Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 214 Reaction of the Parties
Five minutes later, figures appeared in the sewers one after another, surrounding them from all directions. The sound of stampeding on the sewage made the area that had become silent become lively again.

Most of them were wearing well-tailored military uniforms, and a few were wearing black trench coats and walking nimbly. The leader was carrying a pure white bone sword, his face was resolute but full of exhaustion. He was the "Sword of the Goddess" Crestel · Sesima, he didn’t even have time to change his broken windbreaker, he just put it on his body casually, his face was still a little pale, and his strength had not recovered much.

But he knew that Lanerwus' condition would only get worse after he escaped from the union dormitory.

Trackers coming from all directions quickly discovered the previous battlefield. Several members of the Nighthawks "Red Gloves" with dark vision quickly stepped forward and surrounded the body lying on its back in the sewage.

Sesima squatted down while holding the bone sword, and stretched out her hand to test Lanervus's vital signs. A Nighthawk used dark vision to retrieve the half of the arm. He took it and held it against Lanervus. The left arm, which is interrupted at the elbow, fits perfectly.

"It looks like someone started a massacre."

A Loen soldier who came closer with an oil lamp to check said that he had been waiting outside to prevent incidents that required evacuation of the people, and did not know the details of the battle. At this time, seeing the miserable death of Lanerwus, he even With a sympathetic look on his face.

Several Nighthawks did not take it seriously. As the culprits of the Tingen tragedy, they did not mind how ugly Lanervus' death was. They were just curious about who had killed the fleeing Extraordinary before them.

Lanerwus, whose body was riddled with holes, was covered with tarot cards. Sesima reached out and uncovered a few cards, and found that they were all "Queen" cards like the face-up cards.

The card is very new, as if it has just been opened not long ago, but the shape is ordinary and featureless. It is the kind that can be seen everywhere, and its origin cannot be traced.

Putting down the tarot cards and looking at Lanrevus' broken arm, the ritual dagger on his chest and the injuries on his chest and shoulders, Sesima was thoughtful.

He felt that this was not a massacre, but a carefully designed ritual with some symbolic meaning.

Looking up, the soldiers beside him were all talking in low voices, and the Nighthawks also looked confused.

The senior deacon had an idea, but he still needed to return to St. Samuel's Church to verify it.

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Avoiding the gas lights everywhere on the road, Angel returned to the safe house in the East End fearfully.

She first changed out of her cloak and clothes that were stained with blood and sewage, took a shower, washed away the blood of Lanreus on her body, especially the scabbed blood on her right hand that penetrated the other party's body, and then put the clothes on He put away his pants and weapons carefully so that he could clean them with black flames tomorrow to avoid being divined and put on another set of clothes that he had already prepared in the safe house.

Only then did she have time to reflect on this "killing" operation.

Lanervus was able to escape the encirclement and suppression of the Red Gloves led by the "Sword of the Goddess" Sesima. This was somewhat beyond Angel's expectation. This was probably related to the divinity of the "True Creator" in him.

But she also had a plan. She was waiting on the side fully armed, and used magic mirror divination to successfully determine the escape route of Lanerwus who had lost his divinity and could not interfere with the divination. She blocked his only way and blocked the maker. Killed by a fraudster who was responsible for the Evil God's Arrival tragedy in Tingen City.

Before his death, Angel returned all the wounds on the bodies of Captains Klein and Dunn who died in Tingen City to the culprit.

She originally wanted to cause the opponent to lose control during the battle, causing Lanerwus to die with bleeding from his mouth and nose, and burst blood vessels throughout his body, to avenge the innocent people who died in the park without leaving their names in her heart.

Unfortunately, time was limited, so Angel still followed his own selfish intentions and gave priority to the two people he knew.

But no matter, there is one culprit still on the loose, Ince Zangwill.

He cannot escape punishment.

For some unknown reason, the Aurora Society started trying to summon their "True Creator" in Backlund again, and the Witch Cult seemed to be making trouble. There might be Zangwill and his sealed artifacts behind this.Angel believed that as long as he improved his strength and tracked patiently, he would always be able to catch that guy.

By then, everything that happened to Lanervus today will also happen to the defected archbishop, and maybe Angel can come up with some new tricks by then.

With a relieved smile and a comforting citrine in her hand, she quickly fell asleep on the simple bed in the East Side safe house.

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"It's not like you normally come to visit me so early."

In the Earl of Hall's Mansion in Queens, Audrey looked at the excited Viscount Graylingt in the reception room, then looked at the rising sun outside the window and said.

"That's because I have important news to tell you."

Gray Linte looked around cautiously and found that the maids had been pushed away by Audrey. There was no third person around. Only the golden retriever dog that Audrey often brought with her was lying beside the table. Then he lowered his voice. continued.

"I met Cons on the way here, the one who joined MI[-], and he told me some shocking news."

"You should have heard of the Aurora Society, the cult that claimed responsibility for the assassination of the ambassador. They were raided by the military in the middle of the night yesterday, and airships were deployed to encircle and suppress them. A dangerous plot was foiled and several important members were killed."

The Aurora Society... I remember that what they worship is the "True Creator", so could it be a secret operation of the Church of the Night?Xio should have reported Lan Erwusi's incident yesterday afternoon...

Audrey was thinking about it, but Gray Linte, who couldn't hold back his words, was already minding his own business and continued:

"One of them is the wanted fraudster named Lanerwus. I heard that he defrauded tens of thousands of pounds in Tingen. I didn't expect that this person was related to the Aurora Society. He also fled to Backlund and was preparing to do something. Some big plans.”

"You said he was killed, which means..."

Audrey asked, thinking of Xio's previous request to her.

"Of course he died, but not in the hands of those who were chasing him. That's the strange thing I want to say. His body was found in the sewer. He died in a horrible state. He was covered with a lot of tarot cards, all of which were ' Queen's card, think about how weird that is..."

Tarot cards, or the Queen card!
Audrey's eyes widened and she could barely maintain her "audience" state.

This is what our Tarot Society did, and it was Miss "Queen" who did it!
It turned out that she disappeared from the Tarot Club for so long to track down Lanerwus, from Tingen City to Backlund, and finally killed the guy who carried the divinity of the "True Creator" before the official staff.

Importantly, "Justice", which is me, also played a key role in providing intelligence and assisting in the investigation.

She almost wanted to pump her fists to encourage herself, but finally calmed down and continued to listen to Gray Linte's endless talk.

But her eyes were wandering, and her mind was no longer in this reception room, but floating above Backlund, to the level of gods.

With the divinity of "True Creator", Lanerwus's plans are definitely not small. If he and Aurora succeed, they will definitely bring disaster to Backlund and even the entire kingdom. And these plans, under the mobilization of Mr. Fool , it was easily solved by a small character like me.

Of course, in the end, it was Miss "Queen" who took action and killed Lanerwus.

But I also participated in this kind of game at the divine level, which was really...

so cool!
Susie, who was a little sleepy on the side, looked at Audrey, whose cheeks were red, and Gray Lint, who didn't notice that the person in front of her was distracted, and blinked in confusion.

————"Please help me get the files on the incident in Tingen City."

With a tired look on her face, Sesima put on a new windbreaker, sat on a back chair in a conference room under the St. Samuel's Church, and said to a night watcher next to her.

When the other party nodded and was about to leave, he added:
"Also, help me summon all the team captains and deacons to come over for a meeting."

Then he looked at the action report placed on the table in front of him and fell into deep thought.

Not long after, Dailly Simone entered the room. She returned to her previous black hooded robe, with eye shadow and blush on her face. She found a seat and sat down casually, her eyes scanning the unfocused stuff. Sima, fell on the report in front of him.

Dai Li said "Huh", took the report and quickly looked through it. A trace of anger soon appeared on her face, and she asked in a low voice:

"Why didn't I know what happened last night?"

"Why didn't you call me when you arrested Lanerwus?"

"You clearly know what he did!"

Sesima woke up from her meditation, looked at Dai Li who was suppressing her anger, and replied:
"I didn't inform you precisely because I knew what he had done. Your participation in the operation would bring unnecessary hidden dangers to everyone." He seemed to have thought of something, grinning at the corner of his mouth, revealing an invisible face. A tooth, "A Tingen City night watcher who is undergoing training in the temple is just like you. He thinks about revenge all day long, but I have to be responsible for the entire team in the operation and eliminate any unstable factors."

"I'm not a newcomer who can't bear my emotions. I will be calm and obey orders," Dai Li said with a sneer. "My anger will only explode after Lanerwus is arrested. I will punish him with all the punishments I can think of." Using it on him will make him understand that men are also fragile..."

She was thinking about how to torture Lanerwus without any image. It was not until a Nighthawk captain and deacon entered the room that Daly stopped talking obscenely.

Seemingly seeing Daley like this for the first time, Sesima looked at the angry "Necromancer" with complicated expressions until all the participants sat down.

The team captains and deacons also looked worriedly. Most of them had heard about the tragedy in Tingen City and the relationship between Dai Li and a certain captain.

A Nighthawk walked into the room and handed Sesima the file of events in Tingen City.

While the latter was looking through the files, he asked other team captains who were performing different tasks to report their work. Dai Li lost all her strength after the explosion just now, and her eyes stayed on the report on the encirclement and suppression of Lanerwus in front of her, motionless.

"The autopsy report of Lanerwus shows that in addition to the huge wounds on the chest and abdomen caused when fighting Lord Sesima, there were four larger wounds, and more than twenty small wounds all over the body, many of which were cauterized. Traces. The fatal injury was a penetrating wound to the chest. It was not penetrated by a sharp weapon, but seemed to be an attack from behind with bare hands. In addition, there was the left forearm that was cut off from the elbow, and a stab wound on the chest caused by a common ritual dagger. Well, we can’t rule out that it was the left arm that was severed by this ritual dagger.”

A captain read the report in his hand.

"In addition, there is a penetrating injury on his right shoulder similar to that on his chest, but strangely, the clothes there are not damaged, just like..."

"It's like a wound transferred from somewhere else, isn't it?"

Sesima, who was looking down at the file, raised her head and interjected, then threw the file in her hand on the table, and the nearest deacon took it and took a look.

"It's similar to the way those three people died, right?"

He seemed to be asking the deacon who was looking at the file, but his eyes were fixed on Dai Li.

"...Yes," Dai Li answered, her voice a little hoarse, as if caused by the roar just now, "The wound on Dunn's chest was moved to his right shoulder, but in the end he still lost too much blood... Klein's left arm was injured It was cut with a sharp weapon, and there was a wound on the chest that penetrated from behind, and Angel..."

"The witch from Tingen was stabbed into the heart with a sharp instrument and died."

The deacon holding Tingen City's files answered.

"No, she is not a witch!"

Dai Li, who was still angry, looked at the deacon angrily, then seemed to wake up, said "Sorry" and sat back in the armchair.

The deacon had a bit of confusion and offended anger on his face, but he looked at his colleagues who were looking at him with complicated eyes and didn't say anything.

"Isn't this the time to quarrel? Besides, aren't we talking about Backlund? Miss Angel Granger is our colleague, and she is a hero who died for Tingen. Please don't call her that again in the future. .”

Soest, who was sitting on the other side of the long table, tried to smooth things over, but his tendency was very obvious, attracting a strange look from the deacon who had made a mistake.

"Okay, continue to report."

Sesima brought the topic back on track.

"The corpse of Lanerwus was covered with many tarot cards. It may be some kind of symbolic ritual or the murderer's personal habits. We tend to be the former. This is probably the work of an organization we don't understand yet. Carry out activities.”

"Does the whistleblower have any clues?"

"The letter of report forwarded from Silveras Field was submitted anonymously, while the report from St. Samuel's Church was directed by a bounty hunter. One of her companions was killed while investigating Lanrewus. Let this bounty hunter hold a grudge and report it in anger.”

The other captain replied.

"Based on this clue, we found out about the gas explosion that occurred on Dharavi Street in the East District on Friday night. At that time, the police found traces of supernatural power and reported it to the Mechanical Heart team in charge of that area. The final investigation has not yet came out, but local witnesses once saw a woman fighting a tall enemy. Through the testimony, we judged that it was a 'witch' and a 'Rose Bishop'."

Bishop Rose?

Sesima thought of the "idiot Rose Bishop" that Lanerwus had said before escaping. It seemed that he was probably the extraordinary person who committed murder and arson in the East District.

But who is that "witch"?

There are many burn marks on Lanrevus' body, which also belong to the "witch"'s ability to control the cursed flame...

Looking at the deacon who just shouted "The Witch of Tingen", he thought of the woman he saw in the Serenity Church, Angel Granger.

Unexpectedly, she found clues so quickly and started her own revenge.

Putting away her thoughts, Sesima stopped discussing the topic of "witches" and instead chatted with them about the plot of the "True Creator" and the possible follow-up actions of the Aurora Society.

Dai Li, who had regained her composure, looked thoughtfully at Sesima, who had changed the subject, and fell into deep thought.

　Happy Mid-Autumn Festival... 4000 words, is this just an extra update?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)