Sost rubbed his chin with a serious look on his face.
"Have you really seen a 'demon' wearing scales and without horns?"
After receiving the news, Yin Kangse ran back from outside in a hurry, stroking his hair, pushing open the door and entering, holding a silver dressing mirror in his hand, which attracted the sideways glances of Klein and Dunn.
There was silence for a second, and the two informants took a step back at the same time.
They have all seen the bad side of that sealed object.
"I heard that you captured Nyus Andre, who was on the list, and also discovered the lair of the 'Ancient Demon'?"
Yin Kangseul, who had messy hair, didn't have time to sit down, pursed his dry lips, looked at Leonard who was reporting back to Sost, and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Yes."
Leonard nodded slightly, and at the same time took out the severed limbs and the badly burned map that he had seized from Nyus Andrelade, and placed them on the table.
"While we were investigating along the clues and going deep into the sewers, we accidentally discovered Nyus Andrelade who was fighting the 'ancient evil'. This was the item he was carrying at the time."
As he spoke, he looked at Klein behind him and winked.
"Yes, this is the weapon he used at that time." Klein reluctantly pulled out a short golden staff from under his police uniform and handed it to Leonard.
Because he did not want the gathering of Mr. "Eye of Wisdom" to become the focus of official attention, he did not explain the origin of this short staff.
Sostizhi, who had soft facial features, glanced at him and signaled Leonard to hand over the "sun stick" to Yin Kangseul who was standing aside.
The captain of the Heart of Machinery glanced briefly, and his "artisan" appraisal ability analyzed the level and use of this item.
"Strange, this item should have a great burden on the 'devil'. If you want to use it, it should also hurt Andrerad himself."
Leonard nodded and gestured with his hands, roughly describing the state of Nyus Andrelade.
When they brought back the "cold-blooded man", the two captains were leading the team outside. After getting the general news, they hurried back and did not have time to go to the solitary room to check Andre Ladd's condition.
"That item did cause a lot of damage to him. At least more than half of the burns on his body and the impact on his internal organs are all because of this item."
Leonard's hand gesticulating on his body suddenly stopped.
He frowned slightly, and after pondering for a moment, he continued with some hesitation:
"And although it sounds incredible, he seems to have broken away from the Blood Worship Cult for many years, and indeed he converted to the goddess some time ago."
In front of the shocked gazes of the two captains, the young Red Glove himself was a little unable to accept what he said. His green eyes dodged and he looked at Klein behind him, blinking as if to catch him.
A life-saving straw.
"By the way, Mr. Moriarty performed a divination on his words after we left the sewer and were temporarily safe, and we can basically confirm the authenticity."
"There is also Mr. Yin Wensi, he is sequence six, and he has not found any problems."
"Sequence six..." Sost, with a heavy frown between his eyebrows, was about to say something, but Yin Kangseruo on the side interrupted him unintentionally.
"If this is true, maybe we can really work together."
Yin Kangseul looked at Sost, waiting for his answer.
After all, this "cold-blooded man" claims to have converted to the Night Goddess. Whether this proposal can be accepted depends on the intentions of the Night Goddess's guards.
A "devil" family member converted to a goddess?
Sost suddenly felt a headache. He scratched his long hair on both sides regardless of his image, and decisively decided to leave the matter to his superiors.
"I will report it to the Archbishop."
He took a breath and looked much more relaxed, as if he was covering up his situation. He glanced at Dunn, who was silent, and then said:
"In short, I will take the initiative to report to His Excellency St. Anthony how Andre Lade will be dealt with. Now we should focus on the report brought by Andre Lade."
"If there really is a nest of 'ancient demons', we must find it as soon as possible and destroy them."
"The lowest level of 'Ancient Demon' is around Sequence Six."
Dunn, who had been silent all this time, raised his gaze, stared at Sost calmly, and said word by word:
"I think this matter should also require the help of His Excellency the Archbishop."
"There's probably some demigod-level evil hiding there."
Klein recalled the terrifying existence that had always been hidden behind Prince Edsac, and made a well-founded association.
Sost froze on the spot for a moment, staring at the three people on the same front in front of him, sighed softly, and suddenly smiled.
He smiled ugly, and his bitter smile could not subside for a long time.
"This is indeed a big problem."
The soft outlines of the lines wrinkled together. Sost looked thoughtfully at the silver mirror in Yin Kangse's arms. He was also deeply impressed by the sealed object.
"But although it is a big trouble, we should do something before taking formal action."
"Yin Kangse, can you use that level 2 sealed object to roughly divine the location of the lair?"
Pressing down the messy brown hair on his head, Yin Kangse looked around hesitantly, looking at the firm or twinkling eyes of the other four people, he couldn't help but raise a wry smile, and slowly turned around the silver mirror.
"Okay, but who's going to use it?"
There was a gloomy look in the deacon's eyes, and the bitter smile on his lips became difficult to understand.
Sost silently retracted his bright red hands and looked at the two informants in the distance.
Dunn and Klein looked at each other in tacit understanding, and both saw indescribable emotions in the other's eyes.
They all turned their heads and retreated at the same time, revealing Leonard, who had not yet figured out the situation, standing alone in the open space.
"Does this item have any dangerous side effects?" Leonard had a bad premonition in his heart and looked serious.
Yin Kangse suppressed his smile and shook his head seriously.
"of course not."
"This mirror is called Arrodes. It has the characteristics of being alive and can answer your questions."
Yin Kangse gently brushed the silver mirror with his right hand, tried his best to control his facial expression, and said seriously.
"The only price for using this mirror is that you must answer the questions it asks. If you choose to refuse or answer incorrectly, you will be punished by lightning strikes."
"But that kind of lightning strike wouldn't even really hurt the average person. It's not a very dangerous side effect."
It's really not a very dangerous side effect, if you don't count the questions it asked... Klein looked at the mirror whose surface was getting more and more exciting, which meant that he was showing attentiveness to himself with abstract symbols, and the muscles on his face.
Getting stiffer and stiffer.
That guy actually mixed Chinese into meaningless abstract symbols?
He raised his eyebrows slightly, and from the corner of his eye, he noticed Dunn, who was also looking at the surface of the mirror with him, and withdrew his gaze warily.
Great master, loyal and humble Arrodes asks for your mercy?
Klein spliced the sporadic Chinese characters into a sentence, and suddenly felt a chill.
Has this guy misunderstood his own form? How can I care about a mirror?
"I just have to look in this mirror and ask questions, right?"
Leonard, who was well prepared, walked towards the mirror that was "convulsing", looked at the blood-red characters that suddenly fell silent and then reappeared on the surface of the mirror, swallowed and said:
"Dear Arrods, I would like to know the specific location of the 'Ancient Demon's' lair in the underground drainage network in the Backlund Bridge area."
In order to avoid divination errors, Leonard followed the method of dealing with active sealed objects that the old man once said, with a respectful attitude, and at the same time, he also made the information on divination issues as specific as possible.
This shouldn't be a problem, right?
Amid the anticipation of Leonard and the others behind him, Arrodes, who was floating in the mirror and looked gray, slowly gave his answer.
It quickly dodged through dozens of cross-shaped sewer intersections, and finally stopped on a patch of rich blood red.
As if to let the person it was trying to curry favor with understand, it deliberately stayed on the red blood for a few seconds before returning to gray.
What does it mean?
Leonard frowned and looked at the mirror that had just shown dozens of cross-shaped sewer intersections, confused.
Unfortunately, the mirror, which was not in a good mood, did not leave him much time to think, and the bloody characters quickly filled the mirror surface.
"According to the rules, you must answer a question from loyal Arrods."
Under the expectant gazes of Klein and Dunn, Arrods suddenly flashed, and the text on the mirror twisted and molded into another paragraph.
"Have you ever hidden something from the people who meant the most to you?"
No longer blood-red, the silver-white and kind words were like sharp knives, piercing into the heart of the unsuspecting Leonard.
Looking at the red gloves on his hands, Leonard's frown furrowed slightly.
"Yes."
After taking a deep breath, he looked at the flat mirror. Just as he was about to end the question and answer, Sost beside him suddenly said:
"We can try to ask about the origins of these 'ancient demons'."
"But Arrodes can't even show their lair directly?"
There was a faint worry on Yin Kangse's tired face.
Sost looked at Leonard who was standing in front of the silver mirror, looking at his players expectantly, and handed the decision to him.
"I will try again."
Leonard, with his broken black hair covering his forehead and his eyes lowered, was breathing heavily.
Looking at Yin Jing again, there was a lot more seriousness in his beautiful green eyes.
This is indeed an evil sealed object. The old man would not mention those things intentionally...
"Dear Arrods, I want to know the origins of those 'ancient demons'."
Leonard, who was muttering silently, watched the silver characters appear again, and his hands that had changed into red gloves clenched into fists.
The gray mist gradually cleared away, and the silver mirror placed on the table suddenly trembled, as if it was afraid of something, but for some reason, it had to force itself to reveal the answer to the question.
The churning grayness calmed down into the sea, and the lifeless water waves were pregnant with decay. All kinds of unspeakable broken limbs and broken arms were drowned in the black mud-like viscous sea water. Heads from all races looked up at the starry sky, withered heads and mouths. They sang in unison and chanted strange carols.
Looking up into the distance, the blood-red mist covered the entire sky.
Like the cliff at the end of the world leading straight into the endless darkness, ten thousand pounds of sea water rolled in, pouring as if endlessly on a huge corpse that was about to crawl out of the darkness, as if it wanted to deliver supplies to her in this way.
But it is a pity that the corpse has been dead for a long time, and the thick crimson blood mist has covered the details. It can only be vaguely seen that she seems to be penetrated by ferocious branches and vines, and the people in front of the mirror cannot determine his specific state.
"Deep... abyss..."
Leonard shuddered and stepped back. After he sighed, Arrodes on the table finally completed his irresistible mission. The picture was extinguished with a bang, and gray and white poured into the frame again, solemn and unknown. The crimson color.
After waiting for a while, he faced the people whose faces were filled with fear and solemnity again and asked this question.
"Leonard Mitchell, if you had the choice between revealing your secrets to others or forgiving the people you care about most, what would you choose?"
This mirror, which is famous for its bad taste, is rarely serious, but Yoon Kang-seul, who often suffers from it, is still immersed in the shock caused by the "abyss" just now and did not react.
Revealing secrets and forgiving the people I care about most,
The old man's sigh sounded in his ears. Leonard, who was fully focused, did not speculate on the old man's thoughts as usual. He just thought about this problem and gradually led himself into possible scenarios.
I am an orphan, if I really care about anyone...
But the captain is dead, and he has nothing to do with us. If anyone really should seek forgiveness, it should be me.
If I had ignored the exposure earlier, used pretending to digest the potion, and prayed for the old man's help...
Leonard took a deep breath and opened his eyes that he didn't know when he had closed.
"I will tell him everything he needs to know and ask for his forgiveness."
After saying that, he nodded inexplicably, then picked up Arrods and handed it back to Yin Kangse.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the whole room became a little gloomy.
"Perhaps we should stop what we are doing now and report everything we just saw to the two archbishops."
Yoon Kangseul, who gently stroked the silver mirror with his palm and had a resolute face, suggested hesitantly.
Seeing that Sost did not respond, the deacon of the Church of Steam looked at the two silent informants and motioned for them to express their opinions.
"Based on the scene shown by Arrods, we have reason to believe that the lair of the 'ancient demon' is also in a cross-shaped sewer node, and it is at the foot of the Backlund Bridge area."
Faintly aware of who was influencing Arrods and who wanted to convey certain information, Klein took the initiative to give his guess.
"Maybe the blood-red patch with no details at the end symbolizes that nest. We can start based on this feature and check out all the cross-shaped intersections that have no abnormalities."
"Then what's left is the real lair." Dunn took over the topic, caressing the ring inlaid with a bit of scarlet with his fingers, and nodded slightly.