Goddess Kaleidoscope

The attack by the Heroic Spirit Squad caused quite a commotion, and the entire town of Unos was instantly thrown into chaos. The residents didn't know what was happening, but they saw flames shooting into the sky from the direction of South Street, with a loud rumbling sound like fireworks.

What are those drug dealers doing?

"Who knows? Maybe it's Harrison's birthday today?"

At the city lord's mansion, the guards stationed there were also awakened by the explosion and fire. However, they looked at each other and no one said they wanted to rush to the scene. Instead, they all looked towards the main building of the mansion and waited for their leader, Brant, to come out before making a decision.

However, when several guards rushed to the door of the former city lord's bedroom and knocked, their leader roared at them through the door in a furious voice.

"A bunch of nosy idiots! What business is it of yours what South Street is with you? Go back to your barracks and get some sleep! Now get the hell out of here!"

After being scolded for no reason, the squad leaders looked at each other outside the door, seemingly realizing something. After exchanging glances, they finally turned and left in an order.

In the unlit room, Brant, naked from the waist down, spoke in a fawning, subservient tone to several men in black whose faces were obscured.

"Gentlemen, let's talk this out!"

End of this chapter

For the ordinary residents of Unos who still live in the town and haven't moved away, last night was an unbelievable one. South Street, usually off-limits to the public, was suddenly engulfed in flames, and the explosions and shouts of killing lasted for less than an hour before returning to silence.

Everyone was terrified all night, and only the next morning did they learn that the Harrison Chamber of Commerce, the largest criminal organization in the area, had been completely wiped out the previous night. Not only was the drug manufacturing plant destroyed, but the notorious Harrison and his henchmen were also all hanged on streetlights.

The town guards, who had been colluding with them, blocked off the streets and sent people to clean up the wreckage afterward, but they didn't take down the scum hanging there. They also issued a rather intriguing proclamation, which listed all the evil deeds of the Harrison Merchant Guild and condemned them severely.

Compared to Harrison and his gang, who are beyond dead, people are now more curious about what Brant went through last night that made this villain, who is not much less wicked than Harrison, suddenly become a champion of justice. The notice was less a critique of Harrison and more a disassociation from him.

In short, the situation in Unos Town has improved to some extent, and the various forces entrenched in the town have become much more subdued.

Before the incident, Harrison's gang was the largest in town, with hundreds of henchmen, more than Brant's guards, and even several magicians working for them. But in just one hour, they were all wiped out.

Many people are speculating about which hero made the move.

Meanwhile, in Pine Town, Lud was holding a victory banquet for his victorious female heroic spirits. Although their opponents were utterly mediocre, this was indeed the heroic spirit team's first real battle, and they had executed it exceptionally well.

Given the strength the Heroic Spirit Squad has shown so far, they might not be able to directly fight gods, but they are basically invincible against humans. Although the weapons and equipment created by the three sisters have revealed some problems in actual combat, they are mostly minor flaws, but their power is truly great!

If nothing unexpected happens, once Aina advances to the fourth rank of the middle level, the combat power of the six Medicine Gods' envoys, led by Alvitt, will be further enhanced. Moreover, there is no limit to the number of envoys that can be created. As long as the Medicine God Cult continues to grow and expand, the Heroic Spirit Squad will eventually be able to expand into a whole awe-inspiring divine legion.

Three days later, Trilin, who was temporarily staying in Unos Town, reported that the local contact point had suddenly left a mark inviting him to meet. Given the speed of the flying goose, it was unlikely that Yanmu City had replied in three days. Trilin was unsure whether he should meet with them, so he consulted Lud.

"I want to see you! Of course I want to see you! And I want to see you as soon as possible, tonight. You wait over there, and I'll bring some people over to help you out."

Relying on the fact that he had a giant dragon at his disposal, Rude immediately summoned three heroic spirits, Shanes and Alvitt, and had Kanna transform into a feathered dragon to carry them to Unos Town before nightfall.

In just a few days, when Lude returned, he could clearly feel that the situation in Unos Town had improved noticeably. The guards, who had disappeared, had returned to patrol the streets. Although they looked listless and lacked energy, at least they were doing their jobs.

The group quickly found Trilling, who had left a code for their meeting that night as instructed by Lud. However, Trilling, who had suffered a great loss in the past, had a slight psychological shadow about such things and always felt as if a red-hot iron rod was waving in front of his eyes.

"Master, how about... how about you take my place? I'm afraid I'll get too nervous and give myself away!"

"What's the panic! We're here for you. Go ahead and do your best. Just treat this as a practical test to see if your special training was successful. Don't worry about being exposed. If they do find out, I can guarantee you that you won't be the one in trouble."

"Then... then I'll really go for it?"

"Go ahead without worry, we'll be right behind you."

Encouraged and assured by Lud, Trin felt somewhat relieved. At the appointed time, he headed out to the alley where they were to meet. Lud then used "Eye of the Stalker PLUS," following behind him like a reconnaissance drone, while the three female Servants hovered in the air aboard Kanna, ready to drop to the scene within five seconds should anything seem amiss.

Soon, Trin arrived at the agreed meeting place. It was late at night and snowing. There wasn't a soul in sight on the main streets of town, let alone in such a relatively remote alley.

Terlin looked around and soon heard a series of footsteps, which sounded like more than one person, making him tense.

Following the direction of the sound, Terlin saw the contact he had met a few days ago. Behind him were two other figures: one was a hunchbacked, withered old man, and the other was dressed in black from head to toe, silently following behind the old man like a guard, his face completely obscured.

Upon seeing the two men, Trilling's heart skipped a beat, because he recognized the skinny old man. The man's name was "Vernon," and like his father, he was an elder of the Brotherhood of the Black Hand. The old man had a rather infamous nickname in the underworld: "The Skinner."

Trilling immediately understood that the contact point in Unos Town was likely run by the Old Skinner's faction. As soon as his message was released, it was immediately relayed to their superior. And given that the superior had personally come to see him, it wasn't hard to guess that he was also active in the northern part of the kingdom.

Thinking of this, Terlin took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

"Good evening, esteemed master of skinning."

"Good evening, Little Dick. After being missing for so long, I thought you'd been taken care of by that old devil Sarkin. I really didn't expect you to be so capable; you've made this old man quite impressed."

With a slightly mocking tone, the old skinner recounted the necromancer's recent "great achievement." Although Navarro had tried to keep it low-key, he couldn't hide it from the other elders of the Brotherhood, who all treated it as a source of amusement during their leisure time.

However, no one expected that the necromancer Dick, who had been missing for several months, would return and send a message to Yanmu City, saying that he had found the God of Thieves artifact that the Brotherhood had been searching for for nearly two hundred years.

Vernon, who was active in the north of the kingdom, intercepted the news and decided to meet this necromancer with his extremely rare abilities in person.

End of this chapter

When it comes to the power structure of the Brotherhood of the Black Hand, the most important person at the top is naturally the Chairman. However, this Chairman has always been very mysterious, rarely seen, so the actual people in charge of managing the entire Brotherhood's operations are the six elders of the Council of Elders.

Initially, the council of elders only had three elders, but as the Brotherhood continued to grow and expand, some newly absorbed forces, due to their own strength and strong cohesion, had to add new elder positions to appoint their representatives, which gradually led to the current six elders.

These elders each formed their own faction, and they were constantly engaged in open and covert struggles with each other.

Among the current six elders, Vernon the Skinner is the most senior. Although he has a human appearance, he is said to have lived for hundreds of years and was one of the three first elders when the Brotherhood of the Black Hand was first founded.

Facing a monster of this caliber directly, one can only imagine the mental pressure Terlin was under.

The two were more than ten meters apart. Thanks to the magical mask on his face, Trin was not able to expose his facial expressions directly to the other party. The old skinner was looking at him with great interest, and his gaze made Trin feel quite uncomfortable.

At this moment, Vernon slowly and deliberately asked.

"Little Dick, you reported to your superiors that you had found the artifact lost by our god. Is that treasure with you now?"

"Elder, why are you asking this?"

"Hahaha! Don't misunderstand, I'm just curious."

"..."

The old skinner's words did not make Trin lower his guard; instead, he suddenly realized a possibility.

If the contact point here is controlled by the other party, and the message is not sent to Flamewood City but is directly reported to the old skinner by the contact person, then only the other party will know that the necromancer has been resurrected and has found the artifact of the god of thieves.

If that old monster were to harbor malicious intentions, he could simply kill him and seize the artifact, thus claiming all the credit. And afterwards, no one would know that the necromancer, who had been missing for months, had been briefly resurrected somewhere for a few days.

The thought of this possibility made Terlin's already uneasy heart leap into his throat.

"Elder, I did not bring the artifact with me."

"Is that so? Then will you lead us to get it? Although I am indeed not young, I am still quite agile. You can lead the way."

"Sir, isn't this inappropriate?"

"Kid, stop dawdling. Trust me, you don't want to see me run out of patience."

At this point, the old skinner's threat was quite blatant. Perhaps in his eyes, the lone necromancer was like meat delivered to his mouth, at his mercy.

Therefore, seeing that Trin was trying to shirk responsibility, the hot-tempered old skinner simply revealed his true colors and showed his vicious side.

"Hmph! You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences. You think you're invincible just because you're wearing a magical mask? I'll show you what real... holy crap!"

Vernon, who was making his threats, was interrupted halfway through his sentence by a spear of light that pierced the sky. The old monster reacted very quickly; his seemingly hunched body twisted in an incredible way, like a boneless rubber man, barely dodging the attack. However, the contact who was leading the way was a beat too slow and was pierced through by the spear.

The old skinner looked up somewhat awkwardly and saw a figure standing on top of a lamppost at the alley entrance not far away.

"Who dares to ambush me!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Stab him to death!"

Although he couldn't make out the person's face in the streetlight, the old skinner immediately dodged again when he saw the other person point at him. He jumped behind the man in black who had been standing behind him like a guard, seemingly intending to use him as a shield. Meanwhile, Trin took the opportunity to turn and run. He had no fighting ability whatsoever; his month-long special training had mainly honed his acting skills, and staying on the scene would only be a hindrance.

It was Rudd and his companions who suddenly came to Trin's rescue. As soon as Vernon appeared, Rudd guessed from his appearance that he was the Skinner, one of the six elders Trin had mentioned before. He then immediately guessed that there was a high probability that he wanted to steal the artifact. So, when Trin sent out a distress signal, Rudd had Alvite enter battle mode in advance, and he rushed to the scene.

As it turned out, Ludd's speculation was correct. The old skinner was indeed up to no good. As soon as he revealed his true form, Ludd unleashed his "Spear of Judgment," a technique specifically designed to counter evil creatures, but the old skinner dodged it.

At this moment, three heroic warriors, including Alvitt, descended from the sky, directly blocking the old skinner's retreat. Above them, Kanna in her feathered dragon form hovered, forming a standard encirclement formation.

Lude had already made up his mind that he had to get rid of this old monster in front of him; keeping him alive would only jeopardize his next move.

So Ludwig didn't bother arguing with the other party. Standing on the lamppost, he raised his hand and produced a high-quality replica of "Gate of Babylon".

"Taste my lightning spear barrage!"

Relying on the fact that he didn't have to worry about consuming divine power, Rudd unleashed a rather extravagant combo of divine spells, with light spears flying towards Vernon like raindrops.

Just then, Arvit was surprised to find that the black-clad man who had been standing there dumbfounded had suddenly opened up in his back, revealing that the inside was empty, and the old skinner quickly crawled into it like an octopus.

"What the hell! That's actually a suit of armor?"

Because of the limited information provided by Trilling, and because Hume, the former boss who abandoned the organization halfway through, was a hands-off manager, Ludd only knew that the six elders of the Brotherhood were not ordinary people, but he did not know their special skills.

Almost the instant Vernon burrowed into the man in black, Ludd's spear of light struck him simultaneously. But to Ludd's surprise, the powerful spear of light failed to harm him in the slightest; instead, it was instantly absorbed.

Immediately afterward, Lud saw the black-clad figure, which appeared to be in humanoid armor, rapidly expand, tearing through its outer black robe to reveal the dazzling armor beneath. In no time, it transformed into a rainbow giant seven or eight meters tall, so tall that even Lud, standing on a lamppost, could only look at it at eye level.

At this moment, the old skinner's voice came from inside the rainbow giant, his tone clearly showing arrogance and pride.

"Hmph! Ignorant fools of the righteous path, do you think your feeble divine arts can harm me in the slightest? You have no idea what a great being you are offending. I will make you regret it!"

End of this chapter

Before Ludd, the old slayer Vernon and the man in black beside him merged into a towering rainbow giant, its imposing body exuding immense power simply by standing there. Its surface shimmered with a dazzling, iridescent white, subtly possessing a sense of holiness!

The transformed old skinner completely ignored Lud's divine magic, standing there arrogantly as the spear of judgment attacked him. The powerful spear of light could not harm him in the slightest. When it hit him, it was like raindrops hitting water, only creating weak ripples, causing no pain or itch at all.

Seeing this, Ludwig knew that his attack was ineffective against him, so he had no choice but to stop. The old skinner then mocked Ludwig in an extremely contemptuous tone.

"That's it?"

At that moment, Alvit rushed forward from the other side, her two chainsaw swords clanging as she aimed for the Rainbow Giant's ankle. However, the prepared Old Skinner easily dodged her attack and then kicked her away. The towering Rainbow Giant appeared clumsy, but in reality, it was incredibly agile.

"A bunch of ants, watch me crush you into mincemeat!"

Faced with the enormous and agile rainbow giant, Rud and the three female heroic spirits present were unable to do anything to it for a time.

Lude was somewhat astonished to discover that this guy could ignore his divine spells. Offensive divine spells like the Spear of Judgment had no effect on him, while defensive divine spells were useless against him. High-level Holy Light Barriers were as fragile as a thin layer of ice, which could be shattered with a single punch from the opponent.

This subtle feeling seemed familiar to Ludwig.

"Incredible! This guy is just like me!"