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章節 145: Three Battlefields

In the northwestern suburbs of Backlund, Captain Kuhn and Robert of the Mandated Punishers flew over a vineyard on a gust of wind.

Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!

Suddenly Robert's nose itched and he sneezed a few times.

He didn't pay much attention to it, but immediately after, he felt his head begin to hurt. His head heated up as he sneezed continuously. In just a few seconds, he had reached the point where he couldn't maintain his "flying" ability.

At the same time, Captain Kuhn, who realized that something was wrong, also stopped. Although his symptoms were milder than Robert's, he could still feel that his throat was dry and his nose was starting to feel stuffy.

Was he sick? Was he infected? Captain Kuhn was just beginning to understand when he felt countless invisible threads sweep over from the ground, trying to wrap themselves and Robert completely.

He was no stranger to similar experiences. The previous few exchanges made him realize that this was the Beyonder power of a Demoness.

"The Demoness ambushed us here? Isn't she afraid that His Excellency Snake will return?" Captain Kuhn quickly responded despite his doubts.

He reached out to catch his companions, who were unable to fly because of their violent coughs, as he swept up a storm around them, interrupting the threads that reached for them.

However, Captain Kuhn knew that he couldn't escape the Demoness' attack range by "flying" alone, so he could only bring Robert to the vineyard.

At this moment, Robert managed to stop coughing. He took out the gold-framed mirror in his pocket and activated the Fire of Light and Holy Water.

The former could ignite all the invisible threads in the surroundings, while the latter could improve one's physique and increase one's resistance to diseases.

As the golden illusory flames that emitted the majestic aura of the sun appeared out of thin air, the "spider webs" around the two of them were ignited, as though they had turned into a giant torch.

Captain Kuhn took the opportunity to take out two bottles of potions. He drank one himself and threw the other to the Wind-blessed Robert.

The Mandated Punishers had already clashed with the Demoness of Afflictions several times, so how could they not be prepared for ailments?

And at this moment, under the illumination of the Fire of Light, Demoness of Afflictions Ray's invisibility also lost its effect, revealing her voluptuous but curvy figure.

"Captain Kuhn, long time no see. Why are you treating me so roughly the moment we meet?" Ray hugged the flower and rebuked in a tone that sounded like a lover greeting her.

However, Captain Kuhn wasn't in the mood to talk nonsense with the other party. Although he had used potions to suppress the 'illness' in his body, as time went on, it would become even more violent. If he didn't take advantage of this time to repel the other party, the longer it took, the more difficult it would be.

With a zi sound, his hair suddenly parted in violation of the laws of nature. Each strand was distinct and wrapped in lightning. It surged out and gathered into an arrow of lightning that shot towards the Demoness.

Boom!

Dark clouds overlapped in midair as a thick bolt of lightning struck down, stacking on the lightning arrow.

The arrow became even more silvery-white and hit Ray in the forehead at an impossible speed.

Clang! Crack! A sound of glass shattering rang out, and Ray's body quickly split apart under the lightning arrow. Immediately after, it shattered on the ground, turning into coarse silver mirror fragments!

Ray, who had used the Mirror Substitution Technique, appeared before Captain Kuhn unscathed. She smiled and said, "Captain Kuhn, your greeting is really passionate…"

However, before she could finish speaking, several wind blades appeared in front of her again. However, Ray was not flustered. She opened her mouth slightly and let out an invisible scream.

Along with this scream, a blue illusory halo surged out from her body. Wherever it passed, frost would condense and overlap.

In less than a second, she was inside the frozen world, surrounded by thick transparent ice.

As for those wind blades, all of them struck the ice, sinking into the center of the ice and quickly dissipating.

Seeing that his attack was blocked again, Captain Kuhn did not dare to give the Demoness a chance to retaliate. He immediately opened his mouth, wanting to continue attacking through the Ocean Songster's "singing" ability.

However, right at this moment, his throat suddenly felt extremely dry and painful. He was unable to make another sound.

"Because of Mother's grace, my 'illness' has mutated. The mutation's effect is especially targeted at Ocean Songster… Captain Kuhn, how does it feel to not be able to sing?" Seeing this, Ray did not take the opportunity to attack, but instead calmly teased, as if victory was already in his grasp.

Kuhn frowned, not understanding what the Enchantress was plotting, or what she was waiting for. It was important to know that he was at a disadvantage on the surface. Shouldn't she take advantage of the situation?

However, at this moment, he suddenly thought of a problem that he had overlooked. From the beginning of the fight until now, Robert hadn't helped at all!

With the tacit understanding of the Mandated Punishers, Robert should've used the Fire of Light to burn through the ice after his Wind Blade was released!

As he thought of this, he turned to look at his companion, only to find that he was standing motionless on the spot. Although his expression was calm, tears of pain flowed from the corners of his eyes because he wanted to cough but could not move…

"There are other enemies nearby!" Captain Kuhn immediately came to a conclusion. He no longer thought of hiding anything and took out the navy blue pocket watch with twelve black diamonds. It was the sacred item he had contracted—"Timeless Calamity".

With a click, Captain Kuhn pulled the button on the top of his pocket watch, adjusted the second hand's speed to a certain degree, and pressed it again. A second later, silver bolts of lightning shot out with a strong destructive aura, densely attacking the Wind-blessed Robert.

He didn't know where the enemy was, but his intuition told him that a Beyonder who was good at controlling abilities wouldn't be too far away. Therefore, he chose to launch an area-of-effect attack. Although it might accidentally injure Robert, it was better to be injured than lose his life.

"Ah!" With a scream, a man in worker's clothing appeared under the attack of the lightning snake. His chest was directly penetrated by the lightning, and large amounts of blood spurted out. He was about to die.

But at that moment, the man reached out and touched his chest. The terrifying penetrative wound disappeared and was replaced by the man's ankle.

This person was none other than Marionettist Rosago, who had been bewitched by the Demoness. He had previously seen Captain Kuhn unable to divert his attention in the battle with Ray, so he wanted to take advantage of the situation and secretly control Robert's Spirit Body Threads that were plagued by illnesses to make him into a marionette.

It was a pity that he had almost been defeated by the Captain's AOE Thunder Strike.

In the northwest of Backlund, in a charred forest that seemed to have been repeatedly plowed by lightning and strong winds, Ace Snake, the Spellsinger of God, heaved a sigh of relief because he had finally sealed 1-025 temporarily.

Although the level of the seal was only comparable to the previous six seals, it was considered safe for a demigod like him.

He looked up at the sky and saw that the crimson moon was only about to leave. He couldn't help but rejoice. "Fortunately, I sealed it before the moon came out. Otherwise, it would have been even more troublesome."

All of a sudden, Spellsinger of God's expression changed as he looked towards the southwest. He could feel the destructive aura of the 'punctual calamity'.

Kuhn was attacked? He even used a Holy Artifact? Snake frowned. Without any further delay, he picked up the palm-sized 1-025 and was about to fly over to rescue him.

But at that moment, Snake saw a hand, a black-gloved hand, appear on an undamaged tree not far away. It grabbed at him.

Right on the heels of that, Snake realized that the bent Puppet in his hand had instantly disappeared and reappeared in front of the palm!

With this action, the person hiding in the dark finally revealed himself. The figure wore a hooded black robe, and his face was covered by a golden mask with red and black stripes. He didn't look fat or thin, but he was definitely not short. He was at least 1.8 meters tall.

This was none other than the Rose School of Thought's demigod, Zatwen.

As he didn't have a good way to seal the cursed item again, he waited for Snake to complete the seal before taking action.

After Zatwen used the Marauder pathway's Sealed Artifact to steal 1-025 in front of him, his body immediately faded and turned transparent. He extended countless thin ropes that resembled tentacles to tie up the struggling puppet, hoping to bring it into the spirit world.

At this moment, the Rose School of Thought demigod suddenly heard a violent gust of wind. It collided with the air and produced an explosive sound.

Boom!

The Possession Puppet was sent flying and landed on the ground. As for the transparent "string" that bound it previously, it collapsed and returned to its human form.

At first, Zatwen couldn't help but drift upward at an angle. Then he transformed into a wraith. No, an evil spirit's form. He allowed the wind to blow through his body, no longer moving with it.

He saw the airflow turn rapidly as an unrestrained tornado suddenly rose up, sweeping the rocks, soil, leaves, and tree trunks into the air.

Zatwen didn't pay much attention to the strong winds. His eyes were focused on the puppet that had been sent flying. As an evil spirit, he wasn't affected by the tornado.

However, he soon realized that his judgment was wrong. The wind blades and other rocks in the tornado had actually hurt him!

The powers of the Lawyer pathway… The Spellsinger of God had previously used a mystical item to exert the ability of Bribe on a Possession Puppet, distorting or weakening my evil spirit body…

Zatwen had an epiphany, but there was no time for him to dwell on it, for God's Singer had opened his mouth to sing.

Heh, he accepted the "bribe" and also established a connection! As this thought flashed through Zatwen's mind, the body of the "evil spirit" suddenly transformed into a hideous puppet. The puppet grabbed its neck with its short arms, but it was the first to let out a shrill cry.

Not far away, the Songster of God was about to show his singing voice when his neck was suddenly grabbed by an invisible hand. His singing stopped abruptly.

As the hand on his neck became more forceful, the Spellsinger of God had no choice but to strike himself with lightning. Only then did he forcefully pull away the cursed hand that was pinching his throat.

But taking advantage of this opportunity, Zatwen, who had transformed back into an evil spirit, had already flashed in front of 1-025.

When Snake saw this, he exerted strength with his feet, causing the ground around 1-025 to instantly crack open. Red magma spewed out, blocking the Wraith's approach!

In the Backlund North Borough, Steve, who had received Zatwen's message and was rushing to the northwestern woods with Mirror Jump, suddenly stopped.

This was because he saw a figure appear from a window not far away. It was a figure formed from light golden hair, blue eyes, a pale face, and a dark black Gothic regal dress!


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章節 146: Intense

In Moose Manor, in Member of Parliament Macht's meticulously decorated dining room, a huge crystal chandelier hung down from the dome. It shimmered with countless candlelight, illuminating the entire room as though it was daytime.

In the corner on the right, the band members wearing vests and bow ties played a brisk melody. On the left was a long table with delicious dishes such as roasted chicken, pan-fried foie gras, lamb stew, Backlund-style roast goose, and cream cheese-baked Oravi lobster.

Even though they were very far away, Ebner seemed to smell the fragrance they emitted. He did not stand on ceremony with the senator and immediately went to get a plate to fill with food.

At that moment, Madam Daly walked over with a glass of wine. When she saw Ebner's actions, she teased in a slightly ethereal voice,

"Shouldn't one hold a glass of wine and wait for the host to give a speech at such an occasion? From the looks of it, Backlund's Hero Detective is also a carefree and uninhibited person. It's no wonder he was liked by so many young ladies."

"What young lady likes me?" Ebner felt that the title of "Hero Detective" was embarrassing enough. Why were there rumors now?

"You don't know? Some newspapers say that you're quite popular in this area. Many rich ladies are eager to have a beautiful encounter with you." Madam Daly swirled her wine glass and smiled at Ebner with her green eyes.

"That's a tabloid's nonsense. You can't take it seriously!" Ebner, who knew Daly's linguistic arts very well, did not dare to speak too casually in front of her. If she really joked about this topic, the one who would end up blushing in embarrassment would definitely be him and not this lady.

Seeing that Ebner wasn't willing to continue the conversation, Daly didn't continue teasing him. Instead, she said, "There's fog champagne, Aurmir wine, and Southville red wine here. They're all expensive and rare famous wines. We can drink a little, but not too much. We don't know what's going on over there yet. We have to stay sober."

Previously, after Sword of the Goddess left, Ebner immediately returned to the manor's main residence to ask Daly. The latter said that she did not know the exact situation. Cesimir had only told her through Nature Spirit to stay here before leaving. She was not qualified to participate in the battle there.

Of course, while Daly remained behind, she had already used the Messenger to inform the Holy Cathedral.

And these words also made Ebner give up the thought of immediately running back to Backlund. The situation outside was unknown. What if they encountered danger along the way? It was better to stay in the Elk Manor for the time being. After all, with Daly and Bishop Utravsky here, and him, their combat strength wasn't too bad.

Thinking back, Ebner smiled at Daly. "Ma'am, I don't really know how to drink. After all, drinking isn't good."

Daly looked at him with a smile and said thoughtfully, "This wording… is something that a young lady told you?"

As the sky darkened completely, the red moon that was slightly more than a semicircle appeared clearly.

And its outline rapidly expanded. In just a second or two, it turned into a full moon, a blood-red full moon!

Blood Moon! Ray looked up at the crimson hanging in the sky and smiled. "Finally."

With that, she unbuttoned her shirt and removed all her clothes, revealing her beautiful body to the three men present.

Unfortunately, Robert had just been struck by the "electric snake" indiscriminately, and he had already suffered heavy injuries. He could only barely maintain his consciousness, and he was still blaming himself for wasting the opportunity to use the Holy Artifact.

At the instant Marionettist Rosago transferred the damage, he had used Flaming Jump to leave the battlefield. He was already nowhere to be found.

Captain Kuhn, on the other hand, was only deeply afraid of the Demoness's actions. He wanted to kill her immediately, so why would he care if she wore clothes or not?

Of course, Ray didn't look forward to the gazes of the men. Instead, she kept staring at the blood moon in the sky as though she wanted to show her beauty to the moon. At the same time, she opened her arms and hugged Scarlet as she chanted piously,

"The unique crimson moon, the symbol of life and beauty, the mother of all spiritual powers."

As Captain Kuhn had just used "Timed Disaster", he could not bear the backlash of the pointer, for the time being, so he could only condense a wind blade again and prepare to interrupt Ray's obviously unusual action.

But at this moment, an invisible wave suddenly hit Kuhn, making him feel as if he had been struck by lightning. He suddenly felt fear in his heart and was so afraid that he wanted to abandon his teammates and fly away immediately.

As for the Wind-blessed Robert, although he was also affected, he wasn't the main target of that force. Even though he was still afraid, he gritted his teeth and drove his damaged body, activating the Sun Halo from the golden-framed mirror.

The Sun Halo could increase the courage of his companions within a twenty-meter radius and purify the evil powers in their bodies!

A dark golden light flashed, and Captain Kuhn suddenly felt like he was bathing in warm sunlight. His emotions suddenly stabilized, and he was no longer as nervous and afraid.

"Psychiatrist… Dragon's Might! Could there be other enemies?" Captain Kuhn, who seemed to have found his courage, instantly regained his ability to think. He already had the intention to retreat, but with so many enemies surrounding him, even if he turned around and ran, it would be very difficult!

"At the very least, I have to severely injure the Demoness. Otherwise, I won't be able to run very far before I get entangled by her again."

Thinking up to this point, Captain Kuhn made a decision. He wanted to wait until the "Timed Disaster" could be used, then immediately release its maximum output to create an opportunity for himself and Robert to escape.

In fact, it had only been four to five seconds since Kuhn decided to use the wind blade and Robert activated the Sun Halo.

And in those four or five seconds, Ray's tribute to the moon had been completed. The complicated tattoo on her back had "come to life" again in the light of the moon, faintly linked to the pot of unopened flowers.

Soon after, an extremely evil aura rose. The flower suddenly grew to more than three meters tall. The blooming flower was covered in disgusting blood, and there was a mouthpiece filled with sharp teeth at the stamen.

Apart from that, the flower had escaped the restrictions of the flower pot and used many branches as its limbs. It was like the evolved version of the flower in the Daily Observer headquarters.

What the hell is this? Rosago, who was controlling his marionette in the distance, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw this scene. If not for the Wind-blessed having a chance of succeeding, he would've already "leaped" away.

However, Kune was not surprised by the flower's existence. What surprised him was the aura of the flower! After all, he did not feel such pressure when facing His Excellency God's Songster.

"Alright, the game has officially begun. My little friend wants to eat more."

Ray laughed charmingly, then pointed with her delicate hand. The flower waved the note excitedly and lunged at Kuhn.

Kune was not going to wait for death. He spread his hair again, and silver lightning gathered in an instant, forming an arrow of lightning that directly hit the mouthpiece of the stamen.

The flower stopped in its tracks after being hit, but all of its petals turned even redder. It suddenly swung its dozens of branches in the direction of the two.

The lightning strike that could severely injure any Beyonder below the level of a demigod was useless apart from making the flower furious.

Seeing this, Kuhn hurriedly rushed to Robert's side. After pulling him up, he immediately "flew" into the air to avoid the whipping branches.

However, at this moment, Robert suddenly lost control of his emotions without any warning. He bawled loudly as he continuously wrestled with Kuhn, who was holding onto him with one hand. He screamed, "Let me go! Let me go! I don't want to be a burden! Let me die!"

Psychiatrist's Frenzy!

Robert, who had been surrounded by self-reproach, almost collapsed after being attacked like this. He temporarily lost his rationality.

Captain Kuhn's "flying" trajectory slightly deviated due to the unexpected twist and turn, and was immediately hit by a branch.

The two Mandated Punishers crashed heavily to the ground. Robert didn't mention it, but Kuhn had his ribs broken and stabbed into his stomach. He couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

The flower did not give him a chance to "heal", and directly tied him up with a branch. This was extremely violent, causing the already injured Kuhn's body to tremble in pain. Even the "Timed Disaster" slipped out of his hand and fell to the ground.

Captain Kuhn endured the pain and wanted to summon the wind and gather lightning, but he realized that the slime on the branch seemed to contain an unknown poison, so much so that he would fall into the edge of "madness" the moment he used his spirituality. He could not activate his ability at all.

For the first time, despair flashed in Kuhn's eyes. He watched helplessly as the branch sent him to Demoness Ray.

"That's much better." Ray reached out a finger and lifted Kuhn's chin, smiling as he continued, "You know what, Captain Kuhn? If you didn't have that thing on you, I would have raided the empty Holy Wind Cathedral today."

"So your target is really 2-001…" There was a flash of regret in Kuhn's eyes. Back when Detective Bryan and the Forsaken Ones had reminded him, he hadn't paid much attention to it. After all, in his eyes, the Demoness was just a rat in the sewers. She couldn't be seen in the light at all, let alone plot against the Church of Storms…

"Are you regretting it? Did anyone remind you? Oh…" The Demoness was first taken aback before she came to a realization. She smiled sweetly and said, "So it's that little detective. Heh heh, after this incident, I'll personally go play a game with that detective and his little girlfriend."

Then, without waiting for Kahn to speak, she went back to the previous topic. "When I was at the headquarters of the Daily Observer, I spent a lot of effort to pollute that thing so that I could know its location at any time…"

At this point, Ray leaned closer to Kuhn and stuck his whole arm into his clothes to feel around. After a while, he took out a small metal box with many inscriptions on it.

Opening the small box, Ray took out a black eyeball the size of a goose egg with a mysterious luster on its surface. She played with it for a while before putting it back in the box and holding it in her hand.

At the same time, Robert, who was not far away, stood up unsteadily once again. However, there was no spirit in his eyes. Clearly, he had become Rosago's marionette.

Rosago was even more afraid of the Demoness of Pain who had bewitched him. After obtaining his marionette, he didn't stay any longer and quickly got the Wind-blessed to fly him away from the battlefield.

When Kuhn, who was bound by the branches, saw this, his face showed obvious sorrow. It was for Robert, but also for his dying self… No, perhaps dying normally was already an extravagant hope…

Ray ignored Rosago's escape. He had shown considerable value in the battle just now, so it was only right to give him a little reward.

"Well, it's getting late. It's about time I made you a part of the little guy."

Ray took his time and clapped his hands. The flower was immediately so excited that its petals were delicate, and it was about to send Kuhn into its mouthpiece to chew.

"It's over… forgive me for not being able to go back, Nisse." Captain Kuhn closed his eyes.

At this critical moment, illusory bats the size of a palm suddenly flashed out of the moonlight and swarmed towards Captain Kuhn's branches.


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