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  Chapter 81 Into the Shadows

  As a Sequence 7 "Nightmare" of the "Unsleeping Ones", Clement, the captain of the Nighthawks of Port Enmat, possessed excellent close combat abilities, but the shadow that was approaching him and the arm that stretched out from a very close distance still left him no time to parry, so he had to retreat quickly.

  Seeing that the slender fingers with blood on the tip were about to grab Clement's neck, Angel raised his revolver, quickly aimed and fired, and a demon hunting bullet hit Mr. C's arm.

  There was a muffled sound of a bullet hitting flesh and blood, and a two-finger-wide through wound was opened on Mr. C's right forearm. Flesh and blood sprayed out from the wound on the other side, but most of it seemed to stick to each other and hung on his arm instead of falling to the ground.

  Taking advantage of the obstruction of this blow, Clement took two steps back and left the shadow's range. He pulled the trigger repeatedly and fired all the bullets in the gun in one breath.

  Two of the bullets hit the shadow floating in the air without causing any impact on it, and the remaining bullets went directly through the shadow and no one knew where they went.

  Mr. C then walked out of the shadows. He was still wearing the black robe. The wound on his shoulder that Clement had just attacked had stopped bleeding and did not hinder his movement.

  This terrifying recovery ability, ordinary attacks did not seem to work well on him...

  Angel frowned and observed the other party's injuries, and did not immediately shoot and continue to attack.

  "Gurgle... Gurgle..."

  A strange crawling sound was heard. The flesh and blood of Mr. C's injured arm squirmed and quickly filled the missing part. The flesh and blood that were attached to the wound seemed to have their own life, crawling and jumping into the wound. In the blink of an eye, this injury was almost healed.

  Now the two finally knew how the wound on his shoulder healed.

  "Ordinary attacks are ineffective, try hitting the head!"

  Clement shouted, threw away the gun that had run out of bullets, clenched his fists, kicked his feet, and closed the distance with Mr. C.

  The tall "Nightmare" with phantom phosphor powder on his body was like a warrior emitting light all over his body. Relying on the advantages of size and strength, he punched Mr. C in the face with a straight punch.

  The extraordinary people of the "Insomniac" path are not even inferior to the "Assassin" in close combat ability!

  Angel took advantage of Clement's restraint to put away the small-caliber pistol that was not effective, and took out "Thirsty Blood". He turned the "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" that was originally intended to surprise the opponent in the sneak attack to the last position, and then raised the gun, looking for an opportunity to attack Mr. C between Clement's flying fists and feet.

  After emerging from the shadows, this extraordinary person did not seem to be good at close combat. He struggled to resist Clement's fists and feet, and slowly retreated. The wound on his arm, which was almost healed, sprayed a lot of blood under the heavy blow, dripping on the ground between the two.

  Could it be that Mr. C is a close combat rookie?

  Angel frowned and looked at the two men. It was not until Clement kicked Mr. C several meters away with a sideways kick that she found an opportunity to attack and aimed her gun.

  At this moment, her eyes that penetrated the darkness found a strange smile on Mr. C's handsome face.

  "Be careful!"

  Angel thought about it and turned to shout to Clement without bothering to shoot.

  "Boom--"

  A violent explosion sounded beside her ears. The ground under Clement's feet seemed to have turned into an explosive. Together with Clement standing on it, it exploded into a blood mist. Bricks, flesh and blood flew out, and the impact of the explosion rushed towards her head.

  It was Mr. C's dripping blood. He used the flesh and blood as a bomb to detonate!

  Angel didn't dare to imagine what Clement would look like standing in the pile of bombs. She could only take a deep breath and pull the trigger, sending the enhanced bullet fired by "Thirsty Blood" into the body of Mr. C, who was grinning, and made two horrible wounds on his abdomen and legs that sprayed with sticky blood.   

  "Haha, it's useless. God's blessing made me..."

  Mr. C, who successfully killed a night watcher, didn't laugh twice. Large pieces of black flames gushed out of his abdomen and thighs. The black flames not only chased the blood that was sprayed out, burning it up, leaving only a trace of ash, but also gradually spread along his body, with the momentum to completely devour Mr. C.

  Angel was surprised. She didn't expect that the attack of "Thirsty Blood" with black flames would be so effective against this extraordinary person whose recovery ability exceeded expectations. Seeing that the black flames continued to burn the opposite side, she quickly raised her gun and continued to aim.

  Mr. C roared, holding back the burning pain, and swung his injured arm, spilling a handful of blood in a fan shape, and then directly detonated the blood in the air before it hit the ground.

  The blast was raging, the sound waves echoed, and in the chaos, Angel's hastily fired a shot and missed. She watched helplessly as a shadow emerged under Mr. C's feet, and the whole person fell down as if falling into the void and disappeared into the shadow.

  "Bang——" Angel poured his spirituality into "Thirsty Blood" and fired a demon hunting bullet with black flames, which directly hit the center of the shadow. However, the shadow was extremely flexible. At the moment of being hit, the shadow of the hit part directly scattered, leaving a hollow area. The bullet hit the floor, leaving a fist-sized pit, and the black flame went out with a "puff".

  The shadow shook twice in a mocking manner, and under the cover of the remaining phantom phosphorescent powder, it rushed towards Angel at a very fast speed.

  By the way, phantom phosphorescent powder... The "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" strengthened by the black flame should be able to cause damage to the shadow...

  "Thirsty Blood" originally contained a "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" and four demon hunting bullets. In the previous battle, Angel turned the "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" to the last position. At this time, as long as he fired another shot, it would be that special bullet! The

  shadow needed to avoid the black flame bullet, which also proved that he was indeed afraid of the damage of the black flame.

  She pretended to be nervous and retreated in panic. The shadow followed her and approached her at a much faster speed than her. The area was rapidly expanding, and it seemed to surround her.

  The only chance was this shot!

  Angel clenched "Thirst Blood" and followed the shadow that rushed towards her.

  "No sneaking into the shadow here!"

  A low and calm voice came from behind her. Clement walked out of the darkness wearing a tattered windbreaker. Half of his body was covered with blood, and the other half was covered with mud and sand. His face was sallow and there was a gap on his forehead. Blood flowed out of it and flowed across half of his cheek.

  But his left hand with "2-031" was extremely steady, and he was posing as if he had finished snapping his fingers.

  An invisible wave came from his hand, swept across Angel's body, and spread to the entire underground area.

  The shadow approaching quickly in front seemed to be grabbed from the ground by a transparent giant hand, floating in the air, struggling and twisting a few times, and quickly formed a human shape, turning into Mr. C in a black robe.

  The black flames on his body had been extinguished when he entered and exited the shadows. At this time, several wounds were exposed from the damaged places of the black robe, and the flesh and blood were slowly wriggling, filling the gaps.

  Suddenly being grabbed from the shadows, Mr. C's expression, which had always been calm, could not help but show a trace of panic. Before his body hit the ground, he let out a roar, attracting the blood and flesh that did not belong to him on the ground, as if to gather them together.

  As long as these flesh and blood are gathered together... As soon as

  Mr. C had this thought, he saw a ball of golden flames mixed with purple and black exploded in front of him, and then severe pain and burning sensation spread throughout his body.

  (End of this chapter)

  Chapter 82 Bishop of Roses

  After the "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" was strengthened by "Thirst for Blood", a ball of purple-black flames exploded in the air, most of which directly hit Mr. C, making a splashing sound like water splashing into a boiling oil pan. The

  remaining light powder burning with black flames either floated in the air or fell to the ground, burning the flesh and blood scattered on the ground. The

  strange black flame bypassed the black robe, burning all his exposed skin, and then spread along the inside of the clothes, quickly spreading throughout his body. Even though this gentleman didn't seem to care about being hit by bullets, he couldn't help but let out a sharp scream when his whole body was set on fire by the black flames.

  He rolled on the ground, trying to get into the shadows and eliminate the black flames like before, but the iron law of the seal "Hand of Proclamation" was still in effect within a radius of 30 meters, and he was "forbidden to sneak into the shadows."

  "Hmph, 'Rose Bishop'."

  Clement took a step forward and stood beside Angel. His left hand was still half-raised, ready to snap his fingers again and activate the extraordinary power of the seal. His right hand drooped softly, swaying back and forth as his body moved.

  It seemed that the explosion just now had indeed caused him considerable damage.

  "This amount of damage can't kill a Sequence 6. You should attack again quickly with your extraordinary weapon."

  Angel also saw that although Mr. C was in a mess, he was not fatally injured.

  At present, the only thing that could cause damage to him was the black flame attack from the "Thirst for Blood" in her hand. She hurriedly threw out the cylinder, ejected the shell, and reloaded a set of demon hunting bullets and "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption". This time, she turned the cylinder in advance and turned the "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" to the upper left corner to facilitate the first attack.

  With the crisp sound of the shell falling to the ground, Mr. C, the "Rose Bishop" who was curled up on the ground, suddenly raised his head, and his face, which had been twisted into a ball by the black flames, turned towards the two people, muttering:

  "You reptiles... How dare you... Hey... Die together..."

  "Flesh bombs are prohibited here."

  Mr. C's hunched body had already swelled violently, as if it was stretched from the inside, and his skin and tissues were broken inch by inch. However, in Clement's cold declaration, the "flesh bomb" that was halfway through was forcibly banned, making his behavior extremely ridiculous.

  "Puff--"

  Like a punctured water bag, Mr. C's swollen body broke on the surface, and the flesh inside spilled all over the ground. Strangely, the bones and internal organs seemed to have disappeared, leaving only dark red, constantly squirming pieces of flesh.

  The flesh that was supposed to become bombs was now scattered in an area of ​​several square meters, emitting a sweet smell of blood. The outer pieces of flesh slowly squirmed to gather in the middle, connecting into one piece, as if they were about to turn into a human form again.

  "It's nothing more than these few routines, sneaking into the shadows, flesh and blood bombs, the envoys of the Aurora Society are nothing more than that."

  Clement's somewhat arrogant voice came, he turned his head and looked at Angel, his pale face full of confidence.

  "Don't stand there, kill him quickly, when this guy recovers, the two of us can't beat him."

  So you still know that you can't beat him? I thought you were ready to challenge the true God with your confidence...

  Angel buckled the cylinder of "Thirsty Blood", bypassed Clement who still had his mind, opened the hammer, and the push rod automatically pushed "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" to the firing position.

  Infusing the little spirituality left into "Thirsty Blood", she raised the pistol, aimed at the mass of flesh and blood that was almost formed, and pulled the trigger.

  Bang -

  blood splashed, and blood beads flew past Angel's eyes like slow motion. She first felt that her right hand holding the gun was suddenly pushed sideways, and then the sluggish nerves transmitted the pain in her forearm to the brain.

  Someone shot her in the arm... Was it Clement?

  She looked away, and saw Clement beside her also had a look of surprise. He was wearing a sealed glove on his left hand, and his right hand was injured, so he was not holding a weapon.

  Who could that be?

  At the end of her sight, Mr. C's torn flesh and blood suddenly accelerated the speed of aggregation.

  No, I have to solve this big problem first...

  Angel endured the pain in his arm and tried to pull the trigger, but the gunshot wound on his right forearm injured the muscle of his index finger, and the trigger that could have been easily pulled was now heavy.

  "Snap--"

  There was a sound of snapping fingers, and the seal on Clement's left hand was reactivated. He looked into the distance, as if he had discovered the attacker, and was about to use the power of "2-031" to fight back.

  Then I will be responsible for dealing with this Mr. C...   

  Angel gritted her teeth to suppress the pain in her arm, and placed her left hand on the "Thirst for Blood", transferring all her spirituality into this magical item through both hands. Sticky blood oozed out of the revolver, and a strong bloody smell instantly filled the underground space.

  Using her left index finger to pull the trigger, she used the "Thirst for Blood" to fire the last bullet in the cylinder, the large-caliber "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption". The bullet dragged black flames and shot into the meat that had regrouped and was wriggling to regain its human form.

  At the same time, she leaned back with the recoil that was several times greater than usual, dodging the second bullet that was shot at her from the dark.

  "Mr. C", who was regrouped by the scattered flesh and blood, stretched out his unformed arms like tentacles and stroked the bullet holes in his body that were shot by "Thirst for Blood".

  The next second, purple-black flames gushing out from all over his body surrounded him.

  The wriggling flesh and blood deformed and melted in the black flames. They turned up and down, trying to resist the power that could burn living things and spirits, but they had wasted too much energy in the previous battle and were no longer able to repair themselves again.

  Soon, the massed flesh separated again and collapsed, turning into an unidentified object with a charred appearance, flowing like ignited asphalt.

  "No firearms are allowed here."

  Clement's voice sounded at the right time.

  He did not look at the Rose Bishop who had turned into a pool of charred black, but cast his eyes deep into the cellar, where a side door had been opened.

  The man wearing a peaked cap and a long windbreaker put his left hand in his pocket and raised a revolver in the other hand. His sharp eyes looked at the two people through his thick-framed glasses. At this time, all the light sources in the cellar had been extinguished, and the only remaining black flames were almost burned out. The three people looked at each other across Mr. C's body.

  "Puff--"

  A burst of flames flashed, and Tomac's figure disappeared.

  "Is this the Beyonder who defected from the 'Mechanical Heart'? Can his magical item use fire to teleport? It looks like that, but once the firearms are sealed, he will have no combat capability."

  Take down the seal first before you say this...

  Angel looked at Clement, who was talking nonsense, in silence. The latter had used the power of the "Hand of Declaration" three times in a short period of time. At this time, his mentality was affected by the seal, and he was arrogant and looked down on everyone.

  Even if a high-sequence Beyonder came to the scene now, he would probably not hesitate to provoke.

  But that Thomas, is he really without a firearm?

  He is not the kind of person who gives up after a little setback. This morning at Kavi's watch shop, after he was forced to leave the scene, he was not...

  Angel suddenly felt cold sweats.

  "No, let's get out of here quickly, take Rupert with you, and go quickly."

  She urged Clement anxiously, squeezing out the last bit of strength from her body affected by the "thirst for blood" that had already fallen into a negative state, and walked towards the door.

  "Don't worry. I just checked. Rupert's injury is not serious. Let's wait for Mr. C's extraordinary item to appear before leaving. Ordinary people cannot come into contact with such dangerous items."

  Clement did not move. He continued to stand where he was, looking at the "Rose Bishop" Mr. C who was still emitting green smoke.

  "If he feels that he cannot defeat us head-on, he is likely to use bombs. Don't forget that he is a member of the 'Mechanical Heart.'"

  Hearing the word "bomb", Clement's excessive self-confidence was finally restrained a little. He frowned after being embarrassed by Mr. C's "flesh bomb" just now.

  "Bomb? In this underground?"

  As if to verify his doubts, several muffled sounds came from the deep ceiling above the two people's heads.

  "Boom boom--"

  Large pieces of mossy stone slabs fell on the two people's heads.

  (End of this chapter)

  Chapter 83 Pocket Watch

  Looking at the gradually collapsing warehouse floor, Tomasz adjusted his crooked thick-framed glasses and sneered.

  Assuming that the underground space had been filled with rubble, he did not waste precious spiritual power and directly returned through "flame jump". Besides, there was no fire underground to use as a landing point.

  He walked to the underground through the secret passage. This secret passage was told to him by the mysterious "Mr. C". He did not expect that it would be used tonight, at the moment when "Mr. C" died.

  This son-of-a-bitch "Aurora Society" envoy finally died in the hands of an official Beyonder!

  Tomasz gnashed his teeth and thought, walking down the stairs step by step to the entrance of the cellar.

  The door was open as before, and the interior was pitch black. A few crimson moonlight entered from the window high up in the warehouse, bringing a glimmer of light to the cellar with a skylight.

  But it doesn't matter, I can see...

  Tomasz's right hand holding the gun pressed on the thick-framed glasses and poured a little spiritual power into them. The lenses emitted a faint light that only he could see, and the dim cellar became bright in his sight.

  As members of the Mechanical Heart, they never lack such practical props.

  Of course, except for potions.

  Looking through the glasses, a large area of ​​ceiling and jagged rubble can be vaguely seen in the dark cellar. The wooden altar has completely collapsed, the cross fixed to the wall is slightly crooked, and the naked giant hanging upside down is in a funny posture.

  That statue...

  Just a glance at it, Thomas felt a pain in the corner of his eye, he quickly looked away, looking for Mr. C and the official Beyonders on the ground.

  The pile of black flesh that Mr. C had turned into had been mostly covered by fallen rubble, with only a small part exposed. These strange pieces of flesh no longer burned and squirmed, like a ball of flour covered with dust.

  Even if the Creator he believed in came, I'm afraid he couldn't revive this pile of flesh.

  Thomas thought maliciously.

  Although Mr. C provided him with the potion formula and made him the Beyonder he dreamed of, he also used him and forced him to do a lot of wrong things.

  Humph, wrong things, not necessarily.

  With his left hand in his pocket tightly grasping his "Lucky Pocket Watch", Thomas's restless heart calmed down a little.

  If Mr. C hadn't ordered him to steal the Beyonder characteristic of "Magician", how could he have had the opportunity to obtain this magical item?

  Rubbing his fingers on the pocket watch in his pocket, he slowly bypassed the black flesh and came to the other side of the piled gravel.

  A burst of bloody smell came into Thomas's nostrils, making him sneeze.

  Even if the three of them were all crushed into meat paste together with the official Beyonder lying by the door, there wouldn't be such a strong bloody smell, right?

  He frowned and carefully searched for the source of the smell in the ruins.

  If the situation is not right, use "Flame Jump" immediately to return to the ground and leave here... If it doesn't work, there are still "Paper Man Substitute" and "Damage Transfer".

  However, the effective time of the "Lucky Pocket Watch" is about to expire. Give yourself another three minutes. If you can't find the sealed object, leave immediately.

  Thomas made up his mind, raised his revolver to clear the way, and came to the door on the other side of the cellar.

  Fortunately, he soon found a man lying face down in a windbreaker by the door. The man stretched out his left hand, and his sleeve was roughly torn open. He seemed to be in a coma and motionless.

  A large-caliber revolver with a pitch-black body was thrown beside the man, and the disgusting bloody smell came from here.

  "Could it be a seal that went out of control..."

  Thomas had seen the power of this weapon. The skin on his neck was still aching, and Mr. C, who was burned into pieces, died under its muzzle.

  As a Sequence 8 of the General Path, he knew very well that the more powerful the magical item, the more severe the negative effects.

  The owner of this weapon would rather throw it on the ground than continue to fight with it, which must be because he is now unable to bear its negative effects.

  He would not be stupid enough to pick up this revolver.

  But why is there only one person on the ground? What about the other two people, or the other two bodies?   

  Are they all crushed under the rubble?

  Thomas looked around, and apart from the stones on the ground and the bloodstains caused by Mr. C's sacrifice, he did not see anyone else.

  "..."

  A faint murmur came from behind him, which made Thomas, who was nervous, feel cold in his heart, and he was about to activate the "fire teleportation" to leave this place.

  "...Teleportation is prohibited!"

  "Bang——"

  The orange-yellow flame flashed, and Thomas's figure was still in the same place, not moving at all. His neck, which had become stiff due to surprise, just turned a small angle behind him.

  A cold female voice, accompanied by a sharp blade that cut through the air, approached him at a high speed.

  ——————

  As Angel expected, the cautious Thomas was ready to use the teleportation ability to escape the scene as soon as he noticed something was wrong.

  In order to seize this only opportunity, she had to use the "2-031" declaration hand to issue a ban, set a "no teleportation" restriction on the underground space, and at the same time took out a dagger, jumped out of the shadows, and stabbed the other party's unprepared back.

  This was the first time she used the "Assassin" ability to hide in the shadows, and it really worked in the dark underground.

  The dagger pierced into Tomasz's windbreaker without any hindrance, but the feeling made Angel frown. It seemed that there was only a ball of air behind the windbreaker, not thick human tissue.

  The windbreaker quickly became thinner and smaller, and finally shrank to the size of a palm. A beautifully made paper man hung on the tip of the dagger.

  Paper man substitute!

  The "Hand of Declaration" can only issue one ban at a time. After she banned the most threatening and difficult to deal with teleportation, the paper man substitute became a headache for extraordinary abilities.

  The attack was fruitless, but it did not exceed Angel's expectations. She did not even use the charged attack.

  This powerful ability must not be able to be used multiple times in a row. Either there is a limit on spiritual consumption, or it requires precious materials.

  Throwing away the paper man on the dagger, Angel continued to rush forward. Not far from the paper man, there stood Tomasz, who had turned around and raised his pistol.

  After banning teleportation, even the paper man substitute could not keep him away from danger!

  "Bang--"

  Tomasz hastily aimed at Angel's head, but she dodged it by tilting her head according to the action of the other party's fingertips pulling the trigger. She strode forward, closed the distance between the two in the blink of an eye, and swung a knife with her left hand.

  Without the ability to teleport, Tomasz was like a combat rookie at this time. After dodging the hastily counterattacked shot, he staggered back and blocked the fatal knife with his pistol in a thrilling way. His panicked steps stepped on the stones and he was almost tripped. Even the revolver was knocked away by the dagger.

  "Tsk--"

  Due to the injury of her right hand, Angel could only attack with the dagger in her left hand. Her non-dominant hand was always half a beat slower, allowing the other party to dodge the attack.

  She did not get discouraged, but kept closing the distance. After Tomasz lost his pistol, he could not pose a threat to her at all.

  Angel stabbed several times in a row, and once again stabbed the other party into a paper man.

  I see how many paper men you have...

  Her eyes quickly caught the figure of Tomasz who appeared not far away. With a kick of her feet, her body changed the sprint angle and rushed in a new direction without slowing down.

  "Wait... I... flash!"

  Tomasz barely moved a few meters away through the paper man substitute. This ability that did not belong to "teleportation" was not restricted by the ban. He just opened his mouth to try to negotiate, but found that the other party ignored him at all. He could only grit his teeth and take out a talisman.

  He recited the opening spell before he could throw it. A ball of light brighter than the sun burst out from his hand, illuminating the entire cellar like daylight.

  Angel only felt a stinging pain in her eyes. The vision enhanced by the assassin's potion became a negative effect at this time. The exploded talisman blinded her like a flash bomb, and only a residual colorful spot remained in her eyes.

  Gritting her teeth, she did not retreat but advanced, and threw herself into Tomasz's arms, stabbing with the dagger in her left hand with all her strength.

  This time it was no longer the feeling of failure to pierce the paper man.

  (End of this chapter)

84. Chapter 84: Killed with One Knife

  Chapter 84: Killed with One Knife

  After stabbing Thomas' body with a knife, Angel, who was blind, did not relax immediately.

  She pulled out the dagger with her backhand, waited for a second, and stabbed it again in the original direction. With Thomas's muffled groan, this attack accurately stabbed back along the original wound.

  With the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, her whitened retina regained its function, and the cellar under the dark vision lit up again. Thomas, who was lying on his back in front of her, covered the wound on his chest with one hand. The dagger pierced through his palm and heart. The fist in the other hand slowly loosened, and a delicate pocket watch rolled to the ground.

  "What Clement said is right. How can this guy be like a rookie without a weapon and have no fighting ability..."

  Angel looked at Thomas, who twitched for a moment and his whole body went limp, and thought secretly.

  "No, am I also affected by the seal? How could I have such a thought of underestimating the enemy?"

  Angel was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly tore off the "2-031" on his right hand and stuffed it into his pocket.

  As the "Hand of Declaration" left her body, her inflated confidence quickly waned.

  Fortunately, I had seen Rupert's miserable condition, so I was able to wake up from the negative effects of the seal so quickly... Angel was a little scared. She approached Thomas, squatted down and pulled out the dagger from his chest. His body, whose heart had stopped beating, did not spurt blood like a living person, but dark red blood flowed along the punctured gap.

  Yes, blood...

  Angel remembered the "thirsty blood" that she had thrown aside, and the bloody smell had spread throughout the cellar. She picked it up through the corner of her windbreaker and returned to Thomas.

  Even without direct contact, the negative effects of "thirsty blood" still made her dizzy and weak, as if she was severely anemic.

  Putting this magical item on Thomas's bleeding chest, the blood gushing out of the wound was immediately absorbed by the "thirsty blood" that was thirsty for blood. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that the other party's body had become a little shriveled.

  This guy should be dead...

  Angel looked at the revolver drinking the blood of the Beyonder, and caught a glimpse of the strange, exquisite pocket watch on the ground.

  She bent down and grabbed it.

  This pocket watch was about 2 inches in diameter, a little too small to be a portable timer, but it had an oversized and bulky crown at the three o'clock position.

  The part where it connected to the bracelet was empty. The brass case was etched with a triangular holy emblem, and the interior was filled with gears and levers. The holy emblem was full of scratches, and it was very old. The triangular

  holy emblem... Is this the holy emblem of the "God of Steam and Machinery"?

  Angel opened the cover and found that the pocket watch was damaged. The hour hand pointed between 11 and 12, the minute hand was slightly to the left of the hour hand, and the second hand was actually rotating counterclockwise, but the interval was no different from a normal clock.

  11:58, and it was counting down?

  She tried to press the crown, and the pocket watch made a "click", but the hands did not change at all, and it was still counting down accurately.

  Angel searched Thomas's clothes again and found that in addition to this pocket watch, some cash, and several sets of pistol bullets, there were only two silver charms the size of coins.

  This should be the "flash" he used just now... Angel tried to identify the Hermetic text on the charm and found that it was very different from the charms used by the Night Watchers. It seems that each church has its own inherited way of making charms.

  Then, there is a great possibility that this pocket watch is the basis for Thomas to perform the extraordinary ability of "Magician", unless his magical item has been integrated into his body or stuffed in some strange place...

  Not daring to put the pocket watch directly into his pocket, Angel searched all over his body to find a bullet box, put the small pocket watch in it, and carefully closed the lid.

  This is an important piece of evidence and a powerful magical item. It should be handed over directly to the captain later...

  It's not that she didn't think about keeping this magical item that is likely to be derived from the characteristics of Sequence 7, but the news that Thomas has a magical item has been passed on to the "Mechanical Heart" through the craftsman Kavi. Soon all the official extraordinary people in the entire Enmat Port will get the news, and she will not have this opportunity.

  After figuring this out, Angel put the bullet box back into his pocket, picked up the "Thirsty Blood" that had absorbed enough blood and had returned to normal appearance, and the bloody smell was restrained again, put it into the holster, and returned to the center of the rubble cellar.

  Clement was curled up behind a stone slab, holding his abdomen.

  Just now, the ceiling was blown up by Tomac, and when large pieces of stone fell, Clement was affected by the negative effects of the seal and was unable to leave the rubble for a while. Even though he had the agility provided by the "Unsleeping One" path, he was inevitably hit by the rubble when escaping.   

  When Angel dragged him out of the rocks, the captain of the Nightwatchers of Enmat Port had already covered his head and fainted.

  It seemed that even if he had the confidence to face the gods, he would still remember to protect his head when being crushed by the rubble...

  Angel wanted to drag him out of the cellar first and then carefully check his injuries, but Thomas blew up the ceiling of the cellar and reappeared at the door on the other side. She had to take off Clement's "Hand of Declaration" and put it on herself, and used the "Assassin" ability to sneak into the shadows to launch a sneak attack from behind Thomas.

  When she and Thomas were fighting, Clement seemed to have regained consciousness, but his chest and abdomen were hit by rocks several times, so he could only curl up his body to reduce the pain.

  "Captain, are you okay?"

  "Do I look fine to you... That guy has been dealt with?"

  Clement's voice was a little distorted due to the pain.

  "He was stabbed twice in the chest and is dead." Angel couldn't help but sneer, "It's exactly as you said. Once his ability is sealed, he will not pose any threat."

  She kicked the rubble at her feet.

  "...At that time, I was influenced by the 'Hand of Proclamation'. Well, I was a little arrogant."

  Clement smiled bitterly. He grunted and endured the pain. He took out a small blue metal bottle from the inner pocket of his windbreaker.

  Is this the 'Goddess's Gaze', the precious potion that can temporarily heal the user?

  "Thank you, I don't need it. It doesn't have any effect on gunshot wounds, right?"

  Seeing Clement handing the bottle to him first, Angel shook his head and refused. He looked up and put the bottle to his mouth and took a sip carefully.

  Almost instantly, Clement's injuries that made it difficult for him to support his body were relieved. He stretched out a hand, Angel caught it, pulled him up from the ground, put his arm around his shoulder, and the two walked towards Rupert who was lying by the door.

  "I didn't expect that I killed the 'Rose Bishop', but almost fell into the hands of this traitor of the 'Mechanical Heart'."

  Clement sighed while staggering and breathing with a grin.

  "Rose Bishop? What path of Extraordinary is that?"

  Angel was a little confused when she heard the name of this sequence during the battle. She did not find the potion of this sequence in the internal data of the Nighthawks, but she had no time to ask at that time, so this was the right time to let the other party clear up her confusion.

  "Sequence 6 of the 'Secret Prayer' path mastered by the 'Aurora Society'. This is also what I heard from the Red Gloves. Many places in the Nighthawks' documents have not yet updated the records. They are all fanatics who are crazy enough to hurt themselves in battle, but they are also difficult to deal with because of this. Their flesh, limbs and even the whole body can be used as weapons. They can sneak into the shadows to launch sneak attacks, and even bury their flesh and blood into the bodies of ordinary people as bombs."

  "Just now, it was a flesh bomb..."

  Angel read out the ability that was just forbidden by the "Hand of Declaration".

  "Yes, Mr. C was probably injured and has not fully recovered. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for the two of us to kill a 'Rose Bishop', even with the seal."

  The two came to Rupert's side, and Angel squatted down to check on him. He found that the impulsive and reckless "Midnight Poet" had regained his breathing and was still unconscious, but he should be fine.

  "When I took back the seal just now, I did some emergency treatment on him, but further inspection is needed. The gaze with the evil god statue may cause him to be secretly contaminated. If these contaminations are not resolved in time, he will lose control one day, or even worse." The

  evil god statue refers to the man hanging upside down?

  If it is turned 180 degrees, it is somewhat similar to a statue on Earth...

  Angel resisted the urge to look back at the cross and the statue, and together with Clement, he helped Rupert, who was still unconscious, up, and the three of them walked up the stairs with difficulty.

  (End of this chapter)

  Chapter 85 The Missing Body

  "You guys are working closely with the police in Port Enmat?"

  Angel looked at the blood that was gradually seeping out of the white gauze and asked.

  The doctor who had just treated her wound was a doctor brought by the police. The doctor strictly followed the principle of "don't look at what you shouldn't look at, don't ask what you shouldn't ask". After carefully treating the wound, he hurried away. More than

  a dozen other police officers were also cleaning up the mess under the command of Andrew, who had left the warehouse earlier to contact the police force.

  They cleaned up the scene skillfully, tied the hands of the warehouse guards who were sent to sleep by the "nightmare" and awakened by the intruding police, and took them away from the scene. More than 20 ragged, pale and skinny slaves were also rescued from the underground.

  They had been locked up in the warehouse for a long time and had lost hope of escaping. Now they saw the light of day and were blown by the night sea breeze. Some people even cried out in public.

  Looking at the "results" of his hard work, Angel felt that the wound on his hand was not so painful anymore.

  "You can see that we are extremely short of manpower, and there are too many floating populations and Beyonders with ill intentions in Port Enmat. This kind of slightly larger operation requires the support of Night Watchmen from multiple cities. If we don't work closely with the local police, almost nothing can be done."

  "It's not just us, the 'Mechanical Heart' is the same. Of course, the Storm Church has a greater influence in Port Enmat. They have more manpower than us, and even have spares to send to the sea."

  Clement was affected by the side effects of "The Goddess's Gaze" at this time. He looked tired, but he still forced himself to sit on the edge of the steps of the police carriage and look at the busy police.

  Hearing Angel's question, he turned his head to explain.

  The Storm Church believes in the "Lord of Storms", and their influence in coastal cities is even stronger...

  Angel recalled the knowledge of mysticism and nodded to show his understanding.

  "After they clean up the scene, we still need to go back and pick up the extraordinary items left by the two extraordinary people, especially the Sequence 6 'Rose Bishop', Mr. C. He is a mid-sequence extraordinary person, and it is a relatively dangerous path. Once the items left behind are touched by ordinary people, it is easy to cause a secondary disaster. Thomas's magical items must also be recovered and returned to the people of 'Mechanical Heart'..."

  Clement yawned, and his fatigue became more obvious. This also showed that his injuries before taking "Goddess's Gaze" were not as light as they seemed. Maybe he had to go back and receive ritual magic treatment as soon as possible.

  Angel suddenly remembered that he still had Thomas's pocket watch. He was about to give it to Clement, but suddenly he saw Andrew hurriedly coming.

  He had changed into the uniform of a police inspector and a police hat. He looked much more mature than the disguise he had seen before, but his panic-stricken face ruined Angel's new impression of him.

  "Captain, something is wrong..."

  Andrew was halfway through speaking, and realized that there were still police around, and immediately lowered his voice.

  "The former member of the 'Mechanical Heart' you mentioned, his body is gone!"

  ——————

  Returning to the warehouse cellar, Angel's nose smelled the faint smell of blood again.

  Due to the existence of the cross and the upside-down male statue erected by the "Aurora Society" on the wall, this cellar prohibited ordinary police from entering. At this time, except for Angel, Clement and Andrew at the door, there were no other living people in the cellar with the collapsed ceiling in the center.

  The happy body of Thomas, who was lying not far from the door, had disappeared without a trace, leaving only a pool of blood that was much larger than before.

  Clement approached the pool of blood with a frown, squatted down, stretched out his hand to wipe a few places, and then carefully examined his fingertips.

  "There is some fresh blood, but there are clots in the middle, which flowed out of the body after death..."

  Angel was also confused. She could confirm that Thomas, who had been stabbed in the heart twice in a row and was fed by "thirsty blood", could not survive, but except for the body to resurrect and leave on its own, there was no way to explain everything in front of her.

  Could it be that another person stole his body while the night watchmen were gone and the police hadn't entered the warehouse yet?

  Wait...

  Angel suddenly realized and ran towards the rubble in the center of the cellar.   

  Clement also noticed it, stood up and followed her.

  "Andrew, come and help, move these pieces of rubble!"

  He came to the burnt pieces of meat left by "Rose Bishop" Mr. C. These "charcoals" were still lying there obediently, but Clement did not relax his frown, but called the team members to help.

  Relying on her status as a wounded soldier, Angel also supervised the work like Clement. After Andrew moved a few pieces of rubble, she came forward and used dark vision to find Mr. C's body.

  Sure enough...

  under the stones, there were only red and black bloodstains smeared on the ground.

  About two-thirds of "Mr. C" was gone.

  "Humph, 'Rose Bishop'..."

  Unlike the confident cold snort in the battle, Clement's face was extremely unfriendly at this time.

  "This guy was blown into pieces and burned to ashes, but he's still alive. His vitality is really strong. I guess he waited until the battle was over and we left, then secretly devoured Thomas's body, which had just died, and recovered some of his strength, and left through the exit left by the collapsed ceiling."

  For a Sequence 6, even if the front door of the warehouse was blocked by the police, he had various ways to leave here...

  Angel looked at the gap in the ceiling, and the rows of ventilation windows above the warehouse that were not closed, and guessed the escape route of Mr. C.

  "What about divination? Can we use divination to find him like the 'Mechanical Heart' did to capture Thomas?"

  Angel remembered that the "Mechanical Heart" had used some kind of seal to find Thomas's hiding place before, although it ended up in vain.

  "It's very difficult. The flesh and blood magic of the 'Rose Bishop' can change its appearance, and even hide in the body of another person, avoiding most search methods, and then break out of the body at the right time. When they use these methods to hide themselves, even if they do divination, they will get some specious answers."

  It is really a bloody and terrifying extraordinary ability. It seems that this path is mainly some skills that use flesh and blood...

  Angel looked at the bloodstains and human tissues all over the floor of the cellar, and recalled Mr. C's self-mutilation fighting style. He somewhat understood why the "Aurora Society" was classified as a cult organization.

  "And the divination of the believers of this secret organization is very risky. Just now, Rupert almost lost control when he only used his spiritual vision to look at the statue they worship. Divination requires closer contact with the target through the spirit world, which is much more dangerous."

  Clement sighed, and seemed to give up the idea of ​​continuing to track Mr. C.

  "We can only report this to the Holy Temple and ask them to send the 'Red Gloves' to track them down. These people are old rivals of the 'Aurora Society' and are familiar with their hiding methods."

  Angel also felt quite sorry. Such a Beyonder who worships evil gods and is proficient in flesh and blood magic escaped, and who knows how many tragedies will hurt innocent people.

  But at that time, Thomas attacked secretly, and then the cellar collapsed, which made her exhausted and had no time to check Mr. C's condition. Unexpectedly, the "Rose Bishop" with tenacious vitality escaped like this.

  "What about Thomas? Is he missing or dead?"

  Andrew also asked on the side. He came down excitedly to check the team's battle results. Unexpectedly, the bodies of the two Beyonders disappeared, which made him very disappointed.

  "We can only report him missing to the 'Mechanical Heart'. We have no evidence to kill him. It doesn't make sense to report him as dead. The magical item should have been taken away by Mr. C..."

  Angel felt his breath stagnate.

  She subconsciously touched her pocket, and the pocket watch in the bullet box seemed to become hot.

  (End of this chapter)