Chapter 27: Divination of Who's Calamity
Esther and Klein found a casual restaurant and tried the lighter fish soup and spice toast.
Neither of them tacitly mentioned what had just happened, but in the middle of the meal, Esther brought up the one she had been thinking about:
"Gelman, can you teach me divination?"
"You want to learn?"
Esther nodded vigorously: "I feel that the applicability of divination is quite extensive, and I really want to learn it!" ā
Klein didn't react on the surface, but in his heart, he couldn't help but recall the strange appearance of the tarot card just now, and according to the surprise of the "upside-down man" for a short moment, the appearance of the "Grim Reaper" was definitely unexpected by him.
It should be good for Esther to learn divination, but she always feels that it will be dangerous for others......
After a final moment, Klein didn't directly agree: "I'll think about it." ā
Esther had noticed Klein's hesitation just now, and had already predicted such a result: "Well, I thought divination was not that dangerous, and I thought that learning a craft was a one." ā
She quickly changed the subject: "I'm going to Simim Island in three days, pretending to be someone else's identity and making some extra money." ā
"Pretend?"
"Yes, in fact, it must be more convenient than me if you were to do this, but the other party is a woman......" Esther obviously thought of a certain scene, and her smile gradually became strange, "She is being targeted, so she wants to find someone to help draw the other party's attention." ā
"Looking for you?" Klein expressed his doubts bluntly.
Esther shook the red wig behind her head very casually: "Maybe because my appearance is a little similar to her, plus the small amount of illusion I can use on my body, it must be no problem to fool the people who are squatting on the dock." ā
"It's not safe."
Esther understood what Klein meant, and he was thinking about the trouble that might be caused later, so she explained two more sentences:
"If it were someone else, it might be troublesome in the future, but it doesn't matter if it's just me, after all, I have some special factors. When I got on board, I would change my clothes and return to Byam the next day, which would not be long. ā
I always felt that the person who asked Esther to do this was a bit wronged. Klein sneered, nodding at Esther, "Whatever you want." ā
In other words, he won't care too much about it, just let Esther move freely.
She alone in this situation will not be remembered by the other party for a long time, but it is not easy to keep a tail for people to target.
"Say it before you go."
"Of course, I told you the day before I left Byam." Esther replied with a grin.
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In the early hours of the morning, praying mantises, cicadas, and yellow finches are all in their respective positions ready for action.
When Klein, who has transformed into "Daniz", walks into 15 Fragrant Tree Avenue in black, the real Daniz and Esther are lying in ambush on the roof of a house some distance away, hiding their existence through the night, waiting for the moment to make a move.
The people who were lying in ambush all over the street rushed to the house on the fifteenth, preparing to block the "flames" inside, and the "substitutes" who were crouching behind decisively used the seals.
There was some kind of strange power in Esther's perception that could drag everyone within her range into a dream, but fortunately the two of them were far enough away from the roof to be affected.
Crane used the power of Daniz's shadow cloak to quickly escape the range affected by the dream, and Esther elbowed Daniz next to him:
"Above, flying carpet?"
Daniz narrowed his eyes and quickly locked on to his target at Esther's prompt, identifying the people with the flying carpet: "It's them." ā
"Lend me a gun."
Daniz pulled his long-pipe revolver from his waist and threw it to Esther: "Will you use it?" ā
Esther glanced at the five loaded bullets inside, lifted the revolver on her right hand, pressed her thumb on the hammer, and was ready to pull the trigger at any time: "Gelman is on the ground, we are in the air?" ā
Daniz gave a thumbs up: "No problem, I can cover you with a fire raven, how is your head?" ā
"It's up to your luck."
"Luck!?"
Before Daniz could say anything more, Esther jumped lightly onto the adjacent rooftops and hurried towards the street.
Shit! Sure enough, there is something wrong with this woman! How can there be a saying of luck at this time!
Daniz cursed in his heart, and the flames in his hands quickly condensed, and his concentration was compressed.
"Steel" McVetty jumped off the flying carpet with "Calm Skoll" and tried to intercept "Daniz" as he fled below.
Esther clinged to the second-floor side wall of a house, stepping on the side of a bulging balcony.
She superimposed a little distracting illusion of "scammer" on her body, and in the corner of the night, her figure blended into the darkness well and did not attract any attention from the other party.
The moment the blazing white fireball struck the "steel" Maiviti from the rooftop, Maiviti blocked it with both arms in front of him, and took Daniz's blow hard.
Esther's right hand grabbed and probed, and successfully stole the extraordinary ability of "Steel" Maiviti to condense the cold and white frost!
Because of Daniz's intelligence support, Esther has enough knowledge of the target, and the success rate of random thefts has skyrocketed, and one time is enough!
From the scattered flying fireworks, a black-cloaked figure strode out, revealing a thin, grim face below.
Gelman Sparrow has his sights on his target.
When the snowflakes just flew around Skoll, he thought it was condensed by the extraordinary ability of "Steel" Mai Vitty, and the weeds in the cracks of the streets quickly appeared to be corroded under the frost, which is a sequence ability that belongs to "Steel", and Skoll has seen many scenes of enemies being frozen and fleshy.
Sitting on the flying carpet, "Scarlet Thorn" Huntley instantly realized that something was wrong, because "Steel" himself did not have any frost pooling around him, and he was fighting the mysterious man's attack on the spirit with all his heart.
Something is wrong with the snow falling!
Huntley immediately reminded Squill below, and his right hand fell to the cloth bag containing the spell casting materials on his waist: "Be careful! There'sā"
The red firelight lit up in the night, fluttering and spreading its wings, and Daniz raised his hand, and one after another fire ravens flew down from all directions, swooping down on Huntley on the flying carpet.
Huntley's hand immediately fell to the other bag, throwing out a tuft of pale blue powder, and spat out an ancient Hermetian phrase: "Waves! ā
The dark blue waves rolled out of the water curtain, dousing all the rushing crows, evaporating rapidly in the heat, and bursts of white mist filled the air.
Esther's mind moved, and without hesitation, she raised the revolver in her right hand, held the butt of the gun with her left hand, and steadily pulled the trigger, and three shots were discharged!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ā
On the other side, Crane snapped his fingers three times in a row, and the air bullets with purifying power were ejected at the same time, and the compressed force suddenly drilled into the chest of "Steel" Maiviti, leaving a wound overflowing with golden flames.
Skoll's face became more and more gloomy, and all the throwing knives he threw were dodged by the man's unconventional movements, and the opponent's speed and agility were much faster than his. What's more, the number of people on both sides is equal, in addition to "Blaze" and this black-robed man, there is a third person who shoots!
The waves and fog that had covered the flying carpet suddenly broke apart, and the sea water that had fallen to the ground sprinkled all over the ground, quickly merging with the frost on the ground and condensing into a slippery ice surface.
"Scarlet Thorn" Huntley had three bloody holes in his right hand, left shoulder, and chest and abdomen, and he was constantly sprinkling bright red.
His left hand was still trembling and wanted to reach for the cloth bag around his waist, but Daniz, who had been following the battle, seized the opportunity, and a fireball that had been compressed into a blazing white flew in, and under Daniz's control, the fireball hit Huntley's sweaty face with precision, bursting, and tearing Huntley's lifeless body off the flying carpet.
The flying carpet that lost control slowly sank.
Esther jumped straight from the height of the second floor, and because of the less friction on the ice at her feet, she just kicked hard and flew out, and in the blink of an eye, she was in front of Skoll.
The scalpel that Skoll had wanted to throw at the black-robed man immediately reversed, and he blocked the scalpels in both hands in front of him, and slammed the strange knife that the woman wielded in her right hand.
"Bang-"
But then, Squill realized that something was wrong, that this wasn't the sound of blades intersecting, it was too dull!
"It's fraud." A chuckle rang out, and the thing on the scalpel twisted and returned to its original form, it was a long-barreled revolver!
With a twist of Esther's left hand, Logan's claw swirled up from her palm and slashed towards Skoll's chest.
Skoul's eyes lit up: the length of her weapon was too short, and there was still a chance!
He decisively flung the barrel of the gun in his hand to the left, and the elbows of both hands slammed down, trying to force the petite woman back with a melee attack.
Esther's expression didn't wave, and the barrel of the gun came out of her hand unnoticed, and Logan's claw suddenly popped out a small length - just a centimeter change.
A cut was made between Skoll's chest and abdomen, and the red blood mouth instantly began to turn black, and the toxin quickly melted into his body.
Before Squall's elbows slammed into his head, Esther raised her free right arm, and the moment the two made contact, the ice gathered on the outside of Skoll's elbows and spread rapidly to his hands.
This is the ability that Esther stole from "Steel" McVitty before, and it takes far less than ten minutes to enter the battle, and she can still use it freely!
Even in this case, Skaul calmly considered the most appropriate countermeasure, he had to distance himself and not give this woman a chance to use frost to freeze his body!
Skoll's right knee slammed into Esther's flank, and her center of gravity couldn't land firmly on the ground in order to deliver Logan's Claws.
Esther barely retracted her left arm as a cushion, but the man was still kicked out of the way, rolled twice before steady, and got back to her feet as soon as she slapped the ground.
The little time he had spent was enough for Scowl, who reached into his bosom, grabbed a black iron charm, and whispered the activated Ancient Hermesian:
"Scream!"
The spell was activated, and an invisible wave of sound unleashed.
Klein, who had just dealt with "Steel" McVitty and wanted to come to Esther's aid, was stuttered at his feet, and blood oozed from his nose.
Esther's figure was unaffected, she threw herself to the side and grabbed the revolver she had just taken off.
The barrel of the black hole was aimed at the incredulity in Scowl's eyes.
He didn't even have one last chance to escape.
"Bang! Bang! ā
In the forehead and heart, the three "steel" were all declared dead.
(End of chapter)