She didn't recognize what was engraved on the torn page.
Chapter 90 The Lost Sacrament
The Book of Howling - which was what Hitzfeld had previously called the Code Book, she was sure that it had been decrypted.
Not only did he decipher the contents from Chapter 1 to Chapter 10, he even went back in time with the help of the big book in the Gray Mist Temple and witnessed the scene where the order of the pages was replaced by the woman in the blue dress, Xunette Harry.
Theoretically, if the evildoers could dismantle it the first time, they could do it the second time... She was not surprised that the individual pages appeared here.
But she didn't recognize the content engraved on this single fragment of a page, which was a bit too scary.
what's the situation.
Is there a second Book of Howling, or has she not yet solved all the secrets of the Book of Howling, and are there hidden pages in the book?
"I don't recognize the characters engraved on it." The man with a small mustache and the others lowered their heads and leaned in to look at the pages, their eyes narrowed to almost slits.
"This is ancient Sara language," Hitzfeld explained to them. "The contents of the Book of Howling are all written in ancient language. Agent Xia...Agent Xiasha and I should be able to decipher it."
"Thank you very much." Prince Gaunt took a long breath from his nose. "Time is precious. Please start now."
He is obviously still thinking about the operator of the corpse puppet, and wants to find evidence to arrest him by deciphering the contents of the pages.
"If you want to arrest someone, Your Highness, it would be more efficient to send someone to ask Mrs. Runcy." Hitzfeld said softly.
"…You mean she was involved too?"
"It's highly unlikely, but do you remember that she had talked to this thing before? Since the corpse puppet has no intelligence, this behavior is obviously instructed by the manipulator. This person was able to deceive her during a conversation lasting more than ten minutes just by simulation. I think he must know Villefort very well..."
"At least you know 'Villefort as seen by Madame Runcy'!" exclaimed the moustache, who finished for her, with a look of delight and wonder on his face.
He understood—Hitschfeld meant that, since they had already established that Mrs. Runcie was a chatterbox who liked to talk nonsense to people when she had nothing better to do, she had obviously done the same to other people, especially her young tenants!
It is very likely that there was an evildoer among the tenants. The evildoer built a rough portrait of Villefort by listening to Madame Runcy's daily chatter - perhaps also asking questions actively - and then achieved the effect of not being exposed in a short period of time by simulating the portrait!
Therefore, if you want to capture them, the most direct way is to investigate along the line of Mrs. Runci!
The police officers and detectives around were all veterans, and when Hitzfeld acted a little more casually, they all showed expressions of surprise.
Gaunt looked at the girl in amazement.
When the case was at a dead end, she single-handedly helped everyone clear up the mystery... It seems that the rumors about her were not exaggerated at all.
He would not question the other agents because he thought that everyone might have been temporarily distracted by the abnormality of the corpse doll and the remaining pages of the Book of Howling. They would definitely be able to think of this when they calmed down.
But she was able to remain calm at this critical moment, which made her stand out from the entire group and her whole body radiated light.
What a pity, why is she a Devourer?
With a goal in mind, the team started moving again.
The mustached detective led a group of people to knock on the door next door. Hitzfeld and Xia Yibing stayed in the yard to decipher the remaining pages of the roar. Some other police officers took heavier shackles from the trunk of a car half a street away and locked the corpse's limbs tightly.
"It easily broke free from the person it was torturing before, but it should be impossible to do anything with this one, right?"
"It is said that a special potion has been applied, and it is difficult for the locked evil creatures to sneak into the dream world."
Several remaining detectives stood on the path in the middle of the yard, talking in low voices while holding cigarettes.
Smoking is not allowed at the crime scene, so they just sniff the smell of tobacco to refresh themselves.
"How does it feel...?" On the lawn, Xia Yibing half-knelt beside the girl and turned her head to look at her profile.
Gaunt and others did not know the details and thought that the Book of Howling had not yet been deciphered by her, so they used the word "deciphered".
But she was different. She knew much more than these people, including the fact that Hitzfeld had already cracked all ten chapters, and there were big problems with the roaring fragments of this chapter that she had never seen before.
"You also understand ancient languages, don't you?" Hitzfeld glanced at her unhappily. "Read it yourself."
Then I'm welcome.
Since she had gotten permission, Xia Yibing didn't say much and just squeezed next to the girl, pressed closely against her, put her head against hers, and began to slowly translate the text simultaneously.
What a hateful thing, this woman.
Hitzfeld's face was pushed open by her head, and his gums itched.
Pushing the issue further... She obviously shouldn't understand these little tricks. Is it a natural instinct for her?
"'Wisdom is a virtue... and also a sacrament...'" Xia Yibing recited, and then exclaimed: "Is it so exaggerated right from the start?"
"This book is so exaggerated." Hitzfeld whispered, "The ancient code on every page is similar, but the opening words of this chapter seem to be in a different style. It's just a complete sentence."
[Wisdom is a virtue and a sacrament.]
Although it is short, it is complete, and it obviously corresponds to the relief below.
It was a work similar to a mythological mural. On it was a large snake with a human head, and below it stood a much smaller man holding a tray with three items on it that seemed to be food.
The proportion of this food is too small. Hitzfeld looked at it for a long time but still couldn't tell what it was.
But she was not without gain.
"This chapter tells the story of a girl who used her wisdom to make delicious meals to please monsters." She said, "Do you still remember this story?"
"The fifth chapter of "Shadow of the Ancient God"!" Xia Yibing nodded, frowning.
This does provide some confirmation that the story did happen, but why is it worthy of being recorded in the Book of Howls?
"Your Highness will definitely not be satisfied with this little gain," she concluded.
"It doesn't matter. He doesn't care about it anyway." Hitzfeld said in a relaxed tone.
Didn’t you see that Gunter followed the man with the mustache to the next door?
His greatest need now is to make achievements to show to King Sarah VII, so he is in a hurry to capture people. He is not interested in deciphering ancient documents.
"I think the key lies in this girl."
Xia Yibing pointed at the little man in the carving.
Although the figure is small, you can still see that she has long hair, which corresponds exactly to the "gourmet girl" described in Shadow of the Ancient God, so she must be a girl.
The story of "Gourmet" does not mention her in detail, it only says that she used her wisdom to "make great inventions."
No one paid attention to it at the time. After all, they were all attracted by the hideous giant snake with a human face, and the charm of gourmet cooking is something that cannot be expressed in words... But it is different now.
Twice.
And the second time it appeared was in the Book of Howling.
The painting seemed filled with holiness and ominousness at the same time, just like the ancient humans in the barbaric times paying tribute to the gods they knew. She was not even sure whether the girl herself was included in the "holy communion".
“Is there nothing behind?”
Xia Yibing turned the page of the wooden board.
"That's all." Hitzfeld reminded her before she turned the page. Seeing that she was not giving in, he frowned and reached out to grab her wrist.
The board was turned over, and sure enough, there was nothing there.
The girl grabbed the woman's wrist at this moment, and under the action of gravity and inertia, their hands overlapped and pressed against the wooden board.
In an instant, a shock that penetrated deep into the soul was transmitted.
They withdrew their hands as if they had been electrocuted, and saw a new relief faintly appearing on the wooden board.
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There are at least two more chapters to come~
Chapter 91: Sharing Across a Century
The moment he saw the relief - before he even had time to see clearly what it was - Hitzfeld's mental consciousness was pulled.
It was very similar to the feeling of being pulled into the Gray Mist Temple before, but it quickly dissipated, and she did not succeed in entering the temple this time.
She guessed that it was because of insufficient strength. The pulling force came from the entire Book of Howling, but there were only fragments of pages here, with only a part of the total power, and might not be able to pull her over.
But at that moment - at the moment when her consciousness was pulled, she still felt a will from the void and listened to what it conveyed to her.
trigger……
like……
Great emotions...
Slightly goosebumps.
What an old-fashioned way of saying it. It wouldn't want to tell her that the reason why she and Xia had such a reaction when they touched the pages of the book together was because they... had some great feelings for each other, right?
She wasn't sure.
After all, it would be too embarrassing to admit it seriously.
But other than this reason, it is difficult to explain why there was no reaction when Xia and I touched the torn page alone.
What kind of shameful and bizarre mechanism is this...If this book was left by the Sun King, couldn't she do something normal?
"Aisun! Look! Eyes! And flowers!!"
Hitzfeld felt mixed emotions, but Xia Yibing was already pointing at the emerging sculpture and shouting.
After all, she didn't feel anything.
She doesn't let her imagination run wild.
Hitzfeld pushed those thoughts out of his head and focused on the carving she was pointing at.
It's the eyes indeed.
A huge, very finely carved eye… a single eye, which took up three quarters of the entire carving.
Details on the other quarters include, but are not limited to, flowers, vines, leaves, and a thin crown that hovers above the eyes.
These things surrounded the one-eyed creature, and underneath it was a long and thin parchment scroll intertwined with vines, on which was written a phrase crookedly in ancient Sarai language.
"God's blood brings eternal life." Xia Yibing read it out softly, frowning deeply, "…what does this mean?"
Hitzfeld didn't respond to her because she felt her left eye moving again.
Not a stinging warning, but a burning sensation.
It was as if there was a fireball instead of an eyeball in the eye socket, and it was extremely hot, almost scalding.
But she didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
After thinking about it, she tried to pull off the blindfold and opened her left eyelid, so that her left eye, whose vision was already very blurry, could face the giant eye in the carving.
Xia Yibing’s eyes widened in surprise—she saw the entire sculpture begin to emit golden light!
The dazzling golden light is bright and warm, just like the scorching sun hanging at noon.
And it wasn't just this thing that was glowing. There was also glowing in Hitzfeld's hair and behind her half-pulled blindfold.
On the other side of the piece of wooden fragment she picked up, the engraved characters and carvings were also glowing!
what's the situation?
She was afraid that this would hurt Hitzfeld, so she immediately tried to pry her fingers apart.
But it was useless no matter how hard I tried.
The broken wooden board and the girl's hands seemed to be grown together.
If she used more force, she was afraid she would break her fingers...
"Aisun!"
She could only move closer to the girl's face - closer to the golden light that almost submerged the girl's entire face, and call out loudly in her direction.
"Aisun... Hitzfeld!"
……
When he opened his eyes again, Hitzfeld was almost dead.
In an instant, almost in the blink of an eye, she came directly from the cold night and the prickly grass to a dark cave.
Her left eye's vision wasn't very good, but her ability to adapt was indeed very strong. She recovered from the visual difference between bright light and darkness in no time, and saw clearly the dark and strange figure moving in front of her.
That's a snake.
It was about three meters thick, with its yellow and green bodies winding and overlapping each other, with part of it piled on the ground and part of it submerged in the pool next to it, making it impossible to tell its exact length.
