Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 606 Interrogation and Herding

boom--

What surprised Angel was that Triss actually resisted the temptation to use a substitute, and instead used her body to withstand William's punch. She hit the wall hard, knocking all the decorative paintings off the hanging nails. When she came down, her beautiful face was distorted by pain, but her eyes were still firm.

The invisible thread that was torn off by William changed its position instantly, ejecting her like a slingshot, and moved around in the small bedroom. The position she left was covered by the newly generated golden flames in the next second, and the sacred aura suppressed the "witch" of haze.

Angel, who is hiding in the mirror world, has seen William's potion sequence. His ability to turn Triss's escape behavior into approach obviously belongs to the "lawyer", or "Black Emperor" path, and according to him Judging from the ability to easily reverse the behavior of the "Pain" Witch, it is very likely that it is Sequence 5.

I wonder what special qualities he has besides the abilities of the "Corrupted Baron", that kind of majesty that makes people want to surrender?
The blossoming golden flames are obviously the bright fire of the "Sun Priest", which is similar to the "Sun Brooch" ability possessed by Klein. Perhaps it is the effect of William's pocket watch.

While she was watching the fire from the other side, Triss had returned to the bedroom door while constantly changing positions. The invisible thread was like her other hand. She opened the door in an instant and was about to get out of the room and retreat to the wider living room. .

But with a "click", her thought of opening the door was changed to "lock the door and seal this place." Not to mention the door, even the window on the other side was closed, and the whole room became a closed whole.

Another golden flame followed. This time Triss had no time to dodge, and her body was quickly surrounded by "light fire", burning like a meter-high torch.

boom--

The flames suddenly exploded, mixed with black cursed flames. The delicate body was ignited by the two flames, and in the next second it turned into a short stick covered in flames.

Wand substitute!

Triss appeared at the other end of the bedroom, her body unscathed. Black flames flew out from under her skirt, drew an elegant arc, and rushed towards William. However, under the influence of his "distortion" ability, it seemed like there was no trace of flames. The head moved erratically like a fly, either flying up to the ceiling or hitting the bed, unable to hit directly.

The bedroom seemed to be crumbling under the bombardment of black flames, but it maintained the last trace of "closure" and no sound or movement was transmitted.

Seeing that the long-range attack was ineffective, Triss's face darkened, and a hard ice spike condensed in her hand in a blue light. She held it back like a dagger and stabbed towards William quickly under the pull of the silk thread.

The latter calmly raised one hand and easily blocked the charged blow of the "Pain" Witch. He made a fist with the other hand and hit Triss's shoulder with a normal blow.

This seemingly simple punch knocked the opponent away and fell directly on the door. If his confused concept of "blocking" hadn't still taken effect, I'm afraid the fragile door would have been broken.

No, even a Sequence 5 "Lawyer" cannot have the power to block a full blow from a witch of the same Sequence with his bare hands... Angel has shared combat experience with Klein, who has fought against the "Corrupted Baron", so he knows This approach is not conducive to close combat.

Unless... She immediately thought of the coat that Triss and William handed out when they first entered the bedroom, and thought of another rather shameless ability of the "lawyer" path: bribery.

This ability can be possessed starting from Sequence 7, and will continue to strengthen with promotion. As long as the target is given a certain thing, it can be money, treasures, or wine glasses, or coats, and then it can weaken and confuse the target.

Obviously, when William entered the bedroom, he had already judged that the woman who deliberately approached him was an enemy, and took advantage of the opportunity of passing the coat to "bribe" Triss, weakening her attack and defense!

No wonder, it’s been so long since the battle began, and the “disease” that Triss must have released didn’t even cause him any discomfort. I’m afraid this is also related to the “weakening”...

Angel frowned in the mirror and began to consider whether to join the battle and help Triss who was at a disadvantage.

The reasons for helping are very good: resolve the battle quickly to avoid being discovered by outsiders; prevent Triss from losing control due to being seriously injured, or even end up mutated like Megoose; even if you are a cooperative identity, you can use more power to distribute Have the right to speak.

There is only one reason for not helping:
Triss was still high-spirited and had no intention of calling for help.

The moment she was hit by the door, she adjusted her body posture, her legs touched the door, and turned the impact into power like a spring, launching herself towards William who was standing next to the bed in the center of the bedroom, still holding the Frost in his hand. Blade actually launched another "charged blow".

Even if the melee capabilities between the two were narrowed through "bribery", William did not dare to receive such attacks continuously. He turned sideways to try to avoid the ice spikes, and at the same time used "distortion" to guide Triss's attacks to the other side.

Just when she was about to escape, Triss's face, which had been slightly downwards and hidden in the shadow of her bangs, suddenly lifted up. The perfect curve outlined by her smooth neck and somewhat round chin made William's heart skip a beat, and his lower abdomen felt hot. Suddenly he remembered another battle he had just had with his mistress.

His thoughts diverged in an instant, and then quickly converged due to spiritual reminders.

But this moment of hesitation was enough for Triss to twist the attack to the other side and kick it out, targeting William's knee.

Bang, he was caught off guard and his knees were hit one after another. He felt a sense of weightlessness and fell to the ground top-heavy.

Whoa, the ice thorn in Triss's hand was thrown like an arrow. At the same time, William's right palm was spread out, and his palm was pointed at Triss. His figure appeared differentiated, as if there was a transparent Triss overlapping with him. Constantly alternating, it seems that the two have a strange connection in mysticism.

Poof, the same two muffled sounds of a sharp blade piercing flesh were heard, and William's left shoulder was nailed directly to the carpet. Strangely, there was not much blood due to the huge wound.

Triss, who attacked him, froze. There was also a huge wound on her left shoulder. Blood was pouring out from under the black dress that exposed half of her shoulder, as if she had been cut by an invisible sharp blade with deep bone-visible scars.

But apart from the fact that her face was twisted in pain, she didn't hesitate at all. Her uninjured hand condensed another ice blade, and it fell on William, nailing his other shoulder to the carpet, even if she had to pay the same price for it. The price!
In just a few seconds, the battle situation in the bedroom instantly reversed. Triss exchanged injuries for injuries, severely injuring William Sykes, who had no substitute ability and was not in outstanding physical condition, and thus ended the battle.

Phew, William, whose shoulders could not move and the frost spread to his neck, spat out a mouthful of almost black blood. His face turned pale and flushed.

The "disease" in his body finally broke out under the influence of time and injuries.

Seeing that the opponent had lost his fighting power, Triss slowly knelt down next to William. She was weakened in the "bribery" and was connected to the opponent's body. She suffered the same injury and was almost out of power at this time.

But the "Witch" has the ability to recover from her own injuries. Frost gradually formed on the wounds on her shoulders, and black flames seemed to be pouring out from inside. Her flesh and blood grew rapidly amidst this "injury", and the bleeding slowly stopped. Although Not as fast as "flesh and blood control", but a serious injury as deep as the bone can heal in a day at most.

Watching the other party gradually regain his strength, William's face, twisted in pain, turned a little pale.

Of course, the last straw for him was the figure appearing in the half-length mirror next to him. There's actually another enemy here all along?
He completely gave up on conserving strength, waited for an opportunity to escape, and collapsed completely.

Angel came to reality from the "Mirror World" and looked at Triss, who was pale due to blood loss, but was bracing herself to take out the magic mirror for divination, and said softly:
"Let me do it."

This is quite suspicious of "stealing the spoils", but the two of them determined their responsibilities before the action. Angel only needs to be responsible for monitoring whether anyone else comes to help, while William should be handled by Triss herself.

Therefore, the latter nodded after hesitating for a moment, put down his magic mirror, and recovered from his injuries with peace of mind.

When she came to William's side, Angel did not take out the magic mirror. She was not going to use time-consuming and laborious divination, but planned to "channel" directly.

Generally speaking, channeling is performed on the spirit body of the deceased, but when the gap in spirituality and will between the two is too large, "channeling" can also be used directly to inquire about the living person.

Angel has been promoted to Sequence 4, and William, who is Sequence 5, is seriously injured and weak-willed, making him a good target for experimenting with living psychics.

Easily entering a semi-meditative state, Angel lay on the ground in front of him. William, who was seriously injured, showed a weak aura, and his etheric body was dim. He was quickly controlled and synchronized by her, and fell into a state of confusion.

"who are you?"

Angel tried asking a simple question first.

"William Sikes."

It was like "channeling" with the spirit of the deceased. William's face was blank and he answered honestly.

After asking a few more simple questions and confirming that William had no ability to resist, Angel quickly got to the point:
"Do you know how your last employer, Edsac Augustus, Earl of Rustin, died?"

"I know," William's answer was so straightforward that it surprised both of them. "On the surface, he committed suicide in fear of crime because of colluding with a cult and raising witches. But in fact, someone needed to make him shut up completely. I gave him a few A bullet that can annihilate spirituality, let me kill him."

"Did you do it?"

Triss on the side asked immediately, regardless of her injuries.

Fortunately, William had already entered a state of being "channeled". He turned his head to look at Triss, shook his head and said:

"It's not me. It's difficult for me to approach His Highness the Prince alone, so I handed the bullet to his chief butler Finkel, who will oversee the 'suicide' process."

Upon hearing "suicide", Triss's beautiful face instantly distorted, and then returned to normal, but her tense shoulders indicated that her heart was not calm yet.

After looking at her, Angel continued to ask:
"What happened after that? Everyone who knew about it seemed to have perished in the flames. Why did you survive?"

"Everyone who was not at the scene survived. Most of them were sent to other places. I found another job and am now the deacon of the manor... But it seems that someone is following and monitoring me."

Sure enough, the forces behind him couldn't let him go easily, but why didn't they kill him? Could it be, as bait?
Thinking of this, Angel immediately asked:

"Who ordered you and Finkel to kill Edsac?"

This question seemed to touch the secret deep in William's heart, causing some pain to appear on his originally dull face. Fortunately, he was seriously injured and unable to resist, and his expression soon became dull and he replied:
"Viscount Stratford, the royal family's captain of the bodyguard, and my current employer."

Sure enough, the royal family was directly involved in the "Great Smog" conspiracy, and in order to silence them, they even killed a prince... Angel felt that this answer was expected, but he was a little wary.

The royal family did not kill William after the incident was completed, but arranged for him to work under the chief of the palace guard. The main purpose was definitely surveillance, but it was also possible that he was used as bait to seduce some people who wanted to investigate further. attention.

Then, they sit back and wait!

Thinking of this, Angel no longer hesitated. She quickly ended the channeling and looked at Triss aside. The latter also thought of this quickly and began to summon the black cursed flame through gritted teeth, carefully cleaning her own clothes on the ground. Blood stains to avoid leaving traceable evidence.

But what about William Sykes... Angel looked at William who was gradually regaining consciousness, knowing that he would definitely not be allowed to survive today, but if someone from the royal family conducts a channeling afterwards, Triss's identity will inevitably be exposed. Although he himself Even if they are disguised, they may be included in the tracking list, which will inevitably lead to constant trouble.

Of course, the solution is very simple...

She chuckled lightly, feeling that she had just returned to Backlund for half a month, and it seemed that she had already lost the mentality of traveling at sea for half a year.

With his spiritual energy condensed, Angel immediately controlled the disease that had gradually worsened in William's body. It was like an invisible hand tightened on his pounding heart, causing his heart to stop in a few seconds, with a look of horror and confusion on his face. Go limp.

Then, she took off the "Rose Necklace" around her neck and pressed it directly on William's forehead. The spreading spirituality poured into the necklace, and three rays of light of different colors emerged from it.

They represent the three souls that have been put out to pasture, the "Apostle of Desire," the "Judge," and the "Wind-Blessed One."

Without too much hesitation, Angel chose the soul of the "Judge". A male soul with long cheeks and a painful face roared away silently, and extraordinary characteristics with bright yellow light quickly gathered around the necklace.

The "judge" characteristics of Heras, who died under Angel, reappeared in the world.

At the same time, an invisible cold wind blew around Angel, Triss, and William, who died of a heart attack. It pulled William's spirit body out of the body, causing him to be sucked in with a desperate howl. In the bright red gemstone of the "Rose Necklace", an evil yet noble black color appeared on the surface of the gemstone, quickly restrained and disappeared.

She has successfully herded this "Chaos Mentor".

(End of this chapter)