Chapter 53 Dimension Jump
A week passed quickly.
Xiao En found that his work seemed to be different from other investigators.
There have been some supernatural incidents in Dorne City recently, but they are not serious weird incidents.
Take the recent supernatural incident that Hank investigated. There is a group of sophomore students at Caesars University. They went crazy and played psychic games at a party at night. Originally, these were nothing, but in reality The world is isolated from the realm of weirdness, and without corresponding occult knowledge, psychic rituals will generally not be effective.
But they actually stole the notes of Professor Frank, a history professor at Kaiser University. Relying on their audacious curiosity, they followed the contents of the notes and used an old antique as the ritual medium, and actually completed half of the ceremony. , creating a gap leading to the spiritual world.
The final result is that one is dead, one is mad, two are insane, and the last one has nightmares and hallucinations all day long.
The headquarters arranged for Hank to handle this matter. Xiao En originally wanted to help, but the superiors directly declined his application on the pretext that he needed to recuperate.
As a result, Xiao En became the most leisurely one among the investigators.
“Hank investigates the psychic incident, Kerviel investigates the archaeologist’s disappearance, and Qin investigates the sewer man-eating rat incident.”
"I'm not allowed to interfere in anything."
"How can I level up?"
Xiao En opened the curtains, got up and brushed his teeth. He has so much free time now. In the morning, I go to the headquarters to report, read the files and records of past investigators, or go to the library to read the occult information on strange creatures. I have a good meal in the cafeteria at noon. In the afternoon, I go out to patrol the streets. In fact, it is just a walk to eat after the meal. If I had nothing to do, I would go shopping around the university town, and then hang out in the library until 5:30 in the afternoon.
I have more free time in the evening. I occasionally go out for a drink with Hank and William, and usually take a walk in the dock area.
Basically, I go to bed on time around ten o'clock in the evening to digest the knowledge memorized by reading magic.
"This life is more comfortable than retirement."
Xiao En does not feel any malice against him at present. Through his observations in the past few days, the top management of the Night Watch seems to value his rationality. As a scarce strategic resource to protect, Xiao En is not expected to consume too much rationality in some insignificant supernatural events.
To put it simply, unimportant weird incidents are left to other investigators. Xiao En maintains a good mental state. If he encounters a big crisis, it will be his turn to take action.
This may also be related to his ability to activate Sealed Artifact No. 1.
Because Xiao En had an 'auditory hallucination' some time ago, Benjamin probably reported it to the top management of the Night Watch. At the moment, they are more concerned about Xiao En's mental state.
For the Night Watch headquarters, there has not been an investigator with such a high level of inspiration in decades.
For people with high inspiration, their rationality declines faster because they see more weirdness.
They didn't know that Xiao En had no fear, so they paid special attention to his mental state. The rationality value cannot be measured. When they sense something is wrong, there are specific signs of madness.
So in this situation, Xiao En became the most leisurely one.
"No. You still have to exercise."
"Continue to apply for missions today."
How can you accumulate experience if you don't take the initiative.
He is now simply like a special advisor at the Night Watch headquarters. He serves delicious food and drinks every day, and all requests can be met. The secret database is also fully open to him. There are currently records Xiao En can check the information on all strange creatures at any time.
This is to train him to become a 'legendary investigator'.
Yesterday, the headquarters also officially issued a document to him. His salary was raised by one level and he could apply for a higher housing subsidy.
"The reward for my last mission should be coming out soon."
After brushing his teeth, Xiao En changed into a set of clothes. He hired a laundry woman who was specially for this apartment building. Tenant service, monthly fees are relatively reasonable, and the work is very serious.
It only costs 20 dinars a month, and it’s hard-earned money.
In the last strange incident, Xiao En contributed a lot, and the headquarters raised his salary by one level. The current salary is 3,300 dinars per month, which is equivalent to nearly a year's salary of an ordinary worker in the dock area. The salary is about six times that of a white-collar employee, and other benefits have also been slightly increased. Plus additional housing subsidies, etc., excluding reimbursement, it is about 3,600 dinars per month.
Of course, the investigator will reimburse you a little extra.
If he was not a wizard, this salary would allow Xiao En to live a very wealthy life.
Night's Watch Headquarters.
There are almost no ordinary people passing by here, and those who pass by will not notice this huge building complex. There should be some kind of strange magic circle arranged, so that other people will automatically ignore everything here.
"Morning! Sean." A clear and sweet female voice came.
Xiao En looked up and saw Daisy. She was wearing a light blue floral dress today. She looked cute and cute, like a quirky girl next door.
But after getting along for a long time, Xiao En, like William, was a little afraid of her.
Just a little bit, not much.
"Good morning, Daisy." Xiao En nodded gently.
Daisy is an exchange student and works at the Night Watch headquarters. She often skips classes in college and occasionally comes here to check in to make her presence felt. Her superiors are afraid of causing diplomatic disputes and will not assign her dangerous tasks.
After completing her studies, she should return to the Dele area.
Next to Daisy was a tall, slender woman with a serious expression. She was about 27 or 28 years old, with stern eyebrows and a serious smile. There was a shallow scar on the side of her neck. She was wearing a large gray windbreaker. She smiled slightly after seeing Xiao En. Nodding: "Hello, Investigator Sean."
Shawn responded: "Hello, Qin."
"Any clues?"
The other party The man-eating rat incident is being investigated. Rats should not gather in large groups and rarely attack humans. The headquarters suspects that rats ate the flesh and blood of out-of-control humans and were contaminated on a large scale.
In the last incident in the market area, an out-of-control deep diver died in the sewer. There may have been something left behind that was eaten by rats.
Because of this incident, someone in the logistics department was demoted and held accountable.
"Yeah." Qin nodded and said, "It's a small problem."
"It's just a bit troublesome to deal with, so I can only ask Daisy."
So many The rats are contaminated and difficult to clean up. Daisy has the ability to control animals, so she is the right person to find.
Hank did not report to the headquarters today, he is probably still in the university town.
Corridor entrance.
“Sean.”
A secretary wearing glasses walked quickly, raised his head and glanced at Xiao En and said: “Your task application has been approved.”
"But you must do a psychological evaluation first."
Xiao En really doesn't want to be so idle. He feels that his rationality has recovered quickly, but others don't think so. If the investigator has a temporary Symptoms of sexual madness require at least a month or two of rest before returning to normal, so Xiao En rested for a week.
In fact, he felt almost recovered the next day, but he couldn't bear it and his superiors gave him a long vacation.
Xiao En met the psychiatrist again - Ivan, an extraordinary person in the spiritual path.
He is somewhat averse to the spiritual path.
Ivan seems to have no friends here. He usually keeps to himself. Few people get close to people on the spiritual path. He gave Xiao En a psychological evaluation and looked quite surprised. Said: "Your rationality anchor is very stable."
In the way Xiao En understood, his rationality value recovered very quickly, far exceeding that of other investigators.
"It should be fine for you to perform the mission now." Ivan quickly stamped the psychological evaluation and said softly: "Just take this and give it to them."
The Dorne City investigators did not many.
The night watchman only needs to be able to fight, but the investigator must have a high level of inspiration in addition to having a certain ability to protect himself.
There was a time when the city of Dorne was in a situation where there were no investigators available.
After that, the protection measures for investigators were greatly strengthened. Extraordinary people with high inspiration were relatively rare, and the rate of investigators dying in the line of duty was too high. "Thank you." Xiao En reached out and took the evaluation report.
With this report, he should have no problem applying for tasks in the future.
At noon.
Xiao En ate in the canteen. The food for the combatants was indeed better. Today’s main dishes were pan-fried cod, charcoal-grilled lamb chops, red wine braised beef, steamed lobster, etc. According to the productivity of this era, every day Even ordinary nobles may not be able to afford such food. Their food standards are basically similar to the buffets in five-star hotels in previous lives.
Many of the night watchmen are big eaters, especially Jason Tangel, who can show off a roasted whole lamb even with a cane.
Well, he can walk normally now.
"The resilience of an extraordinary being strengthened by flesh and blood is amazing." Xiao En was shocked at that time.
Xiao En’s appetite today was average, so he got himself a piece of pan-fried cod with lemon on the side. He also took a small piece and a piece of beef stewed in red wine. The part was unclear, but the stew was very soft, lamb. I've been a little tired of eating recently, so I changed it to a seafood lobster, and half the plate was filled with vegetables and fruits. I'm going to be a little vegetarian today to supplement my dietary fiber.
Because of its access to the sea, the price of seafood in Dorne City is not expensive.
Although productivity in the real world is not high, food prices are relatively low, and ordinary civilians can afford to eat meat occasionally. It is said that food in the Dele area is cheaper, which should be related to the natural path.
The Kingdom of Dorne has good weather all year round.
When Xiao En thought of this, he probably understood why Daisy’s identity was so special. He would also have to take good care of this exchange student studying abroad.
Inside a special closed room.
As the capable short-haired woman in front of him turned on the light, Xiao En immediately saw a completely sealed black box with complicated rune marks on the surface, which was a bit different from the ones he saw last time. Same.
“The extraordinary relics recovered in the last operation are too polluted, and basically none of them can be used by you.”
The woman in front of me signaled: "This was temporarily transferred from other places."
"It took a lot of effort."
The reward was given.
This time there was a black box in front of Xiao En. He glanced at the short-haired woman next to him and gently opened the box.
A strange group of broken crystals like stars emerged.
It is not an extraordinary relic that exists physically, but is suspended one centimeter in mid-air. It looks solid to the naked eye, but when you reach out and touch it, it quickly changes between reality and reality, as if it does not exist in this space.
This extraordinary relic is not simple.
It may not be obtained from the material world.
——Identification technique.
The mysterious knowledge in Xiao En's brain slowly flowed out. When he touched this strange crystal fragment, the knowledge whispered for a while, and they seemed very excited.
——"The crystallization of the dimensional hound, a very rare and extraordinary relic."
Knowledge is ready to move, but they have not yet exhausted their full strength.
——"A transcendent relic that does not belong to the real world, Knowledge discovered the spell of [Dimension Jump]."
Knowledge is cheering.
They flow and wrap the extraordinary relics in front of them, trying to decipher more information.
——"Dimension jump, 2nd level spell. Door sequence."
——"The caster opens an invisible small space door, disappears directly in place, and appears in any area within sight, dimensional jump The distance is affected by the extraordinary level."
Flash!
Xiao En's expression changed instantly, and his eyes looking at this extraordinary relic became fiery.
One of the signature spells of the wizard path.
However, extraordinary relics are very rare and are basically difficult to find in the real world. Monsters with this extraordinary nature can basically move across space, and most of them appear on levels other than the real world.
Normally, it would be difficult for Xiao En to obtain such a rare extraordinary relic.
It should have something to do with his ability to use the No. 1 Sealed Artifact. He contributed a lot in the last operation, so he made a special effort to transfer this extraordinary relic from other places.
Whether it is from the perspective of an investigator or a spell caster, Xiao En is a key training target.
Low-sequence wizards put their lives first.
"You can hold the ceremony directly here."
The woman on the side motioned for the others to go out, closed the door and said, "Captain Benjamin is waiting for you outside."
It was the same as last time With experience, Xiao En is already familiar with extracting extraordinary relics.
Ten minutes later.
Xiao En's figure suddenly disappeared on the spot, and appeared directly in the corner of the room the next second.
"Dimension jump."
"This should be my strongest life-saving ability at present." Xiao En only used it once and knew how powerful this spell was.
If you want to rate the spell, dimension jump is definitely an SSS-level rare spell.
The key is that it is only a second-level spell consumption.
Xiao En began to test the effect of this spell.
"The cooling time is very short, less than ten seconds."
"The casting speed is a little slow, about more than one second, but it is acceptable. In the future, if you master skillful casting and swift casting, you should be able to do it faster. "
"The distance of dimensional jump is only about four meters. It should be that my current strength is not enough. After promotion, I can teleport farther."
Xiao En's figure instantly appeared in front. on the table.
“You can cross obstacles as long as your vision is okay.”
"It can be at any angle."
"It can appear directly in mid-air, as long as I don't get thrown to death. In this way, it should be no problem to directly flash to the second floor. The angle of teleportation is poor, and it is useful if used well. Miraculous effect."
"This ability is too powerful!"
This should be the most powerful spell that Xiao En currently has. It can be used to attack and retreat.
After possessing the ability to jump in dimensions, Xiao En's combat effectiveness can be said to have skyrocketed instantly, and he is still capable of fighting even when facing a rampaging out-of-control person. Of course, his damage output may still be a bit insufficient. The firearm must be used for headshots. The Explosive Flame Technique has not been used in actual combat yet, so it is not sure how powerful it is.
According to Ms. Hecate's library records, the power of explosive fire is the first echelon of second-level spells. Its biggest disadvantage is that it cannot distinguish between friend and foe.
“Flight, teleportation, and beyond-visual-range combat.”
One of the three elements of the wizard’s combat effectiveness, Xiao En has obtained the most critical teleportation ability.
"If it can be converted into a specialized spell, my dimension jump should have a shorter cooldown time."
Teacher, I miss you very much.
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(End of this chapter)