Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 167 Demon Dog

"Seven Lights of the Spirit World..."

In the memory library, the evil god pollution that emerged from the corner gap was mixed with knowledge related to the "Seven Lights of the Spirit World". Claire had seen this name in the classics, but this was the first time she had truly seen the Seven Lights of the Spirit World!

"It turns out that as long as you are in the spirit world, you can see the seven lights of the spirit world..."

The seven lights of the spiritual world cover the heights of the spiritual world. The seven lights contain endless knowledge. In the classics, there are even records of various secret rituals of praying to the "seven lights". According to these rituals, the petitioner can obtain certain knowledge, and each color symbolizes knowledge of different characteristics.

The god of knowledge?

Claire endured a severe headache and looked up at the seven lights high in the spiritual world with confusion.

Among the knowledge that emerged in my mind, these seven pure lights are all symbols of the spiritual world, containing endless knowledge in different fields. Together, they record all the knowledge of the entire world.

What surprised Claire even more was that these seven rays of pure light were alive!
At this moment, it seemed as if several wills were staring at her in the dark, and that gaze was also filled with doubt and a hint of intimacy.

A faint orange light projected from the beam onto Claire, instilling a new knowledge into her mind. The differential engine manuscript that had been memorized in Claire's mind was now being pushed forward and made even more complete by this mysterious power!

In addition, a large amount of mechanical knowledge was also poured into Claire's mind, turning into memory books in the memory library.

"This is knowledge of mechanics! It's also mixed with some alchemy knowledge!"

The surprise of finding an experience book while strolling around in the wild soothed Claire's headache, but it also made her feel a little wary.

Who could do such a miraculous thing? And why did he give her such rich knowledge?

This knowledge does not affect the listener's mind like the pollution of the hidden sage, but is like a gentle teacher patiently imparting knowledge.

"Photographic memory, sleepless nights, and the ability to instill knowledge... any one of these conditions would be incredible for a college entrance exam candidate on Earth." Claire used her complaints to relieve the severe pain in her head from the excessive pressure.

At this moment, Claire's body suddenly felt a jolt like a sudden brake.

The countless transparent shadows around became increasingly transparent, the overlapping bright colors gradually became illusory, and the bright rays of light in the sky became blurred.

Claire felt as if she was squeezed out of the water and pushed out of the spiritual world by a strange force.

After exiting the spirit world, Claire leaned forward, breathing heavily, with beads of sweat appearing on her forehead. The cool feeling of the night wind made her headache worse, but it also made her more awake.

Claire wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked up to find that she had arrived at her destination, Caditon Street.

"Captain Galadria, is this your first time traveling through the spirit world? Your reaction is quite dramatic." Tessa stood by and made the bone in her hand disappear like a magic trick, giving Claire a mocking smile.

Claire knew that her embarrassment was not caused by the spiritual journey. To be more precise, it was the sudden contamination of the hidden sage's knowledge and the indoctrination of some mysterious existence that made it difficult for her to bear it for a while.

"Help me look for a giant black dog nearby?" Claire stood up straight, holding onto the wall, calming her breathing, and said to Tessa.

Although it was unclear how Cecima discovered that the serial killer was a giant black dog, Claire guessed that Cecima would not have informed only her.

Sesima used dreams to send a group message, and there would probably be quite a few Nighthawks and Red Gloves rushing here.

Only relying on Tessa's spiritual travel, Claire arrived at Caditon Street before most people.

"Tsk, you're so good at assigning people... You have to increase the share of the party profits for me." Tessa's slender body merged into the shadows and gradually disappeared in front of Claire.

Although the words were spoken lazily, Claire knew that Tessa was proactive in exploring clues out of curiosity.

Not long after, just as Claire was about to use her dreams to communicate with Cecima, Tessa returned to Claire with a smile and amazement on her face. "We found it! Not only is there a giant black dog, but there are also some Beyonders of lower Sequences surrounding it."

Are these Beyonders with low Sequences part of the Nighthawk Squad?
Claire was shocked. Was it that the Nighthawks were trying to contain the suspected serial killer?

"Take me there."

On the eerily quiet street, a demon-like monster was surrounded by a team of Nighthawks who worked in perfect harmony.

This Nighthawks team is actually the Hassan team that is investigating the serial killer.

Three of them were acquaintances that Claire had met before: Al Hassan, Lorota, and Borgia.

The enemy they surrounded was two or three meters tall and still had the appearance of a canine creature.

But on the back of this monster there is a pair of huge bat feathers, and next to a pair of dog ears extend sheep horns covered with mysterious patterns.

Tessa watched from a distance and commented, "This is a Sequence 6 'Demon'... an extraordinary creature that's taken the 'Demon' potion? And the look in its eyes shows it possesses at least human-like intelligence."

With its innate sense of danger, the demonic dog's huge, magma-like eyes swept over Claire who was lurking in the corner.

Its eyes flashed with anxiety and other rich emotions, and then it impatiently shouted a word in the demon language directly at a night watchman who was surrounding it:
"die!"

The chosen Night Watchman fell straight down with his chest clenched, but the giant demon dog roared even more angrily. Amid the roar, the figure of the fallen Night Watchman shattered. It was actually a phantom in a dream.

It was repeatedly disturbed by this "little trick", and could neither successfully break out of the encirclement of these "annoying" night watchmen, nor successfully cause casualties among these night watchmen.

The demon dog's attack became more violent.

Because the organized Nighthawks were originally prepared to deal with Mid-Sequence Beyonders! However, it was also clear that Hasen's team would find it difficult to subdue the Demonic Hound in a short period of time. Moreover, the Nighthawks were so tense that even the slightest mistake could result in the loss of their teammates.

Seeing the crisis that Al Hassan's team was facing, Claire did not rashly interrupt their team's delaying rhythm. She simply walked out from the corner and looked down at the black giant dog with a threatening attitude, affecting the black giant dog's performance.

Claire had read in church materials that "demons" possessed extremely sensitive "malice perception" and could sense and perceive dangers that threatened them.

This extraordinary ability was originally a weapon for the "devil" to escape punishment, but at this moment, Claire seized this opportunity to distract the devil dog's attention.

Not only that, Claire was also ready to use the nightmare doll to interfere in the battlefield at any time.

Just before Claire actually took action, a tall figure solidified in the distance.

It was Alicia who walked out from the rippling space.

As soon as the servant appeared, she didn't care about the rhythm of the Nighthawks team in the battle, and pulled directly with her hands. As she pulled, several illusory figures rushed straight towards the giant demon dog.

These illusory figures collided with the body of the demonic giant dog, but did not break directly. Instead, they became like vines wrapped around the torso, entangled on the surface of the black giant dog's body.

This made the giant demon dog reveal an expression of pain that was extremely similar to that of a human. It was obvious that these illusory spirits had caused him great harm!
This kind of damage also exposed the Demonic Dog's weakness. Seizing this opportunity, the Nighthawks threw all kinds of damaging spells and special bullets at the Demonic Dog!

In the blink of an eye, the giant demon dog was covered with wounds. These injuries aroused the demon's great ferocity, making it more eager to break out and bite the Nighthawks surrounding it.

But under Alicia's leadership, spirits with different functions cooperated with the Night Watchmen to trap the demon dog tightly.

From Claire's perspective, Alicia seemed to be at ease in dealing with the "demon", giving people a feeling that she was very familiar with the battle of "demon".

In the end, the giant demon dog, whose whereabouts were exposed during the hunting activity, was surrounded and killed by the Night Watchmen, and a source of evil was eliminated in the deep night.

During this time, Claire, who had used the nightmare doll to control and influence the demon dog several times, looked back at the shadow in the corner behind her. Tessa, who was hiding there, had long disappeared. It was estimated that when Alicia appeared, Tessa chose to hide.

"She slipped away pretty quickly..." Claire sighed in her heart and turned to look at Alicia who was surrounded by the Nighthawks. Her scrutinizing eyes happened to be sweeping over here.

But there was no conversation. After just a brief pause, Alicia activated her ability to travel through the spirit world. Her figure turned from real to virtual, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"They all run fast...it's amazing to be able to travel through the spirit world." Claire sighed enviously.

The night watchmen who stayed at the scene did the cleanup work, the corpse collectors began to dig out the remains left by the demon dogs, and the "nightmares" began to lift the dormant influence on the nearby streets.

Al Hassan took the initiative to run over to Claire to thank her, "Ms. Galadilla, thank you for your timely rescue. Otherwise, we might not have been able to hold out until Her Excellency Alicia arrived."

"You're welcome." Claire responded, then asked, "How did you discover the demon dog's tracks?"

"It wasn't us who discovered it. It was Ms. Daly who found the trail. But this demon dog was as cunning as a criminal. It used a trick to lure Ms. Daly away... Fortunately, it underestimated the power of a fully staffed Nighthawk squad."

Al Hassan was thankful. In this sudden battle, he had even prepared for the possibility of several team members being sacrificed. Fortunately, the ending was perfect. First, Galadria arrived to rescue them, and then Alicia arrived in time and led the team to kill the giant demon dog.

During the chat with Al Hassan, other "sleepless people" came one after another through the extraordinary people. These were all people who received the "mass" notification from Cesimma.

These "sleepless people" who were carrying out other tasks nearby saw the battle scene being cleared and left without staying for too long.

However, Dunn and Leonard, a team of only two people, saw the intense fighting scene and saw Claire and Al Hassan standing together discussing something. They couldn't help but rush over and ask anxiously, "Where's Daley?"

Dunn knew that Daly had been investigating a serial murder case recently. Now that the demon dog suspected to be the murderer had been killed, why wasn't Daly, who was investigating the case, at the scene?
A bad premonition surged into Dunn's heart, causing his gray eyes to tremble slightly.

Al Hassan knew his old friend's expression well. He chuckled and said, "Dun, what are you imagining? Ms. Daly was lured away by a fake enemy..."

Claire also understood after seeing this - so this is what worry is...

Hearing this, the tension in Dunn's eyes completely disappeared. He pretended not to hear and changed the subject, "How did you determine that the serial killer was a demon dog?"

Leonard lowered his head and chuckled.

"It was Daly who came up with the idea. Then we conducted an investigation within the designated area... During the process, Lord Cesimah used the seal. It's finally over..." Al Hassan smiled and breathed a long sigh of relief. The long-standing pressure was finally released at this moment.

Claire didn't join in their idle chat, but just watched the "corpse collector" sorting out the huge corpse left by the demon dog. She thought to herself, according to the church's intelligence-first merit point calculation method, she might also be able to get a considerable share of merit points this time?

Not long after, police officers arrived at the scene and began to cordon off the area. Only then did Daly rush back.

"I was fooled by a dog." Dai Li said in shame and anger.

Dunn's gray eyes scrutinized Daly. Seeing that she was unharmed, he remained silent. Leonard, standing beside him, laughed and asked, "Daly, what were you chasing?"

Daly pulled out a wrapped object from under her psychic robes and tossed it to Leonard, saying with a dark face, "A dog skin. A dog skin that can allow other ordinary animals to disguise themselves as this giant black dog."

"I thought the black dog was looking for its owner or something, thinking I'd play it long and catch a bigger fish, so I kept following it until I saw two dogs lying in a dirty alley... and then I realized something was wrong."

Daley, who never shied away from dirty jokes, held back a bit this time. With a gloomy look on her face, she said, "After I peeled off the dog's skin, I realized it was just an ordinary stray dog. When I realized what was happening and rushed back, I found that this area had been blocked off by police officers."

"There are no casualties, right..." Dai Li asked. As the strongest member of the investigation team, she was actually misled by a stray dog ​​in heat, which made her feel a little embarrassed.

Hassan replied, "They were only slightly injured. Thanks to Ms. Galadilla's timely appearance, otherwise it would have been impossible for them to hold out until Lady Alicia arrived."

(End of this chapter)