When the first bomb exploded, Audrey was also in North Borough, completing daily work in the Student Aid Fund office not far from Saint Samuel Cathedral.
The dull sound and impact caused the glass of the entire building to shake, making a panicking clicking sound. Audrey immediately gathered fine golden scales under the skin, and then cautiously came to the window and looked into the distance - she was still not used to her skin being as hard as leather, and even a sharp blade could not easily penetrate it.
In her sight, huge airships passed by North Borough in dense formation, dropping bombs downward from time to time, or targeting some important-looking buildings and launching artillery bombardments.
However, most of the bombs were deflected by invisible forces, colliding with each other and exploding in the air, or hitting uninhabited gardens or ponds, and some even disappeared as they fell. The blue-black Wind Blade flew from the south, wrestling with some force protecting the airship. A drowsy bell sounded from Saint Samuel Cathedral not far away, which greatly delayed the movement of the airship.
Higher up in the sky, two flames trailed long tails, like meteors flying backwards, burrowing into the clouds that were somehow very close to the ground and disappearing.
At this moment, Audrey remembered the shadow of war that he discussed with "Empress" Miss and Mr. "World" in this office two days ago, and thought of the information he had overheard under the arrangement of Hvin Rambis in the previous few months.
The war broke out, but it was not in the form that the nobles of the kingdom hoped for. It was not initiated step by step or through partial provocation. Instead, a sharp blade was inserted directly into the heart of the kingdom!
Boom——
Another bomb exploded in the air, this time closer to Audrey.
Without having time to think about it, she immediately ordered her maids to notify all the staff and go to the nearest church to take shelter.
As a "wild" Beyonder, she knows that the education she received since childhood is correct, and the church is always the safest place.
Of course, if she was alone, Audrey would definitely not hide in the church like this, but would return to Empress Borough through the dream as quickly as possible to protect her family. However, compared to her parents who are protected by Beyonder's bodyguards and have a sturdy basement to hide in, these ordinary staff around them need more care, so they can only accompany them to the church to hide first.
To this end, she put on all the Mystical Item that she carried but would not normally wear, including the "Lies" that could control flames, the "Star Ring" pendant that could imprison bombs and even airships, and the hairpin that brought Good Luck.
The group of people quickly left the more conspicuous office building and headed towards Saint Samuel Cathedral along the chaotic street. Audrey noticed that the group of airships originally hovering at the edge of North Borough had split into two lines, bypassing the church they were going to. One group moved quickly to the southwest, and the other group pointed directly at East Borough.
This made her feel relieved a little, but then she felt ashamed of her despicableness:
Her relatives and most of her acquaintances are outside these two areas.
"Benson, where are you going?"
At this moment, a staff member's somewhat surprised voice came, causing Audrey to move his eyes downward and look towards the edge of the team.
A man in his thirties who had his black formal suit fully unbuttoned and had no time to put on a hat due to emergency evacuation, exposing his hairline, was anxiously looking at the location where the airship bombed and crashed, with a somewhat depressed expression on his face.
She immediately recognized that this was a team member from Kingdom Ministry of Finance who was recently assigned to the foundation. He was capable, humorous, and very popular with everyone.
The most important thing is that his last name is Moretti.
"I want to go over there and take a look. My sister is there, and Lily..."
Benson broke away from the staff holding him, and ran against the crowd of people fleeing from the direction of Backlund Technical University towards the dense airships.
"Mr. Moretti!" Audrey quickly stopped him and launched Psychological Suggestion at the moment when he looked at him in confusion. "The air raid over there has ended, but the chaos on the street is still continuing. If the people you care about have gone to the church to take refuge, but you are hurt because of the chaos on the street, it will only make them more worried!"
The man with black hair and brown eyes was instantly convinced by her, and the anxiety on his face was suddenly replaced. He nodded and replied:
"You are right, Miss Hall, I'm sorry for taking up everyone's time."
With that said, he took the initiative to return to the team and apologized again to the staff member who had just held him but was freed.
Huh, okay, if this gentleman is injured in the air raid, how can I explain to Mr. "World" and Christine... Audrey secretly breathed a sigh of relief and looked sideways in the direction of Technical University when the team started to move forward again.
At this moment, her vision enhanced by Potion noticed that more than half of the airships that were continuously bombarding and dropping bombs suddenly stopped in the air, and then violent explosions erupted from the inside. Fireworks lit up in the sky above North Borough, and then a large amount of debris fell like rain.
Audrey's pupils shrank, and he couldn't understand what happened for a while. He instinctively thought that it was a certain Archbishop from Three Great Churches who was protecting Backlund.
But the next second, she noticed a figure appearing among the "fireworks". It was a black-haired woman with a tattered dress, with smoke and wounds all over her face. She held a sword in one hand and a fist in the other, floating in the air, and the explosion fire behind her was like her wings.
That is Irene Watson, the identity and appearance that "Empress" Miss used before Backlund!
Also seeing this Angel Descent scene was Church of Steam Archbishop Horamick Haydn who rushed to the scene since Saint Hillan Cathedral.
He first cooperated with the "Deep Blue Deacon" Radar Valentine that kept throwing Wind Blade and tornadoes at Saint Wind Cathedral to destroy and knock away the airship wreckage and unexploded ammunition that fell towards the people on the ground. Then he used the high-speed airflow from his back to increase altitude and came to the clouds to face the black-haired woman.
Obviously, when Backlund faced an air raid just now and Three Great Churches and the military were not ready to respond, it was this Demoness who held back the entire army and even severely damaged most of the airships, buying precious time for the entire city and minimizing casualties.
But a High Sequence Witch's natural attitude is contrary to Orthodox Church...
Suddenly, Horamick frowned, feeling that the round face of the woman in front of him with a few freckles looked familiar.
Spirituality immediately gave a reminder that he had seen this face at the end of last year, in a divination screen made from a mirror.
That was Backlund Great Smog who swept through half the city and took away more than 100,000 lives. Demoness who stopped the further spread of the plague with his own life, Irene Watson who was already dead!
Wasn't she dead at the time, or was she resurrected?
Horamick suddenly remembered the most secret information in the "Machinery Hivemind" database, which mentioned that "Demoness" had some kind of resurrection ability.
But isn't that an ability that at least Sequence 3 has... According to Great Smog's situation, at most she is just Beyonder of Sequence 5... Horamick has a lot of thoughts in her mind, gradually rising to a height parallel to the opponent. When she was about to ask, she suddenly found that the opponent's hand that was not holding the sword was slightly raised.
Um!
Horamick shook his hands and almost pulled off his left forearm to reveal the powerful cannon underneath, but found that Demoness just raised his hand to his chest and clicked four times to outline the shape of Crimson Moon.
"Praise Goddess, you finally arrived," she sighed in a tired but still determined tone. "Some airships have already moved towards East Borough and West Borough. The 'War Bishop' of the Feysac Empire was severely damaged. I am preparing to chase him."
The gestures and words belonging to Church of the Evernight Goddess immediately lowered Horamick's vigilance. He remembered a series of investigations conducted within the church before. Although he asked Nighthawks several times without getting an answer, according to the data, Machinery Hivemind could roughly confirm that Irene Watson was a peripheral member of them.
"Be careful of his counterattack. Call for support at any time if necessary. Leave those airships to me."
He drew Triangle Holy Emblem on his chest in response and said in a calm tone. He did not have the gentle and indifferent attitude that he usually used when facing his subordinates. Instead, it was like facing Archbishop at the same level.
That's respect for Demoness, who saved Backlund twice.
In an alley at the junction of North Borough and Cherwood Borough, the iron-black armor disappeared, leaving only the single clothes that were almost strips of cloth inside. The whole body was stained with filth like rust. Even the red hair was a little black. "War Bishop" Snarner was kneeling on one knee, facing the depths of the alley, lowering his head and talking about something.
After a while, a voice with a strange air flow and a slightly weird tone spoke:
"I understand, go ahead and remember to leave the mirror."
"Yes, I understand," the member of the Einhorn Family was as respectful as if he was facing God, "But that Demoness will soon be chasing after him, from the mirror..."
"I'll help you stop her."
A strange voice interrupted him, quite impatiently.
Snarner nodded, stood up, and was about to take out the earring that could open the Mirror World channel. Suddenly, the exposed wounds all over his body burst into black flames, mixed with a hint of rust.
"..."
He opened his mouth silently, as if he wanted to howl, but a jet of black flame also spurted out of his mouth.
A brown-skinned arm stretched out from the darkness and tapped Snarner's forehead, which was surrounded by Cursed Flame.
The Black Flame immediately became dim, as if it was conquered by some kind of force.
"Get out of here, the further away, the better. Distance can weaken the curse transmitted through blood. Hum, even a child knows not to leave a drop of blood when facing Demoness."
The voice continued, not hiding its sarcasm.
Snarner, who barely stood firm, ignored the answer and quickly opened a "window" with jagged edges, got into it, and the figure flickered and disappeared in the dark space inside.
The owner of the dark brown arm continued to stand in the dark, as if waiting for something.
In less than half a minute, a slender figure descended from the sky and Feather Fall landed in the alley. She glanced at the disappeared Mirror World window and immediately locked on the figure in the corner.
Before she could speak, the man took a few steps forward and appeared in the light. He was wearing a black robe and a hood with red stripes. The exposed part of his face had soft lines, and his skin color was brown, without blood at all.
But there were bloody gashes on both sides of his face, ruining his pretty good appearance. At this time, a sharp sound came from the one on the right side:
"Haha, I didn't expect to see the beloved of 'City of Calamity' again. Apparently, you were the one who almost killed Snearna Einhorn?"
"The injury in West Bayam Cookawa City last time has healed? Why are the hosts found not as good as last time? First there was Demigod Archbishop who defected, and then Sequence 5's 'Gatekeeper'. Will there be only Sequence 7 next time?"
Angel sneered mercilessly. The "Edge" in his hand appeared again, and the fighting spirit that had not completely faded immediately enveloped his body.
She has determined that the "person" in front of her is the "Red Angel" evil spirit, Sauron Einhorn Medici, who has not been seen since the battle that ambush Ince Zangwill!