Chapter 759 Interlude
The moment the Red Angel's evil spirit left his body, Ince Zangwill understood everything.
Only then did he realize that he had already fallen into the trap of the evil spirit in the "hunter's" path.
No wonder he kept urging me to find Beyonder characteristics of the same path. I thought he was anxious to recover his strength, but it turns out his ultimate goal was to be able to move freely after leaving the personal underworld within my body... The bulging blood vessels in his blind eye gradually disappeared, but a hint of anger flashed in his other deep blue eye.
Ever since obtaining "0-08" and leaving the church, no one has been able to deceive Ince Zangwill except when he schemes against others!
But no matter how angry he was, it was of no avail. The "Red Angel" had already left here with the "Pen of Alesukhod". This sealed object and the powerful evil spirit had nothing to do with him anymore.
All he had before him was the "Hell General," who had been declared dead in the newspapers but had reappeared before his eyes...
With a cold smile, Ince Zangwill raised his right hand, about to bestow his own misfortune upon Ludwell before him, only to find that Ludwell had dodged and hidden in a nearby building. Two new figures then appeared in his place.
One of them was wearing eye shadow and blush, and her face looked a little pale, while the other had black hair, blue eyes, and wore transparent gloves.
It was Daly Simone and Leonard Mitchell who had come from the other side of the continent using the "Creeping Hunger"!
As soon as they landed, their eyes were fixed on Ince Zangwill, who was not wearing any disguise, and even the soft hat on his head fell off during the fight for the "Red Angel". They expressed their anger without concealing it.
The emerald green in Daly's eyes was instantly replaced by a deep, mist-shrouded lake. The same scenery appeared in Ins's eyes. Within his sight, ripples spread across the lake, and a beautiful, illusory figure gradually emerged.
That’s the “Lady of the Lake”!
This powerful spirit can plunge any creature that meets the Dominator's gaze into a deep dream, its effect similar to the nightmares unleashed by the demigod's "dark" path.
As if they had discussed it beforehand, Leonard, who arrived at the square at the same time, wasted no time. With one hand, he pulled out a translucent black talisman from his pocket, and with the other hand, he drew a bright, dazzling lightning from the illusory book that appeared in front of him.
"destiny!"
He activated the "Luck Stealer" spell with powerful ancient Hermetic language, and at the same time released the "Lightning Storm" stored in the depths of the soul of the recorder grazed by the "Creeping Hunger", and the target actually chose himself who was closest to him!
In this way, Ince Zangwill, who was influenced by the "Luck Stealer", will bear his next "fate", the fate of being directly hit by a demigod-level lightning strike!
But after the silver-white lightning enveloped Leonard, who looked determined, it did not cause any harm. Instead, it broke through the darkness that had enveloped him at some point.
After a moment of distraction, he found himself standing next to the exit of the square where he had just been "teleported". He had just taken out the "Luck Stealer" with one hand and raised the other hand in front of him. The illusory book and silver-white lightning completely disappeared.
I... was pulled into a dream?
Leonard, who had plenty of experience in dreaming, reacted immediately and looked at Ince Zangwill. The shimmering light in the latter's eyes was replaced by circles of expanding black, as if mocking the Night Watcher in front of him: You don't even know when I fell asleep, and you still want to block my way?
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When the Red Angel's evil spirit left on its own initiative and Leonard arrived as promised, Klein controlled the Hell Admiral to dash into the nearby building and recited the Fool's Honorable Name without a pause. Then, he also came above the gray fog and used the "anchor" provided by his secret marionette to lock onto the nearby Ince Zangwill.
Huh... He let out a light breath, pressed the "Tyrant" card on the bronze table, picked up the bone scepter that had been prepared long ago, and transformed into the "Poseidon" wearing a triple crown and surrounded by lightning.
Taste the wrath of God, Ince Zangwill...
Silently scolding, Klein raised his scepter, invoking the gray mist's status and the power of the "Tyrant." A silver-white lightning bolt instantly formed. He was about to use the crimson star that appeared during Ludwell's prayer to send the thunder of revenge to the renegade archbishop.
At this moment, he suddenly discovered that the nightmare power that had been spreading out from Ince Zangwill's side in the Resurrection Square below, causing Daly Simone to fall asleep and interrupting Leonard Mitchell's suicide attack, was offset and dissipated by the equally rapidly dissipating power not far away.
Klein's gaze instantly locked onto the rooftop of the building. Crouching in the shadows there was a figure wearing a windbreaker and a top hat, one hand holding down the brim and the other resting on his forehead.
That is...
That's it!
For a moment, joy and doubt filled Klein's chest, causing him to hesitate for a moment.
But the next moment, his thunder, mixed with these emotions, struck Ince Zangwill without hesitation.
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When the evil spirit wearing a crimson robe, a jeweled crown on its head, and its face covered by a golden mask appeared in front of Angel, she thought for a moment that someone had contained the "Red Priest" card and descended into the real world in the form of a spirit.
Of course, the next second, she confirmed the identity of the "person" in front of her from the mocking laughter: the evil spirit of the "Red Angel" who had been trapped underground in Backlund and tried to lure her with the "Red Priest" card.
Therefore, there are indeed two cards of blasphemy belonging to the "Hunter" path... She first answered a question in her mind, and then immediately flew backwards, avoiding a blue-purple flame that appeared at her original position.
The flames dripped like liquid, burning deep pits of varying sizes on the rammed earth below. The sand inside was molten and emitted a dark red glow.
There is no need for too many words, the "Red Angel" evil spirit has already made the positions of both sides clear through its actions.
He clutched a quill. Was it "0-08"? I hadn't expected the sealed artifact taken by Ince Zangwill to end up in his hands. Something must have happened in the battle over there... But why didn't the evil spirit continue its journey through the spirit world, but instead attacked me directly? Was it worried I'd use mirror magic to stop it, or... Angel's gaze swept over the Red Priest, who was also floating in the air, and he had a guess.
The evil spirit possessing Ince Zangwill constantly demands different sequences of "Hunter" Beyonder traits. Speculation suggests he's already nearing demi-god status. Could it be that he's actively approaching me to seize my "Iron-Blooded Knight" Beyonder trait? No, this isn't the right time. He could easily leave first, wait for "0-08" to recover, and then attempt a promotion... Is this due to the synergistic effect between the "Red Priest" and "Witch" cards? High-sequence cards in adjacent pathways also experience this synergy...
While thinking, Angel did not stay where she was. After becoming the "witch" spirit, her more flexible body instantly changed several positions, avoiding the dripping liquid flames that kept appearing in the air, causing a small fire below.
At the same time, she also responded to the "Red Priest" who was burning with flames with beams of extremely deep black flames, neutralizing the opponent's extremely high temperature flame armor. As for the "disease", it had almost no effect at this temperature.
"Heh, you're such an indestructible little bug! I recognized you. You appeared in Backlund with that 'Faceless Man' who was disguised as me..."
Amidst the attack and defense of the blue-purple flames and the pure black cursed flames, the "Red Priest" suddenly spoke.
"My promise from then still stands, but I can make a small change now. If you hand over the 'Iron Knight' trait, I'll give you this 'Red Priest' card. If you don't want to spend a long time slowly consuming potions and waiting for your chance to advance, you can choose the 'War Bishop'. Compared to the twisted and erratic 'Witch', the 'Hunter' only needs to fight non-stop!"
Amidst the harsh words, a stream of condensed flames appeared in the evil spirit's palm covered with iron-black gloves, and then shot out as he swung it, almost instantly crossing the distance between the two people and penetrating Angel's chest.
His previous liquid flames that were slow to locate and lacked lethality were completely a disguise of his own strength. Now that he has absorbed the "Reaper" characteristic and with the help of his own status and the power of the "Card of Blasphemy", the evil spirit has reached a level capable of killing a demigod!
Bang--
A crisp sound was heard, and the "witch" in a black dress and a crown on her head shattered like glass. In the sky not far away, another identical figure appeared, unharmed.
As if he had anticipated this result, the "Red Priest" did not show any change of emotion. Instead, he gathered a flame once again, but waited for it to be ignited.
Swish, a string of identical iron dolls connected by iron chains fell out from under the black skirt of the "witch". Before they hit the ground, they turned into ten armored soldiers with a height of nearly two meters and an astonishing aura.
They raised various weapons in their hands and pointed them at the "Red Priest" in the sky. Black flames fell towards them, wrapping around the weapons and burning silently.
These "reapers" all stepped forward and roared:
"ha!"
The "witch" Angel above also took out a feather that exuded the breath of death from her body. The bloodstain of the "Archon of Death" stained on it seemed to be activated and turned into a deep red.
In front of her, the eyes behind the metal mask of the "Red Priest" finally revealed a serious look.
In the distant Resurrection Square, an atmosphere that carried the power of death but also made people feel tranquility suddenly surged. The sky, which originally still had a few stars, seemed to be covered by an invisible curtain, leaving only the crimson moonlight shining on the earth.
It is the combination of the power of "Death" and "Night".
That was the mythical creature form of Ince Zangwill.
Bang--
The same power of death also enveloped the two spirits floating in the air, causing the "Red Priest" to fall into a rigid state for a moment. Below, the charge of the "Reaper Legion" began.
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