Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 747 Unable to escape?

The icy fog quickly condensed into ice blocks, which fell all over the sky, bringing hail from top to bottom to most of the city of Calderon, which was built on a porous deep pit cliff.

Although this sudden extreme weather was not as good as the hurricane and rainstorm controlled by the demigod "Sailor", it was enough to extinguish any flames within the range in an instant. The "Spirit World Plunderer" ignited the pale flames in vain, trying to drill into it and flash away, but failed repeatedly. Instead, it was hit by hail and staggered, almost falling from the air.

With a crash, a silver-white lightning burst out from not far away, taking a strange path in the humid and foggy air, and struck the white robe of the "Spirit World Plunderer". The electric light intensified by the environment swept through the whole body of the ghost, electrocuting it so that it sizzled and smoked, and fell headfirst.

Klein, who was holding the "Word of the Sea" cane, had a vision of the "Spirit Line" in his eyes. He stared at the black line that represented his target today and found that it was not damaged too much. Instead, it adjusted continuously during the fall and drilled into a cube-shaped building with multiple windows but no door.

Oh no, inside the room, isolated from the hail and cold air currents outside, it can now perform flame jumps!

Klein secretly thought that something was wrong. The triple crown on his head lit up with lightning, and a handful of light blue water droplets emerged from the tip of "Word of the Sea". They immediately turned into huge water balls and flew quickly towards the house. They drilled into the house through the window and exploded into a mist that could be seen from outside.

But Klein's heart sank little by little. The spiritual thread belonging to the "Spirit World Plunderer" in his eyes had disappeared.

Based on its use of "Flame Flash" just now, the landing point of the jump should not exceed 300 meters. It must choose the farthest buildings to avoid the cold air outside, and then make the next jump... Thinking quickly, Klein swept his eyes over the buildings that might hide "Spirit World Predators", but within the range of his observation of the spirit line, there were no longer any black lines.

It escaped...

Klein's expression hidden under the crown was a little dull, and he was still holding up the "Word of the Sea" in his hand, not knowing whether he should put it down.

Judging from the opponent's decisive escape, the "Spirit World Plunderer" is indeed as he guessed, with strength between Sequence 4 and Sequence 5. Perhaps it has a trace of divinity, or an incomplete form of a mythical creature. However, against Klein, who is also close to Sequence 4 after being strengthened by the "Tyrant", and Angel, who has actually crossed this threshold, it has no chance of winning.

Therefore, it doesn’t matter if it escapes this time. As long as we can find it or its kind in Calderon again, we can easily kill it.

The problem is that the "Spirit World Predators" are obviously quite intelligent. They even laid a bait to make my puppet and I focus on the anvil giant and ignore it sneaking up on me and controlling my spirit. After such an enemy escapes back to the depths of Calderon and complains about our actions to other members of the same species, all "Spirit World Predators" may flee this city of the dead and look for other habitats. In that case, it will be a long time before we find a new one... Klein thought with some frustration, and his eyes quietly looked at Angel, who had not made any other moves after spreading a large area of ​​coldness.

The latter has emerged from her invisible state, her black skirt fluttering in the cold wind, her white skin beneath the skirt faintly visible, her purple eyes hidden under the golden crown turned almost black, staring at a building below.

Ok?
Klein seemed to realize something and looked in the direction Angel was looking. He happened to see a ball of black flame exploding on top of the pale square stone pillar-like building.

The black flame was still clearly visible in the cold wind and hail, with illusory black lines flashing in it, extending to infinity. However, they kept shrinking and curling in Klein's field of vision, and finally all disappeared into the black flame.

"After I discovered you, it will be impossible to avoid my black flame curse, and Han Bing has already created too many 'mirrors' in this city that I can use..."

The "witch" Angel, who had floated to his side at some point, explained calmly.

So it can be done this way... Klein silently put away the "Word of the Sea" and slowly fell towards the building below. While commanding the secret puppet to explore, he also discovered the power in Calderon City that transforms living beings into undead souls. Therefore, he was careful not to approach the central area of ​​the city, but instead drilled into the building where the black flames were gradually dissipating. After a while, he floated away, and his body already contained a ball of constantly generated and shattered bubbles.

That was the remains of the "Spirit World Plunderer" after his death, before any extraordinary materials were extracted.

"boom--"

There was a loud bang on the ramp above his head. "Winner" Enzo and "Admiral of Hell" Ludwell cooperated with each other and shot through the chest of the giant who had joined forces with the "Spirit Plunderer" to fight the invaders. Even the four-meter-tall giant ghost could not withstand the huge killing power of the "Death Knell". It staggered to the ground and was hit by Ludwell's "Harris Razor". Its figure gradually disappeared.

"It seems that your 'Master of Secret Puppetry' potion is almost fully digested? You can actually maintain control over them during the battle."

Angel was hovering in the air not far from Klein and his secret doll. An elegant voice came from the black-dressed spirit cast by the "Witch" card.

"I feel like it's still a little short. Maybe we need to stage a play with the puppet as the protagonist in front of a large audience, just like what happened with Ludwell and Enzo just now, to get enough feedback..."

Klein muttered as he floated to the place where the Anvil Giant died. He found that the ghost whose body had disappeared had not left anything useful behind. He then stopped beside the two marionettes and expelled the squirming foam from the translucent "Tyrant"'s body. He watched it float in the air in defiance of gravity, like a soap bubble that was about to evaporate.

"What's next? A 'Spiritual Plunderer' should be able to provide enough souls, right? Should we go deeper into the city to look for them?"

Angel also came over, staring curiously at the body of the "Spirit World Plunderer" that was wrapped in a white robe just now but now was only the size of a palm, and asked.

"According to experience, the main ingredients of the potion should not need to be provided by multiple extraordinary creatures, and I suspect that after the battle just now, all the intelligent 'Spiritual Predators' have already run away..." Klein explained, coming to the edge of the pit and looking down.

The city deep inside was still the same as when the two had first arrived, with the buildings remaining intact, without being affected by the passage of thousands of years. Outside the buildings and on the streets, there was no movement at all, as if the entire city had been abandoned.

Of course, after the "Spirit World Predator" controlled the spirit line just now, the scene of countless ghosts emerging from everywhere still made Klein feel frightened. He believed that the same situation existed in every corner of this city, but the fighting power of the two made them feel afraid, so they would only hide obediently and would not try a second "charge".

"Then let's explore the periphery and wait for the extraordinary power of the 'Spiritual World Plunderer' to emerge before leaving here?"

Angel was somewhat interested in the "door" symbol he had just seen, and was ready to drag Klein, the "archaeology student," to take a look.

“Okay, but it’s best not to go deeper into the area below. You should have noticed that this city is gradually transforming us into ghosts. Although it’s only a change in the spirit, it may be reflected in the body if it lasts too long…” Klein saw that the “bubble” was still gurgling and churning, and nodded. “Also, when I was testing Ludwell’s ‘Gate to the Underworld’ just now, I saw some unusual scenes.”

Klein called over the Admiral of Hell who was standing nearby and had him face the open space. He stretched out his left hand, opened his palm, and summoned a blurry, illusory pair of bronze doors.

Angel had seen this ability unique to the "gatekeeper" in the ruins of the Gods' War, where countless bloody arms and faces with bloody mouths would emerge, absorbing all the spirits and creatures outside the gate and crushing them with the power of death.

But in Calderón, in this "City of the Dead", the bronze gate that was ajar revealed the deepest darkness, with pale waves rolling up in it, like a river rushing in the lightless night.

Huge stone pillars stood on both sides of the river, reminding Angel of the pale columnar buildings deep in the city of Calderon.

What is this? Doesn't the Gate to the Underworld lead to the Underworld? Is this the so-called Styx? No, is there such a thing in this world... Countless questions emerged in Angel's mind. Suddenly, he found that there were illusory figures behind the gap of the bronze door. Some of them were human-shaped, while others were indescribable. The only thing they had in common was that they all rushed to the gap of the door, filling the gap, trying to escape from behind the door.

bang——

Klein, who was well prepared, asked Ludwell to clench his left hand and close the door to the underworld.

"I suspect that in the kingdom of God that originally belonged to the 'God of Death' Graygari, the 'Gate to the Underworld' does not point to the Underworld in the ordinary sense, but to the deepest part of this city. Even with this door in between, I feel that the river and those ghosts are extremely terrifying, not to mention being directly close to the center of the city..."

Klein pursed his lips and did not continue speaking, but Angel also sensed his caution and nodded, no longer mentioning the prospect of exploring deeper.

But as the bronze gate in the air shrank and disappeared into the void, a violent vibration suddenly erupted deep in the open pit where Calderon was.

The heart-pounding feeling immediately infected Angel. She looked down along the edge of the ramp and was surprised to find that the palpitations and fear had solidified into an illusory, transparent gray-white mist that was continuously pouring out from the bottom of the pit.

They passed through various buildings, through the deserted streets, and quickly rushed towards the outskirts of the city above.

"Prepare to leave. Can you just take in the body of the 'Spiritual Plunderer'?"

It is difficult to judge whether this tidal-like rising fog is a harmless natural phenomenon or a sign of the emergence of some powerful creature, Angel said quickly while looking at Klein beside him.

The latter did not answer, but looked up blankly.

At the end of his sight was the entrance through which the two people entered this area from the spirit world. In the thin mist, a figure flashed with gray light and appeared in front of the two people.

He was wearing a simple linen robe, with long silver hair draped down to his vest. He had a handsome appearance, soft features, but a somewhat indifferent expression. His eyes, the same color as his hair, quickly swept across the entire "City of the Dead" and then locked onto Angel and Klein.

Then, silver-white rays of light spread out from behind him, quickly covering the only entrance out of Calderon and transforming into pairs of pure wings.

At the same time, Angel also recognized the uninvited guest.

That was the character that appeared on many murals in the God-Forsaken Land and the Ruins of the God War. He was one of the eight angel kings of the Creator, and he was the opponent that Will Auceptin, the "Snake of Fate", both despised and feared.

"Angel of Destiny" Ourolius!
(End of this chapter)