Start with the Readers Chapter 51: Platform (1/9)
A quarter of an hour ago, the afternoon town in the nightmare.
When Abner came to the church where Derrick and others set foot in reality, what he saw was a different scene.
A majestic and bright church, a complete and classical tower, three priests kneeling to repent... Scenes completely different from reality appeared before his eyes one by one.
Relying on the protection of the "hidden barrier" on his body, Abner searched here carefully with his "pure white eyes" in front of the three priests.
Soon, he discovered that the church was full of "degenerate" and "filthy" atmosphere, and the personality was extremely high, and the source was the tower next to the church.
But Abner circled the tower a few times, but couldn't find a way to get in. It was surrounded by strong "degenerate" and "shadow" forces, and he couldn't get close at all, even if the "secret" on him "Barrier" will rise in waves after coming into contact with those forces.
"You can't force your way in!" Abner immediately made a judgment in his heart, and then he used the illusory "eye of omniscience" in "Unknown Land" to strengthen his "analysis" ability, and observed the place comprehensively and carefully. Come a tower.
After a while, he realized something in his heart, and thought to himself:
"So that's how it is... Although this high tower is on the same layer of nightmare as the weird Afternoon Town, there is no passageway left here... In other words, this tower was completely sealed by the 'Dark Angel' himself. Dead!
"Well, I'm afraid he doesn't know about the "God of Luck" building the transmission channel... He sealed it off, probably because he didn't want the remaining source quality breath to pollute the believers.
"And the real entrance of this tower is probably in reality... You must first get out of the nightmare, enter the inside of the tower in reality, and then return to the hidden nightmare, so that you can truly reach the abandoned "Chaos Sea" 'Entrance!
"Well, there may be another arrangement at the entrance. After I teleported there before, I immediately fell into a certain other location in the afternoon town in the 'nightmare', hiding the way of arrival.
"It is conceivable that when the 'Rose of Redemption' was conspiring, the goddess would most likely appear in the afternoon town in the nightmare every time... and when she leaves, she will leave the nightmare first, making people think that the transmission channel is not the same. Not in a nightmare...
"And after he entered the reality, he returned to the secret and teleported away...
"Heh, the entrance to the tower in the nightmare was blocked by the 'Dark Angel' himself!
"This kind of design...it's dark under the typical lights!
"Is it the work of the "God of Luck"? No, it seems that this passage secretly connecting the Giant King's Court and the Elf Territory, was definitely built with the participation of the Goddess!
"Only His secret authority can hide from the 'Giant King' and the 'Dark Angel'!
"Of course, I think the cooperation of the giant queen is also indispensable... no matter who the giant queen was."
In a whirl of thoughts, Abner prepared to use Mister Fool to pull Derrick the Sun out of the nightmare, destroying the "balance" point between the nightmare and reality, and entering the reality of Afternoon Town.
——If the "balance" hadn't been broken before, it wouldn't be so easy for him to get out.
But at this moment, Abner suddenly saw a man in tight black clothes being dragged from reality into the church in his nightmare by three men in the same clothes, and one of the draggers, whose appearance It was almost exactly the same as the person being dragged, the only difference was that he had a gloomy expression and a dull complexion.
Seeing this scene, Abner immediately judged that the person being dragged was a member of the Silver City's exploration team, and the other three were the shadows of him and his teammates!
Seeing that the man was about to be put on the altar for a transformation ceremony, Abner had no choice but to temporarily remove the "hidden barrier" and reveal himself.
——Since it is encountered, and there is not much danger, you can't just ignore it.
Of course, considering that there is still a believer of the real Creator in the City of Silver, he didn't show his true face, but put on the "vest" of the "professor", and at the same time transformed into a regular suit that Loen usually wore, and put it on Outside the marble armor.
As soon as he appeared, the surrounding space was dyed golden, and spread out layer by layer.
The man with the same face as the captive immediately opened his mouth and let out a silent scream after being covered by the golden light, but he quickly burned by himself, turning into a twisted shadow, and swayed between light and flames. Inch by inch melted.
As for the expressions of the other two people, they were also grim. Their bodies were rapidly dimming. After only two seconds, they disappeared completely like shadows illuminated by light.
Crack!
Bones and lumps of flesh and blood fell from their bodies and hit the floor.
Dots of light are slowly emanating from these wreckages... that is their extraordinary characteristic!
——Different from the lucky one being dragged, his teammates have been completely swallowed by his own shadow.
At the same time, the three priests in front of the statue in the church did not move at all. They were still crawling there, repeating the same words of confession over and over again, like illusory images left behind by the environment.
Abner didn't care about them, but came to the man who was rescued and was still in a dazed state, and asked with a smile in the giant language: "Are you all right...what's your name?"
Hearing the question, the man just woke up like a dream. He glanced at Abner vigilantly, but considering that the other party had just saved him and he was obviously in a strange place, he still answered cautiously. Question:
"I'm not hurt...thank you for your help."
His thanks were indeed sincere, but he did not report his name.
Abner didn't care either. After picking up the Extraordinary characteristics of the other two, he put away his smile and sighed: "This is what your companion left behind... Take it back and give it to their relatives.
"By the way, you can call me Mr. 'Tower', or Mr. 'Professor'."
With Abner's current wealth, he would not covet the two mid-sequence characteristics, so he chose to return them to the other party to express his goodwill.
The man's face was gloomy, but he still took the characteristics, then saluted Abner, and repeated what he just said: "Thank you, Mr. 'Professor'."
But this time, his tone was much more sincere.
"You're welcome, I'm actually Derrick Berg's friend..." Abner chuckled, then changed the subject, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I'll take you away from this nightmare now .”
After speaking, without waiting for the other party to ask questions, he pinpointed the "crack" between the nightmare and reality caused by the "balance" being broken, and then used the "Hand of Leon" to pull the man up and walked through together.
——Finding weaknesses and loopholes is the housekeeping skill of the "Reader" path, and "Leon's Hand" is the secret technique that Abner taught Susie and Audrey back then... Although only Su Si learned.
As soon as Abner brought the man into reality, he happened to meet the chief and his party, and then heard Derrick the Sun say in a surprised voice:
"Mr. Tower? Why are you here?!"
For this, Abner was not in a hurry to answer, and only used his eyes to signal Derrick to stay calm until the man named La Roya was checked and reported to "Chief" Colin After what happened, he smiled, then took off the hat he had transformed into, put his hands on his chest, saluted everyone in the City of Silver, and said in greeting:
"It's my first time to meet you. It's a pleasure to meet you here."
Speaking, he looked at the "chief" and said with an inexplicable admiration, "Especially Your Excellency Colin Iliad, your name is often mentioned by Derrick, and it sounds like Loud as thunder."
"I am also very glad to meet you...Mr. Tower." Although Colin did not let go of his guard, he also responded to Abner's previous kindness, "Also, thank you very much for saving My team members."
"It's nothing... It's just a pity that I couldn't save the other two." Abner pretended to regret.
The two sides tentatively exchanged a few pleasantries, and thanked each other for the "gear book" and "projector" they found. Colin then asked the question he most wanted to know the answer to:
"Mr. Tower, is it Mister Fool's will that you came to Afternoon Town this time?"
"I came to the 'Land Abandoned by God' under the guidance of a great existence, and I really have a mission..." Abner didn't answer directly, but changed the subject directly after a vague answer, "Meeting you is also Coincidentally, please don’t tell others about seeing me again.”
It's not that he doesn't want to bring people from the City of Silver into the normal world, but at least for now, he can't expose the passage connecting Bayam and Afternoon Town.
If it wasn't for entering the reality of the 'Land Abandoned by God', the "Secret Barrier" would no longer be usable...or in other words, once it was used, it would directly fall back into a nightmare. Abner didn't even want to meet the people of the City of Silver .
However, since the meeting was unavoidable, he simply helped "The Sun" stand on the platform, so that he would be more valued.
After all, my own appearance, in the eyes of Colin and others, represents that Mister Fool has the ability to send people from the outside world in.
And since you can come in, you can go out!
On the other side, Colin did not hesitate to agree to Abner's request to keep it secret, and seriously warned the three people beside him.
For this, Abner nodded in satisfaction, and then left a sentence, "Derrick is very popular in our party, whether it's 'World', 'The Hanged Man', or me, I value him very much", then he took his leave and left, seemingly heading out of the town.
In fact, he turned back in the middle of the journey ~IndoMTL.com~ With "psychological invisibility", he watched Colin and Derrick's group from a distance.
He didn't dare to get too close, after all, "demon hunters" are also good at dealing with monsters that are invisible and weak in presence...
If the chief finds out, the image he created just now will be completely ruined... and Mister Fool's reputation may also be implicated.
In this way, he witnessed Colin press the priest in the church for the names of the other "kings", but the other party burned himself when he was about to pronounce the real name of "Eternal Blazing Sun".
Witnessed Colin, Derrick and others fighting fiercely against many monsters and winning...
Witnessing that Colin finally realized the hidden dangers of the "Royal Court of Giants", he knew that he should not be impatient, he must have half a year, a year, or even two years of preparation and early exploration again and again...
Witnessed Colin's final decision to set up camp at the ruins of the crashed floating city.
After everything calmed down, Abner cautiously came to the collapsed church again, and walked into the almost completely destroyed tower next to it.