At noon on Thursday, a steam train dragging many carriages and white smoke from the chimney above its head slowly entered the station in the north of Backlund.
Looking at the familiar buildings outside the window, Angel sighed in his heart:
"Backlund, I'm back again."
During the two-day journey, she was extremely bored and had already begun to study the tidbits in the newspapers verbatim. If it weren't for the decent food in the first-class carriage, Angel would have been unable to resist getting into Mirror World and returned to Backlund early.
Of course, she did not miss the advertisement published in "Novel Weekly" published by Trier, and successfully found the publication notices for the first two volumes of "The Great Pirate Angelica series", "Fountain of Youth" and "Ghost Empire".
It seems that Tarot Club's "Magician" Miss, the famous novel Author, an enthusiastic agent for his works, and a close friend of the Abraham Family, Ms. Fors Wall, really published those novels to Intis... Angel chuckled, not caring that her reputation became strange because of the popularity of these fictional novels.
Anyway, except for members Tarot Club and Klein, no one knows the current relationship between me and Angelica Zaki. Leaving some legends for the "Golden Queen" who appears from time to time will also help consolidate that identity and distinguish it from "Angel". At most, after all her novels are published, she will come to ask for a copyright fee, and she must not dare to refuse... Thinking of this, Angel couldn't help but calculate the profits that could be obtained, and the corners of her mouth gradually turned upward.
In view of these thoughts, before she left Trier, she also went to District 8, trying to find Fors and return to Backlund with her.
Unfortunately, both fortune-tellings ended in failure. Angel could only Persuasion himself. The big Author might have to stay for a while, so he bought a ticket back to Loen alone.
Of course, compared to Fors and the royalties she did not receive, the biggest benefit Angel gained from this Trier trip was undoubtedly the Beyonder Characteristic that Sirio Sauron, "Iron-Blooded Knight", left after his death, and the Mystical Item he left behind.
No, according to my divination, this "Reaper Legion" should be Sealed Artifact, and it is a "1" level Sealed Artifact. It is most likely formed by the characteristics of Sequence 3 and "War Bishop". With this characteristic alone, I am afraid the value will not be less than 200,000 pounds.
Unfortunately, only in the hands of "Hunter" Pathway, this batch of "Reaper Legion" with "Reaper" combat power and defensive capabilities even as good as Demigod can exert their greatest strength... For me who uses Mirror World, curses and diseases as the main means of combat, it is of little use...
Looking at the string of Tinplate Puppet with different shapes in his hand, Angel thought with some regret.
At the end of the five soldiers who were connected end to end, an iron-black human figure slightly smaller than a knuckle was shaking continuously. That was the sixth "soldier" being generated.
That's right, the five armored soldiers who died in the battle with Angel are slowly recovering as time goes by!
According to Angel's estimate, it won't take half a month for this Sealed Artifact to return to its full capacity of ten people and summon them together, posing a greater threat to Demigod who is not good at defense.
After all, they are the dead, have no fear, and are difficult to be contaminated. Their personality is consistent with "War Bishop". In a sense, they are more "useful" than real people...
The only problem is that this Sealed Artifact will definitely not be sold on Tarot Club. This was realized after Angel failed to sell Zatwin Demigod Beyonder Characteristic.
Moreover, the negative effects of Sealed Artifact are very obvious. Beyonder below Sequence 5 will be directly killed by soldiers. Even Sequence 5 or even Demigod, once they are seriously injured and their strength is reduced, they may sit down at the table with Sirio Sauron and share the experience of being "betrayed".
"It is a good choice to use Klein. Carrying and summoning it with his Marionette can avoid risks to a large extent. Even if it is 'betrayed', only Marionette will die... But once 'Reaper Legion' is summoned ', the battle will inevitably become a positional battle, which is a major flaw for Sequence who needs flexibility like 'Marionettist'... Well, leave it to Hunter who can share the damage received to his teammates and gather strength from them. Demigod is the best..."
Thinking of this, Angel took out the iron box containing "Iron-Blooded Knight" Beyonder Characteristic.
She knows a lot of "Hunter" Pathway Beyonder, but the one who has the most hope of promotion and who can be used by her is undoubtedly the captain of the "Red Haired Woman", Ilian Sauron. The latter has recently shown excellent earning power. Not only did he quickly pay off Angel's initial investment, he also saved a lot of money and was promoted to the "conspirator" of Sequence 6, worthy of the Sauron Family's glorious history.
"First try asking on Tarot Club. If no one wants it, just sell it to Helene. The premise is that she is willing to accept the negative effects of being promoted to 'Iron-Blooded Knight'..."
Angel chuckled and put away Beyonder Characteristic and "Reaper Legion".
Of course, in order to avoid negative effects, she placed Sealed Artifact in "Mirror World". After a period of use, Angel has discovered the convenience of this space independent of "Mirror World" and began to put valuable items in it.
Of course, some items that were too dangerous, such as "Card of Blasphemy", such as the "Parasite" gloves that Mr. Azik had specially reminded, were sacrificed to Mr. Fool, and were kept by this unpredictable but very approachable being.
"Unfortunately, in this battle, 'Knight Bracelet' was eventually damaged. Perhaps Artisan, whom Mr. 'Hanged Man' knows, can be made into Mystical Item from Beyonder Characteristic..."
Touching his empty left wrist, Angel sighed for his lost "Sword of Dawn". Seeing the suburban scenery outside the window being replaced by the city, the train slowed down to a stop, picked up his luggage, and prepared to get off the train and leave.
Just then, she saw a train heading east on the other side of the platform accelerating, and a familiar figure flashed past in a certain window.
"That's... Leonard and Ms. Daly. Didn't they both join Backlund's Nighthawks team? How come they left here together?"
Angel looked at the direction of the train with some confusion. That was the steam train line she took when she first came to Backlund nine months ago.
That's the direction to Tingen City.
Tingen City The only Steam Train Station is in the suburbs of North Borough. After a four-hour short trip, Travel is wearing a windbreaker and hiding his expression in the stand-up collar. Leonard Mitchell, and Daly Simone, who rarely put on a skirt and cloak, just got out of the car and went straight to Raphael Cemetery, which was also located in the suburbs of North Borough.
The sunshine in the June afternoon was quite strong. The caretaker of the cemetery was hiding in the wooden house on duty and taking a nap. He did not notice that the shovel placed outside the door disappeared without a trace after an unnatural shadow appeared.
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
Standing in front of a tomb, Daly asked softly.
Next to her was Leonard, who was holding a shovel and looking serious. Hearing this, he nodded and said:
"If I don't dig it up and take a look, I'll never feel at ease."
After that, he picked up the shovel, held it tightly with both hands, and dug it into the soil that had solidified in the wind and sun next to the tombstone. With just a few shovels, he overturned the tombstone and overturned the tombstone with the epitaph "Best Brother, Best Brother, Best Colleague."
With the sound of digging, Leonard's figure continued to sink, and the soil accumulated on both sides gradually increased.
The area around Daly became cold, as if Evernight was trapped near the tomb in the sun, causing the occasional passers-by to go around involuntarily without even realizing it.
Soon, the slightly corroded wooden cover of the coffin, which was not buried deeply, was exposed. Daly's expression changed slightly, he took two steps closer and looked down at the tomb.
The iron nails holding the coffin had fallen off at some point, and the wooden lid was even slightly tilted, not completely aligned with the coffin below.
Leonard threw out the shovel, grabbed the heavy coffin lid with both hands, and opened it with one force.
Inside the dark coffin, among the soft lining, there was no body, no clothes, nothing.
A breeze blew by, and the rustling of leaves awakened the two people who were stunned. Leonard pushed it with both hands, completely opened the coffin, and once again confirmed that what he saw was correct.
"Empty... empty!"
He let out a low roar in his throat, looked up at Daly above, and saw her eyes flickering, seemingly not as surprised as he was.
What does she know... No, when I followed me in the investigation these days, Ms. Daly's behavior showed that she also knew nothing about it... That is, she had doubts before, but they were dismissed?
Exhaling a breath of muddy air that smelled of earth, Leonard quickly climbed out of the tomb and looked at another adjacent tombstone.
There was a picture frame on it, and inside was a black and white photo of Angel looking away from the camera.
The first time I saw you was when the captain and I were investigating the case you reported with Ms. Daly at your home. Since then, you have been thinking about how to sneak into "Nighthawks" and how to escape from here... The scene of the destroyed Street Park seeing the broken body of Angel appeared in Leonard's mind, and he suddenly lifted the shovel.
A moment later, Leonard, who had also gone deep into the tomb, looked at the coffin that was firmly nailed to death with hesitation on his face.
In his imagination, since "Klein Moretti" is alive, "Angel Granger" who has the same suspicion and even similar evidence should not be dead either. However, unlike the Klein tomb next to it, the coffin here was nailed from the outside, indicating that it was not opened after being buried in the tomb.
"Open it and take a look."
When he hesitated, the cold voice of Daly from above reached his ears.
"What?"
Leonard subconsciously looked up and found that Daly's eyes turned into Pure Black in the dazzling sunlight.
Spirit Channeling... He realized that this "Spirit Guide" had learned about the situation inside the coffin through the nearby Spirit Body, so he no longer hesitated, grabbed the edge of the cover with both hands, and opened it.
Inside the coffin, there was only a fragment of mirror.