"Settle down here first."
"Understood."
At that moment, the blurred figure said, "Arrodes, do you know where the remaining Intis Brass Pillars are?"
A faint light immediately flickered across the mirror. Then a strange watery gleam flashed, forming seven scenes:
A man wearing a knight's outfit inserted brass rods into the ground in different places, covering some with soil, restoring the floor over others with mechanisms, and hiding others with Sealed Artifacts.
Then the view in each scene rose, revealing the surroundings of the different locations.
A moment later, the images in the mirror quickly faded. Then words as red as blood appeared on its surface:
"According to the Principle of Equivalence, it is my turn to ask a question. If you lie or cannot answer, you will have to carry out a task I assign or be punished."
"Can you truly lead me to my great Master?"
The blurred figure in the mirror smiled. "Of course."
After finishing dinner, Edward strolled around the garden to help digest his meal, thinking about Arrodes:
Why wouldn't the Church agree to lend Arrodes to Roselle? If even Roselle couldn't get Arrodes, what other way was there to get access to it?
Go straight to the Church and steal it?
If I knew its exact location, it wouldn't hurt to try.
But charging into the Church knowing nothing and searching on the spot-did I really think Steam Maiden was a pushover?
There was another way...
He couldn't help thinking of the Serial Murders the Devil Family would commit in the future. Could he follow their example and create a series of incidents that forced the Machinery Hivemind to bring out Arrodes to assist with the investigation?
*But even a case as big as the attempt on Earl Clear's life hadn't gotten Arrodes