“【Night Prowler】Joggeli Deus and 【Charming Lady】Lydia Penggeluo acted together. The sharp Mr. and Ms. tracked the elusive thief in the long night and noticed him picking the lock of a resident’s door with a wire and entering the room.”
The puppet representing Jack the Thief on the table entered a building in Saint Delan Square. After calculating the approximate location, Yiluna blinked, and the three princesses standing outside also saw the target the thief had chosen.
“Misfortune descends from the long night. Because 【Night Prowler】Joggeli Deus and 【Charming Lady】Lydia Penggeluo acted together, they must face the impending misfortune simultaneously.”
Xia De’s misfortune ended, and the misfortunes of the other two story characters began.
“What relic was arranged in the western area of Saint Delan Square?”
The Cultists who brought misfortune to the three characters asked Professor Ons. The middle-aged professor shook his head slightly:
“We didn’t arrange a relic under every floor tile. The western part of Saint Delan Square wasn’t arranged because the probability of theft there is very low, so their misfortune is probably being discovered by patrolling police officers. Don’t worry, we anticipated this situation. The story of 【dice story collection】 is very rigorous and won’t present particularly exaggerated dangers.”
“【Charming Lady】Lydia Penggeluo encounters a sealed * *.”
“Hmm?”
Everyone suspected they had misheard that hoarse voice, because after the adjective “sealed,” there was a maddening noise of fingernails scratching a blackboard.
And immediately after, they heard an even more incredible story:
“【Night Prowler】Joggeli Deus encounters an incomplete Old One * *. (Note)”
After the adjective “Old One,” there was the rustling of birds flapping their wings, as if there really were a flock of birds in the darkness.
Miss Grimm, the Ten-Ring Sorceress of the Sun Church, looked again at Mr. Modero, the Eleven-Ring. The members of the Creation Church team also looked at the desktop map in astonishment. The two adjectives “sealed Old One,” when they appear in mysticism, are quite extraordinary terms. Coupled with this inexplicable noise, it was clear that the “misfortunes” encountered by the two people other than Xia De were quite unusual.
But unfortunately, the desktop did not directly show what they encountered, and this time, Dorothy from the relic actively chose to swap with Leia.
As Angelina struggled to support her sister, misfortune befell the story character who was attempting to enter the house through the window:
“The sealed ancient terrifying existence sensed the malice on 【Charming Lady】Lydia Penggeluo and launched a self-defense attack. A total defense score of 3000 or more is required for successful defense. Due to the extreme value of the story character’s score, there is no possibility of successful defense, and 【Charming Lady】Lydia Penggeluo dies.”
The desktop puppet exploded into pieces directly, and the scattered wooden fragments struck everyone’s clothes. The young Cultists manipulating this character didn’t even have time to react before letting out a strange cry from his throat, with blood flowing from his mouth, eyes, nose, and ears simultaneously.
He fell backward, lay on his back on the floor, twitched a few times, and then became motionless.
This sudden turn of events was something no one could have predicted. Even Yiluna, who had just mocked her opponents for wantonly manipulating fate, had not expected the “counterattack of fate” to be so exaggerated and swift.
In fact, even she didn't know why a “sealed terrifying existence” and an “Old One existence” would appear in Saint Delan Square. This was the capital of one of the two major human kingdoms in the Old Continent, and it was in the central core area of the City. With no signs discovered by the Church, the 【dice story collection】 merely caused a slight dip in luck, yet it attracted such exaggerated existences.
Not to mention, it was two existences that could not be described by “angel-level relic” descending simultaneously. Yiluna could hardly believe what a terrifying sight it must be outside Xia De’s house at that moment.
“The incomplete Old One existence attacks 【Night Prowler】Joggeli Deus, total defense points…”
“【Night Prowler】Joggeli Deus chooses to escape! Pay three 【coin of wisdom】! This judgment will definitely succeed!”
Yiluna’s only remaining opponent, Professor Ons, the Ten-Ring Arcanist of the Truth Society, said loudly, feigning composure.
The five coins of wisdom prepared in advance by the Truth Society were used for two purposes: two for selecting additional characters, and three for ensuring that certain judgments would definitely roll an extreme value when capturing Jack the Thief. But now, facing the Old One existence, he dared not harbor any 侥幸.
But if Xia De were here, he would know that this choice was a big mistake. “Sealed Demon” Bill Schneider was a genuine Six-Ring Arcanist, and killing a One-Ring Arcanist with one blow was quite normal, not to mention he could use demonic power at any time. However, “Old One Angel” Latt Augustus, in reality, was just an ordinary Two-Ring old gentleman. His power could at most give Xia De some special blessings, and his direct combat power was only slightly stronger than a One-Ring Arcanist.
So, although one person died, the other actually didn't need to flee immediately.
“【Night Prowler】Joggeli Deus successfully escaped. Because no defense was made, 【Night Prowler】Joggeli Deus is in a state of severe injury.”
The hoarse voice in the darkness continued to narrate. After paying the last 【coin of wisdom】, the puppet of 【Night Prowler】Joggeli Deus on the table abruptly disappeared from Saint Delan Square and reappeared on the outskirts of the square.
Professor Ons, sitting opposite Yiluna, had a very grim expression. Just a few minutes ago, it was a sure-win situation, but because he called upon misfortune to harm Xia De Hamilton, it had now turned into this. And he didn't even know who to resent.
But given the current situation, without the coin of wisdom, it was impossible for a single character to catch Jack the Thief. The two characters Miss Pa Wo chose were unique, and they had to act together; the plan could not succeed if either was missing.
Now, he had to consider how to escape, and the premise of his escape was that the story character he controlled was the only character alive in the game, only then would he have a chance to surrender to the Keeper.
Thinking of this, the next decision almost immediately blurted out.
“Use a silencing charm. 【Night Prowler】Joggeli Deus, kill 【Mortal’s Luck】Xia De Hamilton.”
“What?”
“Despicable?”
“How could you do that?”
“God will curse you!”
“Bei Ya Si, quickly let Mr. Hamilton…”
About two hundred meters from the intersection of Saint Delan Square, on the street illuminated by gas lamps, Xia De and Dorothy, who was holding Mia, emerged from the darkness.
The young Detective was frowning, listening to the pale-faced Dorothy recount what had happened at the Prophet Association. He had repeatedly stopped the girls from offering help, but they had no intention of listening to Xia De.
And even with Dorothy recounting the story process inside the relic, Xia De still didn't understand why the relic had retreated just now.
There were no elemental traces around. Neither Xia De, Leia at the time, nor Mia had made any moves. Xia De also didn't know who had helped him out of the predicament. Dorothy, who was currently narrating, even after hearing the story fragments completely at the Prophet Association, couldn't provide an answer.
“Could there really be other terrifying beasts lurking nearby? Or a relic I can’t even detect?”
Xia De wondered doubtfully.
As for the “詭異存” encountered by the other two story characters, Xia De roughly guessed what they were based on those two adjectives. What he cared about now was that Dorothy had informed him where Jack the Thief had begun his theft.
“Hmm, that thief invaded Saint Delan Square Six?”
Xia De looked up in the direction of his home. Although his expression didn't change, the Golden-haired girl clearly felt that Xia De was definitely not as calm as he appeared.
“It’s okay, Jack the Thief is very cautious. It took him some time to pry open your door using ordinary methods. Afterward, he was interrupted from searching by some unknown, strange existence and is now hiding in your home. It will also take time for him to search for what he wants, so we should be able to catch up.”
Dorothy softly comforted him from the side. She knew how much Xia De cared about his house. Mia, whom she was holding, also seemed to understand their conversation. She had shown no reaction when facing the group of cats just now, but at this moment, she actually let out a low “woof woof” sound from her throat.
“Are we really going to continue? There’s something very terrifying ahead.”
Dorothy said again, worriedly, in the night. She didn’t believe they could defeat the two existences, whose names couldn’t even be spoken, under any circumstances.
Even without seeing what exactly had descended upon Saint Delan Square, the Golden-haired girl seemed to have already sensed the terrifying pressure emanating from Saint Delan Square. The square, surrounded by gas lamps, now seemed to Dorothy to have become a breeding ground for unspeakable horrors. What was once a lively and prosperous place was now filled with murderous intent tonight.
“Perhaps when we get closer, we’ll still see the normal scenery of Saint Delan Square, but in reality, that’s an illusion, and the real Saint Delan Square is already filled with eerie and terrifying sights.”
Dorothy was very worried.
“I think it shouldn’t be a problem. Since it was a sudden misfortune, it shouldn’t continue to affect the local area. They, I mean they will leave after killing people, just like that group of cats just now.”
Xia De said with certainty.
As his words fell, they both saw a figure suddenly appear at the intersection of Saint Delan Square, fifty meters away.
“Spatial movement?”
Xia De mumbled in surprise.
“【Night Prowler】Joggeli Deus!”
Dorothy had seen his puppet, so she recognized him at a glance.
This was a thin man, with an ordinary face, extremely inconspicuous, appearing to be about thirty-five or thirty-six years old. He was originally wearing a very ordinary black coat, but now his coat was stained with his own blood, and he walked with a limp, coughing constantly, making one suspect he might cough up his lungs at any second.
“He actually escaped from two strange existences! Is it cheating again?”
Dorothy said to Xia De, somewhat disbelievingly. Xia De, with a serious expression, reached out and blocked Dorothy:
“Dorothy, you take Mia and retreat. Don’t enter our combat range. A wounded One-Ring Arcanist, I have a way to deal with him.”
The reason he knew a battle was about to happen was because the severely wounded man was already limping towards them.
Dorothy quickly retreated as instructed, standing in the shadows not illuminated by the streetlights. Xia De stopped, he was actually very curious about what judgment Yiluna had rolled this time, but he was determined not to use Arcanist methods.
A sudden urge to draw his gun made him understand Yiluna’s plan. Xia De deftly pulled out the Ruger revolver given by MI6 from his gun holster and aimed. The severely wounded One-Ring Arcanist clearly had no means of killing Xia De directly from a distance of forty or fifty meters. So, almost at the same time, he also laboriously drew a .45 semi-automatic pistol.
The gas lamps of the winter night illuminated the two, their two shadows stretching out in strange arcs, and their two pistols aimed at their respective targets.
