Chapter 32: Interrogation and Grazing
Bang –
To Angel's surprise, Triss actually resisted the use of a stand-in, but took William's punch with her body, and she slammed it against the wall, smashing all the decorative paintings off the nails, her beautiful face distorted by pain, but her eyes remained steadfast.
The invisible silk thread torn by William instantly changed its position, ejecting her like a slingshot, tossing and turning in the small bedroom, and the place she left was covered by the newly generated golden flames in the next second, and the divine aura suppressed the haze of the "witch".
Angel, who was hiding in the mirror world, had already seen William's potion sequence, and his ability to make Triss's escape behavior close to it clearly belonged to the "lawyer", or the "Black Emperor" path, and judging from his ability to easily reverse the behavior of the "painful" witch, it was very likely to be Sequence 5.
I wonder what special features he has other than those abilities of the "corrupt baron", the majesty that makes people want to surrender?
And the golden flames are obviously the sparks of light of the "Sun Priest", similar to the "Sun Brooch" ability that Klein has, perhaps the effect of William's pocket watch.
As she watched the fire from the other side, Triss had returned to the bedroom door in a constant shift, and the invisible thread was like her other hand, opening the door in an instant, and she was about to burrow out of the room and retreat into the wider living room.
This was followed by another golden flame, and this time Triss didn't have time to dodge, and her figure was quickly surrounded by the "Flame of Light", like a torch more than a meter high, burning.
Without much hesitation, Angel chose the soul of the "judge", a male soul with thin cheeks and a painful face silently roared and dissipated, and the extraordinary characteristics with a bright yellow light quickly condensed next to the necklace.
When she came to William's side, Angel did not take out the magic mirror, she was not going to use time-consuming and laborious divination, but planned to "channel" directly.
Therefore, the latter hesitated for a moment and nodded, put down his magic mirror, and recovered from his injuries with peace of mind.
Triss appeared at the other end of the bedroom, unscathed, black flames flying out from under her skirt, slicing in an elegant arc towards William, but under the influence of his "twisting" ability, they moved irregularly like headless flies, either flying up to the ceiling or smashing into the bed, unable to hit directly.
This ability can be possessed from Sequence 7 onwards, and will continue to increase as you advance through the ranks, as long as you give the target certain things, whether it is money, treasures, wine glasses, or coats, and then you can weaken and confuse the target.
Wand double!
After asking a few more simple questions and confirming that William was incapable of resisting, Angel quickly got to the point:
"Do you know how your last employer, Count Rastine, Edsak Augustus, died?"
It was like "channeling" with the spirit of the deceased, William replied honestly with a blank face.
The latter did not hurry, raised one hand and easily blocked the "Pain Witch" Witch's charged, and with the other hand clenched into a fist, smashing it into Triss's shoulder with a normal blow.
This question seemed to touch the secret of William's heart, which made his originally wooden face appear a little painful, but fortunately, he was seriously injured and was powerless to resist, and soon his expression became flat, and he replied:
"Viscount Stafford is the Chief of the Royal Guard, my current employer."
The bedroom seemed to be crumbling under the bombardment of black flames, but it maintained the last trace of "closure", and did not transmit any sound or movement.
Sure enough, the royal family was directly involved in the conspiracy of the "Great Smog", and in order to kill a prince...... Angel felt that the answer was expected, but a little alarmed.
"Who are you?"
She chuckled, feeling that she had just returned to Beckland for half a month, and it seemed that she had lost the mentality of traveling at sea for half a year.
Boom –
Poof, the same two muffled sounds of blades into the flesh were heard, and William's left shoulder was nailed directly to the carpet, and strangely, there was not much blood from the huge wound.
Even if the melee ability between the two was narrowed by "bribing", William did not dare to take such attacks in a row, and he tried to dodge the ice spike sideways, while using "twist" to guide Trissy's attack to the other side.
Then, they waited for the rabbit!
At the same time, William's right palm was spread out, and the palm of William's right hand was aimed at Triss, and the figure was differentiated, as if there was a transparent Triss overlapping him, constantly alternating, as if the two had a strange connection in the occult.
Thinking of this, Angel no longer hesitated, she quickly ended the channeling and looked at Triss on the side, who also quickly thought of this, and had already begun to grit her teeth to summon the Black Cursed Flame, carefully cleaning up her own blood on the ground, avoiding leaving evidence for people to follow.
Sure enough, it was impossible for the forces behind him to let him go easily, but why didn't they kill him? Could it be, as bait?
Thinking of this, Angel immediately asked:
Angel tried to ask a simple question first.
"Did you do it?"
When he was about to dodge, Triss's face, which had been slightly downward, hidden in the shadow of bangs, suddenly lifted, and the perfect curve outlined by the smooth neck and somewhat round chin made William's heart skip a beat, and his lower abdomen was hot, and he suddenly remembered another battle with his mistress just now.
Hearing "suicide", Trissy's beautiful face distorted for an instant, and then returned to normal, but the tense shoulders indicated that her heart was not yet at peace.
No, even Sequence 5 of "Lawyer" can't have such power to block the full force of the witch of the same sequence with his bare hands...... Angel has shared his combat experience with Klein, who has fought with the "Corrupt Baron", and knows that this is not a good way to fight in close combat.
But what about William Sykes...... Angel looked at William, who was gradually regaining consciousness, knowing that he would definitely not be able to spare his life today, but if the royal family channeled afterwards, Triss's identity would inevitably be exposed, and although he was disguised, he could also be included in the tracking list, which would inevitably be in trouble.
The reasons for the gang are very good: to settle the battle quickly so that it will not be discovered by outsiders; Prevent Triss from losing control due to serious injuries and even falling into a mutated fate like Megoos; Even if it is a cooperative identity, more efforts can also have a say in the distribution.
Of course, the last straw that pressed him was the figure that appeared in the bust mirror next to him.
Is there another enemy here?
He completely gave up his accumulated strength, waited for an opportunity to escape, and collapsed weakly.
The royal family did not kill William after the fact, but instead placed him under the chief of the palace guard, the main purpose of which was certainly to keep a surveillance, but it was also likely to use him as a bait to seduce the attention of certain people who wanted to investigate further.
Of course, the solution is very simple......
Poof, his shoulders couldn't move, and the frost spread to his neck, William spat out a mouthful of almost black blood, and his face was pale for a while, and flushed for a while.
But the "witch" has the ability to recover from her own injuries, the wounds on her shoulders gradually condensed frost, and there seemed to be black flames gushing out inside, flesh and blood grew rapidly in this "injury", and the bleeding slowly stopped, although it was not as fast as the speed of "flesh control", but at most, this serious injury to the bones could heal in a day.
Obviously, when William entered the bedroom, he had already judged that the woman who was deliberately approaching him was the enemy, and took advantage of the opportunity to pass over the coat to "bribe" Triss and weaken her attack and defense!
They represent the three souls that have been herded, the "Apostle of Desire", the "Judge" and the "Windmaid".
There is only one reason for not helping:
Triss was still scrappy and didn't have the slightest hint of calling for help.
The "disease" in his body, under the influence of time and injuries, finally came on.
Angel frowned in the mirror and began to think about whether or not to join the fight and help Triss, who had fallen to the downside.
Triss on the side didn't care about the injury, and immediately asked.
"Who was the one who instructed you and Finkel to kill Edsak?"
"Yes," William's answer simply surprised the two of them, "he ostensibly committed suicide in fear of crime because of his collusion with the cult and raising witches, but in fact, someone needed to make him completely 'shut up' and handed me a few bullets that could annihilate the spirit and let me kill him." ”
The flames exploded suddenly, mixed with black cursed flames, and the delicate body was ignited by two flames, and the next second it turned into a short stick stained with flames.
This seemingly simple punch smashed the opponent into the air and fell directly on the door, if it weren't for the concept "blockade" that he confused was still working, I'm afraid the fragile door would have been shattered.
Generally speaking, channeling is carried out on the spirit of the deceased, but when the difference between the spirituality and will of the two is too large, "channeling" can also be directly used for the living to inquire.
Seeing that the long-range attack could not work, Triss's face sank, and a hard ice spike condensed in a blue light in her hand, which was held back like a dagger, and quickly stabbed towards William under the pull of the silk thread.
Angel has been promoted to Sequence 4, and William in Sequence 5 is seriously injured and weak-willed, making him a good target for experimenting with living psychics.
His mind diverged in an instant, and then quickly converged in the spiritual reminder.
Easily entering a semi-meditative state, Angel was lying on the ground in front of her eyes, the seriously injured William showed a weak aura, and the etheric body was dim, and she was quickly controlled and synchronized by her, and fell into a state of confusion.
Angel came to reality from the "mirror world", looked at Trissy, who was pale due to blood loss, but was about to take out the magic mirror for divination, and said softly:
"I'll do it."
No wonder that the battle has been going on for so long, and the "disease" that Triss must have released has not even made him feel unwell, which is probably also related to "weakening......
Glancing at her, Angel continued to ask:
"And after that? All those in the know seem to have died in the fire, why did you survive? ”
But she didn't hesitate except for her face contorted in pain, and her uninjured hand condensed another ice blade, which pounced on William and pinned his other shoulder to the carpet, even if she paid the same price for it!
In just a few seconds, the battle situation in the bedroom was reversed in an instant, and Triss exchanged injuries for injuries, and severely injured William Sykes, who had no stand-in ability and was not outstanding in physique, and ended the battle in this way.
This is quite suspicious of "loot snatching", but before the operation, the two of them determined their duties, Angel only had to monitor whether anyone else was coming to help, and William should have been solved by Triss herself.
"William Sykes."
But the momentary hesitation was enough to kick Triss, whose attack was twisted to the other side, and it was William's knee.
Spiritually condensed, Angel immediately controlled the already worsening disease in William's body, like an invisible hand gripping his pounding heart, causing him to cardiac arrest in a matter of seconds, and his face went limped with horror and incomprehension.
"Those who were not there at the time survived, most of them were sent to other places, and I found another job, which is now the deacon of the manor...... But it seems that someone is stalking and spying on me. ”
"It wasn't for me, and it would be difficult for me to approach His Royal Highness the Prince alone, so I passed the bullet to his chief butler, Finkel, who oversaw the process of 'suicide'."
The moment she was smashed on the door, she adjusted her body position, her legs touched the door, and she turned the impact into power like a spring, and bounced herself towards William, who was standing next to the bed in the center of the bedroom, still holding the Frost Blade in her hand, and unexpectedly launched another "charged blow".
Unless...... She immediately thought of the coat that Triss and William had handed out when the latter had just entered the bedroom, and of another rather sloppy ability of the "lawyer" approach: bribery.
Seeing that the other party had lost her combat effectiveness, Triss slowly knelt beside William, she was weakened in the "bribe", and she was connected with the other party's body, and suffered the same injury, and at this time she was almost out of strength.
Fortunately, William had already entered a state of being "psychic", he looked sideways at Triss, shook his head and said:
Triss, who attacked him, froze, and a huge wound appeared on her left shoulder, and blood gushed from under the black dress that exposed half of her shoulder, as if it had been cut by an invisible blade.
Bang, he was caught off guard and his knees were swept one after another, only to feel a sense of weightlessness hit, and he fell to the ground top-heavy.
The "judge" trait of Heras, who died at Angel's hands, has reappeared in the world.
But with a "click", her thought of opening the door was changed to "lock the door and close this place", not to mention the door, and even the window on the other side also closed, and the whole room became a closed whole.
Then, she took off the "Rose Necklace" around her neck and pressed it directly on William's forehead, and the spreading spirituality poured into the necklace, and three rays of light of different colors emerged from it.
Watching the other party gradually regain his strength, William's face distorted by pain turned a little paler.
At the same time, beside Angel, Triss and William, who had died of a heart attack, an invisible cold wind blew, tearing William's spirit from the corpse, and let him be sucked into the bright red gem of the "Rose Necklace" in a desperate howl, and an evil and noble black appeared on the surface of the gem, quickly restrained and disappeared.
She has successfully herded this "Mentor of Chaos".
(End of chapter)