Artluqi would never guess the other person's mood. She patiently looked at the direction pointed out by the boy, and released a familiar to find out the situation while saying indifferently: "I was traveling with that guy. Before we fell into danger, he told me that he hoped I would not regret it in the future. Everyone will pay the price for their choices."
"Now that I think about it."
Artluqi narrowed her eyes and said unhappily, "He was pointing at me at that time."
"But it's quite right, isn't it?"
People should pay the price for their choices.
And you too.
Victor.
……
In a church, a priest was praying quietly with his eyes closed.
Suddenly, the candles around shook a few times and were extinguished by the wind.
Wisps of shadows turned into shadows in the darkness, conveying messages.
"The dead apostles wandering around like ghosts have been found..." The priest opened his eyes, lowered his eyes to look at the information, and said in a deep voice: "Within half an hour after the information was sent, the church lost contact."
"Doesn't that mean that our people are in great danger?" Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man who had been sitting quietly in the audience in the dark, as if he didn't exist, spoke up: "Lord, may they rest in peace..."
"But at least it proves the accuracy of the intelligence." The priest sighed indifferently: "The death is still worthwhile."
"Do you want to tell Talvis and the others?" The middle-aged man stood up immediately and said, "They are still our own people..."
"No need." The priest raised his eyelids and said softly, "Don't Talvis and the others want an explanation? Then just give them this information."
It's really ridiculous that two cardinals let a dead disciple take advantage of them.
Haha, but it’s understandable. After all, this is the Old Religion, a group of extreme, brainless... utopian militant factions.
"Let them worry about the problems of the old religion on their own."
"Altluci has already reunited with her apostles. Let our people stay away from them as much as possible."
"I understand." The middle-aged man thought for a while after hearing this, and quickly nodded and said, "But after all, this is our territory, so we still need to send a few people over, right?"
Responsible for surveillance and intelligence gathering. Surveillance is to prevent the other party from taking the opportunity to spread doctrine, and intelligence gathering is simply to serve as eyes.
"Well... let's send the best agents. Who are the top agents currently in Italy?"
"There should be three, but..."
"what happened?"
"..." The middle-aged man clasped his hands together and placed them on his chest, and said softly: "The wife of one of the agents is already pregnant. Logically speaking-"
"What about his own wishes?" the priest asked, opening his eyes slightly.
The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows when asked by the priest. The image of the young man who was never tired and performed his tasks as if he was a self-torture suddenly appeared in his mind. He frowned and said, "He should choose to stay."
……
There are indeed many stupid people in the world, but there are also many smart people.
Or in other words, people who stand in high positions are at least not stupid.
Victor hadn't been chased in the past few days. At first, he was a little confused, a little puzzled, and a little happy.
But later, he was no longer happy.
Amid the howling darkness, the steel tower sentry towering on the border was brightly lit. A priest was leaning against the soldiers' armour, silently reciting the Bible with several nuns.
On the periphery, there are several silent agents protecting everyone.
The nuns' choir and the priest finally showed up...
Victor understood why almost instantly.
They are...locking down.
Commonly known as control.
Yes, in fact, any pursuit, unless you are absolutely sure of the opponent, otherwise, the difficulty of chasing and killing him is basically several times that of the opponent's escape.
"Not to mention, Talvis and the others didn't even know who killed Brad until that stupid couple reported it."
In the mountains, when Stulut recalled his familiar with a little doubt and found that there was no trace of the agent ahead, Altluchi seemed to have expected it.
"For the church, once this happens, it is better to simply block it rather than slowly follow and search behind."
Just like the police in real life, if they want to catch a fugitive, they need to set up controls and stake out at various nodes.
In addition to the subsequent pursuit, more checkpoints are set up at all the places that the criminals must pass through.
Yes, the amount of police force required for this is unimaginable - but the coincidence is... the Holy Sepulchre Church also has such power on the mysterious side.
"No one is stupid."
Altluchi commented: "Even if the couple didn't tell the truth, I guess the old fox probably wouldn't think that Victor would continue to march deep into Seville. The only choice is whether to go north or south."
Now, they know the direction.
Altluchi tilted her head. She didn't even need to think about it to make the same decision as the church.
Regardless of whether Victor's ultimate goal was to return to Germany and seek asylum, or to head east and flee Europe, he traveled far north as a detour.
She could have either Talvis or Geserbarune split their forces into two groups, take a shortcut along the roads that must be passed in those two directions, and wait for the opportunity.
Yes.
This is the church's headquarters.
It was not until this moment that Victor deeply felt the status and exaggerated power of the church in this country so close to Italy and the Vatican.
In just one day, he only had one day of relaxation.
My spirit tensed up again.
The agents and knights, who were previously almost invisible, began to appear throughout the border.
They dispersed and surrounded the area in a node-like pattern, searching each area one by one, causing demons to fly everywhere.
It’s not that they are looking for him. The fighting power of these agents is actually not that strong and they can’t pose any threat to Victor.
But they are like a spider web, a fragile spider web. Their purpose is not even to help the spider "catch" Victor, but just to capture the slightest trace of Victor.
This is really outrageous.
Victor couldn't help but put on his hood and shrank into the shadows. Sometimes, he really hoped that he could hide in the dark for a few days or even months, and then come out when it was safe. But unfortunately...
His thirst for blood grew stronger.
But he was not that nervous. Victor took a deep breath and quietly rushed towards the city in the distance.
The level 3 stealth effect provided by Midnight Shadow in the dark was enough to allow him to safely pass through these tower outposts.
As long as you don't pass by in a swagger, you basically won't be discovered.
The only thing he needed to avoid was to not do irrational things and leave any traces when he was thirsty for blood.
You must not kill any agent and expose your whereabouts.
Let's go to a town that's a little more prosperous, Victor thought - once we're caught in a search like this, staying away from the crowd would not only be irresponsible for their safety, but also for our own safety.
The more people there are, the more complex the environment will be and the less likely it will be to be targeted.
Moreover, it will become much more convenient to absorb blood, and you can even... buy blood.
It is almost impossible to find a big city on the border of such a small country, but small border towns often have their own advantages, such as the rampant black market.
Instead of arms, the black market in the magic world often contains smuggled magic materials, spells, or... inferior magic replenishing potions - body fluids.
That is blood.
Yes, magicians can actually gain magic power from blood, but they are not like Dead Apostles who can directly transform pure life force and magic power together.
The use of blood by magicians is extremely inferior. They obtain the magic power retained by other magicians from body fluids, and that's all.
Not only that, this kind of magic power replenishment is not only inefficient, but also has extremely high hidden dangers and can easily provide "food" for dead apostles. Therefore, it is expressly prohibited by the Magician Association. However, this prohibition is naturally no problem for those great, regular magicians in the magic world.
They also tend to disdain using this method, which may pollute their own magical qualifications.
However, for wild magicians who need to replenish their magic power and whose lives are not so satisfactory... this is very necessary.
Of course, even if it is body fluids that replenish magic, it may be safer and more efficient to use another method, ahem... For example, the semen of a male magician.
But... not every magician can accept such a strong taste. Most people prefer potions made from blood which are more widely circulated.
Although there are fewer black markets nowadays, they definitely exist. As long as there is a market, it is impossible to eliminate the gray industry.
Those who do this generally won't investigate your identity, including whether you are a Dead Apostle.
Therefore, this should be the safest way to replenish blood.
But...if Victor can think of it, others will definitely think of it.
For example, Talvis, the cardinal who defeated Brad with one blow and one of the leaders of the Eighth Secret, was sitting in a car at this time, frowning and concentrating on looking at the map.
Frankly speaking, he is under a lot of pressure right now.
The factions within the Old Church are also very complicated. Although Catholicism almost represents the entire Old Church's base, and is even equal to the Old Church itself, that is only for the Old Church as a whole. The entire Cathedral Church is not like this. It also includes Protestantism and factions of other major religions.
In fact, as some extremists are eager to completely eradicate factions outside the old church, the atmosphere within the church has become increasingly tense recently. In fact, Tarvis has also thought that once the Dead Apostles, one of the greatest enemies of mankind, are completely wiped out and external conflicts disappear, will a civil war within the Holy Church break out?
This is not groundless. Talvis rubbed his head with a headache. He was actually half a radical, so he was not worried about the outbreak of a civil war. As a militant, he was looking forward to it.
What was actually worrying him was this operation.
An action that involved the involvement of four cardinals, and almost confirmed the involvement of at least four cadres who clearly belonged to the Catholic faction, to force Artelucci into a desperate situation. It was a large-scale action that mobilized almost all the resources that could be mobilized to hunt down and intercept Brad.
Altluchi could escape, which was an outcome that all the bishops could accept, but Brad...
What a joke.
If this action does not produce any results, then it will inevitably... make the Catholic Church's actions a laughing stock.
Even... the Pope...
"Humph."
He snorted coldly, and finally fixed his eyes on a small town on the Hungarian border on the map.
……
PS: I see everyone is arguing about the battle power standard recently, and I think the battle power set for magicians is too high.
In fact, it is not too high. Many people think that "the modern magic base is weak." In fact, many of them are because the most famous Fate/Z and S/N series did not show the strength of the pinnacle of magic, including Kenneth... ahem, it may be affected by the world line. If you refer to more worlds and other games, there will be many similar descriptions.
For example, the head of the Barthelmero family can penetrate a mountain with one blow, the top magician can even ignore the "fake" servants born in the Holy Grail War, and a top agent of the Templar Church can easily and instantly generate the lethality of nuclear missiles and even chemical weapons with just normal attacks. Even though Fugo did not inherit the full power of the Principle Blood Ring, he can freeze an entire city in an instant.
Of course, the mysterious disappearance is indeed a reason that cannot be ignored, but resisting a missile... If we take intercontinental missiles and nuclear warheads as examples... That may be a bit exaggerated, but ordinary people usually refer to conventional missiles, which are the kind launched by the missile vehicles in Red Alert... Well, high-explosive warheads.
And there is indeed a mistake here. Zhu Yue is the King of the Moon, so the author naturally regards the True Ancestor as the people of the Moon.
In fact, Zhu Yue came to Earth alone.
Okay, by the way, I beg you all to quarrel and study the settings, but don't scold the author. The author knows that there are many Type-Moon fans who are party to the settings, so he has been very careful. But to be honest, the author is just an ordinary Type-Moon fan. He wrote Type-Moon for fun and would consult as much information as possible, but it is inevitable that there will be omissions.
Please forgive me.
Chapter 30, Father Mercy, are you so merciful?!
Washkut?
At the same time, Artluchi, who never cared about the geographical location, stood beside Stulut, patiently waiting for the other party's analysis.
In this regard, she is quite good at handing over her brain to others.
However, when Stulut quickly found and analyzed the best direction for the opponent, Altluchi frowned, looked at the not-so-complicated map, and thought for a few seconds.
Soon, her gaze moved down, to the territory of Serbia, and then landed on another name.
"No, we're going to Apatin."
Although they had only been together for a short time, Heiji somehow always remembered some of the other person's special qualities.
For example...the other party likes to think of the enemy at the same level as himself, no matter whether the enemy is stupid or smart.
This allows for a deeper level of thinking.
As the other party said, don't underestimate the IQ of any opponent.
