Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 321 The First Demigod

Backlund, Pesfield Street.

At the secret request of the Church of the Night, the police blocked off some sections of the road, preventing anyone from entering.

Having already undergone the examination by the Church of the Night and confirmed not to have been parasitized, Hazel led a whole team of Night Watchers into the sewers, heading towards the excavated tunnel she had mentioned.

As they passed the fifth corner, Hazel stopped and pointed ahead, saying:

"It's just ahead; there's a secret door there."

"Captain, I'll go."

Leonard Mitchell looked at the moss-covered, visibly corroded wall ahead and said in a deep voice.

The man Leonard called captain looked to be in his thirties, with a high nose bridge and gray eyes that gave him an indescribable depth, like a deserted lake in an ancient forest.

He was wearing the black trench coat and red gloves that were the uniform of the night watchmen; it was Dunn Smith!

He glanced at the team members beside him, who seemed carefree but whose eyes were full of seriousness, and nodded slightly after a moment of silence:

"be safe."

"it is good."

Leonard readily agreed and got up to walk towards the wall at the end of the sewer corner.

With his back to everyone, his expression was no longer as solemn as before, and his mind was filled with a jumble of thoughts.

Back in Tingen, Dunn was only a Sequence 7 "Nightmare." Although he had absorbed too many extraordinary traits, making him comparable to some Sequence 6 individuals, the excessive absorption of these traits also resulted in poor condition and delayed potion digestion, hindering his advancement for a long time.

However, Dunn Smith, who was brought back from the dead in that incident, actually benefited from the misfortune. He was able to quickly digest the potion and soon after joining the Red Gloves, he was promoted to a Sequence 6 'Requiemr' and became a 'Butler'.

Several months later, his potion was quickly digested through role-playing. Combined with the merits he had accumulated during his fifteen years of service in Tingen, he successfully obtained a Sequence 5 potion and recently advanced to the Sequence 5 'Spirit Wizard'.

It took him three years to go from the Sleepless to the Midnight Poet, and a full nine years to go from the Midnight Poet to the Nightmare. And it also took him three years to go from the Nightmare to Sequence 6, and that was only because he was able to digest the potion with the help of "Resurrection"; otherwise, he didn't know how long it would have taken.

With the help of the role-playing method, he went from Sequence 6 'Soul Soother' to Sequence 5 'Spirit Shaman' in just seven months!

In contrast, although Leonard is now a Sequence 6 'Requiemr', his potion digestion is still a long way off. And even if he does digest the potion, his merits will not be enough to exchange for a Sequence 5 'Spirit Shaman' potion.

Leonard saw this and was anxious. Therefore, he desperately wanted to accumulate merit points quickly, so that he wouldn't have to worry about Sequence 5 potions once he finished digesting the potion. For this reason, he wouldn't let go of any opportunity to accumulate merit points.

His current act of volunteering will undoubtedly earn him special recognition, granting him more merit than others.

Although it won't be much more, it's better to take the free merit points, especially since this mission isn't dangerous.

Although the church took this very seriously and sent an entire Red Gloves team to handle it.

But Leonard knew there was actually no danger involved.

After all, it was the angel Yu Jin who personally took action; how could he possibly leave any danger for those of them who were cleaning up the mess?

click!

According to Hazel's previous account, Leonard successfully found the mechanism to open the secret door.

With a slight rustling sound, he pushed open the secret door in the wall and tumbled inside!

He was on guard against possible attacks in the darkness, even though he knew there were none.

Dunn and the others followed closely behind, filing through the secret door in single file. Almost all those present were extraordinary individuals who had never experienced sleep; to them, night and day were indistinguishable, and they had no need to worry about being unable to detect an attack from the darkness.

As they passed through the maze, they came to a semi-natural, semi-artificial cave. The ground was covered with shovels and other tools wrapped in oilcloth, as well as piles of soil and gravel. In front of them were two hidden passages that extended downwards at an angle.

Hazel, protected behind the night watchmen, pointed to her right and reminded them:

"The one on the right."

Leonard and Dunn exchanged a glance, stepped forward, and stood at the entrance of the passage, then froze in surprise.

Because what appeared before him was not the narrow passage that Hazel had described, which was only ten meters deep, but a bottomless, dark tunnel!

Leonard's pupils constricted sharply, revealing the extraordinary vision of someone using the "Sleepless" pathway. This vision is exceptional, even in complete darkness. And at Sequence 6, those using the "Sleepless" pathway can easily see clearly from a kilometer away in the dark!

But now, this tunnel stretches as far as the eye can see, and it is at least several thousand meters long, or even deeper!

Judging from the smooth cut on the tunnel wall, it was clearly just a casual strike by the other party!

If a casual strike has this kind of power, how terrifying would an angel's full power be? What puzzled Leonard even more was, what kind of angel was Ember?

An aged voice echoed in his mind, its tone filled with deep confusion and bewilderment:

"It seems like the path of the Singer and the Know-It-All, but neither of those paths is possible... Are there similar abilities in other paths?"

With the power of any angel, it wouldn't be too difficult to achieve similar destructive force; the only difference is the different abilities they use.

In Pales Zoroaster's memory, there shouldn't be any extraordinary ability like that among those pathways, which involves causing destruction with embers. Could it be that he isn't an extraordinary being among those pathways?

Dunn Smith looked into the deep tunnel and slowly began to speak:

"Report this to higher authorities; this is beyond our control."

Leonard nodded solemnly, but in reality, he was extremely relaxed.

With such terrifying destructive power, the demigod who the thief passed through had absolutely no chance of survival. The only problem is that this tunnel is so long that it may run through Backlund's subway system, so the aftermath may be a bit troublesome, as they will need to investigate the subway lines in the vicinity.

Of course, they don't need to get involved themselves; they can leave it to the police.

Hazel asked in a weak, low voice:

"And what about me?"

Looking at the anxious girl, Dunn said:

"You can go home now."

"Go home?" Hazel suddenly felt like she was dreaming. After such a big thing happened, she was just being told to go home like this?

"right."

Dunn nodded slightly and explained:

"You've now been assigned to the night watch. Head to St. Samuel's Church tomorrow morning, and someone will tell you the details. For now, you can go home and explain things to your parents to put their minds at ease."

Hazel pressed her lips together. Explain? How could she explain?

She couldn't tell them what had happened to her, so she had to make up an excuse on the spot.

-

At 160 Berklund Street, Klein stood on the balcony of his room, holding a glass of red wine and taking sips from time to time.

In Klein's view, a long police cordon had been set up on the street not far away. Several police carriages were parked outside the cordon, and more than a dozen policemen had completely surrounded the street, not allowing anyone to enter or leave.

Anyone who witnessed this scene would realize that something must have happened on that stretch of road. Fortunately, Klein's house was far enough away that it perfectly avoided the blocked section of the road, allowing him to leisurely stand on his balcony and observe the commotion happening not far away.

Klein had some vague guesses in his mind, and thought to himself:

"This is clearly related to that Miss Hazel."

Miss Hazel sneaking into the sewers in the middle of the night was most likely caught red-handed by Ember. With Ember personally taking action, the demigod had no chance of escape.

The reason Miss Hazel surrendered herself to the Church of the Night this morning was probably due to the "gentle persuasion" of Ember, which is why an official extraordinary member of the Church of the Night came to clean up the mess.

The police's act of blocking the streets was actually to cover up the actions of those on night duty. There's a saying that goes, when you want to cover something up, you have to distract people with something bigger to achieve your goal of concealing the truth. In science, this is called the recency effect.

Although such a large-scale operation will inevitably cause panic among residents of Berklund Street, the police will certainly do a good job of calming them down beforehand.

By tomorrow morning, newspapers will likely carry headlines like "Police arrest serial killer in Berklund Street sewers," which will both appease the public and provide a reasonable explanation.

Klein was quite familiar with this process, after all, when he was a Night Watchman in Tingen, he often impersonated a police officer to investigate cases, and afterwards he often used similar news to cover up the truth.

Of course, the police wouldn't directly implicate Congressman Macht and his daughter; they would only say that information came from "well-informed sources." This way, the Macht family wouldn't be implicated, and they could continue singing and dancing as usual.

The only problem is that this Miss Hazel has seen Ember's true face, and Ember probably doesn't have the habit of disguising himself before doing anything important, so Hazel must know who caused all this.

As the culprit who brought the embers to the banquet, Dawn Dantes will certainly be under Hazel's close scrutiny.

But this may not necessarily be a bad thing.

A wealthy man who is on good terms with the Church of the Night, or even knows some of its secrets, can actually integrate into high society more easily.

-

Backlund, Queens, the Earl of Hall's luxurious villa.

Audrey, who had just returned to the hall after taking a walk in the garden with Susie, saw her father, Earl Hall, enter from outside, his face beaming with undisguised joy.

"Dad, what happened?" Audrey asked with concern.

This is the most basic observation; she doesn't need to hide anything.

Earl Hall smiled and said:

"Alfred has finished digesting the potion and will be promoted in a couple of days."

Audrey understood. Although Alfred was highly talented, Sequence 5 potions weren't easy to digest, even with his acting skills. But in the "dream world" Audrey proposed, this process could be greatly accelerated.

Not only were the low-sequence extraordinary individuals trained by the family able to digest the potion through the dream world, but Alfred and Hilbert also benefited from it.

Of course, in terms of exploration progress in the "Dream World", Mr. "World" is still far ahead.

Low-sequence Beyonders couldn't even defeat Gundyr, the Ashen Judge, and could only obtain a meager amount of Souls by killing wandering spirits day after day. Among mid-sequence Beyonders, most Sequence 6 Beyonders were trapped in Bordeaux in the Irithyll of the Boreal Valley, while Sequence 5 Beyonders were trapped in the Cursed Tree or the Crystal Elder—

This is all predicated on them having mastered the techniques taught by Mr. World; otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to defeat Gundyr, the Ashen One.

However, although the techniques taught by Mr. World were quite practical, allowing them to kill incomplete demigods in the dream world even in the middle sequence, the difficulty was still very high, and it was difficult to succeed without sufficient combat skills.

After all, those demigods can make countless mistakes, but if Audrey makes just one, she will be killed by those demigods with no chance of turning the tide. Even Audrey herself is now trapped in the 'Crystallizing Elder' stage—she has already died at the hands of the Crystallizing Elder no less than ten times.

In contrast to them, Mr. World had already arrived at Farron Keep, killed the "Outcast Demon," and begun exploring the Deep Cathedral.

Since Alfred has already finished digesting the potion, it means that he has killed the "Crystal Elder". Combined with the demigods he defeated earlier, he has obtained more than 100 million souls, which is just enough to speed up the digestion of the Sequence 5 potion.

The girl's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked with feigned curiosity:

"Why wait two days? Can't I get promoted now?"

Earl Hall shook his head and explained:

"The potion is ready, but the royal family still needs to prepare the ceremony."

After a pause, Earl Hall continued:

"Although I don't know what kind of ritual it is, according to Alfred, the requirements for the ritual are very strict and cannot be arranged in advance."

Audrey's eyes showed understanding, but she was thinking about something else.

In fact, she is fully capable of advancing to Sequence 4 now, as she has neither extraordinary traits nor potion recipes.

The only problem now is that Carula is asking her to slow down her progress towards becoming a Sequence 4 as much as possible—

Because the current dream world cannot support a demigod, once she becomes a demigod, she will be unable to enter the dream world. This restriction will not be lifted until the first 'Lord of Cinder' is brought back to Firelink Shrine.

In other words, we have to wait for Mr. World to defeat the first Mr. Cinderella.

While Mr. World's progress is rapid, it will likely take him quite some time to defeat the first Lord of Cinder. Although Audrey isn't in a rush to improve her strength, it would undoubtedly be a good thing for the Hall family if Alfred could become a demigod.

(End of this chapter)