Lord of Mysteries: The Good Witch
Chapter 85

The Missing Corpses

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"You are cooperating very closely with the Enmat Harbor police?"

The injured right hand had been wrapped with a bandage. Angel looked at the traces of blood gradually seeping out from the white gauze and couldn't help but ask.

The doctor who treated her wound just now was a doctor brought by the police. This doctor strictly followed the principle of "don't look at what you shouldn't see and don't ask about what you shouldn't ask." After carefully treating the wound, the doctor left in a hurry.

More than a dozen other police officers also left the warehouse before and went to clean up the mess under the command of Andrew, who contacted the police force.

They skillfully cleaned up the scene and took the warehouse guards who were sent to Dream Invasion Township by "Nightmare" and were awakened by the intruding police with their hands tied behind their backs and taken away from the scene. More than 20 quasi-slaves in ragged clothes and sallow faces were also rescued from the underground.

They had been locked up in the warehouse for a long time and had lost all hope of escaping. Now that they saw the light of day, some of them cried in public when the sea breeze blew in at night.

Looking at the "results" of his efforts, Angel felt that the wound on his hand was no longer so painful.

"As you can see, we are extremely short of manpower, and Enmat Harbor has too many floating populations and Beyonder with evil intentions. This slightly larger operation requires support from Nighthawks from multiple cities. Without close cooperation with the local police, almost nothing can be accomplished."

"Not only us, but also 'Machinery Hivemind'. Of course, Church of Storms is more powerful in Enmat Harbor. They have more manpower than us, and they even have spare time to send to the sea."

Clement was affected by the side effects of "Goddess's Gaze" at this time. He looked tired, but he still sat on the edge of the steps of the police carriage and looked at the busy police officers.

Hearing Angel's inquiry, he turned his head and explained.

Church of Storms, who believe in "Lord of Storms", have become more powerful in coastal cities...

Angel recalled the knowledge of occultism and nodded to express understanding.

"After they finish cleaning up the scene, we still need to go back and pick up the Beyonder Item left behind by the two Beyonder, especially the Sequence 6 'Rose Bishop' and Mr. C. He belongs to Mid Sequence Beyonder is still a relatively dangerous kind of Pathway. Once the items left behind are exposed to ordinary people, they can easily cause secondary disasters. The Mystical Item of Tomaz must also be recycled and returned to the people of "Machinery Hivemind"..."

Clement yawned, and his tiredness became more obvious. This also showed that his injury was not as light as it seemed before taking "Goddess's Gaze". Maybe he should receive Ritual Magic's treatment as soon as possible when he returned.

Angel suddenly remembered that he still kept Tomaz's pocket watch, and was about to give it to Clement, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Andrew walking over in a hurry.

At this time, he had changed into Police Inspector's clothes, wearing a police hat. He looked much more mature than the disguise he had seen before, but his look of panic ruined Angel's new impression of him.

"Captain, something's wrong..."

Andrew Halfway through his words, he realized that there were police around him and immediately lowered his voice.

"The body of the former member of 'Machinery Hivemind' you mentioned is missing!"

Returning to the warehouse cellar, the faint smell of blood appeared in Angel's nose again.

Due to the presence of the cross and the hanging male statue of "Aurora Order" erected on the wall, ordinary police were prohibited from entering the cellar. At this time, except for Angel, Clement and Andrew by the door, there were no other living people in the cellar with the collapsed central ceiling.

The happy corpse of Tomaz that was originally lying not far from the door has disappeared without a trace, leaving only a pool of blood that was much larger than before.

Frowning, he approached the pool of blood, Clement squatted down, stretched out his hand and wiped a few places, and then looked at his fingertips carefully.

"There is some fresh blood, but there is a clot in the middle. It only came out of the body after death..."

Angel was also confused. She could confirm that Tomaz, who had been stabbed through the heart by two consecutive knives and was feasted by "Bloodthirst", could not survive, but she could not explain everything in front of her except that the corpse was resurrected and left on its own.

Could it be that there was another person who stole his body while the Nighthawkss left and before the police entered the warehouse?

Wait...

Angel suddenly woke up and ran towards the rubble pile in the center of the cellar.

Clement also noticed it, stood up and followed her.

"Andrew, come and help, move these pieces of gravel away!"

He came to the burnt black Flesh Chunk left by "Rose Bishop" Mr. C. These "charred" were still lying in place, but Clement did not relax his frown, but called the team members to come over and help.

Relying on his identity as a wounded person, Angel also supervised the work like Clement. After Andrew moved a few pieces of gravel away, she stepped forward and searched for Mr. C's body with the help of Dark Vision.

Sure enough...

Under the rocks, there was only red and black blood smeared on the ground.

About two-thirds of "Mr. C" are missing.

"Hmph, 'Rose Bishop'..."

Unlike Leng He who was full of confidence during the battle, Clement looked extremely unkind at this time.

"This guy was blown into Flesh Chunk, and even after being burned, he was still alive. His vitality is really tenacious. I guess he waited for the battle to end and after we left, he secretly devoured the body of Tomaz just after he died, recovered some of his strength, and left through the exit left by the collapsed ceiling."

For a Sequence 6, even if the front door of the warehouse is blocked by the police, he still has various ways to get out of here...

Angel looked at the gap in the ceiling and saw the rows of unclosed ventilation windows above the warehouse, guessing Mr. C's escape route.

"What about divination? Can we use divination to find him like 'Machinery Hivemind' captured Tomaz?"

Angel thought that "Machinery Hivemind" had used some kind of Sealed Artifact to find Tomaz's hiding place, although in the end it was in vain.

"It's difficult. Flesh Magic of 'Rose Bishop' can change its appearance, even hide in other people's bodies, evade most search methods, and then break out at the right time. When they use these methods to hide themselves, even if they do divination, they will get some plausible answers."

It's really bloody and terrifying Beyonder Ability. It seems that this Pathway is mainly a skill that uses flesh and blood...

Angel looked at the bloodstains and human tissues on the floor in the cellar, recalling Mr. C's self-mutilating fighting style, and somewhat understood why "Aurora Order" was classified as a cult organization.

"Furthermore, the risk of divination for followers of this secretive organization is very high. Rupert just glanced at the statue they worshiped with Spirit Vision and almost lost control. Divination requires Spirit World to have closer contact with the target, and the danger is far greater than this."

Clement sighed and seemed to give up the idea of continuing to track Mr. C.

"We can only report this matter to Holy Cathedral and ask them to send 'Red Gloves' to track it. These people are old rivals of 'Aurora Order' and are familiar with their hiding methods."

Angel also feels quite sorry that such a Sacrificing to Evil Gods and Beyonder who is proficient in Flesh Magic escaped, but he doesn't know how many tragedies will cause innocent people.

But at that time, Tomaz made a secret attack, and then the cellar collapsed. She was too tired to deal with it and had no time to check the status of Mr. C. Unexpectedly, the tenacious "Rose Bishop" escaped like this.

"What about Tomaz? Is he missing or dead?"

Andrew also asked from the side. He came down excitedly to inspect the team's battle results. Unexpectedly, the two Beyonders even disappeared, which made him very disappointed.

"We can only report 'Machinery Hivemind' as missing. We have no evidence of killing him. It doesn't make sense to report him as dead. The Mystical Item should have been taken away by Mr. C..."

Angel I feel like my breathing is stagnant.

She subconsciously touched Clothing Pocket, and the pocket watch in the bullet box seemed to become hot.

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