"Maybe it will take one day, or two days, at least tonight this evil curse ritual will not be activated."
Looking at the citrine pendant rotating counterclockwise, Klein looked at the captain and the other two teammates surrounding him, and said slowly.
"Very good, then we still have plenty of time."
Dunn nodded and said to Leonard on the side.
"Take Klein and drive to the Awwa County garrison camp in North Borough. First go to Military Chaplain to identify yourself and inform them of the situation here., he has a way to get the army to assist you. Send 3... no, 5 heavy artillery, their range is very long, they don't need to reach West Borough, they should be able to shoot here at Northern Suburbs."
He thrust the map that Leonard and others had drawn horribly in the afternoon into Klein's hands.
"Let them aim and hit."
Klein For some reason, his face turned red with excitement. He took the map and put it away carefully.
"No problem, we'll set off for North Borough."
Leonard imitated the military salute and walked towards the carriage parked on the roadside.
When passing Angel, he turned his head and said silently:
Good idea.
Enmat Harbor learned it.
She responded silently. Leonard roughly recognized the sentence from the shape of her mouth. She raised the corners of her mouth and took two steps with a smile.
The moment he walked past Angel, a huge force suddenly came from Leonard's lower back, knocking him away.
Reluctantly turning around in the air, he saw clearly that Angel's raised foot had not yet been retracted.
And, at his original position, a Black Flame dagger appeared in the air.
"Enemy attack!"
"Midnight Poet" the trembling cry sounded. Before he landed, he had already taken out the gun from the holster under his arm and aimed at the dagger.
"Bang——"
The gunshot and the sound of the body falling to the ground sounded at the same time. There was nothing where the bullet flew. The Black Flame on the dagger converged, and then the entire weapon disappeared into the air.
Invisibility! It's that "Witch"!
Instead of blindly wasting bullets, Leonard climbed up from the ground on hands and knees, raising his gun on guard.
"Witch! She took the initiative and gathered around!"
Including Klein, this was not the first time for the four Nighthawks present to deal with an enemy who could hide their figure. The opponent failed to succeed in one attack and would inevitably look for opportunities again. The four people immediately gathered around and stood back to back in a circle.
"Bang-bang-"
Two consecutive gunshots rang out.
Angel lowered his right hand, fired a live round at the ground behind him, and then fired "Phantom Phosphor Eruption" which was in the second position of the bullet nest.
The luminous powder instantly enveloped the four people and the space around them. Phantom Phosphor Powder shone with light yellow light and slowly fell, rendering the country road under the night like a fairyland.
There is no fifth figure among them.
Could it be that this "Witch" found that his prey was already alert and had no way of making a move, so he simply ran away?
Leonard raised his gun and looked around. The dreamy Phantom Phosphor Powder gradually moved sideways with the breeze blowing by the Tussock River, and would soon float away from several people. However, there were only four Nighthawks who were dyed with glossy powder and whose outlines gave off a light luster.
... Be careful with the spider silk, it belongs to Sequence 6, "Demoness of Pleasure"...
"It's Sequence 6, 'Demoness of Pleasure', be careful of spider threads!"
Leonard repeated loudly, following the prompts in his mind with his eyes, he soon discovered several silk threads with dots of starlight attached to them, and they seemed to be wrapping around several people slowly but really quickly.
Dunn and Klein also discovered the looming spider silk. They aimed and pulled the trigger. The bullets flew past, but they were unable to do anything with the slender spider silk.
"Use fire, spider silk is afraid of fire."
Angel's cold voice also carried a hint of anxiety. Both Leonard and she had seen how powerful this kind of spider silk was. If the invisible "Demoness of Pleasure" was not found as soon as possible or the spider silk was burned, it wouldn't take long for these people to just wait and die.
Klein was the closest to the carriage. He had quick eyes and quick hands. When he heard that fire was needed, he immediately took two steps forward, took off the oil lamp from the carriage, and smashed it to the ground with a swing of his hand. The oil splashed everywhere, and the pungent smell enveloped everyone in an instant.
Immediately, flames shot into the sky, drawing irregular patterns on the rammed earth road.
The spider silk in the air ignites when it encounters fire, and like a ignited fuse, it carries the flames everywhere, and then converges in the same direction.
That's where "Demoness of Pleasure" is!
Before Leonard could speak to remind him, Dunn Smith put down his pistol, stroked his temples with his left hand, and closed his eyes slightly. An invisible wave spread around him, but most of it rushed in the direction of the spider silk.
Even Leonard, who was standing next to the captain, felt his eyelids drooping downwards and his thoughts slowing down, as if he was about to fall asleep like this.
Does the captain really only have Sequence 7...
He bit the tip of his tongue and let the pain stimulate his brain. After waking up from his drowsy state, Leonard looked at Dunn next to him with some fear.
The latter's eyes had been completely closed, as if he was standing and falling asleep. About 30 meters away in front of him, a space that was constantly moving was illuminated by the faint crimson moonlight, like the light refracted by the heat rising from the ground at noon.
It's the name "Demoness of Pleasure"! Although she was not completely Hypnosis, she had exposed herself due to the captain's interference.
"There!" Leonard shouted, taking the lead in raising his gun and firing.
Also shooting with him was Angel, who was also on alert. She fired a "Phantom Phosphor Eruption". The bullet trailed a phosphorescent light, and the bullet that followed Leonard hit the space in the distance that was moving like ripples of water.
"Bang——"
The bullet exploded, and another ball of Phantom Phosphor Powder floating in the air appeared next to the Tussock River.
Leonard's bullet also hit the target accurately, but unfortunately the sound of breaking glass was heard as he expected.
The mirror fragments marked with glossy powder were scattered in the wheat field, and "Demoness of Pleasure" disappeared again.
But there was no mirror nearby, so how did she use "Mirror Substitution"?
... They can carry their own special small mirrors as casting materials, but the number of times is limited...
"It's Mirror Substitution again. She shouldn't need it many times. Everyone, continue to be vigilant!"
Leonard immediately passed this information to his teammates, and at the same time shouted loudly for the sake of Intimidation's unknown "Demoness of Pleasure", so that it would be best to make her retreat.
The people who had been scattered due to the attack of spider silk gathered together again and stood next to Whale Oil, which was still burning.
"Captain, can we find her again like just now?"
Angel opened the magazine of the revolver, poured out a few unfired bullets, and replaced them all with "Phantom Phosphor Eruption", then turned around and asked Dunn.
"You have to find the general direction first, otherwise you will be affected before she does."
Dunn squinted and used Sleepless's Dark Vision to look for the enemy's figure in the surrounding wheat fields, but the enemy seemed to have made up his mind not to show up before the flames were extinguished. There was silence all around, with only the breeze blowing through the heavy wheat ears, making a subtle "rustling" sound.
"No, she seems to be delaying time..."
Leonard felt a little uneasy in his heart. He turned his head and looked at the two-story house in the distance. There was still an aura of keeping strangers away from it, but the chill that penetrated his bones had disappeared.
"The divination results show that the curse ritual will not be launched so soon. What is the use of her delaying this time?"
Klein is very sure of the accuracy of his divination.
"Unless it's for..."
"She still has companions. She must have escaped with key items in order to stop the ritual!"
Angel's exclamation suppressed Leonard's muttering. The expressions of several people changed drastically and they looked at the house where the chill had subsided.
The same chill appeared less than 10 meters away from them, and one Frost Spear as thick as an arm formed in the air one after another, flying towards the Nighthawks like a goddess scattering flowers.
Strange... homophones separated by punctuation marks can also be blocked.