Although they had not seen each other for only a week, and there were even two messages and letters from messengers, but when they saw Klein's thin, angular face again, Angel still pursed his lips with excitement, blinked his sour eyes, and took the initiative to greet him with open arms.
"I'm back."
She hugged Klein's shoulders and whispered in his ear. The moist air she breathed condensed into mist on the lenses of her gold-rimmed glasses, covering her dark brown eyes.
This enthusiasm made Klein a little uncomfortable. He struggled and twisted a few times, and then he hugged each other with his backhand. The two stood in the middle of the living room, not separated for a long time.
"Ahem——"
An awkward cough came, and Angel woke up from a dream. He let go of his hands and felt a little hot on his face.
"Now that Angel has been safely returned here, I should continue to do my business."
Mr. Azik pressed the top hat on his head and bowed politely. Even if he recalled many life experiences, Loen Gentlemen's humor and fun were still reflected in him.
"The aura similar to 'Death' reminds me of more things. Maybe I will focus on looking for clues near the Berserk Sea in the future, but you must be careful, the power there is not accessible to Mid Sequence."
After saying that, a smile appeared on his lips.
"Don't worry, I didn't forget anything else this time."
The surrounding colors suddenly deepened and faded, and the figure of Azik disappeared into the living room.
Only then did Angel understand the meaning of his last sentence. He glanced at Klein secretly and saw that he was also looking over. The two looked at each other and smiled.
But when they were interrupted by Mr. Azik, the two lost their tender thoughts. Besides, this was not a reunion after a long separation. Angel quickly put his mind back together, sat on the single sofa near the balcony, and told Para Island everything that happened to Klein.
"The senior deacon who failed to be promoted is connected to Nightmare. Day after day in the town, Copper Mine is regarded as a golden tourist..."
Klein was also a little stunned. The other party's experience this week was not inferior to the many major events he participated in in Bayam.
What surprised him the most was the senior deacon Pierce hidden in the mine.
Church of Evernight has a total of twenty-two senior deacons and Archbishop. They are almost the top leaders of the church except the pope. Even if they are not High Sequence, they are also popular candidates for High Sequence.
Of course, the former Ince Zangwill was also one of them, but their subsequent trajectories were completely different. Zangwill stole Grade 0 Sealed Artifact for Switching Pathways was promoted and caused the Tingen evil god's arrival incident, which killed hundreds of civilians, as well as Tingen's Nighthawks team leader, Dunn Smith.
However, Pierce Turner struggled with his own desires and evil thoughts for half a year after going crazy. Even when Angel finally cast "Calamity" Charm, he took the initiative to face the power of destruction and fulfilled his vow as "Guardian".
"So, are you going to send the Beyonder Characteristic he left behind back to Holy Cathedral?"
After listening to this somewhat tortuous and touching story, Klein sighed and turned to ask.
"Yes, this is his last wish, but now Beyonder Characteristic is combined with a Night Emblem to become the contaminated Sealed Artifact. Since I don't know the negative effects, I temporarily sacrificed it to Mr. Fool instead. Keep it. When Mr. Azik is free, the contamination problem may be solved. In that case, I may ask the courier to send it to the North Continent and return it to Saint's Beyonder Characteristic."
Although strictly speaking, Pierce, who was not successfully promoted to Sequence 4, cannot be called "Saint", Angel still calls this senior deacon this way to show respect.
"What about you? A lot of things seem to have happened in Bayam this week?"
After telling about his wonderful journey, Angel asked with a smile on his face.
"It's nothing. It's just that the followers of 'Sea God' Kalvetua launched a nearly suicidal attack on Bayam. God, who once appeared in the form of a giant sea snake, even set off a tsunami in an attempt to flood the entire island. Danitz and I witnessed a high-level duel at the beach."
Klein's tone was calm, as if he was talking about what he had for breakfast, but he couldn't hide the anticipation at the corner of his eyes.
It wasn't until Angel pretended to be indifferent and didn't ask further questions that he couldn't help but continue:
"The blue-haired Captain Ghost Ship and I also confirmed each other's identities and cooperated briefly. When dealing with the extreme Sea God believers, we left a good impression on the military and Church of Storms. Perhaps we can use these identities in the future."
"Evernight, steam, now it's the military and Storm," Angel counted them for him one by one on his fingers. "You might as well write this 'Sea God' and Kalvetua together, which will make five."
"With Mr. Fool, there are already five..." Klein muttered in a low voice, then changed the topic, "Moreover, this Sea God is not even as good as Saint 0 from Church of Storms, the heavy rain and tsunami it caused quickly collapsed in front of 'Sea King' Yarn Courtman. The fanatical believers who originally planned to take advantage of the chaos to attack the garrison and Storm Church lost their backup and were easily defeated."
Speaking of Sequence 3's Church of Storms Cardinal Bishop, Klein's eyes were filled with excitement. This was the envy of the high-ranking Beyonder and the desire for his power to change the terrain and reverse the weather.
Looking at Klein's expression, Angel quietly put away his worries.
After seeing the tragic situation of Senior Deacon Pierce Turner who failed to be promoted, her goal of pursuing strength and being promoted to Demigod has wavered. Even after digesting Sequence 5's Potion and collecting all the materials to configure "Despair", she still has to face the most critical level: Promotion Ritual.
As long as you are a little careless and fail to challenge Demigod in the promotion, dying on the spot is probably the best outcome.
But when I think of Captain Dunn and other victims who died in the Godfall tragedy of Tingen City, I think of the more than 100,000 people struggling in Backlund Great Smog, Ince Zangwill who is at large, and the Great Smog black hands who are still shrouded in fog...
... and Klein, who is also determined to take revenge and is seizing every opportunity to improve his strength.
Angel asked herself, no matter how many difficulties she faced, she could not stop her current pace.
"What's wrong?"
When a soft questioning voice came to her ears, she gathered her thoughts and raised her eyebrows to look at Klein, who looked worried in front of her.
"I just thought about Pierce's... ending. He had no relatives or friends worth trusting. After his death, he only left Beyonder Characteristic to the church and a reminder to future generations. This made me..."
Before Angel finished speaking, she was hugged tightly by Klein. Her arms were tied around her and close to her body, giving her a sense of protection when she lost her freedom of movement.
"Don't worry, at least we'll remember each other."
Klein said in her ear.
Yes, what am I worried about? I will remember him, and he will also remember me...Angel raised the corners of his mouth, gently opened his arms, and wrapped his arms around Klein's waist.
"I..."
Bang——
The unlocked door was pushed open, and "Fire Flame" Danitz walked in with disguised black hair. He winked and spread the makeup paint on his face to cover his appearance more evenly, and said loudly:
"Why aren't you ready yet? Didn't we make an appointment yesterday to go to 'Red Theater' together this evening..."
Only then did he realize that Gehrman Sparrow was not the only one in the living room, but also Angelica who had disappeared for a week and was busy with important things in Midway Island thousands of miles away.
It is said that he single-handedly solved an entire pirate ship named "Vice Admiral of Ailment", and the bounty for Angelica Zaki increased to 8,000 pounds!
Feeling the two people's eyes looking at him without emotion, Danitz tugged at the wig on his head, an awkward smile appeared on his disguised face, he laughed twice, stepped back and said:
"Heh, heh, I seem to have remembered wrongly. I made an appointment with that person downstairs..."
Bang, he closed the door with his backhand, and ran downstairs without caring about the 6,000-pound reward he was carrying.
It suddenly became quiet, and in the living room, which seemed to be blown by a cold wind, Angel looked at Klein expressionlessly, and spoke after a moment:
"Red Theater?"
"If I say that Danitz and I are going there to look for clues about 'Admiral of Blood' First Mate, you..."
"I believe it."
Angel interrupted him, nodded and replied.
"But, I want to check."
"Huh?"
Bang, bang...
Hearing several muffled sounds from upstairs, Danitz, who had already sneaked to the first floor, shrank his neck. He felt that because he failed to speak clearly, he intensified the conflict between the man and woman on the third floor.
He not only hoped that the two pieces of shit Adventurer who teased him with words and actions all day long would differentiate themselves and decide whether to live or die, but he also did not want to lose important combat power when dealing with "Admiral of Blood" Senior, so he stood blankly at the door of the "Azure Wind" hotel with a wig on his head, without moving for a long time.
Backlund, the secret office below Saint Samuel Cathedral.
Only a few gas lamps were lit in the spacious room, leaving most of the places shrouded in darkness. However, the deacons "Red Gloves" and Nighthawks who were either walking through it or sitting at the table reading documents seemed not to be affected at all.
This is the distribution center for information reported by Church of Evernight from all over the world. After classification, most of them will be assigned to dedicated teams to investigate clues and perform tasks, while the remaining files are archived and awaiting review.
"Bayam's telegram, Church of Storms's 'Sea King' Yarn Courtman conflicted with the local primitive belief God 'Sea God'. They suppressed each other in a confrontation that lasted for several days. The local garrison vigorously searched for the fanatical believers of Sea God..."
"Leave it to Pritz Harbor's team. They have informants in the Rhoside Islands."
"Report from the parish of Tingen, the two family members of the deceased Nighthawks were transferred to Backlund Diocese for continued protection. Well, they live in North Borough and Klee Wood Street, just near the church."
"Aier Hassen team is responsible for North Borough's key protection targets. Let them pay attention."
"Enmat Harbor's application. A fraudster who lied about being loved by 'Fool' was killed on the spot by a bolt of lightning after reciting 'Fool' Honorific Name while committing fraud. Clement applied to access the files related to 'Fool'."
"Isn't Soest Your Excellency's team investigating the case of 'Fool' and Tarot Cards ceremony? Pass it over to them."
Messages circulated between Nighthawks and were quickly assigned to the appropriate people, until another message was picked up, causing the young "Red Gloves" in charge of the distribution to frown.
After confirming twice, he snorted coldly and crumpled the telegram into a ball. However, after thinking that this was not in accordance with the procedure, he spread out the wrinkled paper, flattened it, stuffed it into a document bag with "invalid information" written on it, and threw it aside.
"What's that?"
Another deacon next to him asked. He was temporarily busy with his work and was looking for a topic rather boredly.
"The Rhoside Islands transferred it to Pulitzer, and then to Backlund's report information, saying..." The Red Gloves was mid-sentence, seeing the senior deacon on duty this month walking by, and quickly lowered his voice, "... said that a senior deacon died near Midway Island, far away from the North Continent, and he would return the items left behind at the appropriate time."
"Ha, if he changed his name, maybe we would investigate, but he actually spread rumors about Saint Pierce Your Excellency..."
The senior deacon behind him looked around at the busy scene in the office, nodded with satisfaction, walked out of the room, and stepped on the winding stairs back to the ground.
The senior deacon, who was not tall, had short dark brown hair, and was about forty years old, stopped until all the conversations disappeared.
A faint smile appeared on his face.