"..."
"...Tracy..."
"Tracy?"
Repeatedly appearing in her sleep, Tracy's haunting voice called, waking her up from her sleep.
Opening his eyes, Tracy found himself sitting next to a tree, with soft grass beneath him, and in front of him was Helene, who was half-crouching with a gloomy face.
She subconsciously moved her hands and feet and found that her legs were tied together with strong ropes from bottom to top, leaving no room for movement. Her arms were crossed behind her back, unable to move either. She could confirm by touch that they were similar ropes.
No need for spider silk... Hasn't that Demoness Spirituality recovered yet?
Tracy felt happy in his heart, straightened his waist slightly, and was about to try to do something when a cold voice came from behind:
"If you make any move, this dagger will pierce your cervical spine."
It was that Demoness... The cold touch of metal on the back of his neck made Tracy quickly give up his struggle.
Her stand-in wand has been used, and Magic Mirror has also been taken away. If she wants to escape, she can only condense the blade of Frost to cut the rope, or use the disease to make the two people beside her fall down, but that will take time, and it only takes a second for the dagger to pierce her cervical spine and cut off her life.
The battle between "Black Death" and "Red Haired Woman" in the distance has also ended. The arrival of "Hunter" who turned into a spear and flew to the battlefield seemed to make everyone lose their fighting spirit.
"Don't look over there. Anderson Hood has a pretty good reputation. At least his combat effectiveness is in line with the rumors. I hired him to wait at Berens. Once a battle breaks out at sea, he will quickly come over to protect the red ship. It seems that he arrived in time."
Helene glanced at the sea and said with a smile on his lips, as if showing off his foresight.
"Hire in advance?" Tracy twisted her body twice to let the rope get into her tight trousers, highlighting the extremely well-distributed fat on her lower body. "You had expected that I would attack you and your ship here?"
"Of course, most of the route from Bayam to here is located in the narrow safe channel of the Berserk Sea. Our ships have similar speeds and are not qualified to intercept. Only when we come near Berens Harbor, when I stop the ship and anchor and prepare to go ashore, is the best time to take action. If I were you, I would launch an attack at this time."
Helene chuckled, seeming to enjoy Tracy's struggle, which made the latter's face become even redder.
Since the two met, she had never been the only one to treat Helene like this. She never dreamed that she would be humiliated one day... No, I seemed to have dreamed about it once...
Has my nightmare come true?
Tracy's face turned pale, and nightmare scenes flashed through his mind. After a while, he continued:
"So, everything else, including the fact that the flagship of 'Golden Queen' went to the Sonia Sea and that she was restrained in Backlund, are all false?"
"You guessed it right, 'Queen Anne's Revenge' just disappeared from other people's sight. She has been wandering near Bayam and did not go to the Sonia Sea. She was talking to Duchess The 'Golden Queen' communicated by Georgina Augustus is also played by Gehrman Sparrow...Of course, the person Oldest One appears in the mirror is me, otherwise there is no way to hide it from other Demoness who may be observing in the dark...such as you."
Angel crossed his arms and stood casually, speaking as if he was talking to an old friend.
Her "Angelica's Edge" had been replaced by Mirror World to prevent the burning desire to fight from filling her brain. She couldn't help but cut the "White Saint" in front of her into two pieces. The latter had no intention of doing anything and stood quietly not far away. Her boldly cut white robe fluttered in the wind, revealing her fair skin and beautiful thighs from time to time.
After hearing Angel's explanation, she smiled calmly and asked:
"In this case, how can you be so sure that Tracy will lose in the battle? Did you hire other Demigod, ask that 'Death Consul' to take action, or are you connected to 'Queen Mystic' as in the rumors?"
"If there are other Demigod or even Angel participating in the battle, I will let them ambush you here and kill you completely instead of arresting Tracy." Angel also laughed, and the middle finger and ring finger of his right hand touched the palm that belonged to With the mark of Anne, the Hidden Holy Emblem worn on the same hand also hung down and kept shaking, "Now I can have two Angel appear on this island at any time. I believe they have the ability to block the resurrection of 'Mirror Person', or at least make your resurrection less smooth."
Feeling the faint sense of majesty and the elusive "secret" power, Katarina's expression finally became more serious. She knew that the other party was telling the truth. While the two were competing for the right to use "Mirror Tunnel" and both were trapped on the island, the arrival of any Angel would completely change the balance of power.
"In that case, why don't you do it?"
After a while, the "Unaging" Demoness smiled again and asked in a brisk tone.
"I said that we have no reason to fight to the death. You did provide Potion material clues when I was promoted to 'Despair', and your other daughter Lola also gave me a lot of help... In addition, you should be glad that you are not the culprit of 'Great Smog'."
Angel replied imitating the other party's tone, only becoming slightly more serious when he mentioned Great Smog.
"Is this why you asked what George III is doing? It seems that you already know from some places that he is related to Great Smog..." Katarina said thoughtfully, "Unfortunately, I don't know much, and most of it is within the restrictions of 'Secret Keeping'. If you are willing to hand it over..."
Speaking of this, her expression suddenly changed and she couldn't help but look to the south.
"It seems that Tracy has been caught by Helene." Seeing the change in the other party's expression, the smile on Angel's face became more obvious, "Don't worry, she will not kill Tracy for the time being, and the answer to your question just now is also very simple., just like our confrontation, only one Sequence 5's 'Strongest Hunter' can tilt the balance of the battle to one side, and Helene hired 'Strongest Hunter' Anderson."
"Anderson? Who is that..." Katarina looked away, murmured in a low voice, and then smiled again, "Let me guess, Helene designed to capture Tracy in order to completely digest her Potion, and by the way complete the ceremony and be promoted to 'Reaper'?"
It seems that the members of the Demoness Sect also know something about Potion of "Hunter" Pathway. Perhaps they have all thought about whether to Switching Pathways and restore their male identity... Angel thought about it, nodded, and said:
"Yes, most of the 'plots' were designed by Helene. The disguises of me and Gehrman were arranged by her. Anderson was hired by her. Even the ambush location that Tracy thought was perfect was already anticipated by her."
"I see... I remember that the last step of Promotion Ritual for 'Reaper' requires Helene to show off the complete conspiracy to Tracy in person, and take Potion in her regret, right? Oh, this will make her fall into complete Affliction and despair..."
Hearing that his daughter was involved in a conspiracy, Katarina smiled instead, making Angel feel that this "Unaging" Demoness was feeling joy from the bottom of his heart.
"Then, I agree to your terms, I will tell you everything I can reveal, and you let Tracy come back alive."
As if he had made up his mind, Katarina looked directly at Angel and said in a serious tone.
She agreed immediately... It seems that the reason lies with Tracy, because the betrayed "Affliction" can completely digest Potion, and have the opportunity to be promoted to "Despair" at this age, and even hope to become "Unaging" Demoness?
Angel kept thinking in his heart, and after a moment he nodded and said:
"I want to know what the important items George III is hidden in the ruins of Tudor."
"This falls within the scope of 'Secret Keeping'," Katarina shook his head and replied, "I have a way to circumvent this restriction. As long as I die immediately and then resurrect with the power of 'Mirror Person', the contract will naturally be terminated... But I know you won't trust me to do this."
Indeed, who knows whether you will be resurrected in front of me or use "Mirror World" to escape... Angel frowned and hesitated for a moment between turning away directly or changing the question, and continued to ask:
"What did 'Demoness Sect' help George III do? What did he get in return?"
She still remembered that Lola said that Demoness Sect obtained an extremely important item in this way.
"What George III does requires a large number of workers, and this needs to be hidden from Orthodox Church and cannot be openly hired, so he works all over the country, as well as in Backlund, which has a large population and chaotic management. East Borough kidnapped many people, ostensibly engaged in slave trade, but in fact they were sent to contribute to his great cause... The mission of the sect is to help him cover up his traces, such as controlling gangs in various places, such as pretending to transport slaves on the sea, and... killing a large number of people through 'Great Smog', and counting the missing people as Death List."
Katarina still had a smile on his face, but his tone was quite formal. I don't know if he thought this method was despicable, or he was worried about angering Demoness, who was obviously dissatisfied with his approach.
"In this cooperation, the sect can obtain a copy of Beyonder Characteristic of 'Conqueror'. We have obtained it and are ready to dedicate it to 'Primordial'."
Conqueror... That is "Hunter", which is the Sequence 1 of "Red Priest", one of the Pathways that have not yet appeared Sequence 0 True God!
Angel nodded suddenly.
No wonder Demoness Sect worked so hard to cooperate with George III. After "Lady Despair" died, he sent "White Saint" to continue cooperation. If the purpose is to obtain a copy of Sequence 1's Beyonder Characteristic, then it is completely understandable.
But hasn't "Primordial Demoness" already become True God of "Demoness" Pathway? What does He need this characteristic for? Let someone "Catastrophe" Demoness jump to Adjacent Pathways to solve the problem that True God cannot own Sequence 1?
"Next question, the 'those' ruins you mentioned just now mean that there is more than one of them. Where are the other ruins? What are their functions?"
Angel put the question about "Conqueror" in his heart and continued to ask.
She did not choose to ask about the whereabouts of Sequence 1 Characteristic, because Katarina must have been handed over to other people in the Demoness Sect, otherwise she would not be able to stay in Backlund and make herself a living target with a huge sum of money.
On the contrary, what George III is doing is what she is most concerned about. It is worth testing the boundaries of "Secret Keeping" through questions from different angles.
The effort was rewarded.
"There are a total of eight other ruins. They have been repaired and can be used at any time to match the most important one."
Katarina did not mention "Secret Keeping" this time, but answered in a natural tone.
Then, she told the locations of the other eight ruins:
"They are in the southwest suburbs of Backlund, at the feet of York Mountain of Awwa County, outside Stoen City of East Chester County, and Escosen Island of Desi Bay..."
As Katarina narrated, a map of the North Continent appeared in Angel's mind, with red dots marked on it. Together with the ruins in the Striver Section section of the Tussock River, they formed an irregular group of ruins all over the territory of the Loen Kingdom.
Those nine red dots kept flashing in Angel's mind, as if they had some deep meaning, but it was hard to figure out.
Wait, nine?