Time is a woman's biggest enemy - this does not refer to appearance, but physical aging. For a "fallen count", this is still an unsolvable problem.
Deborah Augustus, one of the few countesses in the Kingdom of Loen, is still the cousin and aunt of George III in terms of blood. She looks to be in her forties, her face is yellow, and she has indelible traces etched by the years. Although
In fact, she was over sixty years old and should have looked older.
"Be careful lately," she said. "I got news half a month ago that Zatvin seemed to have been assassinated by some extraordinary organization."
"Dead?" Calvin was very surprised.
"Nine times out of ten, otherwise I wouldn't have been missing for so long."
"Could it be a conspiracy of the Rose School? We just met him two months ago."
Deborah pressed her forehead:
"It's not like that. Although Barranca and I have no contact, we still have some tacit understanding after previous cooperation. If something doesn't really happen, there is no reason for him to suddenly fall out."
Calvin looked ugly:
"You mean, he suspected that it was us?"
Deborah nodded:
"At least it's a direction of suspicion. Who made Zatvin disappear at such a coincidental time? It happened to be right after meeting with us."
She shook her head:
"Anyway, be careful, I'm afraid they will use you as a breakthrough point in their investigation..."
As for herself, although she is also a "fallen earl", she prides herself on being promoted earlier, has a higher level of potion digestion, and has the mark of Archduke Drinker on her body, so she is much safer than Calvin.
"After sending away these slaves, don't cross the border and capture people...even if it's a little slower, you must keep it secret." She added.
Calvin narrowed his eyes and replied briefly:
"okay, I get it."
Like Deborah, he was nominally serving George III, but in fact he had no idea of the upper management's plans and had no contact with Drinker. He just followed Deborah's arrangements and did things.
…………
Unfortunately, there are no fools in the extraordinary world. The enemy will always attack with all their strength. No matter how careful you are, if you don't have enough character and strength, you are destined to be slaughtered by others.
At the beginning of the month, Calvin made his customary visit to his mistress and illegitimate child.
"Who?" When he was about to open the door, he suddenly became alert, turned around and yelled.
"Ahem...it's me!"
With a cough that revealed his age, Darnell walked out of the alley next to the villa.
"Darnell? How do you know this place? Didn't you leave your job and return to the Northern Continent?"
Calvin was surprised and alert. He had been dealing with the Secret Order for many years and was no stranger to "transformation". Of course, the first thing he had to understand was why the other party found this place.
Finally, he added:
"What’s wrong with you?"
Darnell waved his hand and said vaguely:
"The work has not been handed over yet."
Calvin suddenly realized:
"Yes, His Majesty has authorized Gray Linte and the others to return to the Southern Continent after the New Year, but it should be soon... Oh, that guy is also lazy. He clearly has the 'Chain of Secrets', so he can come back early.
"
"Heh...yes."
Darnell said something perfunctory, and Calvin was just about to continue asking how he found this place... Suddenly, his body stiffened and his thinking sluggish.
"No...it's the enemy...!!"
He reacted immediately and moved his hand according to his heart. Although it was delayed for a second, he still raised his hand and tapped his index finger in the air, causing the base of the street lamp next to him to suddenly become thinner and smaller, so that it could no longer stay upright and hit him straight.
... Not far away, "Darnell" did not interfere with his attempt to save himself at all. He controlled Calvin's "Spirit Thread", causing him to lag slightly, then decisively reached out into the void and dragged out a figure:
It was an old man, wearing a gray and black robe with a hood, his eyes were as dark as the lightless water, and the white beard on his cheek was long and thick.
——Zarath!
…
A little earlier, when Calvin just set off from home.
Gray Lint did not know the detailed plan of the Secret Order to ambush Calvin, and he did not dare to risk following Calvin. He only knew that, according to the information provided by Carol, since Calvin was going to go to his mistress and illegitimate child today,
Then he is probably doomed.
George III was unlikely, but he was not sure whether William Augustus I marked Deborah and Calvin, so Grayling did not wait to receive news of Calvin's death, but chose to find Deborah in advance
La——If you take action first, you can ensure safety. Even if William succeeds and follows the clues, it will be the Secret Order who takes the blame.
In Deborah's private villa.
"Good morning, ma'am."
He was wearing a brown silk top hat, with the face of Allen Bieber on his head, and a gorgeous ceremonial sword with a sheath on his waist. He looked elegant and harmless.
"Who are you?"
It's a pity that Allen's face is far from handsome, and Deborah, who is already in her sixties, doesn't agree with this either. She asked very sternly.
"Don't be nervous, madam, I don't mean any harm..." He paused, raised the corner of his mouth, and added casually: "I just want you to be saved."
Showing a mouth of big white teeth.
"absurd!"
Deborah scolded. She just realized something was wrong and wanted to escape immediately, but she was isolated in an independent area by an invisible force, as if she was cut off from the outside world... No, it cannot be said to be "isolated"
, because Gray Linte is also in it.
Gray Lint grinned.
If she doesn't do this, Deborah may contact William at any time, causing flaws in her plan.
"No need to try, madam, defeat me or be killed by me, you have no other choice."
Faced with this naked provocation, Deborah did not get angry. She said calmly:
"Who do you represent? And what is your purpose?"
When I asked Guiwen, she didn't have any unrealistic illusions about the enemy's purpose. If it was cooperation or something, the other party would not restrict her from leaving as soon as she arrived, and isolate her from communication with the outside world. This is clear.
I want my own life.
While trying to paralyze Gray Lint, she took a step towards him and made a passionate "hug" gesture from afar.
Suddenly, an invisible force restrained Gray Lint, making it difficult for him to move.
"hehe……"
Gray Lint chuckled, deliberately concealing his extraordinary path, pretending that he could not break the bondage, and uttered the ancient Hermes language full of mysterious meaning:
"'Twisting' is prohibited here!"
Although everyone has this extraordinary ability, and they are stronger, it is precisely because of this that Gray Lint must first abolish her extraordinary ability to prevent his actions and intentions from being distorted by her.
At the same time, his left hand wearing the "Oath of Yuno" and his right hand wrapped around the "Chain of the Parasite" alternated his hands and made several false grabs at Deborah in a funny and fast manner.
In an instant, Deborah was deprived of her two core abilities of "amplification" and "chaos", and her "gift" was stolen - she became a tiger with its teeth pulled out.
Normally, at the level of Sequence 4, the total number of "deprivation" and "restriction" that the "Law Mage" can impose on the enemy cannot exceed two. When the third restriction appears, the first restriction will be automatically lifted, even if it is
The same is true for multiple "Law Mages" besieging the same target. However, the "Oath of Yuno", which is an angel, obviously does not have such restrictions.
What Glalint needs to pay attention to is that the more restrictions imposed on the target in this area, the greater the "loopholes" in this area will inevitably be, and looking for loopholes in the rules of the environment is exactly what every "loophole" is.
What "The Fallen Earl" is good at.
"Law Master?"
"You are from the Castile family? But...?"
Deborah blurted out that although she herself switched to the adjacent "Lawyer" path when she was promoted from Sequence 5 to Sequence 4, as a direct extraordinary member of the Augustus family, she was absolutely committed to the "Arbitrator" path.
Not unfamiliar.
What she wondered was, why could the opponent limit so many extraordinary abilities? Deborah did not suspect that the opponent was a high-ranking extraordinary person, because she was completely unfamiliar with Gray Lint, and judged that he was probably a new member of the Castile family.
Demi god.
In addition, I only have the core combat skill "Forbidden" as a "Judge" left, how can I make a comeback? Is "Forbidden" prohibited here?
The only good thing is that at least the opponent's extraordinary path has been exposed, and the most intimidating core ability has been consumed.
She didn't have time to think carefully, so she "took advantage" of Grelint's gesture of reaching out and grasping, prolonging the process as much as possible, and she ran towards the opponent in three or two steps. At the same time, her arm muscles bulged, and thin brown muscles grew.
Slightly curly hair.
Deborah's timing was just right - if Gray Linte wasn't her opponent on the same path.
Five meters...three meters...two meters...one meter, right now!
Gray Linte's originally slow and empty grasping movement suddenly stopped, and his left hand suddenly turned into a grasp, tightly restraining Deborah who was struggling to move forward. At the same time, the muscles of his right arm instantly expanded, and the degree of exaggeration was much higher than that of Deborah.
There is nothing worse than La.
He didn't accumulate much strength and simply punched her head straight.
"You are a 'lawyer' demigod...!!"
Deborah's last words did not stop there.
"boom!"
What a watermelon, it probably fell from the tenth floor to the concrete floor at the bottom. After a muffled sound, it exploded into countless pieces, with pulp and juice flying everywhere... The strong physical quality of "The Fallen Earl" only lies in strength and
Even if the recovery ability and hardness of the brain is higher than that of ordinary people, how can it withstand a punch that is as powerful as a giant dragon?
Calculating mentally and unintentionally, relying on intelligence superiority and abundant magical items, within five minutes of the fight, Gray Lint killed Deborah, who was also the "Fallen Earl". He didn't even need to prepare in advance.
The "Sword of Judgment".
After throwing away Deborah's headless body, Gray Lint calmly cleaned the blood on her body, processed the scene, and waited for her extraordinary characteristics to be released.
He calculated that he must delay for a while, otherwise once the blockade of this area is lifted, the angels of the Augustus family will soon cast their sights, and then the Secret Order may not be able to successfully kill Calvin.
- He had just confirmed that Deborah had indeed been marked by an angel, but it was not the William Augustus I he was familiar with.