bookbashuk Chapter 2697 Cruelty and Cowardice
Chapter 2697 Cruelty and Cowardice
Chapter 2697 Cruelty and Cowardice
When the owl caught the cat and flew into the hotel window at 2:30 that afternoon, Miss Danister was exchanging information with Miss Bell. After Shade and the witch landed, the young witch apprentice immediately said:
"Miss, something happened in the city. An hour ago, a large number of undead appeared in the woods around the city. When the church sent a team to deal with the undead, the manor where Prince William of Anjou lived was shrouded in gray fog, and York Bronte took the people there hostage."
"Where's Margaret?"
Xia De asked immediately, and Miss Bell assured Xia De:
"Bronte hasn't gone crazy and attacked the royal family yet. Princess Margaret wasn't there in the afternoon, and Prince William of Anjou was thrown out directly after the gray fog appeared. Now the church has surrounded the manor, and when the ring wizards tried to enter, the heads of the manor servants were immediately thrown out."
"Even though they knew he would do it, why did they do it so directly? Charlotte, does the church know that it was York Bronte who did it?"
The witch frowned and asked, and Miss Bell shook her head:
"I don't know. The church only knows that a large number of undead appeared outside the city, and many of them are quite troublesome. Currently, the thirteenth ring 'Master of Construction' has led a team to deal with it. They are still investigating the things in the city. The head that was thrown out of the manor was manipulated to tell the church's ring sorcerers that he wanted to see the person who stole the coffin."
Although the resentful spirits that have been transformed and strengthened in the "edge of life and death" are difficult to deal with, as long as the church wants to eliminate them, the only role they can play in a place like the Vesta Forest is to delay time. This will be a small-scale battle, but it will not directly shake the order of Vesta City.
"He really wants to know who took the tree hole."
Shade was not surprised by this, but felt that York Bronte was still too timid. He briefly told Miss Danister and Miss Bell about the cemetery, the narrow room, the coffin, the flesh and blood, and the warp, so that they could understand the general situation:
"Then I'll go see Bronte and this matter can be settled today."
"The other party dares to meet you directly now, he must have his own trump card."
Miss Danister reminded, and the witch suddenly turned into a cat and jumped onto his shoulder:
"I'll go with Shade."
"You've already used the umbilical cord once this morning. If a fight really comes, do you want to use it again? I'm worried that you'll turn into an owl and never be able to change back."
The red-haired girl reached out and "took" the owl off Shade's shoulder:
"You stay in the inn, and let your followers go with me to the vicinity of the manor. Shade, I will not follow you into the manor, but if a fight really comes, we will come to help you as long as we see your Moonlight. Your potion is still with me, and even if it cannot be fully restored, it is still no problem to help you suppress it."
She was referring to the "miracle potion" that Father Augustus had prepared for Shad.
Without further delay, Shade set out immediately. The manor where Prince William of Anjou lived was located in the southwest of the city. The incident happened suddenly and the church responded promptly. Although the abnormal fog caused discussions among people living nearby, it was after all the area where the nobles lived in the city and there were not many pedestrians, so it did not cause panic for the time being.
Miss Danister and the others separated from Shad before reaching the neighborhood. Shad did not think of bypassing the church's blockade and sneaking in, but instead walked straight over after confirming his disguise.
The police blocked the road outside, but let Shad go forward as if they couldn't see him, which attracted the attention of the ring masters who were in charge of handling this matter.
Because this place is closest to the Peace Church in this city, the first team to appear in front of Shade was a team from the Peace Church led by an eleventh-ring sorcerer. Seeing that Shade was walking straight towards them without any disguise, they also let down their guard against the strange sorcerer and stopped him at the corner of the street leading to the entrance of the manor:
"Sir, the road ahead is now inaccessible."
"The person inside is looking for me."
Shade said, pulling out the sword of the Night Watchman that he had used once in the coffin at noon:
"Let me in and let me handle it. There might be a big trouble in there."
Now, Nightwatch is the weapon of the "strongest" ring wizard "Godcaller" in the entire material world. Although not everyone knows it, at least the eleventh ring wizard who stopped Shade knows it. He was quite surprised by the appearance of this sword. After repeatedly observing Shade's face and the sword, he showed a very complicated expression:
"Is it our turn here?"
After getting permission, he reached out and touched the hilt of the longsword. After confirming that it was an angel-level relic, he signaled his teammates to disperse:
"Okay, please come with me."
He did not ask Shad what had happened. After bringing Shad to the gate of the manor, he explained the matter to the other three captain-level church ring warlocks. Then they lifted the outer warning ceremony and signaled Shad to enter.
Shade admired the efficiency of their communication.
"The coffin you are looking for, or the door, is here with me!"
Shade shouted loudly towards the manor, then walked in. The thin gray fog represented the power of death, and when Shade stepped through the gate of the manor, the sword in his hand immediately began to glow.
It can be seen that York Bronte's risk of kidnapping the people here was a temporary move out of necessity, and he was obviously afraid of the power of the church, and he knew very well that if the church did not want him to kill more people, these death fogs would not be able to stop anything.
According to the church's estimation, there should be 50 to 70 people in the manor, most of whom are servants of the manor and the prince's entourage and guards, and a small number of local nobles who came to visit Prince William of Anjou that afternoon. Once the church solves the problem outside the city, it will be a simple matter to break into the manor. Therefore, all the heartbeats that Shade's "Heart of Stone" can hear are gathered in the grand banquet hall on the third floor of the manor.
In the entire manor filled with the fog of death, there were not only no living people, but even no dead people.
"He didn't even arrange for the relic to stand in my way."
Xia De was still thinking silently as he went up the stairs.
[He originally wanted to know who took the coffin, and he didn't want to spend too much time in the city, so why would he stop you? ]
"She" beside his ear asked with a smile, and Xia De felt that this made sense.
The walls, windows, ceiling and floor of the banquet hall seemed to be covered by a layer of wriggling flesh and blood in Shade's perception. This was also York Bronte's preparation to prevent a surprise attack by the church. However, when Shade arrived at the door of the banquet hall covered with flesh and blood, the door opened and there was no trace of flesh and blood inside.
All the living people in the manor were sitting or lying down safely, but they all looked listless. There was not too much gray fog in the room, but the power of death still made the living people feel quite uncomfortable.
Even when Shade pushed the door open, most of them just looked up instead of asking him what was going on outside.
No one stood up to greet him or speak. The atmosphere at this moment was like facing a group of critically ill patients who were about to die in a hospital. Although the windows were still letting in light, according to observations from outside, the current light was probably all created by magic.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Shade walked deeper into the banquet hall. He carefully avoided the people lying on the ground, and finally saw York Bronte at the far end of the long table covered with a dust cloth.
He was as listless as the ordinary people here, sitting against the wall, holding Miss Linda Bennett, the third daughter of the Bennet family who appeared here for some reason. Shade could see that he was pretending, after all, he had to cast a spell to maintain this place, and the traces of spirits and elements were probably invisible to ordinary people.
But it was obvious that the dead apostle did not recognize the glowing sword in Shade's hand, but instinctively felt the extreme danger. He looked up at Shade, and Shade also looked down at him.
Seeing that the other party didn't want to speak, Xia De had to take the initiative to say:
"Let everyone here go. Stop it, Theodore. There are only church ring sorcerers outside."
Although the depressed Linda Bennett still had her eyes open, Shad felt that she didn't hear what he said at all.
York Bronte looked at him with a pale face and answered hoarsely:
"Give me back my coffin. Linda Bennett and I will move out after we get married. I can guarantee that we will leave this area and never come back."
Xia De then asked:
"So what about your time curse? Do you have to return to the brink of life and death from time to time, or do you need to be in an environment with a high concentration of death for a long time?"
Bronte's expression finally changed. He tried to stand up, but was still entangled by Linda Bennet, so he pushed the girl to the floor:
"I don't understand. Why did you travel through time to trouble me? Have I ever offended you? Or have I blocked your way? The things in the coffin can be yours, and I can also give you other property if you let me compensate you.
Life is so precious, you and I are both powerful mortals, if we can avoid death, why should we fight each other? "
"No, you haven't offended me, and you haven't stood in my way."
Shade shook his head:
"You traveled through time and created a paradox. You knew what the consequences would be. You became the monster you are today and killed so many people. Of course I have to get rid of you."
York Bronte leaned against the wall and asked incredulously:
"But what does this have to do with you?"
He didn't seem to be quibbling, but really thought so:
"I created time paradoxes that just made me live longer, and I killed people you didn't even know.
What does this have to do with you? I have no grudge against you, why don't you let me go?"