Chapter 261 You Are Here, Don't Move

Seeing Vasily, whose hands were freed again, and who was lying on Annan's desk writing a letter to Maria, Annan emphasized again: "Remember to read it to me after you finish writing."

"I understand, Your Highness."

Old Vasily didn't look up, but answered him obediently.

Annan nodded, indicating that he heard it.

He leaned back slightly, leaning back in the seat and thinking.

Annan just learned of the order that Maria Winter sent to Vasily:

"Get ready to go home, Vasily. In ten days, a freighter with a blue canvas will arrive at the frozen water port. You can leave by boat."

After that, Vasily asked Annan for the first time - can you disclose the news of him here to Maria?

Annan's answer was yes, but he had to know what Vasily wrote.

Vasily Manning readily agreed to this request.

While waiting for his reply, Annan thought silently.

...Vasily Manning.

Annan did know the surname.

He did meet his brother, Merlin Manning, too.

But that's because Annan had seen him in Nightmare: The White Tower.

Merlin was involved in the first half of Michelangelo's ceremony. To be invited by Michelangelo, even if he is not the best incapacitated school wizard, is basically the same.

Before his retirement, Merlin was a core member of the Hand of Winter - even trusted by Maria.

Annan remembered him...a thin, tall, taciturn old man.

Merlin's spell is a silver tongue ring, and the location of the spell is in the mouth. When the wizards clashed at the time, his first reaction was to stand in front of Maria.

... But Annan is also very clear in his heart.

Among those who survived the White Tower ceremony... there must be no Merlin.

In other words, old Merlin should have died five years ago.

Let's do a little calculation... Basically, the time when Vasily was dispatched by Maria into Noah's Kingdom was basically after the White Tower ceremony. His first duty was to observe the resurrection of Michelangelo...

……yes.

Vasily's initial mission was just to "observe".

Although he was hired by the Church of Roof, he was the one who finally released a large number of summoned creature destruction rituals. This level of intervention has obviously exceeded the level of "observation".

It could even be said that his actions were somewhat contrary to Mary's command.

Mary only sent him alone, and did not give him any help. Then her purpose must not be to "destroy the ritual", but just to observe.

The purpose of dispatching Vasily is because he has sufficient mysterious knowledge. Can understand the ceremony.

At first, Annan didn't quite understand the inconsistency.

But after learning that Merlin was Vasily's biological brother... Annan already understood everything.

……I see.

Did he put his brother's death on Michelangelo's head?

Although Vasily received a mission from Maria and knew that it was the sublimation ceremony of the gods, he still wanted to try it. Is it possible to destroy this ceremony?

That's why Vasily planned to die with "Don Juan Geraint" at the very beginning. If the direct descendant of the Geraint family died here, it would inevitably cause turmoil within the Noah Kingdom.

This is his last wave.

And after seeing Annan and Kaphne, he obviously realized something immediately. This gave up the idea of ​​"Vasily used the Big Bang".

No wonder……

From the very beginning, Annan felt that something was wrong.

You must know that the extraordinary power of the ritualist comes entirely from mysterious knowledge.

What determines the strength of ritualists is their logical analysis ability, adaptability, memory, experience, rationality, courage... and most importantly, money.

The crux of the matter is here.

The price of occult knowledge is not cheap.

Some ritual knowledge can directly give birth to ritualists, so it is a forbidden book in most countries; and those knowledge about gods are taboos that cannot be transmitted - those knowledges have weight and cannot be remembered by mortal brains.

Even if it is heard or seen, it is only used once at most.

Those secret books that record mysterious knowledge are even less likely to be easily obtained by people who have no money.

Before making Annan think, this may be the reason of the Roof's direct order... It is because there are too many summons. It's not like a huge amount of knowledge that one person can master.

But it is.

This can only mean one thing.

Those stupid apprentices of Vasily didn't realize...their teacher was definitely not some wild, destitute ritualist. but an official of a country.

The "secret book" that has recorded the forbidden knowledge of the gods will not disappear after reading; it is just that after it is consumed, it needs to be read again to supplement. And the knowledge about rituals was confiscated by them in the library of forbidden books.

Whether it is King Noah or Archduke Winter, as long as he is not stupid, he will definitely try to create a ritualist.

Why did Basil learn so many kinds of forbidden knowledge?

Why can he be trusted by Maria to sneak into other countries alone to perform tasks related to gods, and the hiding time is as long as five years?

The answer is simple.

He and his brother are basically the same profession!

His older brother Merlin is a high-level executive of the Hand of Winter, who is mainly responsible for the domestic eradication of dissident spy affairs; and Vasily himself can be ordered by Maria to perform cross-border missions with a mission cycle of several years... Note that Vasily is also an elite in espionage affairs.

After all, when the transcendent enters and exits through the underground passage, it is necessary to check the customs clearance documents and strictly verify the identity. This makes it impossible for them to carry out espionage missions... but the words of ordinary people are too weak to compete with the extraordinary. The clergy with stable extraordinary power cannot be directly mobilized by the royal families.

The only one who can pass through the gray fog... is only the ritualist.

So Annan finally understood another thing:

Why should you arrest the ceremonial master when you see it?

Because every ritualist, no matter how strong or weak... may be a spy of another country.

"It's written."

Vasily said softly.

Then he put the pen on the table, reached out and pushed the letter to Annan.

I saw that it said:

"Hail to the Storm and the Wolf:

"New information: I have met His Highness Annan, who has been missing for a long time. He is now in Noah, under the pseudonym of Don Juan Geraint. He has completed the conjecture of the year, obtained the reverse inscription, and regained his feelings. But His Highness has become an extraordinary person, unable to return to winter by boat through the gray fog.

"Another: His Highness Annan is now on good terms with His Highness Kafney the Shadow Demon, and he has advanced silver knight status, so his identity may have been leaked;

"Ask, do I return to Winter in ten days as originally planned?"

Watching Annan read the reply carefully, Vasili took the initiative and asked Annan in a low voice: "Your Highness, the penultimate paragraph... Do you want to remove it?"

"……Need not."

Annan decisively refused: "Just send it like this."

He believes that Maria needs more accurate information so that the action will not be deviated. The information must be conveyed accurately enough.

And there's nothing to delete...

Soon, Annan watched Vasily perform a simple sacrifice ceremony and "burned" the information to Maria.

It didn't take long for Vasily to look up.

"I received a reply, Your Highness."

Vasili said respectfully: "The return plan has been cancelled.

"The 'Daughter of the Storm' ordered me to leave Noah to assist you. She will find a way to bring you back and let me pass a message to you. Don't try to cross the underground border and wait quietly at Noah, Don't run around and don't make contact with strangers anymore."

...but I can't help but run around.

Annan sighed deeply.

In three months, I will go to the royal capital... This is a task that Sir Silver personally assigned.

Annan reluctantly repeated the task and asked Vasily to pass it on to Maria.

...I always thought, did Maria treat him like a child? ?

Make him stop and don't run around, don't talk to strangers...like talking to a lost child on the phone.

No, Annan's physical age seems to be really a child...