While deflecting the attack, the two brothers quickly retreated and threw away their umbrellas. They stretched out their empty left and right hands, formed a right angle with their thumbs and index fingers, put them together, and swept around.
Although they didn't see the two of them, Megan felt as if she was being locked in. Fortunately, the Shade cat in her arms could also cast spells:
"Space stability aura."
Although I don't know what the other party wants to do, it must be a spatial ability. The effect of the cat form's spellcasting is weakened, but it is enough to resist the attack through the rain curtain and a door.
The spatial lock was lifted. Although the brothers failed to counterattack, they retreated to a safe area. So the three of them and the cat watched each other through a frosted glass door. The witch gently reminded Shade:
"I feel the connection of blood. It's the twins with eight rings from the Mirror Society."
What Audrey and Megan could feel, the two brothers outside the door who were drenched in the rain could also feel. They frowned slightly and looked at each other. Although they didn't say anything, they already understood what the other meant:
"It's the man and the cat from last week on the island!"
The witch was hindered by the fact that the opponent had two eight rings, and the men outside the door were hindered by the fact that Xia De could get the praise of the hidden mirror man, so they did not take the initiative to attack. The three people and the cat silently looked at the illusory light and shadow on the other side of the glass, listening to the rain falling.
Everyone knew what the other party was planning, but they also knew that the other party was still hesitating whether to really take action here. On this rainy morning, the remaining bloodline of the Edwards family met again in this gang territory in the slums, but they no longer had the kinship they had when they left the central island of Green Lake.
After a long time, the two people who were still outside in the rain because their umbrellas were broken said:
"I don't know, what should we call you. Cousins, brothers and sisters, or aunt and uncle?"
Megan smiled. She immediately understood that the other party had obviously sensed that the two relatives were here, and thus misunderstood Xia De's identity, but she did not correct him:
"If you are really Uncle Hohenheim's grandchildren, then you should call me aunt and him uncle. We are also twins. It seems that family blood is really magical."
Shadcat also understood the witch's plan, but he thought this disguise was also good.
"I don't know. Is he a descendant of Grandpa Edward, Grandpa Alphonse, or Grandma Maria?"
The men outside the door asked again, which meant that they actually didn't know the situation of any other "relatives".
This time the witch did not answer, but asked her own question:
"Although I don't know what's going on with the family, I don't think joining an illegal ring magician group is what Edwards' ancestors want us to do."
"Aunt, arrogance is the original sin. Please don't use your thoughts to speculate about us. You don't know our growth trajectory, nor do you know what our grandfather and father have experienced."
As they talked, the two brothers, each of whom was blind in one eye, looked at each other again, and thick steam appeared in the rain. The hot steam partially vaporized the cold rain, making the steam in the narrow alley even thicker.
Two eight-ring life rings appeared behind them, and then, just like last time, the rings rotated orthogonally, almost forming a three-dimensional sphere.
Then the phantom on the frosted glass door in front of Shade and the brown-haired lady began to move, and the glass door turned into a mirror, clearly reflecting the appearance of a man and a cat. In the mirror, the figures of the two brothers also walked into the mirror image, and then tried to step out of the mirror image and enter the room.
But the witch, who was already prepared, waved her hand and moved forward. Shade only heard a sound like a zipper closing - there were no zippers in this era. Then the glass door that had turned into a mirror shattered completely, and the figures of the two brothers in the mirror disappeared.
This was not simply destroying the mirror, the witch seemed to have used some kind of power to forcibly close the opened space. And this power was completely unlike the witch's secret technique or the ability of the ring wizard.
Yes, it seems like the talent of the chosen one.
The glass door shattered, letting the cold wind mixed with raindrops pour in. The beautiful lady with brown shawl hair took a step forward with the silver-white cat in her arms, and came to the door, and then saw the twin men retreating back to where they had just stood in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
They did not use their ability to avoid the rain and were completely soaked, which made them look even more embarrassed.
Without the obstruction of glass, the three people and the cat could observe each other. The man and the cat became a woman and a cat. Although it was unexpected, it was not strange if you think about it carefully.
After all, the species and number are still the same.
"According to the family prophecy, all the people of Edwards will reunite in the family's hometown sooner or later. You are indeed strong, but obviously not strong enough. Also, what happened to your eyes? You came to find Barry with rotten eyes, are you here to exchange experiences of one-eyed life?"
Megan asked deliberately. The twin brothers, each with one eye blind, were probably used to this kind of provocation and did not make any impulsive moves:
"Men are the power to stabilize space, while you are the gifted one to close it. As expected, the bloodline of the family possesses magical powers different from those of the ring sorcerers. The powers of the twins also complement each other."
They probably misunderstood Shade's "space stability aura" again.
"I don't know if your fathers are still alive, but you obviously lack the upbringing to respect your elders. Please call me aunt, my nephews."
She smiled and said as she stood at the edge of the doorway. The serious-looking one-eyed men looked at the woman holding the cat more cautiously. While they were hesitating, the witch said again:
"Why are you looking for Rotten-Eye Barry? If possible, we can exchange information with each other. After all, relatives should take care of each other."
Although the three people and the cat here all knew that the latter half of the sentence was a lie, the existence of kinship did not make them fight like normal enemies. The twin men looked at each other again, and the power that was almost like telepathy made them know what the other meant:
"We are looking for Rotten Eyes Bali because he has a connection with the island. Yes, the island is not uninhabited. Mr. Cangjingren believes that one of the ancestors of the family must still be on the island, but we don't know who it is."
The witch pinched Shadcat's leg and motioned for him to speak. She was not good at communication. Both Mother-in-law Cassandra and Miss Swift had said this when they were in Midhill Castle.
"We are looking for Rotten Eye Barry because of the water ghost. He raised water ghosts in Green Lake, and there was a conflict between us."
The silver cat said, and the twins frowned together. This was something they didn't know:
"Rotten-Eye Barry has been transporting various goods to that island since he came here more than 20 years ago. Some people have investigated this matter, but they have all disappeared. There are no signs of large amounts of goods stored on the island. There is reason to believe that his ship sailed to the family's territory, but not to that island."
This news was unknown to Shade and the Witch, or rather, Megan seemed to know something, but only confirmed it after hearing what the twins said.
The silver-white cat continued:
"Rotten-Eye Barry is a follower of the evil god, the God of the Drowned Deep Sea. If you have investigated him, you should know that he used to be from Coldwater Port on the west coast of Draerion."
"The Order of the Drowned?"
The expressions on the brothers' faces were even more surprised. Although the Mirror Association took the initiative to attack because of the matter of the Chosen One, before this spring, the Mirror Association had no power in the local area, so their understanding of Rotten-Eye Barry was probably not as good as that of Shad at this time.
"Rotten-Eye Barry is related to the strange rumors of the 'Returner' in the local villages along the lake. There is reason to believe that he is sending people to spread such rumors - the world will eventually return to a singularity, and the Returner will lead everyone to survive."
Shade heard this rumor when he was looking for Rotten-Eye Barry in the tavern in Pukhov Village. He felt it was very strange at the time, but he didn't expect it to be related to the Edwards family:
"That's not right. I also know about this rumor, but local villagers said that at least his grandfather's generation has had this rumor. But Rotten Eye Barry has only been in Green Lake City for more than 20 years."
The silver cat said, but the two brothers didn't know why.
The witch pinched the cat's leg again to signal him, and Shade told him the last piece of information he knew:
"Rotten-Eye Barry is a third-ring master, very close to a fourth-ring master. He is a ring sorcerer who is proficient in undead research. The third floor is his laboratory."
The two brothers nodded. Since they looked exactly the same, Shade could only tell them apart by their different blind eyes. The man with the right eye blind asked again:
"Look, isn't this a good way to exchange information? Why not share the information you found on the third floor with us? Aunt, uncle, the blood of the family will surely be reunited. If you have heard the recent rumors circulating in the Prophet Association, you will know what kind of dilemma we are facing - our ancestors have been planning for so long, they will not let us go. You and we probably won't believe that our ancestors just want to treat us to a meal and a few drinks."
This time it was the witch who spoke:
"Just exchanging information like this is enough. We have never thought of cooperating with the Mirror Association. Moreover, even the Hidden Mirrors have come to our local area. Are you really here just to solve family problems? Do you think we don't know the epic of the Chosen One? Nephews, lying is not good."
She punctured this brief false peace and asked another question:
"I am willing to talk to you here because I want to wait for someone. But you are standing there in the rain, what are you waiting for?"
As they were talking, dozens of female sorcerers appeared in the rain on the rooftops of the two narrow alleys on the left and right. Because the distance was too far, Shade was not sure what level those ladies were, but even if they were all middle-ring, plus Shade and Megan, this number was enough to give the two eighth-ring sorcerers an advantage.