Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 192 Coordinates
The desolate abandoned mining area was overgrown with weeds and the constant chirping of insects. Next to the gloomy mine entrance, Daly in a police uniform and Tessa in a dress looked very out of place in this environment.

"The enemy you're talking about? Is he very powerful?"

Daly checked the weapons, equipment, and spiritual materials she carried to confirm that they were not affected by the spiritual world travel, and asked Tessa at the same time.

Tessa tore off the long skirt that was hindering her movements and frowned. "I don't have the means to judge the enemy's strength... but it is very dangerous, and the malice is strong."

Daly thought for a moment and asked, "Can you take us directly to St. Samuel's Church? Or to Pacefield Street..."

No matter how crazy the enemy was, they would never dare to attack them at the Church of Evernight's headquarters in Backlund.

Tessa understood what Daly meant, but she disagreed. "It's okay to spend a certain amount of money, but I prefer to deal with the enemy directly here."

Without mentioning her own secret, Tessa was unwilling to let an unidentified pursuer hide in the dark.

After thinking for a moment, she instructed Daly, "I have a reserve at this abandoned mine. Let's make contact first. If the enemy is too strong, we'll split up."

They said they were running in separate directions, but it was obvious who the attackers would go after.

Tessa was almost saying that she would be the one to lead the enemy away.

Daly was silent for a moment, but nodded and agreed to Tessa's arrangement.

But before Daly could say anything to add, in just a moment, in the vision of this "Necromancer", she saw countless ghostly spirits rushing towards them from the darkness!
"careful!"

After Dai Li shouted, she dodged and blocked the direction of the rushing ghosts.

A shrill, invisible roar erupted from Daly's mouth, and an illusory figure covered Daly from head to toe, as if she were wearing a piece of armor as hard as a wall.

In the dim blue light, Daly blocked this sudden torrent of vengeful spirits!

Behind Daly, who was guarding, Tessa, who had activated her spiritual sense, saw these blurry and illusory ghosts, and without hesitation threw a small round ball from her sleeve.

There was no sound of explosion. Instead, the scorching light suddenly released from the sphere burned the overlapping ghosts and spirits, igniting blue flames like fireworks, causing countless shrill wails to erupt in the silent night.

Excellent purification effect!
The sword-wielding evil spirit appeared beside Daly and cleared out the remaining evil spirits in front of Daly.

"It seems like he's in the same line of work as you?" Tessa teased Daly, but her serious eyes were always searching to confirm the attacker's location.

Daly didn't expect that the enemy could actually control the undead. She couldn't help but narrow her eyes and had a bad feeling in her heart.

Could it be those crazy people from the Spiritual Cult?

While Dai Li was thinking, a phantom light burst out beside them.

Daly, who had been calm at first, was like a cat with its fur standing on end the moment she spotted this inconspicuous point of light. Her voice became distorted with fear: "Get out of the way!"

After hearing Daly's terrified cry, Tessa immediately used the ice crystal mirrors left around to move away.

Then she turned around and looked back, and saw that the entire space where she was originally standing was rotating and collapsing with the inconspicuous light as the center, and soon formed a slightly blurry double-leaf bronze door.

The bronze door opened a crack, and a strong attraction came from behind the door. Even though Tessa was far away at this time, she was affected. This forced Tessa to release several invisible silk threads to fix her body shape, and condense an ice crystal mirror in a hidden place farther away as a way to escape.

During this process, Tessa saw Daly escaping from the suction. Daly's figure became illusory and was blown away into the distance like the wind.

Daly floated to a safer place, with the sword-wielding evil spirit guarding her side. However, the powerful evil spirit that she had finally accommodated did not even dare to approach the bronze gate at this moment, but just stood beside Daly in a defensive posture.

Because that is the gate to the underworld!
This is the ability of Sequence 5 "Gatekeeper"!

When this gate is first formed, it will burst out with a powerful devouring gravitational force. After this gravitational force weakens, it is time for the evil spirits inside the gate to step out and wreak havoc!
But even knowing this information, Daly did not have the ability to prevent the gate to the underworld from opening. Even when the gate to the underworld just stood there, the undead and natural spirits she controlled were affected.

The suppression ability of high-sequence extraordinary people of the same path is all-round!

Even though Daly had accommodated several powerful and special natural spirits due to her luck and talent, she was helpless in the face of this bronze gate.

Tessa, who was standing in the other direction, saw Daly's concerns about the door.

What is it that makes the "Necromancer" so afraid?
And from the looks of it, Daly seems helpless against this door...

But the methods used by the enemy clearly showed the characteristics of the undead.

Looking at the distorted figure emerging from the crack of the bronze gate, Tessa narrowed her eyes, and a spherical bomb containing the power of the "Fiery Sun" slipped from her sleeve and threw it towards the bronze gate!

In the light that pierced the darkness, the bronze door remained motionless, but Tessa saw that the patterns on this strange door became more blurred, and the heavy door itself had a faint sense of transparency that was about to disappear. The monsters inside the door that had not yet come out even quieted down!
it works!

Daly's eyes lit up, and she shouted at Tessa, "Keep smashing! We can't let this door open!"

Keep smashing...

Tessa endured the pain and threw three spherical "bombs" at the bronze gate in succession.

It's not just because they are expensive, but mainly because these balls are consumables left over from the inheritance, and Tessa has not yet found a channel to replenish them, so every time one is used, there is one less ball.

But the effect was extremely obvious. The bronze door that gave people a strong sense of oppression was voluntarily removed by the attacker behind the scenes before the small balls exploded!

Tessa breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

But just at the moment when she relaxed, a silent black shadow appeared behind her, making Tessa's eyes become blank.

The "mirrors" that Tessa hid in various locations were cleared by the undead who revealed their figures at the same time, eliminating the possibility of Tessa using a substitute to escape!
When Tessa escaped from the bronze gate, the attackers judged that Tessa was a "witch", or at least an extraordinary person with the ability of "mirror substitute".

But just when Tessa was stunned by the sneak attack, the lake light flashed!
A pure and sacred female figure emerged from Tessa!

That’s Daly’s “Lady of the Lake”!
When the two of them judged that the attacker would target Tessa, Daly hid her most powerful trump card next to Tessa, just for this moment -

Make it impossible for attackers to avoid her and face the "Lady of the Lake" head-on!
The attacker hidden under the black robe groaned, and air waves continued to rise from under the black robe, as if it was a means of resisting the charm of the "Lady of the Lake".

But at such a close distance, the holy and beautiful "Lady of the Lake" has stretched out her arms, trying to embrace the attacker.

At this critical moment, a pure black coffin was slowly pulled out from the attacker's abdomen, directly blocking the illusion of the goddess of the lake on the attacker in a domineering and brutal manner.

From a close distance, Tessa could see clearly that this pure black coffin was actually the Holy Coffin!

The holy coffin actually appeared here? !

The identity of the attacker is self-evident—

"Alicia!" Daly drove the evil spirit over.

The attacker, shrouded in the shadow of the holy coffin, relied on the secret authority to completely get rid of the influence of the Lady of the Lake's mind, and opened a miniature "Underworld" with a wave of his hand!
That was the unique "Underworld" created by the Sequence 5 "Gatekeeper" with his own body!
Powerful evil spirits swarmed out among countless resentful souls, like a well-disciplined army surrounding Tessa and the other person.

"Daly Simone, I had no intention of taking your life, but you forced me to use the 'Holy Coffin'..." The attacker no longer tried to cover her voice. "Hand over the 'Oil Painting of Life,' and I swear to let you rest in peace."

"If you refuse, I look forward to playing with the souls of two Beyonders."

……

In the peaceful alchemy room, Claire placed the nightmare doll beside her and summoned the evil spirit she named "Qiuqiu" from the bone box.

The movements of "Yuffie" floating behind Claire became slow and stiff, even when the ball was not targeting her.

Qiuqiu's ability is very strange and seems to be related to the spiritual world. Currently, it can make the surrounding spirits stagnant or even weaken them.

Claire tried it on herself. If the goddess' heart was taken out, even a half-dead person like her would be subject to certain restrictions, but the effect would be greatly weakened.

"Having the ball can actually reduce the risk of Yuffie losing control. This is a pleasant surprise."

Claire tapped the bone box lightly, retrieved the ball that was curiously floating around in the alchemy room, and turned back to check on the nightmare doll's current condition.

In the actual process of appeasing evil spirits and natural spirits, the nightmare doll and the characteristics of the "Requiem Master" merged smoothly. Claire also continued to transform and adjust the doll parts based on her new understanding and new cognition of the "Requiem Master", making the fusion between the two more harmonious. The goal that Princess Arianna had given before leaving was finally achieved.

"This opportunity is rare, especially the actual combat training. I can learn the various techniques for applying the abilities of the 'Sleepless One' path. This will greatly improve my actual combat effectiveness as Galadilla... And I heard from Gray that some areas of the parish library and archives will also be open. These are places worth spending time accumulating knowledge."

While making minor adjustments and inspecting the nightmare doll, Claire was also planning her future in the temple.

But at this moment, Claire suddenly felt a burning pain in her body, and a picture flashed before her eyes:
"She" was trapped in the raging flames, while not far away, Daly Simone, wearing a Backlund police uniform, was fighting against endless undead spirits.

This is... Tessa's POV?!
This was not a picture that Tessa took the initiative to transmit, but more like it came from some special connection, allowing her to see the scene where Tessa was in danger!
What kind of enemy could put Tessa and Daly in such a desperate situation at the same time?
Claire stood up, feeling a rare sense of anxiety, and paced back and forth in the alchemy room. If she were still in Backlund, at least she could provide remote assistance to the two through her "Nightmare" ability.

But she was in Wintershire now, at the Chapel of Tranquility.

This long distance was far beyond her ability to dream.

Telegram? Spiritual messenger?
But at this time it was too late to pass on information or ask for help.

Claire took out the teleportation wheel and couldn't help but hold it tightly in her hand. This was the only magical item in the boss's hand that could teleport over long distances.

However, this magical item that teleported her directly from Backlund to the Cathedral only contained the coordinates of the Cathedral and not Backlund's coordinates, so she could not use "spiritual travel" to return to Backlund.

But... the coordinates of the roulette wheel have been modified by the Temple, and the Temple may have a way to change the internal coordinates of the roulette wheel.

"Where can I find a way to change the coordinates?"

Her Highness Arianna is not in the Church of Tranquility...

Claire's eyes fell on the night-blooming vanilla, moonflower, and other materials piled up in the alchemy room's material area... In this alchemy room within the temple, ritual magic to pray to the goddess could be easily arranged.

goddess……

Claire took a deep breath and, without hesitation, she directly drew out the spiritual wall and skillfully arranged a ceremony to pray to the goddess.

"I pray for the goddess's favor..."

"Praying for a way to change the internal coordinates of the 'Wheel of Unknown Destination'..."

Before the entire ceremony was completed, Claire keenly sensed the changes in the roulette wheel in her hand. The power of the starlight was dissipating, and the coordinates of the Tranquil Church originally engraved on it were completely erased by the mysterious force.

Claire identified how the roulette wheel was used:
"Roulette with unknown destination" randomly selects a person who has close contact with you, obtains their corresponding coordinates, and then spins the roulette wheel to randomly teleport to one of the six coordinates.

If used repeatedly within 24 hours, there is a very high probability of attracting the attention of beings in the spiritual world!

The more times you use it continuously, the greater the probability!
Using it six times in a row will definitely attract the attention of some kind of being!!
"Previously, the church solidified the coordinates and weakened the negative effects... Now the goddess is helping me dispel this layer of 'protection'?"

Claire took a deep breath and began to spin the wheel. As the various precision gears engaged, Claire "saw" six coordinates:
They belong to the current coordinates of "Tessa Perslan", "Daly Simone", "Hugh Dilcha", "Siga Teon", "Anthony Stevenson" and "Arianna" respectively.

There is a four-sixth probability that two of the coordinates are even Tessa and Daly's!
But it also contains the coordinates of Her Highness Arianna and His Excellency Saint Anthony?!
The power of the roulette wheel was far greater than Claire had anticipated. These two were both top figures in the church, truly influential figures on the mystical side, yet their coordinates were captured by the roulette wheel!

Putting aside the coordinates of Xio and Xiga, His Excellency Saint Anthony has been guarding the Church of Saint Samuel for a long time, so the danger of the coordinates is not that great. However, if it is unfortunately teleported to the side of Her Highness Arianna who is out on a mission, she may be involved in big trouble and even her life may be in danger.

This really is a roulette wheel with an unknown destination... If you're not careful, you'll be teleported to the coordinates of a dangerous person or event.

Easing her inner tension, Claire watched as the roulette wheel selection speed began to slow down, and finally landed on the coordinates of "Siga.Tron".

Claire's heart tightened.

The first coordinates were not ideal...

Crossing the spirit world of overlapping colored blocks and strange creatures, Claire arrived at a place shrouded in mist.

In the foggy vision, Claire saw Xijia lying alone in the bathtub, staring blankly at her who suddenly appeared.

This is the parish bathroom...

"Galadia?" Xiga exclaimed in surprise. The main reason was that the way Claire appeared was a little scary, like a scene in a ghost story, suddenly condensing from a transparent outline into a solid entity in the mist.

Claire didn't have time to explain anything to Xijia. She continued spinning the roulette wheel, sweat dripping from her palms. Just as Xijia stood up from the bathtub and was about to ask, the result of the roulette wheel's spinning came out—

"Tessa Purcell"!
(End of this chapter)