An Efficient Way to Find Someone

Santa Port, within the city limits.

Loki, with the "sleeping" Ludwig inside, had already taken refuge in an Apartment he had rented days in advance, his appearance Change, and began manipulating the "Spirit Body Threads" of this sealed Half-God.

His two Marionette, within a radius of one or two hundred meters from him, mingled among different celebrations and crowds, waiting to be discovered by Lumian Lee's teammates and the Clergy of the Church of the Earth Mother.

This was unavoidable, since the "Marionettist" couldn't allow the Marionette to use his "Faceless" ability, and the Mystical Item from the "Seer" Pathway was with either the "Wandering Poet" or the "Madwoman".

In the Solo Hotel, in Suite that was partially destroyed by the bomb, Jenna and Anthony met the Combat Nuns Noelia and her team who had arrived.

Previously, Lumian had secretly brought Jenna and Anthony to meet Noelia in disguise, so when they met, there was no excessive questioning or unnecessary arrest; they simply carefully confirmed each other's identities.

"Ruvio Paco is a fake, a ' Marionettist ' in disguise. He has kidnapped Louis Berri's Godson. He has two Marionette, one is Madame Marta, the matriarch of the Paco Family, and the other's identity and abilities are unknown." Jenna recounted the key points of what had just happened.

She believed that the members of the Order of Abundance should know what "Marionettist" meant, and she didn't need to explain it too much, because one of their main responsibilities was to guard against the Republic of Intis to the north, and many of the Official Beyonder of the Eighth Bureau of the Republic of Intis were "Seer," so the two sides Pathway have had a lot of dealings.

"' Marionettist '..." Sure enough, Noelia frowned slightly upon hearing this Sequence name. "Is it a spy sent by Intis to sabotage the Sea-Praying Ritual?"

"That was a traitor from the Eighth Bureau of Intis." Compared to Lumian, Jenna clearly felt a stronger sense of belonging to Intis and couldn't help but explain.

Noelia understood that time was of the essence and that they couldn't discuss irrelevant matters, so she went straight to the most crucial question:

Why take Louis Berri's Godson hostage? Or is there something special about him?

Jenna thought for a moment and revealed the limited information she had only recently learned:

"That was a Half-God- level being, um, a being, that was sealed away."

"It will take Loki a long time to turn him into Marionette, not just a few minutes."

Half-God? A sealed Half-God? That child with the huge appetite is a sealed Half-God? Noelia's mouth gaped open, both surprised and astonished. She almost doubted whether there was something wrong with her ears.

Is the nominal Godson the Great Adventurer Louis Berri actually a sealed Half-God?

What is his background, and why is he wandering around with a sealed Half-God?

Moreover, a while ago, a Humanoid Sealed Artifact with the attribute of "Level 1" arrived at Santa Port, which is equivalent to a sealed Half-God. Everyone has been searching for it for a long time but has not yet found it.

If it weren't for the discrepancies in appearance, gender, and age, Noelia might even suspect that Ludwig was the "lost" Humanoid Sealed Artifact of the Church the "Eternal Blazing Sun."

Now, only one absurd thought echoed in her mind:

Is this year's trend to take a sealed Half-God out with you?

Composing herself, Noelia immediately said to her followers, "Simili, hurry Order and inform the Dean to Police Station all available personnel to the city to find, as soon as possible, either Madame Marta or Louis Berri's Godson, Ludwig."

"Once found, unless the situation is extremely urgent, do not act rashly. Report the discovery first and wait for assistance."

Considering That One the "Marionettist" may have Change his appearance and height, and that the identity and appearance of his other Marionette are unknown, Noelia focused her search on Madame Marta had become Marionette, and Ludwig, who had been kidnapped.

"Yes, Team Leader!" To save time, Simili, whose hair was brownish, rushed out of the broken Glass Window and used the protruding Stone Bricks and wood on the exterior wall to jump from the fifth floor to the street.

The Dean Noelia was referring to was the Dean of the local Monastery, responsible for the Clergy of the Order of Abundance in Santa Port — the Order of Abundance's headquarters were in Torelle, the capital of the Gaia Province.

Simili had only run a few steps when she saw a giant bird flying overhead. Just as she was about to search the nearby streets for Jenna, Anthony, Noelia, and the others, she saw a Giant Bird flying in.

The Giant Bird was entirely grayish-black, with stiff feathers that lacked softness, and its eyes looked like two rubies directly embedded in them.

The giant gray-black Giant Bird flapped its wings once and flew to the fifth floor of the Solo Hotel, where half of the exterior wall had collapsed.

Jenna and Anthony then realized that the gray-black Giant Bird was carved from stone, heavy, enormous, and hard, yet full of vibrant life.

On the back of the giant, grey-black Giant Bird, each feather exquisitely detailed, stands a Lady in a brown Clergy Robe. She wears Nun's Veil with Wheat Ears pattern and appears to be only in her thirties, but radiates maternal warmth, as if she has raised many children.

The brown-haired, brown-eyed, mature-looking, and strikingly beautiful Clergy turned her gaze to Noelia and stated succinctly, "The specifics."

Noelia quickly repeated what Jenna had just said, then slightly parted her legs, raised both hands, and exclaimed, "Praise the earth, praise the Mother of All Things!"

The Clergy who arrived was none other than Archbishop Agrippina of the Gaia Diocese of the Church of the Earth Mother.

Agrippina nodded gently and said, "I knew Marta of the Paco Family. I never imagined she would die in this way. Alas, may Mother Earth embrace her soul, and may the Flowers that represent her bloom again in the next spring."

The Archbishop subtly moved his right foot, giving a signal to the Giant Bird carved from gray-black stone.

The Stone Bird, brimming with vitality, immediately flapped its wings and flew dozens of meters into the air.

Agrippina then stretched out her right hand and scattered a handful of dark black, rice-grain-sized seeds downwards.

With a flapping sound, the White-headed Seabird of the harbor flew in, their wings obscuring the sky, each carrying a seed in its beak, and flew away in all directions.

They hovered within a circle with a radius of three hundred meters.

The jubilant citizens of Santa Port below, seeing this scene, assumed that the Seabirds had also come to celebrate the success of the Sea-Praying Ritual, and they all cheered.

Two or three minutes later, some of the scattered Combat Nuns spotted Madame Marta; the Marionette was hidden at the other end of Aquinas Street.

Having been informed, Agrippina turned her head and looked towards a certain spot in mid-air.

Soon, the White-headed Seabird dropped the rice-grain-sized seeds they had been carrying in their beaks.

Agrippina, having withdrawn her gaze, crossed her arms and placed them in front of her chest.

Every seed that fell to the ground sprouted instantly, grew rapidly, and transformed into thick, Dark Green Vines.

Meanwhile, Jenna, Anthony, Noelia, and others who were searching the streets for Ludwig and "Loki" saw the sky suddenly darken, as if night had fallen long ago, or as if some enormous object had blocked out the Sunlight.

They vaguely sensed that it was a huge, dark, membrane-covered wing with a somewhat ethereal quality.

The next second, in the "Evernight," a crimson full moon slowly rose and hung high in the sky, and within it seemed that a tall, thin figure was walking slowly.

The Crimson Moonlight then bathed the area surrounded by Dark Green Vines, leaving all the citizens stunned like Statues.

Nourished by the moonlight, the Dark Green Vines grew rapidly and wildly, soon covering several streets centered on Aquinas Street with a "forest" covering them.

Dark red Flowers bloomed in this "forest," densely packed and everywhere.

Each Flowers emits a faint, sweet fragrance, which intertwines and gradually intensifies the aroma.

The citizens of Santa Port, along with the Rat and Bedbug in the area, were all mesmerized by the aroma, staggering and collapsing to the ground.

Damn it! Jenna knew that this was Archbishop Agrippina of the Church the Earth Mother using indiscriminate attacks to create a wide-area influence in order to find and control "Loki," but she still instinctively cursed under her breath.

This anesthetic gas triggered unpleasant memories for her.

Back then, she was almost raped by that pervert from the "Bliss Society" using a similar gas.

Now, in this diffused gas with a significantly different taste but similar effects, she began to feel dizzy and unwell.

She was like that, as were Anthony and Noelia; one had developed dragon-like scales on her skin, and the other had forcibly held her breath.

Just then, three White-headed Seabird, each carrying a metal vial, flew down from mid-air and circled in front of Jenna and the others.

Noelia glanced at Archbishop Agrippina in mid-air and received a nod in response. Without further hesitation, she took the potion bottle from the claw of a White-headed Seabird and gulped it down.

She quickly regained her senses and was no longer affected by the pervasive anesthetic gas.

Seeing this, Jenna and Anthony also accepted the metal vials and drank the slightly sour-tasting potion inside.

They no longer experienced dizziness or weakness.

The three White-headed Seabird were too weak to fly again and landed one after another by the roadside, Past they fell into a deep sleep.

At this moment, in this area surrounded by a "forest" of Dark Green Vines, only the Marionette, which were immune to the anesthetic gas, were still able to stand, immediately revealing their presence.

Inside the Apartment he had rented in advance, Loki was quite surprised to find that manipulating the "Spirit Body Threads" that sealed the Half-God was much more difficult than he had expected.

This is not a problem that can be solved in ten minutes or a dozen minutes; according to his initial estimate, it will take at least an hour!

In that time, the Church Earth Mother could search every single street!

After the anesthetic gas created by the Dark Green Vines and dark red Flowers seeped into the room, Loki's first reaction was to create an "Air Tube" nearly thirty meters long and stretch it into the air to breathe fresh air, but he quickly dismissed the idea.

Perhaps the Half-God of the "Earth Mother" Church are waiting to find similar traces in order to pinpoint their location!

Moreover, Loki discovered that there was more than one Half-God high in the sky!

If there were only one, he could rely on Sealed Artifact, bestowal, or diverting attention to remain hidden and try to hold out until the Marionette was completed. But now there are at least two Half-God watching.

More importantly, he can last about ten minutes, but an hour is absolutely out of the question!

After some deliberation, Loki abandoned his original plan to hold the Ritual today and advance to Sequence 4 "Trickmaster".

Anyway, as long as we control this sealed Half-God, we can find another opportunity later. There's no need to perform today!

Why would it take an hour, or even longer? Is this the Half-God's "Spirit Body Threads"? Loki was puzzled and decided not to retrieve the two Marionette, but to use the Mystical Item "Teleportation" to escape.

He took out a bracelet from his pocket; it was made of gemstones of different colors.

Just as Loki was about to activate one of the diamonds, he heard a sound of swallowing.

Loki instinctively lowered his head and looked into his arms, only to find that Ludwig had woken up at some point.

The little boy said with a sincere, almost pleading look, "I'm hungry..."