When Yin Luna and Miss Green, the tenth-ring warlock of the Church of the Sun, Mr. Hog Rundle, the thirteenth-ring warlock of the Church of the Sun, Mr. Modro, the eleventh-ring warlock of the Church of Peace, and Mr. Franz Joseph, the twelfth-ring warlock of the Church of Dawn, arrived at St. Teresa's Square, half an hour had passed since Dr. Schneider and the other three had left.
It was already very late at night, and a thin mist was floating in the city, making each of the gas street lamps surrounding the square emit a strange halo. The starry sky and the moon were particularly dim, as if they were also sleeping in this long winter night.
The reason why the five of them came here so slowly was not only to wait for the arrival of the Five Gods Church's main force, to comfort the people who had fainted in the Prophet's Association, and to properly deal with the three princesses who had seen everything. The most important reason was that no one had forgotten that there were two beings in St. Teresa's Square whose names even the angel-level relics could not name.
Something else happened in the city tonight, and they came here immediately after "Sunshine Great Sword" arrived. On the way here, everyone had already seen the body of the Dark Stalker lying on the street, and now the body was ready to be transported to the church for inspection.
But after Yin Luna and the high-level warlocks entered Saint Teresa's Square together, they did not find anything unusual here.
The neighborhood was very peaceful, and most of the lights in the houses around the square were off, with only a few windows, such as No. 6 Saint Teresa Square, still lit. Steam pipes and gas pipes climbed on the walls, and in the deserted square, only the fountain with the image of a girl holding a water bottle stood under the moon.
The five people remained silent, carefully releasing magic to explore the surrounding environment. After confirming that the magic could not detect any abnormalities, they used the illusory dolls, angel-level relics originally stored in the Creation Church in this diocese, to explore the surroundings.
After the small doll was placed on the ground, it automatically walked forward nine steps and then fell to the ground, which meant that there was no existence nearby that could threaten it.
"Have you left yet?"
Mr. Hog Rundle said in a low voice, and after his companions recovered the puppet, he waved behind him. The team of ring magicians from the Church of the Five Gods, which had been mobilized, totaling more than 30 ring magicians, officially entered the square and went into every house to conduct inspections.
Accompanying them were the sheriffs with stars on their shoulders from Redwich Field. The people living in St. Teresa's Square were quite impressive, so it was not easy to convince them to open their doors at night.
The high-level sorcerers checked the square again before preparing to enter No. 6 Saint Teresa Square to investigate the situation.
Mr. Smith, Xia De's neighbor, had already opened the door in his pajamas, looking at the crowds of people in the square with some uneasiness. Yin Luna, who had come to the door of number six, suddenly stopped, and the high-level warlocks around her also stopped, because at Xia De's door stood a man in black clothes, with his face completely covered by shadows.
Although they had never seen it before, based on the disturbing whispers and the past materials collected by the church, everyone knew in an instant that this was Thief Jack:
"You caught me, and I have a gift for you."
The hoarse voice said to Yin Luna. The 17-year-old girl was a little surprised. Just as she was about to speak, the hoarse voice said again:
"Because you defeated me without using your own strength, what I can give you is only what I stole."
As it spoke, it handed over the Mandela Snake's Nest Vial, a Secret Keeper-level (Level 3) relic that had been stolen from Blackstone Security.
A long-necked glass bottle with a cork, golden runes written on the bottle, and crawling snakes was stuffed into Yin Luna's hands. She blinked at the bottle in her hand, and the humanoid relic in front of her said again:
"I will not steal from you or your home again."
It slowly retreated backwards, but did not touch the door of Xia De's house. Instead, it seemed to blend into the darkness. The high-level magicians did not dare to stop it and watched it leave. But Yin Luna, who had come to her senses, suddenly asked again:
“Have the old existences and incomplete ancient existences that once descended upon this area left?”
Almost half of the thief's body was melted into the darkness. The sticky darkness clung to it like mud, as if the darkness was some kind of wriggling malice:
"Yes, they left half an hour ago."
After telling the truth, it retreated again and completely disappeared at No. 6 Saint Teresa Square. Yin Luna, who was holding the bottle, breathed a sigh of relief, but the thirteen-ring warlock, who was wearing a black windbreaker and a holy emblem on his chest tonight, was still worried:
"It's better to check again. After all, the neighborhood nearby is not an ordinary place."
St. Teresa's Square seemed to be busy late at night, but the church had proper inspection methods, so the noise would not last long. Most people living here knew what the large-scale actions at night meant, so there were not many people who complained or even refused to cooperate.
Yin Luna handed the Mandrake Snake's Nest vial to the accompanying team, and then asked the ring warlock of the Mechanicus Church to directly open the door of Shade's house.
Xia De believes in the righteous god Mr. Dawn, so the group of people promised Mr. Franz Joseph, the twelve-ring sorcerer of the Church of Dawn, that they would not touch or take away the items in the house at will before they officially entered.
They first came to the second floor and saw the young detective lying on the carpet, the wise man's pyroxene in the detective's hand, the antique knight's sword, the cat next to his head and the broken jewelry box.
"It appears Mr. Hamilton also received a gift from that thief."
Miss Green said in a low voice, bending down to check Shade's injuries. The others did not enter other rooms of the house at will, but checked the entrance hall, stairs, corridors, kitchen and living room of Room 2. After all, this incident involved an angel-level (level 1) relic and a sage-level (level 2) relic at the same time, so they had to be very cautious.
"Mr. Hamilton just fell into a coma due to excessive mental exhaustion. It is now Wednesday night, and he should wake up between Thursday night and Friday morning. Of course, the church will conduct a simple examination on him to ensure that there are no hidden dangers left in Mr. Hamilton."
Miss Green, who was wearing a blue dress and looked to be about 27 or 28 years old, said, stretching out her hand to let Shade float in the air, and then let him lie on the sofa. Mia, who was originally lying beside him, immediately followed him, and this time she lay directly on Shade's chest, and meowed pitifully.
"Is this the cat with the characteristics of a beautiful cat? It is indeed very beautiful. Oh, and its combat power is 2."
Miss Green smiled and said to Yin Luna that she was also very happy to confirm that the incident was basically over.
Yin Luna nodded, pursed her lips and looked at Shade, while Miss Green let the teardrop-shaped blue crystal that slipped from Shade's hand fly over to her. She did not catch the pyroxene, but let it fall into Yin Luna's hands. The Wise Pyroxene is only effective for the owner and the first person to whom it is given. The pyroxene that fell into Yin Luna's hands turned into a gray petrified state.
"It is indeed the case. It seems that the church still needs to find a way to get Mr. Hamilton to agree to transfer this pyroxene."
Miss Green shook her head in distress:
"Although he is an ordinary person, he is related to the royal family after all, and we cannot force him. The coma can be explained by a gas leak, but how to explain the origin of this stone? And what is the price to exchange it for?"
"Shad loves the Rhodes card."
Yin Luna mentioned this, looked at the broken jewelry box on the ground, and thought of the Mandela Snake Nest bottle just now.
Although the sudden appearance of Jack the Thief just now could be explained, Yin Luna's intuition told her that it was definitely not normal. She probably guessed that Xia De gave up on getting the relics and asked the thief to return their stolen relics. In this way, the punishments of "stopping the year-end bonus", "everyone accepting the punishment", and "submitting a letter of apology" caused by the theft of the team were no longer valid because of Yin Luna's redemption.
She could imagine the smile on the captain Mr. Robinson's face, she could imagine Mrs. Moody's relief when she was in charge of reception downstairs, she could imagine Miss Cardia who took good care of her in the team thanking God for keeping her year-end bonus... ... Everyone in the team would thank her.
"I helped tonight, too."
She thought to herself, bit her lip, and looked at the young detective who was sleeping with his eyes closed:
"You are still thinking about me."
The corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.
Miss Green asked Yin Luna to look after Shade for the time being, while she went to help check if there were any relics left in the house. Because Shade had gone to Blackstone Security to find Yin Luna, the people of the Church of the Sun knew that Shade Hamilton was friends with the Chosen One. But what happened tonight proved that Shade was just an ordinary person, and they didn't have to worry that Shade had ulterior motives.
"We worked well together tonight."
Yin Luna said in her heart, feeling proud of herself. She looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to her, so she reached out and touched Xia De's face on the sofa.
A smile appeared on her face, and she turned around with her hands behind her back, looking around a little embarrassedly. Then she turned back to Xia De's direction. The 17-year-old girl was in a good mood now. She picked up the brown hair beside her ear with her left index finger and looked around Xia De's house.
Unlike Luvia, she didn't come here often and felt everything here was new to her.
With her hands behind her back, she scanned the room and saw that everyone was still busy. Yin Luna pursed her lips and looked at Xia De's face again. She sat down in front of Xia De's head on the sofa with some embarrassment, adjusted her skirt, and then her smart eyes moved slightly downwards, moving left and right a few times. She held the sofa with one hand, pursed her lips and moved her face closer to Xia De, as if she wanted to check his breathing, but suddenly she felt someone was paying attention to her. She raised her head slightly and found that Xiaomia was staring at her with big amber eyes.
The cat pressed its four little paws on Xia De's shirt. Yin Luna felt a little embarrassed, but then she realized it was just a cat, so she gave up on quietly kissing Xia De's cheek and reached out to grab the reluctant cat and pick him up:
"I will take care of you temporarily while Xia De is in a coma."
Looking down at Shade again, the seventeen-year-old girl thought of the dance under the moon at Lake View Manor, the long skirt that Shade had woven with magic, and the ridges under the silver moon:
"Everything will get better and better."
Some unspeakable emotion was rising in her heart. Yin Luna turned her head to look at the hazy starry sky and the moon outside the window, feeling that everything was so beautiful tonight.