Oops... now I can't move my body and can't escape...
Angel tried to get up from the ground and found that with a person and a table pressed against him, except for his head and the right hand protecting his body, other parts could not move significantly at all.
Kavi had fainted under the double blow of the impact of the bomb and the impact of the workbench. At this time, he lay limply on Angel, becoming the biggest obstacle to her counterattack.
"Slumber Charm"... Dagger...
Other items that could be used on her body flashed through her mind one by one, and she found that the only one she could use was the "Bloodthirst" that she had lost while avoiding the bomb.
Looking at the approaching figure, Angel moved his right hand slowly at a speed that could not be noticed by others, groping under himself and Kavi, looking for the revolver that had been dropped somewhere.
Perhaps the slight movement caught Tomaz's attention, and he stopped about three meters away from the two of them.
"I mean no harm."
I thought I would hear a few words of ridicule, but I didn't expect Tomaz to say such words. Angel almost laughed out loud.
If the old man who had been mistaken for "Artisan" fell to the ground and was almost shot in the head and killed by a bomb, I might really believe it...
While groping, she finally grasped the cold "Bloodthirst".
Slowly moving her right arm, she gradually took the weapon out from under her body. She did not make a big move, but looked at Tomaz quietly, wanting to see how he was going to argue.
"I'm just here to get Beyonder Characteristic. If she refuses to cooperate, then we can only let her die."
"As for you, I don't know what you are planning to do here, but if you leave silently from the beginning, I won't have time to care about you."
"You kill people and you feel superior?"
Angel couldn't help but retort after listening to Tomaz's nonsense.
She finally raised "Bloodthirst" behind the table and aimed at the opponent. She could no longer bear Tomaz's arrogant words and directly pulled the trigger.
The reinforced bullet easily penetrated the wooden workbench, and shot towards Tomaz with flying sawdust. The opponent seemed to have expected to be attacked, and his body moved sideways before the sound of the gunshot, easily avoiding the bullet.
A strange whistle sounded, like the sound of steam leaking from a pressure cooker. After avoiding the bullet, Tomaz raised the revolver and prepared to give Angel a fatal blow. His chest felt like a hole was opened by an invisible fist. Fragments of clothing and flesh flew forward, falling on the ground and on the workbench.
Bang——
The iron door behind Angel shook, and a two-finger-wide hole appeared at a height of about 1 meter.
"Steam... steam... rifle..."
The wide-eyed Tomaz spat out a few words, and orange flames surged from his body. The second rifle bullet fired passed through the illusory figure, leaving another bullet hole in the iron door, and brought up a whirlwind, blowing away the ashes left behind.
The almost invisible figure in the fire raised his left hand, which was not holding a gun, and touched it on his chest. The wound that was enough to fit into his fist disappeared and appeared on his shoulder.
"Pfft——"
The last trace of flame disappeared in the air, and Tomaz did not appear around again.
It's this trick again...
The attack from outside the field of vision made it too late for Tomaz to use Paper Figurine Substitute, or perhaps this ability has a limit on the number of times... But when he was hit in the chest, he still activated Flaming Jump and Damage Transfer and fled the scene.
If there is a chance next time, I should start directly.
Angel thought this amidst the heavy footsteps of the members of "Machinery Hivemind" who were carrying gray and white mechanical boxes.
"I'm fine now. I'm not seriously injured. You guys hurry up and catch that bastard. He killed Bern, (Loen swears). He's such a white-eyed wolf..."
Kavi, who had woken up from a coma, was sitting on a "high" chair with half the back of the chair missing. A man dressed like a professional soldier was helping her bandage a gunshot wound on her shoulder. This Artisan had been shouting non-stop after being rescued, and wanted to rush all the gunmen in the room to capture the escaped Tomaz.
"Ms. Kavi, please calm down and take care of the wound on your shoulder. The captain and the others are already chasing her. Tomaz can't run far."
The man persuaded helplessly.
Among the glass fragments and furniture sawdust on the floor, two shooters holding repeating rifles, one carrying a steam box, and High-Pressure Steam Rifle connected to the box were surrounding Angel.
Steam Rifle The shooter glanced to the side, as if he did not expect Kavi to utter dirty words, but then he looked back and looked at Angel in front of him.
After taking out Awwa County's Inspector Badge to prove his identity, Angel ended the treatment of being pointed at by three rifles. But even though the alert had been lifted, the shooter opposite "Machinery Hivemind" still refused to let her go and asked with a sullen face:
"But why did you happen to appear here when Tomaz attacked Ms. Kavi?"
"If she hadn't happened to appear, I would have died in the hands of Tomaz before you arrived."
Ignoring that the gauze wrapped around his shoulders was still bleeding, Kavi squeezed through the shooters surrounding Angel and stepped forward to explain.
"That guy was going to kill me when she came in. If you really want me to die here, can you just arrive as late as you did?"
The "Machinery Hivemind" shooter who was questioning Angel just now looked embarrassed and put down his weapon.
From the conversations between several people, Angel can guess that this "Artisan" should be a member of "Machinery Hivemind", and his status is probably not low.
"Thank you so much this time. Tomaz was recognized by Bern as soon as he came in, but he used the ability to disappear and reappear in the flames, came from the door behind Bern, and killed him with one shot... This bastard must have planned it. When he fired, the hourly bell of the church next door just rang."
After scolding the belated helper, Kavi turned to thank Angel. During her narration, Angel learned what happened in Kavi Clock Shop before she arrived.
The murderer wanted by "Machinery Hivemind", wearing a peaked cap, passed by the door of the "God of Steam and Machinery" church and came to the clock shop of Kavi. Bern, who had already taken a back seat and was usually responsible for protecting Kavi and her shop, recognized the other party at a glance and took out the short pipe Hunting Rifle and prepared to attack, but Tomaz used "Flaming Jump" to come behind him and, under the cover of the church bell, shot him in the head, killing the dedicated guard.
Then Tomaz shot and wounded Kavi again. After questioning her about something, he was about to kill her when he was met by Angel who happened to come to the watch store.
"Poor Bern... He always said that it was too dangerous to be Beyonder. He was glad that he did not take Potion... I didn't expect that at such an old age, he would not die in the hands of the enemy, but in the hands of a traitor."
The shooter on the side who originally pointed an automatic rifle at Angel muttered.
"Sigh... You take Bern back first and tidy it up. I'll go and inform his daughter. I know her best."
Kavi lost the cunning and liveliness he had during yesterday's transaction. He looked at Bern lying on the ground with a sullen face. The latter was too close to the ball bomb in the explosion just now. His coat had been torn to pieces by the blast wind, and his limbs Distortion did not look like a humanoid.
Being immersed in the sad atmosphere around her, it was difficult for Angel to ask Kavi to help her design and manufacture new weapons. Moreover, the store had been bombed into ruins, and it was obvious that it no longer had the conditions for trading and manufacturing weapons.
But out of curiosity, she still asked Kavi, who bowed his head silently:
"Hasn't Tomaz been wanted for two days? It stands to reason that after yesterday's arrest, he should have escaped Enmat Harbor. Why would he still risk his life and come here to find you?"
Do you have any deep hatred that made him risk his life and kill you before leaving? Angel didn't ask this question.
Kavi A trace of anger appeared in his eyes.
"Didn't that guy just say that? He wants my Beyonder Characteristic. This guy must not be able to buy the Potion material at Enmat Harbor, so he plans to use Beyonder Characteristic..."
Her words stopped suddenly, as if she was alert to say something that she shouldn't have said. Her body tensed and her face looked panicked as she looked at the several members of "Machinery Hivemind" who were supporting Bern's body on the carpet and walking out of the store. When she saw that they had not heard the conversation, her shoulders relaxed and she felt relieved.
Her extreme reaction made Angel even more concerned about the second half of her unsaid words.
Use Beyonder Characteristic? What to do?
Because the Potion material cannot be found, it is necessary to kill Kavi to obtain the Beyonder Characteristic that appeared after her death... Could it be said that the Beyonder Characteristic of a certain Beyonder can be used as the material of the same Sequence Potion?
Shocked by this terrible thought, Angel subconsciously wanted to ask, but seeing Kavi's expression that he had said something wrong, he estimated that the other party would not continue this topic, so he did not ask for trouble, but changed the topic abruptly:
"I didn't expect Tomaz to have become Sequence 7. I saw on the wanted notice that he was looking for Potion on his own and secretly became Beyonder?"
"Sequence 7? Of course not, he only has Sequence 8, otherwise he wouldn't cause trouble for me as Sequence 7."
Kavi shook his head and replied.
This verifies the idea just now from another angle. Tomaz does need Beyonder Characteristic of Kavi to be promoted from Sequence 8 to Sequence 7... Wait, Tomaz is Sequence 8? But he can use the ability that was obviously used by Sequence 7's Tuxedo Clown?
"Ms. Kavi, can you use the abilities Tomaz just used? Flaming Jump, Paper Figurine Substitute?"
Angel asked with a frown.
"How is that possible! I... I only know a little about the identification of Ritual Magic, Mystical Item and the production of ordinary weapons. The production of Mystical Item even has to wait until Sequence 6..."
Kavi After loudly retorting, his voice became smaller and smaller, and he seemed to feel a little embarrassed.
But then she reacted, stood up straight, and looked at Angel, who looked back with the same thought in her eyes.
"He brought Mystical Item with these Beyonder Ability?"