Chapter 127: Sunlight Spear

The fleeing man's figure seemed wrapped in shadows, moving quickly and nimbly in a zigzag pattern away from the carriage.

"Shoot quickly!"

Miss Beiya reminded him loudly.

"I would if I dared to shoot... I mean, I'm out of bullets!"

But his right hand, hidden behind his back, was already glowing with a faint silver light. Even if Miss Beiya discovered he was a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi today, he couldn't let a member of 【Mercury Blood】 who knew his face escape. There was still a chance to remedy the situation if Miss Annette's plan was ruined, but if the man escaped, things would become very troublesome.

But someone was faster than Xia De.

"Damn it!"

The girl with long brown hair said something very unladylike. She maintained a slightly crouched posture, her brass life ring rotating at high speed, rubbing against the wall behind her to create sparks. The golden miracle rune 【Sunlight】 suddenly flickered with spiritual light.

Her small black leather shoes left prints in the soft ground of the alley. Her crouched body tilted slightly to the right and back, while her right palm formed a virtual grip, and crackling golden thunder flickered within it.

Then, with a fierce push, she rose and threw it forward. The streaks of thunder in her hand converged into a golden spear, instantly leaving her palm to pierce the air, leaving a bright golden trail of light in the alley:

"Sunlight Spear!"

The thunder passed by Xia De's cheek, leaving him with a scorching sensation. At that same moment, he felt as if he heard the whispers of a million people praying together.

The thunder streaked across the alley, passed through the brass life ring behind the fleeing man, and hit him with pinpoint accuracy as he dodged in the shadows.

The latter let out a miserable cry as he was struck in the back by the miracle 【Sunlight Spear】. The shadows on his body faded rapidly, and he stumbled forward two steps before falling heavily to the ground.

The life ring behind him dissipated into the air. He twitched and finally stopped moving. In this battle between a four-ring mage and a two-ring mage, Miss Beiya had achieved a near-total victory.

Golden thunder flickered on the ground of the alley, lingering for a long time. Xia De watched, dumbfounded, as Miss Beiya stood up and clapped her hands. The girl with long brown hair hummed, a gesture of disdain for her opponent, before looking up and down at the detective whose clothes were stained with blood:

"What did you see just now?"

"I..."

He knew that battles between Ring Mages would be quite "spectacular"—at the very least, although he had been beaten badly on the third floor of the Lake View Manor, the fighting he saw was spectacular. But he hadn't expected that seeing a fight between low-ring mages for the first time would also involve so many tricks.

"I think we should reintroduce ourselves."

Miss Beiya reached out her hand toward Xia De. Xia De hesitated for a moment before reaching out to grasp the hand of Iluna Beiya. The latter looked seriously at the young and uneasy detective:

"Iluna Beiya, Church of the Sun and Earth, a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi of the Orthodox 【Old Man of the Lantern】. Detective, I think it's necessary to talk to you about the reality of this world."

But Xia De didn't want to talk; he just wanted to take the money hidden in his chest and go home. Fortunately, he hadn't exposed his identity as a correspondence Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi, so he hadn't disrupted Miss Annette's plan.

"Miss Beiya, you seemed to vomit blood just now."

Xia De said cautiously, then put the 【Gun of Kindness】 back into his waist.

After the short man climbed into the carriage earlier, he had spotted the handgun at the "sleeping" detective's waist at a glance. Just as he went to grab the gun, the fighting outside had broken out.

He hadn't originally intended to shoot, but rather to wait until the fighting ended before making plans. But Xia De didn't want to leave his life in someone else's hands. When he opened his eyes to resist, the opponent immediately pulled the trigger of the Gun of Kindness, just like the Heart Collector had shot him the moment he wanted to roll the dice... Perhaps because the person using the firearm this time was only a low-ring mage, it wasn't necessary to blow his head off to ensure death, so the bullet just passed through his brow, and the blood splattered wasn't as much as last time.

Of course, when Xia De explained it to Miss Beiya, he changed it to the trigger being pulled accidentally during their struggle. Miss Beiya didn't care if there was anything suspicious about the detective's victory; she stared at the detective:

"Mr. Hamilton, since you saw what happened just now, you should be able to guess that this world is not as simple as you think."

Xia De nodded while trying to step back, but Miss Beiya immediately followed with a step forward:

"According to regulations, if an ordinary person witnesses a battle between Ring Mages, their memory needs to be erased."

Her voice was very steady, as if she were reading out a decision. But the sentence started with "According to regulations," implying that this time, it likely wouldn't follow the regulations, which made Xia De breathe a sigh of relief; he didn't have to reveal his identity.

"But according to the Church's charter, before erasing your memory, we will ask about what happened today."

Xia De didn't step back anymore; he vaguely understood something. The powerful miracle "Sunlight Spear" he had just seen likely wasn't a miracle that could be mastered through normal channels. Miss Beiya didn't want Xia De to tell the Church about this.

【Judging by the elements and spiritual fluctuations of the miracles you have witnessed, the power of the Sunlight Spear just now is close to the silver thunder used by Lasoya.】

"Do you understand?"

The young girl with long brown hair asked very softly. Although she wasn't very old and wasn't as sophisticated in dealing with matters as the cunning outsider, her performance at this moment was definitely worthy of praise.

"Of course I understand."

Xia De also said softly, then spread his hands to show he had no malice:

"Miss Beiya, I really didn't see anything today, and I really didn't discover anything, and I don't remember anything."

He looked into her eyes and said. For a certain moment, Xia De discovered that his own figure reflected in her beautiful eyes was actually covered by golden light trails.

"Detective, you should understand that we all have our own secrets."

"Yes, everyone has them."

Xia De nodded; he understood what she meant:

"You could kill me, and that way, no one would expose your secret. But I don't think you will, yet you also don't want someone like me who knows your secret to exist. Today is only our first meeting; you can't trust me completely."

"Yes."

She looked at Xia De, sizing up the detective:

"You perhaps don't know what you saw just now... That power is not something a low-ring mage like me can use. That is high-ring divine magic..."

The last sentence was close to a murmur.

"I have heard legends of supernaturals like you before, Miss Beiya. I understand what you mean."

He didn't intend to lie to the girl in front of him, but since she didn't ask if he was a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi, his not saying so couldn't be considered lying.

He reached out and pointed to the carriage:

"That person died under my gun, and I don't have a gun license. Miss Beiya, I know this doesn't count for much regarding your secret, but once the police really investigate the origin of this gun, I will be in big trouble. Yes, killing a bad guy doesn't count for much, but the origin of this gun absolutely cannot be known by the police. This gun is very dangerous, very complicated, and related to my past experiences that I don't want people to know about.

Once an investigation starts, for an ordinary person, life could be completely destroyed because of it, and the only thing I have is this peaceful life. So, you don't have to worry about me leaking your secret, because you can destroy my life with the matter of this gun."

Not a single word of the above was false.