PS: Thank you to "nykfany" and "nxcx" for their tips.
"Ring ring ring …" That afternoon, the phone suddenly rang and awakened Sei Itō, who was comprehending the power of the rules of the main world.
It had been five days since the last time Bartlett contacted him. In these five days, not only did Sei Itō finish setting up the black sphere system in the entire United Kingdom, he also returned to the Magical Realm on the third day after the contact to see Betty, Ingrid, and Bella, the three magic consultants he had hired. He roughly told them that he was busy recently and gave them a short break before returning to the outside world. He wandered around the United Kingdom with a sightseeing mentality while waiting for Bartlett's notification.
"Hello." He reached out to take the phone from the side and lowered his head to casually look at the caller displayed on the phone screen. Then, his expression became serious as he pressed the answer button and put the phone to his ear.
"Tomorrow at 5: 30 p.m., meet thirty-five kilometers southeast of the border between French Algeria and Spanish Morocco." Bartlett's voice had a rare seriousness on the phone.
"Got it." Sei Itō nodded and said.
Then, there was nothing else to talk about, so the two hung up and ended the call.
"Thirty-five kilometers southeast of the border between Algeria and Morocco … I remember that is the edge of the Sahara Desert. Could it be that the so-called temple is located in the Sahara Desert?" Sei Itō, who casually put the phone aside, pondered.
"Forget it, who cares if it is in the Sahara Desert. Now is the time to prepare some things to deal with those unknown dangers! "After a moment, Sei Itō temporarily put these brainless thoughts aside and sighed softly.
Then, with a thought, he summoned all the special materials he had bought from the Alchemist Association and the Magical Realm in front of him and began to make them into the items he wanted one by one.
Just like that, in the midst of non-stop manufacturing, it was already late at night in the blink of an eye. After that, Sei Itō, who had put away all the completed items, sat cross-legged on the bed again and assumed a posture with his palms facing the sky as he began to cultivate and recharge his energy. He wanted to be in the best state to deal with any situation he might encounter tomorrow.
Unknowingly. The dark sky turned blue again, and the warm sunlight shone on Sei Itō through the hotel window.
"It's time to depart," Sei Itō muttered to himself as he slowly opened his eyes, "It's time to depart." Then, he stood up from the bed and put his phone into the Rubik's cube world to cut off Bartlett's possible signal location. Only then did he leave the room after a simple bath and a meal. He went to the lobby on the first floor and paid for the room. He activated Instant Transmission in a place where no one was around and rushed to the location mentioned in the phone call at high speed.
Algeria was located in Africa, close to the Mediterranean Sea, and across the sea from Spain on the European continent. Therefore, in terms of distance, it was one of the African countries closest to the United Kingdom. Therefore, Sei Itō, who used Instant Transmission, did not take long to officially enter Algeria's territory and appeared in the nearest town to the designated location. He bought a set of very Islamic clothes and changed into them before walking to the designated location.
However, Sei Itō did not choose the best time. It was the hottest time of the day. Therefore, Sei Itō soon felt the troublesome high temperature and hot ground brought about by traveling at this time of the day. Fortunately, Sei Itō was not an ordinary person. When he really could not bear the heat, he directly opened his virtual domain and turned it into a thin layer of film that stuck to his skin. Then, he cast an ice cooling spell between the virtual domain film and his skin to cool himself down.
Just like that, Sei Itō, who was no longer troubled by the high temperature, arrived at the designated location that Bartlett told him about at around one o 'clock in the afternoon.
"Seems like I'm early," Sei Itō said with a smile when he saw that there was no one else at the designated location.
Sei Itō did not seem to make any movements, but the golden sand under his feet immediately retreated like flowing water. In a short while, a pit was formed under Sei Itō's feet and Sei Itō slowly sank into the sand.
"This should be the place." When his entire body was immersed in the sand and he could no longer feel the external heat, Sei Itō stopped controlling the sand. He closed his eyes and rested in the sand while waiting for Bartlett and the others to arrive.
A few hours later, a slight vibration came from the surrounding sand and woke up Sei Itō who was resting with his eyes closed.
"They're here." Sei Itō, who knew the cause of the vibration, thought to himself. He once again controlled the surrounding sand and slowly rose from the ground.
The moment Sei Itō rose from the ground, four to five large dune buggies immediately appeared in front of him and drove towards Sei Itō's location at high speed.
"Hahahaha …" Half a minute later, the sound of wheels rolling over sand could be heard. The large dune buggies slowly stopped near Sei Itō. Then, a middle-eastern-looking young man who was about 1.8 meters tall and wore a strange combat uniform jumped down from one of the dune buggies and walked towards Sei Itō who had not moved at all.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Sei Itō?" The young man stopped about two meters away from Sei Itō and asked loudly.
"That's me," Sei Itō said faintly.
"I'm Mr. Bartlett's subordinate. Mr. Bartlett is currently on one of the dune buggies. Please follow me," the young man said after he saw Sei Itō's acknowledgment. He relaxed his tense body and said.
"No need, I'll just find a random car and follow you," Sei Itō refused as he was still wary of Bartlett. Then, he stomped on the ground and jumped onto the top of one of the large dune buggies while creating a shallow pit in the sand.
The young man who didn't expect Sei Itō to do this looked at Sei Itō with his mouth agape. In the end, he could only return to the dune buggies with a helpless expression and reply to Bartlett. Not long after. As the bodies of the dune buggies trembled slightly, a few large dune buggies started up again and sped towards the endless Sahara Desert.
Just as Sei Itō thought the dune buggies wouldn't stop along the way, the convoy stopped once again and met up with the other two groups of people before starting the dune buggies again and driving off into the distance.
This time, the enlarged convoy didn't stop along the way. It wasn't until a few hours later when the entire desert was filled with cold air that they stopped at a certain spot.
"Bang bang bang bang …" As the vehicles stopped, a large number of people began to jump off the large dune buggies. In the blink of an eye, there was a group of more than thirty people. They split into three groups and stood on the sand.
What surprised Sei Itō was that. One of the three groups of people was actually a team of Eastern and Western people. The few Easterners in the team were obviously martial artists or martial arts experts. Each of them had a mysterious light in their eyes. They seemed to be careless, but they were actually very vigilant as they looked around.
"Sir. His Excellency Bartlett requests your presence. "At that moment. At this moment, one of Bartlett's subordinates came to Sei Itō's side and said.
"Bring me over." Sei Itō nodded and said after noticing Bartlett was with a few strangers. He then followed the person who came to inform him. He walked towards Bartlett and the stranger.
"This is the last collaborator?" As soon as Sei Itō walked into the circle, one of the strangers had sunken eyes and a tall nose. He looked very British. A middle-aged man around 35 years old frowned and said.
As the middle-aged man spoke, the other strangers all looked towards Sei Itō. Especially the man who was obviously Chinese. He looked at Sei Itō with interest. He didn't expect the last collaborator to not only be an Easterner but also such a young one.
"That's right. Don't underestimate him just because he's young. His strength has already reached Grade-A. Even I had no choice but to pull him into the collaboration plan after I couldn't find any trouble with him." Bartlett glanced at Sei Itō meaningfully and said.
As soon as Bartlett finished his sentence, everyone's expression changed. They looked at their young collaborator with a serious expression.
"Bartlett really doesn't have good intentions. He's obviously trying to use me as a target." Sei Itō felt the change in the atmosphere in the training hall but his expression didn't change.
"Bartlett, aren't you going to introduce them to me?" Sei Itō looked at the strangers and asked Bartlett calmly.
"Of course." Bartlett smiled and pointed at the middle-aged man who spoke first. "This is Grand Knight Adam Hill from the Knights of the Round Table in England."
"It's the Knights of the Round Table! So it seems that the two men guarding this guy named Adam are also knights of the Knights of the Round Table! "Ito Sei was slightly surprised and thought to himself.
"This is Mr. Chen Hongde from the American Freemasonry." Bartlett moved his arm and pointed at the Chinese man who was about 1.8 meters tall, had a well-proportioned body, and looked to be in his forties. He had a faint smile on his face as he introduced him.
"Xinghui." Compared to the arrogant Adam Hill, Chen Hongde, who maintained the principle that harmony breeds wealth and didn't easily make enemies, spoke to Sei Itō.
"Xinghui." Sei Itō cupped his fist and replied to Chen Hongde in Chinese. At the same time, he thought to himself, "I didn't expect to see a real member of the Freemasonry here! I remember that they were the product of the combination of the anti-Qing and anti-Qing organizations and the Freemasonry during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. I wonder how much of the characteristics of the ancients they have retained after such a long time! "
Chen Hongde's eyes lit up when he saw Sei Itō's way of returning the greeting. An even brighter smile appeared on his face. Meanwhile, Bartlett and Adam frowned slightly when they saw Sei Itō and Chen Hongde's reactions. No one knew what they were thinking.
"Hehe, they're already thinking about it. This way, I'll be even safer." Sei Itō, who had been paying attention to Bartlett all this time, immediately noticed the changes in his expression and laughed in his heart.
"Alright, now that everyone is here, let's confirm the last thing." Bartlett said to everyone after they finished greeting each other.
"Don't worry. After entering the Divine Temple, we will do our best to cooperate with Sir Bartlett and complete the exploration of the Divine Temple. However, after this is over, don't forget what you promised." Chen Hongde looked at Bartlett and said.
"Don't worry about this, Mr. Chen. You should know that our Sage Parliament has never broken our promises." Bartlett looked at Chen Hongde and smiled.
"Sage Parliament … Looks like this Bartlett is a big shot in the Sage Parliament. No wonder his Dark Moon organization is so powerful. Although they aren't well-known, I wonder what role this Bartlett plays in the Sage Parliament." Sei Itō thought to himself after hearing the conversation between Chen Hongde and Bartlett.
"Since we've made a promise, we won't go back on it. This is one of the rules of us knights." The arrogant Adam said with disdain.
"If that's the case, then please hand over the parts in your hands to me." Bartlett, who knew a lot about the rules of knights, nodded and said to everyone. He believed Adam's words.
Hearing Bartlett's request, no one objected. They handed over the parts in their hands to Bartlett one by one. Other than the wooden stick in Sei Itō's hand, the Knights of the Round Table handed over a bead and some fragments. The Freemasonry handed over two rings, a container, and a similar pile of fragments.
After taking all the parts in his hands, Bartlett turned around and put them together with the parts and fragments his subordinates took out. Then, he activated all the parts and fragments with an unknown special method.
In an instant, a pale green light suddenly emerged from the pile of fragments and parts. It wrapped around them and slowly floated in the air, gradually moving closer to each other. Then, the moment all the light balls touched each other, they emitted a dazzling light that illuminated the cold desert under the dark night sky.
After a while, when all the light disappeared, a strangely shaped dark green object that looked like an enlarged hexagonal snowflake appeared in the air. It floated under the support of an unknown power.
"It's done. Now, we just need to wait for my subordinates to finish setting up the altar and the opening time." Bartlett reached out and grabbed the temple key with a smile.
After hearing Bartlett's words, Sei Itō noticed that not far away, Bartlett's subordinates were building a stair-shaped but pointless square golden tower in the desert.
"I see. No wonder Bartlett is in charge of this operation. It's because he has the most information." Sei Itō narrowed his eyes and thought to himself.
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