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

Chapter 42 Devastating News: Your Wife is Dead

Good day, Your Excellency Archbishop.

Early in the morning, as Ember was preparing to leave St. Samuel's Church, he encountered Archbishop Anthony, who had been waiting at the door for some time. Anthony greeted him with a calm expression.

Good day, Mr. Ember.

Archbishop Anthony wore his usual gentle smile. "Your room will always be reserved for you, and you are welcome to come back anytime you need."

"Besides, even if Mr. Ember no longer lives here, he can still come to the church to pray to the goddess from time to time..."

As he spoke, Anthony suddenly paused, his expression slightly strange.

Because during the time Ember had lived here, he seemed to have never seen Ember pray to the goddess even once.

However, since the other party is a genuine chosen one of the goddess, perhaps he has a special way of praying.

His devotion to the goddess cannot be denied because of slight differences in rituals.

"I will."

Yu Jin nodded slightly, but he did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he waited for a while longer.

After confirming that Archbishop Anthony had no further instructions, he left St. Samuel's Church and headed to the Backlund Detective Agency behind the church.

Then.

As expected, he saw Al Hassen's team in the detective agency lobby.

This time, they finally stopped playing cards and started playing chess.

However, Yu Jin guessed that the reason was probably because Lolota was not there, and since they were missing one person, they could only play chess.

When they saw the embers, their expressions were shocked.

"Wow, goddess!"

El tapped his chest four times clockwise, his expression excited. "You actually came to work on your own initiative! This is a miracle! It must be that my prayers to the goddess have been answered! Praise be to the goddess!"

"No, I don't think so."

Borgia scoffed, "How could a goddess possibly respond to such a pointless prayer?"

"Where is Lady Lolota?"

"Ember asked."

"She should be absorbing maid energy in the coffee shop right now."

Borgia casually picked up a chess piece from the board and held it in his palm, explaining, "She always said there are three things in life that are essential: coffee, dessert, and maids."

"On another note..."

Yu Jin looked at the two who were still leisurely playing chess, his expression somewhat strange. "I've always wanted to ask, why is it that every time I come here you're either playing cards or chess? Is our team that free?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

El, who had his back to Ember, turned around and glared at him. "Do you think everyone's like you? You've been a Night Watchman for almost half a month, and you've only reported for duty three times in total, and you've spent less than an hour at headquarters in total!"

"We're not like you! We have to go to work on time every morning, we even eat and sleep at headquarters, and we only get two or three hours of sleep a day! To paraphrase Emperor Roselle, we get up earlier than the chickens and go to bed later than the dogs! Don't compare us to you, that's an insult to us!"

"Actually, I do have quite a lot of free time."

Borgia glanced at El, not giving him any face just because he was the captain, and casually undermined him, saying, "Backlund is the capital of the Kingdom of Rune, so naturally the various churches have a lot of extraordinary beings."

"Take us night watchmen as an example. Just from what I know, there are at least a hundred night watchmen."

"However, it's impossible for all of these extraordinary individuals to stay at headquarters."

"In fact, the Church of the Night has branches in almost every district of the capital. The Night Watchers are usually scattered in small teams throughout the capital to carry out their duties and protect the city."

"As for our squad's mission, it's to stay at headquarters and stand by. If any emergencies arise that other squads can't handle in time, we'll have to step in. However, there are enough night watchmen in the capital. If other squads can't handle the problem, they'll hand it over to the Red Gloves. Under normal circumstances, we won't be needed."

"So most of the time, our mission is to carry sealed artifacts to support other nearby cities, just like when we supported Tingen not long ago."

"However, such unexpected situations might only occur once a month, so..."

Borgia paused, then said seriously, "Most of the time, we're really idle."

"So, do you understand?"

"Understood."

Yu Jin nodded slightly. It's just a low-end version of the Red Gloves, easy to understand.

However, Ember still gave Al Hassen a strange look.

With your work attitude of almost always slacking off, what right do you have to look at him with the eyes of a class enemy?

"Where would I find the time to relax!"

Upon hearing this, Al Hassen flew into a rage. "Isn't going to get off work and leaving on time every day considered working diligently?! Where is work easy? How many people these days are still sticking to their posts and not abandoning their duties like us? Tell me, where are we idle?"

Borgia remained silent, looking down at the chessboard.

The captain seems to be in pretty good shape today, so he probably won't have another chance to steal a piece.

But if you don't steal the pieces, won't you be unable to win?

"And you!"

El Hassan gave Borgia a stern lecture, then turned his gaze to Ember, looking at him warily and suspiciously. "You're not thinking of leaving again, are you?"

"Won't."

Yu Jin shook his head slightly, walked to the sofa and sat down. Under the strange gazes of the other two, he said in a deep voice, "In fact, I have been seriously considering whether or not to come to work recently."

"..."

Al Hassen's forehead veins bulged, his fist hardened!

What do you mean by seriously considering whether or not to come to work?!

If you don't want to come, then don't come. Anyway, no one can do anything about it, and you'll still get your salary every week.

And you actually went out of your way to mock me again, huh?

Do you think we have no one on night duty?

Just as Ember was seriously considering whether or not to come to work, and Al Hassen was seriously considering whether or not to punch him.

A figure suddenly appeared at the doorway.

"El".

The newcomer looked at the three people in the hall and called out in a somewhat hoarse voice.

"Simon."

Seeing the man's slightly haggard appearance, El's expression immediately turned serious, and he asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

Simon was also a night watchman at Backlund.

When their team went on a business trip to Tingen last time, Simon's team took over their duties and waited on standby at the detective agency.

But judging from Simon's appearance, something was clearly wrong!

Eve is dead.

Simon said in a hoarse voice, "El, I heard that Lorota from your team has been promoted to 'Spirit Sorcerer'. I hope you can help me out; I owe you a favor."

"Eve is dead?!"

Both El and Borgia were startled.

Simon Herbert, a Sequence 7 nightmare like Al.

Eve is his teammate, a Seer who recently advanced to Sequence 8 'The Joker' and is a Sequence Extraordinary.

They had met not long ago.

But now Simon suddenly comes to their door to tell them the devastating news of Eve's death.

That's an official Beyonder?! Someone actually dares to attack an official Beyonder in Backlund?

"Lolota should be in the coffee shop next door. I'll go get her."

Borgia immediately stood up and said in a deep voice.

"Go quickly and come back quickly."

El nodded solemnly.

Simon was his friend, and the deceased Eve was also Lorota's best friend and an official Beyonder.