Chapter 606 Interrogation and Herding

Bang--

What surprised Angel was that Triss actually resisted using a substitute, and instead took William's punch with her own body. She slammed heavily against the wall, knocking the decorative paintings off the nails. Her beautiful face was distorted with pain, but her eyes remained firm.

The invisible silk thread that William tore off instantly changed its position, and ejected her like a slingshot. She moved around in the small bedroom, and the place she left was covered by the newly generated golden flame in the next second. The sacred breath suppressed the haze of the "witch".

Angel, who was hiding in the mirror world, had already seen William's potion sequence. His ability to turn Triss's escape behavior into approaching was obviously from the "Lawyer" or "Black Emperor" path. And judging from how he could easily reverse the behavior of the "Pain" witch, it was very likely to be Sequence 5.

I wonder if besides the abilities of the “Corrupted Baron”, what other special qualities does he have, the kind of majesty that makes people want to submit to him?

The golden flames were clearly the bright flames of the "Sun Priest," similar to the "Sun Brooch" ability Klein possessed. Perhaps they were the effect of William's pocket watch.

While she was watching the fire from the other side, Triss had already returned to the bedroom door while constantly changing her position. The invisible thread was like her other hand, opening the door in an instant, and she was about to get out of the room and retreat to the larger living room.

But with a "click", her idea of opening the door was changed to "lock the door tightly and seal this place off". Not only the main door, but even the window on the other side was closed, and the entire room became a closed whole.

Another golden flame followed. This time, Triss had no time to dodge and her body was quickly surrounded by the "fire of light". It burned like a torch more than one meter high.

boom--

The flames suddenly exploded, mixed with black curse flames. The delicate body was ignited by the two flames, and the next second it turned into a short stick covered in flames.

Wand substitute!

Triss appeared at the other end of the bedroom, unharmed. Black flames flew out from under her skirt, drawing elegant arcs and rushing towards William. However, under the influence of his "distortion" ability, they moved erratically like headless flies, either flying to the ceiling or hitting the bed, unable to hit him directly.

The bedroom seemed to be crumbling under the bombardment of black flames, but it maintained the last bit of "closedness" and did not transmit any sound or movement.

Seeing that the long-range attack was ineffective, Triss's face darkened. In a ray of blue light, a hard ice spike condensed in her hand. She held it backward like a dagger and stabbed it quickly at William under the pull of the silk thread.

The latter was not in a hurry. He raised one hand and easily blocked the charged attack of the Witch of Pain. He clenched his other hand into a fist and hit Triss's shoulder with an ordinary blow.

This seemingly simple punch sent the opponent flying, and he fell directly on the door. If it weren't for the fact that the concept of "blockade" that confused him was still effective, the fragile door would have been broken long ago.

No, not even a Sequence 5 "Lawyer" could possess such strength to block a full-strength attack from a witch of the same Sequence with bare hands... Angel and Klein, who had fought against the "Corrupted Baron" before, had shared combat experience and knew that this method was not conducive to close combat.

Unless... She immediately thought of Triss and William's coat that the latter had handed over when they first entered the bedroom, and thought of another rather dishonest ability of the "lawyer" route: bribery.

This ability is available starting from Sequence 7 and will continue to grow stronger with advancement. As long as the target is given certain things, such as money, treasures, wine glasses, or coats, it can be weakened or confused.

Obviously, when William entered the bedroom, he had already judged that the woman who deliberately approached him was an enemy. He took the opportunity to hand over the coat to "bribe" Triss, weakening her attack and defense!

No wonder, after all this time, the "disease" Triss must have unleashed didn't even cause him any discomfort. This was probably related to the "weakening"...

Angel frowned in the mirror and began to consider whether to join the battle and help Triss who was at a disadvantage.

The reasons for helping were very sufficient: to resolve the battle quickly to avoid being discovered by outsiders; to prevent Triss from losing control due to serious injuries, or even suffering the same fate as Megose; even if it was a cooperative role, putting in more effort would give her a say in distribution.

There is only one reason for not helping:

Triss was still full of fighting spirit and showed no intention of calling for help.

The moment she was hit by the door, she adjusted her body posture, touched the door with her legs, and turned the impact force into power like a spring, and bounced herself towards William who was standing beside the bed in the middle of the bedroom. She still held the Frost Blade in her hand and launched another "charged attack".

Even though the melee ability between the two was shortened through "bribery", William did not dare to take such attacks continuously. He turned sideways to try to avoid the ice spikes, and at the same time used "distortion" to guide Triss's attack to the other side.

Just as he was about to dodge, Triss's face, which had been tilted slightly downward and hidden in the shadow of her bangs, suddenly lifted up. The perfect curve outlined by her smooth neck and slightly round chin made William's heart skip a beat and his lower abdomen feel hot. He suddenly remembered another battle with his mistress just now.

His thoughts diverged in an instant, and then quickly converged under the spiritual reminder.

But this moment of hesitation was enough for Triss, whose attack was twisted to the other side, to kick out, aiming at William's knee.

Bang, he was caught off guard and his knees were hit one after another. He felt a sense of weightlessness and fell backwards to the ground with his head heavy and his feet light.

With a swish, the ice spike in Triss's hand flew out like an arrow. At the same time, William spread out his right palm, facing Triss with his palm. His figure began to split, as if a transparent Triss overlapped with him, constantly alternating, as if the two had a strange connection in mysticism.

With a "Puchi", two dull sounds of sharp blades entering the flesh were heard, and William's left shoulder was nailed directly to the carpet. Strangely, there was not much blood due to the huge wound.

Triss, who was attacking him, froze. A huge wound also appeared on her left shoulder. Blood flowed out from under the black skirt that exposed half of her shoulder, as if she had been cut by an invisible sharp blade, a deep wound visible to the bone.

But apart from her face being twisted in pain, she did not hesitate at all. Her uninjured hand condensed another ice blade and pounced on William, nailing his other shoulder to the carpet, even if she had to pay the same price!

In just a few seconds, the battle situation in the bedroom was reversed. Triss exchanged injuries and severely injured William Sykes, who had no stand ability and was not in outstanding physique, and ended the battle.

Puff, William, whose shoulders could not move and frost spread to his neck, spat out a mouthful of almost black dirty blood, his face turned pale and flushed.

His "disease" finally broke out due to the influence of time and injuries.

Seeing that the opponent had lost his fighting ability, Triss slowly knelt down beside William. She was weakened by the "bribery" and was connected to the opponent's body. She suffered the same injury and was almost exhausted at this time.

But the "witch" has the ability to recover from her own injuries. Frost gradually condensed on the wounds on her shoulders, and black flames seemed to be constantly pouring out from inside. Her flesh and blood grew rapidly in this "injury", and the bleeding slowly stopped. Although it was not as fast as the "flesh and blood control", this serious injury deep to the bone could be healed in a day at most.

Watching the other party gradually recover his strength, William's face, which was twisted by pain, turned paler.

Of course, the final straw that broke the camel's back was the figure that appeared in the half-length mirror next to him.

There has always been another enemy here?

He completely gave up on gathering strength, waiting for an opportunity to escape, and collapsed with powerlessness all over his body.

Angel came back to reality from the "mirror world" and looked at Triss, whose face was pale from blood loss but who was forcing herself to take out the magic mirror for divination. He said softly:

"Let me do it."

This seemed like an act of "stealing the spoils", but the two had already determined their responsibilities before the action. Angel was only responsible for monitoring whether there were other people to help, and William should have been dealt with by Triss herself.

Therefore, the latter hesitated for a moment and nodded, put down his magic mirror, and recovered from his injuries with peace of mind.

When she came to William's side, Angel did not take out the magic mirror. She did not intend to use time-consuming and laborious divination, but planned to directly "communicate with spirits".

Generally speaking, spiritualism is performed on the spirits of the deceased, but when the gap between the spirituality and will of the two is too great, spiritualism can also be used directly to inquire about the living.

Angel has been promoted to Sequence 4, while William, a Sequence 5, is seriously injured and weak-willed, making him a good target for experimenting with living human telepathy.

Easily entering a semi-meditative state, Angel saw William lying on the ground, seriously injured, with a weak aura and a dim etheric body. He was quickly controlled and synchronized by her, and fell into a dazed state.

"Who are you?"

Angel tried asking a simple question first.

"William Sikes."

William answered honestly with a blank expression, as if he was communicating with the spirit of the dead.

After asking a few simple questions and confirming that William had no ability to resist, Angel quickly got to the point:

"Do you know how your last employer, Count Lustin, Edessac Augustus, died?"

"I know," William's answer was so straightforward that it surprised them both. "On the surface, he committed suicide out of fear of punishment for colluding with a cult and raising a witch. But in reality, someone needed to completely shut him up, so they gave me some spiritually annihilating bullets and asked me to kill him."

"Did you do this?"

Triss beside her didn't care about her injuries and immediately asked.

Fortunately, William had already entered a state of "spiritual communication". He turned his head to look at Triss, shook his head and said:

"It wasn't me. It would be difficult for me to approach His Royal Highness alone, so I handed the bullet over to his chief butler, Finkel, to oversee the 'suicide' process."

When she heard the word "suicide", Triss's beautiful face twisted for a moment, and then returned to normal, but her tense shoulders showed that her heart was not yet at peace.

Glancing at her, Angel continued to ask:

"What happened next? Everyone who knew about it seemed to have perished in the fire. How did you survive?"

"Everyone who wasn't there survived. Most of them were sent away to other places. I found another job, and now I'm the butler of the manor... But it seems that someone is following and monitoring me."

Sure enough, the forces behind this wouldn't let him go so easily, but why didn't they kill him? Could it be that they were using him as bait?

Thinking of this, Angel immediately asked:

"Who ordered you and Finkel to kill Edsak?"

This question seemed to touch upon the secret deep in William's heart, causing a hint of pain to appear on his originally expressionless face. Fortunately, he was severely injured and unable to resist. His expression soon became calm as he replied:

"Viscount Stratford, the head of the royal guards, my current employer."

As expected, the royal family was directly involved in the "big smog" conspiracy, and in order to silence him, they even killed a prince... Angel felt that this answer was expected, but he was a little alert.

The royal family did not kill William to silence him after the incident, but instead arranged for him to work under the captain of the palace guards. The main purpose was definitely surveillance, but it was also very likely that he was used as bait to attract the attention of certain people who wanted to investigate in depth.

Then, they sit back and wait!

Thinking of this, Angel no longer hesitated. She quickly ended the spiritual communication and looked at Triss beside her. The latter also thought of this quickly and began to grit her teeth to summon the black curse flame. She carefully cleaned her own blood on the ground to avoid leaving any evidence for tracking.

But what about William Sykes... Angel looked at William who was gradually regaining consciousness, knowing that he must not spare his life today. However, if the royal family conducted psychic communication afterwards, Triss's identity would be exposed. Although he was disguised, he might also be included in the tracking list, which would inevitably cause trouble.

Of course, the solution is very simple...

She chuckled softly, feeling that she had only been back in Backlund for half a month, and seemed to have already lost the mentality of traveling on the sea for half a year.

With his spiritual power concentrated, Angel immediately controlled the gradually worsening disease in William's body, as if an invisible hand was gripping his pounding heart, causing his heart to stop within a few seconds. He collapsed with fear and confusion on his face.

Then, she took off the "Rose Necklace" from her neck and pressed it directly on William's forehead. The spreading spirituality poured into the necklace, and three rays of light of different colors emerged from it.

They represent the three souls that have been set free: the Apostle of Desire, the Judge, and the Wind-Blessed.

Without much hesitation, Angel chose the soul of the "Judge". A male soul with long cheeks and a painful expression roared silently and dissipated. The extraordinary characteristics with a bright yellow light quickly condensed next to the necklace.

The "Judge" characteristic of Heras, who died at the hands of Angel, has reappeared in the world.

At the same time, an invisible cold wind blew beside Angel, Triss and William who died of a heart attack, pulling William's spirit from the corpse and sucking him into the bright red gem of the "Rose Necklace" while he howled in despair. An evil and noble black color appeared on the surface of the gem, quickly retracted and disappeared.

She has successfully herded this "chaos mentor".