The real Klein in the room mistook the soaking wet Mr. Gar in front of him for the "Mr. Gar" who had attacked him earlier.
He paused abruptly when he heard Odis's question: "Who did I take to the 'Nanmu Ballroom' for refuge before?"
"Mike, a reporter for the Daily Observer," Odis replied.
"Are you really Mr. Gar?" Klein asked. "What are you doing here?"
Odis smiled wryly, "I originally came to warn you that we might be in danger, but I ran into a 'Sherlock detective' with his clothes soaking wet who opened the door for me, and in the blink of an eye I'm here."
Klein asked, "What about the other 'Sherlock'?"
"After I severely injured him twice and used the 'paper doll substitute' twice, he disappeared," Odis said. "There should be another Mr. Gal, right?"
Klein smiled and said, "That Mr. Garr's 'witchcraft' is indeed very powerful, but he is far less intelligent than you."
The two exchanged a knowing smile, tacitly acknowledging that they knew each other's methods.
At this moment, Odis looked around and saw that only number 15 Minsk Street remained. This townhouse was located in a wilderness, surrounded by many small hills, all covered with weeds, making it look very desolate.
When Odis entered the house, all the furnishings inside looked as if they had been soaked in water, constantly dripping water.
Now, both inside and outside the house have become another world.
Odis asked, "Have you found any clues?"
Klein looked at the only door that was unaffected and whose paint was still very shiny: "This door seems to be something special."
Odis nodded: "When I arrived at your door, I saw a ring that shimmered with starlight hanging on it. It must have caused some changes to your door."
This time it was Klein's turn to ask, "Do you have any ideas?"
"It would be best to try closing the door."
Klein nodded; he thought so too, but the door seemed welded to the ground and couldn't be moved no matter how hard he tried.
...
The door to 15 Minsk Street was tightly shut, as if it had never been opened.
The serpentine mist returned, swirling up the "star ring" on the door and drifting towards the street corner.
At this moment, her ability to transform into mist ended, and a woman in her thirties with a pointed face and large eyes emerged from the thick fog.
Looking at the "Star Ring" in her hand, she couldn't help but smile slightly. Originally, she only wanted to use this sealing artifact to trap Odis's accomplices and prevent them from rescuing Odis.
Unexpectedly, Odis herself "crawled" inside, which saved her the trouble of finding an opportunity to catch them.
The woman strode forward, rested for a few minutes, and then transformed into a misty python once more.
She learned this ability from the "Hidden Sage," and while it might not be very useful elsewhere, it has an unexpectedly good concealment effect in the misty Backlund.
Therefore, this task was assigned to her.
...
Odis and Klein, standing in the wilderness, gazed at the door and fell into deep thought.
The door is locked, so we could consider exploring the wilderness. However, it seems that there are pairs of malicious eyes watching us from afar, and it would be dangerous to venture out under such circumstances.
Odis guessed, "The wilderness before us seems to be somewhere in the real world."
He sensed this when he took something from the "wilderness of knowledge," and the scene outside didn't resemble the underworld or the spirit world.
Could it be the Astral Plane?
Klein nodded, confirming Mr. Garr's statement, because he had just tried it and found that he could enter "above the gray fog," which should be in the real world.
He voiced his question: "The question is, how did we get here?"
Odis pondered for a moment and said, "That 'Star Ring' is likely a seal on the 'Gate' pathway. As long as certain conditions are met, it can be 'teleported' here."
Klein hummed in agreement; the guess seemed plausible. "But the problem is back to square one: how do we trigger the conditions to go back?"
Odis thought for a moment and said, "I'll give it a try first."
He grabbed the doorknob, infusing it with spiritual energy as he said, "Don't go out on rainy days."
No response.
Then Odis, while infusing it with spiritual energy, said, "Don't go out even if it's not raining."
There was still no response.
Klein, standing behind him, grinned unkindly, thinking to himself: "You can only go out when it's cloudy but hasn't rained yet."
But then he couldn't laugh anymore, because he had thought of this "spell" earlier, but only the first part.
Odis sighed: "It seems we'll have to think of another way."
Klein asked, "What's your plan?"
Odis said somewhat helplessly, "I'm not the kind of person who's strong."
Klein shared the same helplessness: "Neither do I."
Then he said, "Could we try destroying this door?"
The situation facing the two of them now seems to be that destroying the door would be easier and less troublesome than closing it.
However, neither of them took any action because they had another problem on their minds: what if they destroyed the door and couldn't get back in?
At that point, the situation will be even more awkward, and the only path left might be to risk exploring the surrounding area.
They stared at the door, lost in thought, when suddenly Odis said, "Could we remove the door frame and let it close to the door?"
Klein nodded: "That's something we can give it a try."
At least the door frame won't be damaged; if not, it can be reinstalled.
Klein went to the basement and found two rusty crowbars. The two of them ignored the rust and, one on each side, quickly used the crowbars to remove the door frame and then latched it onto the door.
There was no response, and the door still wouldn't open when I tried to open it again.
Just as they were about to put the door back and think of another solution, the two suddenly discovered that the door frame was also "welded in," just like the door, and it wouldn't budge.
This made the two of them fall into deep thought again, but Odis soon broke the silence: "If I'm not mistaken, we'll have to rotate the whole house and close the door."
Klein smiled helplessly: "That guess should be right, but the problem is, there are only two of us, how are we going to turn the whole villa around?"
Although they are both Extraordinary Beings, and both are Sequence 7, they are already very powerful among wild Extraordinary Beings.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
Even so, it would be impossible to rotate a townhouse!
Odis didn't speak. He thought for a while before saying, "It's not impossible."
As he spoke, he took out a small bottle of essential oil made from spiritual materials: "Now we'd better pray that I have enough spiritual materials."
If that's not enough, we'll need the blood of two people, since the blood of extraordinary beings is also a very good spiritual material.
Odis came outside, stopped directly in front of the villa, and began to squat down to draw a magic circle at the base of the wall.
Since he prepared essential oils, there was no need to worry about them being washed away by rain.
After finishing the front side, I drew the same magic circle on the side and back.
Klein, meanwhile, was rubbing his chin, staring blankly at the strange symbols Odis had drawn.
These symbols were not the mystical symbols he was familiar with; some of them looked like they had wings, and some looked like they had tails, making them resemble dragons of various shapes.
These are indeed the mystical symbols of the dragon race. Odis found many magic circles related to flight and levitation among the dragon race's magic circles.
This made Odis realize that the dragons flew in the sky not only because they had wings, but also because they had extraordinary power.
The reason is simple: such a large creature requires a tremendous amount of energy to fly. No matter how hard it flaps its wings, it would be completely against the laws of physics to support such a large body to fly into the sky.
But this is an extraordinary world after all. Defying the laws of physics does not mean it is impossible. Dragons should have the ability to fly and hover. After all, the "spectators" and the "sailors" are adjacent paths, and in that era, they often "mistakenly" swallowed the extraordinary characteristics of adjacent paths.
The magic circle drawn by Odis is the "levitation magic circle," which can greatly reduce the weight of townhouses.
He made some improvements on the spot, forming a small "composite magic array". Once the "main array" is drawn, the four small "floating magic arrays" can be used together.
After drawing magic circles in all directions, Odis came to the center of the living room and, together with Klein, cleared a dry area of the floor.
When all the spiritual materials were used up, Odis had also drawn up the "main array".
He said to Klein, "To be on the safe side, I've left two spiritual interfaces. We'll have to work together to complete the operation."
"Put your hands in these two places, yes, there."
"Follow my instructions in a moment. The spiritual array will become illusory when I infuse it with energy. When I say 'rotate,' turn both hands clockwise."
This was Klein's first time operating a magic circle, and he immediately nodded.
Odis began the countdown: "Three, two, one, infuse with spirituality."
As the two of them poured their spiritual energy into the magic circle, the circle in front of them expanded, became illusory, and emitted a holy light.
The four small magic circles outside the house also lit up with a faint light, which made the whole house seem a little brighter.
Crunch crunch~
With a heavy creaking sound, the townhouse seemed to sway gently a few times.
"Turn!" Odis gave the second command.
Klein immediately followed what "Mr. Garr" had just said and tried to turn the ball clockwise. He felt as if there was a huge stone ball between his two hands, and he had to use all his strength to turn it even a little bit.
As the two people gritted their teeth and worked together to turn the villa, the angle of the villa slowly shifted.
After struggling for half a minute, both of them were covered in sweat, and the villa was finally joined to the door and door frame.
After a soft "cough," the sound of rain outside suddenly disappeared.
The two sat on the damp ground for a short rest, then looked at the doorknob together.
They stood up together, paused at the door, and then Odis grasped the doorknob and pulled the door open.
The door was indeed opened.