A quick divination by Klein confirmed this. Compared to the previous time when it had pointed straight toward the dock, the direction in which the dowsing rod tipped now had a much greater angle of deviation.
Unless the White Agate had departed early without waiting for the captain, this only meant one thing—Donna had been captured by those cultists as a sacrifice for a living sacrifice.
"They didn't say much, just asked us to wait inside the church. They didn't even have time to pack up the body of the deceased pastor, Jess, before heading out with the Sealed Artifact."
Angel, Klein, and Aierlan were talking in the corner of the church. The latter looked toward the ordinary passengers resting on the pews and said in a low voice.
Without a doubt, the various anomalies, thick fog, howling winds, flying heads, and headless zombies in Bansy Harbor were all the result of this "living sacrifice," and such large-scale abnormalities had also alarmed the local Mandated Punishers.
A group of three, carrying a Sealed Artifact, naturally including a captain of Sequence 7 or higher, would be more than enough to deal with some local residents who supported the old traditions of living sacrifice. Though the flying heads on the way were numerous, they weren't hard to handle, and Donna and Cecil should be able to be rescued safely...
Angel pondered.
She knew that returning to the White Agate together now to quietly await good news was the best choice, but the worry in her heart lingered persistently. Klein beside her also remained silent, toying with a copper penny in his hand before suddenly tossing it up with a ding and catching it in his palm.
He opened his fingers, and the numbers on the coin faced upward.
"They won't be rescued