The underground passage was refilled with the soil excavated by Rafter and the surrounding stones. After dragging Baronet, who had severe head trauma, to the roadside and putting it away, the three of them boarded the hired carriage that left West Borough.
Of course, only Angel and Sherlock got on the bus. It wasn't until the car door closed that Sharron Miss showed up and sat opposite them.
"Let me confirm first, you don't want to release that evil spirit, right?"
Although he had already gotten the answer from the two people's eyes, Angel still asked for confirmation.
"Of course not. I'm afraid that guy didn't tell the truth..."
Sherlock decisively refused, and then looked at the pale Sharron. She just shook her head slightly, indicating that she was the same.
"I want to correct this," Angel said immediately, letting Sherlock's eyes move here. "The 'Affliction' and 'despair' he mentioned are indeed my subsequent Potion Sequence. Of course, I'm not sure about the Hunter part."
She asked Sharron again:
"Sequence 4 Potion of Wraith, is it a 'puppet'?"
"Yes."
Sharron's voice was a little ethereal, as if she was sitting in a carriage and the voice came from a distant place.
"So, he will not take the risk of deceiving us on these basic issues. Otherwise, if someone singles out Error and finds that he is not sincere, he will probably make the whole thing public, or even directly report it to the official Beyonder, allowing him to obtain 'relief' in another form."
Sherlock heard the two people's answers, straightened up and leaned on the back of the chair, thinking while talking.
"And the Tarot Cards and 'Red Priest' cards he provided probably correspond to the 'Hunter' Pathway, because he needs to collect the blood of the descendants of Sauron and Einhorn, respectively. The ancient families of Intis and Feysac Empire once served 'Trensoest Empire' in Fourth Epoch, and what they have in common is Potion who mastered 'Hunter' Pathway."
So, this evil spirit's "reward" for the exchange of Potion and Pathway is probably true? No, it may only be limited to the name of Potion and the knowledge of Switching Pathways. When he is released, he may not hand over the real formula easily, and may even regard us as his first sacrifice after regaining his freedom...
What's more, the so-called Medici Family needs to be traced by tracking the organizations related to "True Creator". As for the latter, I only know "Aurora Order". Those Lunatic who are elusive and do all kinds of bad things. If I want to dig out information from their heads, it is faster to pray directly to "True Creator".
Of course, a certain piece of information provided by the evil spirit really aroused Angel's strong interest.
It turns out that the "assassin", that is, "Demoness" Pathway, can choose Sequence 4 from Hunter when he is promoted to Sequence 4, just like Church of Evernight's defection Archbishop is like Switching Pathways, and the strangest thing is that, contrary to the promotion to "Witch", such Switching Pathways will force women to become men. In other words... does he have hope of becoming a man again?
If he had heard such news three months ago, Angel would have been ecstatic and would have chosen to move in this direction without hesitation, but at this time...
She secretly glanced at Sherlock beside her, and was surprised to find that the latter was also looking over quietly, with unconcealable worry in his eyes.
This made her somewhat worried mood diluted by the teasing. Just when she was about to say a few words of teasing, Sharron's erratic voice came into Angel's ears:
"Why are you still pretending?"
When the three of them met at "Bravehearts Bar", Angel learned from Sherlock about his experience of knowing and cooperating with Sharron, and he had a good impression of "Wraith" Miss, who had helped the unlucky Detective who got into trouble when he first arrived at Backlund.
But when she heard Sharron's inquiry, she was still shocked. This first made her think of the evil spirit who had just mercilessly exposed her disguise. Then she remembered that Lola had reminded "Madness Ring" that he could not treat animals and Spirit Body took effect, and tonight she lent Beyonder Characteristic of "Faceless" to Sherlock to pretend to be a ghost. The real face was hidden under the ring.
"Sorry, I still have some powerful enemies in Backlund, so I will try my best to avoid showing my true colors."
She gave a reasonable explanation, but out of courtesy, she took off "Madness Ring" and showed her true appearance.
This is the first time since she came to Backlund and obtained "Madness Ring" that she has removed all disguises in front of people other than Sherlock.
From Sharron Miss's blue eyes, Angel could see his long pale golden hair and appearance that was far better than that of "Witch". However, this Wraith did not have any change in expression. He just stared blankly for a few seconds, then nodded and looked away.
"Okay, let me summarize," it was still Sherlock who spoke. He spoke very slowly, carefully considering his words, "According to what Rafte Pound said, this evil spirit should have been locked underground for about two thousand years. Generally, Low Sequence Beyonder It is impossible for to exist for such a long time after his death, and neither can Mid Sequence. He probably has the strength above Demigod, but is now isolated by a seal and unable to deal with us, so he is offering various rewards in the hope that we can help him unlock the seal."
"So, report?"
Angel subconsciously thought of this good method.
"Unfortunately, I was entrusted to help the new owner of the villa left by the Pound Family explore the underground ruins. In the end, I blew up the passage and claimed that there was nothing special inside, just countless snakes..." At this point, Sherlock paused, seeming to be a little afraid of snakes. "If this matter is reported to the official Beyonder, I will probably be exposed in their eyes and subject to strict scrutiny."
It turned out to be this reason... Otherwise, according to his character, he would have reported the evil spirits to the official Beyonder immediately.
Angel thought secretly, nodded and said:
"Then continue to observe this Rafte Pound. He doesn't seem to have told anyone else, but is digging secretly on his own. After tonight's fright and injury, he will stop for at least a few months, and maybe he won't dare to continue at all. What's more, even if he digs through the passage, he will still face the same trouble as us - how to find the descendants of the three families, and how to release the ancient evil spirit may not be as easy as he said."
The three of them agreed on how to regularly monitor this passage and Baronet, who was decadent in person but had lofty ideals in person. Then Sharron suddenly changed the topic:
"I have received the money for the gold bars you entrusted me to sell last time. Excluding the agreed commission, the total is 2,800 pounds."
She took out a stack of brand new Gold Pound from a pocket inside her complicated gothic dress and handed it to Sherlock.
This is equivalent to Beyonder Characteristic of Sequence 6, or Mystical Item of the same grade...
Angel looked at Sherlock with fiery eyes and counted the banknotes twice. After confirming the amount, he nodded and put it into the inner pocket of his windbreaker.
Reluctantly looking away, she suddenly found that the figure of Wraith Miss in front of her gradually faded and disappeared in front of her, leaving only an erratic sentence:
"Be careful recently, there is Demigod coming to Backlund."
She is so elusive, does she also play the role of "Wraith" in daily life?
Looking at the empty seats, Angel guessed.
Sherlock beside him took out the Gold Pound that was not yet warm, quickly counted out half of it, and handed it to Angel, who took it with a smile and carefully put it into his pocket without counting.
"Could the Demigod she just said mean 'Lady Despair'?"
After "dividing the spoils", the two were silent for a while, and Angel was the first to ask.
"Probably not. She is also being chased by a certain force. She has eliminated several pursuers before, but the High Sequence Beyonder behind her has obviously also come here... She has enough experience in dealing with the pursuit, but you..."
Sherlock's face was still full of worry.
"Can you buy other Mystical Item in the near future? If you are short of money, I can..."
"No," Angel interrupted him immediately, "I am indeed planning to make a Beyonder Characteristic into Mystical Item, but the money is enough, so you should solve your own promotion problem first."
She remembered that the two Potion materials of Sherlock had already been found, but they needed to be purchased from others, requiring at least three to four thousand pounds, so she did not accept his proposal.
"Okay, if you need anything, feel free to tell me," Sherlock nodded and stopped insisting, "Besides, are you tonight?"
"Of course, go back to East Borough, and then go back to your home."
Angel looked at Detective who looked tired in the morning with some strangeness, and suddenly remembered that he had gone to find Vampire Emlyn who was wandering around Harvest Church in the afternoon, and the latter was a Apothecary, the same Apothecary as Darkwill...
"You can't be..."
Sherlock looked away with some guilt.