The Whispering Verses Chapter 2623: Father François
Chapter 2622 Father Francois
"Why don't we test each other. Let's all hide and let the illusion mimic the appearance of Baron Cumming and wait for that guy."
Shad suggested, and Miss Owl also agreed to the plan:
"Of course, I don't have to hide. I just stand on the branch over there. I am an owl anyway."
But she didn’t fly over immediately:
"But don't underestimate this opponent. Pure illusions are too unreliable."
"Yes, that's why."
Shad took out a toy armor from his pocket, restored it to a human-sized armor, and then used "Puppetry" to control it. After letting it bounce a few times on the ground beside the train track, Shade stretched out his hand and the red light flashed and the armor turned into the appearance of Baron Cumming.
"This is not like the illusion of the moon like your teacher's. This illusion has a wild and crazy beauty."
Miss Owl commented seriously, but did not go into details. Instead, she flapped her wings and flew above "Baron Cumming":
"It's not bad. Unless the other party is also proficient in illusion, it's hard to tell that it's fake at a glance. But how do you hide it? Is it illusion? Or invisibility?"
"This way."
As Shade spoke, he recalled the things that made him angry, and then covered his face with his hands:
"Calm gesture."
The curled-up stone wings appeared behind him, and closed and covered Shade's body as the surface of Shade's body became petrified.
Although Miss Owl was watching him cast the spell, she felt that it would be difficult to "discover" it easily once she looked away:
"What kind of strange ability is this? Danister doesn't seem like someone who can teach this kind of thaumaturgy. What did you learn from her?"
She landed on the top of the statue, and Shade let go of the hand covering his face and transformed himself:
"I am a correspondence student and mostly self-taught."
"But since she has taken a fancy to you, where does your moon talent show up?"
The owl is curious about this, but Shade doesn't want to explain:
"It's not the right time to talk about this. The time is coming. Let's resolve this matter first."
"You always remain mysterious, and sometimes I feel like even Danister doesn't understand you."
The chubby round-faced owl complained as it flapped its wings and flew into the forest. After stopping on a branch and turning around, although he clearly felt that the angel statue covering his face was near the track, it still took him more than ten seconds to find it.
The girls led by Miss Bell were already in position outside the area, and the group waited patiently. But when the agreed meeting time of eleven o'clock came, no one came, so they could only continue to wait.
Thirteen minutes later, another steam train came from a distance. Judging from the shape of the carriage, it was a passenger train, and above the sixth carriage of the train, a man jumped down from the roof.
The man looks to be in his forties, but if you look closely, he has a sense of age unique to the elderly. He was wearing a somewhat old black coat. After the clattering train had gone far away, he looked around, and then he saw the baron walking out of the woods:
"You're late."
The baron said that the man who looked to be in his forties actually explained, and he was obviously helpless:
“When we agreed on a meeting time more than fifty years ago, I thought that steam trains would not be late or late fifty years later. Unexpectedly, after the steam industry has developed for so long, the problem of late trains has not changed. This is true. It’s my fault.”
He extended his hand to the Baron:
"Okay, where's my stuff? I can feel it's nearby, give it to me now, and we'll never see each other again, I promise."
As he spoke, he walked towards the baron, who continued to ask:
"I'm curious, how did you discover me back then? Are all of you ring warlocks so powerful?"
"Yes, ring warlocks are different from ordinary people. It's hard to explain to you."
As he spoke, the man walked over, and the baron took the box out of his pocket and threw it directly to him.
"Be careful!"
The man immediately caught it in a hurry, opened it eagerly, and immediately opened his eyes because it was empty:
"What do you mean?"
"Mind blast!"
Shad from behind punched him on the back of the head, and the strange man fell forward and was hugged by the armor.
"That simple?"
Xia De stretched his hands behind his back again and looked around cautiously, but after waiting for a while, nothing happened.
The flapping owl has already flown around in the sky:
"Nothing, he didn't bring any helpers, and he didn't set any traps nearby."
As he spoke, he landed on Shade's shoulder. At the same time, Miss Bell also appeared from the forest with someone. They also didn't notice any movement.
"What kind of confidence does this person have?"
"I'm also curious about how he can be so confident. Didn't he expect that Baron Cumming had help? Get out of here first and don't talk here."
Shad put away his armor and used puppeteering to control the unconscious strange man to walk into the forest with them.
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Because they had scouted the nearby environment in advance, the witch's followers had already found a temporary camp.
The girls set up alerts and defensive spells on the outside. Shade put the unconscious man on the ground where the fire was lit. He first tied him with the [Sin Chain], then bent down and put his hand on his forehead. :
"A fourth-level warlock, and he has been in the fourth level for many years. If nothing unexpected happens, he will not have the chance to continue to be promoted. He is not talented enough."
The owl on her shoulder has also turned into the beautiful witch. She endured her nausea and stood behind Shade and took a look:
"The soul age is about 80 years old, and the youthful appearance should be the effect of potions or specific thaumaturgy. If he does not take that bottle of time-sharing potion, he can live for up to ten years. Even if the life span of a low-level warlock is increased, in the end It’s not very different from ordinary people.”
"Can you tell the age of a soul? How old do I look?"
Shade asked curiously, but Miss Winslet shook her head directly:
"You can only see lower-level ring warlocks and ordinary people. Your soul is very powerful, very powerful. I feel that even if I reach the twelfth level, I will definitely not be able to see the age of your soul."
"Okay, let me search"
The girls definitely didn't want to get close to him, so Shade squatted down and took something out of the unconscious ring warlock.
But he didn't dig into his pocket first, but grabbed the chain around his neck. The thing hanging on the chain was hidden between his shirt and coat.
Checking this first is just because the things hanging around the necks of ring wizards are usually very important, but this time Shade didn't expect that the things were too important, because the silver wrench holy symbol hung on the chain. He was startled at first, and then he was shocked:
"The Holy Emblem of the True God [Ms. Creation]!"
"What?"
Miss Winslet looked over again:
"Real or false?"
"I would rather believe that he stole this Holy Emblem than that anyone would dare to forge the Holy Emblem of the Righteous God. This Holy Emblem is his, wait a moment."
He quickly dug out the other things on the unconscious old man's body. In addition to his wallet, pocket watch, keys, spellcasting materials and other miscellaneous items, there was also a Holy Book of the Creation Church that was often read.
"This man is really the clergyman who created the church!"
Shad could only accept this result. After standing up, he looked at the witch, who frowned slightly:
"Charlotte~"
Miss Bell handed over her teacher's "makeup remover" and poured it on the old man's face. The face that had been deformed by the potion returned to its original shape and looked younger.
Of course, Shade and Miss Winslet did not know the local clergy, and Miss Bell, who should also not know the local clergy, actually recognized the old man lying on the dead leaves:
"This is Father François of Willendale Parish!"
The black-haired young girl simply explained the other party’s identity:
"Miss, when we returned to Willondale for the New Year's Eve in 1853, didn't we almost get into trouble because of black market transactions?
Following your instructions, I investigated the identities of the ring wizards who were 'fishing' in the black market at that time. Father Francois was one of the few people I could find out about their specific identities. ”
But Miss Bell only knew that the other party was indeed the priest of Willondale Diocese, and did not know other details.
"But how come this matter involves the clergy of the Zhengshen Church?"
Miss Winslet thought for a moment, then asked Shade:
"Would you have any objection if I used some means to force him to speak?"
"Of course not."
Xia De shook his head:
“But I also have friends from the church. If we use magic potions like veritaserum or forced questions, the contract signed by these church ring warlocks with the church when they join the job will be triggered, and the church can easily lock us in. Everyone present."
I heard this from Iluna. It’s no joke that no one in the Church of the Five Gods dares to offend:
"I suggest asking Miss Danister for help. She should know the church's methods very well."
Shad didn’t know what was wrong with his words, but Flora Winslet, who was hesitant just now, raised her head:
"Don't underestimate me, I have a way."
Shad looked at Miss Bell, hoping she would say something, but the young girl was looking down at the ground, as if there was a precious Rhodes card under her feet that she had never seen before.
So Shade looked at the gray-black haired lady again, but didn't say a word, and the artist lady was stared at by him, so of course she could guess what he was thinking:
"There will be no problem this time."
Xia De continued to look at her, and the girl with a little red cheeks emphasized:
"I have also learned about the church's contract, and of course I have thought about how to break it. The transmission effect of the contract will be blocked by life and death. I will use magic to summon death in a while and you will come and help me, so there will definitely be no problem this time ."
Of course she still remembers the last psychic accident. If Shade hadn't pulled her back in time, she would have almost been lost in death.