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When Lin Ruo heard Emlyn White briefly recount the glorious history of the Sanguine and proactively ended the conversation, he arrived at the church hall. Klein had already conquered the past Utravsky at the deepest level of his dream and the depths of his heart, and was now happily conversing with the newly reborn Father Utravsky.
Lin Ruo was naturally not surprised by this outcome. After all, even though he often joked about the Seer being weak in the early stages, that was only in reference to unprepared head-on encounters.
Beyonders of the Seer pathway are indeed more prone to panic in sudden, unprepared head-on encounters. Although the abilities of this pathway are flashy, they are all fragile and lack direct frontal attack power. Therefore, fighting unprepared is very disadvantageous.
However, precisely because their abilities are flashy, Seer pathway Beyonders can even transform into top-tier individuals in the same sequence when prepared, capable of briefly competing with those of higher sequences—of course, achieving this requires a bit of combat wisdom.
Simply put, this pathway is suitable for cunning and experienced individuals. A reckless person like Master Luo cannot exploit the advantages of the Seer pathway. It's better for him to obediently follow the Storm pathway, where he can keep attacking even without combat wisdom.
As a qualified Seer with the dream clarity buff granted by the Evernight Goddess, Klein naturally held the home-field advantage in this dream battlefield. Furthermore, he understood the enemy's information, and the past Utravsky had already been weakened. Victory was only a matter of course.
"It seems things were resolved smoothly," Lin Ruo said with a smile as he greeted the two. His gaze fell on Klein's hand, where there was something extra—a very simple, bronze-colored key.
—By the way, because Klein completed the commission beautifully, resolving the past Utravsky with almost no setbacks, the newly reborn Father Utravsky, in his excitement, ultimately decided that in addition to the equivalent of the Apothecary formula, Klein could also choose a Sealed Artifact equivalent to Sequence 9.
In the end, Klein received 220 pounds, equivalent to a Sequence 9 potion formula, and this key-like Sealed Artifact.
Lin Ruo's gaze lingered on the key for a second before he congratulated Father Utravsky on his rebirth.
Then, after exchanging a few pleasantries with Father Utravsky, Lin Ruo looked at Klein and asked, "Klein, can I take a look at the key in your hand?"
"Huh?" Klein was taken aback for a moment, then handed the key to Lin Ruo, saying, "Here, Father Utravsky gave it to me. It's called the Master Key."
As expected… Lin Ruo took the key, a look of understanding flashing in his eyes.
The Master Key really did appear. Right, Emlyn White even got lost and ended up at the Harvest Church…
But how did it appear?
Lin Ruo was somewhat puzzled. After all, Abraham's situation now was very different from that in the original story. If the salted fish Fors Wall encountered the Anlissa family, it could be explained by Abraham's split, with the Door pathway becoming too ambitious and wanting to revitalize the family glory, but underestimating the influence of the Full Moon Whisper, resulting in a GG. However, the appearance of this Master Key was truly perplexing to Lin Ruo.
After all, in the original story, the Master Key was a relic of a certain Abraham's spirited youth. This spirited youth had heard a bit about the Abraham family's former glory from his father but presumably hadn't been taught the relevant knowledge about the Full Moon Whisper. As a result, although he had great ambitions, he GGed when advancing to Sequence 9, leaving behind a seemingly ordinary but actually containing Mr. Door's "curse" relic, the Master Key, which could screw over the holder.
Therefore, with Abraham's situation being so different from the original story now, this situation shouldn't have occurred.
Or did that spirited youth's father still forget to tell his child the precautions, resulting in successfully screwing over his son?
Lin Ruo felt that he could investigate this aspect, firstly out of curiosity and secondly because it could help him further understand the current state of the Abraham family.
Thinking this, Lin Ruo didn't rush to speak but carefully examined the Master Key in his hand. Without using the Fallacy Simulation, Lin Ruo, at Sequence 6, naturally couldn't see anything. He then looked at Klein and asked, "Its negative effect is that it can make the holder get lost?"
"Yes," Klein said, stunned for a moment, nodding in surprise.
"Father Utravsky," Lin Ruo looked up at Father Utravsky and asked, "Was the previous owner of this Sealed Artifact Emlyn White?"
"Indeed, it was him," Father Utravsky nodded gently. He wasn't too surprised by Lin Ruo's question, as it could be deduced. "He came to the church because he got lost due to this key."
"Is there something wrong with this key?" Father Utravsky asked, his tone still gentle.
"It's not that there's a problem, it's just…" Lin Ruo paused and said, "It reminds me of an old friend. I think I need to understand the original origin of this key."
"Then you'll probably have to ask him," Father Utravsky said, looking in the direction of the basement.
"I think so too," Lin Ruo nodded. The three then came to the basement door.
Just as Lin Ruo was about to speak, he heard Emlyn White's voice from the basement:
"If you want me to tell you, fine, just have that priest let me out!"
Hearing this, Lin Ruo's lips curled up, and he leisurely said, "I don't think you've had this Master Key for very long, right? You should have gotten it from a thief."
"How do you know?" An astonished voice came from the basement.
It really is like that… Lin Ruo's smile remained unchanged. He had actually discovered that many things in this world, even if the essence was different, many unimportant details would still overlap with the original plot.
Lin Ruo didn't know if this was the so-called plot inertia, destiny, or if someone, such as himself, had deliberately done something.
But this wasn't bad either. At least he could now use this advantage to extract information and scare the Little Moon.
You ask what if he's wrong—hey, so what if he's wrong? Lin Ruo's skin is thick enough, he doesn't care about this little bit of embarrassment.
Lin Ruo continued to say with a smile:
"The reason you encountered that thief was because you were short on blood and went to the hospital to steal blood vials."
"Who exactly are you? How could you know all this!"
Emlyn White's voice was no longer astonished but slightly horrified. After all, from the moment they met until now, Lin Ruo had not only revealed his background from the beginning but now described the process of him obtaining the Master Key as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
"It's just simple reasoning," Lin Ruo said with a smile. "So, did that thief tell you where he got this Master Key from?"
"You're so capable, why don't you deduce it yourself?" Emlyn White said stubbornly, probably suppressing the horror in his heart.
Lin Ruo pondered for a moment and then announced a place name:
"32 Verdi Street, South Bridge District."
"You you you—"
Emlyn White couldn't even say a complete sentence anymore. His reaction also told Lin Ruo one thing.
This address is correct.
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