Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 283 A regrettable harvest

It was not until late at night that Angel returned to the safe house in the East District through the sewers and unlit alleys throughout the city.

The surrounding residents had already turned off their lights to rest, and she did not dare to light the gas lamp. Instead, she went to the bedroom in the dark, took off her blood-stained clothes, treated the wounds on her body a little, and put on another set of clothes.

Angel took the healing potion he bought from the pharmacist Darkwill on the way. At this time, the wound caused by Ms. D's extraordinary ability through the "arbitrator" path had mostly healed, but there was still a small amount of blood leaking out. , and quickly wetted the bandaged gauze. Fortunately, the medicine made by the "pharmacist" through his extraordinary ability also had bactericidal ability, avoiding the possibility of subsequent wound infection.

After taking care of these things, she had time to sit at the desk in the bedroom and carefully study tonight's harvest.

After Ms. D's death, there was no doubt that she had developed extraordinary characteristics, but apart from the dagger that looked like it was made of bone, there were actually two different extraordinary characteristics. This was what Angel was most curious about.

First, he picked up the object with a glimmer of light wrapped in the darkness. Angel placed it behind a palm-sized magic mirror, touched the mirror surface, and performed a magic mirror divination with it as the target.

"Mirror Mirror, tell me, why does the owner of extraordinary characteristics pretend to be someone else?"

This is the issue she is most concerned about at the moment, not to mention that the remaining characteristics belonging to Ms. D will decrease rapidly over time. If the divination is not done immediately, it is very likely that no results will be obtained.

Some picture fragments quickly appeared on the mirror. Just as Angel was worried, a few hours passed and the divination results were in pieces. She only vaguely heard "the earl's estate", "the duke", "next year's plan" and other unknown things. short sentence, but one thing that is certain is that Ms. D really intends to become Audrey and get close to Earl Hall.

Audrey, the "mind reader" who is good at observing other people's expressions and movements, was not able to spot her disguise. If Earl Hall didn't have a powerful Beyonder beside him, he would most likely be fooled by her!

Thinking with some fear, Angel touched the magic mirror and asked the second question.

"Mirror Mirror, tell me, which sequence does this extraordinary characteristic belong to?"

A windowless secret room soon appeared in the mirror. Ms. D, who was wearing a black robe, looked at a piece of parchment with unclear contents, then mixed a cup of potion that was as red as blood, and slowly approached the corner where the cross was placed. A tall man who was being cuffed drank the magic potion in one gulp, and then his whole body seemed to turn into a shadow, attached to the man's body.

As the man screamed at the top of his lungs, his body melted into a pool of flesh and blood, and out of the flesh emerged the naked Ms. D. The latter trembled and knelt on the ground, unable to stand up for a long time.

The mirror surface became calm, but Angel's heart did not calm down for a long time.

According to Laura, starting from Sequence 6 to Sequence 5, you need to perform the corresponding promotion ceremony when taking the magic potion. Obviously, this is the case for Ms. D in the divination screen. Then this extraordinary characteristic should be the "shepherd" after his death. The characteristics of precipitation.

Unfortunately, the divination information was insufficient, and the formula for the "Shepherd" potion was not obtained, and the ceremony was incomplete. She only knew that her promotion led to the death of a man, but the identity and sequence of the other man were completely unclear.

Based on what she knew about the difficulty of a "Devil" being promoted to Sequence 5, I am afraid that the sacrifice for him to be promoted to "Shepherd" is at least a similar Sequence, and may even be a Sequence 5 Beyonder...

Although no more information could be obtained, fortunately, the divination process went very smoothly, and the extraordinary characteristics were not contaminated by Ms. D’s loss of control before her death. This Sequence 5 Extraordinary characteristic means a gold pound that far exceeds the Sequence 6 characteristics. Or even a magical item that has the ability to "herd".

After carefully placing it back on the table, Angel looked at the flat object next to him, about the same size as a human face, and constantly changing colors and surface textures.

It is said to be about the same size as a human face, but in fact it looks like human skin peeled off a human face, but there are no blood marks or subcutaneous tissue on both sides, and the surface is constantly changing, sometimes with skin lines, sometimes like It's a hard stone.

Next to it is the last harvest of the night. It is about 20 centimeters long, with a sharp top and a shape like a dagger, but its surface is pale and the end is slightly bulging, like a human leg bone that has been violently broken.With a slight touch, Angel felt bursts of inexhaustible strength in her body. She knew that this item had probably been integrated with part of Ms. D's body and could be used directly like the "Crimson Eye", but she didn't dare to know the side effects. Try further.

Through magic mirror divination, she quickly confirmed that the "human skin" came from the Beyonder of the "Faceless Man" sequence, and the leg bone dagger was the extraordinary characteristic of the "Dawn Knight".

If the divination result is correct, it means that after the death of the "Shepherd", the extraordinary characteristics of all the souls "herded" by her will be analyzed one by one. This includes the Faceless and Dawn Knights that have been obtained, but there must still be There are other characteristics that have not yet been released, such as a certain sequence of the "Interrogator" path, a certain sequence of controlling the flame spear...

There is also the "Crimson Eye" that she stuffed into Ms. D's body at the critical moment. The characteristics of the "Bishop Rose" and the pollution on it belonging to the "True Creator" have disappeared, perhaps with other delayed precipitation characteristics. At the same time, he was picked up by the official extraordinary people who arrived later.

But the situation was urgent at that time. The "Black Emperor" ghost transformed by Sherlock was delaying time on the ground and blocking the arrival of the official Beyonders. She could only quickly pick up some of the precipitated characteristics and leave the scene.

Even the two extraordinary properties that have been obtained have been combined with part of the body tissue to form a strange state of half properties and half magical items.

The former can be directly covered on the face and turn into different faces according to the user's intention. It seems that Ms. D probably used the ability of the "faceless man" to transform into the appearance of Esilante and deceive Audrey. ; The latter can greatly increase the user's power. This is the ability of the characteristic itself and is a very primitive usage.

"Perhaps with the help of the power of 'artisans', we can further process them and make them into real magical items. Although it will have negative effects, the effect will be more perfect. Unfortunately, I only know one craftsman, and she is also a member of 'Machine Heart' , if I hand over these Beyonder characteristics to her, especially the 'Shepherd' characteristics, it will definitely expose my involvement in tonight's battle..."

Angel looked at the human skin and leg bone daggers on the table and fell into deep thought.

"It's better to go to the Tarot Club to inquire first. Mr. Hanged Man may have other channels for craftsmen. The disposal of the trophies also needs to be discussed with Miss Justice to avoid exposing our identities..."

After thinking about it, she decided to wait until tomorrow's tarot meeting before disposing of these trophies.

Put the "Shepherd" characteristic into a box that isolates spirituality, and the other two semi-combined characteristics are also placed separately to prevent them from being further affected by other objects and merging into something more inexplicable. Then Angel put on his hood and recited silently. With the honorable name of Mr. Fool, I will conduct tonight’s report.

"Mr. Fool," after reciting the Fool's honorable name, she first reported tonight's events in detail, and then said, "Thanks to the help of your disciple Sherlock Moriarty, I have avoided He took corresponding risks in the official hunt for extraordinary people, and I am willing to pay a certain price for it."

After a moment, she added:
"In addition, please tell Miss Justice that she will soon face inquiries and reviews from official Beyonders and needs to prepare for this. If the Nighthawks are responsible for this matter, she may need a little help from you. "

Judging from Angel's two-month experience as a Nighthawk, Audrey will most likely face the first interrogation the next morning. She is a victim of the incident, and the official Beyonders will not use strong methods to interrogate her at that time. situation, but if the "Nighthawk" is responsible, Nightmare can get the information he needs in a less drastic way.

Angel has the confidence to lie in dreams, but Audrey, as a Sequence 8 "mind reader", does not have such ability. Currently, only Mr. Fool can help her.

And no matter how Audrey responds, she will be exposed to the sight of the official Beyonders as "Eileen Watson" who appears with her at the scene. The two escorts and personal maid Anne who followed her to the seminar have all seen her. , also knows his apparent identity. Even if Audrey lies to get her out, once the scope of evidence collection is expanded, she can't hide it from anyone.

"Fortunately, this is just my false identity. As believers of the Goddess of the Night, Earl Hall's family is likely to face scrutiny from the Nighthawks. Their methods are relatively 'mild' and will make Audrey invite me to Hall." home, and then questioned me through dreaming, channeling, etc., instead of enlarging the examination of everyone, even Servilia. As for communicating with each other in dreams, I have rich experience... "

She recalled tonight's battle and the various loopholes in her apparent identity after coming to Backlund, and quickly formulated a corresponding plan.

Then, she glanced at the moon outside the window, closed the curtains, and lay directly on the bed. Fighting against the pain from the wounds in various parts of her body and the desire accumulated after taking off the "Crazy Ring", she gradually fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)