Mystery: The Witch and the Calamity

"Sit down first."

Sophia sat down on the chair opposite Joyce, and only half of her buttocks sat down, and her heart began to feel uneasy.

"The coffee tastes good, did you make it?"

"Yes, I noticed that you don't like drinking plain coffee." After Sophia finished speaking, she secretly looked up at him.

I didn't see it, my observation skills are not bad... Joyce muttered something in his heart. He saw the nervousness of the maid, put his elbows on the table, leaned forward, and pretended to threaten:

"What are you afraid of? Is it because you are worried that I am an evil wizard who decides to kill someone after you discover the secret?"

"no."

For some unknown reason, Sophia felt relieved when she heard the familiar teasing of Mr. Baron.

Well... Seeing that the intimidation didn't have the expected effect, Joyce sighed that the girls today are not easy to deceive, and leaned back in the chair again:

"You ask me to answer? Or do I tell you to listen?"

Sophia remained silent, indicating her choice.

So Joyce began to selectively conduct popular science:

"In the second era, after the birth of mankind, Beyonders began to activate various continents, helping mankind survive under the oppression of giants, dragons, elves and other creatures."

"Since the fourth era, humans have become the masters of all continents, extraordinary powers have begun to retreat, and the church where the Seven Gods are located has become the most powerful organization of extraordinary people."

Having said that, Joyce paused for a while, and saw Sophia's surprised eyes unsurprisingly, he didn't care, and continued on his own:

"As I said before, Beyonders are a group of people with magical abilities, manipulating flames, condensing frost, stealth, flying... Anything that exists in your imagination can be realized."

"If you want to become an Extraordinary, you need to take the corresponding potion, which is divided into twenty-two paths according to the Extraordinary power and authority obtained."

"The Church of the Seven Gods each have their own potion formulas in different ways. In addition, there are many hidden organizations in the Beyonder world, most of which are not visible, and are often hunted down by official forces."

"Most of the evil and cruel sacrifice rituals you've heard about are made by them, just to please the evil gods they believe in."

"So, the Extraordinary World is not the mysterious beauty that you dream of, but is always facing danger. This danger not only comes from the outside, but also from the Extraordinary itself."

"At the same time as obtaining Beyonder power, Beyonder is also being eroded by power. It is very common for him to lose control. He may fall into the abyss at any time and become the monster he hates the most."

"How, are you still interested in becoming an Extraordinary?"

The maid lowered her head, making it hard to see her expression, and she didn't know what she was thinking... Joyce's mouth was a little dry, and he raised his glass and took a big sip of the still-warm coffee.

Sophia suddenly raised her head and asked:

"What are the twenty-two paths?"

Cough cough... Joyce almost spit out the coffee... Beauty, you're not paying attention... He shrugged and said helplessly:

"I'm just a new Beyonder, currently at the bottom of the Beyonder world, how can I know everything!"

Although I really know everything, but I can't tell you... Seeing the lady maid's self-blaming expression for asking a stupid question, he immediately added:

"However, I still understand a little bit, such as the audience approach."

Sophia showed curious eyes at the right time and listened to Mr. Baron's introduction:

"The Extraordinary of the Audience Approach is good at observing, figuring out the psychological activities of others, understanding their true inner thoughts, and subtly influencing and even changing people's behavior through hints."

It sounds amazing, and it's a bit familiar... Sophia recalled her embarrassing behavior in the morning and blurted out:

"That golden pupil!"

Joyce nodded to confirm her guess:

"That's right, it's a magical item of the audience pathway."

Then, he explained a lot of common sense in the Beyonder world, stopped when he found that the maid had a tendency to "indigestion of knowledge", and said with relief:

"You have plenty of time to think. When you really want to understand the gains and losses, tell me your decision."

"As long as I am alive then."

……

Dean is very excited and proud now. If he used an ancient poem to describe his mood, it would definitely be "the spring breeze is proud of horseshoes, and I can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day".

He clearly remembered the expressions of all the police officers when he received the letter sent by Baron Best, surprised, puzzled, envious, jealous...

After tomorrow, the entire police station will know about this, which gives him a sense of satisfaction he has never had before.

However, when he opened the letter by himself, Dean was apprehensive, because he had not found out what Baron Best ordered, and only got some eyebrows for the time being.

Fortunately, the letter did not mention this.

Baron Best asked him to immediately go to No. 52 Pritzker Street to deal with the abnormality in that house. As for the abnormality, the letter did not mention it, only a key was attached.

Dean didn't dare to delay, he even called a carriage, without any distress, because he knew that as long as the task was successfully completed, he would get more.

Pritzker Street is not a particularly prosperous street. It is populated by middle-class people with stable jobs, but its house prices and rents are also unaffordable for Dean, who is a policeman.

After getting off the car near house 50 and paying the fare, Dean shook his head and looked around quickly. Although he didn't know why Baron Best told him to be cautious, it didn't prevent him from being cautious all along. The survival of the gangster.

No suspicious people or things were found, so he walked towards House No. 52. UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com calmly took out the key, opened the door, entered the house, and closed the door, as if returning to his own home.

After seeing the scene in the living room, Dean frowned. Either he had never seen a dead person, let alone one eye gouged out, or it was not uncommon to have broken legs and feet.

What puzzled him was why a noble baron would let himself deal with a corpse?

He got closer and saw a wanted notice beside the body, which read "Pirate, Lucky Crow, 1200 pounds bounty", and the portrait on the wanted notice looked exactly the same as the body.

Pirates are very common in Bayam, and dead pirates are not uncommon, but a pirate body worth 1,200 pounds is in the blind spot of Dean's knowledge.

His first reaction was to change the bounty and fly away, but then he thought, Baron Best dared to leave the matter to himself, was he at ease with himself, or was he taking precautions?

He doesn't dare to gamble, and he doesn't want to gamble. There is a more secure and transparent way to rise, so a fool would take the risk.

He is good at dealing with corpses. Although he does not often do bounties, there are still ways to do so. That is, a part of the bounty will be deducted. Presumably Lord Baron will not care about these details.

After thinking about it, Dean used the fastest speed to dry the blood in the living room, restore the messy furniture, put the body in a large sack and take it away without anyone finding it.

He didn't know that after the night, a dark shadow sneaked into the house, circled around, and left in confusion.

……

After dinner, Joyce was thinking about something in the bedroom when Sophia suddenly knocked on the door and walked in, saying in a firm tone:

"I made a decision."

"I want to become an Extraordinary."

"I want to be a 'spectator'."