As soon as she heard about the battle above, she had already vigilantly performed several rituals for herself in the basement.
—Protection from bullets, natural resistance to weak penetration, protection from slashing, stable casting, and reinforcement of weaknesses.
Of course, she had fully charged up her strength and prepared her strongest attack in advance before coming out to confront them.
Although she was talking to Aiwass, her attention was actually on Haina.
As long as Haina is distracted, she will immediately throw the "cursed baby" in her hand. It will automatically track the heart, and once it touches the heart, it will sink into the body and directly bite the internal organs from the body to cause frost damage.
It not only causes unbearable pain, but also freezes the blood vessels near the heart. Even if you survive after eating it, if you move violently, your internal organs will be torn apart, causing extensive bleeding. Even a bishop cannot save you from such injuries.
...But if the attack misses and they get into a fight.
Even if she had given herself a lot of buffs in advance, she might not be able to defeat this young inspector.
She could sense that the other party must have mastered the third level of power, at least half a level higher than hers.
Although she didn't know the characteristics of the opponent's Tao, she had a high probability of not being able to defeat him.
—You only have one chance!
The moment she saw Aiwass raising the gun towards her, she decided on her next tactic.
She specifically strengthened her defense.
If it was a high-powered firearm, she might be a little wary, but the power of the Lady's Grip was very weak.
Even a thick oak barrel filled with wine might not be able to penetrate it. The female knight opposite might be able to block the bullet with her muscles.
Such a bullet, even if it hits her eyes or throat accurately, cannot cause serious damage to her.
And Aiwass Moriarty was just a young man who had never touched a gun and knew nothing. As the mutual induction between the extraordinary people of the resonance path, she could clearly sense that... Even if Aiwass had an extraordinary profession, he was definitely at least one level lower than her.
Because she didn't sense any threat from the other party.
He dared to shoot at Adhemar because Adhemar had lost his fighting ability. It was like shooting at a stationary target.
Looking at Adhmar's body, the bullet had normal power and had not been specially modified by the craftsman.
But he is alive and can dodge. When he doesn't know whether he can dodge the attack, he will definitely choose to shoot himself in the torso to increase the chance of hitting.
And with her good protection, she can definitely block this shot easily.
But she could pretend to have suffered a fatal blow, so that the young female knight would let down her guard. Then she could take the opportunity to attack her by surprise.
"How about it? Let's make a bet!"
She laughed heartily, as if she was not afraid at all: "You only have one chance!"
Veronica knew that if this bullet could hit her eyes or throat, it would probably interrupt her spell. But first of all, Aiwass might not dare to do so - he only had one chance.
If she continues to put pressure on the other party, the young man will choose to play it safe!
And as long as this shot didn't hit the weak spot that would have been fatal, she could have safely blocked it;
To put it another way, the worst result would be that the spell was interrupted. The pitiful little pistol in his hand still couldn't cause any effective damage to him - and he still had a chance to sneak attack the female knight.
—At least I won’t lose no matter what.
Hurry up, hurry up.
"Give me a quick shot—"
After quickly determining the tactics based on her own experience, Veronica stood where she was and continued to taunt:
"What a ridiculous and pitiful boy. I didn't kill you last time, but you can't escape this time. You don't think that just because this thing can kill that idiot, it can..."
—Peng!
The next moment, a gunshot rang out.
I saw a dark line passing through Veronica's head.
Her bald head broke into pieces, bursting like a watermelon.
The spell that Veronica was maintaining went out of control and the extremely cold wind blew through the entire bar. Haina couldn't help but take a half step back, and Aiwas' wheelchair rolled backwards and hit the wall before it stopped.
You don't even need to make up for it later.
Because she died so quickly and so completely, the continuous damage caused by "Shadow" and "Erosion" could not be dealt with.
Tiny white dots of light gradually emerged from her body and flowed into Aiwass's body.
Kill the second-level extraordinary person and gain 16 free experience
—This is the simplest way to skip class.
The protective rituals she could use did not include physical resistances of the "cutting", "piercing" and "blunting" types. In other words, she could only resist "slashing" and "shooting" at best. Her ritual level was too low to be effective against extraordinary weapons.
Then you just need to find a super weapon with the characteristics of "cutting", "piercing" and "blunting", and use sneak attacks to hit her weaknesses before entering the combat state. It can penetrate all resistances like attacking ordinary units, and a single damage will at least knock out one-third of her life, and directly put her into a state of defense-breaking fainting.
Then one round of output can take it away.
In reality, without the triple health bonus of the four-player BOSS module, she could be killed with just one headshot.
After all, the system for making "enchantment cards" comes from the ability of the Great Sin Scholar. The extremely rare purple supernatural equipment in the 1.0 environment has basically been in everyone's hands after two versions, so the "supernatural" entry of the Great Sin Scholar's Enchanted Card is quite generous.
It would be better to say that if the "Supernatural" attribute is not given, the weapon card materialized by the Phantom Card will not be able to defeat monsters two versions later - the enemies of that period were basically covered with non-supernatural resistance, and weapons and consumables that did not involve supernatural powers could no longer defeat people.
It won’t be like it is now, where this blue and white outfit can kill people.
What's this
This is the suppression of version updates.
"You saw it, she told me to shoot. I just wanted to scare her."
Looking at Haina's somewhat surprised and confused eyes, Aiwas shrugged innocently: "It's none of my business."
"… I know. Don't be afraid, Mr. Aiwass. You are completely innocent. You were forced to shoot because she threatened your life. I can prove it to you."
Haina was half a step late before she nodded slowly.
She looked back at the sorceress's body and was silent for a while.
"… But why does she dare to be so arrogant?"
She tried to explain what was happening in front of her, trying to rationalize it: "Maybe she thought that your shot would miss...
"—By the way, she said 'I failed to kill you last time'. Could she be the demonologist who kidnapped you? That's why she looked down on you. I didn't expect that as a priest, you not only have the ability to reason, but also have the courage to fight her!"
Haina spoke more and more fluently, and felt that she had completed the logic.
Aiwass shook his head repeatedly.
This guy was bewitched, he could say anything... If you want my body, just say it. He didn't know how to respond to this logic.
"We can still carry back the body of one person. But we definitely can't carry back the body of two people."
Aiwass did not respond, but calmly made a suggestion: "So my suggestion is that we should find a way to contact the nearby Supervisory Bureau. Ask them to send someone to supervise - and seal this place off by the way. The Pelican Bar must be related to these demonologists.
"You can check the basement of this bar. There should be a lot of ritual materials in it."
"Very good!"
Haina was extremely excited: "The incident is resolved!"
But then, she suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of which, how do you know the bartender's name?"
“Because I’ve been here.”
Aiwass did not mince words: "It was the day I was attacked and kidnapped.
"Actually, what I told you before wasn't entirely true. Or rather... I didn't know they were demonologists at the time."
"them?"
“Yes. In addition to this woman, there was also a middle-aged man. Before I was attacked, the two of them came to me for a drink… I thought they were nice people, so I treated them to a meal.
"I didn't expect that I passed out soon after I left the bar. I was dazed and saw a huge stone arch. So I knew I was taken to the Stone Arch Park. I never thought that they were the ones who made me faint - or that there was something wrong with the food I ate that day.
"That's why I tried the bartender. I suspected he had drugged me and recognized me.
"So I think we can't let our guard down. There should be a more powerful demonologist still alive. He's a man, about forty years old, with brown eyes, a bald head, and a bit of an accent from the Star Kingdom. He said he's a stone merchant, and he usually travels between Star Kingdom and Avalon."
Aiwass told half-truths.
His itinerary that day was well planned. He was impressed not only by the wild elf bartender, but also by all the guests who came that day.
So you can't fool people here.
And Aiwass also had to pay special attention to perspective issues.
If he was really an innocent person, then he shouldn't have known the specialness of these two people. So it was reasonable for him not to report it on the first day - from Aiwas's perspective at the time, he was indeed attacked on his way home after going out to play.
But now, he had to speak out about it, because once he started investigating the Pelican Bar, he would not be able to hide his itinerary for the day.
Similarly, from his perspective, he certainly wouldn't know that he had killed the man. He didn't know that there was a dead person at the ceremony, and that he was a wanted criminal.
Sure enough, Haina immediately explained to him: "Don't be afraid, that person is probably dead - I now fully understand the whole incident.
"They were probably hiding in this bar. And when they saw you coming to the bar alone that day, they planned to use you as a sacrifice to summon the devil.
“The bartender is one of their people, so he drugged you and made it impossible for you to resist their sacrifice.
"That woman just said something like 'I failed to kill you last time', and that man died at the ceremony... He must have been attacked by the summoned demon, and his students decisively fled the scene. Unexpectedly, the demon killed its summoner first, and you survived."
"So that's how it is."
Aiwass nodded thoughtfully: "If that man is already dead... then it roughly matches my speculation.
"In this case, Senior Sister—we don't have to report to the Supervisory Bureau right away."
Now that Haina was needed, Aiwas no longer called her by her name, but instead used the term "senior sister".
"Why?"
Haina was a little puzzled: "Will it be faster to find it if there are more people?"
"Someone among the guests who escaped earlier must have informed the Supervisory Bureau. And I just fired two shots, the people outside should have heard it. The Supervisory Bureau should be here soon, we just need to wait here."
At this point, there was an obvious hesitation on Aiwas's face, which even Haina could easily see.
She immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
“In fact,” Aiwass lowered his voice, “I may have left a book here.
"I was groggy when I left that day, and my things were left here."
"what book?"
"It's a banned book."
"Banned book?!"
"Yes."
Aiwass nodded and said seriously, "It's called 'Alchemical Code' and it should have been put in the basement by the bartender.
"I didn't dare to take it back at first. But since we don't have to notify the Supervisory Bureau immediately, I still want to take it back. The book is still very valuable... and I'm also worried that if it stays here, someone might find out that the book is related to our Moriarty family."
"… You."
Haina just felt a slight headache.
Even though he wasn't good-looking, in just one day of contact, she admired her junior very much.
Smart, serious, and educated. He was even a seeker of the Way of Devotion, and fought alongside him. By dealing with the female demonologist, he could even be considered to have saved his life.
She is not an ungrateful person.
But how to deal with this matter...
Haina thought for a while, then sheathed her sword, and the halo in her eyes gradually dimmed.
"Just this once."
She also lowered her voice and said seriously: "I know that among the big shots, there must be someone who has secretly studied those taboo knowledge. But I didn't expect that you are the same...
"I don't want to report you, but can you at least not bring it out in public? It's dangerous!
"Even if the package isn't searched by the patrolling Inspectorate, it's possible that someone might target you - you may not know that mysterious books like this are very expensive on the black market!"
Of course I know.
It’s because it’s expensive, and you, senior sister, are poor and can empathize with me, so I bring this up here…
"Yes, what Senior Sister said is..."
Aiwass nodded repeatedly, looking pitiful. "Senior, can you help me get it back? Since it is illegal, it should be hidden in the basement. If it is precious enough, it should be placed in some important box."
“… I suspect that you were targeted because of that book!”
Haina didn't think the lesson was enough and couldn't help but say a few more words.
But looking at Aiwas's appearance, she finally softened her heart.
She sighed and handed her supervisory badge and sword to Aiwass. "Just stay here and don't go out. If the local supervisors come before I come back, show them this. Tell them that someone is already investigating and ask them to wait here.
"—Also, speaking of alchemy, I just remembered. According to standard case handling procedures, your gun will have to be handed over to the Supervisory Bureau for inspection to see if there are any signs of illegal modifications by alchemy."
"I understand. I should."
Aiwass nodded without hesitation.
Haina was a little worried: "Tell me the truth, is there one? I feel that it is a bit powerful. If there is one, I can help you deal with the body and hide the traces of the body a little bit - it is also illegal to modify weapons with alchemy."
"Really do not have."
Aiwass assured with certainty, "You can check it at will. But you'd better not handle the body... If someone finds out that you handled the body, you won't be in a good situation."
Regardless of the fact that this is enchantment, it is indeed not transformation... And if the Phantom Magic Card can be detected by these novice technicians of the Supervisory Bureau whose highest level is less than 40, it would be strange.
Do you understand what industry technical barriers are
Hearing this, Haina felt warm in her heart.
Obviously, she was the one who asked for help, but for some reason she felt like she was being helped.
"Be careful, I'll be back soon."
With that, Haina opened the door to the basement and closed it.
Only after she left did Aiwass sigh softly.
The puppy-like expression on his face suddenly disappeared. He became expressionless.
—The next moment, Aiwass stood up from the wheelchair.
His movements were very smooth, without any lag.
The moment he left the wheelchair, the shadow beneath him slowly moved, as if a living creature had suddenly been awakened. Like an amorphous monster, it slowly crawled on his skin, spreading and twisting on the ground.
The entire messy bar hall became dim.
It was as if it was not noon here, but evening with the lights turned on, blocking out all the light coming in from outside.
Crash, crash...
Aiwass stepped on his own shadow, and it made a sound like boots stepping on rainy water. His shadow seemed to have turned into some kind of sticky liquid, or like flowing black blood.
Completely ignoring the change, Aiwass walked straight to Veronica's body and searched her body carefully in the dark.
When they met that night, Veronica showed him the thick stack of letters—she had hidden them close to her body inside her clothes.
He saw it clearly at that time. The last letter he sent to them was hidden inside.
The letters were kept in her own bra.
-If Veronica forgot to destroy the letter or planned to keep it temporarily after she was suspected to be killed by the Shadow Demon...
Now that she had died suddenly, it would become evidence that could implicate Aiwass in the incident.
Aiwas tricked Haina away just to quietly take back the fatal evidence.
The result was just as Aiwass expected.
Aiwass took out a stack of letters of varying sizes from Veronica's clothes, and immediately saw the one that belonged to him.
"Ah."
Aiwass sneered and clenched the letter.
As expected.
—This is the final evidence.