Amid the steam of the industrial revolution, mysteries surge beneath the surface. Cults and secret societies seek the extraordinary in the shadows, while hidden gods gaze upon humanity from the hea...
As he spoke, the Spider Fang Priest's expression froze, and then his figure became blurred. Then, a deformed bulge suddenly appeared behind him, and then a pair of huge bat-like black wings broke through his clothes and stretched out.
The Spider Fang Priest with black wings growing out of his back immediately jumped out of the window. His bat wings spread out greatly and he flew into the night sky outside the villa with his body. After adjusting his position in the air, he flapped his wings and flew in one direction at high speed. His speed was very fast.
Just like that, in the dark night and the howling wind, the Spider Fang Priest with wings grew flew at high speed towards a distant target several miles away. At this time, Dorothy could also sense the other party's high-speed approach through the spiritual thread.
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"That guy caught up with us, and he's so fast!?"
Inside the carriage, Dorothy could not help but speak in surprise as she sensed the target approaching rapidly from afar. She had expected the Spider Fang Priest to chase her, but she had not expected the speed of the chase at all.
The Spider Fang Priest was extremely fast, even faster than many birds. This speed was totally beyond the reach of Dorothy's carriage.
"Damn... It's so fast, it must be flying! This speed is faster than a carriage, even a horse running at full speed without any burden can't beat it..."
Dorothy thought anxiously in her heart, then she immediately calmed herself down and began to use her intellect to calculate the speed at which the other party was approaching her, trying to figure out whether she had any chance of escape.
With the information processing ability of a master's degree, she calculated the result in just a moment. According to the opponent's flying speed, she would be successfully caught up before reaching the city, no matter whether she was using a carriage or riding a horse alone.
No matter how Dorothy calculated, she would be caught up by the Spider Fang Priest within about ten minutes. When she was caught up, she would still be a long way from the city, so the possibility of the archbishop being aware of her was very small.
There is no escape! Under the current circumstances, there is no escape!
After realizing that the probability of successfully escaping was almost zero, Dorothy's face suddenly sank. After suppressing the other intense emotions churning in her heart, she forced herself to calm down, and her expression became more serious than ever.
'Huh... calm down. Now that we can't escape, we have to think of another way... some other way to get out.
'If I can't escape, I might be able to find a way to create a very loud noise to attract the Security Bureau and the church people over here... But the problem is that this place is very far away from both the church area and the Gale Fortress, at least dozens of miles away. A noise that can alarm these two points can alarm the entire city of Tivi. Let's not talk about whether I can create such a noise. Even if I can, it will be too late for the Security Bureau and the church people to rush here. That guy only flew to my side in ten minutes!
'Similarly, since the response time is too short, the calling method given by Aldridge is useless. Because of the old man's spiritual deficiency, he needs at least half an hour to an hour to prepare after the stone sculpture before he can project the influence. This is totally too late...'
Dorothy thought with a serious face, regarding the calling stone sculpture given to her by Aldridge, there was something specific in the letter Aldridge wrote to her before he left. This stone sculpture was a medium to notify him, and if he wanted to use this medium to project influence, he would need considerable preparation time.
This is because there is a problem with Aldrich's own mana bar. As a quasi-gold, he only has a black-level mana bar. Therefore, if he wants to activate high-level abilities, he must use external storage to provide consumable spirituality. However, ordinary spiritual storage cannot be used directly for ability consumption. Aldrich needs to set up a special workshop, and this arrangement takes time. Given Dorothy's current situation, she no longer has time to wait for him to set up the workshop.
After rejecting two plans in a row, Dorothy continued to think quickly in anxiety. After thinking for a while, she finally had only one last way to deal with it in her mind.
"It seems... the only thing I can do now is to get promoted to see if the situation can change..."
In the darkness of the Mercedes-Benz, Dorothy murmured, "Promotion at the front line," this was the method she finally decided to take.
That's right, Dorothy wanted to be promoted to Cretaceous immediately! To see if she could escape from this Red Formation derivative with her Cretaceous ability!
Even if his ability after the promotion was not enough to escape, he would still have an extra strength to fight with that Red Cheng derivative. As long as he could delay it long enough, whether by causing a noise to attract people from the Security Bureau and the Church, or by using the stone sculpture to summon Aldrich, he would have a chance.
The Spider Fang Priest is a derivative of the Red Stage, not a true Red Stage Extraordinary. But even so, judging from the abilities he showed in his villa, his strength should be above that of an ordinary Cretaceous. As a Black Stage, he would not be able to fight against him anyway. He might be killed in one encounter. If he wants to fight against him, he must at least be upgraded to the Cretaceous Stage.
After reaching the Cretaceous Stage, I can see if I can use my abilities to escape directly. Even if I can't escape, I can still buy time. As long as I can buy time, I will have a chance to summon An Yinju, the Church, or Aldrich...
Therefore, Dorothy must be promoted immediately, as it will take some time for the Spider Fang Priest to fly over!
Having made up her mind, Dorothy immediately took out her magic box, opened the lid, grabbed a handful of things from it and spread them out in front of her eyes. When she looked closely, she saw that they were five badges. These were the holy emblems of the pure-colored gods that Dorothy had collected recently!
The holy emblem, which spread out in all directions and radiated like the sun, belonged to the Glowing Savior. It was a souvenir that the priest sent to Dorothy with a smile after she donated about a thousand pounds to the church.
The smooth, simple, right-angled holy emblem, which looked like an ordinary flat pebble, belonged to the Stone Prince. Dorothy bought it from the profiteer Beverly for about a thousand pounds.
That exquisite, slender, inverted triangle-shaped holy emblem, like a female uterus, belongs to the Cup of Cups. Vanya obtained it from the Wolf Blood Society through long-term correspondence.
The holy emblem with a skeleton exterior and closed eyes, like the eyes of the dead, belonged to Hades. It was obtained from the Hades Order through Nefernis in a "peaceful transaction" conducted by Dorothy.
As for the last holy emblem, it was a little special. It was not made of any other precious metal, but was folded from paper.
There were countless numbers printed on it, in an open-eyed state, just like a child's homework in a craft class. The holy emblem belonged to Dorothy. She was the one who tore off the pages of the book and folded it while praying to the system, "This thing is the holy emblem of 'Enlightenment'... This thing is the holy emblem of 'Enlightenment'..."