Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 296 Iron Blood Dark Cloud
"Your Excellency, when are we leaving?"

In Emlyn's office, Adele turned around twice in front of the large mirror. The shiny lieutenant's medal on her shoulder gleamed golden under the gas light in the office, making her look even more heroic.

It was the first time that she looked at herself so formally after becoming the Witch of Pleasure. The black-haired witch in the mirror was wearing a long black cloak that covered most of her graceful figure. She stood there like a straight poplar tree, with a pair of white legs extending from under the cloak. She looked elegant and graceful, and her eyes were full of affection.

I didn’t expect that I look so beautiful now… This thought popped up in Adele’s mind involuntarily.

If the witch's face at Sequence 7 still had some flaws, then at the Sequence 6 "Witch of Joy" stage, the witch had almost reached the most beautiful state without any additional mystical meaning.

Although the witch's appearance would be greatly improved when she was promoted to Demigod or even Sequence 3, her beauty at that time had already begun to be mixed with some mysticism, and it was no longer purely physical beauty.

Of course, Emlyn was unaware of Adele's thoughts. After entering his room, 80% of his attention was on the doll in the room.

Emlyn was stunned for a moment when he heard Adele's question. It was not until Adele turned around in front of the mirror and stopped that he reacted, cleared his throat, and replied, "Your actions are not under the jurisdiction of the military. In fact, the naval base currently has no energy to command the fleet to counterattack or defend, so you mainly rely on Tracy's experience."

Tracy was not here. She had been taken to her room by someone, which was under special protection by the Navy. After all, even if the awarding ceremony was held, it would still take a long time for her to be fully accepted. Of course, the biggest possibility was that she would never be accepted.

Wendy was busy at the port learning how to install naval weapons at the moment, so she naturally did not participate in the conversation.

"I understand." Adele nodded. "It's only a quarter of an hour until three in the afternoon. I won't go back to the ship yet."

What she meant was that it was almost time for the Tarot Club.

Emlyn nodded, picked up the bell on the table and rang it. Soon a servant ran in, bowed to Emlyn and said, "Mr. Earl, what can I do for you?"

"Don't let anyone in for the next hour." Emlyn ordered, and the other party nodded in agreement with familiarity.

This vampire Count had the habit of being alone for an hour every Monday afternoon starting at 3 p.m., and he would refuse anyone who came during that time. Although this was somewhat of a topic of conversation, it was not worth mentioning compared to his peculiar hobby. The attendant agreed, and without thinking much, he went out to guard the door.

Adele found a comfortable spot on the sofa and sat down, ready to take a nap. She was really tired during this period. Since she was promoted to Sequence 6, she had not had a good night's sleep for almost five days. She could only take a nap whenever she had the chance.

Emlyn looked at Adele sleeping on the sofa without saying much. He used his demigod-level perception ability to scan her and confirmed that her astral body was abnormally stable. She was indeed asleep. Then he slightly adjusted his collar and walked towards Adele silently.

Mr. Moon approached Adele little by little, walked past her, and finally stopped in front of his cupboard. Then he opened the cupboard, took out various clothes from the special grid below, and began to change the doll's clothes.

His movements were very serious and his expression was obsessed, as if he was holding a precious piece of jade in his hand and was afraid that if he used too much force, the doll would break.

It was almost time before he reluctantly put the doll down, closed the cabinet door, walked to Adele and pushed her shoulder. Adele, who was sleeping soundly and had an unstable center of gravity, almost fell off the sofa. Fortunately, she used her flexibility in time to let her upper body fall softly on the armrest of the sofa, so as not to lose her balance.

"Awake? There are still three minutes left."

Emlyn spoke in a bland tone, which inexplicably made Adele feel frustrated.

Being so rude to a lady, I really hope that the life span of vampires can be long enough for you to find a girlfriend... Adele muttered to herself, but she quickly completed the ritual with her hands. Afterwards, the astral bodies of the two turned into crimson light and rose straight up to the stone chair corresponding to the crimson star.

This time the two arrived a little late, and the rest of the people had already gathered together. Seeing Adele and the other two appear in the meeting, many people subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."

Audrey still led the way, and everyone stood up and saluted Mr. Fool's seat.

Miss Judgment's aura seemed to weaken even more... Adele, with her keen sense of vitality, vaguely sensed that something was wrong with her.

Was he injured when he was surrounded... Adele thought worriedly.

Since the Tarot Club became a semi-official organization, the connections between Tarot Club members in the real world have become relatively close. At least, Adele has a good relationship with Audrey and Miss "Judgment". Even Mr. "Sun", who only met her once, thinks highly of Adele.

Therefore, even though Adele had already learned about Miss Judgment from Mr. Moon, she was still a little worried when she saw her condition with her own eyes.

"A lot has happened this week since the last Tarot Club. Let's first hear what's going on with Miss Judgment."

It was still Miss Justice who made the summary before the meeting, while comforting Adele and giving priority to dealing with the situation on Miss Judgment's side.

Even if you didn't say it, I wouldn't feel unbalanced... Adele thought it was a little funny, but somehow she felt that it wasn't that simple.

Miss Justice is also under a lot of pressure... Adele suddenly had this thought in her mind. Originally, the Tarot Club was led by Mr. Fool. After He fell asleep, Miss Justice seemed to be very enthusiastic about taking on the important task of leading the club. So now she is even a little distracted?

You know, Miss Justice's words and deeds were problematic. This kind of thing had never happened in the Tarot Club before, at least Adele had never seen it!
Thinking of this, Adele couldn't help but feel a little emotional. However, before she could feel emotional for long, Miss "Judgement" was invited to start telling her own experience.

"Last week, I fled to the west of Intis according to everyone's arrangement. The journey was very smooth and I did not encounter any demigods blocking me. The 'Iron Knight' ghost sent by the 'Mysterious Queen' has been helping me track the enemy, and he did not find anything unusual."

"Judgment" Xio's voice was weak, and the crimson star that symbolized her was a little dim. As she spoke, she sorted out her thoughts, as if she couldn't maintain her mental state without doing so.

"However, when I was about to reach the harbor and my mind was most relaxed, the two hunter demigods who were tracking me directly attacked me."

The petite blond demigod recalled the scene at that time, and his voice trembled a little. "The other party seemed to have a seal given by the Hunter Path Angel. I didn't notice them at all."

"The opponent's attack severely damaged me in the first place, and killed the demigod ghost that the Mysterious Queen used. Even when the Mysterious Queen appeared later, she was unable to stop them. They were killed by her spell after she summoned the angels. In that situation, even a powerful person like the Mysterious Queen could not retain the extraordinary characteristics of the Iron-Blooded Knight Ghost."

The "trial" continued to be told, and everyone present was shocked by the determination of the Iron Cross. For a moment, no one interrupted.

These demigods of the Hunter Path were truly ruthless... "Star" Leonard couldn't help but simulate the situation in his mind, wondering if he could escape without the help of the old man in his body, and came to the conclusion that his performance would definitely not be much better than that of the Judgment.

The other party chose the right time for the assassination. When Judgment was really surrounded, these guys did not put pressure on her. It was not until Xio had one foot on the long bridge leading to the Dawn that the two demigods suddenly moved to her side and launched a surprise attack.

His patience and precision in controlling the situation were unmatched by those Rose School demigods Leonard had met before.

The demigods of official organizations are all extraordinary when fighting in their own fields. This is also the foundation of the major churches and kingdom militaries. They cannot afford to be careless in this regard. Even the best of the same rank and evil organizations find it difficult to compete with the official extraordinary people.

Miss "Judgment" had intruded into the opponent's best field, and the fact that she was able to save her life was the result of the full efforts of the "mysterious queen".

"What do you think about this?"

The judge finally finished telling his story, took a breath, and asked everyone.

The Tarot Club members looked at each other, and then Leonard raised his hand.

"Regarding the other party's purpose, yesterday, the messenger from Mr. World came to my base and told me something that might be related to the Iron Cross's purpose."

He looked around at the Tarot Club members and found that everyone's attention was focused. He then spoke with satisfaction:

"He said that the Iron-Blooded Cross is currently using various means to collect mid-sequence and above Beyonder characteristics from every corner of the Hunter Path in the Northern Continent. It is unknown what the purpose is. To this end, they are willing to pay a large sum of money to bribe bounty hunters. When facing high-sequence targets, senior members of the Iron-Blooded Cross will even personally take action."

As his thoughts flashed, pieces of illusory white paper appeared in front of everyone, with some data written on them, recording in detail the number and ranks of Hunter Path Extraordinaries killed in recent days.

"It's been less than a week, and there are already twelve mid-sequence hunters killed in the Northern Continent alone?"

Adele's pupils shrank, which reminded her of Venata. She couldn't help but interrupt with concern: "Do you have detailed information about these people?"

——She wanted to make sure Venata was in there.

"Your companion is not in there, at least he was fine when I left three days ago."

Alger, who had just left the Sea of ​​Space area recently, added, "However, Miss Justice's clone is over there. You can ask her to report your safety. After all, you can't return to the Northern Continent for the time being."

"I'll notify you after the meeting."

Audrey nodded slightly, and Adele felt relieved.

"——Back to the previous question. Could it be that Miss Judgment is not their target, and what they actually want to seize is the Iron Knight attribute in the hands of the mysterious queen?"

"Sun," Derrick said with a frown. "But is it really necessary to make such a big fuss?"

Everyone was silent for a moment. Indeed, if they only wanted to collect the characteristics of the corresponding channels, there were many ways to do it. All the major churches were doing it, or in other words, the church was the largest distributor of extraordinary characteristics of the same sequence or adjacent channels.

However, it is rare for the Iron Cross to do such a ruthless thing and leave no room for retreat. At least no major church in history has ever done this. Even a highly centralized church like the Church of Death would not be so brutal, because it is not only time-consuming, labor-intensive, and costly, but also meaningless.

Beyonder characteristics are the smallest units of supernatural powers and are indivisible. They cannot be broken apart unless they are broken apart using the abilities of the Sun Priest. It is even more impossible to combine several low-sequence Beyonder characteristics into a high-sequence Beyonder characteristic. This is a truth that all Sequence 9 novice Beyonders know.

Hoarding a large number of mid-sequence extraordinary characteristics is a thankless task for an organization - after all, just preserving them is a big problem.

"Moreover, this also involves the 0-01 incident of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom..."

"Trial" Xio recalled the information he had learned before and added to the best of his ability.

"Level 0 Sealed Artifact..."

Everyone immediately turned their attention to Alger Wilson, the "Hanged Man" who once worked in the Church of Storms, and Leonard Mitchell, the "Star", who is still a senior deacon of the Church of the Goddess of Night. If there were anyone here who might know the information about the Level 0 Sealed Artifact, it would probably be only these two high-ranking or former high-ranking officials of the church.

If it was before, perhaps the "Magician" lady who had a relationship with the "Angel Family" should also be added, but now... Thinking of this, Audrey's eyes dimmed and her face did not look good.

"When I was in the church, I had been suppressing my own promotion speed, so I was not officially promoted to Sequence 4 until the war. I left the Storm Church and went to the Poseidon Church before I had time to consolidate my position in the church. Therefore, my understanding is limited."

Alger said frankly that his relationship with the Church of Storms was no longer a secret. People talked about the connection between the Pope of the Church of Poseidon and the Church of Storms, as well as his early history as a pirate.

So everyone turned their eyes to the "stars", but Audrey keenly discovered that the other party's emotions seemed to become agitated and turned a sad blue.

Then, the Tarot Club members heard the tired voice of "Star".

"Unfortunately, I know something about the Level 0 Sealed Artifact."

(End of this chapter)