Chapter 112: A Regrettable Harvest
It wasn't until the middle of the night, through the sewers and unlit alleys throughout the city, that Angel returned to his safe house in the East End.
The surrounding residents had already turned off the lights to rest, and she did not dare to light the gas lamp, but went to the bedroom in the dark, took off the bloodstained clothes, treated the wounds on her body a little, and changed into a new set of clothes.
On the way, Angel took the healing potion she bought from the pharmacist Darkwell, and at this time, most of the wounds caused by Ms. D's extraordinary ability through the "arbiter" route had healed, but there was still a small amount of blood oozing out, and it quickly wet the bandaged gauze, but fortunately, the potion made by the "pharmacist" through the extraordinary ability also had the ability to kill bacteria, avoiding the possibility of subsequent wound infection.
With these things in mind, she had time to sit at her desk in her bedroom and study the night's gains.
After Ms. D's death, there was no doubt that she had developed extraordinary properties, but apart from the dagger that seemed to be made of bone, there were two different extraordinary properties, which Angel was most curious about.
First of all, he picked up the object with a glimmer of light wrapped in darkness, placed it behind the palm-sized magic mirror, stroked the mirror, and performed a magic mirror divination with it as the target.
"The Magic Mirror tells me why the owner of the extraordinary trait is disguised as someone else?"
This is her current main concern, not to mention that the part that remains in the characteristics of Ms. D will quickly decrease over time, and if you don't divinate immediately, it is likely that you will not get any results.
Fragments soon appeared on the mirror, as Angel feared, hours had passed, the results of the divination had been shattered, and she only vaguely heard unexplained phrases such as "Earl's estate", "Duke", and "next year's plan", but one thing was certain, Ms. D did intend to become Audrey and approach Earl Hall.
Audrey, the "mind reader" who is good at observing other people's expressions and movements, has not been able to see her disguise, and if Earl Hall does not have a powerful extraordinary person by his side, it is very likely that she will be mixed up!
Thinking with some trepidation, Angel stroked the magic mirror and asked a second question.
"Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, tell me, which sequence does this extraordinary trait belong to?"
A windowless secret room soon appeared in the mirror, and Ms. D, dressed in black robes, looked at a piece of parchment whose contents were not clearly displayed, then concocted a cup of potion as red as blood, slowly approached a tall man in the corner who was cruined by a cross, drank the potion in one gulp, and then the whole person seemed to turn into a shadow, attaching the man's body.
With the man's hoarse screams, his body melted into a pool of flesh, and out of the flesh came a naked Ms. D, who trembled and fell to her knees, unable to stand up for a long time.
The mirror returned to calm, but Angel's heart did not calm down for a long time.
According to Lola, at the beginning of Sequence 6 and Sequence 5, it is necessary to carry out the corresponding promotion ceremony when taking the potion, and it is obvious that Ms. D in the divination picture is like this, so this extraordinary trait should be the trait precipitated by the "shepherd" after his death.
It's a pity that the divination information is insufficient, she didn't get the recipe for the "Shepherd" potion, and the ritual has no beginning or end, only knowing that her promotion led to the death of a man, but the identity and sequence of the other party are completely unclear.
Based on her understanding of the difficulty of the "demon's" promotion to Sequence 5, I am afraid that this sacrifice for her promotion to "Shepherd" is at least a similar sequence, and may even be the extraordinary person of Sequence 5......
Although no more information was obtained, fortunately, the divination process went very smoothly, and the extraordinary trait was not tainted by Ms. D's loss of control before her death, and the extraordinary trait of Sequence 5 meant that it was far more than the Sequence 6 trait, and even a magical item that could have the ability to "graze".
Carefully placing it back on the table, Angel's gaze returned to the flattened object next to him, about the size of a human face, constantly changing colors and surface textures.
It is said to be about the size of a human face, but in fact it looks like human skin peeled off a human face, but there are no blood marks or subcutaneous tissue on either side, and the surface is constantly changing, sometimes with skin lines, sometimes like hard stone.
Next to it was the last harvest of the night, about 20 centimeters long, with a sharp tip and a dagger shape, but with a pale surface and a slight bulge at the end, like a human leg bone that had been violently broken.
With a slight touch, Angel felt a burst of inexhaustible strength in her body, and she knew that this item had probably been fused with part of Ms. D's body and could be used directly like the "Crimson Eye", but she didn't know the side effects, so she didn't dare to try further.
Through the Magic Mirror divination, she quickly confirmed that the "human skin" was from the Extraordinary One of the "Facelings" sequence, and the leg bone dagger was the extraordinary trait of the "Dawn Knight".
If the divination is correct, it means that when the "Shepherd" dies, all the souls she "grazes" will have extraordinary traits that she has acquired, including the Facelings and the Knight of Dawn, but there must be other traits that have not yet been precipitated, such as a sequence of the "Inquisitor" pathway, and a sequence of controlling the flame lance......
And the "Crimson Eye" that she stuffed into Ms. D's body at the critical moment, the "Bishop of the Rose" traits, along with the contamination belonging to the "True Creator" on it, were gone, and perhaps along with other delayed traits, they were picked up by the official Extraordinaire who arrived later.
However, the situation was urgent, and the ghost of the "Black Emperor" transformed into Sherlock was delaying time on the ground to stop the official Extraordinaire from arriving, so she could only quickly pick up some of the properties that had been precipitated and leave the scene.
Even the two extraordinary characteristics that have been obtained have been combined with some body tissues to form a strange state of semi-characteristics and half-magical items.
The former can be directly covered on the face, changing into different faces depending on the user's intentions, and it seems that Ms. D is likely to use the ability of the "Faceling" to transform into the appearance of Eastland and deceive Audrey; The latter can greatly increase the user's power, which belongs to the ability of the feature itself, and is a very primitive usage.
"Maybe with the help of the power of the 'craftsman', it will be possible to further process them and make them into real magical items, which will have a negative effect, but the effect will be more perfect. Unfortunately, I only know one Artisan, and she's a member of the 'Heart of the Machine', and if I give her these extraordinary traits, especially the 'Shepherd' trait, I'll be directly exposed to my connection to tonight's fight......"
Angel looked at the human skin and leg bone dagger on the table, lost in thought.
"Let's go to the tarot meeting and ask first, Mr. Hanged Man may have other artisan channels, and the disposal of the loot also needs to be discussed with Miss Justice, so as not to reveal the identities of both of us......"
After thinking about it, she decided to wait for tomorrow's tarot meeting before disposing of the loot.
After putting the "Shepherd" trait in the box of insulating spirits, and the other two semi-bonded traits were also placed separately to prevent them from being further affected by other objects and merging into something even more inexplicable, Angel put on her hood and silently recited the honorific name of Mr. Fool for tonight's report.
"Mr. Fool," she said, after reciting the Fool's honorific name, she gave a detailed account of tonight's events, and then said, "thanks to the help of your follower, Sherlock Moriarty, I have avoided the official Extraordinary's search, and he has taken the corresponding risks, and I am willing to pay a price for it." ”
After a moment's pause, she added:
"Also, please tell Miss 'Justice' that she will soon be questioned and censored by the official extraordinary, and that she needs to be prepared for this, and if the 'Night Watchman' is in charge of this, she may need your little help."
Judging by Angel's two-month experience as a night watchman, the next morning, Audrey is likely to face the first questioning, she is a victim of the incident, and the official extraordinaries will not use strong means to force the situation at that time, but if the "night watchman" is responsible, Nightmare can get the information she needs in a less drastic way.
Angel has the confidence to lie in her dreams, but Audrey doesn't have that ability as the "mind reader" of Sequence 8, and only Mr. Fool can help her at the moment.
And no matter how Audrey responds, she will be exposed to the sight of the official extraordinary person as the "Erin Watson" who appeared on the scene with her, and the two guards who followed the seminar, the personal maid Anne, have seen her and know her surface identity, even if Audrey lies and takes herself out, once the scope of evidence is expanded, she can't hide it from anyone.
"Fortunately, this is just my false identity, the Count Hall family, as believers in the goddess of the night, is likely to face the censorship of the night watch, their methods are more 'gentle', will let Audrey invite me to the Hall house, and then inquire about me through dreams, psychics, etc., rather than expanding the examination of everyone, even to Sevilia, as for communicating with each other in dreams, I have a lot of experience......"
She thought back to tonight's battle and the various holes in her apparent identity after coming to Beckland, and quickly made a plan accordingly.
Then, she glanced at the moon outside the window, drew the curtains, and lay down on the bed, battling the pain from the wounds in various parts of her body, and the desire to accumulate after removing the "Ring of Madness", and gradually fell asleep.
(End of chapter)