The wanted poster she had just seen last night flashed through Angel's mind. She never thought that she would meet the traitor "Machinery Hivemind" here, Beyonder and Tomaz who killed two teammates.
Didn't this wanted criminal luckily escape from the divination and pursuit of "Machinery Hivemind" and leave Enmat Harbor in a hurry?
The unexpected visitor also disrupted Tomaz's actions, leaving a hesitant expression on his face, as if he was thinking about the identity of the intruder and whether to silence the intruder.
The one who reacted the fastest was Angel. Although she was surprised to meet a wanted criminal here, her muscle memory of pulling out the gun was far faster than her thoughts. Before Tomaz turned her face completely to the door, she had already taken out the "Bloodthirst" from the holster on her waist. She didn't have time to raise the gun and take aim carefully, so she pointed at Tomaz and pulled the trigger.
"Bang——"
Spirituality was poured into Mystical Item, and the strengthened Demon Hunter Bullet was dragged out with a black shadow. The greater than expected recoil almost caused Angel to lose its weapon. The bullet also deviated from the aiming position and hit the wall panel behind Tomaz. Black and purple flames flashed past, but failed to ignite the wallpaper.
But even if she takes aim before shooting, her shot is bound to miss.
Tomaz reacted the moment Angel took out his gun. He kicked away the kneeling Kavi and used the reaction force to fall behind the counter on the other side, narrowly avoiding the attack.
"Wow--"
I don't know what fragile object I bumped into, but Tomaz's entire body quickly hid behind the counter, leaving Angel's sight.
Without further entanglement, Angel raised his gun and aimed at Tomaz's hiding position, while quietly retreating.
She did not forget that this was a Beyonder with the ability of Anti-Divination, a traitor who killed two Beyonder teammates!
This is not an enemy that a Sequence 9 "assassin" like her can deal with alone.
Now that gunshots are ringing out, the nearby "God of Steam and Machinery" church and the "Machinery Hivemind" station will not turn a blind eye to the conflicts within their jurisdiction. It won't take long for a large number of Beyonder to arrive at the scene. All he has to do is delay.
"... be careful..."
Kavi's weak voice came, and Angel's heart tightened. She caught a glimpse of flames flashing behind the counter, and a slight "bang" explosion came from the door behind her, like the sound of burning wood.
Without turning around, she kicked her feet quickly and threw herself forward.
The sound of a gunshot came from behind her head, and the flames from the muzzle spread out with the smell of gunpowder smoke. A bullet flew past her scalp, and she could even see two blond hairs that were blown away by the bullet.
Using flames to move quickly... the "Machinery Hivemind" team member was shot in the back and died...
Angel's brain was running rapidly, and these characteristics overlapped with a certain enemy in her memory.
Tuxedo Clown is the same Beyonder Ability as the member of "Secret Order"!
Knowing the other party's Potion Sequence, she calmed down.
Although the opponent is very strong, it is no longer mysterious. His previous combat experience is his advantage.
The moment his body fell to the ground, Angel pressed his left hand, which was not holding the gun, on the ground. He rolled half a circle to the right and left his original position. As expected, a second gunshot rang out, and the bullets scattered fragments on the floor.
Turning to face Tomaz who appeared behind him using Flaming Jump, Angel raised the muzzle of "Bloodthirst" and pulled the trigger at the opponent.
As if he was well prepared, Tomaz turned his body sideways gracefully to avoid a counterattack, with a mocking smile on his face. He moved the gun slightly and aimed again at Angel lying on the ground.
A golden flame with a hint of purple exploded from behind him, and dreamlike purple-black light spots floated past him. Then a burning sensation came from the exposed skin of his head and neck, making the revolver Tomaz held tightly in his hand shake involuntarily.
"Ah... I... you fucking..."
Tomaz spat out a few incomplete words with trembling lips, and before he could take aim, he pulled the trigger fiercely towards the figure lying on the ground.
Faster than him, a large-caliber bullet dragged Black Flame through his body, interrupting his dirty words.
... No, the bullet only hit a Paper Figurine that was riddled with holes in the flames. Tomaz's thin body seemed to be compressed and became smaller and thinner. Then it was penetrated by the flaming bullets shot by "Bloodthirst". Black Flame surged up and burned Paper Figurine instantly.
The ashes were scattered in the purple-black Phantom Phosphor Powder, and Tomaz was nowhere to be seen.
This is also one of the Beyonder Ability of "Tuxedo Clown", Paper Figurine Substitute!
Angel had no intention of relying on this shot to kill the opponent. When she saw the ashes turned into by Paper Figurine falling slowly, she was not surprised at all. Instead, she took the time to get up from the ground and leave the strengthened "Phantom Phosphor Eruption" that scared her.
She loaded a "Phantom Phosphor Eruption" into the five-round magazine of "Bloodthirst" to assist and interfere with the enemy. She usually set the position of this bullet to the second round, so that even in an emergency, the first round of ammunition would be live ammunition.
Unexpectedly, "Bloodthirst"'s characteristics of absorbing the user's Spirituality, passively increasing the power of ammunition and having the effect of Black Flame, are also useful for auxiliary ammunition.
The "Phantom Phosphor Eruption" shot just now detonated on the door frame behind Tomaz's head. It originally had no lethality to the human body, but the Phantom Phosphor Powder that was only intended to interfere with the opponent was ignited by Black Flame, causing damage like an incendiary bomb.
Fortunately, Tomaz, as the person closest to the explosion point, blocked most of Black Flame for Angel. Otherwise, she herself would not be able to escape the disaster if the distance was so close.
Even so, a lot of the Black Flame powder falling in the dense Closed Loop area touched Angel's exposed arm skin, causing her to feel a faint sting.
Fortunately, Black Flame derived from "Witch" Beyonder Ability is also ineffective against ordinary objects, otherwise I might become an arsonist now...
There were thousands of thoughts in her mind, but Angel didn't dare to relax in her hands. She held "Bloodthirst" in her hand, alerted her surroundings, and slowly retreated into the depths of the watch shop, bypassing the motionless white-haired old man and the short tube Hunting Rifle discarded on the ground, and came to Kavi.
"Paper Figurine Substitute" seems to use Paper Figurine instead of Beyonder to resist the attack, but it will also move a short distance. At this time, using Flaming Jump will move even more unexpectedly to a blind spot where the enemy cannot find it.
This is a technique that Tuxedo Clown has used many times. Angel knows that Tomaz must be nearby at this moment. If he still refuses to give up and prepares to continue the attack, he will probably return to the scene through the flames again.
She really wanted to run away directly.
If Tomaz hadn't flashed to the door just now and blocked the store, she would have run to the street and shouted "Machinery Hivemind" to arrest the fugitive.
Unfortunately, Black Flame is still lingering by the door. Unless you protect your face and try to escape from being burned by Black Flame, you can only wait in the store for the floating light powder to lose its effect.
Angel turned his head and looked at Kavi, who was holding his injured shoulder with a Affliction look on his face, kicking his feet and trying to stand up from the ground. If this "Artisan" hadn't warned him just now, he might have been shot dead by Tomaz.
"You're okay..."
Before he finished speaking, an orange fire burst out of thin air at the edge of Phantom Phosphor Powder's effective range, next to the black flame that was close to dissipating.
Tomaz The figure wearing a windbreaker emerged from it and gradually became clearer.
Angel, who was well prepared, raised his hand and fired. The bullet hit Tomaz's upper body, which had not yet been fully formed, and passed through with a crisp pop.
The purple-black flames rose up and instantly covered the hit Paper Figurine.
Paper Figurine Substitute again... But he knew he would be attacked, why wasted Spirituality like this? These life-saving abilities should not be used unlimited times. There must be some restrictions, right?
While thinking, Angel discovered that in the dissipated firelight, a spherical object the size of a fist fell to the ground, bounced twice on the floor, and rolled to the counter three or four meters away from her.
Kavi, who had just stood up, was startled by the sudden appearance of the flames. He couldn't help but retreat. When he saw the spherical object, he immediately let out a rapid and sharp cry:
"Bomb! Hurry..."
No one needs to remind anyone that Angel has weapons knowledge far beyond this era and is highly sensitive to balls of this size.
When the "bomb" just hit the ground and started rolling, she had used her extraordinary vision to judge the landing point and kicked it out. She kicked the short tube Hunting Rifle beside her and accurately hit the ball parked next to the counter. Like a bat hitting a baseball, she smashed it towards the door of the watch shop far away from the two of them.
At the same time, she turned around without hesitation and ran towards the only cover - the innermost workbench of the clock shop.
When passing by Kavi, the name "Artisan" still kept his eyes wide open and screamed out in surprise. It is unknown whether it was due to excessive fright or slow reaction, and he did not make any further reaction at this time.
"... Get away!"
The moment Angel grabbed her and got into the workbench together, there was a violent impact and sound, followed by the sound of broken glass.
"Bang——"
The workbench seemed to be grasped by an invisible giant hand and pressed hard against the wall. The two people sandwiched in between were squeezed together like mincemeat in a pie, pressed against the wall and crushed heavily.
Angel had a pain in her throat, and she vomited out an unknown liquid that was either bile or gastric juice under the violent impact. She had Kavi on her chest as a pad, and was not directly hit by the workbench. She was hit, but behind her was the locked back door and the hard wall. Pressed against the iron door by the shock wave, she only felt a heat in the back of her head, followed by severe pain. It was as if a red-hot steel drill had been inserted into her head, and the pain was so painful that it seemed like it was going to explode.
With a "buzzing" ringing in his ears, Angel blinked his eyes, and his vision slowly turned from blurry to clear. The sound of unhurried footsteps came from the front door that was completely destroyed by the bomb, trampling on the broken glass and sawdust on the ground from far to near.
She looked across the workbench where the two of them were lying, and saw the figure wearing a windbreaker and a peaked cap gradually approaching with the light behind them.