The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 189: Magic Mirror
The deeper Annan advanced into the dungeon, the more he felt a biting coldness.
Especially since he just broke out in a thin sweat and has not yet completely dried it off. Now I can even feel the chill in the air.
"...Senior, the environment in this basement is quite difficult."
Annan slapped his mouth.
The temperature at the door, near the Philosopher's Stone, has exceeded fifty degrees; and the temperature in the dungeon is at least below zero, just like a cold storage... Annan can even clearly see his breathing Spraying white mist.
He searched around the dungeon.
Annan first discovered the black fire stored by Salvatore.
They are all stored here, next to the wall. The white freezing air fell like a veil, completely covering these black fires.
"...Hmm."
Looking at these black fires, Annan suddenly remembered something.
Not long after he arrived at the frozen water port, the ship Don Juan was on was burned with black fire.
Annan was secretly having fun at that time.
Because the viscount sent people to burn the ship, which would be equivalent to destroying all the previous evidence. How many things were left on the entire ship, how many people had been there, and the traces of battle on it... all disappeared.
They could not find any evidence that Annan was not Don Juan Geraint.
At first, both Annan and Salvatore thought this was the work of Viscount Barbour. In their analysis, this was to allow Salvatore to go to the basement to analyze and study the Black Fire, and take the opportunity to block Salvatore in the basement.
It was precisely because of these black fires that Annan took Viscount Barbour seriously. And it was precisely because he planned to become his enemy that he discovered the conspiracy of the Fu Fu Church.
But looking back now...
The old Viscount seems to have no need at all.
Because there was no need for him to burn Annan and Salvatore to death.
He just needs to let those black fires explode in the frozen water port.
The large number of civilian casualties will immediately attract the attention of the church and the kingdom - these black fires have Salvatore's personal label. Without detecting other suspicious elements, Salvatore will inevitably Imprisoned pending investigation. At the same time, as the lord of the Northern Sea Territory and the actual controller of the Frozen Water Port, it was natural for Annan to be transferred for questioning.
The garrison in the Northern Sea Territory has always been at Fort Ross.
In other words, the only controlled area qualified to temporarily detain two extraordinary people is in Roseburg.
At that time, Viscount Barbour will definitely ask "Don Juan Geraint" and Salvatore to go to Roseburg and wait for the investigation team from the royal capital and the people from the Black Tower to arrive.
And the two were unarmed and imprisoned in the controlled area of Rosberg... The life and death of Annan and Salvatore were completely in the hands of Viscount Barbour.
Even if Viscount Barbour had no chance to take action, this incident could still find a way to turn it into a stain on Don Juan Geraint. It then became an excuse for the Geraint family - because his fundamental purpose was not to kill Don Juan, but to continue to rule the North Sea Territory until the ceremony was completed.
Driving Don Juan back to the capital, the result was the same.
But if it wasn't Viscount Barbour's hand... who burned the ship?
"...It's Benjamin."
Annan murmured.
Yes.
Salvatore only made one batch of this inert black fire. It was made when neither he nor Benjamin left the Black Tower in the Zeland.
Although these black fires were sold to Viscount Barbour through Gerald's channels; but Gerald, he could only purchase them from Benjamin.
The significance of this batch of "inert" black fire can be perceived by Gerald of the Soul-stealing School. Could it be that Benjamin, as a master of the Transformation School, would completely ignore its value?
This is unlikely.
Benjamin should have at least left a batch of samples.
In other words, except in the hands of Gerald and Viscount Barbour...
Benjamin also has a batch hidden in his hands!
He burned the ships, on the one hand, to destroy the evidence that "Don Juan Geraint was dead"; on the other hand, he used this incident to remind Annan and Salvatore.
Tell them that Viscount Barbour is going to use Black Fire as an excuse to attack them!
"At least at that time, Benjamin hadn't left yet."
Annan frowned slightly: "Strange..."
What does Benjamin mean?
Why did he want to get rid of this handiwork?
Did he accept that he was Don Juan's substitute?
"...He has met Maria and should know that I am Annan Winter."
Doesn’t he wonder why I’m here?
Annan paused.
He thought about it.
There is only one possibility that can perfectly explain these things.
——Benjamin knew why he appeared here from the beginning!
Maybe even the reason why he appeared in Frozen Water Port...
Directly related to Benjamin!
"...Yes."
Annan's thoughts suddenly became clear.
The Roofu Church is afraid of the Skeleton Lord. Therefore, the captain of the guard and the others did not arrive at the frozen water port at all, but left on a small boat halfway.
And if the person who burned the ship was Benjamin, then he at least reached the frozen water port. Because Annan did not see Benjamin's carrier and wizard robe at that time, it means that he had already left at that time.
Judging from the hunger level of Anan Lingdong after waking up... he had just arrived on the beach not long ago.
In other words, Benjamin has 100% met Annan!
And he knew that Annan's status was noble and nothing could happen to him, but he did not take Annan away.
This means...
The matter of letting Annan pretend to be Don Juan was part of his calculation!
That's why he left Don Juan's token.
Those letters, rings, pocket watches, Don Juan’s dagger, and...
...The Fragment of Truth·The Book of the Heavenly Car?
Although he still felt that this guess had some omissions, Annan felt that he was very close to the truth.
"What on earth do you want to do..."
Annan muttered, frowning.
He suddenly lost interest in carefully searching the dungeon.
Of course, part of the reason is that he found that many things here cannot be stored at room temperature...
Forget it.
Anyway, if you want anything, just ask your senior directly. There is no need to take it away...it will be the same wherever you put it.
It is true not to waste.
As Annan walked around, he quickly found the location of the so-called "magic mirror".
It was a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror, about three meters high, covered with a thick red cloth.
Annan pulled off some of the red cloth from behind the mirror - it doesn't need to be too much, a height of about 1.6 meters is enough.
So that Annan won’t be inconvenient to put the red cloth back on again later.
Return other people’s things to their original places after using them. Annan still understands this kind of politeness.
Annan also walked back to the front of the mirror with great interest.
Let me be healthy, what is the essence of my soul——
I saw black lines all over the mirror, like ice cracks. Apart from these lines, Annan could only see another version of himself in the mirror.
Black shoulder-length hair, tightly pursed light-colored lips, sparkling ice-blue pupils, and pale to almost transparent skin.
...It seems that there is no difference?
Before Annan could think about it ~IndoMTL.com~ the black lines on the mirror gradually faded away.
"...Huh?"
Annan's pupils shrank slightly.
Under Annan's gaze, the pattern on the mirror suddenly changed!
He saw two other heads slowly appearing on both sides of his head - on the left was a black bull's head with marble-colored black stone horns on its forehead; on the right was a majestic lion with a brilliant head. A mane wrapped with radiance like sunlight.
In the mirror, Annan's heavy cold-proof clothes gradually faded and disappeared.
Two light wings wrapped with white soft light opened from his waist and then closed, covering half of his body below the chest, covering all the way to his knees like a long skirt. Behind Annan's shoulder, there were also two golden wings of light slowly opening.
The moment he looked into the face of the person in the middle.
Anan's head buzzed and he suddenly lost consciousness.