A few hundred meters away, at the east side of Saint Teresa Square, Father Augustus and Doctor Schneider walked into the square together. They walked along the side of the street that was not illuminated by street lights, and both of them looked calm:
"Doctor, I'm here to deliver an alchemical item to Shade. I owe him one. What are you doing here? This area is under strict surveillance by the church tonight. It took me a lot of effort to get here without being discovered. Oh, I must give Shade a surprise this time."
Father Augustus asked softly. The old priest seemed to be in a good mood tonight.
"The academy sent me a message at seven o'clock, asking me to monitor this area tonight and report what happened after tonight. The best place to monitor is of course Xia De's house. He should be able to lend me a window. The academy also told me that this area is under close surveillance by the church tonight. It took me a lot of effort to get here."
Dr. Schneider nodded and turned to look behind him:
"When I came over from that street just now, I saw people fighting in the sky. What happened tonight?"
Although Father Augustus did not know about the "Wise Pyroxene", he knew that it was related to the "Chosen One". He did not want the doctor to get involved in this matter, so he just shook his head.
Their destination was Shad's house, but just as they crossed the fountain in the center of the square, they frowned at the same time and looked in the direction of number six St. Teresa's Square.
Two strangers, a man and a woman, were peeping in from the window on the first floor of Room 6. The two strangers were clearly there just now, but the doctor and the priest only noticed them at this moment.
Bill Schneider and Rat August frowned deeply.
In the closed room on the second floor of the Prophet Association on Silver Cross Avenue, there was silence in the darkness. Everyone was staring at the table under the white light. Yin Luna's eyes were fixed on the puppet representing Shade, who was moving towards St. Teresa's Square:
"It seems that I have good luck tonight. Although Mr. Hamilton cannot detect the whereabouts of Jack the Thief, he has a reasonable reason to go to St. Teresa's Square."
"But what's the use of a single stroke of luck? The stalker of the night, Georgy Deus, and the charming lady, Lydia Pengelo, have now arrived at St. Teresa's Square, but your Hamilton is still on the way."
The professor of the Truth Society said in a relaxed tone.
On the desktop map representing the surrounding area, the two puppets have entered St. Teresa's Square. The thief Jack, who was detected, is moving quickly in the square, doing a final reconnaissance before taking action like an ordinary thief.
"If you have good luck the first time, you may have good luck the second time."
Miss Green behind Yin Luna whispered:
"It seems that although your characters are indeed very strong, they are not strong enough to ensure victory. No matter how powerful a first-ring warlock is, he is still afraid of bullets. Otherwise, why didn't you control the characters to attack Shad Hamilton at the beginning of the story?"
Her analysis reassured everyone present. Professor Ans pointed to his companion:
"Guess why I am working with this gentleman, Mr. Ans, a follower of the Great Miserable Luck."
The young cultist looked up at everyone, kissed the evil god's emblem again, and asked softly:
"Professor, is it my turn?"
"Yes."
The middle-aged professor nodded:
"The story can't always be smooth sailing, it's time for some twists and turns."
"What are you going to do?"
Yin Luna asked very vigilantly. The cultist took off his holy emblem pendant from his chest and placed this divine item with blasphemous elements on the table:
"Secret Keeper, I offer you this holy emblem in exchange for a single fate for all the characters in this story."
The figure in the black robe raised his right arm, and gently waved the wide hem of the robe over the holy emblem, and the holy emblem disappeared.
The professor explained to Yin Luna with great satisfaction:
“Only a few forces can directly interfere with the game, including the holy emblems of gods related to fate, stories, and wisdom. As for the misfortunes that are summoned for the story, only those that can reasonably happen within the story scene will happen. Gods, angels, and relics will not appear abruptly.”
"Yes, the vice president of the Truth Society thought in advance that the character chosen by the church would have extraordinary qualities, so we arranged for strictly contained relics at various intersections nearby. When misfortune strikes, fate will make those relics on the verge of getting out of control. Our characters know how to deal with those specific relics, but Mr. Hamilton..."
The cultist with messy hair smiled, and his yellow-brown teeth looked particularly scary.
The bearded captain of the Mechanicus Church wanted to curse again, and Mr. Modro of the Peace Church clenched his fist. Dorothy protected Ajelina and was about to exchange with Leicia again to tell Shade that a relic would attack him, but Yin Luna spoke at this time:
"A friend of mine has told me many times that if you try to manipulate your fate, you will only be manipulated by it. The bad luck you call for with bad intentions will only lead you astray from fate."
She picked up the parchment containing Shade's message. The voice of the black-robed keeper sounded from the darkness on all sides, describing the next direction of the story:
"The night was as cold as water. On the winter street, the lucky mortal Shad Hamilton was still thinking about the thief's target. He seemed to hear the terrible whisper of misfortune. When he looked up, he found himself surrounded by darkness.
The luck of mortals is to encounter a clerical-level relic that devours human cats in the dark night. Abandoned pet cats die alone in the garbage dump, and the gathered malice condenses into a curse for the cats in the dark night. Because of the sudden incident of bad luck, Shad Hamilton cannot escape in any way. Now conduct a mental assessment and roll the dice. If the number is less than 200, he will immediately go crazy because of witnessing the relic. "
"200? But Mr. Hamilton is just an ordinary man..."
Someone in the darkness said, Dorothy and Ajelina were not nervous at all, but Princess Margaret, who was close to them, bit her lip and felt a little flustered. Although she didn't know why Shad became an "ordinary man", she didn't want this capable knight who had helped her to die here or expose his identity here.
Clang clang ~
The number that was voted was 25. Yin Luna unfolded Xia De's parchment from top to bottom. Although the number was small, she did not look panicked at all:
"Number 25 points, symbol bonus 10 points, character trait 'cat affinity' bonus 76."
No one doubted this. Although Shad didn't often take Mia out, many people had seen the cat. At least many people in Lake View Manor had seen it, so people knew that Shad was very popular with cats.
"Character's special ability..."
Dorothy, Princess Margaret, and Ajelina all held their breath, thinking she would read out something that would reveal their identities.
"Cat Training, provides a coefficient of 3 bonus in this judgment..."
She glanced at the instructions on the parchment and rolled the dice again, this time with the number 53. Even though the people at the table knew they shouldn't make a sound at this time, they couldn't help but sigh.
Yin Luna's eyes swept over the unreadable traits such as "Affinity with Extraordinary Creatures", "The Bond between the Moon and Cats", "The Basic Blessing of Time Mission - Life-Friendly", and "The Shock of the First Fire":
"Character special ability 'Cat Training' bonus, 53×3=159, total 270, passed."
"Wait, isn't this too exaggerated?"
The young cultist who summoned the doom immediately questioned:
"It is indeed possible for ordinary humans to master some powerful skills through long-term training and their own unique talents. If Shad Hamilton has a 3x bonus coefficient in gambling, I am not surprised at all, but why does he have a 3x bonus coefficient in cat training?"
The keeper ignored the question. Instead, Yin Luna snorted with a serious expression:
"It just means that Hamilton made the wrong choice of career. Maybe he should have worked in a circus so he could keep cats and play cards. Hamilton's cat is orange, and the tiger is orange too. They are very similar."
The three princesses in the darkness tried hard to suppress their laughter.
Yin Luna continued to add:
“No matter how good you are at training cats in real life, you can never rely on this to circumvent the spiritual influence of the relic, but the story is so magical. I should thank you. If Hamilton was not a character in the story, he would really be crazy at this moment.”
Yin Luna did not read out the special bonus values, but many of them directly exceeded the 200 required for the judgment. For example, the special state "Blessing of Thousands of Souls" has a bonus of 200. The souls trapped on the brink of life and death in Xikar Mountain, even if each of them only gave a little blessing to Xia De, the huge mental resistance formed is quite amazing. In addition to "Detective", "Correspondence Student" and "Agent", the fourth profession "Time Investigator" provides an additional 275 points of bonus for this judgment due to the special nature of the profession itself.
In addition, in the legend column of the parchment, the three special titles of "Godcaller of Tobesk", "Merman Slayer of Coldwater Harbor" and "Enemy of the Undead of Midhill Castle" provide 300 additional mental resistance points each. Coupled with the magic and spells that require dice rolling to determine the value, as well as other special bonuses here and there, if Shad really wants to calculate the total value this time, it will be easy to break through three thousand.
The seventeen-year-old girl had no idea how to lose.
"He is not crazy, but he is still affected by the relic. Do you think the relic will not attack him? He is just an ordinary human being. Fate will not always take care of him."
The professor of the Truth Society reminded him. As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from under the hood:
"The Clerical-level Relic Devouring Cat launches an attack, requiring continuous soul defense and physical defense to..."
It suddenly stopped talking, and everyone was surprised, but no one dared to urge it to stop.
This strange silence lasted for half a minute, and then the interrupted story began to continue:
"The clerical-level relic, the People-Eating Cat, has retreated. It is obviously not a good idea to murder an ordinary person who is friendly with cats on an idle winter night. Perhaps they sensed the existence of another terrifying force nearby, so they retreated. The People-Eating Cat has returned to containment from being out of control. The bad luck of the mortal Shad Hamilton has been lifted, and he continues to head towards St. Teresa's Square."
"ha?"
The cultist opened his mouth slightly, never expecting something like this to happen. Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief and did not tell Shad about his current situation for the time being.
"What terrible power is there in this area?"
Miss Green asked softly to Mr. Modro who was standing beside her. The latter shook his head slightly:
"This is the center of Tobysk. How could there be such a terrifying force... I understand. It seems that a fight has already broken out nearby. That street is at the edge of the story site. Perhaps an unknown ring sorcerer nearby has had a dispute with the church. Or perhaps some relic they are carrying has disturbed the people-eating cats."
It was anyone's guess what had happened, but the young detective had evidently struck lucky.