After concluding negotiations with the "Witch Cult," Odis and Bernadette returned to Backlund.
Odis went to the Church of St. Samuel alone and, in a prayer, reported the plan that the "Witch Cult" had mentioned.
Odis believed that the "Witch Cult" might have realized that he had a cooperative relationship with the Church of the Goddess of Night, but they would never have imagined that he could report directly to the "Goddess of Night".
If they had known this, they certainly wouldn't have sought to cooperate with Odis.
Having a cooperative relationship with the Church of the Goddess of Night and being able to report directly to the "Goddess of Night" are two completely different things.
There are many extraordinary individuals who cooperate with the church. Even if Odis leaks the "Witch Cult's" plan to the Church of the Night, as long as Odis is carefully observed, the cooperation can be terminated immediately once anything unusual is discovered.
After all, "White Saintess" Katarina gave a general outline of their plan, but she did not reveal the specific time or location of the ceremony.
Although there are risks involved in cooperating with Odis, they are bearable for them because, under normal circumstances, a demigod would value a reward like a level 1 sealed artifact.
If Odis and the Church of the Goddess of Night only have a cooperative relationship, there is a high probability that she will choose that level 1 sealed artifact. After all, with such a sealed artifact, one could create a small extraordinary family.
However, being able to report directly to the "Goddess of Night" is different; it means that Odis is a "favored one of the Goddess of Night" and can apply for high-level support from the church.
Moreover, given the "Goddess of the Night's" focus on the "Grim Reaper" and the appearance of the Sequence 3 Extraordinary being of the "Grim Reaper" pathway, the Church of the Goddess of the Night will take this matter seriously.
Of course, it's not that the "Witch Cult" didn't consider this point, but they quickly realized it was impossible, because besides her close relationship with the "Mysterious Queen," Odis was clearly also a follower of the "Lord of Mysteries."
Under normal circumstances, someone as complex as Odis could never become a "favored one of the goddesses".
But this time, the "Witch Cult" encountered an "abnormal" situation.
After Odis prayed quietly several times in the chapel, he felt that drowsy feeling again, and then a voice in his ear said, "I understand!"
Odis immediately awoke and felt the tranquility that filled the church.
Odis then pondered the goddess's reply. Although it was still "I know," and the tone was similar to the previous instructions, Odis sensed a slight impatience.
This made him smile helplessly, and recall that he had contacted the goddess three times in the past week, or rather, during his time in Backlund.
This probably increased the goddess's workload considerably, since the church rarely has to trouble her when it's functioning normally.
Odis's report is just that—a report. For example, right now, only the "Goddess" herself can investigate what the "Witch Cult" is planning. And once she finds out, how to deploy it is also something the "Goddess" needs to consider.
Odis got up, feeling helpless but knowing he had to deal with the trouble when it came to it, since his fellow countryman had become rich.
Back at the embassy, Odis and Bernadette discussed their options and decided to split up. Odis would go to observe Nicola, while Bernadette would go to observe Alexis.
From Count Vincent, Odis learned about Nicola's workplace: MI9.
Her job was actually to monitor enemy radio stations, or radio stations used by spies.
Because Nicola is blind, but has exceptionally keen hearing since childhood, she was recruited by MI9 to conduct surveillance work.
She was also highly skilled in her field, capable of not only monitoring enemy radio stations but also troubleshooting telegraph machines.
Nicola's job was publicly known as a telegraph receiver. To conceal her identity, she would occasionally perform tasks such as debugging telegraph machines. That's how she met Alexis.
The telegraph listening post of MI9 was not heavily guarded; of course, even if a demigod were stationed there, he would not be able to detect Odis.
After all, once he enters a state of invisibility, even the angels cannot detect him.
Odis met Nicola at her workstation. Nicola was a young woman in her early twenties with a beautiful face, wearing a smart uniform, and an outstanding temperament. She gave people a very clean feeling.
Odis thought to himself: It's understandable that Alexis is attracted to such a girl. After all, the women around him are mostly cunning and scheming, and it's hard to find someone with such temperament.
Odis learned from Nicola's conversation with her colleagues that Nicola only needed to work half a day today.
After having her lunch, she picked up her guide cane and went to the back gate of MI9, where a carriage was already waiting.
The carriage had no markings and wasn't a rental, but Nicola seemed very familiar with carriages. She boarded the carriage while chatting with the driver.
The carriage then started moving and, unsurprisingly, arrived at Count Vincent's mansion.
Alexis was already waiting in the stable, while Bernadette's "invisible servant" followed behind him, watching his every move.
The young couple chatted for a few minutes, and then Alexis reached out and naturally placed Nicola's hand on his arm, leading her to a room with a workbench filled with machinery.
After closing the door, Alexis whispered, "I heard that signal again last night."
Unbeknownst to them, their "secret conversation" took place in front of Odis and Bernadette.
Nicola then asked, "Have you gotten any results from your investigation?"
"I've got it," Alexis said. "Our guess was right. After making inquiries, I found out that there was an accident on that line, and it seems that several people died."
"But the specific information couldn't be found, and we don't know if it was destroyed?"
He paused for a moment and then said, "In addition, I have talked to some professionals, and it is certain that ghosts exist in this world, but we just can't see them."
Odis thought to himself: Indeed, an extraordinary event has occurred.
He had previously heard Count Vincent mention that when Alexis inquired about ghosts from the extraordinary bodyguards, he guessed that they might have encountered an extraordinary event.
After a few seconds of silence, Nicola said, "How about we try sending another telegram over there?"
Then she asked, "We should be safe through the telegraph machine, right?"
Alexis said somewhat uncertainly, "It should be safe."
He paused for a moment and then said, "However, for safety's sake, we will immediately stop the investigation if any danger occurs."
He then took a deep breath and said, "If this matter isn't investigated thoroughly, I don't even know how I'll face myself in the future."
Odis thought to himself: This is the discovery of an extraordinary hidden part of the world, and I have been somewhat psychologically shocked.
So the two men turned on the telegraph machine, and Alexis said, "Shall we send 'Where is your exact location?'"
Nicola nodded: "Okay."
With the beeping of the telegram, Alexis quickly sent it out.
So the two of them began to wait. After waiting quietly for more than ten seconds, they started chatting.
Odis could tell that they both harbored feelings for each other, but neither seemed to dare to express their true feelings.
Da da da...
Suddenly, the telegraph machine rang, and a weak signal appeared. The typewriter connected to the telegraph machine began to operate on its own, typing out characters one by one.
The telegraph machine that Alexis purchased was state-of-the-art, capable of printing out text directly after receiving a signal.
Of course, this is on the premise that the message is sent in plaintext or that the other party's codebook is known.
At that moment, they received a telegram sent in plain text: We are trapped and urgently need rescue.
Alexis looked at the telegram for a while before remembering that he should read it to Nicola.
Nicola suddenly raised her hand: "I think I know what it is."
She had just picked up her headphones and listened to the radio waves she had just received, mentally deciphering them.
Nicola added, "They gave the same reply last time."
She paused for a moment and said, "This time, let's not ask them about the situation over there. Let's ask who sent that initial telegram."
Alexis nodded: "Okay."
As he spoke, he opened the drawer and took out a telegram.
Odis stepped forward and glanced at the telegram, which read: "Mother is still waiting for my penny to buy medicine."
After Alexis sent the corresponding telegram, the two waited quietly in front of the telegraph machine.
Da da da...
Soon, the telegraph machine started working again, sending out a telegram: "It's me, sir. My mother is sick and is waiting for my salary to buy medicine. Kind sir, please come quickly to save us. Our family needs us, and even more so, they need our salary."
After discussing with Nicola, Alexis asked again: What's your name? How old are you? What kind of work were you doing that got you trapped?
Seconds later, they received a new telegram: Sir, my name is Buck Bruce. I am 13 years old. We were working underground repairing cables when a cave-in occurred, and we have been trapped for some time. Fortunately, there is a telegraph line in this cable well, so we can contact the outside world.
Alexis glanced at Nicola before realizing he couldn't bring himself to look her in the eye.
He then took a deep breath and said, "We received that telegram 12 days ago. They must have really perished."
Da da da...
At that moment, the telegraph machine suddenly started working again and quickly received a new telegram: Sir, are you sure you're not mistaken? The first telegram I sent was clearly three hours ago.
After Alexis read the contents of the paper, he immediately stood up: "He...they can hear our conversation."
Da da da...
The telegraph machine crackled with increasing urgency: "Sir, we can not only hear your conversation, but we can also see what's happening over there! I see... I see a terrifying force in your room! Get out of there! Get out of there!"
Upon seeing the new content, Alexis felt goosebumps rise all over his body.
He quickly looked around, but saw nothing!
He then stammered and asked Nicola, "Did...did you hear any strange noises?"
Nicola had already overheard the telegram through eavesdropping. Her face turned pale as she listened intently for a few seconds before saying, "No, we didn't hear anything."
Da da da!
The telegraph machine started beeping rapidly again: Sir, it's right behind you, very, very close...
Alexis practically jumped off his chair, grabbed Nicola's hand, and cried for help while looking around.
But to his horror, he found that he had only opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
"I'm sorry, if I let you call for help, it will only make things worse." Odis, dressed in a wizard's robe, ended her invisibility.
Neither Bernadette nor Odis expected that those seemingly undead beings could see the two demigods while they were invisible.
However, it is highly likely that they saw Bernadette's "invisible servants," because Odis is difficult to detect when she is invisible.
Odis ignored Alexis and Nicola, who were trembling with fear, and instead raised the "Staff of Gus." Instantly, the staff's head shone brightly, and a beam of starlight enveloped the telegraph machine, completing the basic seal and preventing the undead from seeing this side.
At this moment, Odis smiled kindly at Alexis and Nicola and said, "Have you heard of 'Gandalf the Wizard'?"
He had obtained relevant intelligence; stories about "Gandalf the Wizard" circulated among the nobility, and Alexis must have heard of them.
Sure enough, after hearing Odis's words, Alexis was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded.
But to Odis and Alexis's surprise, Nicola also nodded.
Odis snapped his fingers: "Alright, you can speak now. But if you shout, your voice will still disappear."
Alexis immediately asked, "Sir, are you the wizard Gandalf? I've heard of your deeds."
He initially thought they were all fabricated stories, but after witnessing the wizard's miraculous "sudden appearance," he realized that the stories were all true.
"I am that wizard." Then Odis asked Nicola with some curiosity, "How did you know about me?"
"My mother had heard that you had cured some children of strange illnesses, so she inquired about your deeds," Nicola replied.
When Odis played the role of a "wizard," she did indeed help several children treat illnesses caused by extraordinary factors.
He also quickly realized that Nicola's mother wanted to find "Gandalf the Wizard" in hopes of curing her daughter's blindness.
Odis then said, "I have come to notice what you are investigating. The situation has now exceeded your capabilities. You can leave the investigation to me."
"But before that, you must tell me what happened to you."
Alexis glanced at the telegraph machine that covered the layer of starlight before saying, "No problem, but I have one condition: we would like to be involved in the subsequent investigation."
He continued, "We won't cause you any trouble. If you tell us to run, we'll run; if you tell us to stop, we'll stop. We...we just want to know what's going on."
Odis thought for a moment before saying, "Okay, no problem."
So Alexis and Nicola took turns speaking and explained their findings.
Twelve days ago, Nicola received a telegram while helping Alexis set up the telegraph machine. The telegram read: "Mom is still waiting for my copper penny to buy medicine."
At the time, both of them found it very strange and thought that someone had sent the wrong telegram.
But Odis keenly noticed: I advanced to Sequence 4 13 days ago, and the corresponding bizarre event occurred 12 days ago. The 'God of Steam and Machinery' or the "Hidden Sage," those two are fast enough.
With that in mind, he continued listening to the two people's descriptions.
A few days later, they received the same telegram again, which finally caught their attention.
However, the two discussed this issue for a long time but could not reach a conclusion, so they could only continue to observe how things developed.
When they received the same telegram for the third time, they made a bold decision to inquire about the situation. They received astonishing news: nine workers had encountered a landslide during construction and were now awaiting rescue.
Alexis took the telegram and immediately went to report it to the police, thinking that the matter was over.
Just a few days ago, he asked a friend in the police force to inquire about the case. After investigation, the police found no such accident and the investigation yielded no results.
Alexis immediately realized that the company involved was likely concealing the accident.
If a death occurs due to an accident during construction, the company will have to pay a large sum of money in compensation. However, if the accident is concealed and the people are deemed missing, only a few tens of pounds in compensation will be required.
Just as he was telling Nicola about his discovery, they received the same telegram again. Alexis assumed there were still survivors and immediately asked for their approximate location.
Instead of sending anyone to rescue her, he saw it as a good opportunity to take a risk, so he took Nicola to the location indicated in the telegram, entered the sewer pipes, and searched for the incident site.
As it turned out, they didn't encounter any collapsed areas, or even find anything noteworthy in the surrounding area.
Upon hearing this, Odis remarked that these two people were incredibly lucky to be alive.
He estimated that this was the result of the intervention of the "Goddess of the Night," and without this intervention, it is conceivable that the young couple would not have returned.
Based on the clues they left behind, Earl Vincent would send people to search for them, and it is estimated that most of these people will never return.
Next comes the search by the police and official extraordinary individuals. If a few more people die, they will probably have enough power to cause an extraordinary event that could threaten Odis, who seems to have nothing to do with this matter.
Odis learned what happened next. Their exploration yielded no clues, and they realized that they might have encountered some scientifically inexplicable events.
So Alexis began to inquire about some extraordinary information and asked a friend to ask the relevant telegraph company for information. Sure enough, he found a record of an accident, but he could not find any specific information about the accident.
Backlund had a highly developed telegraph system; the city was so large that transmitting information by telegraph was much faster than by horse-drawn carriage.
However, since this world does not use electricity, there are naturally no telephone poles, so telegraph lines are generally run underground in dedicated cable wells.
Odis pondered for a moment, then went to the telegraph machine and released the seal on the starlight.
Then have Alexis issue a report: Where exactly are you located? How many people survived?
The telegram was sent, and after a few seconds, a "click-click-click" sound automatically rang out indicating a new telegram had been received: Who are you? The danger we just saw did not come from you.
Odis then had Alexis publish a report: "Answer my question, and I will secure compensation for each of your families."
After sending the telegram, Alexis paused for a moment: negotiating compensation with the Ghost... could that even work?
Da da da...
A few seconds later, the telegraph machine crackled to life: the accident happened while we were repairing the cable well at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and Burningham Road, and all nine of our team members are still alive.
The latest novel is first published here!
Alexis was somewhat stunned: The Ghost... was also worried about the compensation?
At this moment, Odis said, "Send them a message, tell them to hold on, I'll be there right away."
Alexis was completely convinced and immediately sent a telegram as instructed.
Da da da...
The telegraph machine was moving much faster than before. The message from the other side read: "We know you're different from others. If you come here, we might die and never see our families again. You demon, don't come any closer… skj#gn&fbgi*ajbrf%*htkbh&…"
Upon seeing the garbled text, Odis quickly raised the "Staff of Gus" to conceal the characters being typed by the telegraph machine.
Alexis only watched a short segment, and his head was already throbbing. If he watched too much, his mind would definitely be corrupted.
"I have the address." Odis took out the paper, turned off the transmitter, and then asked, "Do you want to come along?"
Alexis immediately stood up: "Go."
Odis nodded: "When you come back, destroy the transmitter, otherwise it may still receive strange telegrams."
Alexis nodded immediately: "Yes."
He thought to himself: "They really are professionals at solving these kinds of strange events; they even thought of such details for us."
Then Alexis remembered to ask Nicola if she wanted to continue the investigation.
After receiving an affirmative answer, he was about to prepare the carriage when Odis stopped him: "The journey ahead may be a bit magical for you, so be prepared."
As she spoke, Odis's staff once again emitted a dazzling starlight, enveloping the three of them. Alexis felt a blur before her eyes and suddenly shrank, appearing in a wondrous space.
In just a second or two, Alexis's gaze suddenly rose, and he saw a bustling street with people coming and going, newsboys waving newspapers, and two rows of orderly carriages.
Nicola was also surprised; she could hear the newsboy's cries and the sound of carriage bells.
Alexis belatedly realized that what he had just experienced was as if he had suddenly disappeared underground, then quickly traversed the underground of Backlund, and finally returned to the street.
Amazed, he saw a road sign in the distance that read "Berningham Road," and whispered to Nicola beside him, "We've arrived at Berningham Road."
Nicola's surprise deepened: "By the goddess above! This is the most incredible thing I've ever experienced!"
At this moment, Alexis discovered that the people around him were not surprised at all by the sudden appearance of the three of them.
He grabbed Nicola's hand and quickly followed "Gandalf's" steps: "Wizard, didn't anyone around us see us suddenly appear?"
Odis walked forward at a leisurely pace, searching for the location of the cable well. He casually explained, "We're invisible now; they can't see us."
Nicola's voice betrayed her surprise: "Can't you hear it either?"
"Yes, I can't hear it either," Odis replied.
The "invisibility" at Sequence 5 level is far from achieving this.
Or rather, after using "invisibility" back then, he couldn't use other witchcraft. But now that he has become a "mystic," his abilities regarding "witchcraft" have been enhanced once again. While using "invisibility," Odis can also use "silencing" at the same time.
Therefore, the current "invisibility technique" can truly hide one's tracks completely, and can last for up to 1 hour.
Odis quickly located the cable well: "Did you enter the sewers from around here last time?"
Alexis replied, "This is about it."
Odis grunted in response, and the head of his staff once again shone with starlight. Alexis's vision blurred again, and when he came to his senses, he found himself in the sewers.
Nicola smelled the scents of her surroundings and understood what she had just experienced, exclaiming in her heart, "That's amazing!"
The sewers were filthy, with rats scurrying about. Odis frowned, raised his "Gus Staff," and a path appeared before them that seemed to lead deep into the forest. Along the path were small white stones that looked like silver coins.
Oedipus "recreated" the path marked by the brother in "Hansel and Gretel," a path that led to the destination without having to go through the dirty sewers.
"Let's go." Odis led the way, striding forward.
Nicola felt the road beneath her feet suddenly become smooth, and the sewer smell was gone. She also felt Alexis's grip on her hand tighten. So she asked Alexis, "What happened?"
"By the goddess above," Alexis said, "I swear, even my most wondrous imagination could not conceive of such wondrous magic!"
"Nicola, we were in the sewers a second ago, and now we're on a forest path!"
"Look, there's a white cat in that tree, waving to us."
Upon hearing this description, Nicola also realized the lack of her own imagination.
As they were talking, Odis said, "We've arrived."
The forest vanished, the path disappeared, and the scene of the dark sewers reappeared before them.
For a moment, Alexis couldn't distinguish between reality and illusion.
Odis looked around. They didn't end up in front of a cable well; instead, there was a straight sewer with thick cables hanging from its walls.
Alexis then said, "We've looked for this place before, but we didn't find anything."
Odis hummed in agreement and began to carefully observe the surrounding walls.
He quickly discerned the clues: "This is a very advanced magic array, but I didn't sense any particularly strong extraordinary aura."
"Hmm, perhaps this 'integrated magic array' hasn't gathered enough power yet."
"Get ready, I'm going to activate this magic circle."
Alexis thought it was a warning to him, so he quickly took a step back and pushed Nicola behind him.
Both of them were very nervous at this moment, and they could feel the sweat on each other's palms.
But at the same time, they were also very curious, wondering what would happen next.
The tip of the "Guth's Staff" in Odis's hand once again shimmered with starlight, which coalesced into "Garr runes".
The runes floated into the wall in front of him, causing it to emit a bright light.
The light flashed by, and the wall suddenly opened, revealing a passageway in front of them.
The cable well that Alexis and Nicola hadn't found before was just a short distance ahead.
Odis glanced at the situation ahead and said, "You all wait here and don't go any further."
As Alexis nodded, he noticed that there had been no collapse in the cable well ahead, but more than a dozen corpses were already piled up there.
They lay there spread out in a fan-shaped pattern, each with their left hand outstretched, touching the thigh-thick cable from different positions.
The cable was now eerily emitting a pale golden light.
The light shone on the stiff corpses, as if it were a light of redemption for them.
Alexis was stunned by the bizarre sight before him after just one glance. He quickly took two steps back and whispered to Nicola what he had seen.
At this moment, Odis cautiously stepped forward, carefully observed the scene, and arrived at the pile of corpses.
The bodies are now piled up in two layers. On the bottom layer are nine workers in overalls, one of whom looks to be a boy of about twelve or thirteen.
The corpses on the second floor, judging from their clothing, appeared to be passersby who had wandered into the area by mistake, as well as some homeless people.
They seemed to be worshipping the cable with utmost devotion, which looked somewhat eerie yet also carried a strange sense of sacredness.
Suddenly, as if struck by lightning, all the corpses stiffened and stood up, looking at Odis.
The eyes of each corpse were replaced by a pale yellow, scrolling stream of information.
Alexis, watching from outside, felt both excited and terrified, and for a moment forgot to run away.
Odis smiled and said, "As expected, the 'Secret Seeker' method is not good at manipulating corpses."
As he spoke, he raised the staff in his hand, and suddenly a tall bronze door appeared in the not-so-large cable well, a door that gave people a great deal of mental pressure.
Odis "recreated" the "Gate of the Underworld," and it was a demigod-level "Gate of the Underworld." Although it could not be opened and was not very lethal to normal enemies, it could put enormous pressure on undead creatures.
Those strangely shaped corpses lay prostrate on the ground, reverently bowing towards the gate.
Alexis and Nicola outside also felt a chill run down their spines. They felt the surroundings suddenly turn cold, as if a pair of malicious eyes were peering into their souls.
At this moment, Odis stepped forward, about to deal with the section of cable that was emitting light.
Suddenly the light from the cable intensified, and the corpses that had been bowing to the "Gate of the Underworld" on the ground suddenly struggled to turn over and look at Odis with their eyes that seemed to flow with information.
Odis was prepared. He slightly raised his staff, and amidst the starlight, a phantom zither and a phantom bull appeared before him.
Mystery reappears: Playing the lute to a cow!
During Odis's previous experiments, it was discovered that the "reproduced" ability to "play music to a cow" could make one and the opponent not be on the same wavelength, or even seem to be in different spaces.
This allows them to defend against or become immune to extraordinary attacks from demigod-level beings.
At this moment, the combined attack launched by the fiber optic cable and the corpse had absolutely no effect.
While becoming immune to the attack, Odis also opened the "Eye of Insight," seeing through the extraordinary attack launched by the cables and the corpses.
The pale golden light emitted by the cable was actually an illusory magic circle, which seemed to have been connected to the brains of the corpses beforehand.
All the memories, knowledge, thoughts, and other information from the brains of those dozen or so corpses were concentrated and instantly launched towards Odis.
In Odis's view, this attack theory is somewhat like a computer virus. The massive amount of information overwhelms the target's brain, causing it to "crash" or even lose normal thinking, turning it into a madman.
Unfortunately, they have only accumulated information on a dozen or so people, which is barely enough to launch a single demigod-level attack.
Moreover, the ability that Odis "reproduced" was very suitable; no matter how good the effect of the attack was, Odis "could not understand" it.
At the same time, he was also a little scared. If this "cable" were allowed to gather more information, reaching hundreds or even thousands of people, the problem would be difficult to solve, and it might even be able to launch an angel-level attack on Odis.
Immediately after Odis finished the attack of the "cable", the "Gus Staff" flashed with new starlight and quickly solidified.
With a wave of his hand, Odis sent solidified starlight, like the sharpest blade, severing the section of the "cable." He then took out a sealing array drawn on cloth from the "Wilderness of Knowledge" and wrapped it around the cable.
Without the pale golden light of the cables, the corpses fell together, the information flow in their eyes disappeared, and their eyeballs were nowhere to be found, leaving only dark eye sockets.
Odis examined the corpses before quickly leaving and arriving outside the sewers.
Alexis asked hesitantly, "Is the problem solved?"
Odis hummed in agreement and said, "Let's go back first and talk about it later."
Alexis never expected that the problem that had been troubling them for more than ten days would be solved so easily!
At this moment, he and Nicola had many questions in their minds, but before they could ask them, a bizarre scene appeared before them again. When they came to their senses, they were back in the room with a telegraph machine and other machinery on the workbench.
Shortly after they left, on the street above the cable well.
A homeless man lying on the ground suddenly got up, and the moment he opened his eyes, it seemed as if a stream of information flashed through his pupils.
Then he whispered devoutly, "The essence of knowledge is the hidden sage."
"I will continue that great unfinished task and spread this storm of knowledge."
After saying that, he suddenly stood up and quickly left.
...
Upon returning to Count Vincent's residence, Odis said, "Ask me any questions you may have."
Alexis immediately asked, "Wizard, what happened to those corpses?"
Odis patted the sealed section of cable in his other hand: "This section of cable was influenced by an evil god, and it has become somewhat aggressive. It killed some people and turned their corpses into its puppets."
He felt that what he encountered today was most likely a "surprise" from the "Hidden Sage".
Nicola was incredulous: "A section of cable, affected?"
Why was the story she heard that evil gods could influence those who were not devout in their faith in the gods, as well as those with evil thoughts, turning them into mindless demons?
But... but now this wizard is telling her that even a piece of cable without intelligence can be affected by an evil god and has already killed more than a dozen innocent people!
Odis did not explain concepts such as "the authority of knowledge" to them. The information transmitted in the cable represented knowledge modified by humankind, which conformed to the corresponding authority of the "Hidden Sage".
He said to Alexis, "Now let's discuss the aftermath. I'm not really suited to handle this kind of thing. I hope you can step in and secure compensation for the workers and those who died in the accident."
"You should also know that the youngest worker is only 13 years old, and his mother seems to be sick. We don't know if she has recovered yet. It is very likely that his family has gone bankrupt."
This compensation should actually be sought from the "Hidden Sage," but Odis couldn't find this evil god, and even if he did, he wouldn't get any compensation and would have to pay it himself.
He felt that having the telegraph company provide the compensation would align with the concept of "robbing the rich to help the poor," so he felt no psychological pressure.
Alexis immediately replied, "I will handle this matter and will definitely give you a satisfactory result."
He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Wizard, could you please heal Miss Nicola's eyes? I can pay you."