Ruo extend his hands to him and Azik respectively, saying: "Grab me."
Klein naturally didn't hesitate and directly reached out to grab Lin Ruo's left hand.
Mr. Azik paused slightly, seemingly realizing something, and then grabbed Lin Ruo's right hand.
The surrounding scenery changed in an instant, as if he was in the midst of all kinds of strange colors.
In just a few seconds, Klein found that he had already arrived in Lamud, and the abandoned castle was only a few dozen meters away.
Such a change surprised him a bit, and he instantly began to ponder which pathway's ability this might be.
Just as he thought of the name of a certain pathway, Mr. Azik beside him spoke uncertainly.
"Traveler?"
"Well, it is indeed the power of a Traveler, but I'm not from the Apprentice pathway.
Let's just say… I'm borrowing the power of a mystical item!" Lin Ruo smiled, and at the same time let go of the hands that were holding the two of them, signaling Mr. Azik to look behind him.
"Mr. Azik, the abandoned castle is behind you."
Azik turned around, and his gaze froze the moment it came into contact with the castle.
As if remembering something, Azik's eyes began to change, sometimes deep and sometimes blurred.
Suddenly, he groaned in pain, raised his hand to pinch his forehead, and the muscles on his face twisted hideously.
"Mr. Azik, what's wrong?" Klein was startled.
He then activated his Spirit Vision, observing Azik's emotions while asking cautiously.
However, because Lin Ruo was right next to him, Klein wasn't too nervous.
"I've seen this castle in my dreams."
Mr. Azik didn't answer Klein's question; his expression was still painful, but his tone sounded like he was muttering in a dream.
Just like what would happen on the original timeline, Azik began to recall in a dreamlike state, telling the memories he remembered that were related to the castle.
That was about his son, his wife, and his once warm reincarnation.
After finishing telling all the things he remembered, Azik suddenly stepped into the castle.
He almost familiarly came to the basement and to the coffin containing the remains of his son.
Azik pushed open the lid of the coffin and finally saw the boy who had appeared in his dream, his son—but now he had become only a skeleton, and his head had been taken away by others.
Azik was silent for a long time, and finally let out a mournful wail filled with pain and sorrow.
Afterwards, as if he could no longer bear such a heavy result, he staggered backwards, and finally slid down the wall to sit on the ground, covering his face with his hands, his whole person looking dejected.
At the same time, the aura on Azik's body began to become terrifying, and the power belonging to the Death Consul was constantly awakening in him.
Although it was only a part compared to the whole, it was already enough to make ordinary Beyonders feel afraid.
Honestly, all of this that happened made Klein a little at a loss.
Out of the friendship between him and Mr. Azik, he wanted to comfort the other party, but he felt that it might be better to let Mr. Azik be quiet at this time.
Moreover, it must be said that the terrifying aura that Mr. Azik was showing now made Klein a little uneasy.
He almost instinctively looked at Lin Ruo, and saw Lin Ruo mouthing something to him, which was—
"Don't panic!"
After reassuring Klein, Lin Ruo looked at Azik again, waiting for the aura on the other party to completely stabilize, and said:
"I am investigating the person who took your child's skull."
"Huh?" Azik suddenly raised his head.
At this moment, his eyes were quite terrifying, as if a volcano was about to erupt, but this was obviously not directed at Lin Ruo or Klein.
"Of course, I haven't locked onto a target yet, but I have some clues… Forgive me for not being able to share those clues with you yet." Lin Ruo was naturally not frightened by Mr. Azik's current gaze, and said unhurriedly:
"The reason why I'm telling you this is that I hope that if I find him at that time, I can get your help."
As he said this, the hand in his pocket clenched the Concealment Badge.
Although he was speaking in a rather cryptic manner, Lin Ruo's behavior at the moment could be considered adventurous.
Of course, considering that he himself has the Concealment Badge, comes with a hidden state, Azik is a serious Sequence 2 Big Brother, even if he is now Low health, he will not be without resistance to 0-08, and Klein has the Sefirah Castle to cheat, this level of adventure is not unacceptable.
But doesn't that mean you haven't said anything at all… Klein, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but complain in his heart when he heard this.
Azik was stunned for a moment, then showed a thoughtful expression, and finally nodded, saying: "This is what I should do."
Then he looked at Klein and said, "Klein, I have detected the power that is causing your destiny to be discordant here."
… …
At the same time—
Chloe Witte, the Storm Old Pigeon, who should have come to Tingen long ago, but was delayed by some things, so that pigeon has been delayed so long, has finally arrived in Tingen.
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