London is immersed in a deep fog, losing the noise and bustle of the past.
The road was covered with cracks after the battle, and the window glass of street shops was shattered. There was an air of dilapidation everywhere.
Only the breeze that could not blow away the gray mist gently caressed the weeds growing tenaciously from the gaps between the bricks, and the slightly swaying grass blades exuded a sense of loneliness in this dead steel and concrete jungle. vitality.
But I don't know when, the mist that was originally motionless suddenly began to move slowly and inexplicably. They are centered on a certain point in the city, sometimes slightly expanding, sometimes slightly contracting, like heartbeats and breathing.
It was like... the fog that enveloped downtown London was suddenly given life.
This strange phenomenon instantly aroused the attention of several teams patrolling outside the fog. After urgent discussions, they immediately reported this latest strange change to Spiral Town.
However, for the fog that has been silent for a long time, this seems to be just the beginning.
The next moment the abnormality occurred, at the end of the previously deserted street, a figure with vague steps suddenly appeared from the corner, staggering towards this side.
Then, there was the second, third, fourth...
After a while, a large number of living corpses poured out from the other side like a tide. The sound of footsteps was mingling on the silent street, but because no one spoke at all, it seemed even more mysterious.
As Maka said before, the living corpses in urban London are moving purposefully. Although the walking speed is not fast, it is actually heading towards the outer periphery of the southeastern suburbs.
So, in this large crowd of living corpses, is Haierbo also there
In order to assist Sirius in rescuing survivors, Maka's Silver Eagle Patronus had another fight with Haierbo. I still remember that Haierbo arrived at the place very quickly, which seemed to indicate that he was actually directing the actions of this army of living zombies on the spot.
However, this is not the case.
To be honest, although Haierpo reacted very quickly after noticing Maka's patron saint, his final move to eliminate it was also very neat. But in fact, Haierbo was somewhat reluctant to take action that time.
In fact, Haierbo had already entered the final stage of fighting for the body with the devil's will. If something went wrong at this stage, he would have to start all over again.
Because of this, he acted very forcefully at that time and almost eliminated Maka's patron saint at once. But at the same time, Sirius, who had already noticed it, sneaked out of London with a group of people.
Sure enough, after seeing Sirius who had returned safely, Maka felt relieved and did not run to London again, which also gave Haierbo more time to concentrate on overcoming the last difficulty.
Maka wouldn't know that if he went to harass her on a whim, although it wouldn't cause any substantial harm to Haierbo, it would give him more room to think about countermeasures.
But now, that opportunity no longer exists.
Right now, at the crossroads in the city center where Halbo once gathered the living corpses, a tall figure covered in black and with bulging muscles was standing firmly in the middle with his feet slightly apart.
The devil's body originally does not need oxygen.
But at this moment, the chest that seemed as hard as steel was slowly rising and falling. Every time he exhaled and inhaled, it caused the fog that shrouded the entire London to expand and contract slightly.
The living corpses that were currently gathered around him were obviously gone now, and the deserted street seemed to be filled with a gloomy atmosphere because of his presence.
It's clearly daytime, but the sunlight doesn't shine in, only the haze and mist lingering rhythmically.
Just a few more minutes passed like this, and suddenly, a tiny crack suddenly spread silently from the soles of Haierbo's bare feet.
It was like a omen, foretelling what was about to happen next.
A few seconds passed quietly, and suddenly, the muscular black figure sank a few inches as if it had been subjected to a huge amount of gravity.
His feet broke through the hard pavement in an instant, and large cracks spread with a "click" sound, and fragments of bricks and large amounts of dust suddenly splashed up.
"snort-"
Halbo, who had his eyes tightly closed, snorted softly, and then slowly opened his eyes, which were also pitch black.
He raised his hands and looked down, then alternately raised his feet and lightly stepped on the ground, as if he was re-experienced the feeling of controlling this body.
In fact, the moment his body sank was actually the moment he completely erased the devil's will from this body. Since the devil no longer has the instinctive restraint on power, its burden has completely placed on Haierbo's soul, and this is where the power is exposed and becomes slightly out of control.
"I see," Haierbo clenched his fists and couldn't help but reveal a smile of satisfaction on his face, "That's right, this is the strength that a body that can resist the rules should have... With this body, you can I don’t have any worries to touch the rule of death. It’s strong enough to protect my soul from being corroded.”
As he murmured this, he stretched his hand forward as if he wanted to touch something.
There is naturally nothing there except air and gray fog. But Haierbo seemed to have touched the rules of death that had been elusive for him for nearly two thousand years, and the smile on his face became thicker and thicker.
Unfortunately, for the time being, this is just his imagination, nothing more.
After a moment, Haierbo put down his hand and took a step forward - with just this step, he suddenly disappeared from where he was.
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"Asking me to take over as Minister of Magic? At a time like this?"
Maka, who is still completely unaware of what happened in the London fog, is talking with Kingsley and Scrimgeour in the Minister's Office in the new Ministry of Magic Building.
Kingsley, who was suddenly called over, seemed a little confused about the timing of the shift handover, but after a pause, he quickly nodded.
"Okay! I have no problem... But because there are still many things to deal with, I think there is no need to go through so many procedures for the time being. It is enough to convey the news directly... Mr. Scrimgeour, what do you think?"
"Oh! Okay, of course no problem!"
As he was talking, suddenly, the door to the minister's office was pushed open, and Sirius walked in from the outside.
"Maka, there's new news from London."