Pastor's Tantra

The first time she heard the battle taking place above, she had already started several rituals for herself in the basement.

——[Protection from Bullets], [Weak Penetration of Natural Resistance], [Protection from Slashing], [Stable Casting], [Weakness Reinforcement].

Of course she was at full strength and had prepared her strongest blow in advance before she came out to confront them here.

Although she was talking to Aiwass now, her attention was actually focused on Haina.

As long as Haina is distracted, she will immediately throw the "cursed baby" on hand. It will automatically track the heart, and once it comes into contact, it will submerge into the body and bite the internal organs directly from the body, causing frost damage.

While causing unbearable pain, it can also freeze the blood vessels near the heart. Even if you don't die after eating it, strenuous activity will tear your internal organs and cause large-scale bleeding. Not even a bishop could save such an injury.

...But if this blow misses and falls into a fight.

Even if she had blessed herself with a lot of buffs in advance, she probably wouldn't be able to defeat this young supervisor.

She could sense that the other party must have mastered the power of the third level. At least half a level higher than myself.

Although she doesn't know the characteristics of the opponent's path, there is a high probability that she can't beat him.

——You only have one chance!

The moment she saw Aiwass raising his gun towards her, she decided on her next tactic.

She specially strengthened her defense.

If it was a powerful firearm, she might even be wary of it. But the power of Lady's Grip is very weak.

Even thicker oak barrels filled with wine may not be able to be punched through. The female knight opposite could probably block this bullet with her muscles.

Such bullets, even if they hit her eyes and throat accurately, would not be able to cause serious damage to her.

And Aiwass Moriarty is just a young man who has never touched a gun and knows nothing. As extraordinary people on the resonance path interact with each other, she can clearly sense... Even if Aiwass has an extraordinary profession, he is definitely at least one level lower than herself.

Because she didn't sense any threat from the other party.

He dared to shoot Ademar because Ademar had lost his fighting ability. It's the equivalent of shooting at a stationary target.

Looking at Ademar's body, the bullet had normal power. No special modifications by craftsmen.

But he is a living person and can avoid it. When he didn't know whether he could dodge the blow, he would definitely choose to shoot his torso in exchange for a hit rate.

And the protection she had put in place could easily block this shot.

But she could pretend she had suffered a fatal blow to make the young female knight relax her guard. Then take the opportunity to sneak attack on the opponent——

"How about it? Let's take a gamble!"

She laughed boldly, as if she was truly unafraid: "You only have one chance!"

Veronica knew that if this bullet could hit a weak spot such as her eyes or throat, it might indeed interrupt her spell. But first of all, Aiwass may not dare to fight like this - he only has one chance.

If she continues to put pressure on the other party, that young man will choose stability!

As long as this shot didn't hit the weak point that was originally fatal, she could safely block it;

To take a step back, the worst result is that the spell is interrupted. The poor little pistol in his hand was still unable to cause effective damage to himself - and he still had the opportunity to sneak attack the female knight.

——No matter what, at least I won’t lose.

Come on, come on.

"Give me a shot quickly—"

After quickly determining the tactics through 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 if this thing can kill that idiot, then..."

——Peng!

The next moment, a gunshot rang out.

I saw a dark line passing through Veronica's head.

Her bald head split into pieces and exploded like a watermelon.

The spell maintained in Veronica's hand drifted out of control, and the extremely cold wind blew through the entire bar. Haina couldn't help but take half a step back. Aiwass's wheelchair rolled backwards and hit the wall before stopping.

There is no need for follow-up blows.

Because she died so quickly and completely that the continuous damage caused by "Shadow" and "Erosion" could not be dealt.

Tiny white light spots gradually emerged from her body and poured into Aiwass' body.

[Kill the second-level transcendent and gain 16 free experience]

——This is the simplest way to skip class.

Among the protective rituals she can use, there are no "cutting", "piercing", or "bludgeoning" types of physical resistance. In other words, she can only resist "cutting" and "shooting" at best. And her ritual level is too low and is ineffective against extraordinary weapons.

Then you only need to find an extraordinary weapon with "cutting", "piercing", and "bludgeoning" characteristics, and use sneak attacks to hit her weak points before entering combat mode. It can penetrate all resistances just like attacking ordinary units. A single damage will knock out at least one-third of her life, and she will directly fall into a state of defense-breaking fainting.

Then one round of output can be taken away.

But in reality, without the triple health bonus of the four-player BOSS module, she can be killed with just one shot to the head.

After all, the system for making "enchantment cards" comes from the ability of the Sin Scholar. Purple extraordinary equipment, which is extremely rare in the 0 environment, is basically available to everyone after two versions, so the "extraordinary" entry, Sin Scholar's Magic Card is quite generous.

Rather, if the "extraordinary" entry is not given, the weapon card manifested by the fantasy card will not be able to defeat the monsters after two versions - the enemies in that period have basically covered the non-extraordinary resistance per capita. Weapons and consumables involving extraordinary power are no longer impressive.

How can it be like now, this blue and white outfit can kill people.

What's this?

This is the suppression of version updates.

"You see, she asked me to shoot. I just wanted to scare her."

Looking at Haina's shocked and confused eyes, Aiwass 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 took a step late before slowly nodding her head.

She looked back at the sorceress's body again 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 be empty...

"——By the way, she said 'I failed to kill you last time'. Is she the demonologist who kidnapped you? That's why she despises you. I didn't expect that as a priest, in addition to your reasoning ability, Still have the courage to fight her!"

Haina became more and more fluent as she spoke, feeling that she had completed the logic.

Aiwass shook his head repeatedly.

This man is so charmed that he can really say anything... If you want my body, just say so. This logic has made him don't know how to answer it.

"We can still transport one person's body back. But we definitely can't transport two people."

Aiwass did not answer the question, but made a suggestion calmly: "So my suggestion is that we find a way to contact the nearby Supervision Bureau. Let them send people to supervise - and seal this place down by the way. The Pelican Bar must be related to These demonologists are related.

"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 has been solved!"

But then, she suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of which, how do you know this bartender's name?"

"Because I've been here."

Aiwass didn’t mince words: “That was the day I was attacked and kidnapped.

"Actually, what I told you before was not entirely correct. Or... 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 good people at the time, so I invited them to a meal.

"Unexpectedly, I fell into a coma shortly after leaving the bar. In a daze, I saw the huge stone arch. So I knew that I should have been taken to Stone Arch Park. I never thought about knocking me out. They were the ones - or rather, there was something wrong with the food I ate that day.

"That's why I tested the bartender. I suspected he had drugged me and recognized me.

"So I think we can't take it lightly. There should be a more powerful demonologist still alive. He is a man, about forty years old, with brown eyes, the same bald head, and a bit of a Star Antimony Kingdom accent - he said he is A stone merchant, he travels between Star Antimony and Avalon on weekdays."

Aiwass told half-truths.

His itinerary that day was easy to investigate. He left a deep impression not only on the wild elf bartender, but also on all the guests who came here that day.

So you can’t fool anyone here.

And Aiwass also had to pay special attention to perspective.

If he is really an innocent person, then he should not know what is special about these two people. So it was very reasonable that he didn't report it on the first day - from Aiwass' perspective at the time, he was indeed attacked on his way home after going out to play.

But now, he must tell this matter. Because once he started investigating the Pelican Bar, his itinerary for the day could not be hidden from anyone.

Similarly, from his perspective, he would definitely not know that the man had been killed by him. He didn't know that there was a deceased person at the ceremony site 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 should have been hiding in this bar. Then they saw you coming to the bar alone that day, and they planned to use you as a sacrifice to summon the devil.

"This bartender is one of theirs, so he poisoned you so that you can't resist their sacrifice.

"The woman just said something like 'I couldn't kill you last time', and the man died at the ceremony... It should be that he was backlashed by the demon summoned, and his students decisively fled the scene. As a result Unexpectedly, the demon killed its summoner first, and you survived."

"So that's it."

Aiwass nodded thoughtfully: "If that man is dead... then it is roughly consistent with my speculation.

"In this case, senior sister - we don't have to report it to the Inspectorate immediately."

Now we have to use Haina, so Aiwass no longer calls her by her first name, but returns to the title of senior sister.

"Why?"

Haina was a little surprised: "If there are more people, it will be faster to find him, right?"

"Someone among the guests who escaped before must have informed the Supervision Bureau. And I just fired two shots, and people outside should have heard it. The supervision should come after a while, we just need to wait here."

Speaking of this, Aiwass showed obvious hesitation on his face that even Haina could easily see.

She immediately asked: "What's wrong?"

"Actually," Aiwass lowered his voice, "I may have left a book here.

"I was groggy when I left that day, and I left my stuff here."

"what book?"

"That's a banned book."

"Banned books?!"

"Yes."

Aiwass nodded and said seriously: "It's called "Alchemy Code", and it should have been received by the bartender in the basement.

"I didn't dare to take it back. But now that we can avoid notifying the Inspectorate immediately, I still want to take it back. That book is still very precious... and I'm also worried that if it stays here, maybe Someone will find out whether this book is related to our Moriarty family."

"……You."

Haina only felt a little headache.

Even if it's not about his appearance - in this short one-day contact, she also admired her junior fellow student very much.

Smart, serious and educated. He is even a seeker of the path of devotion and fights with himself. From the perspective of dealing with the incident of the female demonologist, he could even be regarded as saving his own 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 aura in her eyes gradually extinguished.

"Just this once."

She also lowered her voice and said seriously: "I know that among the big shots, some people must have secretly studied those forbidden knowledge. But I didn't expect you to do the same...

"I don't want to report you, but at least don't bring it to public places? It's very dangerous!

"Even if the package is not searched by the inspection bureau passing by on patrol, it may still be targeted by gangsters - you may not know that the price of this kind of mysterious book is very high on the black market!"

Of course I know.

It’s just because it’s very expensive, and senior sister, you are afraid of poverty and can feel the pain together, so you bring this matter up here...

"Yes, what senior sister said is..."

Aiwass nodded repeatedly, looking pitiful: "Sister, can you help me find it? Since it is illegal, it should be hidden in the basement; if it is precious enough, it should be placed in some important box. inside."

"...I suspect that you were targeted because of that book!"

Haina didn't teach her enough, so she couldn't help but say a few more words.

But looking at Aiwass's appearance, she really softened her heart.

She sighed and handed her supervision badge and sword to Aiwass: "You stay here and don't go out. If the local supervision comes before I come back, show this to them." Tell them someone is already investigating and ask them to wait here.

"——Also, when it comes to alchemy, I just remembered. According to the standard case handling procedures, your gun will have to be handed over to the Supervision Bureau for testing later to see if there are any traces of illegal modification by alchemy."

"I understand. It should be."

Aiwass nodded and replied without hesitation.

Haina was a little worried: "Tell me the truth, is it there? I feel it is a bit powerful. If there is, I will help you dispose of the body, which can hide the traces of the body a little - Alchemy Modification Weapons are also illegal.”

"Really do not have."

Aiwass assured with great certainty: "You can check it at will. It's better not to dispose of the body... If someone finds out that the body has been disposed of by you, it won't be easy for you."

Regardless of the fact that this is enchantment, it is indeed not a transformation... and it would be terrible if the Phantom Card could be detected by novice technicians like the Supervisory Bureau, whose level is less than level 40 at most.

Do you understand what technical barriers in the industry are?

Hearing this, Haina felt warm in her heart.

It was clear that 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 said, Haina opened the basement door. and closed the door.

After she left, Aiwass sighed softly.

The erroneous puppy-like expression on his face suddenly shrank and disappeared. He became expressionless.

——The next moment, Aiwass stood up from the wheelchair.

His movements are very smooth, without any lag.

The moment he left the wheelchair, the shadow under him slowly started to move like a living creature that was suddenly awakened. Like an amorphous monster, it crawled slowly from his skin and spread and twisted from the ground.

The entire messy bar hall became dark.

It's as if it's not noon here, but evening with the lights on. Blocking out all light coming in from outside.

Wow, wow...

Aiwass stepped on his own shadow, making a sound like boots stepping on standing water on a rainy day. His shadow seemed to have turned into some kind of viscous liquid, or like flowing, black blood.

Aiwass, who completely ignored the strange change, walked straight to Veronica's body and searched her body carefully in the dark.

When they met that night, Veronica showed it to herself - she hid a thick stack of letters close to her body.

He saw clearly then. The last letter I sent to them was hidden inside.

The letters were kept in her own corset.

——If Veronica forgets to destroy or intends to keep this letter temporarily after she is suspected of being killed by the Shadow Demon...

Now that she died suddenly, it would become evidence that could implicate the matter to Aiwass.

Aiwass deceived Haina away in order to quietly recover this fatal evidence.

The result was just as Aiwass expected.

Aiwass took out a stack of letters of various sizes from Veronica's clothes. And you can see the one that belongs to you at a glance.

"Ah."

Aiwass sneered and squeezed the letter.

As expected.

——This is the final evidence.

Woohoo, the editor came to me very worried yesterday and told me that the number of words has increased too fast, and if I am not satisfied with the updated book recommendations, I will have to put them on the shelves...

Today there are still more than 7,000 words, and starting from tomorrow it will be reduced to less than 5,000 words, but I will try to write as much as possible! It’s important to catch up on new books, so remember to read them every day!