Examination of the Imperial Examination - Chapter 42

The Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, the captain’s office of the Heart of Machinery in Backlund Parish.

Ikanser Bernard, whose brown hair was always messy, stretched out stubbornly, and his face was rigid and clear, was looking at a letter from Pritz Harbor in a good mood.

Actually, he received this letter at 11:00 noon. This was the fourth time he took it out to watch it. Looking at the greetings and concerns written to him, he still raised his eyebrows in a good mood.

After a while, carefully put away the letter, put it in the drawer,

He took a deep breath and took out an ancient silver mirror with strange patterns from the inside of his clothes.

There is an eye-like decoration on each side of the mirror. They are based on black gemstones and look dark and charming.

He looked at the silver mirror in his hand and stroked the surface three times with his right palm.

After a two-second pause, Ikanser took a deep breath and said solemnly:

“Dear Arrodes, my question is about the clues to the key figures in the Hundred Stars Incident.?”

The surrounding darkness suddenly became dense, and streaks of water light swayed on the surface of the silver mirror.

Soon, a picture appeared in the silver mirror: it was a blurred map, the picture slowly pulled in, and finally stopped at the entire Northern Continent on the map, the picture turned again, and a book appeared in a blurred mirror. .

The words above the silver mirror faded, and suddenly a few lines of Old Feysac words appeared:

“According to the principle of reciprocity, it’s my turn to ask questions.”

“If you answer wrong, or lie, you will be punished.”

The word “punishment” was as red as blood, as if it was still dripping with liquid!

The expression on Ikanser’s face was distorted at first, and then it became very solemn.

Immediately afterwards, the water above the silver mirror flashed, and a new line of words appeared:

“What does the person who wrote to you today have anything to do with you?”

Ikanser’s face froze, he looked left and right, and heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was in the office.

At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a team member pushed in with a stack of documents.

Ikanser saw that the team members wanted to scold, why didn’t he knock on the door, but he couldn’t say, because the mirror in his hand had already asked a question, if the answer was wrong.

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Alvin returned to the hotel and asked for a steak, a glass of milk, two fried eggs, two slices of toast, and a cup of black tea at the bar. After instructing the boss to deliver it to his room, he turned upstairs and entered the one he had ordered in advance. that room.

After having dinner with Yu in the room, Alvin sat at the dining table, took out his pocket watch, turned it on, it was 8:30.

It can be seen from the information that the townspeople’s livestock have been attacked at night in the past few days.

The two previous hunters also set traps at night to hunt and capture these beasts, but they were all planted.

Ordinary people’s vision is blocked at night, and they have “bright night vision” at night, and the dark environment at night has no effect on them.

I will act tonight. As long as the opponent appears, I will know what it is. Even if I can’t beat it, it should be no problem to run. I will get 30 pounds of clues.

Alvin touched his lips: “It seems that this mission will be profitable.”

Without hesitation, he stood up and checked his equipment, greeted Yuumi and said:

“When there is danger, remember to remind me.”

“Meow”

Yuumi responded softly.

Went to the first floor, told the innkeeper to clean up the tableware in the room, and went straight out.

According to the information of the day, there are three farms near the town, and the other two are near the town, and you can get there in ten minutes after leaving the town.

With the promulgation of the “Grain Act”, the current farms basically rely on raising livestock for a living, and only grow very little food.

The other one was newly built two weeks ago, and it was put into use only last week. The distance is far away, and there is no news of being attacked by wild animals.

Mayor Pinos didn’t pay too much attention. He concluded that the other party didn’t have many livestock in Xinkai, so he was not targeted by wild animals.

Alvin was a little puzzled about this. Shouldn’t the instinct of wild beasts be to attack the less threatening prey first?

Since the farm is far away from the town, Alvin plans to find a carriage tomorrow to have a look. He will go around the two pastures tonight to see if he can find anything.

I walked along the street to the outskirts of the town, and walked along the main road for more than ten minutes.

It didn’t take him long to see a few houses with lights on, surrounded by barbed wire.

He is not continuing to approach. After these few days of attacks, the farm must be on alert. He didn’t say hello in advance, so it’s not good to approach rashly.

Looking at Yuumi on her shoulder, she found that there was nothing unusual about it.

Alvin circled around the farm again, but found nothing, opened the silver pocket watch, the time was 9:30.

I decided to go to another farmer’s neighborhood to take a look. If there is no harvest, I will come out later tomorrow.

So he started to walk back, halfway through the road, and walked from the fork to the nearby hill. At this time, there was a short cut, and the farm was not far at the foot of the hill.

There are weeds and bushes along the way, but the road is quite wide, almost enough for two horse-drawn carriages to run side by side.

After walking for a few more minutes, Alvin could basically see the outline of another farm.

Before he got close, he heard a dog bark. He turned his head and glanced at Yuumi, and found that it had stood up, its tail was raised, and its small ears kept shaking, as if to confirm something.

The distance is too far. Although my spiritual vision can pass through obstacles, the visual distance is still within the range of normal people. Maybe after promotion, I can see farther, at least not now.

He hesitated for a moment, took out his revolver, and slowly approached the farm ahead.

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“Meow.”

Hearing Yuumi’s cry, he quickly stopped, Alvin turned on his spiritual vision, looked around and found nothing, and then looked at the farm more than 20 meters ahead.

It may have just happened, and the person on the farm in sight came out of the room with a double-barreled shotgun.

“Where’s the beast?”

He approached slowly and carefully, his eyes carefully searching for the figure of the attacker, and suddenly a shadow flashed in the distance. Just as he was about to take a closer look, the figure entered the forest and ran out of sight.

Alvin didn’t hesitate to avoid being misunderstood by the owner of the farm, so he bypassed the farm, got into the jungle, and chased after him.

After chasing for dozens of meters, he vaguely saw the figure of the beast again, and he couldn’t help speeding up his pace and chasing another distance.

“Meow… woo”

Yuumi on her shoulders suddenly felt as if her hair was blown up, she stood up, her tail was raised high, her head kept looking around, and she screamed uneasy to remind him.

It was too quiet in the woods, and the sound of the wind and cicadas that existed before seemed to have disappeared, only spreading from time to time in the empty, **** air.

“I’m careless, I’ve chased so far before I know it.”

Alvin stopped, his right hand clenched the revolver, his left hand took off a sleeping spell from the belt on his side waist, and turned on his spiritual vision to scan the surroundings.

“Didn’t find it? How could it be possible~www.mtlnovel.com~ Alvin frowned, glanced at Yuumi, and found that it was watching the surroundings vigilantly.

There was a sudden rustling.

“above.”

Alvin and Yuumi looked up at the same time, only to see a red creature the size of a human, jumping down from a big tree and rushing towards them.

I can already smell the **** smell coming from the other side.

Alvin didn’t panic. His usual experience of being beaten made him react instinctively, roll forward quickly, and escape the opponent’s attack range.

Yuumi, who was on her shoulders, also jumped down, nimbly dodging to the side.

“Plop!” A muffled sound came from behind, followed by the sound of many dead branches and grass being crushed.

The moment Alvin got up quickly, without hesitation, he raised his hand and pulled the trigger towards the creature in front of him.

Although he hasn’t learned how to draw a spear like his teacher, his speed of grabbing is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

“boom!”

The sound of gunfire echoed in the jungle, the monster was in pain, neighed in pain, and quickly adjusted his body

Alvin finally had a chance to see clearly what the creature in front of him was.

Puff! Pfft! Pfft!

His heart suddenly began to beat violently, it contracted into a ball, and swelled violently, causing his body to tremble slightly.

The things in front of him gave him a violent visual impact.

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Thank you “6mite9” for the reward, and for your continuous support, the first reader of this book.

Thank you, all the readers for their support. The author writes books part-time, so the update is relatively slow.

I will work hard to save the manuscript, and strive to have two updates every day.

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