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This was the first time Edward had heard of this name, and he had no impression of this person. In his impression, apart from the original witch Chick, the most powerful witch that appeared in the original novel was the mother of Admiral Tracy, a Sequence 3 immortal witch.

The purple-skirted witch who could cause tsunami disasters that I met before crossing over should also be a Sequence 2 disaster witch. Her strength is unquestionable. If she really let go and fought, the whole Trier would be razed to the ground.

But if he really did that, Steam Queen would definitely descend and crush him to death.

However, what Edward is considering more now is that since Christine is a traitor of the Witch Sect, there is a possibility of cooperation. After all, the entire Witch Sect including Chick can be said to be his enemy.

It is never a bad thing to let the traitors in the enemy camp fight each other.

In addition, since it could attract the covetousness of a Sequence 2 witch and was related to Trier's underground, the only thing Edward could think of was the Conqueror Beyonder characteristic of Trier's underground.

So,

With such a big event, will Lilith show up?

Chapter 538 The Hunter is Coming

The next morning, there was a knock on the door, and Bernadette's voice came from outside the door: "Mr. Sparrow, are you awake?"

Edward replied lazily: "Not awake."

He said this, but waved his hand to open the door.

The little girl walked in quietly. She was still wearing the same exquisite and beautiful princess dress from yesterday, but her hairstyle was a little strange. She had a dozen small braids hanging behind her. One could tell at a glance that it was made by Endili. It was the style of their island.

"Where did you go last night? I fell asleep waiting for you."

Edward sat on the bed and looked at her: "What are you waiting for me to do?"

She leaned against the bed and stammered, "I...I miss my dad and want to go see him."

Edward was amused. "Didn't you swear last time that you didn't want to see him again?"

Bernadette raised her head and said, "I was just saying that out of anger. Besides, didn't you help me vent my anger?"

She opened her big watery eyes and pleaded, "Can you take me to see my dad again?"

"OK."

Before she could be happy, she heard Edward say, "But after these three days, I have something very important to do. I have to go on a long journey during these three days."

"Where are you going? Can you take me with you?"

"It's very dangerous. I can't take you there."

"oh."

Bernadette was a little disappointed. "Okay, then three days later!"

She then pulled out a small box from her pocket and handed it over: "Mr. Sparrow, this is for you."

"What?"

"Snacks!"

She raised her chin and said, "I made it myself!"

Edward was surprised and asked, "You can also make snacks?"

"My mother often makes snacks for my father. When she made them yesterday, I learned from her. Although it was my first time, I think it was quite successful."

When I opened the box, there was a round pastry with a smiley face painted on it. At first glance, it looked quite realistic.

Edward picked it up carefully, put it in his mouth and took a bite.

Bernadette immediately held her breath, with worry and anticipation: "How is it? Is it delicious?"

"Um..."

Edward frowned and spoke in a long tone, as if he was thinking, as if he was tasting something. After a while, he smacked his lips and said, "I can't taste it."

"Ah? Why?"

He pinched his chin, thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because I didn't brush my teeth."

"…"

The little girl immediately screamed, "Ahhh! Mr. Sparrow, this is so annoying!!"

Edward stuffed the rest of the pastry into his mouth, stroked her head again, and laughed.

In fact, the taste is quite good.

...

Noor District, 11 Aden Street.

This is a rather old-fashioned house, which can barely be considered a single-family villa.

When Edward arrived here after changing his appearance, he found that there were still people living in the house, a family of six, an old couple, a young couple, and two children, a boy and a girl. /w*a′x?s\w`.*c~o`m?

This family is made up of ordinary people, so of course they couldn't notice that there was an extra person in the house. This made Edward frown. Didn't Intis, knowing that a witch might come, think of moving this family away temporarily?

For most High-Sequence Beyonders, the lives of ordinary people are indeed worthless.

I don't know if my humanity will fade as I advance to a higher sequence.

The layout and decoration of the house are also relatively old. On the wall of the stairs are hung old paintings with the names and birth dates of the people in the paintings marked on them.

After looking at all the portraits, Edward discovered that the original owner of the house had participated in a war and was awarded the title of earl, which was then passed down from generation to generation, but today nothing is left.

He immediately thought of the villa at No. 7 Rose Street. According to Henry, the father that Little Snake "restarted" this time, his ancestors seemed to have obtained the title after making meritorious services.

When the same thing happens repeatedly, it often means it is not a coincidence.

"Could it be the same case with the other places where the brass sticks are hidden?"

But is there any special reason or purpose behind this?

Soon, he checked everywhere except the basement, and later came to a family who were having breakfast in the restaurant. He cast several Imperius Curses on them and told them to take some clean clothes and stay in a hotel for three days.

Then he used [Space Concealment] to hide the house, and used [False Reality] to construct a "maze". He then followed the divination and went down to the basement. Following similar operations as in the basement of No. 7 Rose Street, he found another brass pillar buried underground.

After making sure there was no danger, Edward took it out with his invisible hand. From the appearance, it was no different from the previous one. There were circles of shallow lines engraved on the surface, and there was no aura of extraordinary power.

Edward casually threw it into his space pocket, then found a fake one to replace it and put it into the mechanism.

After finishing all this, he slowly returned to the living room, lay down on the transformed sofa, closed his eyes and took a nap - all he could do next was to wait slowly.

...

A day passed quickly while we were waiting.

Watching the light outside the window change from day to night, from dim to lit, Edward felt a bit like an old man left behind, staying alone in the empty house, in a daze for the whole day.

After taking some time to have dinner, he took a walk around the small building as usual. Because the full moon had only been a few days, the moon tonight was still round overall, and the crimson moonlight sprinkled down, filling the surroundings with beautiful colors.

Around 9 o'clock,

A sound of light footsteps was heard, and a man covered in a large black robe slowly walked across the street. He walked straight to the front of the villa. His eyes hidden in the hood seemed to see through the hidden space, and he looked at Edward who was walking to the door.

Edward immediately became alert, ready to run away at any time -

Just kidding, if it was really that witch who came, Edward never thought he could really defeat her.

"Hey, is that you? Number 8!"

At this time, the man in black robe smiled and said, "You are really a secret magician."

Huh?

This voice... is it the "Hunter" guy?

"Hunter-senior?"

Edward's tone was full of surprise, but he didn't let down his guard. "Shouldn't you be guarding somewhere too? Why did you come to me?"

"Well, I just need to put the stick back in three days. Why should I stay here so quietly? It's so boring."

The hunter walked to the gate, leaned against the wall, crossed his arms and smiled, "You don't really plan to stay here for three days, do you?"

"certainly."

Edward nodded. "Didn't Mr. Intis tell Senior Hunter about the consequences of taking that thing?"

"Oh, you're talking about the Tudor Dynasty's pollution in Trier's underground? Hahahaha, what does it have to do with me? Besides, how many truths does Intis tell? Do you believe him, or do you believe that I'm a humble, gentle gentleman who never causes trouble?"

"…"

He chuckled, "Besides, I don't believe that you still have the brass stick in its original place under this house."

Edward did not comment. "Senior Hunter, how do you know that this is also a location designated by Mr. Intis? He should have only told you one location for each person, right?"

"That's easy. I've been wandering around Trier all day, and I found not only you, but also the two guys, 'Witch' and 'Coward'."

"Coward? Didn't he claim that he never participated in any transactions at the party?"

"Hahaha, as long as Intis gives enough, he will be tempted no matter how timid he is."

The hunter shrugged and said, "Just like me, I hate that guy Intis so much, but I still come to work for him. You were almost killed by the map He gave you last time, but you believed in Him again, didn't you?" He chuckled, "If that disaster witch really comes to you, what are you going to do?"

"I ran away immediately. No matter how tempting the reward was, it was not worth risking my life."

"Hahaha, great minds think alike. I think so too." After a pause, he asked, "Where are you going to run then?"

They both said at the same time: "Church*2."

"Oh, it's such a shame that we met so late!"

Edward couldn't help laughing, "That's right, that's right."

"Senior Hunter, do you know who Mr. Intis is? How did he get so many valuable things at once and entrust everyone with help?"

"It's not hard to guess. It's most likely an angel from the Intis royal family. Only a family with a long history like theirs can have such a rich family background."

"Then, have you ever wondered, Hunter Senior, what is the use of the 'stick' that made Mr. Intis take out so many good things to protect?"

The hunter's tone changed, and he said with interest, "Number Eight, are you trying to instigate me?"

"Ah? Just pure curiosity."

He uncrossed his arms, stood up straight and said, "Although Intis rarely speaks the truth, he did reveal some truth about certain things."

"Intis was built on the site of the Tudor Dynasty. In particular, the underground of Trier contains countless secrets left behind after the fall of the Tudor Dynasty a thousand years ago. Correspondingly, there must be many treasures left behind that would interest demigods and even angels."

"but..."

The hunter paused. "I am a person who knows myself well. No matter what good things are hidden underground, they have nothing to do with a Sequence 4 like me. So instead of being killed by greed, it is better to help Intis do this and get what he wants. +Zero? Point~Reading'Book? ,啾*歆_蕞¨剁+"

"Tsk, you're not really greedy for the things of the Tudor Dynasty and planning to backstab Intis, are you?"

Edward waved his hands and said, "I don't even know the true identity of Intis, so I can't backstab him even if I want to."

"Hahahaha, I don't care about your true thoughts, but... I hope that at least after this commission is over, if there is a chance, I might be happy to help you beat the downed dog."

He waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'm leaving. I'll go find the other people."

After saying that, the hunter staggered away and soon disappeared into the night.

"bite."

Edward flicked out the gold coin and said, "The man in the black robe just now is Mr. Hunter."

He spread his fingers and the coin lay face up in his palm.

"Is it really him?"

I couldn't help but feel some doubts in my heart. Why did the hunter's words just now sound a bit tentative? Either he was just talking nonsense, or... could he be related to that witch?

Or, is He actually the Sequence 2 witch?

Who says that if the code name is "Hunter", the real identity cannot be a witch?

Chapter 539 The Hunter Dies

On the other side,

After leaving No. 11 Aden Street, the "Hunter" strolled leisurely to a commercial street in the market area. Compared to other places that were quiet at night, this street was still brightly lit and quite lively.

After walking around and eating, the hunter walked into a bar, ordered a few bottles of wine, and went into a private room. He took out a piece of paper and quickly wrote a few words, then summoned a big-headed winged messenger and gave it three bottles of wine and a piece of letter paper: "Give the letter to Tony Twain, and the wine is your reward._0,0\暁￠税\蛧^ `免~費!越.阅读*"

The big-headed messenger immediately opened a bottle of wine, sucked the entire bottle into his mouth with one breath, and then staggered into the spirit world with the remaining two bottles and the letter.

"The Witch Cult and the Iron Cross are all here at once. That's great!"

"Yeah, it's great."

Suddenly, another voice was heard in the box. The hunter was startled and ran away without hesitation.

A man in blood-red armor suddenly appeared in front of him. There was madness in his eyes, like a man-eating beast, and his whole body exuded an extremely dangerous and terrifying aura.

"Who are you..."

boom!!!

The next moment, the entire bar exploded and turned into ruins. Several surrounding buildings also collapsed, and passers-by suffered heavy casualties in the aftermath of the explosion.

For a moment, the street turned into a living hell.

...

Edward naturally had no idea what happened in the market area.

After the hunter left, he still chose to stay in the house and waited patiently, and this wait lasted all night.

At dawn the next day, Edward heard the voice of a newsboy outside, "A gas explosion occurred on the commercial street in the market area. So far, 45 people have died."

Edward frowned, flashed to stop the man, picked up a newspaper, threw ten coins over, then turned around and walked back to the villa.

The content in the newspaper is actually very limited. It says that at around 9:30 last night, an explosion occurred in a bar in the commercial area of ​​the market district, causing the bar and several nearby houses to collapse. 45 people were killed and nearly 100 people were injured. The official explanation given at present is that the explosion was caused by improper use of gas.

This reason really applies to all events caused by extraordinary reasons - Fuyuki City, don't you think so?

"Could it be that the explosion point is the place where Intis hid the brass stick, and the witch had already started to act last night?"

Edward tightened his fingers holding the newspaper. He didn't have much sympathy for a group of strangers, but he still felt disgusted by this behavior of not caring about the lives of ordinary people.

Half an hour later,

There was a surge of spirituality, and the cross of the Evening Hermits was responding again.

He walked quickly into the bathroom, took four steps backwards and entered Sefirah Castle, then took out a cross and injected spirituality into it, and in one go he came to the Church of Bones again.

This time, in addition to Intis, there were three other people in the church. Judging from their positions, they should be the Witch, the Coward, and Wisdom.

"What's wrong? Mr. Intis."

"Yes, they called us here in a hurry."

"I feel like this party has become Mr. Intis's private one. We can have it anytime we want."

After everyone finished speaking, Intis said, "The hunter is dead."

"???"

There was a moment of silence in the Church of the Dead.

Edward was stunned, and immediately connected it with the "gas explosion incident" he read in the newspaper.

The "Hunter" came looking for me at around 9 o'clock last night, and the explosion occurred at around 9:30, so it is very likely that he died after looking for me?

But how did he die?

If the hunter was also guarding a certain location like himself, it could be said that he was attacked by the disaster witch, but he was clearly wandering around, so how was he found?

It can't be that the witch can locate the position of the brass stick, right?

That doesn't make sense.

Or did the hunter "wander" to the location of the other members, causing a conflict between the two sides, which led to his death?

I have to say, although this hunter is full of provocative words, at least he has not provoked Edward so far. Sometimes I even find him quite interesting.

After a while, the witch was the first to speak: "You are not kidding, Mr. Intis."

"How did he... die?"

There was obvious worry in the coward's tone.

Intis said, "I don't know."

Wisdom said in a muffled voice: "Then why did you gather us together? Just to inform us of the death of the Hunter?"

"No, I want to remind you that I found that besides Christmena, there are other people and forces who are also eyeing those things."

Edward asked, "So?"

"So next, if you encounter an enemy, you may not be able to get help from others in a short period of time."

The coward immediately shouted angrily: "This is different from what you agreed before!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Coward. I didn't want things to turn out like this."

The coward immediately said, "Then I'll quit."

Intis was silent for a moment, "I can give you an additional reward as compensation on top of what you already had."

"Then I won't do it either!"

After saying this, the coward disappeared into the Church of Bones.

"What about you?"

Edward raised his hand, "I want to try again."

The witch laughed sweetly: "Then I'll take another look. Fortune and wealth are sought in danger."

"Me too."

The last one to speak is Wisdom.

Edward asked again, "What about the area that Mr. Coward was originally in charge of?"

Intis looked at the three people one by one and said calmly:

"...I'll try to find someone to replace him. I'll leave the rest to you guys."

...

In a remote wooden house on the outskirts of the boulevard district in Trier, there lives a man in his seventies. It is said that his ancestors were once wealthy, and all the land and houses within hundreds of meters around belonged to them. But over hundreds of years, each generation became less wealthy than the previous one, and eventually only the wooden house where they first made their fortune is left.

The old man sat in a rocking chair by the fireplace, wrapped in a blanket, with his eyes closed.

He suddenly opened his eyes, revealing eyes that were not in line with his age. Then he jumped down from the rocking chair, threw away his blanket, picked up his walking stick and walked out quickly.

However, once he went out, he returned to his old and frail state with unsteady legs and feet.

He staggered along the way, occasionally meeting some nearby residents, who raised their hands to greet them with a kind face, but his heart was full of resentment: "I really shouldn't have believed the nonsense of 'Intis'! Maybe this bullshit commission was just for him to wipe out the Dusk Hermits! Damn it, what on earth is the leader thinking? If everyone dies, how can Intis drive the trend of the times?"

At this moment, he suddenly felt a series of footsteps coming from all directions, so he looked up and saw that they were the residents he had just met along the way. For some reason, they all followed him one by one.

"Are you... okay?"

Everyone stopped at the same time, staring at him with strange smiles on their faces. Suddenly, everyone reached into their pockets in unison, took out a crystal clear monocle, and put it on their right eye:

"I found you, descendant of Jacob."

The old man's pupils, or the coward's pupils, trembled violently:

"Amon?!!"

...

11 Aden Street.

Edward opened his eyes on the toilet in the bathroom and pressed the flush button out of habit. Then he remembered that he was the only one in the room and there was no need to use this step to disguise himself.

Uh, so why did I have to go to the bathroom to log into Sefirah Castle?

The bathroom is really the exclusive kingdom of the Lord of Mysteries, right? It was because of the law of attraction of the extraordinary characteristics that I walked in unconsciously.

He laughed at himself and immediately thought about the death of the "Hunter". His intuition told him that things might not be that simple, but where exactly was the problem...

That's right!

The hunter died too "quietly"!

According to Intis, the one who came to steal the brass stick was a disaster witch who could exert the strength of Sequence 1, so all Intis wanted was for everyone to delay as much as possible and wait for others to rush to help.

But judging from everyone's reactions, it was obvious that no one knew anything when the hunter died, which means that the hunter didn't have time to send out any distress signals before he died.