Underground of St. Selena Church, in the guard room outside Chanis Gate.
Leonard Mitchell leaned back on the chair, raised his legs, and rested them on the edge of the table. His eyes were empty and his face was pale.
He just kept that posture, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.
He doesn't care about his injuries, the repair of the seal behind Chanis' door, or the loss of St. Selina's ashes... He only cares about two things -
Who designed all this!
Who kidnapped the dying captain!
These were two questions that the "old man" couldn't answer for him.
He only knew that after exorcising the evil god's offspring, Klein was still alive; if there hadn't been that damn mastermind behind the scenes, maybe Klein would have been able to perform ritual magic and rescue the captain...
All he knew was that the guy who had stolen the body of the "Tuxedo Clown" had also kidnapped the dying captain.
Leonard was immersed in his inner world, chewing over and over again a thought of self-blame——
If I were stronger, would the ending be better?
Just like Klein, if he hadn't been promoted to level one quietly, he might not have been able to avoid Megaos' sneak attack...
"Leonard, the results of the divination are out." Siga Theon walked to Leonard's side at some point.
Her shoulder was also bandaged.
Old Neil suddenly left, and the pressure on her and the old internal watcher increased greatly. They struggled to hold on until reinforcements arrived, but they still suffered serious injuries.
She is doing better, at least she has regained her basic mobility after treatment with ritual magic.
Leonard opened his eyes, turned his green eyes to Sika, and asked with difficulty:
"result?"
Xijia choked up a little and spoke for the second time:
"The captain is also dead, but the location of the body cannot be divined."
winter!
Leonard suddenly sat up and punched the table with a loud bang.
Except for him, everyone thought that the captain's body was taken away by the man behind the scenes, and he had no way to explain this matter.
Sika glanced at Leonard and added:
"The mastermind behind the incident has also been identified."
Leonard didn't look up: "Who?"
"Ince Zangwill."
Sika replied without hesitation:
"There is a telegram in the captain's office that was sent from the Holy Temple. The decoded content is -"
"Be careful of Ince Zangwill, be careful of Sealed Artifact '0-08'."
After hearing the news, Leonard thought about it in silence for a while, then tilted his ears slightly, and finally fully understood the whole story.
"So that's it..." He stood up, his depression and frustration disappearing at the same time, "I want to join the 'Red Gloves'!"
His words seemed to be responding to Sika, and also seemed to be making an oath to himself.
…
After completing the rescue of Dunn, Valeera's condition declined considerably.
Mainly the negative effects of losing a lot of blood.
She endured the dizziness from excessive blood loss and took out a tube of potion and drank it.
Valeela and Dunn were taking the "blood-producing potion" that Harold bought from the Fat Apothecary, because their main physical damage now was massive blood loss.
Of course, Dunn's blood loss was more serious, and he also had mental problems——
He probably thought he was dead and lost himself in a dream.
Because of Ince's arrangements and calculations, Dunn's mental state was not good to begin with. After experiencing a life-and-death battle, he did not expect anyone to rescue him. In addition, he is the "dream demon" who is most likely to confuse dreams and reality. ...It can be said that without external rescue, it is almost impossible for him to wake up.
Of course, the earlier the better, but Valeela couldn't do it right away.
She needed to move Dunn to the small town of Vinia before she could attempt to awaken him in a safe environment.
Moreover, during the transfer process, the unconscious Dunn will obviously be more cooperative than the conscious Dunn.
When almost all the official Beyonders in Tingen City poured into the ruined Blackthorn Security Company, Valeela packed Dunn into a large suitcase, hired a carriage, and drove to the southernmost tip of Tingen City. quayside area.
After hiring a car and a boat, it took Valeela three hours to transport Dunn to the small town of Vinia.
Of course, after getting off the carriage, Valeera released Dunn.
After all, as long as she stayed away from the official Beyonders, she could simply make Dunn invisible, so as not to continue to wrong the guardian of Tingen City.
In the room that Lydia had found someone to open in advance, Dunn was lying on the bed, with Valeela and Lydia standing in front of him.
As for Liya, Valeera doesn’t want her to come into contact with too many things in the extraordinary world for the time being.
When changing Dunn's makeup and appearance, Lydia finally couldn't help but ask the question in her mind:
"Teacher, what happened? You all seem to be seriously injured?"
"We'll talk about this later," Valeela shook her head. "The most important thing now is to wake him up."
"I will enter his dream. You will stay here after you finish changing your makeup. It won't be long."
As she spoke, Valeera took out a semicircular silver sheet covered with various symbolic symbols, numbers and logos, and read in ancient Hermetic language:
】
"Crimson!"
This is a "dream spell" that can help the user enter the target's dream.
While Valeela was pretending to inspect Klein's body, she took away several talismans that he always kept in his pocket, including two "Dream Talismans".
As for the other "Sleeping Charms" and "Requiem Charms", Valeela gave them to Lydia because they had a short shelf life.
The transparent flame rose silently, wrapping the spell and burning into a deep and tranquil black.
This black color quickly filled the air, enveloping Valeera and Dunn.
Valeera entered a meditative state, and used her spirituality to see an illusory and hazy oval-shaped ball of light floating in the endless darkness ahead.
Because it was daytime, there was only this dreamland nearby.
Valeera spread her spirituality and touched the unreal ball of light.
Silently, the scene around her began to flicker upside down, but soon settled into a scene in a suburban villa.
In the yellow and green plains, a winding dirt road one carriage wide extended from Valeera's feet to the door of a three-story single-family villa not far ahead. Not far behind the villa was a dense forest.
With her excellent eyesight, Valeela could easily see:
At the edge of the forest, a boy of about eighteen or nineteen years old was playing with the bow and arrow in his hand, seemingly practicing his shooting skills; in front of a floor-to-ceiling window on the third floor of the villa, a middle-aged man with brown hair was facing the bright sunshine with his back. Reading...
The whole dream is filled with a sense of peace and harmony.
Valeela stepped forward and rang the doorbell on the villa door.
Not long after, Dunn, who had a straight nose and a slightly high hairline, came to the door, looked at Valeera with his deep gray eyes, and asked:
"Who are you?"
"what's the matter?"
