Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 575 Return to Hong Kong
Backlund North District, St. Samuel's Church.

At ten o'clock in the morning, it was the quietest time for the Church of the Night, the largest church in the Kingdom of Loen. A group of men and women in black trench coats neatly stepped into the door and walked along the narrow aisle, surrounded by exquisite murals and stained glass on both sides. Surrounded by people, they walked towards the large prayer hall.

The leader was a middle-aged man with long sideburns and soft facial features. He held a black straight stick inlaid with gold under his arm and held a file box in his hand.

Behind him are three men and one woman, a total of four younger followers. They are also wearing windbreakers and walking quietly. The frequency becomes the same inadvertently.

This is a "red glove" team of the Nighthawks, led by Sost. They have just solved a serial murder case in Constant, captured two members of the "Devil Family", and were able to return to Backlund to rest. .

Since they were not working, they did not wear conspicuous red gloves. Instead, they quietly entered the large prayer hall, passed by not many believers, and walked towards the altar.

At the end of the team was a young man wearing the same black trench coat as his teammates, with black hair and green eyes, and a casual hairstyle.

He straightened his windbreaker with only two buttons buttoned, glanced casually at the believers in the prayer hall, sighed and said:
"I hope I can rest in Backlund for a few more days this time. Even the 'Sleepless Man' cannot last long with such tiring travel."

"It's hard to say, maybe a week or two, maybe tomorrow we're leaving again. You should have known this when you joined the Red Gloves, Leonard."

Sost, who was walking at the front of the team, chuckled and replied.

Leonard replied somewhat perfunctorily, his green eyes staring at the ground in front of him, wondering what he was thinking.

After waiting for a moment, a fully-armed Klein also appeared next to him, the expression on his face expressing the same doubts as Angel.

"I just want to take advantage of these few days to conduct more investigations. Of course, if you don't let me touch it, I won't touch it."

The voice in his head was silent for a long time. Just when he thought the conversation was over, he heard another sigh:
"Upgrade your rank as soon as possible. You should be able to be promoted to 'Soul Master'."

"Haha, if you are really obedient, that would save me some trouble. But I guess you want to investigate those two men and women who have been involved in many incidents? I advise you to pay attention. Backlund hides too many things. Secret, don’t mess with people and things you shouldn’t mess with because of curiosity.”

"Perhaps the place where he entered was not by this door. After all, we were the 'warriors' who defeated the King of the North, and he did not participate in that battle."

There was a hint of urgency in that voice that was unprecedented in the past.

He disbanded the team and asked the other members to sit on the benches in front of the altar. He prayed to the goddess to heal the fatigue caused by the mission and journey, and he hurriedly left the prayer hall through the passage behind the altar.

With a blur in front of his eyes, Angel returned to the snowfield with the cold wind.

It has been nearly half an hour since Klein smeared the blood and sent the seriously injured pirate general into "Grossell's Travels". Has he recovered from his injuries and is he hiding somewhere?

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"The wind and snow are lighter than last time. Is it going to be spring here too?"

In front of her was the still busy city, behind her were the huge double doors, with fine snowflakes floating above her head, and the frozen soil beneath her feet.

"This is not like the previous one." There was a trace of surprise in Leonard's low voice. From the corner of his eye, he saw Sost return to the prayer hall from behind the altar, and sat down among the believers with a disappointed expression. Lower your head.

The voice in his head immediately exposed his hidden thoughts.

"Why are you concerned about this issue again?" An old voice appeared in his mind, "The traces I left have been cleared long ago. That must be an existence that you can't mess with. Don't think about it anymore. He is again It’s not that I didn’t pay.”

Isn’t he going to find Ms. Daly? Looking at Captain Sost’s back, Leonard curled his lips inaudibly, sat down in the corner, avoiding other teammates, and put his hands together on his forehead. , pretending to be focused on praying, lowered his voice and said:
"Old man, you still didn't feel anything about the 'fire' gloves we sold to that vampire last time?"

Angel speculated.

She thought there would be a battle waiting for her after entering, just in time to test the various abilities of the "Despair" witch, but unexpectedly, she failed.

She murmured and quickly scanned the surroundings, but found no trace of "Admiral Blood."

Angel thought and walked around the door leading into and out of the world in the book, but found no blood stains as expected.

"Fortunately, I have second-hand preparations."

Klein chuckled lightly and took out a piece of deck wood stained with the blood of "Admiral Blood" Senior from his pocket. He used the divination staff method to confirm it and found that Angel's guess was correct. The staff pointed to a location outside the city, rather than a densely populated city where it would be easier to hide.

According to the results of the divination, they quickly found the unconscious Senior beside a forest still covered with frost outside the city.

The unlucky pirate general fell on his head in a deep pit that was originally buried in snow. The wounds on his shoulders from Angel and the penetrating wounds to his chest and abdomen from Klein's "Death Knell" were already obvious. At this rate of recovery, he would be able to wake up in another hour at most, climb out of the pit, and regain some of his combat effectiveness. He used silk threads to pull Senior's limbs and pulled him out of the pit. Angel tested it and found that he would not wake up soon, so he looked at Klein and asked in a searching tone:

"Take it to receive the reward, or turn it into a marionette?"

"I'm not sure if he can pass through that gate without going through the 'King of the North' trial. It's better to turn into a marionette so that he can attach to objects and be taken out by me."

Klein made a decisive decision.

After seeing the battle between demigods, this "Puppet Master" was extremely eager to improve his combat ability. A powerful pirate general and a "Wraith" with various abilities, it was he who enhanced his combat power and summarized his role. Great tool for codes.

Angel nodded, moved away, and watched as Klein stepped forward and stood quietly beside the unconscious Senior, his hands hanging down, motionless as if in a daze.

After a moment, the unconscious body on the ground began to struggle unconsciously. Even though he was unconscious, the outstanding spirituality of the "Wraith Soul" gave Senior a strong sense of crisis.

It's a pity that he was seriously injured and was tied up again and again by invisible silk threads. He also entered the sluggish stage of "marionette transformation". His struggles were slow and weak, and he gradually stopped moving.

A Sequence 5 "Wraith Soul" became a marionette, losing its life and self... Angel looked at Senior's stiff struggling movements with emotion, and evaluated the most important ability of "Maritime Puppet Master" Strength of.

Of course, for me now, the "Spirit Thread" no longer poses much of a threat. I use "Disease" with all my strength, and it only takes a few seconds to make Klein lose focus. After ten seconds, let alone control the spirit body. line, I can't even stand firmly... Not to mention based on my experience in the previous sequences, the "desperate" ability is probably not only obtained when taking potions, but also needs to be explored and combined by myself. Extraordinary abilities are what differentiate them from different witches.

Suppressing the thought of "testing his ability" in his heart, Angel waited for Klein to gradually complete the final control, allowing Senior to stand up in an uncoordinated posture and move his limbs, slowly becoming more vivid and natural.

"finished."

Senior said, his voice cold and emotionless.

"He still retains his previous habitual movements?"

Angel knew that "turning into a marionette" was equal to death, and his subsequent movements and behaviors were all controlled by the marionette master, so he was very surprised by Senior's "reduction degree".

"No, this can only rely on my guessing and imitation. Of course, for a 'faceless man', this kind of imitation is not difficult."

Senior replied in Klein's tone again, and then his body gradually faded and disappeared. At the same time, the figure of the pirate general appeared on a gold coin that Klein took out.

"Let's go, let's leave the world in the book first. I always feel that if I stay here for a long time, I will become part of the story again."

Stuffing the coins into his pocket, Klein said, excitement and joy in his tone.

After obtaining the Beyonder puppet who was also a Sequence 5, he finally felt that the distance between him and Angel had become a little closer.

Facing his strange smile, Angel tilted his head slightly, feeling a little confused.

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The shuttle speed of the spirit world is a hundred times that of the outside world. It didn't take long for the "Queen Anne's Revenge" to cross a distance of thousands of nautical miles and arrive near the island where Port Damier is located.

When she emerged from the spirit world, Anne released the "red-haired girl" who had been swallowed into the belly of the ship. The three-masted sailing ship was now dilapidated and could only pull up the sail with the help of a half-height mast. , slowly sailing towards Damir Port.

This time, "Redhead" probably wouldn't be able to return to the sea without a month of repairs. Fortunately, "Lucky William" who bravely followed Elaine to rescue Angel and Klein showed no other problems after waking up. , highlighting the gold content of his nickname.

But Angel found that this Beyonder of the "monster" pathway never dared to look at Klein, which made her wonder whether the latter's "speciality" would have some adverse impact on this pathway, so that they always "Lucky" to avoid such direct gaze.

The other brave sailors were not harmed. Apart from being a little frightened by the vision before the terrifying "black hand" came, they quickly returned to their posts alive and kicking.

In order to prevent Anne's affairs from being leaked, Anne, an angel in the "arbitrator" channel, used the contract to impose relevant restrictions on all crew members, including Elaine. According to her, on the unnamed island, She had asked many people to try to "kill her", and they all used similar methods to avoid revealing her whereabouts afterwards, and the effect was quite reliable.

However, the angel's current mentality was very different. Angel saw it and did not mention her agreement in the contract to "try to use the 'disaster' spell again after promotion."

"It seems that after meeting Bernadette, this ghost ship has also taken on a life of its own. No, it has become a target..."

She muttered in a low voice, activated the wind-blessed soul of the "Rose Necklace", blew up the strong wind, and tried to make the "red-haired girl" accelerate towards the port.

The sailboat, with its deck almost completely shattered and all three masts broken in the middle, passed through the ships entering and leaving the port at a speed exceeding that of a steamship, and docked at the busy dock with a near-impact attitude.

(End of this chapter)