Joey clutched his chest, breathing heavily with lingering fear.
"Is this the terror of demigods?"
Wade didn't even take the initiative to attack. Just because he lost control and released a trace of his aura, the huge Earl Allen Manor was destroyed in an instant.
His spiritual consciousness branched out to determine whether his body outside was safe. Fortunately, the goddess of luck finally favored him.
Joey discovered that after the spiritual consciousness left the body, the black hole traction from Vader disappeared. As before, the body without spirituality was just a body without life.
The aggregation characteristics between extraordinary beings seemed to have temporarily lost their effect on him.
In the empty round table hall, Joey paced back and forth, frowning.
The gap in strength between the two sides is too large. This gap cannot be bridged by ordinary methods.
Even if it was safe to hide in the Round Table Hall, he couldn't hide forever. Although he hadn't tried how long he could stay here, he didn't dare to gamble. If his body was damaged and he couldn't go back, it would be troublesome.
I heard that in the old days, there was a sequence of death, which was to abandon the body and control the soul. However, this sequence does not exist in Senegal. You can't mess with it, otherwise you will really become a lonely ghost.
"I just don't know what the situation is outside now. Will Wayne be shocked when he sees me? I should be more like a living dead than him."
"Maybe, Wayne, it's not necessarily that he's been sucked into sex."
Joey found that existing as a spirit body, his mind seemed to be very active, and many strange thoughts came to mind.
Details that I had not noticed before are now very clear in my mind.
"Why does Captain Vader hide his identity? He is a demigod. In Senegal, he is also the chief of the Pavilion. That is an identity second only to the imperial power, and even higher than the imperial power in some aspects."
"Also, how could a good Duke of the Empire become the archbishop in the rumors of the Necronomicon Cult? It's so easy to die. Rather than saying it's simple, it's more like she wants to die on her own."
"You can use 0-013's authority without directly using it. At the end, he is also a demigod like the captain."
"It seems that under the fog of this coup, many hidden things have emerged. I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse." Joey thought worriedly, and his thoughts gradually became distant.
"Um?"
The message from the trace of spirituality left outside told him that the outside was safe at this time.
Joey, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, his eyes brightened slightly, and a thick gray mist quickly enveloped his spirit body. Return to the real world.
The body's sensations and pain came bit by bit. In a daze, a dull voice came from my ears:
"Captain, a living person was found here."
Alive? who? Are you talking about me? "It seems like someone is calling me, and the voice is very strange." Joey tried hard to open his eyes, but found that his eyelids were heavy.
At this time, the voice continued:
"Bring the Holy Water of the Church"
"Holy water?" Damn... isn't that something specially provided by the church for the Imperial Knights?
Joey thought about various possibilities, but the only thing he didn't expect was that the authorities would intervene.
"Something is wrong" 0-013 intervened. Outsiders should not be able to detect the accident at Allen Manor. "Is it because of the bell?"
"Search the surrounding area to see if there are any survivors."
After that voice fell, another voice quickly responded: "Captain, we have searched them all, just this one."
Could it be that my spirit has been away from my body for a long time? Shouldn't it? If I remember correctly, what do they mean by this, the hundreds of people in the manor are all dead?
So should I wake up now, or continue to pretend to be dead?
For a time, Joey was caught in a dilemma.
"puff!"
While he was still thinking, the side effects of the extraordinary weapon 'Quenching' began to appear, and he suddenly felt a churn in his stomach.
No, if you keep pretending, your pockets will be stretched.
He could no longer pretend to be dead, so he suddenly opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was a group of knights wearing silver armor surrounding him.
His thoughts were racing, and Joey held his stomach in embarrassment and cried out in pain: "Ouch, my stomach hurts, borrow it, borrow it." After saying that, he wanted to run away.
After taking two steps, there were several bright halberds around his neck.
"No, there's something good to say, there's something good to say"
He raised his hands and just said a few words, his stomach began to growl in protest again.
“I really can’t hold it in any longer”
It was only then that one of the sergeants who seemed to be the leader covered his nose and waved his hand: "Keep an eye on him."
Having solved the major event in his life, Joey felt his stomach happily and muttered in his mind: "It seems that I will have to use it sparingly in the future. The side effects are really annoying. It doesn't hurt much, but I'm pretty good at tricking others."
Looking at the two military masters on the left and right, Joey joked:
"You two, there is no need to be so cautious, we are all our own people."
To a certain extent, the Survey Corps and the Knights are really the same group. They are both affiliated with the Pavilion. The only difference is that the leaders are different.
After getting rid of the side effects of 'quenching', he was surprised to find that most of the wounds on his body were healed. He sighed secretly: "It is indeed the holy water specially provided by the church. This therapeutic effect is incredible. I have to find a way to get it."
Da da da!
The armor on the soldiers made a mechanical sound when they walked.
Only then did Joey have the intention to look around, looking surprised.
The castle collapsed, and the previously splendid buildings were now in ruins. The entire land of the manor seemed to have been turned over, and the ground was covered with large and small ravines, like countless spider cracks.
Soon, Joey was brought back to the place by two soldiers. The officer who had given the order looked at him with a scrutinizing look.
"You don't seem to be afraid at all?"
Joey tidied up his messy hair, patted the dust on his body, and Shi Shiran said:
"Should I be afraid?"
"There are hundreds of people in this huge Earl's Manor. No one survives. You are the only one alive."
At this time, if he dared to show any inappropriate behavior, Joey suspected that the other party would not hesitate to accuse him of being a heretic.
He turned around and looked around at the ruins around him. Where Captain Vader had been, there was nothing.
"Maybe it's because I'm lucky." He paused, then fixed his gaze on the sergeant's face: "Maybe it's because you guys arrived in time."
The leading general frowned slightly, not ruling out this possibility.
"So now, can you tell me, what exactly happened here?"
While saying this, Joey saw a man walking out from among the soldiers, holding a crystal ball in his hand. He knew that thing, and it was also found in the Sheriff's Department. It was a magic crystal ball used to test lies.
He was not stupid enough to think that he could deceive the Knights. He thought for a few seconds and prepared to pick up some things that did not involve his own privacy.
"I am a member of the West Kowloon District Public Security Bureau and the Investigation Corps."
Then, he roughly recounted the whole story.
When it was mentioned that Vader Wesker was a demigod, Joey noticed that the general's expression suddenly changed.
Joey said that he could understand that there were only two demigods in the entire Senegal, and Vader's abilities were not those two. Suddenly there was a demigod, and the situation in the entire empire might change drastically. .
Joey was secretly taken back to a key military location and kept locked up for several days.
Although it's nice to eat and drink, this feeling is the most uncomfortable because you don't know what the other person wants to do.
On the third day, he was taken to a room full of crystal balls. In the middle was an old man with a white beard wearing a felt hat. The wrinkles on his face were squeezed together, and a tiny slit was exposed for his eyes. At first glance, he looked like a white-bearded man. I thought he had his eyes closed.
"Another interrogation?" He was familiar with this routine, Wade had done it once.
A kind of hypnosis that allows people to enter the depths of the sea of consciousness. In this state, many secrets hidden in the depths will be revealed.
Anyway, this thing is of no use to him at all. As long as he has a trace of spirituality and enters the Round Table Hall, he can stay awake.
"Are you Vader Wesker's chosen one?"
However, the other party asked a very strange question. Joey looked confused and had no idea what the other party meant?
"Is the captain still alive? Where is he now?"
There is only one thing that Joey wants to know most right now. Although demigods are difficult to kill, demigods who have lost their humanity are another matter.
In that state at that time, Vader was clearly in a state of rage and could transform into an irrational mythical creature at any time.
"Although we can't be sure where he is now, one thing we can be sure of is that he is still alive."
"When did you join the Survey Corps?"
Unconsciously, Joey followed the other person's rhythm and recounted everything that happened after he met Vader in detail.
Except for some secrets about himself, things about Vader, even speculations and jokes, were all told in detail.
"Okay, you can go back"
He didn't come back to his senses until he walked out of the room filled with crystal balls, and suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
He unknowingly fell into the other party's words.
"This is so scary, even scarier than hypnosis."
The soldier beside him patted his shoulder gently, smiled and comforted:
"You're lucky, you've passed the test."
Pass? Is this a test? Joey asked in confusion: "Who is he?"
"Shh! Let's go quickly. There are some things that you can't inquire about blindly." Although there was no direct answer, the soldier pointed to a tall tower in the distance.
Joey shut up knowingly.
There are two such towers in the main city. The highest point of one is the bronze bell of the Church of the Sun in the old era, and the other is the symbol of the highest power in Senegal.
The Council of Elders is right there, and every change of imperial power will be decided there.
Joey guessed that the person he saw just now might be a big shot.
"Um?···"
Soon Joey realized something was wrong. In his mind, the appearance of the old man with the white beard just now became blurry.
"Something's wrong!" Without any time to think, he quickly separated a trace of spirituality, peeled off the memory and threw it into the Round Table Hall.
When he walked to the block, he had forgotten why he was here. He only remembered being taken away by soldiers at the Earl's Manor, and his memory after that was blurry.
He returned to his residence in a daze, pulling his spirituality back, and the tidal wave of memories returned, and his confused eyes gradually regained their clarity.
"That old man is definitely a demigod!"
Good guy, a big shot that ordinary people would rarely meet in their lifetime. He met two of them in a row. He really didn’t know what to say.
Opening the window and looking at the foggy sky outside, a breeze blew on his face, and he could smell a faint smell of blood.
"What exactly does the Necromancer Sect want to do?"
The smell was difficult to conceal, not even a single person could be seen on the streets, and the disciples' crazy sacrifices had now developed to a blatant level.
He raised his head to soothe his neck, then went back into the house and closed the window. It wasn't until night fell that he quietly left the room.
Along the way, he carefully touched Earl Allen's manor.
At this time, a cordon was set up around the manor. After looking around, no one was found squatting there, so Joey rushed in.
There was nothing at the scene except the ruins of a collapsed house.
"Officially, is it handled so cleanly?"
I searched and found nothing unusual.
"Hey," he sighed softly. He originally wanted to try his luck, but he didn't expect that the official aftermath was so thorough, erasing all traces of the extraordinary.
"Um··?"
Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat, as if something was calling him.
Following the feeling in his heart, Joey stepped closer to the center of the manor.
The collapsed fountain fish pond, I remember when he saw it for the first time, he had teased the fish in it, thinking that if he caught one, he could sell it for a lot of money.
But now, there is only a pool of turbid muddy water, and the exquisite sculpture of a female body holding a flower and sprinkling water has been broken into several pieces.
The source of the induction was just under the water. He bent down and bent his knees slightly, reaching into the water to fish it out. Soon a yellowed book page was fished out of the water.
A line of words gradually emerged:
"Great master, your most loyal servant, all the flowers that Azrael has been waiting for you have withered."
0-013?
He is still there?
Joey looked at the thin yellowing pages of the book in his hand with a look of astonishment on his face.
"Master, Master, I miss you so much"
He considered his words and paused for a few seconds before asking:
"you there"
"Wait, don't answer yet!"
He felt that it was inappropriate when he said it. Because of the law of extraordinary conservation, the question could not be raised on insignificant matters.
"Master, I can answer all your questions. This is just a part of me. I don't have to abide by the law of conservation. Of course, accordingly, I have lost part of my authority."
"Okay! You ask first!"
The pages of the book were still dripping with water, and a line of words slowly emerged:
"Master, you can ask first, and I will ask the question together later."
Joey looked around, pondered for a moment, and decided to go back first before making any plans. When he left, he didn't forget to erase all traces of his visit.
Along the way, he carefully avoided the patrolling knights, and it was already late at night when he returned to his residence.
The corridor on the second floor was pitch dark. In fact, there were not many people living in this townhouse. Due to the riots, the main city area was not safe recently, so it was normal to go to bed early.
"Hmm...? The light in the landlady's room is still on?"
