Five minutes later, figures appeared in the sewers one after another, surrounding them from all directions. The sound of stampeding on the sewage made the area that had become silent become lively again.
Most of them were wearing well-tailored military uniforms, and a few were wearing black trench coats and walking nimbly. The leader was carrying a Pure White Bone Sword, with a resolute but tired face. He was none other than "Goddess's Sword" Crestet Cesimir. His broken trench coat had no time to change, so he draped it on his body casually. His face was still a little pale, and his strength had not recovered much.
But he knew that Lanevus, who escaped from Guild Dormitory, would only be in worse condition.
Trackers coming from all directions quickly discovered the previous battlefield. Several Nighthawks and "Red Gloves" members from Dark Vision quickly stepped forward and surrounded the body lying on its back in the sewage.
Cesimir leaned on Bone Sword, squatted down, and reached out to test Lanevus's vital signs. A Nighthawks picked up the half of the arm with the help of Dark Vision. He took it and placed it on Lanevus's left arm that was interrupted at the elbow, making it a perfect fit.
"It looks like someone started a massacre."
A Loen soldier who came closer with an oil lamp to check said that he had been on standby outside to prevent incidents that required evacuation of the people, and did not know the details of the battle. At this time, when he saw the miserable death of Lanevus, he even showed sympathy on his face.
Several Nighthawks didn't take it seriously. As the culprit of Tingen Tragedy, they didn't mind how ugly Lanevus's death was. They were just curious about who it was and rushed ahead of them to kill the fleeing Beyonder.
Lanevus, whose corpse was riddled with holes, was covered with Tarot Cards. Cesimir reached out to uncover a few cards and found that they were all "Empress" cards like those face-up cards.
The card is very new, as if it has just been opened not long ago, but the shape is ordinary and featureless. It is the kind that can be seen everywhere, and its origin cannot be traced.
Putting down Tarot Cards, looking at Lanevus's broken arm, the ritual dagger on his chest and the injuries on his chest and shoulders, Cesimir was thoughtful.
He felt that this was not a massacre, but a carefully designed ritual with some symbolic meaning.
Looking up, the soldiers beside him were all talking in low voices, and the Nighthawkss also looked confused.
The senior deacon did have some ideas, but he still needed to go back to Saint Samuel Cathedral for verification.
Avoiding the gas lights that can be seen everywhere on the road, Angel returned to East Borough's safe house in fear.
She first changed out of her cloak and clothes that were full of bloodstains and sewage, took a shower, and washed away the Lanevus blood on her body, especially the scabbed blood on the right hand that penetrated the other party's body. Then she carefully put away her clothes, pants, and weapons so that they could be cleaned with Black Flame tomorrow to avoid being divined, and she put on another set of clothes that had been prepared in the safe house.
Only then did she have time to reflect on this "killing" operation.
Lanevus was able to escape the encirclement and suppression of Red Gloves led by "Goddess's Sword" Lord Cesimir, which was somewhat beyond Angel's expectations. This is probably related to the trace of "True Creator" divinity in him.
But she also had a plan, and was waiting in full force. She used Magic Mirror Divination to successfully determine the escape route of Lanevus, who had lost his divinity and could not interfere with divination. She blocked his only way and killed the fraudster who created Tingen City Evil God Descent Tragedy.
Before his death, Angel returned all the wounds on the bodies of Klein and Captain Dunn who were sacrificed by Tingen City to the culprit.
She originally wanted to cause the opponent to lose control during the battle, causing Lanevus to die with bleeding from the mouth and nose, and burst blood vessels throughout the body, to avenge the innocent people who died in the park without leaving their names in her heart.
Unfortunately, time was limited, so Angel followed his own selfishness and gave priority to the two people he knew.
But no matter, there's one culprit still on the loose, Ince Zangwill.
He cannot escape punishment.
For some unknown reason, Aurora Order started trying to summon their "True Creator" from Backlund, and Demoness Sect seemed to have started making trouble. There might be Zangwill and his Sealed Artifact behind this. Angel believes that as long as he improves his strength and tracks patiently, he can always catch that guy.
By then, everything that happened to Lanevus today will also happen to the defected Archbishop, and maybe Angel can come up with some new tricks by then.
With a relieved smile and holding the reassuring citrine, she quickly fell asleep on the simple bed in the East Borough safe house.
"It's not like you normally come to visit me so early."
Empress Borough's Earl Hall mansion, Audrey looked at the excited Viscount Glaint in Reception Room, then looked at Sun who was rising outside the window, and said.
"That's because I have important news to tell you."
Glaint looked around cautiously and found that the maids had been dismissed by Audrey. There was no third person around, only the golden retriever dog that Audrey always brought with him was lying beside the table. Then he lowered his voice and continued.
"On the way here, I met Cons, the same person who entered MI9. He told me an amazing news."
"You should have heard of Aurora Order, the cult that claimed responsibility for assassinating the ambassador. They were raided by the military in the middle of the night yesterday, and airships were deployed to encircle and suppress them. A dangerous plot was foiled and several important members were killed."
Aurora Order... I remember they worshiped "True Creator", so could it be Church of Evernight's secret operation? Xie should have reported the incident of Lanevus yesterday afternoon...
Audrey was thinking, but Glaint, who couldn't hold back his words, continued to talk:
"One of them is a wanted fraudster named Lanevus. I heard that he defrauded tens of thousands of pounds in Tingen. I didn't expect that this person was related to 'Aurora Order' and fled to Backlund, preparing to make some big plans."
"You said he was killed, which means..."
Audrey asked, thinking of Xio's previous request to her.
"Of course he died, but he didn't die in the hands of the pursuer. This is what I want to say is strange. His body was found in the sewer. His body was in a horrible state of death. It was covered with a lot of Tarot Cards, all with 'Empress' cards. Think about how weird it is..."
Tarot Cards, or Empress brand!
Audrey's eyes widened and he could hardly maintain the "Spectator" state.
This is what we Tarot Club did, it was "Empress" Miss who did it!
It turns out that she disappeared on Tarot Club for so long to track Lanevus, from Tingen City to Backlund, and finally killed the guy with the divinity of "True Creator" before the official staff.
The important thing is that "Justice", that is, me, also played a key role in it, providing intelligence and assisting in the investigation.
She almost wanted to pump her fists to encourage herself, but finally calmed down and continued to listen to Glaint talking endlessly.
But her eyes were wandering, and her mind was no longer in this Reception Room, but floating above Backlund, to the level of God.
Lanevus carries the divinity of "True Creator", and his plans are definitely not small. If he and Aurora Order succeed, they will definitely bring Catastrophe to Backlund, and even the entire kingdom. These plots, under the mobilization of Mr. Fool, were easily solved by a small character like me.
Of course, in the end it was "Empress" Miss who took action and killed Lanevus.
But I also participated in this God level game, which was really...
So cool!
Susie, who was a little sleepy on the side, looked at Audrey, whose cheeks were flushed, and Glaint, who didn't notice that the person in front of him was distracted, and blinked in confusion.
"Please help me get Tingen City Divine Descent Incident's file."
With a tired look on his face, Cesimir put on a new windbreaker, sat on a back chair in a certain underground conference room of Saint Samuel Cathedral, and said to Nighthawks next to him.
When the other party nodded and was about to leave, he added:
"Also, help me summon all the team captains and deacons to come over for a meeting."
Then he looked at the action report placed on the table in front of him and fell into deep thought.
Not long after, Daly Simone entered the room. She returned to her old black hooded robe, with eye shadow and blush on her face. She randomly found a seat and sat down. Her eyes glanced at Cesimir, whose eyes were out of focus, and landed on the report in front of him.
With a sound of "Huh", Daly took the report and quickly looked through it. A trace of anger soon appeared on his face, and he asked in a low voice:
"Why didn't I know what happened last night?"
"Why didn't you call me when you arrested Lanevus?"
"You clearly know what he did!"
Cesimir woke up from his meditation, looked at Daly who was suppressing his anger, and replied:
"I knew what he had done, so I didn't inform you. Your participation in the operation would bring unnecessary hidden dangers to everyone." He seemed to have thought of something, grinning at the corner of his mouth, revealing a tooth with an invisible face, "Tingen City Nighthawks who is undergoing training at Holy Cathedral is just like you. He thinks about revenge all day long, but I have to be responsible for the entire team of the operation and eliminate any unstable factors."
"I am not a newcomer who cannot bear my emotions. I will be calm and obey orders," Daly said with a sneer. "My anger will only explode after Lanevus is arrested. I will use all the punishments I can think of on him to make him understand that men are also very fragile..."
She was thinking about how to torture Lanevus without any image. It wasn't until one by one Nighthawks captain and deacon entered the room that Daly stopped talking obscenely.
It seemed that this was the first time he saw Daly like this. Cesimir looked at the angry "Spirit Guide" with complicated expressions until all the participants sat down.
The team captains and deacons also looked worriedly. Most of them had heard about the tragedy of Tingen City and the relationship between Daly and a certain captain.
A Nighthawks walked into the room and handed Tingen City's incident file to Cesimir.
While the latter was looking through the files, he asked other team leaders who were performing different tasks to report their work. Daly lost all his strength after the explosion just now, and his eyes stayed on the report of the encirclement and suppression Lanevus in front of him, motionless.
"Lanevus's autopsy report shows that in addition to the huge wounds on the chest and abdomen caused during the fight with Lord Cesimir, there are four larger wounds, and more than twenty small wounds all over the body, with burn marks in many places. The fatal wound was a penetrating wound to the chest, not a sharp weapon, but an attack from behind with bare hands. In addition, the left forearm was cut off from the elbow, and the stab wound on the chest was caused by a common ritual dagger. Well, it cannot be ruled out that the left arm was severed by this ritual dagger."
A captain read the report in his hand.
"In addition, there is a penetrating injury on his right shoulder similar to that on his chest, but strangely, the clothes there are not damaged, just like..."
"It's like a wound transferred from somewhere else, isn't it?"
Cesimir, who was looking down at the file, raised his head and interjected, then threw the file in his hand on the table, and the nearest deacon took it and took a look.
"It's similar to the way those three people died, right?"
He seemed to be asking the deacon who was checking the file, but his eyes were fixed on Daly.
"... Yes," Daly answered, his voice a little hoarse, as if it was caused by the roar just now, "Dunn's chest wound was moved to his right shoulder, but in the end he still lost too much blood... Klein's left arm was cut off by a sharp instrument, and his chest was a wound that penetrated from behind, and Angel..."
"That Witch of Tingen was stabbed into the heart with a sharp instrument and died."
The deacon holding the Tingen City file answered.
"No, she is not Demoness!"
Daly, who was still angry, looked at the deacon angrily, then seemed to wake up, said "Sorry" and sat back in the armchair.
The deacon had some confusion and offended anger on his face, but he looked at his colleagues who were looking at him with complicated eyes and said nothing.
"Now is not the time to quarrel, right? Besides, aren't we discussing Backlund? Angel Granger Miss is our colleague, and she is a hero who died for Tingen. Please don't call her that again in the future."
Soest, who was sitting on the other side of the long table, tried to smooth things over, but his tendency was very obvious, attracting a strange look from the deacon who had made a mistake.
"Okay, let's continue with the report."
Cesimir brought the topic back on track.
"Lanevus's body is covered with many Tarot Cards. It may be some kind of symbolic ritual, or it may be the murderer's personal habits. We tend to be the former. This is probably an organization that we don't understand yet."
"Does the whistleblower have any clues?"
"The report letter forwarded by Sivellaus Yard was submitted anonymously, and the report by Saint Samuel Cathedral was instigated by a Bounty Hunter. One of her companions was killed while investigating Lanevus, which made this Bounty Hunter hold a grudge and report angrily."
The other captain replied.
"Based on this clue, we found out about the gas explosion that occurred at East Borough Dharavi Street on Friday night. At that time, the police found traces of extraordinary power and reported who was responsible for that area. Team Machinery Hivemind, the final investigation has not yet come out, but local witnesses once saw a woman fighting a tall enemy. Through the testimony, we determined that it was a 'Witch' and a 'Rose Bishop'."
Rose Bishop?
Cesimir thought of what Lanevus said before escaping, "Idiot Rose Bishop". It seemed that it was probably the Beyonder who killed and set fire to East Borough.
But who is that "Witch"?
There are many burn marks on the body of Lanevus, which also belong to the ability of "Witch" to control Cursed Flame...
Looking at the deacon who just shouted "Witch of Tingen", he thought of the woman he saw at Serenity Church, Angel Granger.
Unexpectedly, she found clues so quickly and started her own revenge.
Putting away his thoughts, Cesimir stopped discussing the topic of "Witch" and instead chatted with them about the plot of "True Creator" and the possible follow-up actions of Aurora Order.
Daly, who had regained his composure, looked thoughtfully at Cesimir, who had changed the subject, and fell into deep thought.
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival... 4,000 words, is this just an extra update?