"McLean, I have to say, I only realize now... how wise your decision to evacuate London collectively was..."
"Huh? What happened?"
In the square in the center of Spiral Town, Maka and Lupine were standing next to the magic statue, talking in a low voice. Not far away, Sirius, who was quite dusty, nodded slightly, seeming to agree with Lupine's words.
"That's right," Sirius saw Maka asking, and immediately took over the conversation and said, "You know, I have been secretly patrolling around London with two teams of people... guess what I saw?"
For Sirius at this time, rhetorical questions were obviously just a way of "drawing the key points". As soon as he asked the question, he continued as if he was asking and answering himself:
"There are still a few remnants in the fog... Well, they are the enemies that can control unknown black substances. We have confirmed that those guys can't get out of the fog range."
"However, we also discovered another kind of enemy!" He paused for a moment, then explained, "They are like the Inferi created by dark wizards in the past through secret methods... Well, very fast Inferi. Although it has a certain resistance to magic spells, it is definitely not as good as the former that can construct a magic shield on its own—"
Judging from Sirius's description, he has obviously fought against those "accelerated versions of the Inferi". Just from what he said, those new enemies don't seem to be that powerful
However, Sirius followed closely:
"However, those guys were able to cross the border of the fog and run outside without any hindrance!"
After emphasizing this point in his tone, he looked at Lu Ping solemnly.
"I always say that I didn't notice anything wrong at first, because they were not too different from the original crazy wizards, so I just regarded them as remnants that had not been completely eliminated. But... when I brought a When the team was at the edge of the fog and saw a corpse 'standing up' with my own eyes, I knew where those new enemies came from!"
By the time Sirius said this, Maka actually understood what he and Lupine wanted to say. But perhaps because of the importance of this matter, Lu Ping still added:
"Obviously, if so many wizards and Muggles are still in the fog now, the consequences will be absolutely unimaginable—Helpo simply wants to start a revolution in London that will bring him millions. Cataclysm of the army!”
"Well..." Maka frowned and whispered, "When I announced it was complete, I didn't expect so much... At that time, I just knew that Halpo wanted to collect souls to create a new body through massacre, so-"
Unexpectedly, Haierbo was still a conspiracy to kill two birds with one stone!
If the strength of the demon he summoned hadn't exceeded his imagination and caused a huge surprise in his plan, Maka's evacuation operation would most likely fail to take place.
And when the time comes, with the population of nearly eight million in the London metropolitan area... there will be an unstoppable army of Haierbo, plus millions of "enhanced versions of the Inferi"!
At that point, whether it's letting Muggles use weapons of mass destruction, or Maka finding a way to use attack magic that covers a large area.
Anyway, no matter which way of response, London is definitely not available.
Thinking of this, Maka couldn't help but secretly smack her tongue - Lupine said he was "wise and far-sighted", but he understood that this time it was mainly luck that was on his side.
And this also made him a rare secret luck.
"Sirius, is there anyone watching over there?" He thought for a while and couldn't help but ask.
"Of course!" Sirius nodded immediately, "I will wait here for the members of the two teams to repair themselves a little, and then I will go back... There were many casualties in London, but after all, there were still many bodies left that have not been dealt with. , now we can’t live without people there.”
"Yes." Maka immediately nodded and said, "I will also let my spiders take action. But they will definitely not be able to step into the fog. If my little guys die in it and become Haierbo's accomplices, , that will become a big problem!”
After watching Sirius go to rest, Maka and Lupine were silent for a moment, then waved their hands and put the matter aside.
Anyway, the worst case scenario didn't happen, that's a good thing, and we have to keep going. If you always focus on the gains and losses of the past, it will only lead to no progress.
The next moment, Maka looked at the statue in the center of the square again.
Before Sirius came back, Maka had actually made a preliminary inspection. It was a humanoid statue made of mercury and constructed with magic. Now under the illumination of the street lights around the square, the slightly undulating surface is shining with a gleaming light.
But who is the prototype of this statue... To be honest, Maka really didn't notice it for a while.
"Have the Silent Man from the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic studied it before?" Maka asked while looking at it, "Did they say whose statue this is?"
"No," Lu Ping shook his head, "This mercury statue itself has no final shape. Many details have slight changes. It can be said that it is different every moment. Some people think that it is very similar to the one who advocated the planning of Spiral Town at that time. A minister of magic, but if you compare it with the portrait, it's not the same."
After Maka heard this, she touched her chin and thought for a moment, and then couldn't help but shout to the mercury statue:
"Hey! Can you say a word?"
Unfortunately, he was obviously not the first person to try to communicate with him, and this was not even the first time he spoke to him.
But although the statue would move from time to time, or look up at the sky, or fold its arms in meditation, it didn't respond to Maka's intention. This makes people wonder if it has no will of its own at all and is just performing some actions according to the magic settings.
"Maybe... this is just an ordinary statue with a slightly novel design?"
Maka's magic induction can't sense anything, and based on the construction history of Spiral Town, this thing seems to be just a product of the modern magic world. It seems that there is no possibility that exceeds the common sense of modern magic.
"Anyway," Maka thought about it for a while, and then said, "Let's go check out other defense buildings in the town first! If there is really something wrong with this statue, maybe we can get some clues from other details. !”
Having said that, Maka let Lupine lead the way and quickly left the square and went elsewhere.
But they didn't know that not long after they left, a pair of eyes extended from a building near the square and landed directly on the mysterious mercury sculpture...