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Chapter 146 Are you the only ones who know how to play with fog?

"So what? I have my own ways of dealing with this, Wonder Woman." The High Priest sneered. "Enough with the small talk, Wonder Woman."

"I know the Escalius Medal trophy is on you; give it to me."

"If you want it," Wonder Woman's expression turned cold, "you'll have to come and get it yourself."

"But before that, didn't you forget something?"

"Forgot what?!" Upon hearing this, the high priest realized that an unknown force was approaching him.

But in an instant, a huge black hole suddenly appeared in front of him, swallowing the dangerous light that was heading straight for him!

"A petrification spell?" The high priest's expression shifted slightly as he looked at Jaeger behind him, who was slowly closing his five fingers. "A young wizard? — No, who are you? How could you possibly be in Mist City?"

“Excellent, I wanted to ask that question too.” Jaeger stared intently at the High Priest, lightly kicking the air at the same time. “You call this thing, which is like a domain and makes everyone else disappear, ‘Mist City’? That’s surprisingly fitting.”

"—" The high priest was clearly unimpressed by Jaeger's praise, instead looking at him suspiciously. "Did you manage to infiltrate this place using some method?"

"But you're right, Fog City is indeed similar to a domain; it's a large-scale regional magic array, and magic reaching this level requires the power of a god."

"Once this realm is opened, His power—that of a follower of our great God—will increase exponentially within the region, just like this!"

At this point, the high priest suddenly raised his hand and easily summoned that twisted, seemingly binding shadow again, which pounced on Jaeger unexpectedly!

But Jaeger once again used the [Gate] to dodge the attack, not forgetting to add, "Thank you for personally demonstrating how this domain enhances your magical abilities, High Priest, but such enthusiasm is unnecessary."

"A glib-tongued young man." The high priest didn't seem to like Jaeger much. "But when we opened this realm, we forcibly designated the individuals who would be drawn into it."

"Given that the trophy is with Wonder Woman, our designated target is clearly someone connected to the gods—"

The High Priest's gaze swept over Jaeger. "Wonder Woman goes without saying, but you—how could you possibly meet that criterion?"

People connected to God?

Jaeger paused for a moment, then began to think quickly in his mind.

First of all, the High Priest's words can explain why Burks, who is suspected to be related to the God of Medicine, is not there. After all, Burks is a snake, which does not meet the criteria for being human.

And what I said was related to God—could it be the [Unknown Identity Card] on the card table?

After all, from the perspective of the Court of Owls, while the exact nature of the [Unknown Identity Card] is still unknown, it certainly possesses a divine status.

Otherwise, it's impossible to explain how the [Unknown Identity Card] managed to snatch away Barbatos's owls, nest and all.

But Jaeger quickly dismissed this conjecture.

After all, if it's just because of the poker table and the "unknown identity card," Langdon should also qualify.

So, is it actually due to the uniqueness of [Jaeg Winchester] himself? — Or is it because of a certain card in his exclusive deck?

But before Jaeger could think any further, the high priest shook his head: "Never mind, whoever you really are."

"If you want to stop me, then it doesn't matter."

"Take care of yourself first, High Priest." A cold voice rang out from behind the High Priest.

With that sound, Wonder Woman, whose boots were bound to the ground but whose hands were still free to move, hurled the Lasso of Truth, shimmering with golden light, at the High Priest.

Jaeger didn't just stand there; he raised his hand—this time, it was a levitation spell!

He wanted to prevent the High Priestess from escaping Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth using spatial magic abilities similar to a "door," as she had done before.

Once the Lasso of Truth strikes, the standoff is essentially over.

However, something unexpected happened. A high priest saw that something was wrong, and a red light flashed in his eyes, revealing a rune-like object.

His body instantly turned into a cloud of mist and dissipated into the surrounding fog!

Without a physical form, the lasso of truth naturally falls apart, including Jaeger's spell.

While the High Priest temporarily turned into mist, Jaeger attempted to cast a spell on the shadow on Wonder Woman's feet.

However, this shadow seemed very peculiar; all of Jaeger's currently effective spells struck it were like stones sinking into the sea, without any reaction.

"Detective." Wonder Woman, however, took advantage of Jaeger helping her remove the shadow from her feet to warily survey her surroundings.

A question suddenly occurred to me.

"If that high priest could turn into mist."

"Could this fog that permeates the entire city—was it originally more than just ordinary fog?"

Jaeger immediately realized: "Woman, this joke isn't funny."

If the fog surrounding them was originally people—damn, is this what they call a bunch of burly men?

I'd better refrain from such things! Having a high priest who can vanish into thin air is bad enough already!

But in that very instant when Jaeger was jolted awake by Wonder Woman's words, his hand accidentally brushed against that large, sticky, mud-like black shadow.

"Oh no!" Jaeger quickly and cautiously activated his protective charm, fearing that the shadow, like it had wrapped around Wonder Woman's legs, would also stick his hands to the ground.

The harm caused by sticky hands varies from person to person. If you are an ordinary person, you will probably just be unable to move your hands.

However, if you are an Italian who uses an extremely rich array of hand gestures while speaking, you might find your ability to speak normally somewhat suppressed as a result.

We've suddenly veered off-topic; let's get back to the main point.

Strangely, this happened precisely when Jaeger accidentally touched that dark shadow.

The shadow that had been clinging tightly to Wonder Woman's boots retreated as if it had seen a ghost the moment Jaeger's hand approached, shrinking and even disappearing into the ground!

Jaeger: ?

Seeing this strange scene, he had a sudden thought and moved his hand closer.

Sure enough, the black shadow receded back into the ground like a receding tide, as if afraid of making real physical contact with Jaeger's hand.

Using this unusual method, Jaeger actually succeeded in forcing all the dark shadows back into the ground, freeing Wonder Woman's boots.

"I suddenly understand why some people would change their boots from those that get stuck in the mud." Wonder Woman looked at her combat boots with a complicated expression. "—They really are very uncomfortable."

"But compared to that, those dark shadows just now—your reaction to you was strange, Detective." Wonder Woman then looked at Jaeger.

Jaeger was also thinking: "Yes, I can feel the magical fluctuations on them reacting to my approach. But it's not repulsion; it's more like a different kind of emotion."

It's more like—fear?

Upon seeing this scene, a strange thought that had crossed his mind since he first saw the city shrouded in fog suddenly resurfaced in Jaeger's mind.

Could it be that—

But Jaeger didn’t have much time to think. The mist beside him suddenly condensed and turned into a withered hand that grabbed at him!

[You come from all around you————]

This time, Jaeger didn't even need to read the danger perception alert; he directly sensed the anomaly from the unusual wind behind him.

He immediately turned his head away, dodging the attack, and at the same time, his head met the high priest's scarlet eyes, which were half-hidden in the mist.

"You are special, young man," the high priest said in a low voice, "but one person alone is still too little power."

With that sound, Jaeger watched helplessly as his worst guess came true. Within the mist around them, many things materialized and transformed into "gatekeeper" cultists clad in long robes!

As the cultists chanted something in unison, that surging shadow once again spread out, bypassing Jaeger and heading straight for Wonder Woman behind him—their target was still Wonder Woman!

"And what are you going to do now, young man? — Don't even think about leaving!" Before Jaeger could try to leave using the [Door], the High Priest cast a spell as well, and a black circle immediately appeared, causing two distorted spatial rifts to collide instantly!

Upon witnessing the collision of the two spatial spells, the high priest's previously ferocious smile suddenly vanished.

Because he watched helplessly as his black circle was swallowed up by Jaeger's "door".

"This is impossible—" The high priest looked as if he had seen a ghost. "How could your magic be deeper than mine, not to mention I now have the blessing of 'Mist City'? No, wait, could it be that our magical ranks are different—what exactly is your spatial magic?"

Upon witnessing this scene, Jaeger remained calm, recalling his earlier speculation upon seeing the black shadow.

If we want to verify that guess—

"More than that, something suddenly came to mind, High Priest," Jaeger suddenly spoke up. "It's not just you gatekeepers here; it's all related to the fog."

The moment Yeager finished speaking, a gust of wind surged and a cloud of gray mist billowed out.

A pair of deep blue eyes suddenly materialized from the mist, appearing before the wide-eyed high priest.