The streets at the moment seemed a bit desolate. Due to the deliberate driving, there were not many passers-by nearby, and roadblocks were piled at the intersection to prevent unnecessary people from arriving.
Many people wearing maintenance suits were walking around, including Kestrel. Although the winter in Old Dunling was far away, the slight chill still existed. Coupled with the already humid environment, he still felt a little cold.
Walking on the roadside.
"Is it almost done?"
Someone came out of the nearby mansion, got closer to Kestrel and saw him clearly, and then asked.
"That's almost it. According to the report, it was Lorenzo who dealt with these demons, but he did not stay at the scene after dealing with them. I don't know where he went."
Joey also felt a bit cold. He looked around and saw vague figures looking curiously at him.
When Lorenzo fought with the demons, the erosion caused by them was detected by a large Geiger counter nearby. Shortly after Lorenzo ended the battle, the purification agency arrived here. After processing, it is now clear.
As part of the finishing touches for the astronauts, they claimed that the steam pipe here was broken, which might cause a series of underground ruptures, and they temporarily sealed off the place.
"Lorenzo? He really comes and goes without a trace. Isn't he at home?" Kestrel asked. He was just playing the role of a supervisor who came to replace the shift.
"No, I sent someone to look for him." Joey replied.
"But his mobility is so strong, it's like he never gets tired... Is killing monsters so fun for him?" After saying that, Joey couldn't help but sigh.
"What's wrong?" Hearing Joey sigh, Kestrel was a little curious about what Lorenzo had done before.
"During the battle against Lawrence, he used up all his weapons. Even his beloved Winchester was blown to pieces. He needs some new weapons. I just sent them to him this morning."
"As a result, the demon was eliminated in the evening..." Kestrel's voice weakened. This efficiency is not unusually high. Fortunately, there is no formal employment contract between Lorenzo and the purification agency. Otherwise, Kestrel might still be there one day.
I lost my job before I could retire.
"yes……"
Joey recalled the scene underground. The demon was stopped by the interceptor net, and the familiar hook gun was still hanging on the chopped body. He could think of Lorenzo's heroic appearance at that time, the demon hunter made his debut, and the demon
They were beaten so hard that they fled with their heads in their hands.
It's a pity that the monster failed to escape underground. It was caught by Lorenzo and killed as easily as an execution.
"What did you find?"
"Many, such as hallucinogens mixed with secret blood. The monster's name is Baier. He was injected with an overdose of hallucinogens and transformed into a monster. We also found some other corpses. After a simple inspection, we can confirm
He was also injected with hallucinogens, but was killed before being alienated.
The remnants of Lawrence still exist in the old Dunling. This matter is very important and has been reported to Arthur."
The two of them stopped joking and became serious. As they said, this matter is indeed very important.
Finding the whereabouts of "Apocalypse" is the most important thing to clean up the mechanism after Lawrence's death. But now there is new secret blood, "Apocalypse" is still around the old Dunling, and the remnants of Lawrence are still hiding in
In the shadow.
"What about Arthur? I thought he would come here in person." Kestrel asked.
"He has been here before and should be at Black Mountain Hospital now."
"Shall we directly ask those concerned for information? It seems that he is really interested in it." Kestrel continued.
"Not only that, this incident also involved the mounted policemen of Su Yalan Hall. According to the sergeant, he got some intelligence, discovered the smuggling operation, and led a team to attack, but he didn't expect it to be related to demons.
...Yeah, how can ordinary people think of things like demons? For him, no matter how bad they are, it's just that these smugglers are armed with guns."
Joey said and looked at Kestrel again, "What's more, his daughter is also on the team, and this seems to be related to her."
"Arthur must also have a headache like this."
Joey said as he looked at the sky. The giant steel whale was swimming slowly in the clouds as usual.
Monster... Monster...
"Kestrel, do you think we will be like this in the future?"
Joey said suddenly.
"What?" Kestrel asked.
"After retirement, you should know the regulations of the purification agency. We will be incorporated into the logistics, and we will be separated from everything related to demons little by little. The dark door will be closed to us. At that time, everything we have in the purification agency will
It's all just a weird nightmare."
"We have woken up from the dream. It's time to return to normal life. They will pay us on time and have psychological evaluations every month. This will last for many years. Maybe we will die from an accident or other things before we get to the end.
."
Joey took a deep breath. He didn't know why he suddenly felt so sad, but he was more confused and a little dazed.
"But can you really wake up from this nightmare?" he doubted.
"Just like that mysterious connection, even though Arthur tried so hard, his family was still involved, first his wife, and then his daughter... I quite understand Arthur, I don't want my child to
Get in touch with these.”
Joey was suddenly stunned when he said this, as if he had discovered a huge conspiracy. Basically, one or two members of the Joshua family would join the purification agency in every generation. He initially thought it was a family tradition or something like that.
But now it seems that this is just getting deeper and deeper.
Joey would not come into contact with demons at first, but it was just like fate.
"I didn't think much about it." Kestrel said, he couldn't quite understand Joey's sadness.
"I'm just a street gangster. My only friend thought I left Old Dunling. Just like the connection you mentioned, I didn't want to drag him down. I haven't seen him since I joined the purge agency...
…”
Kestrel paused. Actually, it wasn't like he had never seen him again.
"Without the work provided by Shrike, I might have died on the street. I am grateful for everything I have now. If I can live to retire, I would just kowtow and kneel down, so I can't think of those sad things.
Don't think about that, just finish today's work first."
People are busy working under the night, transporting corpses one after another. What awaits them is an autopsy, and then they are thrown into the incinerator. The work of the scavengers will continue for a few days. They will check here to see if there are any
Missed contacts are then sent to a mental hospital.
This is the world they live in, gray, cold and damp. Everyone lights up the fire. Although it is fleeting, it is still worth cherishing.
…
"Why are you here? I thought you would go directly to Black Mountain Hospital."
The carriage door was pushed open, and Merlin was a little surprised when he saw the person coming. According to his character, he shouldn't be here now.
"This is not the first time Eve has encountered a demon. She is not that fragile, and compared to looking at her, what happens tonight is more important."
Arthur was not in a very good mood. He didn't know whether it was the next thing that troubled him or Eve's encounter with the monster.
Merlin's face remained expressionless, although sometimes he would try hard to move his dead muscles, but the expression he showed was terrifying.
"She will have to face this day sooner or later. You are just delaying the time for the demon to find her."
Merlin said to Arthur that he had advised Arthur this way since Eve was born, but he also knew that this was a difficult decision. Although Merlin had no children, he could understand the pain, underneath the cold surface.
, he also has a heart similar to that of a mortal.
"maybe……"
After experiencing so much, Arthur was a little shaken. His connection with darkness was like a curse. No matter how hard mortals tried, they could not control it.
"It's better not to discuss this now. Those guests are still waiting for us. They have much more trouble than these things."
The carriage began to move slowly, running wildly through the dark streets. The time had already entered midnight. At this time, Old Dunling was quiet. Except for the occasional surge of steam, it was so quiet that it seemed as if it had lost its voice.
But above the night, the clouds were billowing, the war airship slowly descended, and countless light beams surrounded the carriage, ensuring that they traveled in a place illuminated by light.
The sound of horse hooves could be heard in the distance, and soldiers protected them in the dark.
"Is this their identity?"
Merlin handed over a document with the guests' information printed on it. Arthur glanced at it a few times and felt extremely tired.
"Anthony Russo, judging from the information they exchanged with us, he is the core figure of this mission. His apparent position is that of a priest, but his actual identity is the patriarch of the rebuilt Demon Hunting Order.
long."
Merlin didn't like the word dean, and that guy named Lawrence had brought them too much trouble, but Anthony didn't seem to like it either.
"But judging from what they said, he doesn't like others to call him patriarch. Just call him priest."
Seeing how tired Arthur looked, Merlin simply started reading for him.
"He used to be a member of the Templars, an inconspicuous one, but he seemed to have belonged to the new pope long ago. When the new pope took office, Anthony directly led the rest to launch a surprise attack on the opponents, using violence to force them
The means accomplished the suppression.”
Arthur frowned when he heard this, another crazy enemy.
"Is he the one who came to negotiate with us? Is there no other... special person?" Arthur asked.
"A few of them are very honest. In order to protect Anthony, there will be several demon hunters as bodyguards to protect him at all times."
Witcher...
Arthur had an even greater headache. After meeting Lorenzo and Lawrence, he had a deep understanding of the destructive power of these monsters, but now there were a few more in the city.
"I know your concerns. At present, we have temporarily given Gawain and other knight captains the authority to mobilize the Original Sin Armor at will... I just hope that they will not be used."
Merlin was also a little worried. Rather than calling back the knight captains, it was better to call back the original sin armors. As the first echelon of combat power, when dealing with emergencies, only their mobility could be deployed on the battlefield at high speed.
"They should have no secret blood, right?" Arthur suddenly remembered that "Revelation" had been lost for so long, and without this core, where would the new generation of demon hunters come from.
"Maybe there are some backup resources. Don't underestimate the Evangelical Church. Although it no longer has its former glory, it is still an Evangelical Church. We have not seen it with our own eyes, so we cannot be sure. No one knows what is hidden under its curtain.
What are you wearing?"
As an alchemist, Merlin knew what a mysterious group like the Evangelical Church could do. The original alchemy was the fantasy of a group of lunatics, and when this group of lunatics had the soil to nourish it, Merlin didn't think that the demon hunters could do anything.
is their only work.
"But it can also be seen from this that he can no longer create demon hunters on a large scale. If he could, they would have no need to fear us."
Arthur nodded. As a person in power, sometimes fighting between various forces made him exhausted.
"Do you think the purpose of their mission this time is other than technical exchange?" Arthur asked.
""Revelation"."
There were only Merlin and Arthur here, so he didn't need to hide anything, he just said it directly.
"Have you ever thought that the reason why we haven't found the Book of Revelation is that we are not an evangelical church?" Arthur expressed his thoughts.
"It is so critical and important. Over the years, the Evangelical Church has inevitably protected it, just like a demon hunter can detect darkness. Is there anything special about it? We have never discovered it, so
Can’t find it?”
Arthur continued.
"And, from beginning to end, we have never seen "Apocalypse", right? Even if Lorenzo only knows about its existence, he doesn't even know what "Apocalypse" looks like... It will really be a
A book?”
He spoke out all his questions, followed immediately by his biggest worry.
"Merlin, sometimes life is really hard to make choices."
"What's wrong?"
"I am Arthur, and I am the head of the purification agency, but I serve Queen Victoria and the entire Inverg. Sometimes I need to abandon my emotions and act as a cold decision-making machine."
Arthur's eyes were a little dazed. The carriage was moving very fast, and they were almost at the dock where they were greeted.
"I always have a hunch that Fei Lengcui's mission will not be so simple, and this time at least we are not hostile on the surface..."
"Are you worried about Lorenzo?" Merlin realized what Arthur wanted to say.
"My decision cannot rely on personal feelings, but on pure interests, the exchange of technology, and the exchange of interests. It is Inervig versus the Holy Gospel Papal State, not the Purification Agency versus the Demon Hunting Order.
Lorenzo's existence cannot be hidden from these messengers, and from Fei Lengcui's point of view, he is a defected demon hunter..."
Arthur did not continue speaking the rest of the words, as if some terrible prophecy would come true once spoken.