fantasy novels Chapter 348 Triss's Escape
Chapter 348 Triss's Escape
Chapter 348 Triss's Escape
A smile? Klein was stunned, doubting his own eyes, wondering if he had entered a dream.
Before he could recover and look more closely, the figure gradually faded and disappeared from the spot, leaving behind only a group of night watchmen who looked at each other but dared not speak, and the distant sound of gunfire from the army suppressing the workers.
Finally, Klein was the first to regain his senses and said to Dunn Smith:
"Now that the source of the pollution has been resolved, I should take my leave. Please give my regards to Archbishop Anthony!"
With that, Klein dusted himself off and prepared to leave.
Dunn Smith opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he didn't speak, and just nodded silently.
Dunn Smith remained silent for a long time, watching Klein's departing figure.
"What's wrong with you today? Ever since you met this mysterious believer, you've seemed rather restless. This isn't like you at all!"
Daly Simone took Dunn Smith's arm and looked at the unfamiliar figure from behind, asking with some concern.
"It's nothing, it's just that he seems like someone I know. Okay, that's all for now, we still have a lot of work to do."
Although the source of the pollution has been addressed, the pollution hasn't been completely eliminated. We still have a lot to do tonight, let's go!
With that, Dunn Smith turned around and began to organize the team, preparing to head to the next location.
Daly Simont withdrew her gaze and looked at Dunn Smith with some concern, knowing that his unusual mood must have a deeper reason.
However, she knew that since Dunn Smith was unwilling to speak frankly, she would never get anything out of him, so she didn't press further. She simply glanced at the deserted street once more.
Leonard, who had been unusually silent tonight, also quietly withdrew his gaze from Klein. Taking advantage of a moment when no one was looking, he tucked his face behind his raised collar and asked in a low voice:
"Old man, you're not mistaken, are you? That person really does have an ancient aura; is he an old relic like you?"
"I am absolutely certain that my intuition is correct, and your goddess has corroborated my judgment!"
"A goddess?" Leonard exclaimed in a low voice, surprised.
"That's right, that was the vessel for your goddess's divine descent. You didn't notice, but I clearly saw it!"
In Queens, at the residence of Prince Edsack Augustus, Triss, dressed in pajamas, stood before the huge floor-to-ceiling window of her bedroom.
Looking towards the direction of the eastern district.
Edsack Augustus, also dressed in pajamas, came over, hugged her from behind, buried his face in her beautiful neck, and said in an unusually heavy tone:
"You're right. There was a serious riot and plague in the East District just now. It must have been the royal family and the witch cult that made their move."
Although he had anticipated this, Edsack Augustus still couldn't hide the complexity of his feelings when it actually happened.
After all, he was taught from a young age to uphold the rule of the royal family and treat his people as well as he would his own property.
But now George III's behavior is something he finds hard to accept.
Triss sensed the complex emotions in the person behind her, and gently stroked his somewhat square face, saying comfortingly:
"Let's look on the bright side. At least we escaped this disaster and didn't become the scapegoat everyone!"
Edsack Augustus remained silent for a long while before wearily speaking:
"We may escape this time, but we can't escape next time. In the end, we're just pawns being manipulated!"
Triss remained silent, and an unspeakable silence descended once more upon the spacious bedroom.
Suddenly, Edsack Augustus and Triss felt dizzy and then discovered a figure in a classical robe and black hood in the bedroom. They noticed the figure's dark eyes hidden in the shadows.
For some reason, Triss and Edsack Augustus both felt as if they had returned to the time when they were young and slept alone in the dark.
A deep sense of despair and uncontrollable fear instantly overwhelmed my mind, and my whole body felt as if it were filled with lead, becoming extremely hard and unable to move at all!
Suddenly, a faint blue light flashed in those striking black eyes, and then the graceful figure vanished!
Edsack Augustus and Triss seemed to regain control of their bodies at this moment, collapsing onto the bedroom carpet and panting heavily.
Edsack Augustus struggled to unbutton his pajamas at the neck, wiped the sweat from his brow with his sleeve, and asked awkwardly:
"Who is that? Have you seen him before?"
Triss's situation wasn't much better than Edsac Augustus's, but she still managed to say:
"Damn, how could I have seen that before? I should be asking you something else—"
Triss abruptly stopped mid-sentence, and Edsac Augustus looked at her in confusion, only to find her staring intently at her hands.
Edsack Augustus followed Triss's gaze and was astonished to find that the sapphire ring on her left hand had shattered into pieces, losing all its luster and turning into a pile of small stones scattered on the carpet!
The two looked at each other, and for a moment neither of them spoke.
After leaving the City of Calamity, Evan once again perused the original text of "Lord of Mysteries" in his mind, and then suddenly sat up in bed.
"Oh no, Triss is about to lose control!"
After discovering that 0-17 had reappeared, Eben instinctively felt that the Goddess of Night had not simply appeared to close the passage to the City of Calamity.
After re-examining 0-17's operations in the Backlund smog from a third-party perspective, Evan realized things he had previously overlooked.
In Lord of Mysteries, the heavy smog is a major event from the perspective of the protagonist Klein, but it is certainly not the case for the Goddess of the Night, who has experienced countless battles of the gods.
The true target of the goddess of night, who descended to earth through 0-17, is Triss.
The act of erasing Panatia, Mr. A, and Edsack Augustus's butler seemed almost casual, as if to tell everyone that her divine descent was truly to resolve the Great Smog of Backlund and save the believers!
In the past, because the book's descriptions were mainly from Klein's perspective, and 0-17's target was indeed the party most directly involved in the smog, Evan simply ignored the descriptions of Triss in the book.
But now that he has discovered that 0-17, which he did not design to appear immediately, has reappeared, Evan re-examined the original content and realized that the appearance of 0-17 was actually inevitable. As long as the Goddess of Night wanted to target the Primordial Witch, she would always find a reason to descend divinely!
The appearance of 0-17 signifies that Triss will break free from the direct control of the Witch Cult, especially given the complete annihilation of the two demigods of Backlund. Triss's chances of escaping are extremely high.
But this also means that Triss may escape my control. If Triss escapes my control, what about Edsac Augustus? Will he be affected by it?
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Edsack Augustus plays an irreplaceable role in Evan and Robert's future plans. If something happens to him, Evan and Robert will have to make significant adjustments to their future plans.
"I think she's developed real feelings for Edsack Augustus now. Could she run away?"
Evan put himself in Triss's shoes and shook his head helplessly.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Triss, and she would definitely escape without hesitation.
Moreover, even if Triss herself didn't want to escape and implicate Edsac Augustus, Edsac Augustus would definitely persuade her to run away!
Thinking of this, Evan didn't care about sleeping anymore. He took off his pajamas, changed into a set of clothes for going out, and went to find Natasha that very night.
If Triss really intends to escape, given that Backlund is currently under curfew, her best option is to seek refuge with her contact in the Aurora Society—Natasha of the Witch Cult.
They might even want to use Natasha's connections to meet directly with Mr. Z, the person in charge of the Aurora Society in Backlund.
"The goddess of the night is paying so much attention to Triss because she is after the primordial witch behind Triss, but why?"
Shouldn't his primary goal right now be the legacy of Death in Adam's possession?
Why did he provoke the Primordial Witch at this time?
Was the plan to plunge the world into chaos and then make a deal with Adam amidst the chaos?
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Evan couldn't quite figure out what the Goddess of the Night was trying to do. At such a crucial moment, according to conventional thinking, she should have made as many friends as possible and as few enemies as possible, which would have been more reasonable and logical.
Although the Primordial Witch was an evil god, as long as there was no fundamental conflict of interest, she should still be someone to be won over, right?
Although he couldn't figure out what the Goddess of the Night wanted to do, Eben instinctively felt a sense of unease.
Because the Witch Path is his adjacent path, his future goal, and something he considers his future possession.
Triss was also a tool that Evan planned to use against the Primal Witch in the future. Now that she has been manipulated by the Goddess of Night, Evan can't help but feel uncomfortable.
"I hope the goddess really means well for me!"
Evan muttered something to himself, and then disappeared into the moonlit bedroom!
After leaving the East District, Klein changed his route several times and took several counter-tracking measures before finally returning to his rented apartment.
Taking off his coat and returning to his original state, Klein threw himself onto the bed. Only then did he begin to analyze what he had seen and heard that night, especially the unexpected source of pollution and the inexplicably smiling high-ranking member of the Church of the Night.
Yes, Klein mistook the goddess's vessel for a high-ranking member of the Church of the Night.
"Perhaps that lady is a living angel. After all, Sealed Artifacts 1-63 have already proven to some extent that demigod-level power is insufficient to deal with the source of that pollution!"
Klein quickly drew a conclusion about the woman who smiled at him and then put it out of his mind.
"The key is that unexpected source of pollution. It was because of that source of pollution that the riots escalated tonight."
According to the message from the church that the captain received, it can be inferred from the few words that the church seems to be quite familiar with this kind of contamination, or at least has records about it!
Moreover, the power behind this pollution is at a very high level, so high that I couldn't even see the source of the pollution through the gray fog.
When Klein observed the source of pollution in the underground hall of the East District through the gray fog, he could clearly see that the source of pollution was just a passage that led to an unknown location.
Moreover, the angel who appeared to be from the church didn't seem to have solved the fundamental problem; he only addressed the symptoms, not the root cause!
Klein couldn't understand why this pollution suddenly erupted after he reported the royal family's collusion with the witch cult.
"Could this also be part of the royal family's scheme? Evan should know the details; I should find an opportunity to ask him about it in the next couple of days!"
Klein reviewed the night's actions again, concluding that he had made the report under the identity of "Black Emperor," and that he had been protected by both the Gray Fog and the Blasphemy Card.
008 probably won't discover his "resurrection," and even if he does, according to Evan, 008 has the urge to kill off the holder and won't reveal any information about Benedict Zangwell.
I think I should be safe staying in Backlund right now!
However, if Klein continues to stay in Backlund, the captaincy issue becomes a headache again.
He was now absolutely certain that the captain did suspect him, that the "Black Emperor" was the deceased Klein; otherwise, the captain's unusual behavior when they were working together would be completely inexplicable.
"Fortunately, I didn't reveal anything more when we were working together just now, so he shouldn't be able to find this place."
However, for the safety of both parties, I can no longer act as the "Black Emperor" in Backlund!
Also, I need to make it clear to Mr. Azik that he cannot reveal my information to the captain!
After their meeting a few hours earlier, Klein was certain that Mr. Azik definitely had a way to contact the captain; otherwise, their reaction wouldn't have been so strong.
"Fortunately, Mr. Azik reacted quickly, otherwise I might have been exposed on the spot!"
Thinking back to what happened, Klein felt a bit scared.
Now that Mr. Azik already knows about his resurrection, Klein decides to re-establish this connection. Having a high-sequence bigwig behind him makes everything easier and safer, especially in Backlund.
Klein knew Mr. Azik was strong, but he never had a clear, intuitive understanding of it.
Seeing firsthand that both demigods of the Aurora Society couldn't get away with it from Mr. Azik was quite an eye-opener for Klein!
"Mr. Azik should be a Sequence 3 powerhouse. I wonder how well his memories have recovered?"
Klein didn't dawdle. He got out of bed, wrote a letter, and then blew the copper whistle to contact the messenger!