Chapter 2403: Waiting Through the Night

At midnight, because basically no one in the city went out, Xia De, who didn't need to run to the countryside to find a remote intersection, listened to the twelve chimes of the Belindell Big Ben and dropped the mirror given by the doctor in the center of the intersection in the city.

Immediately afterward, Xia De turned three times to the left and three times to the right around the mirror, and after finding that nothing happened, he finally shouted at the mirror:

"Bill Demon Schneider."

He repeated this name three times in a low voice and waited quietly for a few seconds before seeing a mass of black light emerge from the originally clean mirror surface.

A pitch-black cube rose from the black light. After the cube fell to the ground on the side and kept expanding and surging, it formed the appearance of Dr. Schneider, who was holding a suitcase and wearing a black coat.

"This trick is really fancy."

Xia De commented. The doctor waved his hand to let the mirror fly up, and then handed it to Xia De:

"You take this; it can be reused. Fancy? If a third person saw it, we would definitely be classified as bad people without having to say anything."

After saying this, he looked at Xia De with a smile:

"Let me guess where you were just now. With the girls?"

"How did you know? Is there lipstick on my face?"

Dr. Schneider teased:

"The clothes you are wearing are so neat, there isn't even a crease. The golden buttons on the pockets, the shininess of your leather shoes, and the neatness of your hair all show that someone groomed you carefully before letting you out of the door."

Xia De immediately recalled what happened before he left the ship. He only remembered that the girls were indeed very enthusiastic, and it seemed that even the witches didn't care about the "bold" behavior of their respective apprentices. If it weren't for having to go out, he might be... now.

Fortunately, the doctor obviously didn't intend to stand in this strange long night and chat with Xia De about his peach-blossom life. Bill Schneider tightened his collar and looked at the fog around the intersection:

"The situation is really serious. When I came to Moon Bay last month, it wasn't like this."

At that time, everything hadn't erupted yet.

"After all, it's before the decisive battle. The bell at twelve o'clock has already rung. Doctor, every next second now, there might be an unexpected situation. Let's go, let's not stand here. I have arranged a place for you to stay."

He beckoned to the doctor, but the doctor shook his head:

"This city is very interesting now. The formless power generated by people because of fear, resentment, dissatisfaction, and greed is much stronger than during the Green Lake negotiations. The people there were just afraid of war, while the people here are facing the destruction of prophecy, and the negative emotions generated are more complex."

He took a deep breath:

"Really interesting, detective. I won't go with you for now. I want to take advantage of the night to walk around the city. If something happens, I will definitely arrive in time."

Xia De didn't object. Although the doctor's luck was a bit poor, he was generally reliable:

"Alright then, be careful yourself in the city; the situation here is very complex."

Saying this, he also told the doctor his contact information and the current address of Father Augustus, and gave the doctor a detailed map of the city.

"Oh, doctor, there is one more thing."

Xia De said suddenly:

"Do you remember the stone mirror demon - Goethe and that demon man Stone Osenfurt in the Randall Valley?"

The doctor nodded:

"Of course I remember, and when I went to the Osenfurt Manor, you had basically solved the problem. What's wrong? I am very sure that thing won't appear again, and I am not ready to try that demon summoning document left by Osenfurt again."

"It's not related to Osenfurt. I told you at the time that Stone Osenfurt, who summoned the stone mirror demon, actually had a second demon summoning. This time the wish was 'summon a demon that can fight against demons'."

The doctor nodded again:

"Remember, you said it was the butler and the maid, and they did give you very important hints, allowing you to find its true body at the end of the maze in the demon's test. Of course, before I went, those two low-level demons had already left."

"I suspect the butler and the maid are in Moon Bay now, and not in the identity of a maid and a butler, but in the identity of a cat and a dog... I know this sounds very strange. They didn't transform like this before they left; it was just that Dorothy wrote them as a cat and a dog in her novel."

Xia De said, but he wasn't very sure:

"In short, you help me keep an eye on it, especially pay attention to whether there is a man wearing a brown robe, with only short hair stubble on his head, and black eyes beside them."

The doctor made an okay gesture:

"I will keep an eye on it for you. But you also know that the glowing white fog will seriously hinder perception. I will try my best. Detective, see you soon."

"See you soon."

The doctor then walked into the white fog with his suitcase. Xia De watched his back disappear, then turned and jumped, leaving as a swarm of flying red butterflies.

Quite a few people stayed up all night this night. At least the five cathedrals in the city kept their lights on all night, and the Ringed Shushi disguised as police also patrolled all night. It seemed that even wild cats and dogs could feel that danger was coming. This night was terrifyingly quiet.

Xia De also didn't sleep. Of course, it wasn't doing exercise, but sitting at the long table in the banquet hall of the Radiant Messenger, with three angel-level relics, "Watcher," "Flute of Time," and "Angel's Right Arm," placed in front of him.

Among the other four holy swords that were currently active, only the last one, "Pale Justice," was brought here by Iluna.

When Xia De returned from the outside in the early morning, he saw Iluna, Emilia, and Ajelina playing around in strange costumes. And when he returned, Iluna, who seemed to have drunk quite a bit, sat beside Xia De with a flushed face holding a sword.

Also sitting here waiting for news were Sister Daifulin, Luweiya, and Dorothy.

Lexia in the manor went to rest for a while, so she would change with Dorothy later, so it was really convenient for the two.

From midnight, all kinds of news were continuously passed to the manor and the Radiant Messenger through the intelligence network of the great witches. In the terrifyingly quiet night, the moonlight made the fog floating in the city and the surroundings look like silver tides. The glowing concentration of the fog reached its peak tonight, and the first news came from the mermaid girls responsible for sea reconnaissance.

"The fleet deployed by the church outside Moon Bay Port and the dragons have broken out in a fierce battle. Currently, the church is completely suppressing the dragon legion."

The brief news carried the damp smell of seawater, followed by intelligence from all over the city:

"Blood-sucking monsters with dragon blood invaded the city from the sewer system. Currently, the church's reconnaissance ritual has been fully deployed. The huge number of Ringed Shushi squads mobilized by the church to deal with this god-descent event have already engaged in street fighting with those monsters."

Around two o'clock in the morning, as the first ray of fire appeared from the sky, hundreds of dense fireballs directly bombarded the city defense ritual base composed of five cathedrals. The deformed dragon beasts that crawled out of the bursting fireballs continuously consumed and wore down the power of the ritual by self-destructing, and at the same time, scattered dragons flew from the mountains in the north and northeast of the city, and soon broke out in battle with the high-level Ringed Shushi who took off.

The rumbling sound kept coming from above the glowing thick fog. Xia De was very curious if Moon Bay could survive this battle, would the newspaper say this was thunder.

And after this low-intensity contact battle that the church could completely control broke out, at three o'clock in the morning, as violent earthquakes appeared one after another, and Luweiya and Miss Belindell divined that a tsunami might approach Moon Bay, in the center of the city's citizen square, light streams gushed out from the ground like a waterfall.

That jet of light seemed to be directly connected to the night sky that could not be seen, and then illuminated the entire city. Light particles sprinkled all over the city, and people who were lucky enough to witness this scene would probably never forget the scene at this moment.

But this also caused the probability of being infected by special light to increase to the highest level in history if one could not be in an indoor environment completely isolated from external light sources at this moment.

Even if the infection probability was only one in a thousand, the extremely large population base of the "City of Wealth" Moon Bay still caused "special light infected persons" represented by the three types of monsters: "Lightbulb Man," "Exploding Pus Man," and "Light Believer," to emerge from all over the city.

"The twisted power that was accumulated has erupted."

Miss Aurora looked at the city sand table manufactured by Vanessa in the center of the banquet hall. A light column also appeared in the sand table, so this great witch of "Light" asked Miss Sylvia:

"It is uncertain whether this is the plan of the 【Light-Chaser Seminar】, but this kind of light-spraying phenomenon probably won't be the last time. Emma, come with me, let's go to the city center to take a look."

"Alright."

They passed through the teleportation gate to the Belindell Manor in the city center, and the owner of the manor was also on the ship.

"Are your mother and sisters settled?"

Xia De saw she was a bit uneasy and asked softly. The blonde countess nodded:

"Fed sleeping potions, now resting in the cabin of this ship, and will let them wake up after things are over."

The light column gushing from the ground really appeared one after another from all over the city as the witch said. Every "light-spraying" phenomenon that appeared would cause a strong earthquake in the Moon Bay area and leave a beam of light in the city that went straight to the night sky.

That light column crossed the fireballs exploding above the city and rose to an unknown height, and under the light column, the fighting of the Ringed Shushi, the impact caused by the earthquake, and many opportunistic rioters had already set fires everywhere in the city.

That fire appeared from the Lower City and soon swept through half of the city. And outside the Moon Bay port, the huge tsunami triggered by the violent earthquake was being controlled by the church as much as possible so as not to affect the fragile Moon Bay wharf area. It seemed that everything was still under control, but this was just the prelude before the Battle of Moon Bay began.

The witches went out in turns, and Xia De, Iluna, Luweiya, and Dorothy, who had not gone out, chatted while waiting for intelligence, and told each other their plans. They even played a few games of Luo De Pai, trying the special effect of the 【Founding · Light】 that Xia De had just acquired.

The night outside was very noisy, but the night on the ship, in Iluna's view, was exceptionally warm and satisfying to her. So before dawn, Xia De and she did not leave the "Radiant Messenger" for a single step.

When the first ray of sunlight at dawn shone on the Moon Bay City that had gone through a whole night of chaos, firelight and gunshots, and explosions still appeared all over the city, and the light of dawn could not penetrate the thick fog like rain clouds.

The maid ladies sent breakfast to the masters and guests who had insisted on not resting for a whole night, but in fact, they had eaten quite a few things this night. Ajelina, who had already slept and got up, very enthusiastically helped set the tableware. Xia De touched Little Mia who had slept on the soft cushion by his hand all night, and the cat smelled the breakfast and stood up lazily.

Xia De made up his mind and stood up.

"Where are you going? I'll go with you? Or let Iluna go with you."

Luweiya asked, Xia De shook his head:

"I'm going to the washroom, you don't need to accompany me. Drank too much tea last night, I'll be back soon."

Iluna blushed, and Dorothy at the table smiled. Luweiya nodded slowly, watching Xia De pat Little Mia to let her not follow, and left alone.

He went to the VIP cabin along the stairs of the ship, locked the door after entering, and inserted the 【Yggdrasil Key】 into the keyhole of the washroom:

"May the World Tree, protect me in infinite time." ===== CHAPTER 2404 =====