Muriel on the bed looked very painful.
Her eyes were closed tightly, her expression was ferocious, and she opened her mouth as wide as if her jaw would be dislocated at any time, but she could only make a "click" sound in her throat.
It is conceivable that if we were in the real world on the other side at this moment, gray mist must be constantly pouring out of that mouth, right? But in this mirror space, with her mouth wide open like this, she looked even more terrifying.
In fact, Muriel could no longer breathe because of the gray mist that continued to spit out from her mouth and nose.
In fact, it was okay when she was in a semi-conscious state before, but after Martin was killed by Haierbo in the fog, she was mostly awake. And this immediately made her feel a strong sense of suffocation.
Although because the demon summoning ritual was still going on, her core could not die at all, but this made her even more miserable.
And at this moment, the door that had been closed not far away was suddenly opened, and a smartly dressed figure appeared at the door.
The person coming is obviously Delphi.
Although Muriel had her eyes closed, as the core of the ceremony, she could feel everything through the gray fog that filled the city—including the real London outside, as well as the mirror space where she was.
When Martin was fighting with Helbo's apprentice and Helbo before, it was because she could directly detect what was happening that she helped Martin in such a timely manner.
It's a pity that even though she had endured her own pain and tried her best, she still failed to save Martin's life from Haierbo in the end.
So, when Delphi at the door slowly walked to the bed and looked at her with slightly lowered eyes. She seemed to have exhausted all her strength to open her eyes, and looked straight at Delphi's face with a pair of bloodshot eyes.
This was not the first time that Muriel had felt the pain of saying goodbye to someone close to her. Coupled with the endless pain of suffocation that she was experiencing now, death had become her only luxury hope.
When she saw the somewhat dazed look in her eyes, Delphi could almost clearly feel that the other person was begging her for relief.
However... Delphi did not move.
…
"Is the core over here?"
Maka came quickly. Not long after Delphi went to Muriel's bedside, he had already found a place near the old house.
The atmosphere here was obviously stronger and more depressing than elsewhere, which made him even more convinced that he had found the right place.
The next moment Maka turned two more intersections and passed the old house along the slightly narrow black market alley, the obscure sound coming from the second floor immediately stopped him.
"It should be up here."
Pushing open the door of the old house, Maka quickly walked in. After climbing up the stairs to the bedroom door, she immediately reached out and pushed open the door.
"Delphi."
As soon as he opened the door, he saw the figure standing beside the bed. He had just seen the long chestnut hair, and it was obvious that he would not be mistaken.
"Delphi, why are you here?" Maka stood at the door, frowning slightly.
But at this moment, the figure from behind asked without looking back:
"This is obviously what I want to ask... why... why do you appear here?"
"What?"
Maka looked at Delphi in the room, the look of confusion on her face deepened.
And in the next second, another figure suddenly moved from the side of the door and walked into Maka's line of sight, blocking Delphi's back in the blink of an eye.
"Don't you understand? I think... maybe I can explain it to her a little bit."
"…Herbo."
As soon as he saw this familiar person appear, Maka immediately raised the staff in his hand and assumed a somewhat defensive posture.
But Halbo, who was standing between Maka and Delphi in the bedroom, waved his hand easily.
"Oh, there's no need to be in such a hurry," he said calmly, "Let me tell you, we don't have to spar this time... Little girl, do you think I'm right?"
The latter words were obviously spoken by Haierbo to Delphi behind him. But after hearing this, Delphi, who was standing by the bed, didn't speak anymore and just fell into silence.
"Okay, okay!" Haierbo shrugged, and then turned to Maka at the door and said, "It doesn't matter... Although I always feel a bit immodest to say this myself, after all, you know, I am not 'Arrogance'... But MacLean, I still have to tell you, you are definitely no match for me here."
When Maka heard Haierbo say this, his expression did not change, but his heart suddenly sank.
In fact, he had already sensed something was wrong when he saw Haierbo simply walking out from the side.
Logically speaking, it was impossible for him to not feel the other person's presence at all when he was so close. Just like at the gate of St. Mungo's before, even if he couldn't find the exact location of Haierbo, he should at least be able to vaguely sense a trace of magic fluctuation.
Rather, there is absolutely no creature that can completely hide itself.
But the fact now is that Maka didn't realize that Haierbo was actually in this bedroom just now - either this was because Haierbo's strength was far beyond his level, or it was just the weird aura that permeated the surroundings. It's causing trouble.
Suppressing some of the uneasiness in her heart, Maka held the staff tightly and stared at Haierbo, saying coldly:
"'I'm not your opponent here'... maybe! But even if that's not the case, I don't want to fight with you now. If you don't mind, just give in, because I just want to talk to her now."
"Well," Haierbo raised his eyebrows, then shrugged, "Of course, I don't mind - you can have a good chat here. Although this is somewhat different from what I originally planned, it's good for me. For me, as long as the results are similar, it’ll be fine!”
After saying this, Haierbo actually stepped aside and sat down on a back chair by the window.
There is no doubt that this is the most cooperative Haierbo that Maka has ever seen. And this also made him feel more clearly the confidence of the other party at this moment.
He squinted at the other person, and after a brief pause, he looked at Delphi again.
It can be seen that the girl still has her back to him and has no intention of turning around.
"Delphi," Maka didn't move. He just stood at the door, looking at his back and said, "What is your purpose? By now, you should make it clear, right?"
"Purpose? Didn't I make it clear enough before?"