Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 317: Conqueror
I found you...

Adele was terrified as the dark red ink spread across the telegram paper.

Who sent the telegram and why did they look for me?

Adele subconsciously threw the telegram in her hand away. She felt a little uncomfortable holding something of unknown origin in her hand.

However, the telegram paper suddenly began to burn strangely after it left Adele's fingers. Before Adele could react, the thin telegram paper turned into flying ashes.

Looking at the fleeting flames, Adele felt a chill rising in her heart for no reason.

Not daring to linger on the street any longer, she immediately returned to the Navy Headquarters, wanting to talk to Emlyn about the matter.

……

The camp of the Loen Church expeditionary force in the northern part of the Harvest Plains.

After being cut off by the "divine evil" Sua, part of the remaining Loen soldiers, led by Leonard Mitchell, a senior deacon of the Church of the Evernight Goddess and Mr. "Star" of the Tarot Club, retreated in time and avoided most of the impact, while the other part, under the command of another temporary commander in the war zone, set fire to the Hagati grassland and blocked the pursuit of the indigenous soldiers led by the Rose School.

The remnants of the expeditionary force set up camp here, relying on the Xingxing Plateau, and used sedatives temporarily prepared by the army pharmacists to calm down the soldiers who had undergone a certain degree of mutation due to the influence of Sua.

Although they did not look directly at Sua and were lucky enough to survive Sua's attack, the mythical creature form of the Sequence One angel still had a serious impact on them, and many of them would spend the rest of their lives with their deformed bodies.

Leonard Mitchell walked back and forth in the military camp, using his own abilities to constantly comfort the frightened soldiers. Otherwise, when such a horrible thing happened around them out of nowhere, even the troops with the strongest fighting will would fall apart and turn into an irreversible rout.

Fortunately, the extraordinary people of the Sleepless Path are particularly good at similar things. The large-scale hypnosis released by Leonard made the troop temporarily forget the disastrous scene at that time, and began to gather deserters and wounded soldiers dozens of miles behind the battlefield to restore their combat effectiveness.

Despite this, the sad atmosphere in the military camp still infected this poetic night watchman, and reminded him of some bad memories.

Back then, when he and Klein were dealing with Ince Zangwill together, he was just like he is now. He didn't even dare to raise his head. He could only run around passively, waiting for others to create opportunities for him.

But now, his situation seemed to be even worse. At least before he needed a chance to fight back. Now, even his own deployment and retreat had to rely on the old man who had lost most of his strength.

In order to accumulate strength, Pales had been sleeping in his body for a long time. Now he released so much power at once and fell into a deep sleep again. When Leonard called him these days, he did not respond.

The situation developed too quickly, Leonard Mitchell tried to tell himself. It didn't take him long to become a demigod. Three years was already a very fast speed within the church, but this kind of strength was no different from having no strength at all when facing a being of Sua's level.

Leonard closed his eyes, and the image of the entire broken Star Plateau continued to flash in his mind.

Is Klein also at this level now? How far has this guy moved forward without me knowing? Can I still catch up with him?

Leonard stood against the mottled fence, lost in thought.

Originally, the angels, who were the high-end combat forces of the church, would not easily fight against beings that did not possess divinity, let alone directly attack ordinary people.

Although Suea, the leader of the sect, had taken action several times before, they were all projecting power from a distance, and were often restrained by those at the same or similar levels, and did not achieve much results.

Therefore, Admiral Amyrius Levitt, who was in charge of the front-line command, did not fully estimate the possibility of His participation in the war, and the price was heavy: the Loen expeditionary force suffered the most serious trauma since the landing, and even the admiral himself was unfortunately killed in the battle.

Only when real angels are placed on the chessboard and use themselves as chess pieces, will the saints, who were originally the high-end combat forces of the extraordinary world, officially begin to consider the promotion to angels.

However, as an official extraordinary person serving in the church, Leonard knew clearly that it was almost impossible for him or other people in the church to be promoted to angels by accumulating merits.

——When the true God was in power, due to the conservation of Beyonder characteristics, there would be no Sequence One angels. And the true God's agent in the world, the highest-ranking pope or patriarch of the church, was often only Sequence Two. Therefore, Leonard, who was on the same path as the goddess, could not be promoted to an angel. Even if he wanted to, there was absolutely no way, unless he changed his path.

However, changing the path is just a thought.

The second angel of the Death God is the angel under Mr. Fool. Leonard also knows his name when he was a history teacher: Azik Eggers.

Larion, the Patriarch of the Church of the God of War, had also been secretly controlled by the Church of the Earth as a vessel for Badhair's resurrection.

These two were people he couldn't afford to provoke. Currently, none of the members of the Tarot Club had been promoted to angels. With the current lineup, it would be quite difficult to deal with Hermes without asking for help from the angels under the Fool. Making too many enemies would do more harm than good to a new church.

Just as Leonard's thoughts were wandering, dust suddenly rose slightly on the distant horizon, as if an army was approaching.

Leonard tensed up for a moment, but then he received the message from the spirit that he had arranged in advance.

The other side's flag had a sword pointing vertically downward with a red crown on the hilt.

This is the symbol of the Loen royal family, the "Sword of Judgment", representing the Augustus family and the Loen military.

Leonard's tense spirit relaxed a little, but to be on the safe side, he still drove the spirit that was controlled by him and flew to the front of the army under the support of the spirit.

As the highest-ranking person in the military, he has the responsibility and obligation to confirm the identity of the visitor and buy time for possible subsequent incidents.

However, Leonard was lucky this time and did not encounter any members of the Rose School pretending to be the Loen army.

Seeing him flying towards the army, the Loen soldiers did not show any panic. They had seen many extraordinary people in battle. Although many of them were not extraordinary people, they were no strangers to extraordinary powers.

Soon, this army with relatively intact morale separated to the two sides, and a carriage with gorgeous carvings drove out. The wheels seemed to be covered in blood, dyeing the lower half of the carriage a dark blood red.

The carriage ran until it was seven or eight steps in front of Leonard before stopping. Then the door opened and a tall man in an ancient black full-body armor jumped off the carriage and walked straight towards Leonard.

The other person had long, rare bright red hair, dark red patterns etched on his iron black armor, and a nearly one-meter-long sword in a black sheath hung around his waist. He looked very heroic, but the mocking look on his face somewhat destroyed the solemnity brought by his outfit.

"Glad to see you are safe, His Excellency Lieutenant General Avila."

Leonard took a deep breath and said to the handsome man.

"That's a matter of course," the other replied without hesitation, "I will try to win the victory to the greatest extent I can."

"You're willing to burn down the entire Hagati Steppe for this?"

Leonard couldn't help but say.

This new lieutenant general of the kingdom was impeccable in terms of combat capability, tactical level, and even his own sequence. There was only one thing that made people dislike him: the way he spoke was so annoying that this alone wiped out all his previous advantages.

However, as a demigod on the hunter path, his nasty words were a role-playing requirement, so that even if you knew he was mocking you, you couldn't get into any deeper discussions with him.

Moreover, no one in the army could argue with him because his troops always fought the best. Just like this expedition to the southern continent, almost all the land forces were disrupted by Sua's surprise attack. Only his troops not only maintained an extremely low casualty rate, but also helped all the troops complete the dangerous rearguard mission.

Therefore, although almost everyone disliked him, everyone had to do things according to his ideas and arrangements. In the past few days, there has been a subtle trend of undermining Prince Kongrov. If it weren't for his annoying mouth, I'm afraid he would have been a general now.

"What if not? Someone will always burn it."

Avila threw her long red hair aside and said, "I heard that the church burned a part of the grassland in the Harvest Plains and turned it into farmland under the church."

The grassland terrain is not fertile enough. If you want to grow crops, it is best to fill the wood ash back into the ground first, and use the method of the Church of Mother Earth to repeatedly fertilize the fields to ensure yields.

Leonard was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say, and complained in his heart about Emlyn, who was in charge of logistics.

It was because this guy didn't want to offend anyone, so he turned a blind eye to his subordinates trying to make money in various ways. In the end, I was the one who was ridiculed...

After complaining in his heart, Leonard tried his best to make the smile on his face less stiff.

"The military doctor is waiting inside. You guys should go back to the camp and rest. I'll be on guard outside and get some fresh air."

Leonard frowned as he looked at the pipe in the other's hand and said.

"Yeah, after running for two days and two nights, there really wasn't much time to stop and breathe some fresh air."

Avila showed his signature sarcastic smile, then strode past Leonard and entered Leonard's camp on his own.

Can't be angry, can't be angry...

Leonard's lips trembled slightly, and then he urged his spirit body to fly away. He didn't land until he could no longer see his camp, and then he slowly landed on the ground and subconsciously said to Pales in his body:
"Old man, this guy is going too far."

He thought that Pales should still be sleeping in his body and would not pay attention to his casual complaint, but unexpectedly, Pales actually answered.

"Humph, if my guess is true, then He could go even further. It would be better to say that He has restrained himself enough now."

There was a mixed feeling in Pales' voice. "Should I say he is reckless, or that he is really good at provoking people?"

"Him?!" Leonard was shocked. "Old man, are you saying...?"

"Shh. It's just a guess. Don't make such a fuss... We are still on the battlefield, in His territory. Be careful with your words."

Pales hurriedly and nervously warned, "That guy is most likely the Soren Einhorn Medici that the Fool asked you to investigate. If I'm right, he should have reached Sequence 2 by now and is seeking to be promoted to Sequence 1."

"What..." Leonard was about to express his surprise with body language, but then he forced himself back and asked Pales in a low voice:

"How did you see that? Why didn't even the founder see that?"

Pales snorted and laughed: "Huh, because that guy is an excellent 'provocateur'."

"He used the same face he had in the Fourth Epoch. He never changed it. I will never forget that annoying smile. He really deserved to be killed by Alistair Tudor in the end!"

Is there such a thing? Leonard was stunned and had a new understanding of the provocateur's behavior.

The other party was once an Angel King-level existence in the Hunter Path, and was similar to the description of a true God. It was basically impossible for his portraits, sculptures, and the like to be circulated in the world. This was also the reason why the other party dared to sneak in using his original body.

He moves around right under your nose with his face, without even a hint of disguise, because the past thousand years are his best cover... As expected of him being the Angel King of the Hunter Path, he really is able to attract hatred.

“As for William Augustus? Humph, at that time he was still a poor nobleman of the Solomon Empire, not even an angel. How could he have the chance to meet Medici, the king of angels? When he became an angel, even Alistair Tudor was about to die, so it was even more impossible for him to know what Medici looked like.”

Pales, who was Sequence One during the Solomon Empire, explained while expressing his contempt for William Augustus.

Without waiting for Leonard to ask, Pales fell into deep thought.

"But that guy is not a fool after all. If he relied on his disguise alone, even if William Augustus's reaction was slow, he should have noticed it."

“That is to say, someone is helping him, helping him to complete the disguise that can hide the existence of Sequence One.”

"Or rather... His fate was replaced."

(End of this chapter)