"Magician Pocket Watch" is in a negative state of fear of fire for 12 hours, and the streets at night are full of terrifying flames. Angel can only leave East Borough through the sewer connecting the entire Backlund, and go to the Backlund Bridge Borough domain that she is more familiar with.
Besides, even without the negative status, dragging a burnt corpse walking on the street, even in the chaotic East Borough, would be too eye-catching.
It took more than an hour to arrive at the sewer area where the mutated rats and crocodiles had been cleaned. Angel found the right direction and brought Rose Bishop's body to the exit next to the Tussock River, where the faint light of Crimson Moon could shine through.
There are several platforms here that are slightly higher than the sewage ditch. Although it is not clean, it can at least be away from the cross-flowing sewage.
Throwing Rose Bishop aside casually, Angel stood aside for a short rest and recovered a little Spirituality. Then he used the Saint Night Powder he carried with him to mark out the area surrounding the body and himself, creating an isolation Wall of Spirituality that blocked the stench of the sewer and the sound of the Tussock River water flow outside the wall.
Before performing dangerous divination, she should have waited for the Beyonder Characteristic of Rose Bishop to precipitate, so that even if the divination involved True Creator like last time and was contaminated by his divinity and aura, she could at least retain part of the harvest.
But rather than Beyonder Characteristic being contaminated, she was more afraid of waiting too long and letting the deceased's Spirituality be lost, so that the position of Lanevus could not be divined.
Taking a deep breath, rubbing "Hidden Holy Emblem" on his right wrist, Angel chanted Goddess and Honorific Name.
"Evernight Goddess, which is nobler than the starry sky and longer than eternity.
"You are Lady of Crimson, Mother of Concealment, and also Empress of Misfortune and Terror.
"Lord of Repose and Silence..."
This is a quick ceremony that does not require an altar or candles. If you do not have Hidden Holy Emblem, no matter how pious Angel is, you may not be able to get a response from Goddess.
"I pray that you...
"I pray that you will bless me...
"Provide blessing for my divination..."
Whether it was an illusion or not, she felt the temperature of the Holy Emblem between her fingers drop a little.
Then, a swirling breeze blew in Wall of Spirituality, and a peaceful atmosphere spread around Angel.
She didn't waste any time, and immediately took out Magic Mirror and approached Rose Bishop, who was strong but whose skin had turned black.
"Magic Mirror Magic Mirror Tell me the reason for the Dharavi Street big explosion."
She did not try to point the divination target directly at the identity of Rose Bishop, or even the whereabouts of Lanevus, because it was likely to involve a deeper power, and her current clue was only Rose Bishop itself.
"Gather enough information before trying divination."
Cutting off the memories that were pouring out, Angel turned his attention to Magic Mirror, which was filled with fog, and a dynamic picture was quickly displayed on it.
"Williams, help me find someone. His name is Lanevus. He is a fraudster and has been on the national wanted list."
A short woman with messy blond hair handed a portrait to another young man with a slender face. When the latter took it, Angel also saw the portrait in his hand clearly.
With round glasses, neatly combed hair, and an ordinary face with a mocking expression, this is the fraudster Tingen City, Lanevus who plotted the evil god's coming!
"Xiu, it's extremely difficult to find someone in East Borough. I have to mobilize many friends to work together to have a chance... You have to pay more."
The young man put away the portrait and said with a smile.
stop? Xio Derecha? That name "Bounty Hunter"?
Angel remembered the words of the dead Rose Bishop after seeing him.
Soon, the picture on Magic Mirror changed. A young man named Williams took the portrait around and asked different people, but he got nothing.
When he returned home, a tall, hooded man threatened him and told him why he was looking for Lanevus, then tapped him on the shoulder and left the room.
Williams just breathed a sigh of relief when he was torn apart by the snap of the male's fingers, spreading his flesh and blood all over the room.
Then came the gas explosion that destroyed the entire residence...
Magic Mirror's surface has returned to its original state, but Angel's mood cannot be calm for a long time.
She had already recalled the identity of the short woman who had appeared at the Mr. A rally, and even tried to entrust her to find someone.
This Bounty Hunter seems to have a wide range of business. He is not only tracking down the mysterious woman from Tingen City, but also trying to find traces of Lanevus.
Are you specializing in the business of finding people, coveting the other party's bounty, or do you have other motives?
Williams, who worked for her, must have been discovered by Rose Bishop while searching for Lanevus. The latter followed him back home, and after asking about the situation, he used a gas explosion to kill and silence him.
If he hadn't happened to be downstairs and was mistaken for Bounty Hunter who issued the commission, I'm afraid this Rose Bishop would have left East Borough and his whereabouts are unknown.
This is in line with the style of "Aurora Order"... Could it be that Lanevus is currently under the protection of "Aurora Order"? This man planned Evil God's Offspring's arrival, but escaped from Tingen himself, and even left clues to Nighthawks. Logically speaking, Aurora Order should hate him endlessly.
After thinking for a moment, looking at the inhuman Rose Bishop, Angel touched Magic Mirror again and asked the next question.
"Magic Mirror Magic Mirror, tell me," she paused, but still did not point the divination directly at Lanevus, "Where this Rose Bishop is hiding."
If he is really protecting or monitoring Lanevus, then finding his residence is equivalent to finding Lanevus!
Smoke and pure black flashed alternately in Magic Mirror, and ships passing by on the Tussock River appeared.
The river made a 180-degree bend and surrounded a busy dock.
This is Docklands from Backlund!
The picture continued to zoom in, showing a towering clock tower, a large dock, and several small buildings next to it that looked like children.
Angel saw a signboard that said "Dockworker Association", but the screen in Magic Mirror was pulled to the dormitory building on the other side.
Rose Bishop, who is nearly two meters tall and has light yellow curly hair, is talking to someone. The angle of view gradually increases, reflecting the latter's bronze skin.
Bronze skin, is it him again?
Angel waved away Wall of Spirituality beside him without hesitation, grabbed Magic Mirror, and was about to throw it away.
But her remaining sanity prevented her body from acting subconsciously.
Holding Magic Mirror with one hand, feeling the increasingly dense evil aura in it, enduring the crazy whispers that gradually approached his ears, and enduring the severe pain that deepened from his fingers to his arms, Angel gritted his teeth and stared at the mirror, ignoring the stinging pain in his eyes, waiting for the final divination screen.
The angle of view continued to rise, revealing an angular chin and cheeks, and a face with gold-rimmed glasses. There was a sarcastic smile on his lips, and he was talking to Rose Bishop.
"Bang——"
The mirror cracked and fragments scattered everywhere. Each fragment seemed to have a trace of thick blood attached to it, and more of the "True Creator" aura that Angel was already familiar with emerged from the mirror.
She immediately threw Magic Mirror like a Frisbee, and at the same time lit Black Flame, burning the hand she was holding Magic Mirror on - the exposed skin was already stained with a trace of patina-like color, corroding the skin and emitting bursts of green smoke.
With a "pop" sound, Magic Mirror, with only the frame remaining, fell into the sewer where sewage flowed, and the evil aura disappeared without a trace.
Angel was stunned. She looked at her hand, which was covered with strange rust stains just a second ago. Although the veins were bulging, the skin was cracked and bleeding, the pollution of "True Creator" had faded away, as if it had never appeared before.
Fortunately, it was just a traumatic injury, and those Healing Potion that I used "Apothecary" Darkwill at home later should be able to recover quickly.
Bending his elbow to reduce the blood flow to the injured area, Angel looked at the motionless Magic Mirror in the distance in silence. It took him a long time to come back to his senses and draw Crimson Moon on his chest with his still intact hand, sincerely thanking Goddess for his blessing.
Afterwards, she picked up the damaged Magic Mirror that no longer exuded the evil aura, returned to "Rose Bishop", and waited for the precipitation of Beyonder Characteristic.
"That sarcastic smile is undoubtedly Lanevus, although I don't know where he tanned his skin and changed his appearance..."
She thought of the bronze-skinned hands she had seen when she was divining the origin of mutated animals.
"He also created mutated animals through blood? But this can easily attract the attention of the official Beyonder. Why would he do such a stupid thing? For an evil sacrifice, or to relieve the desire to kill?"
Thinking about it, Angel moved his eyes to "Rose Bishop" on the ground.
"This 'Rose Bishop' and Lanevus live together in Docklands... That bell tower is very similar to East Balam Dock's iconic building, and they just hide in the dock workers' dormitory? Instead of covering up their whereabouts, they deliberately create trouble. 'Rose Bishop' also chooses the most destructive method when fighting..."
A thought came to her mind that even she couldn't believe:
"They, or Lanevus, are deliberately attracting attention from the outside world?"
"Could it be that this fraudster, just like Tingen, left a provocative letter with the word 'bomb that keeps getting stronger' to attract Nighthawks's attention, actually has another agenda?"
If he causes the evil god to descend again and detonates a "bomb" in the densely populated Docklands, the consequences will be disastrous.
"No matter what, I will report it early tomorrow morning after the negative status disappears."
Lanevus may find that "Rose Bishop" is missing at any time, and may move to other areas at any time, or even leave Backlund. Angel himself does not have the confidence to solve him who has the aura of "True Creator" on him, but the official Beyonder can, and Nighthawks can!
After making up his mind, Angel looked back at the corpse of "Rose Bishop" on the ground. Under Spirit Vision, wisps of white light gradually focused on his right eye, indicating that Beyonder Characteristic was about to separate.
But when she opened Spirit Vision, she immediately felt severe pain in her eyes, and low murmurs came from her ears, just like she had been exposed to the breath of True Creator during divination, but there was no such evil atmosphere.
Could it be that Beyonder Characteristic was contaminated by the divinity of Creator?
No, it is a little different from the divination just now. It should be that this "Rose Bishop" was on the verge of madness and out of control before his death. This may be because of my "Madness", or because of the injuries he suffered in the battle, or he may even have been mentally unstable before the battle with Spirituality. Considering that he detonated the gas pipes in the entire apartment, this possibility is quite high...
As the characteristics concentrated on the right eye of the deceased, the eyeball became red, swollen, and fell off by itself from the eye socket. Angel found that after the characteristics were precipitated, Rose Bishop's tall body seemed to have shrunk one size, and the burnt skin became drier, as if dehydrated.
Picking up the red eyeball that had fallen to the side, Angel immediately sensed the presence of countless individuals around him, including pedestrians on the street above him, rats crawling around the sewer, and even corpses under his feet.
This is not the information that appears in the line of sight, but just like "Flaming Jump"'s induction of the surrounding flames, it is the reminder of Spirituality, and it is an all-round perception.
"This eyeball allows me to sense moving objects around me?" She put down her eyeball in confusion, and the sense just now disappeared instantly. "No, pedestrians on the street overhead can sense it, as can the horses and passengers pulling the cart, but the carriage itself cannot..."
After several experiments, she determined that this red eyeball could allow her to sense "flesh" in a radius of about 50 meters around her. Whether it was as small as a mouse or as large as a horse, or even a dead body, they were all within the sensing range.
"Is this the characteristic effect of 'Rose Bishop'?"
She picked up the eyeball again, preparing to test it a few more times, but she felt a sharp pain in her head and the things in front of her became blurry.
Spirituality The consumption is too great... It's better to go home and rest as soon as possible.
Carefully packing the eyeball with the bullet box he carried with him, Angel looked at the Rose Bishop corpse at his feet and felt troubled.