Please be my partner.

However, there were many similar arrangements, both openly and secretly, but they were all resolved one by one by Sir Light. In the end, the only ones who really hunted down Mellen were the extraordinary lives that were eroded by the power of the "Dark King".

It's okay for the others, Sir Light will take care of the settlement, but the only one is Pat, the [Shepherd] who attacked and killed him. Melen has always kept a record of him in his little notebook. Now that he meets him today, there is no way he will let him go.

These thoughts flashed through my mind, and wisps of faint colorful light enveloped the entire hiding place.

The cloaked man was in a trance, but he didn't notice it at all.

When they felt it was almost done, Mellen suddenly appeared and said angrily, "You useless piece of shit! You can't even handle such a small thing."

The cloaked man was startled. He looked at the person who suddenly appeared in his secret hiding place, completely shrouded in shadow, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

"Hmph!" Mellen snorted again, his voice becoming a little softer, and said: "Master Pat asked me to pick you up, it seems that you didn't complete the mission."

The cloaked man hurriedly said, "No, sir! In fact, we have already succeeded, but in order to evade the pursuit of the law enforcement team, we divided the information into five parts, and each of us took a part..."

At this point, the cloaked figure paused, his expression becoming somewhat confused. He asked, "Didn't Lord Pat say he would meet us outside the city? There shouldn't be any further plans for us to be met inside Stormwind."

The cloaked man's expression changed drastically: "No, how can I... who are you?!"

Mellen smiled and said, "So Shepherd Pat is just outside the city. What a coincidence..."

"I miss him too!"

Chapter 187 Well, goodbye!

Now that he had been exposed, Mellen stopped pretending.

The colorful light suddenly became thicker, completely enveloping the cloaked man. Under the influence of the dream power, the cloaked man entered a sleepwalking state. Although his thinking became confused, his instinctive resistance was greatly reduced.

But it seemed that Mellen's actions touched something, and the cloaked man's spirit began to collapse at the moment he was confused.

Mellen frowned and soon realized that this collapse was caused by the cloaked man's own self-will. This triggering method must have been implanted deep in his mind with his own free will. Once any force tries to interfere with his mind and will, it will immediately erupt.

Even if Melen wanted to resolve this collapse, he would need to break through his self-awareness protection first. Unfortunately, if he forcibly broke through the cloaked man's self-protection, it would be equivalent to killing him directly, and there would not be enough time to use the method of peeling off the layers to infiltrate.

So all Mellen can do now is to protect the cloaked man's self-awareness as much as possible and delay the time of collapse.

It's a bit of a pity. Melen originally wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about the "Heavenly Father" Church from this cloaked man, but now time is tight and he can only ask some key questions.

Mellen asked, "Where exactly is Pat going to meet you guys?"

The cloaked man looked dazed and said slowly, "...Ten miles south of Stormwind City, there's an abandoned village..."

Melen asked again: "Where are the things you stole from the Brotherhood of Craftsmen?"

The cloaked man did not answer, but instead pulled open his clothes in front of his chest, then his eyes wandered around as if he was looking for something.

Mellen had a blank expression on his face. When he saw the cloaked man's eyes fixed on a knife on the table and he stood up unsteadily to take it, he quickly picked up the knife and handed it to the latter.

The cloaked man took the knife and cut his chest without hesitation, taking out a black square object the size of a baby's fist.

Melen recognized it at a glance. This was a common data storage module in the Brotherhood of Craftsmen.

After taking it and putting it aside, Melen continued to ask: "Where are your other companions hiding?"

When the law enforcement team caused a stir, Melen clearly saw that there were at least four people being chased. However, in order to hide at the time, he only had time to use the power of fantasy to mark the cloaked man in front of him who was running towards him.

The cloaked man spoke intermittently: "We... act... unite... hide... independently..."

Mellen looked at the cloaked man who had completely lost his voice and shook his head slightly. He understood that they must have prepared a hidden safe house that only they knew about before the action, just to prevent the situation where one of them would be caught and cause trouble.

The colorful light swept across, cleaning away the dirt on the data storage module in his hand.

This data storage module is unique to the Brotherhood of Craftsmen, and if you want to decipher it, you need special reading equipment.

Fortunately, Mellen had been in the Brotherhood of Craftsmen for such a long time that he had learned everything he could, whether it was what he should or should not learn. This was naturally not a problem for him.

The colorful light flowed and gathered in his hands, gradually condensing into a metal box one meter square. This was an old-fashioned reading device that was about to be eliminated. The Brotherhood of Craftsmen naturally had advanced models that were not only more convenient and compact, but also faster in reading information.

However, the design of the new model is too sophisticated. Melen does not have the relevant structural drawings, so he naturally cannot make it. Fortunately, the old model can also be used normally.

Put the data module into the metal box. After a while, a virtual light screen is projected above the metal box, which contains dense knowledge.

After looking at it for a moment, Melen's eyes widened: "This is actually... a magic rune?!"

The so-called magical runes are one of the true core inheritances of the Brotherhood of Craftsmen. They were originally derived from the incomplete knowledge in the ruins of a certain extraordinary era. After the Brotherhood of Craftsmen continuously sorted, improved, expanded, and researched, they have become what they are today.

The reason why the Brotherhood of Craftsmen can create legendary mechas is inseparable from the magic rune technology.

Magical runes were also what Melen wanted to learn most when he joined the Brotherhood of Craftsmen. Unfortunately, the requirements for learning them were too harsh...

The first basic prerequisite is that you must be an official member of the laboratory with serial number less than 15. Only with this identity can you apply for the subsequent assessments. Only after passing all the assessments will you be eligible to learn the relevant knowledge of magic runes.

After quickly reading the information, Melen frowned, because the magical rune knowledge in this information was not complete, only about one-third of the content.

After thinking for a moment, Mellen shook his head helplessly. Now he could only pray that the other thieves of "God's Mercy" could successfully escape the pursuit of the law enforcement team.

Thinking of this, Melen felt a little strange. Logically speaking, the loss of knowledge at this level of magical rune technology should definitely detonate the entire Brotherhood of Craftsmen, but looking at the current intensity of the pursuit, it seemed too calm.

He collected his thoughts and thought, no matter what, this was a good thing for Melen. If he could find the other thieves of the "Merciful Father of Heaven" before the Brotherhood of Craftsmen discovered something was wrong, he might be able to obtain a complete set of knowledge related to magical runes.

But the problem now is that he has no idea where the other cloaked men are hiding.

After thinking for a moment, Melen looked towards the south thoughtfully.

These cloaked men didn't know each other's hiding places, which made it impossible for him to find them. However, these cloaked men would eventually meet up with Pat, so if he found the latter in advance, he should be able to wait for them.

Thinking of this, Melen immediately headed out of the city.

There is no curfew in Stormwind City, nor are there any restrictions on residents leaving the city at night. However, it is still a critical moment for the law enforcement team to capture criminals, so all major traffic arteries are under control.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Mellen used direct means to leave Stormwind City quietly.

Soon Melen arrived ten miles south of the city and found the abandoned village.

The village has been uninhabited for many years and is in a dilapidated state. Occasionally, animals come here to take shelter from the wind and rain, and there is a lot of feces everywhere.

There are many villages like this throughout the Kingdom of Kro. These are caused by the return of the spiritual tide and the existence of extraordinary life in the wild.

You know, even if a beast has not fully awakened, but has only activated part of its extraordinary bloodline, its strength is comparable to that of a warrior who has received formal training and is carrying weapons.

Even if a small village has hunters or farmers as guards, it is usually difficult to deal with wild beasts with certain extraordinary abilities. As long as two or three people die, people will immediately become panic-stricken, and the village population will migrate to nearby cities. Over time, the village will naturally become deserted.

Instead of rushing into the abandoned village, Mellen first walked around the outskirts of the village. What surprised him was that he did not find any trace of Pat. In fact, in his perception, there was no human existence inside.

After a little thought, Mellen ruled out the possibility that the cloaked man was lying to him. He guessed that Pat must have hidden himself through extraordinary means, and perhaps he needed to send some kind of contact signal before the other party would show up.

Mellen was not in a hurry. After taking in a large area nearby into his perception, he waited quietly.

After waiting for about two hours, Melen felt something in his heart and sensed two figures coming quickly towards the abandoned village, one in front and one behind.

After they entered the village, they exchanged a few words, then one rolled up his sleeves and the other unzipped his collar, revealing the 'Heavenly Father' emblem tattooed on different parts of their bodies.

A strange aura emanated from the emblem, and the two men had fanatical expressions on their faces, muttering to themselves.

After a moment, the air became hazy for a moment, and a figure that Melen was very familiar with walked out. It was... [Shepherd] Pat!

When Pat saw the two people outside, his face darkened and he said in a deep voice, "Jim, Bentley, why are there only two of you? Where are the others?!"

Jim said respectfully, "Master Pat, there was a slight oversight in our plan. We were about to leave quietly with the information, but unfortunately, we were accidentally exposed at the last moment and were pursued by the law enforcement team. We had no choice but to each take some of the information and flee separately."

Pat's face was so gloomy that it looked like water could drip out of it. He glanced around vigilantly and said quickly, "Where are the others? Have they been arrested?"

It's no wonder that Pat is so nervous. Once the Brotherhood of Craftsmen discovers that the lost information also contains relevant knowledge of magic runes, I'm afraid even the legendary powerhouses will be alarmed.

Originally, Pat's character was somewhat lawless, but after his failed attempt to kill a small bug that destroyed the church's stronghold in Roland City and being hunted down by the Special Affairs Bureau, and after escaping death several times, his character has undergone a huge reversal, as if he suddenly understood the essence of the Gou Dao.

For example, this time, knowing that the Brotherhood of Craftsmen in Stormwind was a dangerous place, Pat was unwilling to go deep into the city to provide support in person, and just waited outside the city. In this way, even if a strong man from the Brotherhood of Craftsmen found this place by following the clues, he could easily escape.

Hearing Pat's question, Bentley quickly said, "Because we were scattered and hiding, I'm not sure if the others were caught. But don't worry, we've already agreed that if anyone is caught, we will immediately return to the Father's arms and destroy the information we carried. Without knowing what information was stolen, the Brotherhood of Craftsmen won't pay much attention to us for a while."

Pat said with satisfaction: "You have done a great job. The merciful Heavenly Father will always be watching over you, and the church will never forget your contribution."

Jim and Bentley were filled with excitement and shouted enthusiastically, "For the merciful Heavenly Father!"

Pat nodded slightly and said, "Give me the information, and you will all flee separately to the previously agreed base."

Jim and Bentley took out their daggers without hesitation, cut open their bodies, and took out the data modules.

The next moment, the emblems on their bodies emitted a soft light, and the wounds cut by the dagger began to heal quickly.

This scene made the fanaticism in Jim and Bentley's eyes even more intense.

They held up the data modules respectfully, looking like devout believers offering sacrifices to their gods.

Pat reached out to take the data module, but at this moment, a flash of blood flashed by at a speed so fast that he could not react at all, and the data module disappeared instantly.

Pat was stunned for a moment, then his scalp exploded and he suddenly shouted, "Who is it?!"

Then, Pat saw a young man standing not far from them, with a smile on his face, as if he had met an old friend after a long time. In his hands, the young man was holding the two data modules.

There was a blood-red puppy the size of a palm on the boy's shoulder, staring at him fiercely with an extremely angry look.

Next to the boy, squatted a strange bulldog, it looked at them with a cold gaze, as if it was looking at a dead person.

For some reason, when Pat saw the boy and the two dogs, he always had an indescribable sense of familiarity, as if he had seen them somewhere before.

But Pat quickly denied it, because both the boy and the dog gave him an unfathomable and even terrifying feeling. If he had encountered a strong man of this level before, he would definitely not forget it.

Pat forced a smile and said, "I wonder who you are and why you want to steal our things?"

"Your stuff?" Melen sneered. "Didn't you steal this from the Brotherhood of Craftsmen?"

The smile on Pat's face disappeared, and he asked, "Are you from the Brotherhood of Craftsmen?"

Mellen sighed and didn't answer. Instead, he said, "Shepherd Pat, you really are a forgetful person. Have you forgotten me so quickly? Or is it that a small figure like me, who you didn't kill so easily, is not worth remembering at all?"

As Mellen said this, Pat felt a growing sense of familiarity. A figure he had long forgotten gradually became clearer and overlapped with the young man in front of him.

However, Pat instinctively rejected this possibility, because he could not believe that the young man in front of him who posed a huge threat to him was the temporary investigator of the Special Affairs Bureau who he almost crushed to death.

You know, that attack happened less than a year ago!

Pat said dryly: "This... is impossible... how could you..."

Mellen's expression became calm as he looked at the man in front of him who had saved him from death with just a casual move.

If Mellen hadn't had a lot of tricks up his sleeve at that time, if Spike hadn't fought desperately, if the rescue hadn't arrived in time... his journey might have ended at that time.

Mellen was actually quite happy when he got the news about Pat.

But now, Mellen looked at Pat, feeling his fear and disbelief, and felt bored.

Mellen's expression was calm. He gently touched Little Red Lotus and said to himself, "It's nothing more than a small stumbling block on the road of life. It may seem extremely difficult at first, but once we overcome it, it will no longer be an obstacle."

"I should thank you, because your presence has helped me grow more."

"Goodbye, then!"

Pat's pupils suddenly shrank, and the world in his eyes was filled with golden light and blood mist.

Chapter 188: Leaving and the Growth of His Powers (Additional Update 4/10)

For Mellen, Pat was just a minor difficulty he encountered at some point in his life. Since he had already overcome it, it was naturally not worth his attention.

This 'goodbye' was not said to Pat, but to the difficulties that Mellen had encountered in the past and in the future.

Then, Mellen's expression became solemn as he looked at the things Pat left behind after his death...

A cloth bag, a piece of clothing, and... an emblem of the 'Heavenly Father'.

Ignoring the first two items, Melen looked directly at the emblem. The emblem was the size of a palm, and looked like gold and jade, with an inexplicable aura flowing on it.

As if sensing Pat's death, the aura flowing from the emblem began to spread rapidly around, and it itself became elusive, as if it would disappear from the world at any time.

Melen's eyes focused, and the colorful dream power immediately covered the emblem, suppressing its vision. After silently sensing it for a moment, he placed it in the deepest part of the fairy tale kingdom, completely isolating it from the outside world.

"Is this... the breath of life in the spiritual world?"

After a brief thought, Melen shook his head. Although the aura emanating from the emblem was somewhat similar to that of spiritual life, it was essentially different. He currently had very limited knowledge in this area and could not figure it out.

Mellen turned his gaze to the remaining two items. As expected, the cloth bag was a spatial pocket. He scanned it with his mental power, and the contents stored within immediately came to mind...

A small pile of gold coins and some bearer Kingdom Bank gold notes, totaling about one or two thousand gold coins.

Essential oils, spices, and strangely shaped instruments seem to be used for prayer ceremonies.

Various internal organs are sealed, and their specific uses are unknown.

Mellen didn't even think of touching this space pocket. Although he felt a little sorry for the gold coins in it, he was not short of money now, so he naturally would not create unnecessary hidden dangers for the sake of these small gains.

The last piece of clothing is an extraordinary item. The clothing itself has the protective ability of iron armor and can also change its shape to a certain extent. After a careful inspection and finding nothing wrong, Melen also sealed it in the fairy tale kingdom.

After taking a look at the data module in his hand, Melen had no intention of checking it immediately. He secretly left a trace of dream power, then quickly left the abandoned village and hid in a relatively distant place to observe secretly.