Chapter 38

Chapter 38

Chapter 38

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Zaratul moved his fingers, and the person in front of him raised his hand naturally.

He controlled the spirit thread according to his own ideas, and after confirming that every joint was connected and could indeed control the other party, Zaratul looked at his colleague who had been deceiving each other for a long time and turned into a new secret doll he had just obtained, and an imperceptible sigh escaped from under his gray beard.

He had long known that the "Angel of the Abyss" had evil intentions, and that the big man in that organization had long wanted to eliminate the demon, so today, guided by his spiritual intuition, he came here to an inconspicuous corner of the Hall of Mirrors. Now all the nobles and ministers gathered in the small living room, nervously waiting for the results of the meeting and discussing it fiercely, so it was not surprising that the Earl of the Palace took the initiative to leave for a while.

Zaratul found Him in a corner. Edward Vaughn stood quietly in the shadows, holding a goblet, with a smile that seemed both mocking and gentle. Zaratul was horrified, and a hundred images of being caught and beaten by the other party and having the Soul Bug fall to the ground flashed through his mind. He almost swapped places with the guard puppet outside the palace, but the next second he found the problem.

There is no trace of mystical power on the Abyss Angel. His astral body is nowhere to be found. He has no pulse and no heartbeat.

He seemed to have died here silently.

His expression was very normal, and there were no signs of a struggle around him. It was obvious that He "came here naturally"!

There is only one person who can quietly make an angel die inexplicably. Zaratul took a breath and exhaled slowly. Adam was not here, so He killed people and left the bodies behind for only one purpose: to deter and hint. It was like giving a big stick and then a sweet date, telling you that you are powerless to resist the tide of fate, and at the same time giving you a little sweetness, so that you can think twice when facing Him, and think carefully about whether to rely on Him or resist, and which side will benefit more.

"Let's go."

Zaratul controlled the spiritual line and used the observation ability of the faceless man at the level of an angel to reproduce the other party's daily words and deeds. He walked out of the corner with the secret doll, and just as his front foot stepped on the dividing line of light and shadow, Zaratul's spiritual intuition suddenly sounded a crazy alarm! Veins popped out of his temples, and before he understood what was about to happen, he immediately squatted down according to his inspiration!
Boom! Click!
The sharp wind of his fist brushed his hood and rushed out, hitting the wall beside him, just at the height of his head. Feeling that all the spiritual lines in his hands began to riot, Zaratul did not think twice and immediately dived into the mist of history. Then he performed a skillful fire jump, puppet swap, swap, swap, swap, and historical projection stack. In an instant, his main body ran to the border of Intis, and he in the corner of the mirror corridor became a Sequence 5 puppet.

The half-meter-thick wall quickly cracked into deep spider-web-like cracks, and then the entire wall collapsed. At the same time, the power of fraud flashed by, and no one realized that the White Maple Palace suddenly lost a load-bearing wall.

Adam actually missed! Zaratul was in doubt, but also faintly relieved. Through the eyes of the secret doll, He saw his cunning colleague come alive again. The action of putting his fist back and standing up was like a stop-motion animation. After a two-second pause, it became smooth again. It can be seen that he transformed from a secret doll to a normal person. Edward Vaughn's face was rarely expressionless, and his more subtle expression revealed a subtle irony. He ignored the trembling Sequence 5 Spirit Worm in front of him, readjusted his appearance and walked towards the conference room.

He didn’t bother me…didn’t He have the energy to spare, or was He just too disdainful?

The clone watched Him leave, then he stood up and suddenly found something extra in the pocket on the inside of his cloak.

It is a characteristic of a Sequence 1 "Writer".

Zaratul's pupils trembled, and the hand holding the characteristic trembled slightly.

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A dog caught Edward's attention because it suddenly started to move its hands and feet when passing by his feet.

To be honest, He would not be interested in such a low-level demon that passed under His nose. Moreover, this dog's spirituality and emotions were unstable. It seemed that it was still in the process of promotion, and it was at most Sequence 5. If a Sequence 5 animal went out, its owner would definitely follow it. So the real culprit of the current serial murder case must be it.

Training animals to become demons and letting them advance is the tradition of the Belia family. They submit to the strong, and although they are brutal, they know the times. With Edward's deliberate indulgence, Belia has become the most powerful of the three demon families. He has a lot of say in the Blood Worship Cult and plays an important role in gathering all the organized demons together, making it easier to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

According to his original plan, the Devil Cards would be secretly sent to the Belia family to help them further improve their overall strength and facilitate their harvest. However, because Adam secretly manipulated the direction of the cards, the Devil Cards disappeared completely after they were passed from his hands several times.

Edward looked at the black dog.

The black dog hunched back behind a tree trunk with its tail between its legs.

“Who told you what I look like?” He asked softly, “Or has your clan leader finally become an angel? And wants to find me?”

The black dog almost hid itself behind a not-so-thick tree trunk, with its ears drooping and gurgling sounds coming from its throat.

Edward understood. "I see. Your master is seeking his own death. He is at Sequence 5, right? Although it's a little low, it's at the bottom line for my servants."

Demons have abandoned emotions and become cold-blooded since they were low-sequence. Although they are masters and servants, they are just superiors and subordinates who maintain power. There is no loyalty at all. The demon dog told everything he knew, hoping to save his life. But since Edward knew that these were just individual demons who wanted to die, he lost interest in them.

"you……"

"Mr. Vaughan?"

A voice interrupted Edward's words. He swallowed the words he hadn't said and turned to look at the source of the voice. He saw a writer with long brown curly hair who was very familiar to him standing a few meters away. She looked a little haggard, but her spirit was not affected much. Ah, yes, there was a sudden and long blood moon the night before yesterday.

"Ms. Fors." Edward greeted her. "I haven't seen you for a few days. How is your script going?"

Fors immediately showed an expression that said she should have known not to greet you but didn't dare to show it. She looked at the other person's smiling face and laughed, "There's still some time before the deadline, so let's not talk about work, right? Mr. Vaughn, what are you doing?"

Edward noticed that her eyes fell on the black dog not far from his feet, and his smile became more obvious: "I'm feeding the dog, it's very interesting. By the way, Miss Fors, have you been paying attention to the serial murder case recently? How much has the reward for clues to the suspect increased at Sivellas Field?"

Fors looked at the dog carefully. She felt that this half-meter-tall dog with long black hair could not be described as "interesting". A more appropriate word should be "ferocious". Moreover, a closer look revealed that there were dark red bloodstains on the dog's sharp teeth... The dog's black eyes did not even move, and seemed to be sizing her up. Unlike the golden retriever at Miss Audrey's house, which seemed to be particularly smart, this humane look made Fors feel a chill, and she quickly shifted her gaze.

"That incident? Of course I've been paying attention to it." Fors had no doubts. "It's excellent material, but it's too cruel. Sivella seems to be very distressed. There are rumors that they are going to hire private detectives to conduct a search. The reward just announced yesterday is as high as 2,000 pounds."

Two thousand pounds? Edward glanced at the black dog. It's not too much, at most it can offset the furniture maintenance fee this year...

"I really hope the murderer can be caught and brought to justice soon." Edward sighed, "Such a tragedy happening in a place like Backlund is simply a blasphemy to the kingdom's judicial system."

"Yeah." Fors lifted the strands of hair beside her ear, she felt the same way. The recent Extraordinary gatherings and writers' gatherings were more or less affected by these events. After the investigation was intensified, many wild Extraordinary people were caught. Even if they didn't do anything bad, they were caught in the basements of the cathedrals. She had been worried about this for a long time.

After a few simple greetings, Fors, who seemed to be worried, said goodbye, and Edward followed suit. As soon as Fors's back disappeared into the crowd, Edward looked down at the black dog, who still dared not breathe, and kicked it carelessly.

"Kill eleven people, reward of two thousand pounds." Edward glanced at it. "The ceremony hasn't even been completed yet, but you've made quite a fuss. It's not like your Belia family doesn't have captive humans. Do you have to go out and take risks to get promoted? Or do you and your master have ulterior motives for coming to Backlund?"

The black dog said nothing.

"I have no interest in your purpose. Go away, kill more people and make a bigger fuss, so that your bounty can be higher."

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In the evening, Klein took the steam subway to the Backlund Bridge District and knocked on the door of the party house according to the number provided in the newspaper. Like the previous times, he put on an iron mask that only covered the upper half of his face, put on a black robe with a hood, and, led by the waiter, entered the living room where only a candle was burning quietly.

At a glance, Klein discovered that the number of Beyonders at this gathering was nearly half less than in the past.

After a few minutes, the old gentleman "Eye of Wisdom" cleared his throat and said, "Let's start the party. The others probably won't come." At this point, he briefly explained, "Because the serial murder case has never found the murderer, the Nighthawks, the Mandated Punishers, the Mechanical Heart, and most of the Beyonders in MI9 have been sent out to conduct a large-scale investigation and search."

"Under this situation, it is normal and understandable that friends are unwilling to go out and participate in gatherings."

“To be honest, there are more people coming today than I expected.”

As expected, the Beyonder circle is not isolated and is also affected by current events... Klein looked around and saw that the chubby pharmacist was not absent, and he felt relieved. Soon, the pharmacist began to purchase the medullary crystals of the Elf Spring as he expected. Klein, who was well prepared, made a deal with him without hesitation and obtained clues to the "pharmacist's" formula and several sedatives that had been forgotten.

The pharmacist was filled with extreme regret and sighed, "You are indeed a lucky man! Why didn't I choose that lucky path in the first place..."

As the party progressed, the female Beyonder with the "craftsman" behind her either did not attend or did not get the new Beyonder weapon, and she never spoke, leaving Klein's expectations in vain - he now had 509 pounds in cash, so he could think about equipment.

After many deals were aborted, a man sitting on a high stool spoke in a low voice, "A friend of mine was unfortunately discovered in this large-scale investigation and was imprisoned by the Mandated Punisher in the basement of a Storm Church. I would like to ask for a few helpers to rescue him together."

The old gentleman, Eye of Wisdom, responded immediately: "Wild Dog, give up this plan! The Punisher and Seal of a Storm Church are enough to destroy all of us here. Your friend's fate is already determined, so don't let yourself fall into the same desperate situation."

The Wild Dog looked around and found that no one responded to him. He couldn't help but hit his thigh hard and growled, "But, what did he do wrong?"

"He is an excellent physician. He has saved many patients. He has never hurt anyone! Just because he took a potion and became a Beyonder, he will be imprisoned in a place where he will never see the sun, and even used as a test subject for the Punisher?"

"why?"

"Why……"

The painful and desperate questioning of "Wild Dog" echoed in the room, and even the pharmacist who always couldn't control his mouth remained silent.

Alas... Klein, the former official Beyonder, could only sigh deeply in his heart. Without announcing the "playing method", wild Beyonders would be time bombs. But if the "playing method" were popularized, the situation would be even more chaotic and bloody... After all, Beyonder characteristics are indestructible and conserved...

In this depressing atmosphere, the party came to an end.

TBC
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Addicted to games, lol is really fun, hehe.

Recently I saw some readers discussing this article, which seemed to have gained some popularity. I was moved but also discovered some strange viewpoints.

The author solemnly declares that I have never said "how much fun you have in the early stage will make you miserable in the later stage by Klein and Adam". I am writing about the Outer Gods, an Outer God without vulgarity and humanity. Only when the enemy is strong can the strength of humans and the earth be demonstrated. If a mature Outer God can be defeated easily, then the so-called sacrifice that the gods always talk about will be meaningless. Although I don't know where this sentence came from, I never said it. It is most likely some joke that was spread by word of mouth.

I saw someone say that this is a dark article.

Well... maybe it doesn't really conform to the general values ​​of Weird Fans, but readers have their own judgment standards, and the author pursues logical coherence and a tight plot. If you think this article is dark, it may be because the Weird Worldview itself is dark.

There are two endings in this article, one is BE and the other is HE.

The main story has a happy ending, but the happy ending will be written separately in the form of a special chapter and an independent volume, and the length will not be too long. If you can't think of how to have a happy ending, don't worry, just watch me show you.

That’s all. I wish you all a pleasant reading. (V)
(End of this chapter)