In the dark and quiet cellar, Shermane was groping to tie up the items in front of him and making final preparations.
As "Witch", she naturally possesses the Dark Vision that every assassin possesses, but at this time, her eyes were not focused on the work at hand. Instead, she was looking ahead unfocused, immersed in her own thoughts.
Based on the experience of "Assassin" and "Instigator", she understood that she had already stepped into the threshold of Sequence 6. She only needed Last Time to give a significant performance to completely digest the Potion in her body and lay all the foundations for promotion.
Only in this way can I live up to the title of "Empress of Pentacles" given to me by Irene... No, the title of "Empress of Pentacles" given to me by Miss Angelica... The corners of her mouth raised in the darkness, showing an unidentifiable smile.
After confirming that his boss was not Demoness who made Great Smog in "Demoness Sect", and even far exceeded his expectations, he was "Golden Queen" Angelica Zaki, Shermane has been in this state of secretly laughing from time to time.
Even Trissy was a little curious and reminded her many times not to giggle in front of Viscount Stratford, lest he suspect that "Innocent Girl" who was about to succeed had met another outstanding man.
By the way, Viscount Stratford... Thinking of his mission goal, the smile on Shermane's face gradually disappeared and became serious.
According to Trissy's arrangement, she will be promoted to "Pleasure" Demoness in the near future, and then she will fall in love with the viscount who has lost his temper and has tried to invite her to his mansion many times, and then find out all the secrets in his heart.
Then, she can escape from this months-long mission, develop her own power in East Borough according to Miss Angelica's arrangements, and become her tentacle to control the situation in Backlund...
To do this, today's "acting" is particularly important.
With this in mind, Shermane clapped his hands and stood up, lifted one end of the bundled goods, dragged them out of the cellar, and walked upstairs.
Her target today is East Borough, a gang leader who has been entrenched in Iron Carbon Street for many years. This "Briber" named Malcolm is involved in various evils such as human trafficking, kidnapping, and murder. OK, after Great Smog, Church of Evernight takes control of East Borough, wash your hands in a gold basin, use the accumulated wealth to Hillston Borough to cleanse yourself, open a factory and become an upper class person.
But "Empress of Pentacles" disagrees.
As Beyonder of "Lawyer" Pathway Sequence 7, Malcolm has the key "Bribe" ability, you can symbolically give the target an item, activate different effects such as "weakening", "Charm", etc., widen the difference in combat power between the two sides, and then use the terrifying physical strength to gain an absolute advantage in the battle.
Of course, after getting the detailed information about Sequence from Trissy, Shermane has already formulated a combat plan against "Briber". With the various abilities of "Witch" and some targeted Charm, she is sure to solve Malcolm under the protection of other guards.
Dragging heavy goods, Shermane arrived at the attic of this building amidst the clanging sound of the wooden frame and the stairs.
She pushed open the window and let the dazzling midday sunlight shine into the dark room. Then she used her hands to push the wooden frame beside her out of the window with difficulty and fixed it on the platform outside the attic.
It was a wooden cross, with the horizontal and vertical ends facing down. There was a man tied to it with his feet on top and his head hanging downward. His eyes were slightly closed, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep. Under the sunlight, his eyelids were shaking, showing signs of waking up.
This is "Briber" Malcolm who is quite famous in East Borough, and no one dares to provoke him near Iron Carbon Street!
His clothes were ragged, with several burn marks on his upper body, and dried blood stains flowed along the wooden cross to the ground, making the whole scene look like a "Aurora Order" missionary site where a bloody sacrifice was being performed.
Unsurprisingly, someone on the street below soon noticed something strange above their heads. They either screamed loudly or called each other in a low tone, focusing their attention on "Hanged Man" in the attic.
Shermane, who was wearing a hood and only exposed his white chin and reddish lips, felt the doubtful, panicked, and frightened eyes. He took a satisfied breath of the blood-smelling air and realized that he should start as soon as possible.
If it's a little later, the police and "Nighthawks" who have been a little nervous recently will probably arrive... She muttered, rubbing a black flame that seemed to be able to absorb sunlight in her hand, and touched Malcolm's face like a lover's cheek.
In an instant, this ball of Cursed Black Flame, which was fueled by Spirituality, spread over the man, turning him into a cross-shaped black torch.
No one can endure the double blow of curse and high temperature. Malcolm immediately woke up from his coma, struggled violently with his limbs, and let out a weak cry:
"Ah——"
His voice attracted more Passerby, and half of the Iron Carbon Street people raised their heads and looked at the black torch. Some people recognized that the fuel was Malcolm that had appeared yesterday, and couldn't help but exclaimed. More people discovered the petite hooded figure standing behind the flames.
Malcolm, whose body was in flames Distortion, finally broke free from the not-so-strong ropes and wooden frame in full view of the public, and landed on his head on the platform outside the attic. He climbed up with difficulty, confused. Looking at his hands, the originally strong arms and tight skin had been Distortion, deformed by the high temperature. The charred skin was constantly peeling off the twitching muscles, and the lungs that were still breathing hard were filled with hot gas.
No, I have to escape from here... The last thought flashed through his mind, he struggled to take two steps forward, and fell down from the attic.
Poof——
The sound of a sharp instrument penetrating flesh was heard, and a Ice Spike with dark red blood stains was drilled out of Malcolm's chest, and he was nailed to the window below the attic. His eyes, which were almost cooked by the flames, took one last look at the pedestrians below. His burning body swayed twice in the air and became completely motionless.
It was only then that those Passerby who were watching a magic show realized what had happened, and fled in all directions with a bang. Some went to the nearby patrol police, and some went to the nearest church for help, but most people did not think that the death of the notorious Malcolm was of any importance.
They were just afraid that they would be exposed to this terrifying Black Flame, and that the hooded female figure would find them and make them the next to die.
"That's...Witch!"
Some people thought of the rumors spreading in East Borough recently, and couldn't help but look back at the woman in the attic who left with a cruel smile under her hood.
While Shermane was using Black Flame to burn away the surrounding traces, he felt the last Potion in his body completely disintegrate and dissipate, integrating into his limbs, and even his steps became a little lighter.
As she expected, she spread rumors about herself in advance, and then killed Malcolm in a weird and frightening way in front of witnesses on the street, helping her digest the last "Witch" Potion.
In order to prevent subsequent tracking, she left the scene without even waiting for the Beyonder Characteristic of the other party's "Briber" to be resolved.
Originally, it was enough to secretly kill these Sinners, but the Nighthawkss wanted to block the news, so I could only use this radical method, and also left Beyonder Characteristics worth thousands of pounds... There were no children nearby just now. Let them see this scene, I'm afraid it will Leaving a psychological shadow... Shermane muttered, quickly came to the first floor of Malcolm's residence, got out of the back door that had been unlocked by Door Opening in advance, and at the same time sprinkled a handful of Fish Scale Powder around him, making his figure disappear as if it had been wiped away.
After that, she planned to go into the sewer as usual, do Black Flame Anti-Divination again, and then go to the safe house to burn her clothes and completely destroy all evidence.
But as she removed the sewer manhole cover and jumped straight down, she felt that the ground that she could touch in a second seemed to be far away, and the ground below fell into a haze that even her Dark Vision couldn't see clearly, as if she was falling into a bottomless abyss.
This is some kind of trap... no, it's a dream!
I just used the "Slumber Charm" Charm left by Miss Angelica to deal with Shermane instantly from Malcolm. Confirming her situation, Spirituality's alertness made her wake up from the dream with difficulty, and found that she was back on the first floor of Malcolm's house, back to the time before she went out invisible!
Without hesitation, she sprinkled Fish Scale Powder all over her body again and rushed in the other direction. Her figure faded again and disappeared between the doors and windows.
But the next second, a strong wind blew from that direction, overturning the tables and chairs in the living room on the first floor, blowing down the hanging paintings, and causing the chandelier to fall off the ceiling as if being pulled by a giant hand, and hit the corner of the wall.
Fish Scale Powder, which had just been attached to Shermane, was blown away by the sudden wind, revealing her graceful body wrapped in a robe. The hood also slipped off her head, and her entire face was inevitably exposed.
Only then did she notice that in the other direction she had chosen, a handsome man with black hair hanging casually behind his head, wearing an unbuttoned windbreaker, wearing bright red gloves on his hands, was standing next to the door, carrying a cane inlaid with silver-white metal.
"Got you, 'Witch'Miss."
He said softly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and his green eyes looking at Shermane who barely managed to stand firm in the strong wind.
"I caught you, YuYu!"
Listening to the commotion on the deck, Angel sighed softly, and returned his eyes to the chart in front of him, looking at where a red circle was drawn. There was a black curve next to it, and the line representing the current position of the ship was only half a finger away from the circle.
This means that "Red Haired Woman" is quite close to its destination.
During this week's voyage, Siren "YuYu", who joined the team with the unanimous consent of Sailor and the permission of captain Helene, has become one with everyone in a normal sense. The unique navigation ability similar to that of "Seafarer" led "Red Haired Woman" to avoid many dangerous areas, and entered the depths of the Fog Sea three full days earlier than expected, arriving near "Fountain of Youth".
Next, we have to see if the information from Wensa and Tia is correct... Her eyes stayed on the red circle in the center of the chart, and thoughts kept flashing through her mind.
At this moment, the noise outside the captain's room suddenly disappeared.
After a while, the red-haired Helene opened the door and walked in. He looked at Angel with an excited expression and said:
"Miss Angelica, a thick sea fog appeared directly in front of the ship...
"If what Tia said is true, we should have found 'Fountain of Youth'!"