With Dark Vision approaching the frightened girl, Angel bent down and gave her a hug. Feeling that the trembling body in his arms gradually calmed down, he whispered:
"Don't be afraid, Dominic is here to save you."
"Thank you, thank you..." The girl who had been strong enough to save herself just now was crying now, "I thought he was also taken away, I, I was very scared..."
Taking out a dagger and cutting the ropes that bound Sonia's hands and feet, Angel helped the girl stand up and walked from the dark room to the dimly lit corridor.
Sonia, who had recovered his vision, looked at the woman who saved him with some curiosity, and couldn't help but ask:
"I don't think I've seen you before. Were you invited by Dominic for help? Where is he now?"
In fact, I am Dominic - Angel. I wanted to make a joke like this, but looking at Sonia with tears on her face, I still couldn't bear to bully her.
"He's down there attracting the attention of gangsters. The sooner we get out, the safer he will be."
She led Sonia and Angel through the empty corridor and came to the stairs leading to the lobby on the first floor. The boy named Ian who she had rescued just now was looking out at the top of the stairs. When she heard the footsteps of the two people, she shivered in fright.
"It's you... is that the girl you want to save? Congratulations on finding her." Ian, who is young but looks very mature, said, "There are a lot of gunshots outside. It seems that two groups are fighting. We have to find another place to go out."
"That's my companion trying to attract attention. Let's go to the back door. That's where I just came from..."
"Boom——"
Angel Before he finished speaking, there was a violent explosion at the front door, followed by a shaking sensation. Even the flames of the gas lamp hanging on the wall became weak, as if someone had used several pounds of explosives to blow up half the house.
The door leading to the front hall was knocked open, and the dust caused by the explosion spilled out from the other side. A vigorous figure walked through the smoke and came to the stairs. Angel quickly drew his gun and took aim.
"It's me, don't shoot!" The figure fanned away the smoke in front of him, revealing the dusty face of Dominic, "Have you found Sonia? They will be there soon..."
Sonia cried and rushed to hug him, making this Provoker shut up.
"Don't cry until you get out. What's going on at the front door? Why are there more gunshots?"
Angel ignored the reunited couple, but frowned and looked in the direction of the front door. The place did not calm down due to Dominic's absence, but more intensive gunfire erupted, as if just as Ian said just now, "Two groups were fighting."
"Okay, Sonia, let's leave here right now." After touching the girl's messy brown hair, the gray-faced Provoker turned around, "MI9's people came over. They used explosives and destroyed half of the front hall. Now the two sides are fighting fiercely. I took advantage of the chaos to sneak over."
"Is it also for the manuscript?"
"Why else? To rescue the captured boys and girls?"
After taking a look at Ian, who still had rope binding marks on his wrists, Dominic grabbed Sonia and headed towards the back door.
"Zimang Party has the advantage of location, but the number of people is disadvantageous, and there is no Beyonder in charge. We probably won't be able to hold on for a few minutes. Let's run quickly. When MI9 finds out that there is no manuscript here, he will probably target us again."
Arriving at the back door where Angel had just climbed over the wall, two Beyonder used wooden boxes to help Sonia and Ian climb over the low wall. The four of them quickly left this land of right and wrong along the alley behind Red Brick Lane.
The gunshots and shouts that came from behind were still lingering. Zimang Party obviously did not collapse as quickly as Dominic suspected, but continued to resist.
It wasn't until the four of them passed through several streets and arrived at the Tussock River adjacent to East Borough and Docklands that the faint sound of gunfire disappeared from their ears.
"Here, it's time to leave. If you follow us any longer, you might be in danger."
As soon as he was out of danger, Dominic looked at the only "outsider" among the four, Ian, who was also kidnapped by Zimang Party.
The latter understood the situation and nodded, looked at Angel and said, "Thank you for your help, beautiful lady, you must have been involved because of that manuscript. I suggest you find a place to hide for a while and do not go to the police or seek official help, especially MI9, they..."
"I know, they have been infiltrated into a sieve long ago, these losers!"
Former MI9 member Dominic chimed in unceremoniously.
"... Well, as long as you are clear, I have been preparing to disappear for a while, but I owe you a favor," Ian nodded towards Angel, "If you need information, you can go to 'Bravehearts Bar' and ask for Old Man, and they can contact me."
After that, the thin young man walked west along the bank of the Tussock River and quickly disappeared into the night and thick fog.
"What about you? Are you still going back to your residence?"
Retracting his gaze from Ian's back, Angel looked at Dominic and Sonia. The former was disgraced, with dust left by the explosion and blood stains from unknown persons all over his body. Although the latter's clothes were still intact, his face also showed exhaustion that could not be concealed.
"How is it possible? I will definitely be caught when I go back now," Dominic shook his head, "I'm going to go directly to Docklands and find someone who dares to go out on the boat at night. Pritz Harbor will go downstream overnight. I will go to sea early tomorrow morning and never go back to this ghost place again."
Since the electrical system was not popularized, there were no steam trains at night, and most steamships did not dare to run at night. However, there were still brave boatmen who dared to go down the river at night and risk their lives to earn a little living expenses.
"The boy named Ian is right. It's best for you to avoid the limelight. These intelligence agencies can't find the manuscript and will definitely expand their search scope. Sooner or later they will find you."
"I don't need you to worry about it now. I have other things to do and I can't leave Backlund. Moreover, through Anti-Divination, I can also avoid Beyonder's tracking."
After hearing what Angel said, Dominic sneered and retorted, "Anti-Divination? You rely too much on those methods. Do you think I can do divination? Haven't I tracked you to your safe house?"
That's not what you said a few hours ago when you begged me to use Magic Mirror Divination to save your Sonia...
This Provoker continued talking to himself, without even noticing the constant winking of Sonia next to him.
"I suggest you replace those two safe houses and clean the contents inside so as not to leave traces. This has nothing to do with divination. The experienced Hunter can quickly trace you based on where you have lived."
Is he caring about me?
Angel smiled secretly.
Dominic rambled on about some anti-tracking methods. It wasn't until a carriage rushed past the loose paving stones beside him that he seemed to remember that he was preparing to escape and closed his mouth.
Then he took out a small envelope from his arms and handed it to Angel.
"This is your reward. Anyway, thank you for lending a helping hand this time..."
"If you go to Bayam in the future, you can go to the "Sea Water and Flame" bar in Pelican Street to find me. Of course, don't use your real name, just say "Lucky Nick"..." At the end of Dominic's words, he suddenly paused and said, "I hope you won't use it. I don't want to have any contact with Backlund or you Demoness anymore."
"Even the kind-hearted Demoness is the same."
After watching Dominic's one-man show with some confusion, he pulled Sonia towards Docklands in the east direction of the Tussock River. Angel squeezed the envelope in his hand and found that it was thin and contained almost nothing.
This guy wouldn't give me an empty envelope, so that's why he ran so fast...
Looking down at the envelope in her hand, she tore open a side and pulled out the only piece of letter paper inside. Using the moonlight, she looked at the contents under dark vision.
"Sequence 8, Trickmaster. Main materials: Spirit Eater's Stomach, Deep Sea Spearfish's blood 20 ml. Auxiliary Materials: 5 ml of essential oil made from hornbeam, 10 g of Thread Ball Grass powder, one blooming Red Chestnut Flower flower, and 80 ml of Pure Water."
This is... this is the formula of Potion?
Angel held back his surprise and looked at the backs of the two people.
He said he would give me a satisfactory reward. So he was referring to the formula of Potion? Indeed, the formula in the world of Beyonder is slightly equal to Gold Pound, and sometimes it can even do things that Gold Pound cannot do...
Continuing to look down, Angel discovered that there was more than just "Trickmaster" and Potion's formula on the paper.
"Sequence 8, Barbarian."
"Sequence 9, Seer."
On this piece of paper, a total of three Potion formulas were recorded!