"Your subordinate Alacart comes to see Master Fasti."
The hoarse-voiced man spoke in a deep and sincere voice, lowering his gaze even lower, his eyes fixed on the shoe surface, his upper body slightly bent down in reverence and awe.
The man behind him hurriedly repeated in a low voice with the same respectful tone:
"I am Chalf, your subordinate, here to see Lord Fasti."
He suppressed his curiosity and did not raise his head to peek at who or what was in front of him. Instead, he lowered his head even more.
Because he knew what a terrifying and noble figure they were meeting!
They are the core members of the "New World" sect, God's favored ones who are eligible to be exempted from the "Doomsday Judgment" and the "Day of Disaster", and they are the ultimate status that all the believers of the "New World" sect aspire to achieve.
It is destined to become the last spark of human civilization that rebuilds the world on the ruins after the doomsday disaster. It is the new human being chosen as the "natural evolver" and the true spokesperson for the true will of Fusa, the "God of Disaster and Destruction" and "Goddess of Disaster".
They were the clergymen who followed the path of "chaos", the "saints" of the "New World" sect and the "goddess of disaster" -
"The Secret Saint", Fasti!
The more he thought about it, the more awe and admiration he felt.
"Saints" are great beings who live in legends and are powerful beings who are infinitely close to the will of the Lord God and the Kingdom of God.
What a great and powerful existence!
And such a figure who was second only to "myth" was actually the person he was meeting!
Thinking of this, his body began to tremble slightly uncontrollably due to intense excitement, and his hair stood on end.
At this moment, a strange voice suddenly came from the dim darkness ahead:
"explain."
The voice was cold, low, and emotionless, yet seemed full of majesty, causing the listener to feel uncontrollable fear and palpitations, and also giving people an unreal impression.
It was like the sound of hell coming from a land of disaster filled with madness, chaos and destruction.
"Yes, Master Fasti."
Standing in front, with a hoarse and deep voice, Arakate bowed deeply and said with great caution and solemnity:
"It seems that our spy planted in the Imperial National University has been exposed..."
He used concise and refined language to truthfully describe what had happened before, as well as the signs and details that might be related to it. His tone remained steady and calm, without a hint of panic.
The source of the sound in the darkness no longer made any sound, as if it had disappeared.
Not far in front of the two of them, at the end of this dimly lit corridor, where the strange sound came from...
There stood an ordinary wall, with no one hiding here at all.
However, in the center of the wall, there was a tortuous, hideous vertical crack.
This crack does not seem to have cracked from the wall, but rather appeared out of thin air in space, and its position just happened to fit the wall.
Through this strange crack, which is only the width of a palm and the height of a person, one can see countless dirty, weird, disturbing and chaotic lights, vaguely outlining a series of filthy and unclean contours.
It seems to be a door leading to some horrible and twisted place...
Chapter 277 Tracking and Mission
In a poorly lit street in the upper city.
A slender and tall girl with a pretty face, with long black hair that reaches her calves, wearing a knee-length skirt and a long-sleeved T-shirt, stood quietly in the shadows with her right hand in front of her body.
She tilted her head slightly, and looked with her bright scarlet eyes at an inconspicuous single-family villa in the distance, and then glanced at a small object in the palm of her right hand.
It was a glass ornament about half the size of a fist, in the shape of an apple. Its crystal clear interior glowed with brilliant light like a galaxy.
The bright and rich glow rises and falls, which is very beautiful and unique.
And at the top of this strange-looking glass apple, there is a leaf also made of glass.
The leaf is movable and can rotate 360 degrees around the fulcrum where it is connected to the stem.
At this moment, this delicate and small glass leaf happened to point in the direction that the black-haired and red-eyed girl was looking at, which was the location of the unremarkable detached villa.
"Is that it?"
Bernice held the glass apple and moved it a few times. After confirming that the leaf was pointing to the villa, she whispered:
"She said she wanted to 'investigate the target pointed by the locator'... Does that mean I just need to sneak into the house and see what's going on inside? And I'll get five points of merit?"
When Qi Ji assigned this task to her and offered five merit points, her first reaction was: "Wow, I can earn a lot!"
Then I agreed without thinking.
But on second thought, she realized the potential risks of this mission.
A full five points of merit, which means that completing this task twice is enough to equal the full support of a metallurgist in one second.
Corresponding to this must be extremely high difficulty, or danger, or a combination of both!
Bernice didn't quite believe that the girl named Yao Lingwu, who had so many weird ideas, would be so kind as to give her so many benefits for nothing.
"There must be some expert hiding in this house, or some dangerous and powerful spiritual ritual has been set up..."
After a brief thought, her face turned serious and she straightened herself up. She held the glass apple that was sparkling with starlight, and her slender figure suddenly became blurred.
As if blending into the shadows, it moved forward extremely nimbly along various inconspicuous shadows and corners, approaching the villa at a rapid yet cautious speed.
But before she had gone far, with a whole street left to her goal, the glass apple in her hand... suddenly changed.
"What, what's wrong?"
She looked horrified and stopped immediately, hiding behind a wall.
Looking down, she found that the glass apple with starlight and the Milky Way flowing inside was now dyed an extremely dazzling and bright blood red.
The stars became extremely strange, like scarlet eyeballs with malicious intentions.
Full of warning!
"This is……"
Bernice was stunned for a moment, then she recalled what Qi Ji had explained when he had given her this thing:
“…This thing can automatically indicate the target’s location and help you find it.
"It also has the function of detecting nearby spiritual fluctuations. If it detects a psychic warrior, magician, or transcendental being above the realm of the Daoist within 200 meters, it will turn on the red light to warn you. Pay attention..."
"Is there a high-level extraordinary person nearby?!"
Bernice immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and hurriedly retreated a hundred meters at a very fast speed.
After she did this, the glass apple suddenly extinguished its disturbing red light and returned to its deep and magnificent galaxy.
"Where is that guy?"
Bernice grasped the glass apple in a panic, and after thinking for a few seconds, she tentatively moved in a certain direction, constantly changing her position.
"Bright……"
“Destroyed…”
"Bright……"
“It’s getting brighter!”
"It's getting dark again..."
After several rounds of testing in a trembling mood, she confirmed one fact:
"It's that house! There are high-level extraordinary people... in that villa!"
After realizing this, Bernice instantly became extremely alert. Her scalp went numb and she almost exploded.
"No, no way. Then, how can I complete the task..."
Although she had no practical experience, as a noble "sprout" vampire and her mother was a powerful "out-of-the-world" person and a "blood councillor" of the "Guige" bloodline, she was still somewhat confident in her own strength.
At least, extraordinary people whose level is below that of a mid-level magician will not pose much of a threat to her.
Unless you are ambushed or besieged, you will basically not fail if you are prepared. If you can't win, at least you can escape.
But she was not confident enough to think that she could sneak into his residence under the protection of at least one high-level extraordinary person!
This is not confidence at all, it's seeking death!
It's the same as a mouse that jumps onto cheese even though it knows there's a mousetrap!
"What should I do...should I give up?"
She suddenly felt very unwilling and couldn't help puffing up her cheeks, looking unhappy and reluctant.
Reason told her that this mission could never be accomplished, and the reasonable thing to do was to escape and retreat to the tree house immediately.
But...that's five points of merit!
If I succeed in getting it, plus the original two points, I will have seven points, and I will only have one step away from getting one second.
Thinking about my mother who has been missing for a month, I don't know where she is now, and what kind of treatment she is going through. Thinking about those bad guys who are always eyeing me...
She became more and more uneasy and anxious.
Just one second might be enough...
A metallurgist, and a metallurgist from the "Earth" realm who is extremely skilled in movement and reconnaissance, one second may be enough to search for spiritual fluctuations in half of Twilight City and find the location of the mother.
After confirming my mother's condition, no matter what the result is, I can at least finalize the next arrangements and not be as confused and overwhelmed as I am now.
I can't wait any longer... Every second I delay, the chances of my mother returning safely become slimmer...
Her mother's gentle yet somewhat tough face emerged in her mind uncontrollably. She could not control her emotions. Her eyes turned slightly red and a sour and hot feeling emerged.
"Wow... the human world is so scary. After I find my mother and return home, I will never come here again! Absolutely!"
All the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time bubbled up from the depths of her heart and almost made her burst into tears.
"...No, I can't be so weak! Bernice, my mother is still waiting for you to rescue her, how can you collapse like this?"
But soon, reason took over her thinking again.
“I absolutely cannot do this mission. With a high-level extraordinary person in charge, no matter how careful I am, I will definitely be discovered... If I am caught or killed, then there may really be no hope for my mother forever.
"I can't expect Yao Lingwu to take pity on me and help me... She doesn't need to offend such a powerful organization for me. They may also have extraordinary people at the level of Metallurgist...
"Calm down, you have to stay calm! The more anxious you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes and make the situation worse!"
After taking a deep breath and exhaling it slowly, Bernice successfully controlled the negative emotions in her heart, and her red eyes became clear and bright again.
Then, she held the glass apple firmly, her figure swayed, and she was about to leave this place, return to the tree house, tell Qi Ji everything truthfully, and see what this mysterious and powerful girl thought about it.
"…You little bastard, are you the one sneaking around here?"
A cold and deep male voice suddenly came from the side.
"!"
Bernice's hair stood on end, her mouth half opened, and her muscles tensed, but she did not scream or jump away from the source of the sound.
Because at this moment, she felt an extremely cold chill invading her body and penetrating into her bones, instantly making her body completely stiff and unable to move at all, even her eyeballs could not move.
It was like becoming a conscious corpse.
Then, a figure slowly walked in from the left side of her vision.
Through eyes filled with fear and despair, she saw the man's figure and appearance clearly.
He was wearing a purple-black hooded robe, was tall and thin, had a sickly pale complexion, a cold and mean face, and looked like a middle-aged man.
He raised his chin arrogantly, narrowed his cold eyes, looked at me with extreme contempt, and snorted coldly:
"How dare a little vampire with barely grown hair covet the residence of my 'Secret Saint'?"
Chapter 278 Self-rescue
"Well……"
Bernice's pupils shrank in horror, and she stared at the arrogant man in the purple-black robe in front of her with despair.
At this moment, she felt like there was something stuck in her throat, like a fish suffocating out of water. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but no sound came out.
"Are there vampires in a place like this..."
