Chapter 5: Traces of the Devil
On a quiet street somewhere in Pritz Harbor, the red glow of the crimson moonlight struck the steps beyond the shadows. Several people gathered around and whispered:
"We're lost, damn it, that thing is really evil, we've locked it down"
"If you want me to say, just spread the thing, and let someone who knows divination help us find its accomplices afterwards."
"I agree with Wick's words, it's good to do it directly next time."
"It's still a simple, straightforward, very good idea for your Storm Church," Royle said as he studied the traces left behind.
The buildings on both sides were silent, and a middle-aged man with messy hair and dark blue eyes stepped out of the shadows of the aisle, with a suppressed anger on his face. Everyone saw that they leaned over one after another.
"Captain, how's it going, have you caught up with the other one?"
"How's it going, Captain"
"The other party summoned the demon's projection assistance, and then escaped, apparently they had been preparing for a long time."
The middle-aged man responded to the others as they came to Royce
"Royce, can you tell anything about it?"
"Captain Ove, I'm sorry, the other party is at least a sequence 7 serial killer of the criminal path, and it interferes with my divination very much, Pritzport is too big, we can't find this killer accurately"
"Diego, they should have news, Wick and Roddy, you continue to monitor in this area, if there is anything to notify us directly, Royce and I will go to the other side to meet up with the night watchman to exchange the situation tonight"
After Ove finished speaking, he disappeared into the dark aisle with Royce and another assisting night watchman, Weken, and Wick collected his trench coat and walked down the street with Roddy.
Hermione dreamed of her childhood, and her sister, "Daddy" has been chattering beside her to instill the belief that the family is her own responsibility, her sister sat quietly in front and listened, her impatient movement was reprimanded by her father, but her sister's face turned was blurred, and then looked at her father, Daddy's face was also out of focus, Hermione kept looking at the two, to see them clearly, suddenly the picture rotated, Hermione woke up, and the crimson moonlight outside the window sprinkled on the bed.
Am I dreaming of my current body? When I was a child, my father and sister couldn't see clearly, but I could directly feel their identity, was it the obsession in my heart? It seems that only by going to Intis to find them can we learn about this memory.
A shadow of the street outside the window runs at a right angle between the house and the ground, marking something?
The vigilance of her spiritual instinct made Hermione instantly sense that something unkind was coming nearby, and Hermione, dressed in a nightdress, came to the window and sent her own observation to the shadow of the street.
The Shadow was still marking her own things, and Hermione came to the house opposite the Shadow through the agility brought by the Hunter, although most of the abilities were silent due to the balance of the brand, and the abilities of the Hunter Path could still be used.
Just as he was about to make a move, the other party suddenly sped up and rushed forward, Hermione followed, condensed a compressed white flame in his hand and condensed into a small firebird to hit the shadow, the shadow suddenly cracked into several balls, one of which turned into a phantom to block the flame, and exploded directly in the street, the loud sound and dazzling white light woke up the nearby residents, and the shadow quickly merged back into one and continued to escape.
"It's over, I'm in big trouble, Royce and Diego, who just agreed, have to arrest you first to prove their innocence." Hermione chased after hermione as she thought about it, and was so awakened that a few people saw a white shadow running quickly from the roof.
At this moment, the shadow, the black outline of human nature is revealed
"Mademode, I didn't do anything to you, did I? We don't have any conflict with your Witch Sect! The cold voice sounded, "If you chase me like this again, those night watchmen and punishers will be around." ”
Hermione had sensed that there was a Sequence 6 demon on the other side. It's worthy of a demon, he was detected and fled after revealing a little thought, he lost a lot of his abilities and became so weak, and how could he run away like a shadow, is there a strange magical item?
"I just hate demons, and I don't like the filthy smell of you. I'm sorry, Mr. Demon, you're under arrest now, and you're doing this illegally, you know? Hermione thought of a stalk she had spawned before, which was perfect for the cat-and-mouse present.
The silhouette of humanity dissolves into the shadows, and Hermione chases him to the clearing of debris in front of the slums, muttering to herself, 'This man is too good to run, what magical item can sustain him for so long, I'll see if I can get it.' ’
The shadow suddenly changed its voice to a huge black humanoid monster more than three meters tall, with goat-like horns growing out of its head, covered with countless mysterious patterns, swinging backwards with a flaming greatsword in its hand, and chanting the filthy word "Fall".
Hermione's instinctive instinct led to a cloud of flame birds blasting forward, quickly filling their bodies with flames, insulating and burning away the filthy black viscous liquid brought by the Fall.
The demon threw the flame greatsword in his hand and rushed towards the flames, and the huge explosion made Hermione have to condense the wall of fire to protect the debris behind her, otherwise it would burn and spread to the slums, and a disaster was inevitable, so she was caught in for arson on the first day she came here.
The demon was very smart, and although he couldn't judge Hermione's abilities accurately, he knew that Hermione's scruples had used the slums to get out.
Hermione disposed of the flames from the explosion, leaving only a puddle of charred black liquid on the charred ground. "Let him run away! It's hard to explain now" Hermione looked at the trace, this demon should have a few magical items, it seems to be a big problem.
"This beautiful young lady, it's so late at night, and she's alone in a nightgown at the scene of the fight, aren't you going to explain it?"
A young man in a top hat and formal attire walked in from outside the clearing of the gam, followed by several people in similar attire.
Hermione didn't panic, because she sensed that it was Diego and they were coming,
"Miss Hermione, let me explain," Diego said as he followed from behind, still unemotional
Hermione opened her hand and looked at everyone with a helpless face, it seemed that it would not be solved for a while tonight, and the sky was almost dawn.
In a farm utility room on the outskirts of Pritz Harbor, a shadow emerges from a corner full of tools, turning into a humanoid silhouette and reverting to a human form, half of his face is covered with black viscous liquid, the other half is extremely white, and his hair is partially burned, if it weren't for a magical item in his hand that is conducive to hiding and running, he may not be able to come back. At this moment, the utility room opened, and a man with the same pale face walked in.
"Gillaiade, Shaillo's whereabouts are unknown at the moment, I guess she's dead at the hands of the night watchman, she can't stay here anymore, we have to move quickly"
"I met the witch last night, I won't be mistaken, she still has some hunter abilities, my sense of danger actually let her come to my eyes to find out, but if it were a demigod, I might be under the night or the Storm Church by now. Leave the missing and unaccounted for unaccounted for and abandon the port of Plitz stronghold and retreat. ”
"Gillaiade, how is your ritual going?"
"Nothing is perfect, let's go find a few more targets elsewhere! Girid. ”
The two of them left in the carriage of the farm along the road to the east in the dawn.
In the ship information consulting company across from the Church of the Night, Hermione sat on the sofa in the living room wearing a black coat and told the few people in front of her what happened last night, of course, she didn't forget to introduce herself.
"Last night, I saw that figure sneaky, and I couldn't help but rush forward, I felt like he was preparing some kind of ritual, and I was already very careful! Everyone's forgiveness. ”
"This is similar to what we found, based on several cases these days, it is basically certain that this demon is planning to promote to Sequence 5, I have reported it to the Cardinal, and there are senior deacons who will help us deal with the demon." Ove held his chin, leaned back in the chair and said calmly, and Royce on the side was thoughtful.
Weken, wearing a men's gray yirke, walked in at this time.
"Mr. Ove, Mr. Royce, Miss Hermione, Captain, they're back, and they've made a big gain."
The three of them followed Weken to the closed room on the ground floor,
Several people were standing around a corpse, and the young man at the front of them saw everyone coming in, his eyes stopped on Hermione and said, "Miss Hermione?" First meeting, I'm Voss, the leader of the Nightwatch, the head of the city of Priezz, and your first arrival has made Port Prydz a sensation."
Hermione stared at Voss, delusional? If you want to pull me into a dream, according to the analysis of inherited memories, this person in charge is at least a sequence 7 nightmare! However, there was no malice on the other side, and Hermione still trusted her spiritual instincts
Voss smiled awkwardly, probably discovered,
"If it weren't for the church's filing, Miss Hermione, you would have grown my head by now, wouldn't I, Captain Ove"
Voss quickly digressed the subject.
"Last night, Kelly, Delphina, and Neeson and I squatted on one of the murderers, the corpse in front of you, I wanted to catch it alive, but I didn't expect her to suddenly lose her reason and attack the surroundings wildly."
"Are you identified?" Ove stepped forward, and Royce pulled out a crystal ball and began fiddling with it
Hermione also saw the female corpse, half of her face had been smashed, she could see the tissue in her brain, her skin was pale, her other widening eyes were still crazy before she died, her clothes were covered with bullet holes and blood, and her hands were twisted.
"It's confirmed, her name is Xia Yiluo, and she came to the place where I found the address more than a month ago, and the boss knew that she lived in a simple house, and in addition to paying the fee on time, she basically saw people at other times."
"That's all," Ove looked at Vos
"My Captain Ove, he's a serial killer! How can you easily expose your information, it is not easy to bring a corpse back, the house where the arrest was carried out was destroyed by the battle, the innkeeper asked for money and did not want his life, and after the battle was over, he jumped out and grabbed the corner of my clothes to pay compensation. ”
Voss reluctantly smiled wryly at Ove.
Royce was also done divination at this time, put away the crystal ball, and put the female corpse items back on the table.
"I can feel that they are no longer in Port Prieze and are heading east, and we can ask the police department to keep an eye on strangers coming and going in the east on the grounds of policing in the Plitz area, and we can probably lock them in their direction if the scope is smaller."
"Voss, I'm going to check first, damn demons, killing people in my territory and trying to run, I'll let them see the wrath of the substitute (grumpy old buddy)." After Ove said goodbye to everyone, he left with the punishers.
Voss suggested that everyone have a morning tea and then go home and rest.
"Miss Hermione, I'll introduce you to everyone" Coming to the living room outside, Voss introduced Hermione to the Prydz Harbor Night Watchmen, and Hermione also remembered their appearances and names: Captain Vos, who spoke with a bit of humor, looked very young and handsome, with short blond brown hair, a tall nose, and a typical Rune gentleman; Diego, still with a cold face without any emotion, sat next to Vos; Kelly is not tall, about the same size as Hermione, and Hermione is still a little taller; Delphine was dressed in a men's formal suit, with short hair, and her neutral face made people feel very capable, and Hermione felt that it was a pity that she didn't go to modeling; Weyken was of medium height, with a thin figure that gave the impression of a little brother in the family, and wore a gray round hat; Neeson is middle-aged, with his hair combed.
Hermione introduced herself to everyone very happily, and she relied on her friends when she went out, so come more.
Captain Vos took a sip of fresh milk and reminded Hermione not to run around the streets in her dressing gown next time, but fortunately at night, otherwise the men of Port Pryds would fight for you.
Diego said something rare at this time, "Your magical item, I gave it to the craftsman when I went last night, and it will be fine in a few days"
"Thank you, Diego," Hermione now knew why Diego had left so suddenly on the way back.
"You're welcome, the other party is here to help for the sake of the night watcher."
"That's right, Miss Hermione," Voss continued, "I hope to have your help in the later operation to encircle and suppress the demons, as you know, the church has sent a lot of forces to the southern continent to encircle and suppress the cultists of the evil gods, and the demon family has taken advantage of the short vacuum to run out and make waves, although there has been no huge accident, but the indirect murder has made the people very frightened."
"No problem, Mr. Voss, I'll help you." It seems that friendship is something that has to be paid to be rewarded.
Voss looked at the time, and when it was almost up, he asked everyone to go back to rest.
In a church in a large village in the eastern part of the Pritz district, a gray-haired priest was hunched over his desk and writing, when the shadow of his body suddenly distorted under the light of the window in front of him.