"Bang——"
The bullet carried Black Flame, crossed the side of "Witch"'s face, and penetrated into the damp soil beside Tussock River.
It wasn't that Angel temporarily decided to spare her life, but an invisible pulling force dragged Witch horizontally and quickly away from her. The huge force even made Witch's neck break horizontally, with a look of panic and pain on her face.
The spider silk... is the "Demoness of Pleasure"!
Seeing this familiar way of moving, Angel instantly remembered Madam Sharon from before.
She switched the empty bullet "Bloodthirst" to her left hand, took out another revolver, and continuously fired the "Phantom Phosphor Eruption" in the bullet chamber, chasing Witch, which was moving quickly and getting further and further away from her.
Groups of phosphorescence exploded on the ground, and the figure with a white halo among them was dragged by the shiny spider silk and continued to move. Witch itself seemed to have used "Feather Fall" to fly close to the ground like a kite.
At the end of the spider silk, another white outline gradually appeared and became clear.
"Captain, can you restrain them?"
Angel hit "Phantom Phosphor Eruption" empty, and had no time to reload, so he had to shout for help from his teammates.
"She is holding the statue of 'Primordial Demoness'. My 'Nightmare' ability is almost ineffective against her, while the other Beyonder, that 'Demoness of Pleasure' seems to have found a way to deal with Phantom Phosphor Eruption..."
The tired voice of Dunn Smith came from behind.
As if to verify his words, Witch's dragged body merged with another figure. The latter hugged Witch's body and waved his arms. Their figures quickly disappeared into the night, and even Phantom Phosphor Powder attached to them was no longer visible.
At the last moment, Witch, who escaped from her hands, seemed to look back at Angel.
"Bang-bang-"
Leonard came forward from the other side of Angel, raised his pistol and fired several shots.
In the darkness, he fired at a target nearly a hundred meters away. The bullets had already flown in unknown directions, as if they were seeing off the two fleeing Beyonder.
"Forget it, they just want to escape, and even a few of us can't stop them."
Angel suppressed his inner anxiety, shook his head, and comforted Leonard, who was holding up the empty revolver.
"I thought you were the most worried. Just now your eyes were red, and you were chasing that Witch like you were desperate..."
Leonard said while reloading the pistol.
Are my eyes red?
Angel rubbed his eyes subconsciously.
"Maybe I saw the White Bone Goddess Statue when I was using Spirit Vision..."
"Ahem..." Dunn coughed, interrupting the conversation between the two. He frowned and looked in the direction of the two Beyonders, and then shook his head as if giving up.
"I was not in a good state tonight. I committed too many Errors. I failed to notice that this Witch was approaching invisibly. Her ability of 'Nightmare' was also cracked by her idol. I even let 'Demoness of Pleasure' escape from my hands just now..."
With an expression of fatigue and annoyance on his face, he turned to look at the anxious Angel, pursed his lips, and said, "Go and see Klein, and then... talk about your situation."
"Captain..."
Leonard stared in surprise and looked at Dunn, but closed his mouth under the latter's stern eyes and walked towards Klein who was still lying on the ground with a sullen face.
Angel silently put the revolver and dagger back into place and followed Leonard. Dunn, who was walking at the end, looked at her like a real person, making the skin on her back tighten.
When he decided to use "Magician Pocket Watch", Angel was already ready to expose himself Mystical Item.
If the passive ability of "Bloodthirst" to strengthen bullets can still fool her in a fierce battle, then the few Beyonder Abilitys that "Magician Pocket Watch" allowed her to obtain will never be able to hide it from the Nighthawkss present.
The powerful Flaming Jump, the weird Paper Figurine Substitute, and the Damage Transfer that can save someone's life...
They had only fought against the tuxedo clown of the Secret Order, the Sequence 7 "magician" half a month ago. They were familiar with these abilities and knew that an "assassin" should never have these abilities.
But Klein was seriously injured... Leonard and the captain were in a hard fight...
At this time, in order to hide her Mystical Item and cause casualties in the team, she will definitely regret it.
"I've... ahem, don't drink it... it's fine."
With the help of several people, Klein was moved from the semi-coagulated blood on the ground to the carriage and sat on the pedal under the driver's seat.
Dunn took out a thumb-sized sky blue metal bottle, unscrewed the cap, and was forcing Klein to drink "Goddess's Gaze".
Leonard pulled a small bunch of Klein's hair, and regardless of the latter's grinning Affliction expression, carefully wrapped the hair around the ceremonial knife, muttering something in his mouth, and inserted the knife vertically into the center of the pool of blood flowing out of Klein.
After taking a sip of the potion, Klein's face that had turned pale due to blood loss quickly returned to rosy. Although the wound on his shoulder was still bleeding, it did not affect his movements after emergency treatment.
"Just now I almost thought I was going to..."
He used his right hand to touch the missing part of his shirt on his chest, where Witch's dagger passed through his ribs and stabbed into his heart. The severe pain made him almost faint, and the blood that spurted out later dyed most of his white shirt red.
But the area that originally had the fatal wound was now smooth as new skin.
"This is a bit like the trick used by 'Tuxedo Clown' last time, but how did you do it?"
With a puzzled look on his face, he looked at Angel who was silent on the side, Dunn who had his arms folded on his chest and his eyes flickering, and Leonard who pursed his lips and stared at Dunn with a sullen face.
There's something wrong with this atmosphere...
Even though Klein's brain was a little sluggish after losing blood, he still noticed the strangeness of the atmosphere on the field.
Captain Dunn folds his arms across his chest. This seems to be a defensive and distrustful posture in psychology. Who is he warning?
Why is Leonard so hostile to the captain? Or perhaps it was due to caution... Did the two of them ever quarrel?
Angel lowered his head, seeming to be studying the composition of the land beside Tussock River, staring at his feet motionless.
Looking at the three people who were silent, Klein was about to speak to break the awkward atmosphere. The ceremonial knife inserted by Leonard on the ground suddenly emitted a burst of black smoke, and the hair tied to it burned out of thin air and quickly burned to ashes.
The pool of blood also turned black with the knife as the center.
"That's Witch's 'curse'. I just used Klein's hair and blood as a substitute to block her attack. Otherwise, his current weak body would not be able to withstand such a curse."
Leonard looked away from the ceremonial knife that was emitting black smoke, looked at Dunn and said.
"Captain, the two enemies just now are very powerful, one is Demoness of Pleasure's Sequence 6, and the other is 'Witch' who can cast curses skillfully. If it weren't for Angel..."
"I know, of course I know."
Dunn also spoke. His eyes swept over Leonard who was arguing hard, Klein whose mouth was open and didn't know what to say, and finally stopped at Angel who had his head lowered.
"In your eyes, I am such a person, because the members of the team took out the hidden Mystical Item in order to win the battle and rescue their companions, so you reported this to Holy Cathedral?"
"Other than forgetting things, I think my image isn't that bad, right?"
The corners of his mouth were raised, and there was a smile in his eyes.
Leonard seemed to be relieved, and his tense body relaxed.
"Klein, can you hold on for a while?" Dunn turned his head to the only injured person present. "Although the two Beyonder escaped, our main purpose is to destroy the curse ceremony. If you can still hold on, we will go to the house to check now. If you need to return to Zouteland Street immediately, let Old Neil replace you."
"I'm fine, I'm just a little dizzy from blood loss. I think I can still hold on."
Although Klein wanted to return to his warm home and fall asleep, he still gritted his teeth and persisted.
You can't just leave at this time...
Dunn nodded and looked at Angel who had not yet spoken.
"What about you?"
"..."
Angel still lowered his head, his body seemed to be shaking, and he let out a soft whimper.
"What?"
Leonard moved closer to the other party, trying to hear more clearly.
"... Please, please put out the oil lamp on the carriage... Aren't you afraid of catching fire and burning the whole Tingen City?"