The two-wheeled carriage without any markings drove all the way from West Borough to Cherwood Borough. When approaching East Borough, as expected by Angel, the front right wheel fell off the axle and rolled far along the stone road, causing a small chaos in the carriage.
Suppressing a smile, she watched Sevillea angrily reprimand the peripheral member of the sect who was driving, and then when another carriage with a similar appearance arrived, she took Angel and got on it again.
"Fortunately, we were planning to change cars nearby, otherwise we would have had to hire a carriage to go to the countryside."
Sevillea explained with a gloomy face, but Angel always felt that she was calling another carriage temporarily because the coachman was not familiar with their destination and had to correct the direction under her constant command.
The carriage circled around the outside of East Borough and came to the small road in the eastern suburbs of Backlund. It didn't stop next to a small town until Sun was high up. Angel, led by Sevillea, walked away from the other side of the town, walked around the mountain road for a while, and entered a hidden cave beside the rushing Tussock River tributary.
"At first I thought I would meet Lady Despair in Empress Borough's luxurious villa, and then I thought East Borough's hidden alley would be good too, but I didn't expect..."
Angel looked around at the primitive cave with no traces of artificial excavation and said with a hint of ridicule:
"... will be in such a damp and cold cave."
"Just tell me this. When you see Ms. Panacea later, you'd better put your thorns away."
To her surprise, Sevillea did not refute these words, but reminded him in a low voice, his face no longer showing the usual temptation and indifference, but a solemn expression.
The two walked through the moss-covered cave one after another and entered the narrow tunnel. When they could barely hear the sound of running water from the outside, the tunnel suddenly opened up, and at the end appeared a paved stone road, artificially carved stone pillars and a heavy door.
This looks like Underground Palace, or at least a large stronghold. Isn't it the base where Demoness Sect hides and transfers slaves? But why were there no guards, not even lights?
Angel watched with some surprise as Sevillea pushed open the door on one side, ducked through the gap, and then a dull voice came from behind the door:
"Hurry up, Lady Despair is down there."
She followed her instructions and saw that there was direct sunlight behind the door. It was not like underground at all. It was surrounded by thick stone pillars. They did not appear to have been made recently, but were at least hundreds of years old. The gray stone slabs on the ground were neat but full of cracks, which could not be much different from the age of the stone pillars.
Looking up, I saw that part of the center of the tall stone dome had collapsed, revealing branches swaying in the wind and Sun hanging high in the sky.
Below the gap, in the center of the hall, stood a stone altar with some wooden crates scattered around it. The blood oozing out from under the crates had long since dried up. It was unknown how long it had been there.
Could this be some ancient ruins that was discovered and excavated by the Demoness Sect and then "wasted"?
With her shallow historical knowledge, she also knows that there are many ancient ruins from the early Fifth Epoch and even Fourth Epoch near Backlund. The ruins she is currently in are far away from East Borough is only a few kilometers away, and the ruins of the Fourth Epoch Tudor period where the sealed evil spirit we encountered last week is actually underground in Backlund Empress Borough.
If the entire Backlund and the surrounding area were hollowed out, there might be dozens of ruins and tombs of different styles underground... Did Demoness Sect choose this place with some plan, or was it just a random search for an uninhabited area?
With doubts, Angel followed Sevillea who said nothing, left from the stone door on the other side of the ruins hall, walked down the winding passage for a few minutes, and came to a windowless room.
On the way, she didn't meet any guards, as if there were only two of them in this ancient, hidden ruins.
It wasn't until she entered the room that she saw the target of her trip, the "Lady of Despair" Panatia, who was mentioned repeatedly in the words of the two pleasure witches Servilia and Laura.
The latter was wearing a white robe, with his hair pulled back casually. His back was to the door, and he was facing a full-length mirror. The edge of the mirror was smeared with a dark red sticky substance, which was dissolving and evaporating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Knowing that this was mirror communication, Angel instinctively glanced at the center of the mirror, but the angle was not good, and he could only see the darkness coming out of the shrouded fog from time to time.
"Lady Despair."
Sevillea half-bent down respectfully and said hello.
Angel followed her example and stood by the door without saying a word.
Time just passed away in the silent conversation between Panacea and Mirror Person. It was not until the mirror returned to normal and Communication Potion was completely exhausted that the woman in white robe turned around and looked at Angel with a pair of shining eyes.
She has a bright appearance, but does not contain a hint of gaudiness. It is as if Angel has fallen into the mortal world, which makes Angel almost dusty in her heart. The original desire for women is gradually aroused, and there is a bit of violent impulse in it, wanting to destroy her beauty and holiness.
Obviously, this is a far greater temptation than "Pleasure"...
"Are you Irene Watson, the Witch who came from Tingen to Backlund?"
A pleasant female voice rang in his ears, Angel nodded involuntarily, and then he was horrified to realize that the action just now did not go through his mind at all, and was a completely subconscious response.
Is this the effect of a certain Mystical Item, or the influence of her words? Or is it some kind of "divination" using dialogue, but it's just resisted by the Anti-Divination in me?
At this moment, she was thinking a lot, but before she could think of the answer, Panacea's next words made her heartbeat slow down by half a beat:
"Then, take off your disguise, the newly promoted 'Pleasure' Demoness."
"What?"
The one who exclaimed was Sevillea, who was standing obediently at the side. She was even more surprised than Angel, whose identity was revealed. She subconsciously stepped away for two steps, and her eyes stayed on the ordinary-looking Witch for a long time.
"Yes, Lady Despair."
Angel looked calm. She held Madness Ring between her fingers and gently took it off. Her black hair and round face turned back to her "true appearance" in an instant: long brown hair from Ms. D, the lake blue eyes belong to Lola Swann, and the facial features are somewhat similar to Audrey, but they have also been slightly adjusted to avoid being recognized by Sevillea.
She believed that as a senior executive of the Demoness Sect, Lady Despair must have seen Mitis, Madam Sharon and other Demoness of Pleasure, so she Instead of using them as materials to fabricate "Faceless" Beyonder Characteristic, they pieced together a new face, hidden under the effect of "Madness Ring", as another layer of insurance.
Sure enough, this Demigod easily saw through her psychological disguise.
If "Faceless" is also seen through, they can only reveal their true appearance, but if they had divined the cause of Madam Sharon's death, they would probably know that many of Tingen's plans were destroyed because of my "betrayal". That is the worst case scenario...
Angel thought with some anxiety, but except for Sevillea who opened his eyes wide in surprise, Lady Despair, who was wearing no makeup and white robe, made no further moves.
"Sorry, Lady Despair, I... I feel ashamed for not being able to see through her disguise."
The most nervous person in the room was actually Sevillea, who had met Angel no less than ten times, but had never doubted the ordinary appearance of "Witch". There were a few drops of sweat on her face, and her eyes kept moving between Angel and Panacea.
"Don't worry, Sevillea," Panacea said softly. His eyes first stayed on Angel's face for a moment, and then looked at Madness Ring in her hand, "She Now she is the same as you Sequence, and she is disguised through Mystical Item. If I were in your position, I would probably only regard her as an alien among Demoness, instead of hiding her true appearance."
"But rather than the origin of this Mystical Item, I'm actually more curious, where did you get the complete 'Pleasure' Potion formula?"