Chapter 136 Lanevus
Tussock River, southern suburbs of Tingen City.
The dark clouds that had been shrouding Tingen City had gradually dissipated, and the red moon revealed its face, casting its crimson moonlight onto the rushing river.
A figure appeared and disappeared among the waves. She was naked, but her body was covered with glittering scales, like a graceful mermaid, floating downstream.
She seemed to be born to move in the water. Even with only her left hand, it was enough to control the direction in the turbulent river. Her flexible lower limbs swam forward at an extremely fast speed, gradually moving away from Tingen City.
As she swam, she whispered something, seemingly talking to herself, or communicating with some distant being.
"Yes, they did come to me. They were stronger than I expected and used several magical items. However, I managed to escape. Gabrio sacrificed himself to protect me."
She listened attentively, nodded, and then continued.
"...I'll be in Backlund before dawn and will stay at Mr. A's for a while... It's okay. I've released the 'astrologers' to interfere with the divination, but they should know I've left Tingen and will target the surrounding cities, even Backlund. You're safe for now, and you can continue with the subsequent plans."
"Heh, I didn't kill her, but even if I wanted to, it would be very difficult. Is she really only Sequence 9?"
The woman slowed down her limbs that were stirring the river water, raised her head and emerged from the water. There seemed to be scales hidden under her skin, and her expression was a little obscure, but it was still possible to tell that she was Ms. D who had just escaped from the northern district of Tingen City.
"...I understand. You should be careful too. Don't let your guard down against those two. They must have their own plans."
After saying this, Ms. D turned around and looked at the city of Tingen looming in the night.
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"The last time I saw Old Neil was two years ago. He hasn't retired yet?"
In the reception hall of the Blackthorn Security Company, with the door locked and the curtains drawn, three exhausted night watchmen sat down and discussed tonight's battle over cold coffee.
"Soon. He said he'll apply for retirement once Klein has mastered all of his ritual magic."
Dunn answered, his windbreaker hanging on the coat rack at the door, revealing his shirt and black vest. After a short rest, the "nightmare" had eliminated some of his fatigue.
Soster nodded, picked up the coffee cup with his red-gloved right hand, and drank the whole cup of coffee in one gulp as if it were water. His left hand was still swollen and rested weakly on his knee. Angel guessed that this might be the negative effect of the silver ring.
Henry and Lares, who were seriously injured, have been sent to the alchemy room underground, and Old Neil is treating them through the ritual magic he had prepared long ago.
In order to take care of Angel who was in a state of "fear of fire", all the gas lamps in the hall were turned off at this moment. Fortunately, the three people present had night vision, so even if the room was pitch black, it would not affect their conversation.
The only exception was Klein, who had been on standby at the base. Not only could he hardly move in the darkness, but even the divination he needed to perform next required the use of ritual candles.
So he took the initiative to suggest doing the divination in the lounge next door to avoid other people's influence on the divination and to avoid scaring Angel with his candle.
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Using the need to light candles as an excuse, Klein left the hall and came to the lounge. He carefully locked the door and used a ritual dagger to construct a spiritual wall to seal off the entire lounge before walking to the sofa in the center.
Just now, when the four Nighthawks carried an unconscious teammate back to the Blackthorn Security Company, his heart was in his throat. Fortunately, after looking carefully, he found that his captain and Angel were not injured, and the one lying there was only a member of the "Red Gloves".
Although he knew that this mentality was unhealthy, if there had to be a victim, he didn't want it to be his teammates.
Just last week, he had witnessed with his own eyes at the docks a member of the Mandated Punishers lose control, transform into a scaly monster, and ultimately die at the hands of his former teammates, the other Mandated Punishers.
After feeling the sadness of those Mandated Punishers, he couldn't imagine how he would react if this happened to his teammates who he spent every day with.
Clearing his mind of all the chaotic thoughts, Klein sat on the sofa, untied the gold chain on his left wrist, and held it, letting the purple crystal pendant dangle above the table, gradually stopping its swaying.
Looking at the purple crystal that shone brightly under the light, his somewhat depressed mood gradually recovered. He then closed his eyes and entered a meditative state, muttering to himself:
"Ms. D is still in Tingen."
After reciting the divination seven times, he opened his eyes and, as expected, saw the pendulum swinging randomly due to interference.
"Sure enough, there was interference. Fortunately, I had guessed it and came here in advance to do divination alone."
Klein muttered, without hesitation, quickly put away the pendant, and stood up.
He glanced at the locked door, then slowly took four steps counterclockwise on the carpet. Following the spell he had memorized, he arrived at the gray foggy space belonging to The Fool.
After many experiments, Klein understood that this gray foggy space had some special function that could greatly enhance his divination ability and even block the attention drawn by higher-level beings when divining.
"Details of the Nighthawks' battle with Ms. D tonight."
He materialized a parchment with divination written on it, held the paper and silently recited it seven times, then leaned back in his chair and entered the "dream".
An illusory, grayish-white mist enveloped him. As the mist dissipated, the through-type hall of the luxurious villa appeared in front of him.
He saw Ms. D, wearing a black robe and with a beautiful face, appearing under the statue of the "True Creator".
He saw the Nighthawks who tried to launch a sneak attack but were ambushed instead, and were desperately dodging the flaming spears.
Seeing the souls that were constantly changing, a "shepherd" suddenly appeared in silver armor and slashed at Angel with a two-handed giant sword.
And the furniture blown by the scattered light and hurricane, the spiritual creatures expelled by the "ban", the armored warriors controlled by the "nightmare", and the night watchmen blown away by the black-haired man who jumped out of the shadows.
Angel pushed Dunn away, and then turned into a shattered paper man in the explosion.
Finally, there was Ms. D who passed through the wall with a strange smile.
Even though he already knew that the parties involved had returned to the base safely and were now sitting outside chatting, Klein still took a deep breath.
"No wonder the captain didn't let me participate in the operation. This is definitely not the place for a 'fortune teller' like me..."
Klein muttered to himself as he exited the dream divination.
After obtaining enough information through dream divination, he once again materialized a new piece of parchment, which read:
"Ms. D is still in Tingen."
Using the amethyst pendant that had entered the gray fog space with him, Klein performed the "Pendulum Technique" and obtained the answer through the counterclockwise rotation of the pendulum.
"So, she has indeed left Tingen City... Captain Soest of the Red Gloves is right."
Klein breathed a sigh of relief upon learning that this Sequence 5 "Shepherd" had already left Tingen City.
If this divine messenger of the Aurora Society was still hiding in Tingen, after witnessing her methods, Klein would probably not even be able to eat or sleep in peace.
Just as he was about to leave the gray fog space and tell the people waiting in the hall the good news, Klein paused with a sudden thought.
He recalled the words Ms. D said before she passed through the wall and left during the dream divination.
"As he said? You will see it?"
This made him feel very uncomfortable, as if he had missed some important clue.
"Just delay it for two more minutes..."
Klein materialized another piece of parchment with new divination information written on it.
"Someone who had contact with Ms. D in Tingen City."
The reason he limited himself to Tingen City was because he hadn't left the city since his "transmigration," and lacked information about other areas. If he divined elsewhere, expanding the scope to include the "Kingdom of Loen," the divination would most likely fail due to the lack of information.
Re-entering meditation, Klein saw faces flash by quickly in his dream. Most of them were shrouded in a hazy mist due to the lack of divination information. As for the others, he had never seen them at all - not including Ms. D's "Aurora Society" subordinate, who had died in tonight's battle.
Trying hard to remember the faces of those he could see clearly, Klein suddenly found someone familiar among them.
Because he had seen this person on the wanted poster, had contact with his "family" many times, and even once wanted to find the other party's whereabouts through divination.
"Lanevers?"
He read out the name of the swindler who had swindled tens of thousands of pounds and fell into deep thought.
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