Chapter 74: Scouting
It was noon in Igwynte, somewhere in a hotel room.
The thick curtains were all drawn to block the sunlight. The gas lamp on the table illuminated the dim space. Dorothy sat at the table. In front of her was a large map of Igwynte. The purple map was illuminated by the dim light and turned into a burnt yellow color.
On the side of the map, there were compasses, maces and other drawing tools. On the top of the map, a magic circle was drawn with dark red powder. Mysterious patterns and symbols were superimposed on the map of the area. The main symbols drawn above the magic circle were an upright scepter and radiating light, and below was an open eye.
"Huh...done..."
After drawing all the magic circles on the map according to the information given by Aldridge, Dorothy finally completed the preparations for divination. Now she can start the first divination in her occult career.
Opening the small wooden box beside the table, Dorothy took out the spiritual storage of the "lamp" she had bought from Aldridge the other day, a small piece of orange-yellow amber.
According to Aldridge's divination teaching, the two kinds of spirituality required for divination are "Lamp" and "Inspiration". "Inspiration" can be provided by oneself, and "Lamp" costs 150 pounds directly. According to the passive effect of Kane's appraisal technique, Dorothy roughly estimated that the spirituality of the "Lamp" in this amber is only about 1 point.
"One point of spirituality sells for 150 pounds... I wish I could take out my own "inspiration" and sell it..."
Dorothy complained in her heart as she placed the amber worth 150 pounds on the light symbol on the map, while the "on" symbol was left vacant.
Then Dorothy pulled out a crystal pendant from her pocket. Dorothy bought it at a grocery carpet store in downtown for a few coins. The owner insisted that the pendant was crystal, but Dorothy was sure it was glass.
But it doesn't matter. According to Aldridge, the important thing in divination is the spirituality, not the props. As long as the spirituality is there, the other things are harmless.
Holding the cheap pendant, what Dorothy had to do now was to perform a divination called a pendulum. Among the several simple divination methods given by Aldridge, this was the best one for divination location.
In fact, Dorothy could also try to connect to the headquarters of the Divination Holy Communion and report it first, but she didn't know whether the Holy Communion, which existed in the form of various bases, had a headquarters. Even if there was, what if there was anti-divination in it? She only had a little "light" and couldn't waste it, so she didn't gamble and connected to the divination ambush location, which was safer.
Standing in front of the table, Dorothy held the pendant and held the tip of the fake crystal to the map, then she began to recite silently.
"I use the all-seeing lamp to illuminate the sea of enlightenment..."
As Dorothy murmured, a crack appeared on the amber on the magic circle, and invisible spirituality was released. At the same time, Dorothy felt something being drawn out of her body, and with the system's prompt, her "activated" spirituality decreased by 1 point.
"I need to know where the Igwynt Red Sacrament plans to ambush the Hunter Squad."
Dorothy then began to swing the pendant. The tip of the pendant began to sway back and forth on the map.
Gradually, the pendant in Dorothy's hand seemed to be pulled by some mysterious force while shaking, and began to slowly tilt in one direction. As the amplitude of the swing became smaller and smaller, the pendant finally stopped, and finally pointed to a point on the map in a way that violated gravity.
Dorothy looked in the direction the crystal tip pointed. The landmark showed that the place was called... Flooded Pier.
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The Flooded Wharf is located on the east side of Igwynt, close to the suburbs, in the lower reaches of the Tieni River. It used to be a prosperous small riverside wharf, mainly used for loading and unloading of goods by small river boats, as well as for ferries across the river. However, due to its poor location, it was often flooded on a large scale during the flood season, hence the name Flooded Wharf.
The flooded wharf is not an official wharf, but a joint venture of several merchant fleets. Therefore, some lawless people often use it to engage in some extraordinary transportation, and even black cases have occurred. A few years ago, the Igwinter authorities took over this place and arrested nearly a hundred people. Since then, this place has become deserted and is in a state of large-scale abandonment.
In the afternoon, in Igwynte, on the flooded dock.
Illegally built prefabricated houses are lined up along the river bank. There are three or four-story houses made of stone bricks and without exterior paint scattered around. The doors of vacant warehouses are wide open, and there are rusty boats tied to the river, obviously having not been used for a long time.
On a secluded street, a carriage was parked. A fringe-haired girl sat in the carriage with her eyes closed, resting. At this moment, her consciousness was connected to the eyes in the sky.
Several flying bird dolls, controlled by Dorothy, hovered over the flooded dock, overlooking the intricate terrain of the flooded dock from high altitude perspectives at different angles.
"So...if I were you, how would I choose the ambush location?"
Dorothy thought so, and at this moment she put herself into the perspective of the Holy Communion, imagining how she could select an ideal ambush site from this complex scene, so that she could easily eliminate the enemies who fell into the trap.
With the help of a multi-angle bird's-eye view, Dorothy quickly found a suitable location.
It was a warehouse, a short, small steel-frame warehouse. At four different angles above the warehouse stood four abandoned, unfinished small brick buildings. There was even a fairly tall bell tower to the south. All these buildings were some distance away from the warehouse. Dorothy thought that if guns were set up in these four buildings and the bell tower, the enemies in the warehouse would be trapped.
The outer walls of the abandoned steel-frame warehouse were all made of gypsum boards, which were completely unable to withstand bullets. The walls had fallen off and had holes in many places, and one could see inside clearly at a certain angle. If the people inside were attacked from five angles at the same time and had their guns held at rest by the enemy who had the advantage of being at a high altitude, they would have no ability to fight back.
In low-end extraordinary battles where mortals still participate, guns are still the undisputed main output, whether it is for the Holy Communion or the Security Bureau. Therefore, Dorothy imagines it from the perspective of gun battles, then this warehouse is an excellent trap location.
Dorothy spent the entire afternoon controlling the zombie bird to fly and patrol over the dock. She used the bird's eyes to conduct a more thorough investigation of the brick buildings and warehouses. At the same time, she was waiting for something.
Finally, around three o'clock, after Dorothy had waited for more than two hours, she saw a group of men mysteriously walk to the top of the bell tower, and began to look down at the surrounding environment from the top of the bell tower, discussing something intensely.
In the center of this group of sneaky men was a man with a thin face, gloomy eyes, neatly combed brown hair, and a small mustache. He held a scepter in his hand, silently looking at the scene below, and speaking something to his subordinates around him.
"Ahhh~ You guys finally came to check out the place..."
Looking at this scene, Dorothy in the carriage stretched lazily.
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At night in Igwynte, in an apartment building in the upper city.
In the messy bedroom, Brandon knelt on the ground respectfully, and the mouth of flesh and blood on the bloody altar in front of him issued a commanding voice.
"The trap has been set, and the action will be taken today. Our flowers will be sent to the Security Bureau at 10:30 this morning. Once they are dispatched, you will also be dispatched immediately."
"Yes, Mr. Buck!"
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