Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 188: Fighting in the Dark Alley
As all the mirrors were shattered by the high-frequency sound wave explosion brought by "mental boost", the environment in the room began to change.

Many of the decorations and furnishings began to disappear, leaving only an ordinary corridor supported by a steel truss structure.

Only then did Klein realize that the number of mirrors in this corridor was at least twice what he had previously discovered.

There are more mirrors, hidden behind some deliberately piled up miscellaneous items, tables, chairs and boxes.

These things provided cover and concealment for the mirrors, preventing Klein from noticing them the moment he entered the room.

But no matter what, these mirrors still play the role of reflecting light paths in the entire "mirror maze", making the entire mirror maze more diverse and less noticeable.

This is the ability of the Sequence 5 witch, "Mirror Maze"!
The main function of this ability is to use the mirror's reflection of light to create a sense of spatial dislocation and confusion with the extraordinary ability of the "Witch of Pain", and to confuse the enemy's scene-type illusion by adding corresponding fictional scenes.

For example, the warm living room that Klein thought he had entered was actually just an ordinary, relatively wide corridor. Evelyn had used the "mirror maze" to trick Klein into thinking the space was large and had furnishings such as a fireplace and a wine cabinet.

On the other hand, compared to an ordinary mirror maze, the positions of the mirrors in this corridor were obviously carefully designed. It seemed that a member of the witch sect who was proficient in mirror mazes had spent a lot of time here to set up a trap for Evelyn that would allow her to strangle her "prey".

In fact, in the entire space, only the "witch" Evelyn herself was real. At this moment, she was leaning on a wooden lounge chair, covering her bleeding ear, staring back and forth at Roger and Klein with resentful eyes.

By the way, the lights from the back street faintly shining through the window are also real - that is the weak link of the entire mirror maze and the place where Roger chose to break in.

Because the more complex and sophisticated something is, the greater its loopholes. The place where Klein entered was the starting point of the entire maze. If he did not enter from there but directly broke through the wall of the maze, the degree of confusion caused by the illusion would be relatively reduced.

It was precisely because of this that Roger discovered the existence of this "mirror maze" at the first opportunity and destroyed it without hesitation!

At this time, Klein had been infected by the pathogen deliberately spread by the "Witch of Pain" Evelyn. His face was pale and he was coughing constantly.

Roger quickly used the "parasitic gloves" to remove the pathogens from his body, and then whispered:
"Be careful, she's different from the witch you met before."

Klein's expression improved slightly. He thanked him softly, then stood up and formed a pincer attack with Roger, surrounding Evelyn, who was still sitting on the recliner.

"Where's Charles Corman?"

Roger looked at her and asked in a deep voice.

Just before he arrived at the Winchesterston Tavern, Sam had already followed Klein's arrangement and inquired about the details of the Charles Coleman restaurant in the vicinity.

He used the method of treating people to drinks to easily extract a lot of information from the drunkards.

According to several regulars at the Winchesterston Tavern, the owner of "Charles Coleman's Restaurant" was actually Charles Coleman, a successful businessman who made his fortune in the fishing business before opening this restaurant on Gower Street.

It is precisely because of Charles Coleman's special resources and channel relationships that Charles Coleman's restaurant has a random supply of fresh seafood every day, including but not limited to various crabs, lobsters, rare fish and delicious dishes made from corresponding by-products.

It is precisely because of this that this restaurant has a group of special fans who come to eat their seafood blind boxes every now and then and regard it as a special experience.

But just about a month ago, Charles Coleman's restaurant inexplicably canceled its seafood blind box offerings.

Two of the Winchester Tavern's patrons were fans of the seafood blind box. They were so disappointed that they almost stopped visiting Charles Coleman's restaurant.

On the other hand, they said that Charles Coleman rarely appeared after that and seemed to have completely stopped caring about his business. Some even said that he transferred the store to someone else.

The bartender at the Winchester Tavern told Sam a big secret:
Rumor has it that Charles Coleman is not only not paying attention to his business, he has recently divorced his original wife and no longer cares about his two daughters.

This information was not difficult to understand for Sam, who had some understanding of the "Witch Sect", because "witches" usually like to use charm and pleasure to capture specific targets, thereby disrupting their minds, and thus embezzling their assets or seizing their rights.

Combined with what the drinkers said, Charles Coleman should also have been controlled by Evelyn in this way. Then the "Witch of Pain" took control of the Charles Coleman Restaurant and used it as a secret base for the "Witch Sect" to meet underground.

As expected, after hearing Roger's question, Evelin smiled and replied:

"Don't worry, you'll be able to meet him soon."

At this time, the "Witch of Pain" had regained her composure. She looked at Roger's handsome face under the wide-brimmed hat with rippling eyes and spoke in a tone that was half teasing and half threatening.

"That's a lot of bullshit."

Roger sneered, and pointed his right hand into the air. Suddenly, bloody flesh and blood marbles containing terrifying destructive power shot towards Evelyn!

At the same time, a flame suddenly ignited for no reason along the flight path of these marbles.

The flames quickly neutralized the ice crystals that were rapidly forming in the air. This was clearly the barrier Evelyn had originally attempted to construct to block Roger's flesh-and-blood missiles, but Klein immediately used Sequence 6 "Flame Manipulation" to dissolve the cold air.

This allowed Roger's flesh and blood missile to successfully pass through the area where cold and fire auras intertwined, and accurately hit Evelyn.

Almost in an instant, those flesh and blood missiles expanded rapidly and exploded into bloody fireworks!
The Sequence 5 "flesh bomb" was extremely powerful, enveloping Evelyn in an instant. The explosion instantly destroyed the wooden recliner, as well as many nearby items and furnishings. Even the two metal mirror frames, which no longer had mirrors, were shattered by the shockwaves of flesh and blood, and flew to one side in pieces like weeds blown by the autumn wind.

This terrifying power made Klein gasp in amazement:
"When did Roger's Flesh Bomb become so powerful? Has he already reached Sequence 5?"

However, he did not think that such means alone could be used to kill a "witch" of the same Sequence 5, and Roger did the same.

The two stared at the spot where the flesh and blood exploded. Sure enough, when the flesh and blood dispersed, they saw an exquisite magic wand that was broken into several pieces, but still had intricate wood patterns engraved on it. It fell into the fragments of a recliner that was a different color from the rest of the chair.

This is the witch's "wand substitute"!
At the same time, Klein and Roger both felt a strange itching all over their bodies, as if something as light as spider silk was touching their skin exposed to the air.

The next moment, an indescribable feeling of joy exploded in the skulls of both of them at the same time!
This is the result of a Sequence 5 witch's further mastery of the "joy" ability. Evelynn can use spider silk to quickly approach the enemy, and then use almost subtle control to create joy and thereby control the enemy.

Just as Roger and Klein's minds went blank at the same moment, the spider silk suddenly tightened, as if to strangle the two of them.

But at this moment, a woman's painful groan suddenly came from a corner hidden by debris. Klein felt the control of the spider silk on his body instantly weakened. Without thinking, he used his "paper man substitute" to quickly throw off the silk thread wrapped around him.

Because he escaped in time, Klein only had some red marks on his body from the spider silk, but he was not injured.

However, when Klein looked at Roger with concern, he saw that his roommate's eyes were extremely dull and he was standing there blankly.

There were bloodstains all over Roger's body, including his throat, the arteries in his hands, etc., and some of them were so deep that the bones were visible.

In addition, his left arm completely expanded and turned into a strange shape covered with many sharp barbs like a porcupine.

It was these barbs that severed the threads between him and Klein, freeing Klein from Evelyn's control.

The next moment, Roger's eyes suddenly became clear, and the sharp blade on his body was quickly retracted.

At the same time, all the injuries on his body began to wriggle and heal, and almost returned to normal within two breaths.

The moment Roger discovered he was entangled in spider silk, he used the little bit of his remaining sanity to activate the complete puppetization of "Little Duck", allowing his spirit to separate from his physical body. Then he immediately controlled his body and used "Rose Bishop" to cut off the spider silk shot by Evelyn that was controlling Klein.

On the other hand, Roger did not cut off the spider silk that was wrapped around himself. Instead, he completely hardened his head while retaining the flexibility of other parts of his body, thereby activating the ability of "Source of Curse".

Because the spider silk that cut Roger came directly from Evelyn and had a strong mystical connection with her, it was entirely possible to reversely harm her through the curse.

After being promoted to "Shepherd", Roger has been able to use two different demigod-level seals multiple times in a short period of time without being affected too much.

He and Klein exchanged a quick glance, then both ran towards the direction where Evelyn had screamed.

It was a location near the end of the corridor, not too far away, and the two of them arrived there in an instant.

However, Evelyn was not there. Only some scattered, undried bloodstains on the ground indicated that someone had just been injured.

"No." Klein said immediately.

"What's wrong?" Roger asked back while quickly looking around to prevent Evelyn from attacking him.

"The amount of bleeding is not right. Evelyn seems to have some extraordinary ability or seal that can accelerate the healing of her flesh."

Klein replied that according to the curse feedback caused by Roger's previous injury, Evelyn's multiple arteries would be affected by her own blood pressure in a short period of time, causing her to spurt out a large amount of blood.

But at the moment, there was only a small amount of blood dripping on the ground, which indicated that Evelyn's injury was not serious, or that she stopped bleeding in a short time.

This judgment made Roger narrow his eyes. While he was thinking quickly, he suddenly heard a slight sound of glass.

The sound was incredibly faint, likely caused by glass rubbing against each other. However, it couldn't escape Roger's keen hearing and his ability to discern distinct timbres. Furthermore, he could discern that the sound wasn't the clatter of silver-plated glass shards, but rather the same kind of glass he had shattered when he'd previously entered the corridor.

He immediately determined that Evelin must have left the building through the window that he had broken when he broke in earlier!
"She ran away, chase her!"

Roger shouted, and the two of them ran towards the broken window at the same time.

But Evelyn had already escaped. Seeing this, Roger did not hesitate and immediately used the "parasitic gloves" to steal the distance between himself and the street outside.

With this maneuver, he instantly "flashed" to the back streets outside, and Klein followed closely behind him using "Flame Leap."

However, since Evelyn's wounds had healed, the two were unable to determine in which direction she fled.

Just as Klein was about to use divination, Sam's voice suddenly came from behind them.

"there!"

Roger and Crane turned around at the same time and saw Sam, wearing a deerstalker hat, vest, and blue coat, running and pointing to the southwest.

"This is the child of our Abraham family."

Roger praised them generously, then stole the "distance" again and disappeared from the sight of the two "fortune tellers".

Klein and Sam exchanged a glance and continued running towards the southwest.

Evelin was running wildly and was about to successfully escape the neighborhood when she suddenly heard an unknown and beautiful piece of music.

That was someone humming, a man.

In an instant, Evelyn suddenly felt an inexplicable chill. Her muscle strength and explosive power, which had been enhanced by the "Assassin" potion, disappeared at this moment. Her legs and limbs began to feel heavy, and even walking became very difficult.

Not only that, her thinking seemed to be affected by this chill, becoming rigid and losing coherence.

Evelyn's eyes flashed with uncontrollable fear, and she turned her stiff head hard, trying to find the source of the sound.

Soon, the sound of thick-soled leather boots echoed in the quiet alley, and Roger, wearing a beige windbreaker and a wide-brimmed hat of the same color, walked out leisurely.

He used the "middle voice singing" to chant the melody of "Four Seasons·Winter", and used it to activate the "freeze" rule, thereby delaying Evelyn's movements and thinking!

Although this is only a Sequence 6 rule, it shouldn't have such a strong impact on the Sequence 5 "Witch of Pain".

However, due to the release of the album "Four Seasons·Winter", the rules contained therein were reinforced with the corresponding "anchor", making the "freeze" rule have extremely strong control over Sequence 5!

Seeing that Evelyn was already under control, Roger used his "Shit Stirrer" ability to take over the control, and then came to Evelyn.

He was just about to interrogate Evelyn when he heard Klein's voice behind him.

"Roger, be careful!"

When Roger heard this, he released the hard flesh and blood armor without thinking and wrapped himself tightly.

The next moment, a large ball of fiercely burning black flames fell on Roger's flesh and blood armor.

The black flame burned rapidly, melting the surface of the flesh and blood armor in an instant and corroding deep into it.

Roger took this opportunity to throw off his flesh and blood armor and flashed to Klein's side.

Because her control was interrupted, Evelyn regained her freedom.

At this moment, there was another extremely beautiful woman beside her.

The woman had fair skin, dark brown eyes, and short black hair that reached her shoulders. Her figure, appearance, and charm were no less than Evelin's.

This is another "witch"!
At this moment, Klein and Sam finally ran to Roger's side.

Roger's eyes were solemn. He suddenly magnified his upward fortune, and then used "fate exchange" to pass this fortune to Sam.

Sam seemed to sense something. He looked up at Roger, but saw that the other party handed him an ancient silver dice with only five sides engraved with words.

Sam recognized it, it was his cousin's "Traveler's Dice"!
"Walk."

Roger whispered, and Sam immediately realized that Roger didn't want him to get involved in the battle, otherwise he would have to use his strength to protect himself.

After figuring this out, Sam was very decisive. He immediately threw the "Traveler's Dice" and returned to Roger's workshop at 15 Minsk Street.

Seeing Sam being sent away, Roger took a deep breath and asked:
"Whoever of you tells me Panatia's whereabouts first, I'll give her a better death."

Roger had no intention of letting either of the two witches go, because based on the previous battle in the corridor on the second floor of "Charles Coleman Restaurant", Roger had already confirmed one thing.

That is, Evelyn is suspected of carrying a sealed object with the power of the "Rose Bishop"!
Only this could explain how she survived multiple fatal injuries and healed them so quickly.

Sequence 6 "Rose Bishop" seals are rare, and there is a high probability that they leaked out from within the Aurora Society.

This also proves that there is some kind of connection or even cooperation between Evelyn and Aurora!
So Roger had to kill these two witches here to prevent the news from leaking out and causing himself unnecessary trouble in advance.

You have to know that your face is now too famous in the Kingdom of Loen. It is almost impossible not to be recognized.

"How do you know about 'Lady Despair'?"

Hearing Roger's question, the new witch's expression froze and she asked back.

Within the "Witch Sect", apart from those powerful witches who have lived for who knows how many years and have close ties with the "Origin", the "Nightingale of Despair" Panatia is already a real high-level existence.

The identity of such a being is usually kept secret, but Roger called out her name right away, which surprised both witches.

"I know you."

At this time, Evelin said:

"You're the musician who improved the phonograph... You're truly an extraordinary person.

“However, I have never seen your extraordinary ability before, so it is quite rare.

"On the other hand, the level of the seals on you seems to be very high... But using them continuously must have caused you considerable stress, right?"

Roger chuckled:

"I don't have time to chat with you. Since you've recognized me, you should know that I can't let you two leave today."

But even though he said this, Evelin was not wrong.

Because Roger had used the "parasitic gloves" and "duckling" at the same time for many times in a row, he felt that his spirituality was almost drained, and he also had an intuition that "he must stop using them temporarily."

But even so, he still had a way to keep the two witches without using the power of "The One Who Returns All Things to One".

As he spoke, Roger's lips moved slightly, and his body suddenly turned into a flame and disappeared.

The next moment, he appeared above the two witches, holding a magic book full of Quaternary style and flashing with fiery red light in his left hand, and his right arm had completely transformed into a giant sword of flesh and bone, sweeping towards the two witches!

This is Klein's "Flame Leap"!
After obtaining "John's Magic Book", Roger recorded almost all of Klein and Bandit's abilities in it, and recorded each one more than once.

On the other hand, although Roger's spirituality has been almost exhausted, he still has the rules of the first movement of the "October Piano Concerto":
"Spiritual Healing"!
At this moment, Roger directly broke a pre-prepared record of the first movement of "October Piano Concerto", allowing the "spiritual healing" power as powerful as the waves to instantly replenish his exhausted spiritual power!
The black-haired witch and Evelyn were both startled. The former subconsciously used the "wand substitute", while the latter rolled forward with all her might, barely avoiding the sweeping range of Roger's flesh and bone giant sword.

But even so, one of Evelyn's legs was cut off by the giant sword, and a large amount of blood spurted out immediately.

In desperation, she wanted to use the seal she was carrying to heal her physical injuries, but she heard the crisp sound of snapping fingers coming from Klein's position!
(End of this chapter)