"Secret transmission..."
At night in Glamorgan, inside a certain apartment, Corpse Puppet Ed was communicating with Priest Caber. After hearing some information from Caber, Dorothy, hidden in the distance, couldn't help but feel a surge of curiosity in her heart.
"What kind of secret transmission are they looking for? Can you tell me?" Dorothy had Ed ask Caber directly, and Caber also responded directly.
"Hmm... My impression is that they are not looking for the secret transmission itself, but rather clues related to this secret transmission. They are looking for people who have come into contact with this secret transmission. If I remember correctly... this is a 'Cup' secret transmission, and the text on it is basically ancient writing that is difficult to understand..." Caber narrated calmly, and Dorothy's brows furrowed slightly.
"Is the secret transmission they mentioned called 'True Crimson Mother'?"
After hearing enough descriptions, Dorothy had Ed say directly to Caber, and upon hearing it, Caber immediately nodded repeatedly and spoke.
"Ah, yes, it seems that's the name, 'True Crimson Mother'. Just hearing it sounds like a secret transmission created by a cult or otherworld, a kind of apocrypha." Caber said this. After hearing Caber's confirmation, a hint of seriousness immediately appeared on Dorothy's face.
'The Church actually came to this place to investigate information related to the 'True Crimson Mother'? Starting directly from the secret circles in such a small place, have they obtained any useful clues?'
Dorothy thought this in her heart. Listening to Caber's previous description, she felt it was somewhat familiar, so she wondered if the secret transmission mentioned by the Bureau of Secrets was the 'True Crimson Mother'. She confirmed it and didn't expect it to be true.
Dorothy is not unfamiliar with the secret transmission 'True Crimson Mother'. The Wolf Blood Society spent a lot of effort to obtain the secret transmission of 'True Crimson Mother' from the Tivian Church District, from initially trying every means to corrupt the Historical Scripture Department of the Church District, to later a Scarlet Werewolf directly forcing his way in and dying in battle. The Wolf Blood Society can be said to have paid a heavy price for this secret transmission, and its importance is self-evident.
The Wolf Blood Society's emphasis on the 'True Crimson Mother' also raises a question: why would such an important "Cup" secret transmission for the Fetal Garment Cult appear in the library of the Prit local Church, and the Church itself doesn't seem to know the meaning and importance of this 'True Crimson Mother', merely sealing it away as an ordinary secret transmission? If the Church had known the importance of the 'True Crimson Mother' earlier, they would have already recalled it to Holy Mountain.
Therefore, there have been two layers of secrets surrounding the 'True Crimson Mother' from the beginning. The first layer is the content of the 'True Crimson Mother' itself: what secrets does it contain? The second is how such an important secret transmission appeared in the library of the Prit local Church in such a peculiar form. After Holy Mountain discovered the importance of the 'True Crimson Mother', they would certainly investigate these two aspects of the secret simultaneously. The Bureau of Secrets inquiring about the 'True Crimson Mother' in Glamorgan is undoubtedly investigating the second layer of the secret.
'So... in the Bureau of Secrets' investigation, there are clues pointing to Glamorgan regarding the 'True Crimson Mother'? Interesting? Does this small place not only hide the secret of the "Shadow", but also some secret of the "Cup"?'
Touching her chin, Dorothy thought thoughtfully like this. Then she had Ed speak again and ask Caber.
"So, do you know the results of the Bureau of Secrets' investigation? Have they found any clues in Glamorgan?" Ed said this to Caber, and Caber shook his head in response and said.
"I don't know... When the Bureau of Secrets and the Court of Tribunal conduct investigations, people from other organizations generally have no right to ask about their results. What I know is only some information that is relatively public within the secret circles. What can be confirmed now is that the people sent by the Bureau of Secrets left after about a week of investigation. I don't know if they found any results."
Caber responded to Dorothy, and Dorothy, after a slight pause, spoke again.
"So... are there still people from the Bureau of Secrets left in Glamorgan now?"
"Yes, there are still some members of the Bureau of Secrets who came to assist us with research and security left here. They should be clearer about the situation than I am." Caber continued to seriously tell Ed in front of him the information he knew. After hearing Caber's words, Dorothy immediately had Ed speak again.
"So... can you tell me the specific information about these Bureau of Secrets members?"
...
After consulting Caber about the list of Bureau of Secrets personnel remaining in Glamorgan and all the information he knew, Dorothy immediately set off, releasing small Corpse Puppets under the cover of night to search for the traces of these members. With Dorothy's powerful information gathering ability, she quickly found the targets.
Next, after screening, Dorothy confirmed two Black Earth level members among these targets and profiled these two Bureau of Secrets secret agent priests by collecting personal texts.
Afterward, Dorothy successfully learned further information about the Bureau of Secrets' investigation into the 'True Crimson Mother' from their mouths.
Dorothy understood from their mouths that the Bureau of Secrets did not find clues related to the 'True Crimson Mother' in Glamorgan, but rather was conducting a large-scale search like casting a wide net. They were looking for people who had the most impression of the 'True Crimson Mother' from the secret circles in all slightly larger cities within Prit. Glamorgan was merely one of the cities involved.
'The Bureau of Secrets... did not accurately find the clues for the 'True Crimson Mother', but rather is extensively collecting clues in the Extraordinary circles throughout Prit. This means their investigation concluded that the 'True Crimson Mother' was collected from various unofficial secret circles in Prit, and clues need to be extensively scouted from these circles...'
'This is a carpet-style investigation. Only a massive organization like the Church can deploy so much Extraordinary power to carry out this task... I wonder if they found any useful clues...'
Dorothy thought this in her heart. After realizing that she couldn't immediately figure out what results the Bureau of Secrets had achieved, she began to think about why the Bureau of Secrets would start such a large-scale investigation.
'It seems that in the Church's investigation, the 'True Crimson Mother' came from the private sector and flowed into the Church's library through some channel. That's why the Church is now conducting investigations in all the important cities throughout Prit... Now, it's not just Glamorgan, but more cities in Prit have these secret agents investigating...'
'Since almost all cities with private Extraordinary circles are involved, doesn't that mean...'
As she was thinking, Dorothy suddenly thought of an important place: her hometown, Igwinte, the capital of Igwin County!
If the Church has arranged people to investigate clues about the 'True Crimson Mother' in all cities, then Igwinte must be among them. Dorothy doesn't know if there are clues about the 'True Crimson Mother' in Igwinte, but there are definitely clues about Dorothy herself.
''True Crimson Mother' is the 'Cup' secret transmission valued by the Tayi Sect. The Red Communion Society that was destroyed in Igwinte two years ago was also a 'Cup' cult society. When the Bureau of Secrets investigates in Igwinte, it's impossible that they won't notice the Communion Society case from two years ago. That case is a cold case for the local An Yin Bureau in Igwinte, which has limited capabilities, but it's different for the Bureau of Secrets. They might have means to find something...'
'My handling of the Communion Society case back then wasn't perfect. If the Bureau of Secrets investigates carefully and thoroughly, it's not impossible for them to find something about me... especially the point about Anna...' Dorothy thought grimly with furrowed brows. Her former student, Anna, knew Dorothy herself directly and knew she had issues. If the Bureau of Secrets found Anna, it would only be a matter of time before they traced her back to Dorothy by starting with Anna.
'Furthermore... it's really hard to say whether Igwinte is truly related to the 'True Crimson Mother'. The leader of the Communion Society, Luer, although he appears to be just a leader of a small local cult society at the Black Earth level, the Extraordinary resources he possesses are excessively abundant, richer than many Chalks. His background is undoubtedly not small, and it's not impossible for him to be connected to the 'True Crimson Mother', which also has a significant background.'
Hidden in the night shadows of Glamorgan, sitting on a carriage, Dorothy thought this in her heart. Looking at the information she had obtained, the more she analyzed, the more she felt that something might happen in Igwinte.
'Never mind, I'll create a safeguard just in case...'
Dorothy thought this, and then she took out the "wen hai hang zhi" from her magic box. After flipping through it for a while, she turned to a page that she didn't seem to use much normally.
After pondering for a moment, Dorothy picked up her pen and wrote on the page.
"Anna, are you free now?"
After Dorothy finished writing, she waited for a while. Soon after, a line of very neat handwriting appeared before her eyes.
"Yes, Teacher Mayshouse, I just returned from a banquet." Seeing the responding handwriting before her, Dorothy's expression relaxed, and then she continued to write in response.
"Alright, next, I have some very important things I need to tell you..."
...
Since leaving Igwinte, almost two years have passed for Dorothy. Within these two years, she and Anna were not entirely without contact.
When she was about to leave back then, Dorothy gave one of her book-sea navigation record contact books to Anna, so that Anna could conveniently contact her if she had any urgent matters. At first, Anna would contact Dorothy to ask for clarification when she encountered some difficulties in her daily studies or undecided matters. And after Anna became too mature and steady, able to personally handle a part of Field's wealth, and began to enter the upper-class social scene as the new Viscount Field, Anna would also occasionally consult Dorothy on matters such as finance, social etiquette, law, and so on.
A young girl around ten years old inherited a noble title and a vast family fortune, which was a huge piece of fat in the eyes of countless people. Among them were not only distant relatives of Field who wanted to secretly harm Anna and seize the inheritance, but also various kinds of scammers. Although Smith, the director of the local An Yin Bureau, could provide Anna with some protection, it was definitely not enough.
Under Dorothy's guidance, the already intelligent Anna grew up quickly. Under various covetous gazes, she gradually began to personally take control of her wealth and status, which only existed in name. After avoiding various scams and traps, she became the real Viscount Field amidst admiring gazes.
"So... Teacher's meaning is... there might be very powerful beings coming to Igwinte to investigate Teacher's matters now. I need to deal with them, is that right?"
"That's right. They are also people from the secret world, but they are much more professional and powerful than the local An Yin Bureau in Igwinte... I will help you deal with them."
"To deceive others, you must first deceive yourself, so I will make you temporarily forget me..."
In the subsequent communication, Dorothy said to Anna that she would not directly teach Anna what she could or could not say. When facing the interrogation of the Bureau of Secrets, no matter how Anna explained, she might not be able to withstand the pressure from the other party. It would be better to directly use her profiling ability to modify Anna's memory to prevent the Bureau of Secrets from using various methods.
After completing the profiling of Anna, Dorothy began to continuously allocate a part of her perception through the information channel to remain on Anna, constantly monitoring the situation on her side. This level of multi-tasking was a piece of cake for Dorothy now.
After completing the preventive measures on Anna, Dorothy began to prepare to leave Glamorgan and return to Tivian, but what she didn't expect was that on the second day, before she even started to move, Dorothy felt a hint of abnormality on Anna's side. She felt that Anna had been hypnotized, and her premonition was correct; someone had indeed traced it back to Anna.
Just as Dorothy, who felt that this was indeed the case, was proceeding according to the original plan to fool the secret agents and priests of the Bureau of Secrets, a completely unexpected existence suddenly appeared.
...
At night, by the Star-Moon Lake in Glamorgan, Dorothy was sitting on the grass here, sensing the scene in Igwinte in the distance with a solemn expression. Through Anna's vision, she could see the surprised secret agents of the Bureau of Secrets in the large hall of the Field villa, as well as the silent black-haired girl standing before those secret agents.
"Saint... Saint... Of Atcherie... This is... Is this Saint Atcherie?!"
"She said Saint Atcherie? What a joke, how could a saint of our Bureau of Secrets be a little girl?!"
"You fellow! What nonsense are you talking about! Do you know that what you just said is blasphemy against the saint?!"
When "Anna" in the room said the name Atcherie, all the secret agents of the Bureau of Secrets present showed expressions of disbelief, and then one after another said many agitated words.
Some secret agents and priests believed that "Anna" saying the girl who had just entered the room was one of the seven great saints of the Holy Mountain, their department's superior, many felt this was blasphemy and wanted to throw the suddenly intruding girl out and teach the "Anna" who spoke wildly a lesson.
"Everyone, don't move!!"
Seeing the intention of his subordinates' actions, Bowright, who was watching from the side, was instantly startled and broke out in a cold sweat, and once again spoke loudly to stop his subordinates' actions.
And just as all the secret agents looked at Bowright in confusion, Atcherie, who was staring at the "Anna" in front of her, couldn't help but speak silently.
"Oh, you know my identity?"
"I guess so... The method I use to counter your detection is very hidden, and I am confident that unless it is a Golden Tier existence, it is impossible to see any clues. And unfortunately, Golden is right in front of me..."
"Everyone here is a priest of the Bureau of Secrets. In the Church, the Golden most related to the Bureau of Secrets is only the Holy Cardinal of the Bureau of Secrets, Atcherie. I didn't expect... one of the seven great saints would condescend to personally investigate a case in such a small place. It seems that there have been significant changes within your Church now..."
Controlling Anna's body in the distance, Dorothy spoke frankly to Atcherie, and at this moment, her heart was also filled with mixed feelings. She had thought that the Church would send someone to investigate Anna, but she didn't expect that one of the seven great saints would personally come. Atcherie's appearance here was completely beyond her expectation.
'It seems... the relationship between Igwinte and the "true crimson mother" is really significant... The Church must have received clear information and confirmed the connection between the "true crimson mother" and Igwinte, which is why Atcherie personally came here... With Unina's revival now, the Church's investigation of the "true crimson mother" has been given a very high priority... It is not impossible for Golden to be dispatched to investigate the case...'
'So... the Red Communion Society might really be related to the "true crimson mother"? Could this small cult in this small place really have a connection with the Placenta headquarters? Then what is Luer's background!?'
Dorothy was thinking in surprise at this moment, and at the same time felt a little regretful that she had killed Luer too decisively back then. Perhaps if she had let the villain say more at that time, she could have obtained more information.
However, given the current situation, Dorothy didn't have any more thoughts to analyze matters related to the "true crimson mother" and Luer. Dealing with Atcherie was the most important thing.
"Listening to your words... it seems you are very confident that you can play with anyone from Scarlet who comes here. It seems I came to the right place this time..." Listening to the words of the "Anna" in front of her, Atcherie said this, and then she spoke again in a more serious and solemn tone.
"Now, explain yourself properly. What is your identity? What is your relationship with Luer, the former leader of the Red Communion Society, who controlled the former Viscount Field?"
"You'd better confess honestly, don't make me use any special means... Don't think that you can remotely control a chess piece and abandon it and escape anytime, anywhere. I have a way to find out where you are?"
Atcherie looked at "Anna" and asked, while Dorothy, after secretly saying that it was indeed related to Luer, controlled Anna to speak frankly.
"You seem to think that I am related to the Red Communion Society... to the Tayi Sect? It seems you have misunderstood. Not only do we have no connection with them, but we are also their enemies. The Red Communion Society entrenched here... was destroyed by us..."
"Destroyed by you... So, you are from the Rose Cross? Then make it clear, what is your purpose? What kind of organization are you? What do you know about the secret transmission called "true crimson mother"?"
Atcherie continued to question the "Anna" in front of her sternly, and "Anna" continued to speak.
"I'm sorry... Regarding the questions you are concerned about, I'm afraid it's difficult to give you a satisfactory answer. I know your main target is Luer, the leader of the Holy Communion Society, but I have to say that we actually don't have much of a connection with him. We destroyed the Holy Communion Society simply because of various accidents..."
"If you want to explore the secrets behind Luer, it is difficult for us to provide you with more help. We have a grudge against the Tayi Sect, and at the same time, we don't want to be enemies with the Church, so... can we just let it go? You stop your investigation of us, and if we have any information about the Tayi Sect in the future, we will also actively hand it over to you, how about that?"
Through Anna's mouth, Dorothy tried to negotiate with Atcherie, asking her to let them go, but it was obvious that Atcherie would not easily fulfill Dorothy's wish.
"No connection? Hmph... Do you think I will believe your words?"
With a hint of danger in her tone, Atcherie said to Dorothy. Upon hearing this, Dorothy knew that she couldn't negotiate with the girl in front of her. If she continued to wait like this, Anna would probably be completely controlled and taken away by them.
"It's a pity... The trust between us is a bit weak..."
Through Anna's mouth, Dorothy murmured like this.
And at this moment in Glamorgan, Dorothy's main body also stopped. The place where she stopped was a patch of sand and stone. In front of her feet was a long railway track fixed with sleepers.
Dorothy squatted down and stroked the thick railway track with her hand. The moment the negotiation in Igwinte was ineffective, Dorothy's entire body emitted a flash of white light, and then her entire body turned into electric current, decomposed and disappeared in place, and was transmitted onto the railway track.
Dorothy turned her entire body into electric current, using the railway track as a conductor, and rapidly advanced in the direction where the railway track extended. In an instant, the electrified Dorothy crossed dozens, even hundreds of kilometers, and was transmitted along the railway track from Glamorgan to Igwinte in one breath, and reappeared next to a railway track in the suburbs of Igwinte. When the electric current overflowed from the track and converged, Dorothy walked out of the dazzling light.
Lightning Element Transformation, this is a skill of the Crimson Tier of the Heavenly Word Envoy. Just like Elementalist of other paths can elementalize, Dorothy can also turn herself into lightning.
At the Crimson Tier, after Dorothy activates elementalization, she can turn herself into a glowing plasma sphere, which has the ability to fly, is intangible, and can continuously discharge electricity to the surroundings.
In this form, Dorothy is very similar to a ball of lightning. Although she has powerful destructive power and de-Materialization defense, her mobility is worrying. Like a ball of lightning, the Crimson elementalized Dorothy can float and fly, but her flying speed is worrying and not fast. If Dorothy wants to have fast movement ability in elementalization, she needs to reach a higher tier and be assisted by divinity.
Just like the last time she fought Unina in Buserite, with the support of the Viajita BUFF, Dorothy could directly turn into lightning that penetrates the air, truly moving at the speed of lightning at ultra-high speed and over ultra-long distances. At that speed, Dorothy could reach almost any place in the world in an instant.
Although in the Crimson Tier state, Dorothy's elementalization cannot move freely at ultra-high speed, it can still perform rapid transfers under certain conditions. After some attempts, Dorothy found that as long as there is a relatively good conductor, her elementalized body can rely on the conductor to conduct and achieve high-speed movement.
After investigation, Dorothy found that in this era when electric wires were not yet popular, the most useful conductor for her was the railway track. Railway tracks have super long extension distances, and in industrially developed countries, they are spread throughout the country, making them ideal for travel.
After the transmission journey ended, Dorothy, who reappeared next to the railway track in the suburbs of Igwinte, looked at the city in the distance in the dark night. Faced with a situation where negotiation was almost impossible, she took new action.
At the scene where the confrontation had become somewhat tense, Dorothy immediately activated her ability. In an instant, the secret agents and priests who had been stopped and silenced by Bowright in the room suddenly changed their expressions one by one, becoming extremely fierce as they looked at the standing Atcherie, and roared as they drew their weapons.
"Take down the blasphemer of the saint!"
"What's going on... You guys!"
Under the call of a leading secret agent, and amidst Bowright's surprised words, the secret agents in the room suddenly moved, rushing directly towards Atcherie with fierce and menacing expressions.
These secret agents had more or less questioned Anna before. Dorothy, through Anna, completed the profiling of most of them through the answers to the questions. Some secret agents who had not participated in the questioning were also drawn into the profiling by communicating with the successfully profiled secret agents.
Dorothy used elementalization to quickly arrive at the border area of Igwinte, bringing Anna's location within the range of her ability release, and activated mental rewriting to make these secret agents attack Atcherie. If Dorothy's profiling activation does not use the information channel for direct connection, there is still a limit to the release distance. Without the support of the information channel, she can only accumulate profiling progress, but cannot activate the profiling ability...
It should be said that most of Dorothy's abilities still require her main body to be in an area to be effective. In order to protect Anna in front of Atcherie, she chose to come directly.
'I was still a bit greedy. If I had just withdrawn Anna from Igwinte immediately after discovering the problem, it would have been better... The main reason is that I didn't expect a Saint from Holy Mountain to personally investigate this case...'
Facing the sudden attack from her subordinates, Bohwaite was terrified, while Atracheli remained expressionless. Then, a series of afterimages flashed across the empty room. After a gust of wind swept through, the secret agents, who were mostly at the Black Earth level and had launched the surprise attack, all fell to the ground, unconscious and insensible. Atracheli stood in place as if she hadn't moved at all.
After dealing with the secret agents, Atracheli scanned the bodies on the ground, then refocused her gaze on where Anna had been. However, at this moment, only a chair remained there, completely empty without a single figure.
"Captain... that guy ran away in the chaos! Let's chase quickly!"
Seeing this scene, Bohwaite, who was still standing aside, said anxiously. Atracheli, however, stood still after hearing Bohwaite's words, making no movement. Although Bohwaite was very puzzled by this, he didn't dare to say anything more.
Standing silently in place, the edges of Atracheli's pupils gradually began to emit a faint golden light. Although Atracheli wasn't moving at this moment, her gaze had already passed through countless body obstacles, shining towards the distance with a 360-degree view. After covering the entire Igwinte City, it was still rapidly expanding outwards.
Through Atracheli's perfect perspective and long-distance vision, information from an extremely wide area was perceived by her eyes. At this moment, she could clearly see where Anna, who had fled in the chaos earlier, was currently. She could see Anna running quickly towards the suburbs outside Igwinte with superhuman physical ability.
Watching Anna's actions, Atracheli still didn't move at all, but continued to wait silently amidst Bohwaite's anxious expression, waiting for Anna to completely run out of Igwinte's land, to the outskirts of Igwinte, and even into the mountainous area in the distant suburbs.
"She doesn't seem to intend to contact her companions..." Looking at Anna's actions, Atracheli murmured. Then, she reached into her clothes and pulled out a small magic box. After opening it, she took out two items from inside.
They were a cross-shaped one-handed sword and a delicately carved revolver. The ends of both the sword and the gun were connected by a small chain, and the end of the chain was connected to a small pendant.
On the pendant was the shape of a two-faced idol. The front was an handsome man with open arms and a raised head and chest, with a sun wheel behind his head. The back was a woman with a hood, her head lowered, her face obscured, embracing herself, with a moon wheel behind her head.
Holding the sword in her right hand and the gun in her left, Atracheli's expression changed. She aimed the gun in her hand at the wall in front. In her eyes, about ten kilometers out from beyond this wall, was Anna, who was now in the mountainous area of Igwinte.
"Bang!"
Pulling the trigger, with a gunshot, Atracheli's pistol emitted a dazzling light, shooting out a golden ray directly into the distance. After shooting out of the muzzle, this ray directly pierced through the wall in front of Atracheli, shooting forward all the way, and penetrating all obstacles in its path at an extremely high speed. After penetrating a large number of walls and trees along the way, it went straight for Anna. The beam directly pierced a hole in Anna's leg, and blood spurted out from it.
With her leg pierced, Anna temporarily lost her balance. Just as she was about to fall, the wound on her leg completely disappeared, restoring to its original state.
"Hyper regeneration? As expected, it's related to the 'Cup'..."
More than ten kilometers away, Atracheli, who was still in the villa, saw this scene and couldn't help but murmur. Then, her expression hardened, and she fired another shot at Anna in the distance.
In an instant, another light bullet shot out from Atracheli's pistol, piercing through all obstacles and flying towards Anna again. This time, however, this light bullet didn't seem to be aimed at Anna, passing directly by her side.
As the light bullet passed by Anna, it emitted a stronger light than the previous one. This strong light shone in the darkness, illuminating Anna and casting a long shadow of her body.
After this shadow appeared, Atracheli tightened her grip on the blade in her hand and silently chanted.
"May the Saintess bless..."
As she spoke, Atracheli's body turned into a shadow and dissipated in place. At the same moment, more than ten kilometers away, in the shadow projected by Anna, illuminated by the light bullet, a figure surged out as if rising from dark water. It was Atracheli! This was Atracheli!
Atracheli's sudden appearance from the shadow was so fast and swift that Dorothy herself didn't react for a moment. This speed... was a high speed that even the Scarlet'Shadow' could hardly match! Atracheli was stabbing a sword at Anna at such high speed and close range. Her movements were so fast that biological vision couldn't capture them. Dorothy couldn't even see afterimages. She seemed to want to nail Anna directly to the ground.
This speed exceeded the limit of biological sensory reaction. Dorothy's perception eyes simply couldn't form an image of an object moving at such speed. In the absence of sensory perception, no matter how strong Dorothy's brain information processing ability was, it was useless, because the information that needed to be processed had to be collected by the sensory system.
In this instant, less than a tenth of a second, at the moment of crisis when Dorothy couldn't even react, Anna, who should have been in extreme danger, began to react and act on her own without waiting for Dorothy's operation. With a speed no less than Atracheli's, and with ghost-like movements, she dodged Atracheli's blade and waved her hand at close range, surprisingly emitting several wind blades out of thin air towards Atracheli.
'What...'
When she saw this scene, Atracheli's eyes widened. Then, she continuously slashed out several swords at super high speed, directly shattering the wind blades, and retreated two steps to distance herself. Then her entire movement slowed down. Only then could Dorothy see the situation at the scene again, and only then could she see that Atracheli had actually 'teleported' directly to Anna's side.
'When did this guy get here...' Seeing Atracheli's sudden appearance, Dorothy felt a burst of surprise in her heart, but she quickly calmed down. She then spoke through Anna to Atracheli in front.
"Captain Atracheli, it seems you still don't want me to leave... You let me go so far, I thought you had decided to let us go?"
Seeing "Anna's" reply, Atracheli couldn't help but pause, then spoke with a serious expression.
"The main reason I let you come here is that if we fight, we don't have to fight in the city. I am certain that your strength is above Scarlet, and even a little bit of our combat's impact will cause serious damage to the world of mortals, which will be very troublesome to deal with later..."
Atracheli said so, then her expression became serious, and she continued to speak even more solemnly.
"But you... are you actually from the Storm branch? In this world, there is actually a Scarlet Tier Storm besides Despenser?
"What is your identity?! At such a young age, you can actually wield such powerful Storm power... and possess the speed to react and escape under my hand..."
Atracheli questioned the Anna in front, and listening to Atracheli's questioning, Anna paused slightly, then took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and then reopened them.
After reopening her eyes this time, there was less puppet-like dullness in Anna's expression and more emotion and color of a living person. That was Anna's own spirit.
"As for me... I am Anna Field, Guardian of the Igwin territory, personally appointed by King Baldrick the 'Legitimate Successor', and the twelfth Viscount Field."
Anna said seriously to Atracheli in front of her, and after hearing Anna's words, Atracheli couldn't help but show a hint of displeasure on her face.
"Are you trying to fool me?"
After saying this with dissatisfaction, Atracheli rapidly moved forward, rushing towards Anna again with a speed that was invisible to the naked eye, and slashed down with her sword.
Facing Atracheli's high speed, Anna also responded with high speed. She took out an item from her pajamas and extended it forward, blocking Atracheli's slash.
After a crisp sound, Atracheli looked at the item Anna used to block her blade. It was a broken and short scepter, almost only the head of the scepter remained!
"This is..."
"This is the scepter of the first Field family head, Yalrin Field, and also the symbol of my inheritance of the orthodox lineage..."
Using the scepter to block Atracheli's slash, Anna said seriously. Just as Atracheli was feeling confused about the object in front of her, the surrounding air suddenly began to flow violently.
Feeling that something was wrong, Atracheli quickly retreated, once again distancing herself from Anna. Then, amidst a whistling sound, Anna was swept away by a gust of wind. In the blown-up sand and dust, she temporarily completely disappeared.
A moment later, after the sand and dust settled, Anna's figure finally reappeared, but at this moment, she was completely different.
On the body of the petite blonde girl, the nightgown she was originally wearing was gone. Instead, she was wearing a form-fitting metal armor that emitted a cold light.
Skirt armor, combat boots, bracers, chest armor, cape, winged helmet... At this moment, Anna had directly put on a solemn and magnificent armor, transforming into the image of a valiant female knight. The broken scepter that Anna was originally holding had now become a long and sharp spear held in her hand. On the spear, a flag was hung, depicting the early national flag of the Preet Kingdom.
"Divine enchantment... Anecdote body manifestation... Heroic Spirit armament...
"In the name of the Judge of Heaven, gather the four hundred years of legal principles and causality of the Field family, and create an avatar..."
Standing in the distance, Dorothy murmured. At this moment, she had strengthened her ability to manifest anecdotes with the divinity of the Judge of Heaven, allowing her to not only draw power from anecdotes but also use history and legal principles as sources of power, manifesting the power of legal principles.
Although she had lost the blessing of Viator, Dorothy, who already had a portion of divinity in her body and a special physique, was not completely unable to use the power of divinity. Although restricted, she could still use some of it.
This divine power was precisely Dorothy's confidence in appearing before Golden with a Scarlet body...