Faced with Miss Eleanor's sudden attack and the tense atmosphere, Odis remained calm: "I only went to the village that was burned down twenty years ago out of curiosity. That shouldn't be Miss Eleanor's home, right?"
Eleanor looked at Odis for a few seconds before saying, "That used to be my home."
Odis asked, "But it was destroyed by an accidental fire, wasn't it?"
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He noticed that when Eleanor was speaking, the servants around her were all very cautious and dared not make a sound. Even Brad, the owner of the castle, did not dare to join in the conversation between the two.
"It wasn't an accident!" Eleanor suddenly took a deep breath and said, "Someone deliberately set the fire. They wanted to burn me alive! They wanted to burn me alive!"
Brad looked horrified: "My God, how could such a thing happen?"
"Thank goodness, thank goodness you escaped."
Eleanor's beautiful smile returned: "Yes, thankfully I escaped."
Odis noticed that the atmosphere around him was no longer as tense as it had been.
He had just breathed a sigh of relief when Eleanor suddenly asked again, "You are a wizard, aren't you?"
Odis smiled and said, "I only know a few tricks."
"Brad said your witchcraft is very powerful."
Odis laughed and said, "No matter how powerful witchcraft is, it's still just witchcraft."
Eleanor nodded: "That's true."
Then she stared intently at Odis: "Did you get any results from your investigation this afternoon?"
Upon seeing that beautiful gaze, Oddess's mind went completely blank: "There's a result..."
He was surprised to find that he had to tell the person in front of him all the results of his investigation.
Her captivating eyes were mesmerizing, and her beautiful face stirred the heart. Odysseus felt he couldn't bear to deceive such a beautiful girl.
But Odis's inner alarm bells were ringing; he knew there was something wrong with this woman, something definitely wrong.
So Odis paused, trying to look away; just completing this action had already made him sweat profusely.
At this moment, Eleanor suddenly stood up, and some of the servants around her took out kitchen knives, while others picked up nearby vases and other furnishings as weapons, and slowly approached Odis.
Odis realized the danger and quickly put on the black glove he named "Hand of Judgment" (Note 1). Instantly, he exuded a faint but powerful aura.
Eleanor paused for a moment, then sat down again, and the servants around her slowly retreated to their places.
With the help of the gloves, Odis dared to look at Eleanor again.
"My… my investigation shows that everything here is normal," Odis said with a forced smile.
After learning that Eleanor was not a ghost, Odis guessed that she was an extraordinary being of the 'Death' pathway, but he just realized that he was wrong, very wrong!
Eleanor smiled and said, "That's a reassuring result."
As she spoke, she looked at Brad, who had been lost in thought. The lord seemed to suddenly snap out of it: "That's wonderful. I can finally be with Miss Eleanor without worry."
Odis suddenly stood up and said, "I'm sorry, I don't have a good appetite, so I won't be eating dinner."
He then said to Brad, "The investigation here is over, and I'm leaving first thing tomorrow morning."
He was actually saying this to Eleanor, knowing that Eleanor, under pressure from the "Hand of Judgment" gloves, didn't intend to fight him immediately.
So Odis conceded defeat, hoping to buy more time.
After saying this, Odis returned to her room on the second floor.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at his pocket watch, and saw it was only 6:20.
Then, while keeping an eye on the situation outside, Odis pondered what kind of extraordinary being Eleanor was.
Judging from Eleanor's performance just now, she should be an extraordinary being of the "witch" path, so why are the servants controlled by Eleanor?
Suddenly, Odis recalled the unsettling symbol on the mountaintop altar, and he suspected that Eleanor's strange abilities might be related to that symbol. (Note: 2)
Boom!
A loud noise suddenly came from the mountains. Odis quickly looked out the window. It was already dark, but Odis could still vaguely see a cloud of dust rising from the road leading from the castle to the outside world.
He suddenly had a bad feeling.
Knock knock knock~
Soon, there was a knock on the door.
Odis asked, "Who?"
"It's me, wizard."
The voice belonged to the head sergeant. He said, "Mr. Brad sent me to tell you that there was a sudden landslide just now, and we are temporarily unable to leave from here. We can only ask that you stay here for a few more days."
Odis replied with a gloomy face, "I understand."
His first thought was that Eleanor had already learned that he had asked an official Beyonder for help, so she blocked the road to prevent the official Beyonder from arriving.
But Odis thought about it. Those were official extraordinary beings, not an eighty-year-old woman. Even if a landslide occurred and blocked the road, they would immediately abandon their vehicles and rush to provide support as quickly as possible.
It was only ten or twenty minutes later than expected.
If Eleanor was trying to buy time, he should have acted immediately after the landslide.
But she didn't rush up to fight; instead, she had someone tell her that a landslide had occurred.
Odis therefore concluded that Eleanor's actions were merely an attempt to prevent him from escaping.
But a new question arises: why did she stay behind?
After much deliberation, Odis concluded that it might be because he was an extraordinary being. Odis had heard Max say that some followers of evil gods not only preferred to use ordinary people as sacrifices, but also those extraordinary beings with strong spirituality.
Odis smiled helplessly. He had thought he was just there to eliminate a vengeful spirit or ghost, but the situation had completely spiraled out of his control.
As Odis pondered this, he removed his large wizard robe, revealing the knight's attire underneath that allowed for easy movement.
But Odysse did not remove the hat. He could feel that he had lost a lot of hair because of wearing the "Hand of Judgment." He used the hat to hold back the hair so that it would not fall out and be used by others.
At the same time, Odis changed several of the extraordinary weapons he had previously taken out. All his preparations were originally for dealing with extraordinary individuals using the "Death" pathway, but the problem was that his opponent was not an extraordinary individual using that pathway.
After making preparations, Odis planned to jump out of the window and leave to meet up with the official extraordinary individuals.
If Eleanor catches up, that would be even better; Odis can then reunite with the official Extraordinary and launch a counterattack.
Knock knock knock~
Just then, there was another knock on the door.
Odis ignored him and opened the window, about to jump, when Brad's voice came from outside: "Mr. Wizard, it's me! Open the door quickly, I have something very important to talk to you about."
Odis paused for a moment, then drew his sword with one hand and opened the door with the other.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
Brad rushed in, looking terrified, and said, "I saw it all! I heard it all!"
"Eleanor has become the master here, and the servants all obey her commands..."
Odis looked coldly at the lord. He had noticed something was wrong with the head servant that afternoon, which was why he hadn't sent the head servant to inform the "Mechanical Heart" and had told the head servant that he hadn't found anything.
He had just clearly sensed that everyone in the castle was suspicious and had become Eleanor's spies and puppets.
Brad saw Odis's expression and suddenly realized something. He quickly pulled out a pendant with the "Black Night Holy Symbol" from his clothes: "I have this!"
He said, "This was given to me by the pastor of the Church of the Night, who said it could help me ward off some disasters and evil temptations."
"Only today did I realize that it was this pendant that kept me from losing my senses."
"From the moment I started acting like a puppet, I never actually lost my mind."
Odis glanced at the pendant and smiled, "I didn't expect you to have this trick up your sleeve."
Brad asked, "What should we do?"
"What else can we do?" Odis shrugged. "I'm no match for Eleanor, so I plan to flee tonight."
"Please take me with you!" Brad said. "If you can help me escape, I will reward you handsomely."
Odis said, "It was already difficult enough for me to escape on my own..."
"800 pounds!"
"Yes, sir." Odis smiled. "I have a way to get you out of here with me!"
Brad breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great."
Odis suddenly said, "How about we hide in Miss Eleanor's village?"
Brad was somewhat surprised: "Why go there?"
"As Emperor Roselle once said, often the most dangerous place is the safest place," Odis smiled.
Actually, he thought of using this method to attract Eleanor's attention and continue to stall for time.
Brad nodded: "The Emperor's wisdom is always admirable."
"Let's go." After saying that, Odis slung his cloth bag over his shoulder, sprinkled out a handful of powder, grabbed Brad by the collar, and jumped out of the window.
Brad opened his mouth and screamed repeatedly. Just as they were about to hit the ground, Odis suddenly took a step forward and leisurely walked forward. The two of them flew towards the woods in a beautiful parabola.
Inside the castle, Eleanor watched all this quietly, and suddenly a smile appeared on her lips.
Meanwhile, Odis led Brad quickly into the woods and climbed toward the mountaintop.
Soon, a thin mist rose in the woods, but the two did not slow down and continued running towards the mountaintop.
After walking briskly for more than ten minutes, Brad, panting heavily, reached out and leaned against a tree, saying, "Wait, wait..."
Odis turned around: "You can't run anymore?"
"No…no," Brad gasped, "Didn't you notice? We're lost."
Odis smiled and said, "Let's go, we're not lost."
Brad pointed to the tree branch in front of him: "I've seen that tree three times already..."
*Snap*
Something suddenly fell and hit his outstretched arm.
Brad looked down and saw what appeared to be a shoe.
He then looked up abruptly and saw a corpse hanging above him, missing a shoe, swaying in the breeze as if performing a strange dance.
Note 1: Uh, this sealed item has been renamed.
Note 2: The setting is that Odis has only read "Lord of Mysteries" and not "The Ring of Fate", so he does not know the information about "The Gifter".