Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 361 Chase

After setting up the ceremony, Sophie put away Salvatore's extraordinary characteristics and prepared to leave the scene.

Since the role-playing requires continuous crime, the extraordinary abilities of the Demon Path's extraordinary people naturally include rituals to interfere with divination and eliminate traces.

Sophie sprinkled the odor-eliminating potion she had prepared in advance on herself, then walked to the window and prepared to leave through the window.

Before leaving, Sophie opened the thick velvet curtains a crack and peeked out cautiously.

She spent a lot of time waiting for the opportunity and dealing with the scene. Now it was dark, and there was some candlelight spilling from the apartments on both sides of the robbery road. It was intertwined with the crimson moonlight that had difficulty penetrating the clouds, barely outlining the silhouettes of the people walking on the street.

Walking on the street were pedestrians wearing old and tattered clothes, with numb and desperate expressions. They were demonstrators who were swept up in the parade.

It is now the end of a new day's march. The demonstrators have used up a lot of energy in shouting during the day, and their lips are dry and cracked, while the organizers during the day have long disappeared.

In Sophie's eyes, the figures of these people gradually became illusory. They were no longer living people, but sticks of firewood that were about to burn out. They would either burn something with the last remaining flames, or just turn into ashes in the furnace.

If it were before, she might still feel sorry for the plight of these people and mourn their fate of being forced to burn their surplus value in the end, but now she no longer has the energy to sympathize. The effect of the potion has wiped out her sympathy.

In the end, Sophie could only sigh softly, the sound creating small ripples in the quiet room.

If I leave the room now, I might be seen by these people...

Sophie carefully lowered the curtain and sat down next to Salvatore, whose eyes had lost focus and whose blood had almost drained out, leaving purple spots under his body.

No information about contact with other forces was found in the other party's room, only some weapons and equipment belonging to Salvatore, and unconscious handwriting left when he heard something he shouldn't have heard.

Just now, she had confirmed that the other person's soul had completely collapsed because of the whispers he heard before his death. Even though Sophie collected the information in a timely manner, she still couldn't divine enough information and had to give up in the end.

Just as Sophie was quietly waiting for the group of marchers to leave, she suddenly heard a knock on the door. In the quiet room, the sound was particularly harsh.

Someone's coming? Could it be Salvatore's accomplice?

Sophie took a deep breath and quickly recalled the layout of the apartment in her mind. She realized that no matter where she left the apartment, visitors at the door would likely notice it because the door of the apartment faced the window of the corridor, with an excellent view.

Sophie made a quick decision, walked quietly into the bedroom, and hid under the bed.

Rather than leaving rashly and exposing myself, it is better to wait here and see what kind of person this guy is...

Sophie secretly thought that if it was just an ordinary person, she could just take the opportunity when the other party asked someone to call the police and leave here; if it was an extraordinary person, she could hide and take the initiative.

——Unlike assassins who only kill designated targets, the extraordinary people of the Demon Path have always been like this. Killing one is killing, killing two is killing, and even killing the guys who come to seek revenge can better promote the digestion of magic potions by the extraordinary people of the Demon Path.

Sophie, hiding under the bed, silently turned on her demonization, and the dimples on her face silently sank downwards, forming special cheek pits.

Like a real snake, this cheek pit on the face can detect the position and body temperature of surrounding creatures like infrared rays. This thermal vision can work even if there are objects blocking it.

At the same time, the part of her body that was in contact with the ground became more sensitive, and she could judge the other person's step frequency and stride from the slight vibration of the ground.

There was a slight click at the door, and it seemed that the other party had secretly pried open the door lock in some way and broke into Salvatore's room.

In Sophie's thermal vision, the other person's body temperature seemed to be lower than that of a normal person, with an evil smell.

Based on the slight difference between the two steps, Sophie judged that the other person was a middle-aged man, not very heavy, with a fast step frequency and a large stride. He was about 1.7 meters tall, which was an unsatisfactory standard among the men in Feysac.

The other party paused at the door obviously, probably because he was shocked after seeing Salvatore's body. Then he immediately quickened his movements, walked to Salvatore's side and squatted down, as if trying to communicate with the spirit world.

Sophie hid under the bed and watched his actions quietly. The effect of the potion on her personality made her exceptionally calm.

Although killing the opponent was very tempting for the Beyonder of the Demonic Path, she could not perform the ritual again within three days to avoid losing control, so it would be a bit of a waste to kill this person. Moreover, the opponent's sequence and path were not clear yet, and it would be easy to go wrong if she acted rashly.

The other party stayed in front of Salvatore for a while, and seemed to realize that the spirit of his accomplice had already dissipated, and cursed softly.

Sophie was very familiar with his accent, which was very similar to Azik Eggers' accent, the kind of Feysac language with a hint of the southern continent's Dutan language. Sophie could hear it every day during the past two days in class!
Is the other party also someone who frequently travels back and forth to the Southern Continent?

Sophie frowned instinctively. Nowadays, the only people who could speak the northern dialect of Feysac with a southern continent accent were pirates traveling back and forth between the northern and southern continents, except for people like Azik who had spoken the southern continent language for too long and ended up speaking with a southern continent accent.

When Sophie thought of the pirate who liked to travel the routes between the north and south continents the most, she immediately thought of Tracy, who used to be in the slave trade.

Her fleet set out from Intis, and used mechanical products produced by the Intis Steam Church to purchase slaves from the southern continent. She then resold the slaves to the "Mad Captain" Connors Victor, making a huge fortune from it.

Now Tracy and Adele have gone to the southern continent, and her fleet is now occupied by Limanu King. In other words, this guy is very likely the new pirate general, "Shadow Vice Admiral" Limanu King?

Sophie went over the information on the wanted warrant in her mind and found that the physical features basically matched, but the rest could not be confirmed because the scene seen by thermal vision was not accurate.

This, I may not be able to handle it by myself...

Sophie found herself in an awkward situation. She had originally thought that with Cecilia in her body, and that this ancient angel could function at the level of Sequence Five, she would be able to easily escape even if Salvatore's accomplices were very strong.

But now, the one who came was Limanu King of Sequence 6. With the help of magical items, his combat power was equivalent to that of Sequence 5, and was about the same as Sophie with Cecilia. This difference in strength made the situation very delicate:
If Sophie fights on her own, she will most likely suffer a great loss at the hands of the all-round "Shadow Vice Admiral"; if she calls on Cecilia to control her body, she will have the upper hand, but it will be difficult to hold the opponent back, and Cecilia's secrets on her will be exposed.

If he tried to escape now, Limanu King would see him at the crime scene, which would affect his digestion and he would definitely suffer a small loss; but if he ambush Limanu King instead, he might be able to capture him, but he might also reveal Cecilia's existence, which would be a big loss.

Sophie hid under the bed, nervously holding the revolver in her hand, listening to the noise coming from the living room.

However, she soon sensed something was wrong.

The sounds in the living room started out as rustling, rubbing and dragging sounds, then became weird, turning into a series of crunching, gnawing and chewing sounds that made Sophie's back shiver.

He, he's eating Salvatore's body?
Sophie secretly thought that something was wrong. Limanu King seemed to be holding a magical item of the secret prayer path, corresponding to the "Rose Bishop" of Sequence Six. He seemed to be affected by the side effects of this magical item and became like a real Rose Bishop, liking to consume fresh flesh and blood.

The "eating" of the Rose Bishop is not just eating, he can also read the information contained in the corpse, including the scene of the battle between Sophie and Salvatore!

Now, Sophie understood why Salvatore did not leave any letters: what use was there for letters for the believers of the two true creators to communicate with each other? The flesh and blood used to transmit the messages might have been eaten by Salvatore long ago.

Then she heard footsteps getting closer in the living room, and walked straight into the bedroom, stopping at the door and looking around.

Sophie heard the visitor mutter "Devil?" to himself in doubt, and saw his pair of brown sailor slippers swaying back and forth in front of her eyes. She could even see the blood on the toes of his shoes.

Sophie swallowed quietly. She had to do something.

While one hand continued to hold the gun pointed at the corner of the bed, Sophie's other hand had quietly reached in front of her and grasped the "lie" necklace. She first slightly changed her appearance, and then activated the "fire manipulation" ability attached to the "lie" necklace.

On the candlestick in the living room, the flame suddenly expanded, rising more than one meter high, illuminating the entire room as bright as day, and then immediately went out, leaving the living room in darkness.

While the other person was attracted by the change in light and turned to look at the living room, Sophie rolled out from under the bed away from the other person. Three balls of poisonous fire as big as faces flew out of her hands, two of which were thrown at the other person, and the remaining one hit the window, smashing the glass into pieces.

Then Sophie quickly jumped up and prepared to jump out of the window.

The opponent seemed to be startled by the sudden attack and quickly waved his arms, causing the two balls of poisonous fire that were originally flying towards him to change direction, collide and explode in the air, forming a yellow-green poisonous cloud in the air.

The "twisted" ability of the Corrupted Baron... It turned out to be Limanu King, the Shadow Lieutenant General!
Sophie landed lightly on the ground. The street was empty at that moment. She immediately broke into a run and escaped into the intricate environment on both sides of the street.

After a brief consideration, Sophie decided that the current Limanu King was not worth the risk of exposing Cecilia's existence to keep him, so she forced herself to suppress her evil thoughts, turned around and ran away without any hesitation.

Running to a dead end, Sophie turned into a demon, changed her arm into a long snake, and was about to grab the top of the wall, preparing to climb over the wall and leave, shaking off the pirate general who was following behind her.

Seeing that Sophie was about to leave, Limanu King's eyes became fierce. He stretched out a hand in Sophie's direction, shook her hand, and then pulled it to the side, while shouting in ancient Hermetic:

"distortion!"

As the shadow lieutenant general shouted, Sophie's stretched-out long snake suddenly deviated to the side. Instead of grabbing the solid wall, it grabbed a clothesline used by merchants to hang flags. Not only did she fail to pull herself up, but she also broke the clothesline. Sophie had nowhere to gain leverage and fell back to the ground.

Seeing that she couldn't jump away, Sophie used her demonic arm to roll up the sharp clothesline that was broken in the middle and threw it at the opponent like a javelin.

The physical strengthening effect brought by partial demonization makes this attack incredibly powerful. In terms of strength alone, it is not much weaker than the "Weapon Master" of the Warrior Path.

However, Limanu King actually grabbed the flying clothesline with his bare hands, and it just barely pierced his shoulder, but was blocked by his shoulder blade, causing only minor injuries.

Then Limanu King pulled out the bamboo pole stuck in his shoulder and threw it back at Sophie.

Apparently due to the injury to the shoulder blade, the bamboo pole flew very slowly, far less than the momentum it had when it came, and was easily blocked by Sophie.

At this time, Limanu King had already approached Sophie, and Sophie immediately condensed a fireball of poisonous fire around her, trying to stop the other party from moving forward.

However, the purple-red poisonous fire, which was originally easy and quick to use and powerful, had problems at this time. The fireball seemed to lose its power in Sophie's hand, swayed crookedly twice, and then went out with a "puff".

This is the ability "Bribe" of "The Briber", the pre-sequence of "Corrupted Baron". The reason why the bamboo pole just thrown had no effect was because Limanu King did not want this throw to become an "attack", but a "bribe", thereby weakening Sophie's combat ability.

Seeing that Sophie's fighting power was weakened, Limanu King did not miss this excellent opportunity. He quickly closed the distance, and the blood-red boxing gloves in his hands cracked, biting straight towards Sophie's body like a bloody mouth.

Just as Sophie was about to summon Cecilia, a jet of blazing white flame suddenly lit up, soared into the air from behind the wall, swooped down after crossing the wall, and slammed into the general with terrifying heat and shadow, knocking the other party back five or six meters. The other party rolled awkwardly for several times before the flames on his body were put out.

The fire gradually went out, and the man slowly took off his hood, revealing his iconic golden curly hair. It was Vinata who followed.

"Stay away from our kids, idiot."

(End of this chapter)