Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 286 If not now, when?
Under the sunlight, the 'Golden Dream' radiates golden light, like a moving treasure.

In the captain's room, Edwina stood in front of the window, looking at the blue sea in the distance.

When they received the message from Gehrman Sparrow last week, the Golden Dream was salvaging a shipwreck from the Fourth Epoch in a nearby sea area. Upon receiving the message, Edwina ordered the crew to set off for Bayam without hesitation.

After several days of sailing, the 'Golden Dream' has now entered the Rossde Sea.

If nothing goes wrong, we will be able to reach Bayam within three hours.

of course.

Since Bayam is the capital of the Rorsted Archipelago, and the Church of Storms and the military each have a demigod in charge, Vice Admiral Iceberg, one of the pirate generals, would definitely not go directly to Bayam, as that would be tantamount to walking into a trap.

The meeting place they agreed to meet was the sea near the island of Simim.

The 'Golden Dream' would not dock, but Gehrman Sparrow would find a private ship to find them in the nearby waters.

Suddenly, there was a commotion on the deck.

Edwina's light blue eyes flickered slightly, and she cautiously pushed open the door of the captain's room and walked towards the deck.

At the same time, many pirate crew members on the deck were surrounding the outsiders.

Danitz was also a member of the crowd, and asked with a suspicious look on his face:

"How did you get up here?"

Klein, who is now Gehrman Sparrow, said in a cold tone:

"Teleport."

Hearing the cold tone of Gehrman Sparrow, Danitz felt a little scared.

But he soon remembered that he had people supporting him, and he immediately became tough again, wanting to say some harsh words on the spot.

"Everyone spread out."

The clattering sound of long boots on wooden boards reached everyone's ears along with the woman's cold voice.

"But Captain..."

Edwina said calmly:
"Return to your posts."

Danitz immediately moved aside dejectedly, and the others also made way silently.

But they did not leave, but remained gathered on the deck.

Klein nodded slightly and smiled politely:

"Good morning, Madam Captain."

"Good morning, Mr. Hermann." Edwina responded with a smile.

She turned around and led Klein into the cabin. They walked along the dimly lit corridor, passed through wooden doors, and arrived at the brighter second floor, and came to the half-open collection room.

Klein glanced inside casually and saw the huge black iron key lying casually on a wooden table.

Klein was about to reach out to take it, but Edwina suddenly stopped him and said in an emotionless tone:
"You said in your letter that it was Ash who needed the key."

Klein withdrew his hand and said calmly:

"Of course, he is here."

"Ok?"

A trace of confusion flashed across Edwina's eyes, but the next moment she saw a figure suddenly appear in front of the table. It was Ash!

Edwina's memory was hazy for a moment. In the past minute, she seemed to have seen the figure of Yu Jin many times.

He and Klein appeared on the deck together, were surrounded by sailors together, and came to the collection room together.

But along the way, she didn't find anything.

Edwina reacted immediately and asked:
"Psychological invisibility?"

"Correct."

Ember simply admitted it.

Although it is only a Sequence 6 Beyonder ability, psychological invisibility is actually very useful.

For example, when Crane was exploring the church on the island, Adam was watching his performance next to him with the psychology invisibility on.

If the audience is a Extraordinary person of the same sequence, and if they turn on psychological invisibility and sit face to face with each other, they may even ignore each other and no one can find each other.

When Edwina discovered that Ember had been using psychological invisibility the entire time, she immediately realized that this might be a trap.

Someone is eyeing this key, and this journey itself may be a trap.

Edwina suddenly asked curiously:

"What does this key have to do with?"

Ember said briefly:

"It is the key to open the gate to the Giant King's Court."

"The King's Court of Giants?"

"The 'Giant Court' in myths and legends?" Edwina asked back with shining eyes.

Yu Jin nodded slightly to show his affirmation.

Edwina's eyes suddenly brightened and she asked:

"The 'Giant King's Court' is in the God-forsaken Land?"

Ember said 'hmm':
"I need the help of this key when I go to the Giant King's Court."

"What do you want in return?"

Edwina understood that he was referring to the price of the key, and did not refuse, but replied calmly:

"5000 pounds."

Yu Jin flipped his palm and took out a stack of banknotes from somewhere.

No more, no less, exactly 5000 pounds.

Klein suddenly asked:
"If you want to go to the God-forsaken Land, do you need a guide?"

He was referring to the little 'Sun', and Silver City happened to be exploring the God-Forsaken Land as well.

If the ember wants to go to the God-Forsaken Land, summoning it through the little 'sun' is the best choice.

Silver City is familiar with the surrounding environment and knows how to get to the Giant King's Court.

It will undoubtedly be much easier with them leading the way.

At the same time, the embers might also be able to help Silver City solve some problems that have troubled them for a long time -

For example, taking them away from the God-forsaken land.

"Guide?"

Yu Jin glanced at Klein thoughtfully, then suddenly took out a book bound with parchment.

"This is……"

Klein subconsciously glanced at the book. There was a line of ancient Feysac language on the dark brown cover:

"Groselle's Travels".

"This is from a shipwreck on the seabed. It has been submerged for 165 years and is still intact."

Edwina introduced, "It records a story about a giant named Groselle who decided to go to the Frost Kingdom to hunt down the 'King of the North', a powerful frost dragon."

"On the way, he met companions one after another, including female elves, devout ascetics, nobles of the Solomon Empire, and soldiers of Loen. The story just progressed to the point where they encountered the 'King of the North' head-on, but it suddenly stopped. It's not that there is no story, but the next few pages are difficult to open no matter what method is used."

"And Ash told me that there's a world within this book, but I don't know how to enter it."

Klein immediately interpreted the other meaning of these words:
This travelogue originally belonged to Vice Admiral Iceberg, and Yujin bought it from her.

As for the statement that this travelogue contains a world, this reminds Klein of the world of painting.

The painting world is a world hidden in a painting, and this is a world hidden in a travel book.

Then why did Yu Jin take out this book?
“Groselle?”

The answer immediately emerged in Klein's mind—

The giant named Grosser was probably from the former Giant King's Court. If Ember needed a guide, a giant would undoubtedly be the best choice.

Klein asked:

"Have you been in there?"

"No."

Edwina also asked curiously:
"Have you figured out a way to get in?"

When they sold this travelogue to Yu Jin, they agreed that Yu Jin would tell her the secrets in it -

Including what makes this travelogue special and how to enter it.

If she had the chance, Edwina even wanted to go in and experience it herself.

She wanted to understand how the world in this travel book was different from the world in paintings.

Ember said frankly:
"nor."

"If you want to enter the world in this travelogue, you must follow the rules he set in advance."

"And I haven't figured out the rules yet, so theoretically there's no way I can get in."

"but……"

As Yu Jin said this, flames suddenly rose from his palms and engulfed the book "Groselle's Travels" in the blink of an eye.

In just a blink of an eye, the raging fire completely burned it and melted it into a ball of flame.

"..."

Klein's expression was a little subtle. "You burn everything you see. Aren't you afraid of burning it? Burning everything will only hurt you!"
After a while, the fire gradually subsided.

And the 'melted' travelogue of Groselle gradually returned to its original shape.

When the flames completely dissipated, the travel journal lay quietly in the palm of Yujin's hand, looking no different from before.

But Klein knew that the 'underlying rules' of this travelogue had changed.

Klein thought about it and asked:

"How do I get in now?"

He also wanted to go in and have a look.

Ember put it succinctly:

"Who of you wants to turn to the last page and become part of the story?"

"I'll go first."

Edwina took Groselle's travel notes and turned to the last page with text without hesitation.

This page records the story of Groselle and his companions encountering the 'King of the North'.

The pages after that could not be turned in the past.

But this time, Edwina opened it easily.

But unexpectedly, the page was blank.

A holy light emanated from the blank pages of the book, instantly enveloping Edwina.

Her figure first became illusory for no reason, and then disappeared.

Yu Jin looked at Klein and asked:

"What about you?"

"It's all here..."

Klein shrugged, a gesture that was extremely inconsistent with 'Gehrman Sparrow'.

He then turned the page to the next blank page, and his figure gradually became illusory and disappeared.

Yu Jin stood in front of the table, silent for a moment.

He put away the black iron key and slowly turned the pages of the book.

Under the cover of light, his figure gradually faded.

The collection room was empty, so if someone came to steal the notebook at this time, it would not be difficult at all.

Silently, a figure suddenly appeared in the collection room.

He was a priest wearing a simple white robe, a silver cross pendant, and a thick light blond beard.

His expression was warm, and his eyes, as clear and innocent as a baby's, were gazing calmly at the travel book.

He should not have appeared here because it was very dangerous and would be tantamount to walking into a trap.

But He had no choice now.

There's nothing wrong in doing nothing, but in the end you're just waiting for death slowly.

Even if he made a mistake, it would only make the already bad situation worse.

But how much worse could it get?

The priest stretched out his hand, and an invisible force enveloped Groselle's Travels.

But the next moment, the scene in front of the priest suddenly changed.

It was a white world of ice and snow.

The priest's expression changed slightly. He clearly hadn't opened the book!
The strong wind with ice chips and goose feather snowflakes slapped Klein's face and body, causing his body to tense up involuntarily and tremble slightly as he looked around.

"It's so... cold..." He almost cursed, and was sure that he was in an icy and snowy area with extremely low visibility.

He originally thought that Backlund's damp and cold winter was the most terrifying, but now he finally understood that the absolute low temperature and the knife-like gale were a deadly combination. Even he, who was already Sequence 5, could hardly withstand it.

Klein looked around but did not see Edwina and Yu Jin, nor did he find any traces such as footprints.

They clearly entered the same world at the same time, but their destinations seemed completely different.

So, where should he go now?

After thinking for a while, Klein decided to do some divination.

Of course, you can’t do divination whenever you want. It requires a medium.

For example, if he wanted to divine Edwina's location, he would need to use something related to Edwina as a medium, such as Edwina's clothes, weapons, and even cosmetics. These items were stained with Edwina's aura, so they could be used for divination.

But the best way is to use her blood or hair, which belong to Edwina herself, and the divination will be more accurate.

But Klein didn't have any of these, so he couldn't divine Edwina's location.

However, he can choose the location of the Divination Ember.

Thinking about this, Klein took out an ember.

The embers that had been burned to ashes did not have the luxury of blood and hair; the embers were part of his body.

"The location of the embers."

Klein spoke in a low voice and placed the remaining fire on the top of his cane. He was ready to use the Divining Cane Technique.

The 'divination rod method' is one of the most common methods of divination, along with pendulum divination and dream divination.

However, the original and most practical use of the "divination rod method" is to find objects, and only "fortune tellers" can use it to find people.

The result came out quickly. Klein did not hesitate. He stepped on the thick snow and quickly moved through the raging wind under the gloomy sky. He divined again from time to time and adjusted his direction. After all, the embers would not wait for him there.

After struggling through the snow for nearly an hour, Klein held down his hat, carried his walking stick, and found his way to a mountain peak according to the divination.

After passing a huge rock covered with a thick layer of ice, they saw a dark cave. A woman holding an ancient bow and arrow was guarding the entrance.

The woman had soft, shiny black hair tied into a simple ponytail. Her facial features were very soft, which was different from the people in all the countries in the Northern Continent.

She was wearing a brown ancient-style hunter coat and trousers, and she cast her eyes over with keen inspiration.

Seeing her slightly pointed ears and combining it with the contents of Groselle's Travels, Klein immediately knew her identity:

The first female elf to meet the giant Groselle, whose name is unknown.

And finding this elf means finding Groselle.

In other words, he found the right place!
(End of this chapter)