Mystery: emerging from the wilderness of knowledge

Chapter 24 The Great Magician’s Top Hat

Renekton staggered after being helped up. His steps were weak and he staggered several steps before he regained his balance. Only then did I have the energy to look at the reformer of the Earth Church who finally defeated the Joker.

The other person looks like a man in his thirties, with a Chinese character face, shiny black hair, the texture looks more like pine needles than hair, thick and wide eyebrows, brown eyes with a gentle feeling, and some spots at the corners of the eyes. Crow's feet, a somewhat collapsed nose bridge, thick lips, and wheat-colored skin.

Wearing a simple linen gray robe, with the Holy Emblem of the Church of the Earth painted on the left chest of the robe, he looks like a clergyman, giving people a very gentle and heavy feeling.

"Hello, I am a Harvest Priest of the Church of the Earth. You can call me Ussel. Thank you very much for your help. Otherwise, I will return to the embrace of the Mother Goddess tonight." Ussel told Renekton. I bowed and thanked you sincerely.

"Hello, I am Renekton, the executor of the Church of Knowledge. Helping you is also helping myself. If we only rely on me and a cat, we can't escape. And Ussel, you also saved my life, right? ? But I have to ask you to help me save my companion, who was seriously injured in the previous battle." Renekton said and moved his eyes to the black cat Paz who fell on the ground motionless on the other side.

"No problem." Ussel nodded. Originally, he wanted to save this extraordinary cat, but seeing that Renekton's injuries were more serious, he treated Renekton first.

With User's support, Renekton didn't fall down halfway. While Uther went to treat Paz, Renekton leaned on a gas lamppost and recalled the details of the battle. I repeatedly thought about the problems with my handling of the battle.

Renekton pondered for a moment and realized that he actually had a chance to kill the Joker from the beginning, even if the opponent had the abilities of the Apprentice Path Sequence 8 Trick Master and the Seer Path Sequence 8 Joker.

But he has a dispersing charm that can dispel the effect of the clown's tricks, as well as a confinement charm, and Paz, who has the ability to intimidate, plus the gun and dagger on his body, he can completely defeat the clown the moment the clown approaches. Using continuous control methods, he outputted directly to the clown's face.

Even if the Joker is lucky enough to survive, he will still be seriously injured. With the help of bronze phosphorus, Renekton can directly fight the Joker with a dagger with the help of Paz.

"Unfortunately, I was not calm enough at the time and was misled by the clown. After being attacked by the clown, I discovered that the opponent did not have the strength of a Sequence Five at all, but was just a Sequence Eight with a powerful and somewhat outrageous ability, and there was no coordination between me and Paz at all. "Rekton thought of Paz's first shock, which simply beat up my teammates.

"Meow~ I'm alive again, meow!" Paz quickly stood up under Ussel's treatment.

Renekton followed the sound and saw that the wound on Paz's body that had been injured by the clown's electric shock had healed, but that part of the hair would take some time to grow back. Paz's amber eyes were also covered with a layer of gray. It seems that the flash of light did a lot of damage to it, and it will probably need to rest for a while before it can recover.

"My treatment will only temporarily bring your injuries to a safe range. You will still need follow-up treatment and recuperation in the next few days." Ussel explained.

"This is already great." Renekton nodded to show that he understood.

"It's okay, Meow. Just wait until I get back and ask Eliza to prepare two bottles of potion for me. Renekton, do you need it? Meow!" Paz was very optimistic at the moment, it seemed because the clown he had always been afraid of was dead. reasons.

Renekton looked at Paz's excitement and shook his head, but decided to give it a blow.

"The clown who was killed may not be the one we saw last night. This clown was just an Extraordinary who stitched together two pathways and eight characteristics of Sequence. But the one we met last night should be the one from Sequence Five. And that clown is not from the path of apprentice or diviner." Renekton expressed his analysis.

"How is that possible, meow! They smell exactly the same, meow~" Paz didn't want to believe Renekton's speculation.

"You two, I may be able to answer your questions." Ussel said at this time.

"Why meow?" Paz asked directly.

"This clown was split from the Sequence 5 clown you mentioned. At that time, I and other people in the church were investigating the clown's affairs, but unexpectedly we met him outside the hospital. According to our previous understanding, he was You can't leave that hospital, and I think you might know something about this, Renekton," Usselsu said.

"I don't know." Renekton shook his head.

"Because this is a secret. I listened to your conversation just now and thought you already knew the relevant information. But now it is not a secret. The captain and a team member of your executor are also investigating with us." Usai Er explained.

Then he continued without hiding anything: "After we encountered that clown, the other party used deception and traps, causing a lot of damage. Later, when one of my companions gave the clown the final blow, the other party split directly. We became three identical clowns. Although their strengths were slightly different, and none of them were as strong as the original clown, our condition was not good at the time. In the end, the battlefield became further and further away, and we were even defeated by the clowns one by one. "

"Captain and the others are in danger now?" Renekton asked immediately.

"I don't know either. I'm going to look in the direction they went in." Ussel shook his head and said.

"I'll go too," Renekton said.

As a result, he staggered as soon as he left the street lamp post he was leaning on.

"No need, you are too weak. Once a battle breaks out, it will be difficult for you to protect yourself. And my spirituality has not recovered yet, so I can no longer continue to treat you." Ussel shook his head.

"Yes, yes, you can't stand still, meow~" Paz said in agreement. "Okay, Paz and I will take a rest here. If you need any information, you can come back to us." Renekton also knew that his current physical condition would only cause trouble, so he nodded.

"No problem." Ussel nodded, then turned and left in the direction of the hospital.

"I have to say that the recovery ability of the cultivator path is also too strong. I gave Ussel half a potion, and the other party was able to recover a certain amount of physical strength, injuries, and spirituality in such a short time. Maybe the other party is a transformed person. The reason." Renekton thought in his mind.

"Why should we stay here? Isn't this dangerous? Maybe there will be a new clown coming!" Paz became irritable after hearing that the clown split himself into three.

"Of course it's to pick up equipment. The most important thing after starting a group with car monsters is to pick up equipment!" Renekton said to a cat in a serious and thoughtful manner that the cat couldn't understand.

"Meow~" Paz meowed in a dignified manner. The expression on the cat's face seemed to be silently complaining, and the clown obviously didn't have any equipment or items on him.

Ignoring Paz's "I'm teasing a cat" look on his face, he supported the street lamppost with one hand, stood firm, and slowly approached the clown's body.

After a period of delay, a little fluorescent light has separated from the clown's body and gathered around the clown's body.

"What is this? Meow~" Paz limped closer and asked curiously after seeing the extraordinary characteristics of the clown.

"The equipment we lost after defeating monsters may have the extraordinary characteristics of sequence eight, or it may be a sealed object, but the latter is more likely. There are traces of stitching on the opponent's extraordinary characteristics. It is estimated that it is difficult to distinguish the pure extraordinary properties. Characteristics." Renekton explained thoughtfully.

"Extraordinary characteristics? The kind of cat that can replace the main ingredients of the corresponding potion?" Paz asked in shock, his amber eyes widening.

Renekton nodded and responded: "Yes, it's just that the extraordinary properties are re-extracted through the potion. There is still a difference between directly eating people."

"But I'm a cat!" Paz said.

"Then why are you so shocked?" Renekton was speechless.

"Isn't this something shocking to the cat?" Paz said matter-of-factly.

While Renekton and Paz were talking, the extraordinary characteristics of the clown's corpse had completely separated out. These characteristics slowly flowed and converged, and then seemed to be attracted, all integrated into the tall crown on the clown's head. Red top hat.

The original red top hat began to twist and deform, and eventually these characteristics formed a sealed object as Renekton guessed, a tall black top hat with a red silk scarf wrapped around it, and the brim was slightly curled on the front and back sides.

Renekton picked up the black top hat from the ground and used divination to know the general effect of the seal:
  As long as you wear this hat on your head, you will have super physical coordination and balance, precise body control, and your lies will be easier to believe.

He can also actively use several simple tricks, including fog, flash, burning, freezing and wind. However, each trick can only be used three times a day, and the intensity is not high. It is not as outrageous as the clown used before. of great practical significance.

At the same time, the hat itself can also be used as a magic prop and weapon. When you throw the hat out, it will stab the enemy like a flying knife. You can also take out the props prepared in advance from the hat.

However, the side effects of this top hat are equally serious. The hat itself has a strong desire to perform. As long as the user uses this top hat, the user will be unable to stop performing magic performances in the process. Even in normal times, the user needs to work with the top hat every day. Perform magic and tricks together, and there must be an audience.

This top hat also has a certain living characteristic, which will constantly confuse the user and amplify various desires and emotions in the user's heart. This seems to be the source of the ability to make people convinced of one's lies after wearing the hat. , the effect of bewitchment varies from person to person, and Renekton felt that he could not use it for more than a minute.

"The effect is very strong. It has some of the abilities of a magic master and a clown at the same time, and it can also be used as a weapon. However, the negative effects are a bit too troublesome and weird." Renekton sighed with emotion at the effect of this sealed object.

Then he thought about how to use this sealed object: "The negative effect of bewitching the user is difficult to prevent. When it comes to fighting, it is difficult to control the time accurately, and it will also perform magic performances uncontrollably. This is particularly unfriendly to Extraordinaries other than Gou San’s family, and it’s almost like giving people their lives.”

Then he told Paz the effect of the top hat. After listening to Renekton's narration, Paz backed away.

"Stay away from me, stay away, meow~! It's too dangerous, meow!" Paz directly opened a distance of two or three meters from Renekton.

The corners of Renekton's mouth twitched slightly. This cat's clown sequelae were a bit serious.

He turned the hat in his hand and said, "In that case, I will convert your share into high-end cat food or special dried fish of equal value. I will prepare it for you in a few days. This hat will be given to you." I just accepted the top hat, um... I still have to give it a name, let’s call it... The Great Magician’s Top Hat!"

"High-end cat food! Special dried small fish! Meow meow~ That's great, meow!" Paz was also very satisfied with Renekton's conversion into high-end cat food and special small dried fish.

(End of this chapter)