[Complete the mission: The journey of carrying a coffin! ]
[Obtained mission rewards: 20,000 experience points, 50 gold pounds, Byers's favorability, and "Moon Faction Sequence 7 - Requiem Master" extraordinary knowledge. ]
[Byers's impression of you has increased! Currently it is respect! ]
Chen Lun glanced at the prompt box and smiled slightly.
"Just as I expected, after completing the mission, I have accumulated more than 40,000 experience points, which is enough for me to reach the maximum level!"
He called up the panel and pressed the upgrade button.
There were two flashes of golden light that were invisible to others, and he finally reached level 80!
In addition to the attribute bonus brought by the upgrade, Chen Lun also added the attribute points he gained to the deficient areas evenly. In the end, his strength and dexterity were both 75 points, and his endurance and intelligence were 65 points.
"I am now considered a senior [Sequence 7], and my level cannot be raised any higher. Apart from increasing my strength through a few other means, my only option is to continue to advance."
Chen Lun turned off the panel, felt the changes in himself, and nodded slightly.
"But the extraordinary knowledge of [Sequence 6 - Aerial Man] is only a quarter of what we snatched from Mollymore. There are no relevant clues yet... Maybe we can continue to start from the fairyland? I don't know if Philip has left any subsequent extraordinary knowledge."
He pondered.
What made him feel a little relieved was that his overall strength was now at the middle level among the mid-sequence extraordinary people.
Although he was only a senior [Sequence 7], he could defeat most [Sequence 6] after entering the "limit state". As long as he didn't encounter strong ones like Jerome and Byers, he was confident that he could deal with them.
Theoretically speaking, Chen Lun's current basic attributes, strength and agility have exceeded the limit of [Sequence 7], which is the 70-point threshold, while 70 to 100 belongs to the category of [Sequence 6].
After completing the extraordinary transformation, it is more difficult to increase attribute points, which is completely different from the situation below the low-sequence 50-point threshold.
Of course, the effect after the upgrade will be even stronger.
Therefore, Chen Lun’s actual combat ability is not commensurate with the sequence he is in.
He is far beyond the level of [Sequence 7].
'There are many things to do next, but there are three main ones.
The first is to find a way to help Mr. Byers escape capture, the second is to find subsequent extraordinary knowledge, and the third is to prepare for the chaos that is about to begin...whether it is developing the circus, using the resources of the players to strengthen oneself, or actively looking for some ways to become stronger.'
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Amber Railway Station.
Chen Lun is finally back.
After he got out of the carriage, he walked quickly, wanting to get back to the manor as soon as possible.
I haven't eaten the meals made by Floy for a few days, and I always feel like I miss them.
He smacked his lips as he passed the waiting hall when he suddenly noticed a large crowd of people gathered in front of him, making a commotion.
Chen Lun paused for a moment, squeezed through the crowd to take a glance, and was suddenly stunned.
It turned out that there was an old lady lying on the chair with her eyes closed, as if she was asleep, but in fact she had stopped breathing.
Looking at her attire and face, Chen Lun recognized at a glance that this old woman was the one he met in the grocery store a few days ago.
There was no one sitting next to the old lady. The passengers kept away from her and didn't dare to approach her. Others pointed and talked about her, saying unpleasant things.
Apparently they encountered a dead person at the train station, which made them feel unlucky.
Chen Lun pushed through the crowd and walked straight up to the old man amid the surprised and disgusted looks of others, and examined him briefly.
The old woman's expression was very peaceful, and Chen Lun didn't see any man-made injuries on her body. Most likely, as she said, she was old and died of old age.
"You have seen your loved ones, so you can close your eyes in peace... It's a pity that you bought a train ticket for the return trip, but you have arrived at the end of your life."
Chen Lun sighed secretly.
He also didn't want to see the body of an old man lying in the train station, for people to point fingers at.
"I remember that the old lady believed in the Moonlight Lady. It just so happens that I also walked the Moonlight Path in my previous life. It is fate... I will send her off for the last time."
Chen Lun looked at the old lady's body with calm eyes, then gently held her hand and recited the Moon Church's Bible, "Jiuyue Ji".
The onlookers looked at each other in bewilderment, but a few believers of the Moon Church silently made a prayer gesture.
After a moment.
Chen Lun stopped reciting.
At this time, the security and persons in charge of the train station arrived one after another. They dispersed the crowd and then came to Chen Lun.
"Sir, what is your relationship with this old man?"
The person in charge frowned slightly.
"What would you do if it didn't matter?"
Chen Lun turned his head slightly and asked.
"Then we can only hand her over to the police station and let her family come over to claim her... If she is a stranger with no relatives or friends, I'm afraid she will be thrown into a public cemetery and simply buried."
The person in charge shrugged.
Chen Lun nodded slightly, hummed, took out a few gold pounds and put them in the other person's hand.
"This old lady is a believer of Moonlight. Let's send her to the Moon Church first... The priest there will arrange everything."
As he spoke, the shell necklace on his chest flashed slightly.
A trace of confusion flashed across the eyes of the person in charge, but soon they became clear again. He put away the gold pounds and agreed solemnly.
He then ordered the security guards to move the old man's body away and personally went to notify the church.
Chen Lun stood there staring for a while, then finally pulled up the brim of his hat and walked away.
But as he walked out of the train station gate, his body suddenly stiffened.
[You are watched by the Moon Goddess Margaret and receive the blessing "Moonlight Blessing"! ]
[Moonlight Blessing LV1 (Blessing)]
Blessing Description: The blessing bestowed upon you by the Moon Goddess Margaret allows you to be protected by the moonlight at all times.
Blessing effect: Slightly increase various mysterious resistances and soul strength, all attributes +1. (Double the night effect)
"Luna?! Margaret...?! "
There was disbelief in Chen Lun's eyes.
At the same time, he inexplicably obtained some information in his mind, including the name of the Moon Goddess.
"Mrs. Moonlight, Ms. Silent, and Miss Purple Moon...are these all honorific titles referring to the Moon Goddess Margaret? Why...did He tell me this?"
Chen Lun had great doubts.
He clearly had no connection with the Moon Goddess, but why... wasn't right!
Chen Lun turned around abruptly and looked in the direction where the security guards were carrying the old lady's body away, but there was no one in sight.
"Is it because of that old man... or because of the Bible I was reciting, "The Chronicle of the Moon"...?"
Chen Lun couldn't guess the answer.
But he always felt that it was related to the old lady.
Chen Lun looked around again and found himself stuck in front of the train station gate in a daze, attracting the attention of passers-by, so he took a deep breath and continued to leave as if nothing had happened.
As he walked, he recalled his brief encounter with the old lady. From beginning to end, she seemed like an ordinary mortal...
But when I think about it, I seem to have made up a non-existent grandmother, also named "Margaret".
'Is this a coincidence... or is it?'
Chen Lun frowned, his eyes were filled with fog and he couldn't see the truth.
He recalled the photo of the archaeological team he had seen in an old book in Mr. Byers's hand when he first met him...
The seven statues of gods from more than 3,000 years ago, the one belonging to Moonlight Granny, looks like a young woman.
'Perhaps it is not that the Moon God has ever been replaced... but that they are just an appearance of the Moon God, that is, the appearance of 'Lady Silence', or 'Miss Purple Moon'...? '
Chen Lun thought.
He felt that he had figured out some things and was more in agreement with his own speculation.
Continuing to think about the old lady's words and actions in the grocery store at that time, Chen Lun had new doubts.
'She said she came to Amber City to visit her relatives... who could it be? '
Chen Lun was stunned.
"Could it be me?! Could the Moon Goddess really be my grandmother?!"
Thinking of this, he found it a little funny again and couldn't help shaking his head, thinking it was a far-fetched idea.
If I were really a descendant of a god, it would have been shown on the panel long ago.
'No matter what the reason, I have received the blessing of the Moon God. At this stage, it seems that He has good intentions... and He took the initiative to tell me His name, most likely to give me a way to pray to Him. Maybe when I encounter a major crisis, I can ask Him for help?'
Chen Lun thought to himself, lowered his head with his hat brim pulled up, and tentatively whispered a respectful name:
"You are the High Night, you are the Great Darkness...
You are the home of thousands of souls, you are the place where the sentence of rest is pronounced...
You are the Silence of the Stars, the Sublime Grandmother, the Moonlight Margaret."
The next moment.
Time and space seemed to stand still.
Chen Lun suddenly felt a gaze coming from a faraway place, staring at him, but it seemed like an illusion and didn't exist.
But he knew that this was no illusion...
The Moon Goddess really saw him!
A gentle, kind, yet pleasant female voice seemed to be speaking without being spoken, but it came through his mind out of thin air:
“Promote to a high sequence as soon as possible and escape the cycle of fate.”
Chen Lun suddenly came to his senses and everything returned to normal.
He found himself back at the gate of the manor without realizing it.
The two servants at the door saluted him respectfully and said, "Master Captain."
Chen Lun simply waved his hand, without any intention of responding, and walked in on his own.
"I really received the oracle from the Moon Goddess..."
He suddenly felt that his identity might not be simple. Even the Moon Goddess reminded him, so there must be a huge secret hidden behind it.
He walked to the door of the villa in a somewhat depressed mood.
Floy stood by the door as usual, waiting quietly.
"You're back."
She spoke softly.
Chen Lun smiled. After seeing Floy, he felt a little better.
"Um."
Floy followed him into the living room.
"The work you assigned to me before has already yielded results. The black crystal bullets and black crystal arrows have been made... Do you want to take a look?"
She spoke softly.
"Not for now. Thank you for your hard work, Floy."
Chen Lun took a deep breath without making any expression and smiled.
"I came back in a hurry this time and forgot to bring you a gift. Sorry."
He said.
Floyd shook his head.
"I haven't finished the three boxes of chocolates ."
Chen Lun smiled slightly.
"I see. You..."
His smile suddenly froze, as if he had thought of something.
"You mean three boxes?"
"Well, didn't you put an extra box in my drawer later?"
Floy tilted her head slightly, a little confused.
"You found me...Floy."
Chen Lun chuckled.
But there was a hint of shock in his eyes.
"Could it be that the relatives refer to Floy...? !"
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A few days passed.
After Chen Lun returned to the manor, he brewed extraordinary wine while quietly waiting for Mr. Byers's message.
Several supernatural forces are about to begin hunting down the Black Knight, and he is also thinking about countermeasures.
"If I rely on my own strength, it will definitely not be enough... However, the circus members are not strong enough yet, so it is not appropriate to rashly get involved in this matter."
Chen Lun was busy in the underground brewing room. His hands kept moving but his mind was working rapidly.
"And even if I do it myself, I can't expose my identity directly... I'll use the Star Mist Pot to disguise myself, and use the Silver Pot Knight Fren as my vest."
He smiled slightly.
Use both hands to remove the glass container, and the wine inside has already fermented.
Chen Lun skillfully poured it into the bottle and sealed it.
Then he took out the black iron box, placed it on the table and opened the lid.
Bang!
The black iron box was pitch black, like a huge mouth connected to an abyss with no end in sight.
"I have used up the remaining ordinary-level extraordinary materials on hand and brewed three bottles of extraordinary wine. I should be able to exchange three mid-sequence extraordinary people from the Murder Club for help."
Chen Lun gently placed the wine bottle into the black iron box.
This box is a trick created by the Murder Club, specifically for delivering "fine wine".
The bottom of the box was pitch black and shadowy, and the wine bottle seemed to have fallen into a swamp, slowly sinking and finally disappearing.
Chen Lun stuffed the other two wine bottles in one by one.
He immediately took out the wine glass that summoned the spirit messenger of the Murder Club and flicked it lightly.
when!
The sound echoed in the basement.
He took out a pen and paper, stood at the table and began to write. The content was very concise:
"Three bottles of extraordinary wine have been delivered in exchange for murder. Target - member of Red Rose Team No. 7."
Team No. 7 Red Rose Squad is the team of extraordinary people led by Jerome.
Chen Lun did not forget the divination's prediction. In addition to the Sun Church, the Moon Church and the shelter, there was also a guy named Jerome who was secretly planning to deal with Mr. Byers.
He was not sure yet who the elite extraordinary people who would come to participate in the roundup would be, so he had to first target this group of enemies lurking in the dark and carry out a wave of "precise hiring of murderers."
It's definitely not a revengeful mentality.
The reason why Chen Lun did not choose Jerome as the target was because he felt it was unrealistic.
As the brewer himself, he knew the quality of these three extraordinary wines very well. Although they were good, they were far from enough to attract the strong man who could kill Jerome.
The Murder Club’s professional wine tasters would definitely give the same answer, so at most three senior [Sequence 7] would be sent out.
"It would be great if we could weaken the power of the Red Apple Church as much as possible..."
Chen Lun thought about it and took out the most precious wine he had on hand, [Milna Blood Wine]. He hesitated, but finally put it into the box resolutely.
Only after the bottle was completely swallowed did he continue writing on the paper:
"A bottle of high-grade extraordinary wine has been delivered in exchange for murder. Target - Red Apple Church's 'Bone Carving Monk' Jerome!"
Chen Lun's eyes were indifferent; he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
From planning to become a Brewer as a secondary career to joining the Murder Club, he was pursuing this goal.
If you encounter an enemy that you cannot kill and is always keeping an eye on, then call for help!
Jerome is not only a powerful man lurking in the dark during the operation to capture Byers, but also the right-hand man of that bastard Rafa, and a BOSS-level figure in the middle and late stages of version 1.0.
It would save me trouble if I could get rid of this guy earlier.
Ding Dong!
The sound of clinking glasses was heard.
Chen Lun thought it was a messenger from the spiritual world who had arrived, and was about to hand over the letter he had written, but he was suddenly stunned.
"The wine is good. I want it."
A chuckle, and that familiar male voice sounded from a distant place.
Chen Lun stood there, looking around, but there was no one around.
"The voice just now...was that of the conspiracy angel Conrad?!"
He suddenly felt that the situation was a bit absurd. How could he attract the King of Slaughter when he delivered fine wine for the first time? !
Conrad took his wine, which meant that He would murder Jerome himself!
Chen Lun first took a deep breath, and then a feeling of excitement arose spontaneously.
Jerome...is dead!
"Although [Mirna Blood Wine] is very precious, it shouldn't be able to attract His attention... As an angel at the end of the sequence, why would Conrad be interested in this bottle of wine?"
Chen Lun thought about it calmly again.
He first ruled out any specialness in himself, and then came up with an answer.
"It's probably because the raw material of this bottle of wine is related to Maggie..."
The King of Slaughter would only be interested in things that are also from angels. Chen Lun could not think of any other reason.
Ding Dong!
This time, the sound of clinking glasses rang in Chen Lun's ears.
The true messenger from the spiritual world has arrived.
This man looked like a waiter, his face was covered with a shadow, and his features could not be seen. He was standing straight with a towel on one hand and a tray in the other hand, holding an empty wine glass.
Just now, he and Chen Lun's empty wine glasses clinked together.
"Sir, what can I do for you?"
The waiter bowed slightly.
Chen Lun crossed out the information about Jerome on the paper, then left his other alias "Qiao Ke", and then put the paper on the other party's tray.
In addition, he took out a letter that he had written long ago and put it on.
"Please pass this letter to Mr. Akbin."
Chen Lun said softly.
"Okay, don't worry."
The faceless waiter answered.
Chen Lun nodded, took out two more gold pounds and placed them on the tray.
"Thank you, sir."
The waiter saluted, stepped back, and disappeared from sight.
Chen Lun leaned against the edge of the workbench, chin in his hand, thinking.
"There shouldn't be any problems with the Red Apple Church... As for the Sun Church, Moon Church, and the shelter, the situation is unclear. Let's call Ackbin and Drinker first ... We'll take action when the time comes."
He did not forget that Akbin owed him a favor and Drinker owed him his life.
If you have ready-made thugs but don't use them, you'd be a fool.