Chapter 98: Ancient Secrets
The question of how important parents are to their children is self-evident. But for Nick, the death of their parents is the greatest pain in his life. Many years later, he finally began to accept this situation. So when he saw the woman, he didn't recognize her for a while.
"Nick, don't you recognize me?" the woman said. The familiar voice suddenly stunned Nick.
To be honest, Lin Xuan did not expect that the one who followed behind was the Resistance Army. He originally thought it was a remnant of the Dark Claw or a branch of the royal family. But it was natural to think about the appearance of the Resistance Army after careful consideration.
Several major forces in Green's world, the royal family, the dark claws, and the rebels. The first two have been ruined by Lin Xuan, and it is the turn of the rebels to appear. However, it is obviously an unwise choice for them to target Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan and others chose to make a move a little further and gave time to Nick and his son. This was not a good time to meet, but in a sense, there might never be a suitable opportunity, so they met in this situation.
"For many years, I thought you were dead. But you appeared in front of me again in this situation. So, aren't you going to explain?"
"I'm sorry Nick, no matter how I explain it, it will be a kind of harm to you. I can only say that I chose the former between letting you survive and being a qualified mother. The situation was complicated at the time and I could not guarantee your safety, so I chose to leave. All their attention was put on me, so you avoided the pursuit."
"Who is chasing us?"
"We are Green, and we have too many enemies. They joined forces back then, and you were still young and your father was just an ordinary person. I couldn't protect you. So I made a choice."
"What about those people? How are they now?" Nick said this, and the murderous aura on his face made people dare not look directly at him.
"It's over, and I've spent many years tracking them. All the people involved in the past have died. I don't want you to experience the same hatred life as me, and I don't even want you to be Green. It's just that fate is always like this, you still become Green, and you are called the strongest Green in the younger generation."
“I met some good friends who helped me a lot.”
"Then you are much luckier than me."
The scene became silent again. Nearly twenty years of separation still caused obstacles in their communication. The scars caused by these years still take time to heal slowly.
After a long time, Nick spoke first.
"Let's go, so many people are waiting for us."
"kindness."
The group embarked on the way home, but the atmosphere became a little awkward this time. Nick and his mother were silent. His mother wanted to raise the topic several times, but eventually she was suppressed.
The long flight time was over. The group returned to Lin Xuan's bar. Now Nick and others have already made this place a gathering point.
Lin Xuan took out the box and his breathing in the room became heavier. The secret that had been sleeping for seven centuries was right in front of him. Anyone would be excited. Even Juliet, who had been stuck in the house these days, couldn't help but come and watch.
Monroe also brought his girlfriend Rosalie. Nick left for this time, and the troublemaker who had been maintaining the underground order of Portland instead of Nick came back. Even Renard, who was far away in Vienna, rushed back as soon as he learned about their hands. He was also his female lawyer, Adaling.
In the original work, Aidaling is the protagonist of the subsequent plot. However, under Lin Xuan's butterfly effect, she did not have too much interaction with Nick's people, so naturally there was no subsequent reversal. In addition, Paul, Bablu, and others all returned to witness the biggest secret in the world together.
Lin Xuan knew what was inside. So he kept holding on, wondering what expression it was when everyone knew that it was just a broken wooden stick.
Through six keys and Monroe's lock-opening technology, all the locks were successfully opened. But unexpectedly, the box still couldn't be opened.
"The box was sealed by the seven major Green families. Nick, try it with your blood."
Nick cut his finger and applied it along the gap in the box. After Green's Blood touched the box, Lin Xuan felt a slight wave of magic. It was also a blood magic. It was somewhat similar to the one in the royal family. However, this one was obviously a kind of seal magic.
A stream of white smoke spread out. The box shook significantly. At this time, Lin Xuan tried to open the box again, and it was very smooth and it was successful.
In the box was a roll of shabby sheepskin wrapped something. After opening the sheepskin, a small wooden stick appeared in front of everyone. That's right, a small wooden stick. It was about twenty centimeters long and the thickness of a thumb.
"Uh, is it a wooden stick?" Someone in the crowd asked such a question.
“It looks like yes.”
“What’s the use of it.”
"I don't know, maybe it's just a prank."
......
Everyone was talking, but the previous enthusiasm obviously subsided. After all, this thing was too inconspicuous. In any case, it could not be linked to a secret that had lasted for hundreds of years.
"This is not ordinary wood. I can feel it, the magic is very powerful. It's incredible."
Lin Xuan said, gently tapping the wooden stick with one finger. A magic power was transported into the wooden stick.
Suddenly, a violent magic suddenly burst out with a wooden stick as the core. However, Lin Xuan was prepared for it, so he put away the parchment roll in advance and set up a defensive barrier around the table.
In a space with a diameter of about two meters, violent magic power churned wildly. In just a few seconds, the entire table had turned into powder. There was no power overflowing through Lin Xuan's defensive barrier. But in silence, the terrifying destructive power still shocked everyone. Finally, the wave of magic power gradually subsided, and the wooden stick fell to the ground and returned to its inconspicuous appearance. But this time no one dared to underestimate it again. Although no one was injured under Lin Xuan's protection, the scene of tearing everything up still made people feel scared.
"What is this?" No one thought this was an ordinary wooden stick again.
"It's incomplete. It's just a small part of some larger object. So its power is so uncontrollable. I think the Yunyin, which the Green family sealed it, didn't want that thing to be complete."
"How do you know this?"
"My inheritance is related to this, and I have seen some related legends in some ancient books before. In the distant past, there were some more powerful existences in this world. Their deeds were passed down from generation to generation, called gods or demons. In their time, something was preserved. It was a scepter."
"What does the scepter have to do with this?"
"In later generations, this scepter appeared in the human world many times. Everyone who obtained him was once a dominant character in history. Solomon, Alexander, and King Arthur. But because this scepter is too powerful for ordinary people, in a certain era, this scepter was split. It is said that it was divided into hundreds and hidden all over the world."
"You mean it's one of them? What about the others? We've never heard of these legends."
"These things have never been truly recorded. They are only circulated in my world."
"Your world?"
"If the world of Green Bio is compared to the inner world, my world is a deeper world. It's like the dark web in the network, like the deep web. We inherit these hidden events and make sure that something does not spread."
"Did you collect other parts?"
"It's a pity that there wasn't. In fact, there was a guy who almost completed the collection of the scepter before us. I don't know what that was, but according to some obscure legends, it seemed to be something from a different world. It was closer to the demons in the legend. Fortunately, the Green family at that time sealed the last part, so the last thing was expelled by many wizards at that time. Unfortunately, the real meaning of this thing, Nick's family seemed to have not been passed down. After all, Green's work was too dangerous. It was easy to cut off the inheritance. But I think there should be some clues in those Green's inheritance books."
"So you contacted me for this reason?" Nick asked.
"A part of it, in fact, there is not the key to having the part about the scepter. The real key is the thing that almost collected the entire scepter. According to the information I have, that thing is likely not dead. He may come back."
"A demon from another world is coming to our world. What are you going to do? Is it destroying the world?"
"If he really gets the complete scepter, then he might be. After all, that is something left by a higher level of life. If he is mastered by a demon in another world, we can't imagine what will happen. But I'm sure it's not a good thing."
"Do you know when he will be back?"
"I don't know, but I think the clue is on this parchment. If I guess correctly, it's a prophecy."
"Prophecy, but there is nothing on it." Nick and others were confused by Lin Xuan.
"Adaling, come and try it. Can you see it?"
"Am I?" Aidaling stepped forward and tried it as she said.
"No, I can't see anything."
"Concentrate and try to gather magic in your eyes."
"I saw, huh, a few strange symbols."
"several?"
"Three, here, here, and here." Aidaling pointed on the parchment.
"It's already pretty good. There's some kind of magic attached to this piece of paper. Even the patterns themselves have magic. Only creatures that can use magic can see them. I can see them all, but the problem is that it will take some time to unlock the hidden information on it. I hope it's still time."
Everything that happened tonight can be said to be subversive to everyone. Whether it is the existence of gods and demons, or the monsters of different dimensions, and the supernatural wooden stick that actually appears in front of them, it indicates that they have entered an unprecedented world.
Chapter completed!