The Death List Novel - Chapter 38

Chapter 38 Changes To Tasks
During the meeting, the Baron and Bonny’s explanations for the plague were still vague, and Qin Lun was smart enough not to pursue further. Both sides seemed to have deliberately ignored the source of this plague, Little Miller.

‘”Doctor Stan, you have obtained our approval and learned the truth. You are a preparatory exorcist. In the future, as long as you inform the exorcist organization, you will become an official exorcist.” Baron Albert smiled and said, “I still need you to do one last thing. Please sign the oath of the exorcist!”

As Baron Albert spoke, Bonny took out a thick book as big as a panel from a bookshelf. Inside the book was a hollow, simple brass scroll.

Bonny pulled open the scroll and placed it in front of Qin Lun, handing him a quill.

Qin Lun stared at the contents of the scroll. The contents of the scroll were divided into two parts. The first part was about the responsibilities and duties of the exorcist. It was similar to what Baron Albert had just said. He asked all the exorcists to destroy evil creatures and protect the human world as their goal in life. The latter part contained the signatures of many exorcists.

Most of the signatures were from members of the Albert family, and there were a few other names. Qin Lun knew that these names were probably just exorcists from this area.

Qin Lun wrote Wellington Stein’s name without any burden, and the Baron and Bonny seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when they saw him complete his signature. This contract was not a simple piece of parchment. It contained the guardian power left behind by the believers. Anyone who signed it would be bound by the oath.

After signing his name, Qin Lun revealed a strange expression. He actually received a notification from the death list.

‘”Believer No. 70053, you have signed this world’s major law contract as the current storyline and directly intervened in this world’s” Double Mystery Struggle “. You have fulfilled Rule 100 of the Broken Laws, activated the world storyline mission mode, and obtained permission to plunder the world’s origin!”

[Reminder: Apostle 70053’s first alien guidance quest changed! Save Stephen Albert’s guidance quest changed to a satellite-level world storyline ‘Exploration’. Quest content: Acquire the truth about Stephen Albert to obtain his true whereabouts as the lower limit of the quest.]

Mission reward changed to a fusion crystal of shattered Laws. 2000 shattered crystals. Mission failure penalty: 30 Longevity Soul points.

[Prompt: believer No. 70053 has obtained a satellite-level world storyline, satisfying Rule 788 of the Fragmentation Laws and starting the World Exploration Program. The death list begins to compile relevant memories and obtain the current world exploration process …]

Satellite level world storyline: There is a historical storyline about a small region of the world that requires the storyline to meet the opening conditions for changing the history of the region.

World Exploration: Some of the actions of the apostles will acquire the secrets of this world and will indirectly and directly influence the development of this world history, helping to shatter the origin of world history of alien worlds in the starry sky. The greater the exploration of the world, the more world essences they would plunder.

The reward is independent of the Otherworldly Mission System and will be awarded to the Broken Universe based on the World Exploration process.

[Tip: The death list has been sorted out for apostle-related memories, as well as some analysis and speculation.

“Dudu, the death list reminds the apostles that the relevant memories and analysis have a high chance of improving the quality of the world’s storyline. Will it be reported to the Broken Star System through the soul mark?”

[Reminder: Successful reporting! Apostle 70053, currently lacking in intelligence base, has a 40% chance of upgrading to Star Traveller and 5% chance of upgrading to Star Traveller.]

… temporarily shelving the upgrade of the world storyline. The current exploration rate of the world is about 0.001%, waiting for the apostles to provide follow-up information. ”

[Astral Fragmentation Tip: The Star-ranked storyline of the apostle’s first trip to another world will have a certain chance to activate the Gold-ranked evaluation of the world storyline. Please pay attention to it!] [Astral Fragmentation Tip: Star-ranked storyline]

Baron Albert and Bonny saw Qin Lun standing there in a daze and couldn’t help but look at each other with a smile. They thought that the doctor’s intuition was sharp and immediately sensed the magic of the oath.

Bonny took two steps forward and was about to put away the exorcist oath scroll. Qin Lun’s eyes lit up and he came back to his senses. He quickly glanced at the end of the oath scroll and instantly narrowed his eyes. On top of that thing, he found that there seemed to be five names missing, the ones that should have been on it.

After completing the signature oath, Qin Lun discovered that Baron Albert and Bonny were much more affectionate towards him. They were no longer as polite as they used to be.

“Haha, Doctor Stan, congratulations on becoming one of us. Let’s go back now! In two days, when the other exorcists from Audi á arrive, we will be ready to enter Maya Forest.” Baron Albert handed the glass to Bonny and said with a smile.

This secondary castle contained a large amount of information about the exorcists. Apart from a few maids who had come to clean it up, no servants would normally enter. The wine glasses they were using now had to be brought back to the main castle to be cleaned by their servants.

“Let me do it! Thank you for opening the door to another world for me, making my life even more wonderful and allowing the Stan Clan to share in the glory of the exorcist!” Qin Lun hurriedly took Baron Albert and Bonny’s glasses.

Baron Albert and Bonny did not reject Qin Lun’s hospitality. To them, this was the humble attitude a junior exorcist should have.

“Oh, by the way, is this Albert the first Baron Albert?” As the three of them left, Qin Lun suddenly pointed at the portrait of the tall knight and asked.

“Yes, he is our Albert family’s exorcist ancestor, the first Baron Albert, Lorenzo Albert!” A trace of pride flashed across the baron’s face. “The words below are the clan rules and famous quotes he set after he received the mission to guard Odia!”

“A thousand years of duty, a thousand years of protection, a thousand years of glory!” Qin Lun smiled and nodded, “He is indeed a great knight!”

After returning to the main castle and seeing Baron Albert and Bonny leave, Qin Lun revealed a strange smile. He glanced at the wine cup in his hand and quickly walked towards his room.

In the corridor leading back to her room, Qin Lun unexpectedly met another member of the Albert family. However, it seemed that she did not intentionally wait for her here this time. She was probably just passing by.

“Doctor Stan!” Laura pulled her skirt and nodded to Qin Lun, “Looks like you’ve become an exorcist!”

“Yes, beautiful Miss Laura. I didn’t expect that a chance meeting with your family would expose me to such a mysterious world!” Qin Lun put his hand behind his back and smiled as he nodded in return.

“Nothing in the world is accidental, only inevitable!” A trace of helplessness suddenly flashed in Laura’s eyes. She murmured an inexplicable sentence and left with a heavy heart.

“There are no coincidences in the world, only certainty!”

Looking at Laura’s back, a strange light flashed in Qin Lun’s eyes. Laura Albert was one of the five names that he thought should appear on the exorcist oath scroll but did not actually appear.

The names of the other four were Miller Albert, Elizabeth Albert, Stephen Albert and … Mary Albert!

One of Stephen’s sons and daughters, Miller Albert and Elizabeth Albert, may not be able to become exorcists because of their age. Laura Albert was a noble lady. She looked weak and didn’t seem to have much fighting strength. It made sense that she couldn’t be an exorcist.

Then what about Stephen Albert, Bonnie’s brother and heir to the Baron, why didn’t he become an exorcist … and who was Mary Albert, who had never been mentioned before?

Judging from the tombstone that Qin Lun saw at the Albert family cemetery, Mary Albert was most likely the white figure who didn’t know if it was a human or a ghost.

At that time, Qin Lun’s time was limited, so he couldn’t dig open Mary’s grave to find out what was going on. However, judging from the memorial, Mary was born in 1698 and died in 1732, while Stephen was born in 1694 and died in 1732. The two, 38 and 34, died the same year, four years apart.

Judging from their age, the two of them were either siblings or husband and wife. If they were siblings, when Stephen died, since the entire town of Auditoria knew about it, they would have an impression of Mary who had died the same year.

Since Odia Town had no impression of Mary’s death, apart from the Albert family deliberately concealing it, it meant that Mary’s sense of existence was very weak. Qin Lun deduced that Mary must be Stephen’s wife, and she was very low-key. Perhaps she would be an exorcist who signed other scrolls, which was reasonable.

Qin Lun pushed open the door and entered his room. He raised the two wine glasses in his hand and smiled.

Qin Lun treated Little Miller for the first time and asked Frank to get a medical kit from his room. When he opened the medicine chest, he suddenly discovered that his carefully planned trap had undergone a pleasantly surprising change.

Some of the test tubes actually had fingerprints on them. Judging from the size of the fingerprints, they were the fingerprints of an adult. Someone in the castle entered his room and began to check the medicine chest.

Although Qin Lun had obtained a fingerprint, he still didn’t know whose fingerprint it was. Although he ate and drank tea with the members of the Albert family every day, he was unable to compare their fingerprints. If he rashly asked his servant for teacups and cutlery, it would certainly arouse suspicion.

However, the opportunity to enter the deputy exorcist castle allowed him to obtain the wine glasses used by the Baron and Bonny. Now, he had the opportunity to compare the fingerprints of these two people with those on the test tube.

However, the result of the comparison caused Qin Lun to frown slightly …