Mysteries: Arcana Wars

Chapter 468 Guess What

Leonard felt a mix of emotions as he watched Audrey and Susie speed off in opposite directions.

"They'll act according to...our plan, won't they?"

"of course."

Klein chuckled, then leaned close to Leonard's ear and whispered.

"Don't forget, Audrey took some obsidian lenses."

Leonard tilted his head back, looking at Klein's sly face, then at the Maltese dog's grinning face at his feet.

As expected, you three are utterly despicable!

According to Klein's previous definition of obsidian, after a wish is made and before the wish is fulfilled, any obsidian that Klein approves of and whose wearer follows certain rules will guide all forces in the direction most favorable for the fulfillment of the wish.

Wherever Susie wants to take Audrey, Audrey is part of tonight's plan. Once things take a turn for the better, Audrey will return to her position and evacuate the crowd.

This was the destiny bestowed upon her by the obsidian; all of Susie's resistance was futile.

Of course, if the holder violates the rules by touching the recognized obsidian without any cover, their extraordinary abilities will be silenced.

Holding the obsidian forbids the use of extraordinary abilities; attempting to use it will result in being silenced.

Both directions lead to the same goal, albeit different ones.

So, is this obsidian in your hand an extraordinary item?

Heh, let everyone guess!

Leonard sighed and skillfully began to deal with the battlefield contamination and the flesh blanket. Klein took out a match, lit it, and threw it at the flesh blanket. The cursed flesh was burned and devoured by the black flames, then turned into wisps of black smoke and disappeared into the air.

"Times have changed, Leonard."

Klein blinked.

"It's faster to do it this way."

"The only side effect is that too much flesh and blood has been devoured by the Void Smoke. It is estimated that this place will become the Silence Realm that silences all extraordinary powers in the next few days. It will take at least one or two weeks for the spirituality of all things to return to this place."

"...Then let's hope that no extraordinary unlucky person will pass by this place."

Leonard stomped on the floor and touched the walls to make sure the pollution was completely gone. He then packed up Klein's things and, with the dog and himself, quickly crawled across the building's facade. In the blink of an eye, they reached the top of the building and leaped between buildings, arriving at the tallest building in the vicinity. They looked in the direction the crowbar was pointing.

The faint sun finally climbed overhead, but even its most intense rays could not dispel the chill of Backlund. Then it was time to end its short five-hour lifespan and face its fruitless death.

"What do we do now, Merlin Hermes, the all-powerful wish-granting magician?"

Leonard squinted as he looked toward the city's edge, where a faint yellow hue appeared on the horizon—the distant wilderness.

"The crowbar's instructions are too general, and the monster moves very fast. Using the crowbar for divination and navigation will make it impossible to keep up."

“Hey, do you think that monster might break out of the city and run into the wilderness?” Klein asked. “If it really gets into the wilderness, then things will get complicated.”

With the rapid pace of urbanization and countless extraordinary disasters since the Sixth Century, vast tracts of land far from urban areas have become barren wastelands.

Wilderness is a dangerous, uninhabited area, absolutely unsuitable for human habitation.

Not only are there strange beasts, terrible storms, and barren lands where no plants can ever grow, but there is also terrible and extraordinary pollution.

Over the years, countless extraordinary calamities have repeatedly battered and ravaged the land, leaving deep scars on the wilderness of Loen. Those who stray from the safe paths into the unknown depths may encounter different forms of contamination in different places.

Between the mega-cities, the predecessors built highways and railways within the safe zone, maintaining the lifelines between cities. These lifelines were denser and more robust than the city dwellers imagined. Coupled with the development of maritime and air transport, and the rise of interstellar travel technology, there were no particular obstacles between the cities of Rune.

But even in this treacherous land, scattered settlements exist, mostly inhabited by scavengers, savages, tribal groups, and those eccentric anti-urbanists. The native inhabitants are mostly mentally unstable or have bizarre appearances. Sometimes, terrorist organizations and cults establish safe zones in the wilderness, hiding there and building secret bases.

So, is the headquarters of the Sky God Cult located in the wilderness?

Leonard disagreed. In this critical moment, the monster, a key player, wasn't some home-loving baby just wanting to rush back home. Therefore, the direction the crowbar pointed to and the monster's destination shouldn't be the wilderness, and the Sky Cult's stronghold couldn't be in the wilderness either, as it lacked all the resources they needed.

"I don't think so."

Leonard's tone was firm.

“From the moment we became aware of the Sky God Cult, their large-scale ceremonies were always held in densely populated areas. They needed a large number of lives to merge and assimilate into a single life form in order to welcome the arrival of divine power; or they would tear everyone apart and sacrifice them to the evil god to fulfill their cursed wishes.”

...A cursed wish...

The "wish" I'm making right now, isn't it also a kind of curse?

A fleeting doubt crossed his mind, and Klein patted Leonard on the shoulder with relief.

"It's okay, because we have the amazing—Miracle Gadgets!"

"Deng deng deng deng!"

Klein pulled a scroll with obsidian covering its inner wall from the box; it was the obsidian kaleidoscope he had just made.

"One of the keywords for this divination is [kaleidoscope]."

As he spoke, Klein held it up to his eyes and carefully observed the distance with his eyes open and closed.

A dazzling illusion appeared out of nowhere in Klein's vision, reflecting and leaping on the obsidian surface, outlining beautiful kaleidoscope patterns. Then, this colorful river flowed out from the other end of the kaleidoscope, like a thread illuminating the road ahead.

"Sure enough, I spotted the monster!"

As Klein watched, he suddenly took off running. Leonard, who was stunned for a moment, followed closely behind, but in the end, he chose to carry the burden on his back.

"Klein, where do you think this monster is going?"

"Hehe, what do you think?"

Klein let out a cryptic laugh.

[Lens] [Kaleidoscope]...

Leonard recalled the details of Klein's divination during the explosion, finding those few significant keywords, which seemed to have already been deciphered and used tonight...

Wait, something's not right!

"【Amusement Park】!"