Chapter 106 Escape
"Bang——"
The bullet, with a black flame, streaked across the side of the "witch's" face and penetrated into the wet mud on the banks of the Tussock River.
It wasn't that Angel decided to spare her life on the spur of the moment, but an invisible force dragged the witch sideways, rapidly moving her away. The immense force even broke her neck, and her face showed a mixture of panic and pain.
Spider Silk...is the "Pleasure Witch"!
Looking at this familiar way of moving, Angel instantly thought of Mrs. Sharon.
She switched the empty "Thirsty Blood" to her left hand, took out another revolver, and continuously fired the "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" in the magazine, chasing the witch who was moving faster and farther away from her.
Balls of phosphorescence exploded on the ground, and the figure stained with a white halo was dragged by the glittering spider silk and continued to move. The witch herself seemed to have used "lightness" to make herself fly close to the ground like a kite.
At the end of the spider silk, another gradually emerging white outline also became clear.
"Captain, can you restrain them?"
Angel used up all of his "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" and had no time to reload, so he had to shout for help from his teammates.
"She's holding the statue of the 'Original Witch,' and my 'Nightmare' ability is almost ineffective against her. Meanwhile, another Beyonder, the 'Pleasure Witch,' seems to have found a way to deal with the phantom phosphorus eruption..."
Dunn Smith's tired voice came from behind.
As if to verify his words, the witch's dragged body merged with another figure, who hugged the witch's body and waved his arms. The two figures quickly disappeared into the night, and even the phantom phosphorescent powder attached to their bodies was no longer visible.
At the last moment, the witch who escaped from her seemed to look back at Angel.
"Bang—bang—"
Leonard came up from Angel's other side, raised his pistol and fired several shots.
In the darkness of night, they fired at a target nearly a hundred meters away. The bullets had already flown in an unknown direction, as if they were seeing off the two fleeing Extraordinaries.
"Forget it. They're determined to escape, and there's nothing we can do to stop them."
Angel suppressed his inner anxiety, shook his head, and comforted Leonard who was holding the empty revolver.
"I thought you were the most anxious. Just now, your eyes were red, and you were chasing that witch like you were desperate..."
Leonard said as he reloaded his pistol.
Are my eyes red?
Angel rubbed his eyes subconsciously.
"Maybe I saw that white bone statue when I used my spiritual vision just now..."
"Cough..." Dunn coughed, interrupting their conversation. He frowned and looked in the direction where the two Beyonders were leaving, then shook his head as if giving up.
"I wasn't in the best of shape tonight. I made too many mistakes. I didn't notice the witch approaching stealthily, and her statue broke my Nightmare ability. Just now, I even let the Pleasure Witch escape from my grasp..."
His face was filled with a mixture of fatigue and annoyance. He turned to look at the anxious Angel, pursed his lips, and said, "Go see Klein, and then... talk about your situation."
"team leader……"
Leonard stared in surprise at Dunn, but he shut his mouth under the latter's stern gaze and walked towards Klein, who was still lying on the ground, with a gloomy face.
Angel silently put the revolver and dagger back into place and followed Leonard. Dunn, who was walking at the end, had a gaze that seemed to be real, falling on her, making the skin on her back tense.
When Angel decided to use the "magic pocket watch", he was already prepared to expose his magical item.
If the passive ability of "Blood Thirst" to strengthen bullets could still allow her to get away with it in fierce battles, then the several extraordinary abilities that the "Magic Pocket Watch" allowed her to gain would be impossible to hide from the Night Watchers present.
A massive flash of flame, a strange paper substitute, and life-saving damage transfer...
They had fought against the Tuxedo Clown of the Secret Order, the Sequence 7 "Magician," just half a month ago. They were familiar with these abilities and knew that an "assassin" should absolutely not possess them.
But Klein was seriously injured... Leonard and the captain were in a difficult battle...
She will definitely regret causing casualties in the team in order to conceal her magical item.
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"I'm already... cough cough, don't drink... I'm fine."
With the help of several people, Klein was moved from the half-coagulated blood on the ground to the side of the carriage and sat on the footboard below the driver's seat.
Dunn took out a thumb-sized sky-blue metal bottle, unscrewed the cap, and forced Klein to drink "Goddess's Gaze."
Leonard pulled a small bunch of Klein's hair, ignoring the latter's grimace of pain, and carefully wrapped the hair around the ceremonial knife. He muttered something and inserted the knife vertically into the center of the pool of blood that Klein had leaked.
After taking a sip of the potion, Klein's face, which had turned pale due to blood loss, quickly regained its rosy color. Although the wound on his shoulder was still bleeding, it was no longer affecting his movements after emergency treatment.
"Just now I almost thought I was going to..."
He used his right hand to touch the damaged part of his shirt on his chest, where the witch's dagger had pierced through his ribs and stabbed into his heart. The severe pain almost made him faint, and the blood that spurted out also dyed most of his white shirt red.
But the area where the fatal wound was originally located is now as smooth as new skin.
"This is a bit like the trick that Tuxedo Clown used last time, but how did you do it?"
With a puzzled look on his face, he looked at Angel, who was silent, at Dunn, who had his arms folded and his eyes flickering, and at Leonard, who was staring at Dunn with a gloomy face and pursed his lips.
This atmosphere is a little off...
Even though Klein's brain was a little slow from the blood loss, he noticed the strange atmosphere on the field.
Captain Dunn crossed his arms across his chest, which psychologically seems to be a defensive and distrustful gesture. Who is he guarding against?
Why is Leonard hostile to the captain? Or perhaps wary of him? Have they ever argued?
Angel lowered his head, staring at his feet motionlessly, as if studying the composition of the soil along the Tussock River.
Looking at the three silent people, Klein was about to speak to break the awkward atmosphere when a puff of black smoke suddenly erupted from the ceremonial knife Leonard had stuck in the ground. The hair tied to it suddenly caught fire and quickly burned to ashes.
The pool of blood also turned black with the knife as the center.
"That was the witch's curse. I used Klein's hair and blood as a substitute to block her attack. Otherwise, with his weakened body, he wouldn't be able to withstand such a curse."
Leonard withdrew his gaze from the smoking ceremonial knife and looked at Dunn.
"Captain, the two enemies just now were very powerful. One was a Sequence 6 'Pleasure Witch', and the other was a 'Witch' who could skillfully cast curses. If it weren't for Angel..."
"I know, of course I know."
Dunn also spoke. His eyes swept over Leonard, who was arguing, Klein, who opened his mouth unsure what to say, and finally stopped at Angel, who lowered his head.
"Am I such a person in your eyes? Because a team member took out a hidden magical item to win the battle and save his companions, and then reported this matter to the Sanctuary?"
"Apart from the fact that I often forget things, I don't think my image is that bad, right?"
The corners of his mouth turned up and there was a smile in his eyes.
Leonard seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and his tense body relaxed.
"Klein, can you hold on a little longer?" Dunn turned to the only injured person present. "Although those two Beyonders escaped, our main goal is to disrupt the curse ritual. If you can still hold on, let's go check on that house. If you need to return to Zouteland Street immediately, Old Neil will replace you."
"I'm fine, just a little dizzy from the blood loss. I think I can still hold on."
Although Klein wanted to return to his warm home and fall asleep, he still gritted his teeth and persevered.
You can't just leave at this time...
Dunn nodded and looked at Angel, who hadn't spoken yet.
"And you?"
“…”
Angel still had his head down, his body seemed to be shaking, and he let out a soft whimper.
"What?"
Leonard moved closer, trying to hear better.
"...Please, turn off the oil lamp on the carriage...Aren't you afraid of a fire that might burn down the entire city of Tingen?"
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