The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 389: Intertwined fate

Joseph Bakker...is Elle's biological father, the "Sledgehammer Brother" in the gallery.

At that time, Ariel Morrison's name was still Ariel Bakker.

The reason why Joseph abandoned Ariel and divorced her mother at that time was because Ariel's mother...his own apprentice Clara planned to use the child to blackmail her mentor.

She hopes to get more benefits from Joseph...for example, to become a real wizard, or even a great wizard and mentor.

——In fact, Joseph had already given her a lot of things.

After Annan completely cleared the gallery and handed the final result of the matter to Joseph...it was only then that Joseph told Annan the whole truth.

Also a fragment of the last part of history:

In fact, Clara has no talent as a wizard at all.

The occult knowledge that Joseph gave to Claire - including the secret book written by someone from the Winter family that records the Black Widow, the Skeleton Lord, and many other gods, as well as books containing the secrets of many false gods, etc. wait. They were all gifts given to her by Joseph.

His original meaning is also very clear.

Joseph knew that the other party did not have the talent to become a wizard, so he gave her this book in the hope that the other party could become a ritualist.

Claire is not the kind of person who is particularly keen on the way of wizards anyway. It learns spells just in the hope that it can improve its status and become a great person.

It's just that Joseph didn't expect... In the end, Claire chose to become a "Spider Whisperer".

... He doesn't want to stay with the Black Widow's followers for a long time.

Maybe one day, he will be poisoned unknowingly.

But Joseph's wife and children were separated, and it was his own fault.

Because Clara was selected into the White Tower because of his direct recommendation... At that time, Clara had not yet begun to believe in the Black Widow, nor had she been exposed to the taste of power and wealth. She was still thirteen A four-year-old, innocent and lovely young girl.

To put it simply, he is greedy for other people's bodies. So he took action directly and changed the trajectory of her life.

——What Clara looks like can be seen from Ai Lei.

And her family are real, real ordinary people.

Her father was a dock worker and her mother was a female worker in a textile factory. Not to mention that he wasn't from a noble family, he didn't even know how to read. Her greatest advantages are her outstanding appearance and her willingness to endure hardship.

This is why Joseph fell in love with her. He even made Clara his Silver-level secret keeper - the power of the oath allowed Clara to directly increase some basic perception attributes, allowing her to barely pass the exam.

By the way, Annan’s cursed secret keeper was Dove who was guarding his advancement at that time. Then he thought it would be bad not to tell Kaifuni, so he told Kaifuni again.

This has no confidentiality value anyway.

To put it bluntly, "he can't actually see with his left eye." Nothing else.

After Annan discovered that the silver-level "curse" could improve attributes, he planned to use it as a reward for the next stage of the main quest - it could not only strengthen players, but also show that he trusts them, and strengthen his oath. Power.

This is called killing three birds with one stone.

As a result, Joseph did not expect that Clara's personality would soon change after being invited into the White Tower by him... But she had already learned about Joseph's curse, and even gradually began to blackmail him in return.

It might not be called blackmail, but she was indeed constantly asking for more things from Joseph.

Rather, it is precisely because she is used to living a hard life and lacks a sense of security that she is particularly concerned about the quality of her future life. And because of Joseph's need for control, she didn't know other wizards, so she could only ask for more from Joseph.

If she had followed her original life trajectory, she would have married a foreman, a government clerk, or a teacher... With the best luck, she would have been able to marry a young cleric.

Unless the cleric suddenly advances to the level of a bishop, she will not be able to achieve a class jump in her lifetime.

After she came into contact with the world of wizards, this became possible——

As long as she can graduate and become an official wizard, she can be hired by local nobles and live her whole life without worries... Even the nobles must respect her. Coupled with her carefully cared for appearance and figure, if she is lucky, she can directly become a noble lady.

Yes, although the status of a silver-level wizard is much higher than that of the local nobles.

But Clara still hopes that Joseph can get a title, preferably a fief, or get more money or something... But Joseph himself knows that he doesn't need to do this at all.

As a command wizard, he is the only extraordinary person with "the ability to detect lies and truth that can be seen by a third party." Whether it is to check the owner of an item, or to determine whether the other person is lying or carrying poisons and dangerous items, or to check the cause of wounds, to see through other people's real names... and the spatial abilities that can be easily used, such as putting Someone pushes out or exchanges their positions.

The edict school is actually the most convenient school in real life.

He will be the best policeman, detective, and bodyguard. Any noble must befriend at least one edict wizard, otherwise it will be difficult to move forward when trouble comes.

It would be better to say that if the edict wizard had his own territory and title, it would be much more inconvenient... because he would no longer be objective.

But Clara couldn't understand this. She even contacted some jobs and asked him to use his magic to do some illegal things - and if Joseph refused, Clara would mention that Joseph, as her mentor, did not allow her to graduate and become a wizard.

——This is actually the direct cause of the intensification of their conflicts.

Considering age...

Louis is thirty years old this year. His father died shortly after his birth, and he was personally taught by his eldest brother Alexander when he was in the Knights. Therefore, Alexander should have performed his mission fifty years ago. The time when Ailei's mother died was almost forty-six or seven years ago.

So, maybe Joseph even fought against Alexander back then...

Just because there was a major problem with the intelligence, Alexander must have let many people go...perhaps including Ai Lei's mother.

Annan thought of this, so he immediately asked:

"Your Excellency Alexander...do you know a man named Joseph Bakker?"

"...where?"

Perhaps because it was so long ago, Alexander was a little confused for a moment.

After Annan reminded him that this was what happened at Frozen Water Port forty-five years ago, Alexander suddenly had a flash of realization in his eyes.

"You mean...'Hand of Justice' Bakr? I do know him, but I haven't seen him for a long time. He should be dead.

"Yes...I have seen him. In fact, I was the ex-wife who was chasing him at that time, although I still failed to arrest her in the end - because she exceeded her own strength and forcibly used ritual preparation to poison her. When I used the poison, I died because of the failure of the ritual."

He shook his head with regret: "It's a pity.

"Although his ex-wife was arrested, according to the law, she will still be sentenced to death...

"...but in fact, Bakker had already talked to me at that time."

When he said this, he paused and added calmly: "In other words, I accepted his bribe. Of course, it was within the scope of the 'transaction' allowed by Sir Silver - after all, his ex-wife believed in black Soon, the widow only had time to kill one person. If her crime was changed from 'living sacrifice' to 'murder', and the deposit was paid, it could be shortened to ten years in prison.

"It's just that his ex-wife didn't trust me... In other words, she didn't trust Mr. Bakker, and she died in the end. And I have taken the potion that Mr. Bakker gave me and cannot return it to Him. I'm very sorry for that too.

"So after he returned to the capital, I could only compensate him for my weapon. Although he didn't want to accept it and said it was not my fault, I finally gave him the hammer. .

"That is my favorite curse...not the curse he needs most. But it is to punish myself, so I need to give up what I value most in order to warn myself. ”

Alexander sighed, and said with some regret and nostalgia: "Although I know that this is not in line with the value of what he gave me, this is the greatest compensation I can make."

Zhi Ji asked curiously from the side: "Is it to warn yourself that you should be more serious about what you promise to others?"

"——No, don't make random promises. Especially things you may not be able to do."

Alexander’s eyes were calm and his pupils were deep.

...Wait, hammer?

Annan was suddenly startled.

No way?

Annan suddenly felt ridiculous.

Destiny is really... the best and worst director.

Alexander indirectly killed Clara~IndoMTL.com~, which led Amos to start studying ritual spells, then summoned the Skeleton Lord, betrayed Elle, and finally formed "Nightmare: Gallery". And Amos himself was killed by Bakker, who had the "Right Arm of Breaking Barriers".

...At the same time, without Annan's intervention, Louis might have died in the frozen water port in the end. And with how stubborn he is, perhaps the traitorous angel will have almost hatched by then.

If that overly large hammer was given to Buckle by Alexander... everything is connected.

——This is the cause and effect from outside the nightmare.

From a given destiny.

Annan asked tentatively: "Can I ask? Do you still remember the name of the cursed object?"

The result is no surprise, the answer is just as Annan expected——

"It's called the 'Right Arm of Barrier-Breaking', and it's a one-handed hammer. It's a curse that I want the blacksmith in the church to tailor-make for me."

Alexander replied wistfully.