Chapter 47 Inspiration Check
A dangerous evil thing.
It disguised itself as Benjamin and originally planned to sneak attack Xiao En and his party, but it did not expect that Xiao En saw through it instantly and died under random gunfire at close range.
Evils in the flesh and blood pathway are difficult to kill.
It wasn't until William cut off its head with a sword that the mimic monster revealed its original appearance, a puddle of black mud, with a rickety humanoid skeleton and no internal organs in its body. The organs and muscles all over the body are melting away after death, but there is still a little bit of remnant flowing with a strange glimmer.
Extraordinary relic!
The extraordinary relics of mimics are the core material of the transformation path. Many extraordinary beings with the ability to transform need to integrate and digest this type of extraordinary essence.
Similarly, the transformation spells required by the wizard path must also extract the essence of these extraordinary relics.
The power of extraordinary beings comes from strange creatures.
“Advanced evil thing.” Gemma looked surprised.
Mimic monsters are very dangerous hunters, and they can transform into you in just one glance.
Unfortunately, it was Xiao En who he met.
Xiao En's powerful inspiration can be said to be inherently capable of restraining evil things like this. It is not that easy for ordinary investigators to see through its almost perfect transformation.
Daisy's figure moved.
Her petite and exquisite body has extremely terrifying explosive power. With one leap, she was more than ten meters away, directly intercepting the rickety figure flying towards her in mid-air. Her sharp claws flashed a cold light, just like a cat scratching Like a mouse, she instantly pressed it under her claws, and with a muffled bang, the rickety humanoid monster was cut into two halves by her.
How cruel!
Daisy's fighting style is more brutal than anyone else's. Once she enters a fighting state, her original cuteness and sweetness disappear, and there is only wildness and the desire to kill in her cold vertical pupils.
She is the best hunter, the top predator.
Daisy's figure flew across the vertical space of the three-story building. A monster crawling out of the window was instantly caught by her, and its head was directly hit into the wall. Blood mixed with brains flowed out. The skull was almost completely shattered.
She bowed down like a flying cheetah, grabbed a monster's foot in mid-air, and then picked it up and smashed it against the railing of the corridor. The stone railing was smashed together and flew around. Among the rubble, there were also the monster's mutilated head and broken neck bones.
The weight of these monsters is about eighty pounds, and Daisy holding them is like holding a small mouse.
Crack! Snap! Snap!
The corpses of the monsters fell down one by one. Daisy's figure jumped slightly, fell from the railing on the second floor, and stood next to Xiao En with a well-behaved look.
Tick.
Drops of blood dripped down her paws, and the pale brains were stained on the soft hair. At this moment, coupled with her half-human, half-animal appearance, Xiao En couldn't help but feel his heart beat. one time.
Not far away, there were scratches left by her running on the vertical wall. They were claw marks ten centimeters long and about three centimeters deep, carved directly into the hard wall.
"It's best not to make her angry in the future." Xiao En warned himself silently.
He finally figured it out.
There are only two rookies here, one is him and the other is William. William may be a little better than me.
But the warrior path is just a powerful human shield in the early stage.
Boom!
About a few hundred meters away, a three-story building collapsed, and then the huge monster with many whip-like tentacles on its head appeared, the descendant of the black goat, a mythical creature, a certain old man The creation of the sun is also a very dangerous predator in the weird country.
Xiao En felt a tingling sensation in his spirit just by seeing it.
Highly inspired people have pros and cons.
The battle over there is not something they and their group can intervene in. The figures of the Death Patrollers are flying around the monsters, because the enemies are high-level creatures (mythical species) of the flesh and blood path, and many flesh and blood side abilities are against them. It is ineffective, and those who are eligible to join the battle are some relatively powerful night watchmen.
Xiao En couldn't see clearly.
On the one hand, it is because there are buildings blocking the line of sight, and on the other hand, it is because other people are moving too fast.
What is more eye-catching is a woman wearing a fiery red windbreaker. Her figure is flying in mid-air, and occasionally flashes behind the monster. Her movement trajectory shows no signs at all. She should be a spellcaster. A high-sequence transcendent.
There is a big guy on the ground.
He looks a bit like the Jason Tangel he saw today, but Xiao En can't be sure because he looks to be nearly three meters tall, although he is a bit small compared to the behemoth in front of him. , but this physique has completely crushed other people nearby.
"Barbarian in the rage sequence?" Xiao En was not sure.
The opponent looks a bit like the Abomination fighting the Hulk. The muscles all over his body are extremely exaggerated. He is completely like a dark red devil muscleman. Even the bones on his body have changed, and some bones have extended out. Protective armor, this is a high-level ability on the flesh and blood side. The extraordinary essence is usually derived from high-level evil objects.
His power is exaggerated.
This was the first time Xiao En saw someone smashing a house into pieces with just one axe.
“Don’t come close, Meow.” Daisy stopped Xiao En who wanted to see more clearly.
In that level of battle, low-sequence extraordinary beings had better not get too close. A piece of flying gravel might seriously injure them.
Xiao En could not identify the magical ability of the fiery red woman.
However, as her figure appears, violent explosions will occur on the battlefield, which are very powerful, because the raised dust has begun to obscure the view, and the ground is full of craters.
Da.
Benjamin's figure appeared. His body was covered in blood, but he was not injured. He was holding the black umbrella in his hand.
"Mimic?" Benjamin's face changed slightly after he landed.
He looked at the other people in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Nothing happened, right?"
For a while.
Everyone’s eyes turned to Xiao En behind him.
Xiao En nodded slightly and said: "Captain. It has been solved."
This is true.
Hearing this, William breathed a sigh of relief and took off the hand that was on the handle of the gun.
Another muscular figure appeared on the roof not far away. It was a man in his thirties, with a stern face, wearing a beret, and holding a sniper rifle in his hand. Xiao En You must have read that right, it must be a sniper rifle, a bit like the style from World War II.
This man's eyes were very sharp, like an eagle. He put his finger on his forehead and raised it slightly. After saying hello to Benjamin, he jumped directly from the third floor.
"Ranger Path?"
Xiao En saw the double swords worn on the opponent's waist. Of course, he was not greedy for this. He was greedy for the sniper rifle in the opponent's hand.
The Kingdom of Dorne should still have relatively strict control over firearms. Ordinary patrol officers do not carry guns. Most of the police weapons are revolvers. This is the first time Xiao En has seen large firearms.
Ranger Path is a natural marksman.
Among the low-sequence extraordinary beings, their combat effectiveness is in the first echelon. As long as they have guns and bullets, they are very strong.
“Every path to transcendence is to maximize one’s own strengths.”
"The formation of the wizard path is indeed much slower."
Xiao En looked at Gemma not far away. The opponent should be a wizard with extraordinary level 6-10. After digesting the extraordinary essence of the second stage, Only part of the wizard's combat power is truly revealed.
The battle on the other side has come to an end.
There are about five or six high-sequence Death Patrollers besieging the Black Goat Descendants. Xiao En can only capture the figures of three of them. One of them is almost invisible throughout the whole process. Even if he takes action, he will not reveal his invisibility. Xiao En was not sure whether he was a human being, because the other party looked like a strange shadow.
Not far away, William brought over a small young man. The person who called for help before was probably a wild transcendent, like a private detective. William also found a crumpled notebook from his body.
"Captain." William handed the note to Benjamin.
Benjamin reached out and took it, glanced at it quickly, frowned slightly, handed it to Xiao En and said, "Look at it."
This was an account book with messy handwriting.
Nothing unusual can be seen from it, but Xiao En's own spirituality reacted the moment he came into contact with it.
Something is wrong.
There is something wrong with this ledger.
Investigators’ inspiration is a very metaphysical thing. Most investigators are unable to directly see supernatural weirdness like Xiao En. Many investigators rely entirely on their own intuition to track weird events, and occasionally even You also need to rely on your sixth sense to find clues.
Xiao En understands this ability as an 'inspiration check'.
The most important inspiration test in an investigator's daily work is whether something is related to a strange event, or whether the person has had direct contact with strange creatures.
Many investigators must rely on ‘eureka moments’ to find clues.
But it is also dangerous to follow your feelings, because you will go crazy.
“The investigator’s inspiration check is actually equivalent to directly sensing the traces left by the strange existence.”
“A very dangerous behavior.”
Xiao En is hesitating now. , should he have a flash of inspiration and pass an inspiration check?
In the current situation, a strange incident has actually broken out. If he had taken the risk of an inspiration check before everything started to look for clues to prevent this from happening, then it would definitely be worth a try. But in this situation, if he passes an inspiration check, it is possible that the gain outweighs the loss, and it may anchor some clues that are no longer useful.
——Detect emotions.
“Where did this thing come from?” Xiao En stared at the private detective in front of him.
He had his arms locked by William and looked very nervous.
The little private detective stammered: "I found it from my employer!... She said her husband has been a little strange lately... Let me investigate..."
Um?
Xiao En frowned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me more details."
William exerted his strength instantly, and the private detective screamed.
"Don't...it hurts!..." The man in front of him let out a scream and hurriedly said: "My employer discovered that her husband has been acting a little abnormally recently...and he hasn't been close to her for a long time...She She suspected that her husband was cheating on her and had a lover outside! ..."
"She paid me a deposit of 100 dinars and asked me to investigate."
"I secretly followed her husband for several days, but I didn't find that he had a lover outside."
"I only found this account book."
Xiao En looked through it again The account book contains a purchase list. The items are very messy, the notes are scrawled, and some of the handwriting is difficult to read. However, many of the lists include various meat offal and several purchases of candles.
“There are some things inside that look like ritual items.”
Did the owner of this notebook buy the ritual items for summoning those monsters?
Benjamin immediately said to William: "Give him to Alyssa."
The battle here is basically over. Someone was cleaning the battlefield and disposing of the monster's body. Xiao En saw Jason Tangel. , he is indeed the giant who looks like an abomination, a transcendent of the barbarian path.
Alyssa is a beautiful, exotic woman whom she met once that day. Just a glance from her made the private detective in front of her look obsessed and confused, almost answering all questions.
"Split up." Benjamin's figure walked quickly, and he said solemnly: "The target has escaped."
"There are only rituals arranged in advance here."
clang.
The bell rang, and the mirror-like space shattered.
When Xiao En regained consciousness, he had returned to the real world. There were bustling crowds in the distance, and the cries of vendors below could be heard.
Ordinary people are unaware of all this. They don't even know that a disaster has just ended.
The battle just now did not affect the real world at all.
"Go to the warehouse." Benjamin said.
Benjamin, Xiao En, and Daisy went straight to the warehouse, while Gemma and William went to investigate the owner of the account book.
The other Night Watchmen split up, while the Death Patrollers continued to follow the traces left by the enemy. At present, they could not even find the true identity of the enemy. Dorne City has not encountered such a situation for many years. Troublesome polluter.
Warehouse.
After approaching this place, Xiao En's spirituality began to shine. He almost didn't need to identify it and locked one of the warehouses completely relying on inspiration.
"Here." Xiao En said.
Benjamin broke through the door directly. With a dull loud noise, a dark and bloody scene appeared in front of him. A cruel blood sacrifice ceremony was arranged here. Black stains spread in the shape of a tree, in the center They are lambs dedicated to a certain being. Their flesh and blood has turned into dark wood, their feet are like roots, and their bodies have turned into tree trunks. The empty faces have been blurred, and everyone's bodies are entangled in Together, it looks like a strange black tree stump.
“Seal down the scene immediately.” Benjamin turned to Daisy and said.
After speaking, he looked at Xiao En and said: "Look for clues."
After Xiao En entered here, his inspiration flashed crazily, and the knowledge in his brain was whispering, When he reached out and touched the body that turned into a black tree, a gray fog seemed to appear in his mind for a moment. As the fog dissipated, a psychic-like picture flashed across his mind.
"Master."
Xiao En saw a group of kneeling people, both men and women. In front of them was a dark and thin figure. His bald head seemed to be covered with a layer of mucus. There seemed to be something moving under the collar.
When Xiao En came to his senses, Benjamin was already at his side.
"Did you find anything?" Benjamin asked.
Xiao En hesitated for a moment and said softly: "I seem to have seen a group of people whose minds have been controlled."
His Inspiration check seems to be a bit exaggerated, it is beyond the scope of Inspiration check.
Last time, he didn't seem to have this ability.
Is it because of contact with Sealed Artifact No. 1?
Knowledge seems to have become extremely active today, Xiao En even felt that they were whispering.
Domination spell.
An ability that can control the mind. The subject will go all out to complete the orders of the ruler. Except for activities necessary for daily survival, such as eating, sleeping, etc., he will no longer be distracted from doing other things. Due to this restriction of movement, one can detect any abnormality in him by observing his words and expressions.
The employer of the private detective noticed a trace of abnormal behavior because her husband had not had any intimate activities with her for a long time.
According to Xiao En's judgment, the enemy is most likely a polluter of the wizard path or the spiritual path.
No matter which one it is, they are all terrible opponents.
The city of Dorne has a population of millions, and most of the people here can be easily controlled by him. Except for the obvious instructions to commit suicide, others will obey almost all his orders.
Xiao En is a transcendent of the wizard path. He is very aware of the terrifying abilities of the high-level wizard path and the spiritual path.
If it is the spiritual path, you can even make a group of strangers become your slaves instantly.
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(End of this chapter)