The "Magician Pocket Watch" would remain afraid of flames for twelve hours, and the streets at night were filled with terrifying fires. Angel could only leave the East Borough through the sewers that connected all of Backlund and head for the Backlund Bridge Borough, which she knew better.
Besides, even without the negative effect, dragging a charred corpse through the streets would be far too conspicuous, even in the chaotic and lawless East Borough.
After more than an hour, Angel reached the stretch of sewers where she had previously dealt with the mutated rats and crocodiles. Finding the right direction, she brought the Rose Bishop's corpse near an exit by the Tussock River, where faint crimson moonlight could reach.
There were several platforms here that stood slightly higher than the sewage channels. They were far from clean, but at least they kept her out of the flowing filth.
Casually tossing the Rose Bishop aside, Angel rested for a moment and recovered some spirituality. Then, using the Saint Night Powder she carried, she drew out an area enclosing both herself and the corpse, creating a Wall of Spirituality that blocked out the stench of the sewers and the sound of the Tussock River's currents.
Before conducting such a dangerous divination, she should have waited for the Rose Bishop's Beyonder Characteristic to emerge. That way, even if the divination involved the True Creator as it had last time and she was contaminated by His divinity and aura, she would at least retain part of the gains.
But compared with having the Beyonder Characteristic contaminated, she feared waiting too long and allowing the dead man's spirituality to dissipate, leaving her unable to divine Lanevus's location.
Taking a deep breath, Angel rubbed the Hidden Holy Emblem on her right wrist and began reciting the