The whole battle actually only lasted about a minute. As Isengard Stanton said, as long as they persisted for one minute, the team of "Machinery Hivemind" hidden nearby would arrive here and solve the problem with absolute force superiority.
But unfortunately, that "Desire Apostle" was too cautious. Even if he fell into a trap, even if he used the unexpected "Mental Shock" to severely injure everyone present and get a chance to fight back, his primary purpose was still to save himself, rather than to risk killing some of the Beyonder present.
When Beyonder in the audience was "Mental Shock" Intimidation, he had already felt "Machinery Hivemind" approaching quickly from the street. Even further away, there were already two other teams, full of "danger" against him, approaching the street quickly.
So he fled the scene without hesitation.
The leader of the "Machinery Hivemind" team that broke in was a middle-aged man with brown hair and a firm face. He was dressed in a windbreaker and top hat like all Backlund official Beyonder, and he held a strange-looking revolver in his hand.
He was the first to enter the room and saw clearly the situation on the field. He immediately directed other teammates to rush to the back door and tried to track the escaping "Desire Apostle", but within two minutes he led the team back to the living room with a look of reluctance on his face.
"He was seriously injured, and there was black blood all over the ground, but he had already run away."
He murmured, looking at Caslana and her assistant helping each other to stand up, Isengard getting up from behind the sofa, and Angel sitting on the sofa with the help of Sherlock.
"Did you see his face clearly just now?"
Another Machinery Hivemind asked. He was holding a metal vessel in his hands. It looked like a basin and was about the same size. It contained black mucus collected from the back door. These were both "Desire Apostle" "The blood, and even part of his body, was turned into a viscous black liquid by some kind of Beyonder Ability, which can be used to hide the body and avoid attacks. Just looking at it with the naked eye, it feels like the inside is filled with all kinds of negative and negative emotions.
"Only his eyes were exposed, which were blue, and the rest of his body was covered in this liquid."
The person who replied was Sherlock. He had hardly been attacked in the battle just now. Even when he was affected by "Mental Shock", most of that crazy energy was an act. The purpose was to confuse "Desire Apostle" and wait for the Machinery Hivemind team to come and encircle him.
He glanced at Angel, who was sitting next to him on the sofa with a strange red face, and wondered how true or false her reaction just now was.
"It doesn't matter, we have other ways."
The Machinery Hivemind member replied, putting down the "washbasin" and looking at his captain with an expression of expectation.
The latter took two steps, took off his top hat and placed it on the coffee table aside, revealing a messy brown hair. He found a sofa that was still intact and sat down. He nodded slightly to the few Beyonder gathered together and said:
"Hello everyone, this is the first time for most of you to meet me. I am Ikanser Bernard from Church of the God of Steam and Machinery." He paused and continued, "Next, I will use a certain Mystical Item to detect that person. Regarding the movements of 'Desire Apostle', although I have an agreement with Mr. Stanton, I will not care about your identity in this operation, but if you leak some information intentionally or unintentionally, this agreement will be invalidated immediately."
Angel resisted the various impulses in her heart and listened to Machinery Hivemind's warning. She knew that most of these words were for herself, Isengard, Caslana Both Sherlock and Sherlock belong to Detective, who is registered with the official Beyonder, and is also a victim of the threatening letter. Only he can be regarded as the "wild Beyonder of unknown origin".
From the corner of her eye, she saw another "Machinery Hivemind" asking the assistant Lydia who did not belong to Beyonder to leave the living room, leaving only the official or unofficial Beyonders.
"I understand, thanks for reminding me."
When she opened her mouth to respond, Angel realized that her voice was a little hoarse. Sherlock handed him a cup of coffee that had already gone cold under Frost's breath. She thanked her, took the coffee and drank it in one gulp, feeling that her dry throat was much more comfortable.
Ikanser waited for the door to be closed before he breathed a sigh of relief and took an ancient silver mirror decorated with black gemstones on both sides from another team member. It was about the size of a magazine and had strange concentric patterns on the back.
He held the silver mirror in one hand and stroked the surface three times with the other hand. After a short pause, he said:
"Dear Arrodes, my question is..."
He hesitated, as if he couldn't decide which question to ask.
His eyes wandered between the basin of black liquid and the messy living room. After a moment, he continued:
"... Where is the Devil that just attacked here?"
As his question ended, the surrounding gas lights suddenly dimmed, as if covered by an extra lampshade, and a strange watery light appeared on the surface of the ancient silver mirror, revealing a scene like Angel performing Magic Mirror Divination.
In a certain deep sewer, a black shadow is moving against the wall at an extremely fast speed. It sticks to the wall like a two-dimensional painting most of the time, but when it turns a corner or changes direction, it will turn into a human form again and run a few steps on its feet.
The image in the mirror followed the black shadow closely, unaffected by the darkness underground and the ever-changing speed.
The moment the black shadow returned to human form, everyone present saw his profile. Although it was also wrapped in pitch-black liquid, it had high cheekbones, a protruding chin, and a pair of cold blue eyes.
"There is no characteristic sewer, the specific location is not clear, and he moves very quickly. Even if he can be located, I am afraid it will be difficult to catch him..."
"At least I know his appearance and have some clues..."
"It's difficult. I know a lot of people with this kind of appearance. I'm afraid there are countless people in Backlund."
Several Machinery Hivemind were discussing in low voices. A certain member who had been prepared quickly drew a sketch of the profile, then tore off the page and put it away carefully. This will become the focus of their next search.
Angel also looked curiously at the silver mirror that was obviously Sealed Artifact. It actually directly located the other party with just a little bit of information. You know, this is Sequence 5's "Criminal" Pathway has an almost unbreakable Anti-Divination. If she used the ordinary Magic Mirror Divination, she would probably only get a dark failure result.
And this mirror actually has its own name, Arrodes. I am afraid it is an important Sealed Artifact, at least level 2, maybe even level 1... To be able to use it, this Ikanser should also be a deacon or the captain of a team similar to Red Gloves, which is Sequence 6 or higher...
Just as she was guessing, the picture on the surface of the silver mirror disappeared and a few lines of words appeared.
"Based on the principle of reciprocity, it's my turn to ask questions.
"If you answer Error, or lie, you will be punished."
The last word seemed to be written in blood, even dripping down.
Including the well-informed Isengard, several "outsiders" swallowed their saliva and looked at Ikanser, whose face was a little pale.
Several Machinery Hivemind subconsciously took a few steps away from him.
The middle-aged man, who was suspected to be the deacon Church of Steam, licked his dry lips and his expression became solemn.
The original words on the silver mirror disappeared, and a new line appeared as the water light flashed.
"Would you break your promise because of profit or other reasons?"
As if he couldn't believe that the question was so simple, Ikanser moved his head closer to "Arrodes" and confirmed it carefully. Then he glanced at Angel next to him and quickly looked back.
"No."
He answered softly.
After a while, the words on the mirror completely disappeared, returning to a silver surface that could barely reflect the surrounding scene.
The people watching looked at each other, feeling that the end of the matter was a bit simple, which was not in line with the harmfulness of "Sealed Artifact", especially several "Machinery Hivemind". They had stayed away from their captain before, obviously wanting to avoid some kind of danger, but now you look at me, I look at you, their faces are full of doubts.