Chapter 156 Yangyan Talisman
"If I perform exorcisms like this every day, I'll be able to digest the 'Joker' potion in less than a month."
Klein, with a gloomy face, tossed the empty holy water bottle to Leonard, who took it with a playful smile and said,
"Then I suggest you go directly to the circus in the West District. Perhaps in just a week, Her Excellency 'Goddess's Sword' will come and help you advance to Sequence 7."
"If you're willing to play the curly-haired baboon jumping through a hoop of fire."
Angel smiled slightly as he watched the two of them mercilessly teasing each other, feeling his chest warm up.
Oh, it’s the temperature of the Holy Symbol of the Sun. That’s all right then.
She took off the "Mutated Sun Holy Emblem" from her chest, looked at her pocket watch, and found that there were less than two hours left before the limit of contact with the seal.
"Let's hurry back to the church and take turns guarding the holy emblem to recover our strength, otherwise we might be too late."
She interrupted their conversation and suggested.
The three of them—or rather, the busy and sweaty Klein—had already cleared all the "haunted" places in the town of Morse, and several divinations had yielded no additional results.
The few people who were already heading towards the church quickened their pace and soon returned to the Church of the Goddess of Night in the center of the town.
After Priest Hesail explained that he needed to occupy the church for a period of time and hinted that there might be certain risks in getting close, the priest gave up the church.
Fortunately, no believers came to the church at noon. After Siel left, there were only three night watchmen left in the church.
"It will take more than three hours to get back to Tingen. We'd better all rest for an hour to recover our resistance to the negative effects."
Klein said as he took the holy emblem handed to him by Angel.
"I think taking turns guarding for one hour is the best way, and I can start with me first."
Although he pretended to be calm, he seemed a little excited inside, a little inexplicably excited. He specifically asked to borrow this sealed object. Was he going to do something privately?
After being promoted to "Witch", Angel's instigator instinct became more refined. At this time, she could sense a hint of negative emotions from Klein, but it was not strong. It seemed that it only stayed at the level of "guilt for deceiving teammates."
"How about two people guarding while one person rests? The effect of resting is similar, but it's safer."
Leonard suggested with a chuckle, but his eyes were fixed on Klein, trying to read something from his expression.
It was obvious that Klein's mood had become depressed...
Angel chuckled at Mr. Joker's easily guessable mind, pretended to be thoughtful, and after a moment's silence, he said:
"If we're working in pairs, the rotation times need to be more precise and reasonable. First, we need to create a system of equations to solve the rest time and rotation method. Then, we need to compare the results with the single-person rotation to find the optimal solution..." She recounted some long-forgotten math knowledge and made up a few random sentences, then used her "persuasive" ability. "By the way, Leonard, how are you with math?"
The latter had already looked confused, just like when she heard the historical knowledge just now, with a wandering gaze. When she heard Angel calling her, her body trembled and she quickly replied:
"Let's have one person guard it. Each person guards for one hour, so we can rest for two hours. See, how simple it is."
As if he was trying to avoid something, Leonard flew towards the church door.
"Oh well……"
Klein showed a reluctant expression, but after Leonard turned around, it immediately turned into a hearty smile.
Thanks--
He mouthed silently to Angel.
"I'll take over in an hour. If you feel like you can't hold on any longer, you can call me over in advance and we'll wait outside the door."
After giving Klein a few instructions, Angel followed Leonard out of the church.
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"Did you just use the 'Instigate' ability on me?"
Leonard suddenly asked, leaning against the tree trunk next to the church to avoid the afternoon sun.
You finally came to your senses. How slow of a fool you are...
Angel pretended to be secretive and said:
"Actually, to be precise, I didn't 'instruct' you to do anything, I just 'persuaded' you."
"So you admit it?" Leonard simply walked around the tree trunk and stared at Angel. "If I open the church door now, what will I see?"
How do I know...
Frowning slightly, Angel looked towards the church gate. The spire-style church was facing away from the sun, and its shadow fell between the main gate and the big tree where they were hiding. As the sun set in the west, the shadow gradually approached.
"I don't know," she admitted honestly. "Aren't you going to be the 'protagonist' of an adventure novel? Why don't you try to figure it out yourself?"
Leonard chuckled and leaned back against the tree trunk.
"Remember, we agreed not to pry into each other's secrets, so I won't cause trouble for Klein this time. But it's impossible for you to discover my secrets or find my specialness during this mission."
It turns out Leonard's suspicion started when Klein took over Dunn's words and took the initiative to participate in the mission. He suspected that Klein and I wanted to secretly observe him and use this opportunity to discover his specialness?
You are so narcissistic, Mr. Midnight Poet!
Angel sighed, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and stopped talking.
But why did the weather suddenly get hot...
She looked up and found that the sunlight had become stronger at some point, and the clouds penetrated by the sunlight seemed to evaporate and disappear against the background of the blue sky.
"What a beautiful day."
She exclaimed in admiration.
Unfortunately, within a few minutes, the scorching sunlight was gradually obscured by the reappearing white clouds and returned to its previous intensity.
Leonard seemed to still not give up and looked at the black-painted Morse Town Church again.
…
When the shift change came in an hour, Angel opened the side door of the church and walked in. She could feel Leonard looking at her expectantly from behind.
Even though he said he wouldn't look, he was still full of curiosity...
She closed the door behind her and walked deeper.
The temperature inside the church was much higher than outside. Klein leaned against a bench in the first row of the church, seemingly resting with his eyes closed. When Angel approached, he discovered that his face was covered in sweat, his shirt was soaked, and even the ends of his black hair were dry and curly.
It was as if it had been exposed to the strange sunlight just now.
Angel frowned, stretched out his right hand towards Klein's body, and summoned a large number of uncondensed ice crystals with the "witch's" frost ability. This would not form a frost spear or similar objects, but it could quickly lower the surrounding temperature.
In just a few seconds, the high temperature in the church was dispelled by the extraordinary power, and it became cold. In the area closest to Angel, there was even mist condensed from the humid air that cooled.
“A-choo——”
Klein, who was sleeping, felt the drastic change in temperature and sneezed.
I feel like I have a cold...
Angel guiltily stopped the power of frost, letting the cold air around him slowly dissipate, and looked at Klein whose eyes slowly opened.
"Sorry, I was a little sleepy just now, so I took a break. Is it time already?"
The first thing he did when he woke up was to touch the pocket of his windbreaker, then he breathed a sigh of relief and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"It's already been an hour. I'll guard the seal from now on. You go outside to rest, or ask the priest for a glass of water."
Pointing to the church door, Angel replied.
"Thank you. I will."
Klein nodded, took off the Holy Sun Emblem from his chest, and handed it to Angel. Then he stood up shakily and turned to leave the church.
"Oh, right," he suddenly remembered something and turned back, "This is for you. Thank you for helping me get rid of Leonard."
He took out a thin gold piece from the pocket of his windbreaker that he had just covered and handed it to Angel.
"It's called the 'Sunfire Charm'. The inscription on it is 'light' in the ancient Hermetic language. I haven't tested its effectiveness yet, so remember to throw it far away."
This is a pre-engraved talisman, similar to the "Sleep" and "Requiem" talismans of the Church of Evernight, but the base material is gold, and the pattern is much more complex.
The moment she took the talisman, Angel felt a warmth similar to the Holy Symbol of the Sun seeping out from the talisman, through her skin, and into her body.
There was no doubt that the hour Klein had been alone just now was for the purpose of creating this kind of spell, and he must have utilized the power of the sealed object, the "Mutated Holy Symbol of the Sun."
By giving it to me directly, is he admitting his behavior and bribing me?
Looking at Klein who was slowly leaving, Angel smiled slightly and stuffed the talisman into his pocket.
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