Who hid my body?

Chapter 334 Only one step left
Black market headquarters, in an unnamed town.

Under the night sky, Isaiah stood by the window, gazing in the direction of the town of Della.
“Mr. Isaiah, we have prepared everything you requested.” At this moment, a black market merchant came up behind him and bowed respectfully. “We have arranged the items in the corresponding positions as you requested. They will operate automatically when the time is right, so you don’t need to worry about them.”

"Is that so?" Isaiah smiled and nodded. "Then you'll really have to go through a lot."

"It is our honor to serve the most powerful sorcerer of our time," the black marketeer replied with a smile. "And it is the legendary 'Array of Stars.' If it weren't for you, we might never have had the chance to see what this legendary magic array looks like in our lifetime."

"I believe it won't let you down."

"The Array of Stars" is the strongest magic array of the Star Remnant Sect, capable of converting the power of stars into the power of Star Remnant sorcerers to the greatest extent.

Within the Star Array, the power of the Star Remnant Sorcerers is virtually limitless. Therefore, there has always been a saying that the Star Remnant Sorcerers within the Star Array are the closest beings to gods in the world, and are undoubtedly the strongest.

However, the conditions for setting up the Star Array are extremely demanding. It requires not only various expensive and rare materials, but also a considerable amount of preparation time and a sufficiently bright night sky.

It is precisely these layers of restrictions that have prevented the theoretically strongest Star Relic sorcerers from actually being confined to remote corners of the continent.

Isaiah was setting up the "Array of Stars" in the nameless town to prepare for the battle the night after tomorrow.

This also received strong support from the Land of Contracts. As the "black gloves" of the Land of Contracts, the black market merchants covered all the expenses of the formation and helped Isaiah set up his headquarters as the core of the "Array of Stars," just waiting for the arrival of the Immaculate Night.

Of course, these black market merchants are doing this in preparation for "laundering" their money later. They hope to gain the support of the Star Remnant Church, so they are sparing no effort.

However, for Isaiah, everything he was doing now was just a charade.

Because after acquiring Vessus's right eye, Isaiah no longer needed to rely on the Array of Stars to receive power; the sea of ​​stars was right there in his eye.

This allows Isaiah to be at his peak anytime and anywhere; the Star Array is not even a icing on the cake for him.

But this doesn't mean he no longer needs the Array of Stars. On the contrary, he still needs it, only for a different reason than before. Now he needs the Array of Stars to disguise himself.

After all, if he had used his extraordinary power directly outside the Star Array, wouldn't that have been like having the words "I also have body parts" engraved on his forehead?

He's not Rocky; he definitely wouldn't reveal his identity.

That's why Isaiah chose to attack the tongue and Rocky in Nameless Town, under the watchful eyes of countless people.

He wanted to get what he wanted, but he also needed a legitimate reason to prove his innocence.

Therefore, the scenario that "with the help of the Land of Contracts and the black marketeers, he successfully dealt with the two criminals wanted by the Land of Contracts by relying on the Array of Stars in the Night of Immaculateness" is undoubtedly the most suitable.

That way, no one will doubt his identity, even if he gets the most.

This is a well-orchestrated drama by Isaiah.

The Array of Stars and the Night of Immaculate will both take two days to arrive.

Then all we need to do is wait for time to flow by.

……

【Three Sounds - Storm Cut】!
A stirring melody and three enhanced wind blades flowed from Hevinia's fingertips, slashing towards the four musicians who were relentlessly pursuing her.

The four musicians immediately raised their staffs in response, and a melodious ensemble piece began to play, creating a faint barrier in the air.

The wind blades struck the barrier and melted away as quickly as ice cubes falling into boiling water.

Then they changed their momentum, and the undulating air barrier transformed into arrows of wind, hurtling towards Hevinia with a whistling chill.

But Hevinia simply shook her staff lightly, without letting them discern the melody, and the swift wind arrow vanished without a trace.

"Disappeared?"

"No, no!"

The "disappearing" arrow of wind suddenly shot out from behind them. Even though they had sensed it, some of them were still a beat too slow to react and were hit, then fell to the ground covered in blood.

"Damn it!" Seeing this, the lead player couldn't help but curse, "They're not even in the same league!"

As he said, they were not in the same league as Hevinia.

Being a musician is definitely the most talent-dependent profession in the world.

No matter how you look at it, a silver voice player can't compare to a gold voice player, not to mention that Hevinia has seven gold voices.

No matter what kind of musical spells they use, as long as Hevinia uses the same ones, their musical spells will be directly integrated into her because Hevinia has higher-level notes.

As long as Hevinia knows the melody of the musical spells they are playing, she can freely cancel, weaken, or even directly change the effects.

This resulted in them being outnumbered, out-aged, and out-experienced, yet still being unilaterally crushed by Hevinia in a fight.

Frankly, it was already putting a strain on them to send this group to hunt down Hevinia.

Even among the most accomplished musicians, they weren't the most elite performers; the entire orchestra couldn't produce more than a handful of truly exceptional pieces.

The reason they were sent to the Land of Contracts as guardians was precisely because they weren't particularly outstanding. In the Holy Sound, the truly skilled musicians were all direct descendants of the major families. Why would they give up their comfortable noble positions to become guardians in the Land of Contracts, never to return? Wouldn't it have been better to be perpetually superior beings in the Holy Sound?

Of course, thanks to this guy in front of me, most of the people from before had gone to accompany the Lord of Holy Sound during the turmoil a few months ago, otherwise they wouldn't have been recalled from the Land of Contracts.

Before this, no one had ever been able to leave after entering the Land of Contracts.

Ah, I seem to have gone off on a tangent.

After narrowly dodging Hevinia's nonchalant attack once again, the lead player pondered the situation once more.

Wait a minute, why are they the only ones chasing Hevinia right now?
According to the original plan, they were supposed to provide cover for the troops of the other three major churches.

So why are there only three other major churches?
Who gave them the orders to do it?

The lead player suddenly looked somewhat bewildered.

He vaguely remembered that before entering the town, they seemed to have encountered someone, and that person said something to them. Then they arrived here and began their pursuit of Hevinia.

But who was that person again?

The lead player couldn't remember anything, and then he suddenly felt a chill below him. He instinctively looked down and found that there was a large gash in his waist, and blood was flowing out uncontrollably.

He was also hit.

Then his body swayed and he fell down.

Hevinia stopped in her tracks, looking at the last fallen musician, and frowned slightly.

Is that all?
While being chased by these musicians, Hevinia never used her full strength.

She felt that the team was too weak and was most likely a decoy, while the real pursuing force was hiding in the shadows, waiting for her to make a move when she revealed a weakness.

Therefore, Hevinia always kept some of her strength to guard against these people.

However, even after she had dealt with the entire orchestra, no reinforcements rushed out. What was going on?

Hevinia knew that there were at least three major church forces in this town, but where were they?

Why did they only send the half-crippled Holy Sound? Were they just going to stand by and watch?
"Swish swish swish".

Just as Hevinia was wondering, a series of footsteps sounded.

She turned her head and finally saw the Rhine knights rushing out from the street corner, looking as if they had just arrived, not at all like they were lying in ambush.

What exactly is going on?

Were they deliberately waiting for the Holy Sound's people to finish delivering their message before showing up, or were they simply late?
Before Hevinia could figure it out, there was another loud bang.

Hevinia turned her head and saw a familiar, burly man standing in front of her.

"Tongue... Hevinia, you're doomed!" Rocky almost let it slip.

Hevinia looked at Rocky's face, then her gaze gradually moved down to Rocky's bare right hand, which only had one finger left.

“Oh~” Hevinia said, “It seems you’re determined to give me your last finger.”

Rocky's expression froze, and he was so angry that he almost rushed up to confront Hevinia.

Fortunately, his good rationality (and clear understanding of Hevinia's strength) allowed him to suppress the urge to fight Hevinia to the death, while constantly reminding himself of this.

We can't risk our lives; he didn't come here to risk his life.

All he needs to do is cooperate and force this guy to the nameless town.

Moreover, he not only couldn't fight to the death, but he also had to let this guy know that he wasn't there to fight to the death, otherwise who knows if this damned tongue would go crazy and fight him to the death.

Thinking this, Rocky sneered, "You should be glad that you're not my target. There's someone else I really want to kill, so..."

Then, he gave Hevinia a knowing look.

Rocky thought Hevinia understood what he meant—"Tongue, I'm not going to fight you. What I really want to kill is Uru. So tonight, I'll just pretend. I won't fight you to the death, and you shouldn't call me out."

But Hevinia clearly didn't understand what that meant. She frowned as she watched Rocky wink at her like a madman, wondering if she had damaged his head the night before last.
Before Hevinia could figure it out, a series of whooshing sounds rang out behind her.

Hevinia turned around and saw several Nightmare Cultists leaping high into the air, spreading their arms as if to embrace the night sky. Then, several huge cracks gushed from their chests, filled with all sorts of bizarre and indescribable things never seen in the real world.

Fragments of a dream!

Are these Nightmare Cultists trying to take her into a dream world?

Hevinia immediately raised her staff, and turbulent musical energy pulsed at its tip.

On the surface, Hevinia was preparing to deal with these Eternal Nightmare cultists, but in reality, her attention was always on Loki behind her.

These Nightmare Cultists are just using a diversionary tactic; the real focus is definitely on Loki.

So Hevinia deliberately created an opening for Rocky, so that she could immediately launch a counterattack once Rocky made a move.

But this time, Loki remained resolute, allowing the Nightmare Cultists to continuously expand the dream fragments until they connected with each other, as if they were about to swallow everyone present into the dream, without him moving.

He didn't move when Hevinia raised her staff, preparing to attack the Nightmare Cultists.

Even after Hevinia finished preparing and used the symphony spell, he finally moved.

But instead of attacking Hevinia, he took two steps back, looking as if he was afraid of being caught in the crossfire.

This greatly surprised Hevinia.

Why is this guy so cautious? Or does he think these Nightmare Cultists are already capable of dealing with him?
Hevinia couldn't think of an answer for a moment, but since Rocky had already withdrawn, she decided not to hide it anymore.

With a light tap of his staff, the air around him rippled, and Edwin's figure appeared, his fingertips shimmering with blue ripples—the very forbidden knowledge.

"Let me in!"

Edwin threw the taboo directly into the fully unfolded dream fragments.

The dream fragments began to distort the moment they were touched by forbidden knowledge, and then crumbled inch by inch, startling the Eternal Nightmare Cultists into shouting.

"Edwin, you bastard! You're throwing dirty stuff into my dreams again!"

"Don't run, we'll kill you right now!"

Edwin didn't care about any of that. Seeing the dream fragments collapse, he immediately yelled at Hevinia, "Run now!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran wildly in the only direction where there were no pursuers.

Seeing Edwin run off like that, Hevinia hesitated for a moment before following him.

Of course, she didn't think Rocky would let her go, so she kept her staff tightly in her hand, ready to deal with Rocky's attacks and any ambushes that might appear around her at any time.

But to her surprise, Loki had no intention of chasing her at all. He just stood there quietly watching. The Nightmare Cultists who had been shouting to kill Edwin also stopped making any further moves after the dream fragments were destroyed. They just stood there watching them walk away until they escaped from the town of Della.

……

"This acting is just too clumsy."

Outside the town, Mina, who had witnessed the entire chase, let out a soft sigh.

"Any normal person would sense that something was wrong."

There have been too many unexpected events tonight, and Mina is not sure if Teacher Isaiah's plan can still proceed smoothly after all this.

But no matter what, you still have to report it to the teacher.

Mina raised her hand, preparing to report to Isaiah using the star map.

But just then, a gentle male voice rang in my ears.

"You've already reported that, haven't you?"

Mina paused, a look of confusion flashing in her eyes.

"I... I've already reported it?" she murmured, then suddenly realized, "Oh, I've already reported it to the teacher."

Then she turned and left, leaving Bai Wei alone to watch Hevinia and Edwin disappear into the distance.

"Alright," he said with a light laugh, "the audience is in position, now... just one last step."

(End of this chapter)