The figure clad in thick black armor, crowned and masked in the same color, said nothing after Bishop Utravsky finished reading the paper. He merely nodded slightly to the bishop and the young priestess on the other side before vanishing.
Only then did Hazel finally relax and release the fully drawn bowstring.
She lightly waved her metal arm, and a lion-like spirit body invisible to ordinary people emerged from it, swallowing the Fire Crow Shortbow in one gulp.
Then it shrank back into the metal arm.
"Father, was that Gentleman Thief Black Emperor just now?" Hazel could not help asking.
When she and Xio had taken Freya to Capim's home to find Daisy, she had seen that Gentleman Thief's back from afar. She had failed to recognize him earlier due to her tension, but now that she thought back on it, the scene she had just witnessed overlapped with the figure in her memories.
"It was indeed that Gentleman Thief..." Bishop Utravsky's expression remained grave. He handed the stiff paper note to Hazel, then strode toward the room behind the prayer hall, where the telegraph machine was kept... He needed to send a telegram to the Machinery Hivemind and the Nighthawks immediately.
There was not much written on the note. After glancing over it, Hazel understood why the usually gentle father had worn such a solemn expression.
"6 Leinstar Street? It isn't far from Rose Street. Several believers of the Mother Goddess live there...
"The Mandated Punishers fell into the Aurora Order's trap... and the expected reinforcements are highly likely to be intercepted.
"Mr. A of the Aurora Order possesses Demigod-level means..."
As Hazel was secretly alarmed, Utravsky emerged from the back again. Unlike his usual bishop's attire, he had changed into a vest and trousers suited for combat, with