The dispatched holy Knight remained on high alert as he removed the "Holy Spirit Ring" from Dulles's finger, then slowly backed away step by step.
Up to this point, everything had gone smoothly.
The Scorpio Palace maid watching from afar had thought that this matter would end tonight.
In the end, the necromancer Zoe would be taken away by the Holy Church, while Dulles would be taken back home by his uncle for further education.
But just as everyone's vigilance inevitably slackened, more than a dozen skeletal arms suddenly burst out of thin air on either side of the holy Knight. Packed densely together, they all lunged for his head, neck, arms, waist, abdomen, and legs.
The holy Knight drew his sword in an instant. Sword light shot into the sky as he slashed fearlessly, shattering the dozen or so skeletal arms to pieces.
But when the sword light faded, the Holy Spirit Ring that he had clearly been gripping tightly in his hand had vanished without a trace.
Dark smiled and asked, "How did Professor Harvey do it?" The maid pursed her lips slightly and said, "He must have used some kind of spatial method. But at the time, the Holy Church had specifically set up barriers to prevent Dulles from teleporting away. So we do not know exactly how he did it."
Dark said, "What about the rest? Did anyone see the professor do it?" The maid shook her head. "Probably not. That professor's Concealment methods are truly exceptional. We did not witness him make a move either. We only identified him through information analysis and investigation of the crowd."
Dark asked, "What about the Holy Church? How did they react?"
The maid said, "Dulles was taken away and will likely be interrogated. However, since Edmond Lory is