The Book of Hibernation

Facing the burnt-black warrior, Ryan grabbed his only small dagger, and was about to move forward when Winter Thistle grabbed him tightly from behind.

"Don't move! Don't attack him!" Winter Thistle said, "The effect of the spell has not stabilized yet, it will be fine soon..."

Ryan was surprised: "Spell? What are you talking about?"

Winter Ji didn't have the extra energy to explain to his brother.He stared at the scorched black warrior. He had read about this kind of thing in books before. He read literature books, not folk tales, so the narrative style of the book was very academic and restrained.Now he saw the real swearer for the first time, and his image was consistent with that described in the book, but the sense of coercion lingering in the air could not be seen in the book.

Winter Thistle glanced at March.Sanyue held her forehead with one hand, panting heavily.Logically speaking, the Sworn Enemy should obey her, but Winter Thistle was very worried, wondering if she could control this thing.

The ghostly fire in the eyes of the swearer flickered several times, and finally locked on Ryan.Within the barrier, he probably seemed the most threatening.

Just when it was about to step closer to Ryan, Sanyue lowered her hands covering her face, raised her head, and her eyes brightened.

She finally broke free from the sense of confusion caused by casting spells.Looking at the swearer in front of her, she asked clearly:

"Who caused your death?"

Hearing this question, the Vengeance Sworn stopped and stopped approaching Ryan.

After March woke up, she didn't say nonsense like "stop" or "follow my order", but asked the first question directly.

The Vengeancer lowered his broadsword, propping it on the ground.There was no mouth at all on his scorched black head, but everyone present heard his deep and hoarse voice:

"Mage Haman."

Hearing the name, Ryan's body shook.

He looked back at Dong Ji in confusion, Dong Ji didn't explain to him, but just opened his eyes wide and his whole body was tense.

Even Aldin and Kanai, who were standing outside the barrier, were stunned. They exchanged glances, and then looked at Winter Thistle and Ryan suspiciously.

March's body had already recovered, but after hearing the voice of the swearer, her feet softened and she sat on the ground.

This swearer was transformed from old Tal's corpse.This is her father.

She covered her mouth, holding back tears.She was very young when her father left home, and the voice now is exactly the same as her father's voice in her childhood memories.

Then, she took a few deep breaths, and asked the second question: "For what purpose or reason did he kill you?"

Her questions were clearly prepared in advance.All emotional language was omitted, and only the incident 19 years ago was asked.She didn't even ask who the name "Harman" was. Anyway, if there is a name first, there will always be a chance to check it carefully.

The swearer answered the second question: "Because I took the mission to kill him and his family, I killed him, and he killed me."

When hearing the first answer, Winter Thistle had a little bit of hope in her heart: maybe Haman is just a duplicate name.There is not only one person named Haman in the world.

When the second answer appeared, it was like a bucket of icy water, not only extinguishing the luck in Winter Thistle's heart, but also making him tremble all over, like falling into an ice cave.

Such an answer surprised March as well.She organized the language and asked the last question:

"What is the reason that led you to assassinate Haman?"

The Vengeance replied: "It is Bellos' order."

After answering, before he could say anything until Sanyue, the blackness of the swearer's body collapsed, and he got into all the shadows in the courtyard.

The black shadow dissipated, leaving only two balls of ghostly fire, the flames drifted towards Sanyue and melted into her eyes.

The swearer just disappeared.According to the normal process, after the swearer answered the three questions, he would go to find the enemy, and only after the death of the enemy would he begin to serve the caster.

However, this swearer didn't intend to find the enemy.Sanyue sat there blankly, feeling a little dazed for a while.

Winter Thistle vaguely understood the reason.Because "Mage Haman" is long dead.

The swearers are undead creatures created by spells. Their actions are very linear, and they cannot handle complicated entanglements.The "enemies" of the dead are those who killed him.

At this time, Kanai removed the force field barrier and approached the Winter Thistle Brothers and March together with Aldin.

Before they could ask, Ryan asked loudly: "Belos! Who is Belos? Is it really that person... that's the one..."

Dong Ji hurriedly grabbed him again: "Maybe it's just the same name..."

"Duplicate name?" Ryan's voice trembled a little, "Then Haman also has the same name? But it's these two names...they both have the same name?"

Aldin walked over and patted the young knight on the shoulder: "Calm down. I'll tell you who Bellos is."

"I know who it is!" Ryan said, "The chief of the Ten Sails Street Chamber of Commerce, Bassett Bellows!"

Aldean said, "Well. The chief of the Chamber of Commerce is indeed called Bellows."

The power of the Ten Sail Street Chamber of Commerce spreads over several city-states, and the chief is the highest authority of the Chamber of Commerce, and his name is not a secret.Alding paused, and asked deliberately: "It seems that we all know who Bellos is. So, who is Harman?"

Hearing this sentence, Ryan realized that he was impulsive and said unnecessary words.

Since getting acquainted with Anaconda and Kanai, Ryan has never mentioned Haman, let alone the death of Haman.On the bright side, Winter Thistle also "didn't mention it"—at least in Ryan's view, he didn't mention it.

Only now did Ryan realize that his sudden excitement was equivalent to telling everyone "I have a secret".He didn't want to say this at first.

Before Ryan could respond, Dongji hurriedly explained for him: "Haman is our relative. He passed away a long time ago, and now we suddenly heard this name, and we were shocked..."

Aldin and Kanai looked at each other and smiled.They already knew about this, so they didn't bother to ask in depth.

Aldin gave a step down by the way: "Now I heard that there is a man named Bellos who sent a killer to kill 'Harman', so Ryan suspects that this Harman is your relative, is that so?"

"Yes..." Winter Thistle said.Ryan glanced at him and nodded.

Aldin asked, "When did Haman die?"

Winter Thistle said, "It was 19 years ago."

"That's not right..." Aldin laughed, "Bassett Bellows is indeed the current head of the Chamber of Commerce. The problem is, you only know this name, and you must have never met him in person."

Ryan didn't know what he meant, but just stared blankly at Aldin.

Aldin continued: "Do you know how old Bassett Bellows is now? He just celebrated his 31st birthday not long ago. 19 years ago, he was only 12 years old. Could it be that he hired a murderer at such a young age? How did Harman end up feuding with a 12-year-old?"

"Is it really the same name..." Ryan muttered in a low voice.

"Not necessarily."

"what?"

Aldin said: "Before Bassett, the last chief of the Chamber of Commerce was Rand Bellows, who was Bassett's father. He once lost a confidant and bodyguard. It is said that the bodyguard died in battle to protect the chief. The strange thing is that no one knew who they had conflicted with, and no one continued to seek revenge. I understand the importance of restraining curiosity, so I didn't ask more about it."

As he spoke, he looked at Winter Thistle: "The black warrior awakened by the spell, he can't lie, and he can't lie, right?"

"Yes," said Winter Thistle.

Aldean said: "Then he was right about 'Bellos'. He was probably referring to the old Bellows — the previous generation of Chamber of Commerce Chief, Rand Bellows."

Ryan opened his mouth slightly, just about to ask something, what Aldin said next ended all his doubts:

"Five years ago, Rand Bellows died. He suffered a sudden illness at a banquet and died at the age of 58. He was buried in the cemetery next to the temple. The most conspicuous large tomb was his. After his death, Xiao Bellows inherited his position, and some people were dissatisfied at first, after all, the chief of the chamber of commerce is not a title, not a hereditary title, but the little Bellows did things quite neatly, and it took him a little time to calm down the controversy."

Ryan and Winter Thistle looked at each other slowly.Aldin admired the subtle expressions on their faces.

Aldean wasn't lying.These are all true.

Old Bellows indeed died five years ago, and the current head of the chamber of commerce is young and promising, indeed only 31 years old.

Outsiders like Ryan usually only heard of the chief's surname, but never met the chief himself, and he was not aware of the various changes within the chamber of commerce, and could not tell the difference between father and son represented by the same surname.

If it was someone else from the chamber of commerce who killed the mage Haman, then it's okay to say that Ryan really needs to spend a lot of time digging out the truth in the future; but if it was Old Bellos who ordered it back then... this matter will become very embarrassing.

The old Bellos who gave the order is dead, and the killer he sent is also dead.

By coincidence, Ryan quickly found out the identities of the enemies who killed his father, and all the enemies were no longer alive.

He originally planned to spend several years investigating these matters, but today is a good thing, and he can end it directly.

At this time, Kanai's low-pitched curse broke the brief silence.

Aldin asked him what was wrong, and Kanai gestured outside the corridor: "Where did that woman go?"

After he reminded others, it was discovered that not only the swearers had disappeared, but March had also disappeared.

March was still standing weakly when Aldine and Kanai approached; in the time they talked, she had disappeared without a trace.No one saw her leave, and no one noticed when she disappeared.

"Is it a teleportation spell?" Aldin asked.

Kanai shook his head: "There is a rune array that prohibits teleportation in this area, and I have checked it regularly. And most of the casters like her don't know teleportation at all..."

As he spoke, he looked at Winter Thistle: "So why don't you ask our refiner. What did you do?"

Obviously, March escaped with a masking agent.Winter Thistle hesitated for a while.Kanai didn't want to ask any more, sighed, turned and walked away.

They had set up a group of hunters for an ambush tonight, and Kanai had to get them back.

After Kanai left, Aldin paced up to Winter Thistle, just about to say something, when he turned his head and saw Ryan next to him.

He said to Ryan: "It's dark now, shouldn't you go back to the pier?"

"Yes..." Ryan was still a little dumbfounded.

He glanced at Winter Thistle, bowed to Aldin again, and walked directly to the door. Halfway there, he realized that he was neither wearing protective gear nor holding a sword, so he turned to the guest room with a dazed expression.

Now only Arden and the Winter Thistle were left in the corridor.Aldin asked softly, "Are you all right?"

Winter Thistle nodded.

Aldin said: "Kanai didn't really blame you. You didn't act according to the original plan. He was afraid that you would make extra troubles."

"Sorry, I was careless." Winter Thistle said.

Aldin said: "Kanai and I have to deal with some things. The necromancer has left, but the hunter of the dead is still lingering nearby. You can rest in the room tonight, don't go out and run around."

Winter Thistle apologized repeatedly, keeping her head down.

Aldin stretched out his fingers exaggeratedly, shaking them in front of his eyes.Winter Thistle raised her eyes and looked at Aldin briefly, then hurriedly looked away.

Aldin smiled: "Okay, don't be nervous. I'm not angry. Really."

Winter Thistle finally looked up, but Aldin stopped talking and turned to leave.

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Dong Ji went to the laboratory to tidy up first, then slowly returned to the guest room.

Ordinarily, these things should come to an end: March has awakened the swearers, and the perpetrators and victims 19 years ago are no longer alive... The end of the matter is light, but Winter Thistle feels heavy in her heart.

He vaguely felt that everything was not over, and it shouldn't just end like this.

Not long after Dong Ji sat down, the door was pushed open.Ryan walked in, already wearing protective gear, carrying a weapon, and a dark travel cloak over the armor.

Seeing his younger brother, Dong Ji asked, "Why haven't you gone to the pier yet? Go early, so that people don't think you're passive and sabotage."

"There's still time." Ryan leaned closer and asked, "Did you help that female mage leave secretly?"

"It's me. What's the matter?"

"Did you use some spell? Can you use it again? Use it on me. I want to act quietly so that no one will know where I am going."

"What do you want to do?" Winter Thistle asked in surprise.

Ryan said, "I'm going to find the sorceress."

Winter Thistle said, "What are you looking for her for? You know, she's a necromancer!"

"I guessed it just now," Ryan said. "Seeing that black person was controlled by her, I guessed that she must be a necromancer. That person seems to be her father? I have something to ask her, but I didn't have a chance to ask her just now." , so I have to go find her."

"What else do you want to ask? Didn't you hear it just now? The chief of the chamber of commerce has already..."

"I know that," Ryan interrupted him. "Her father is dead, so what about her father? Maybe she has other relatives, and those people may also know some of the situation back then."

"She has no relatives. I asked her," Winter Thistle said.

Ryan said: "She may have other ways of communicating with the deceased, maybe there are letters handed down from the family, records or something... Anyway, I must talk to her. Everything ended so casually? Anyway, I am not reconciled , I will ask again."

Then, he walked towards the door: "It's fine if you don't want to help, I will go by myself. I have to go out anyway."

"Wait..." Dong Ji stood up and called out to his younger brother.

It suddenly occurred to him that the hunter of the dead might still be guarding nearby.March had used a masking agent, so the hunter would not be able to spot her, but he would certainly have noticed the others coming out of the mansion.

Ryan is a trainee temple knight, but he walked out of the place where the necromancer was hiding... This matter will definitely attract the hunter's attention.Even if the hunter doesn't attack on the spot, he will probably quietly follow Ryan.

If Ryan does find March, both of them may be attacked; even if he can't find March, there is no guarantee that the hunter will catch him and ask...

Ryan's fighting ability is very good, and it is said that ordinary people can't harm him... But I heard that the hunters of the dead are unscrupulous, what if the hunters have some insidious tricks?

Winter Thistle breathed a sigh of relief, and said to her younger brother, "I know where she might go."

"Okay! Then tell me."

"I'll go with you." Winter Thistle also took off the traveling cloak from the rack and put it on. "Now I will teach you to use a potion. After using it, no one will notice us on the road."