What's going on? Is this guy impossible to kill?!
Eiko was a little stunned.
Whether it was earlier or just now, both attacks should have had a considerable effect on "Lin Qi." Why did she look completely unharmed?
Could this be her supernatural ability?
Eiko chased out the front door and saw several Security Officers armed with Revolvers pursuing them from afar.
This is bad.
After hesitating for a moment, she turned and rushed back into the house.
Before the Security Officers discovered this place, Eiko had to investigate everything as quickly as possible.
An hour later.
Central District.
Residential street.
A beautiful blonde girl sat properly at a tea table.
Suddenly, a sound came from outside. She rose and opened the door, then saw a figure entering the house from the second-floor corridor.
"Eiko."
"Your Highness."
Eiko quickly went upstairs.
"How did it go? Did you find anything?"
the blonde girl asked.
"Your Highness, your guess was right. The Hand of Darkness really has infiltrated Berman City."
Eiko respectfully reported to the girl.
If Ryan had been here, he definitely would have recognized the blonde girl—Caslathdi, the Empire's Fifth Princess!
"Tell me everything in detail," Caslathdi said softly.
Eiko recounted what had happened at 228 Black Ding Street.
"...I went back to look for it. The relic produced by the ritual was nowhere to be found. I'm afraid someone took it long ago."
"That suspicious person?" Caslathdi's gaze flickered slightly. "Could she have taken the relic?"
"I'm not sure, but I don't think it was her. She isn't with the Hand of Darkness."
Although "Lin Qi" had indeed approached the Singer's corpse, Eiko was certain that she had not touched the Singer. As for why she had made a few grasping motions at thin air, Eiko did not quite understand.
"How strong is she?"
"Well..." Eiko pondered for a while. "At most, she's first rank. Maybe not even that. She's just extremely good at running away. I obviously injured her, yet her movements seemed completely unaffected. It's really strange."
"Your Highness, what should we do now? The relic has been taken. Should we leave Berman City as soon as possible?"
Caslathdi had been summoned back to Baron, the imperial capital. Publicly, her entourage was still in the previous city district, preparing to take a steam train to Berman City, but secretly, she had already gone ahead alone with Eiko.
Caslathdi had come for the Hand of Darkness. Although the Empire despised cult rituals, a class-change relic was undeniably the key to obtaining a supernatural path. Being able to cultivate one more Supernatural Being—especially in such a promising profession as Soul Eater—would be of great help to her.
But now that the class-change relic had vanished, finding it in a short time was practically impossible.
Rather than risk searching for a needle in a haystack, it would be better to leave early.
After all, quite a few people wanted Caslathdi dead.
"No. I must meet Uncle Bill. This is of vital importance to me." Caslathdi fell into thought. "Leave the Hand of Darkness alone. Contact Uncle Bill for me. Tomorrow at three in the afternoon, we'll meet at Janus Church."
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