Chapter 2577: Father Francois

"Why don't we test the other party? We all hide, and let the illusion mimic Baron Cumming's appearance to wait for that guy."

Xia De suggested, and Miss Owl also agreed with this plan:

"Of course, I don't need to hide. I'll just stand on that branch. Anyway, I'm just an owl."

However, she didn't fly over immediately:

"But don't underestimate this opponent. A simple illusion is too unreliable."

"Yes, so it must be like this."

Xia De took out an armor toy from his pocket. After restoring it to the size of a person, he controlled it with "Puppetry." After letting it jump a few times on the ground by the train tracks, Xia De wiped his hand, and after the red light flashed, the armor turned into the appearance of Baron Cumming.

"This doesn't look like the illusion of the moon like your teacher's. This illusion has a wild and crazy beauty."

Miss Owl commented seriously, but didn't delve into it, and flew above "Baron Cumming":

"It's still okay. Unless the other party is also proficient in illusion, it's hard to see at a glance that this is fake. But how are you going to hide? Illusion again? Or invisibility?"

"Like this."

Xia De said, recalled the things that made him angry, and then covered his face with both hands:

"Calm posture."

The curled stone wings appeared behind him, and covered his body as Xia De's body surface petrified.

Although Miss Owl was watching him cast the spell, she also felt that it would be difficult to "discover" it again if she moved her gaze away at this moment:

"What kind of strange skill is this again? Dannister doesn't look like someone who would teach this kind of strange art. What exactly did you learn from her?"

She landed on the head of the statue, and Xia De also let go of his hands covering his face and turned back:

"I am correspondence, and I am self-taught most of the time."

"But since she took a fancy to you, where exactly is your moon talent expressed?"

The owl was very curious about this, but Xia De didn't want to explain:

"It's not suitable to talk about this now. Time is up, let's solve this matter first."

"You are always mysterious. Sometimes I feel that even Dannister doesn't understand you."

The chubby round-faced owl complained while flapping its wings and flying into the woods. After landing on the branch and turning around, although she clearly felt that the angel statue covering its face was near the track, it still took more than ten seconds to find it.

Miss Bell led the girls to be in position on the periphery of this area at this time, and the group waited patiently. But after the agreed meeting time of 11:00 AM, no one came. They could only continue to wait.

A full thirteen minutes later, another steam train drove over from a distance. Looking at the shape of the carriage, this was a passenger train. And from the top of the sixth carriage of the train, a man jumped down.

The man looked to be in his forties, but looking closely, there was an old age unique to elderly people. He was wearing a somewhat old black coat, and after the train that was driving with a clatter went far away, he looked around, and only then did he see the Baron walking out of the woods:

"You are late."

The Baron said, and the man who looked to be in his forties actually explained. He was clearly very helpless:

"When I agreed on the meeting time fifty years ago, I thought the steam train fifty years later would not be late. I didn't expect that the problem of the train being late and delayed would still be the same after the steam industry developed for so long. This is indeed my lack of consideration."

He reached out his hand to the Baron:

"Alright, where is my thing? I can feel it nearby. Give it to me now, and then we two will never see each other again. I promise."

Saying this, he walked toward the Baron, and the latter continued to ask:

"I am very curious, how exactly did you discover me back then? Are you Ringed Shushi all so powerful?"

"Yes, Ringed Shushi and ordinary people are different. This is very difficult to explain to you."

Saying this, the man walked over, and the Baron took out the box from his pocket and threw it directly to him.

"Be careful!"

The man immediately took it in a flurry, opened it impatiently, and then widened his eyes immediately, because it was empty:

"What do you mean?"

"Mind Blast!"

Xia De behind him punched him on the back of the head, and the strange man tilted forward and was hugged by that armor.

"So simple?"

Xia De reached out to his back again, and at the same time looked around vigilantly, but nothing happened after waiting for a long time.

The owl flapping its wings had already flown a circle in the sky at this time:

"Nothing, he didn't bring helpers, and no traps were set nearby."

While speaking, it landed on Xia De's shoulder, and Miss Bell also appeared from the woods. They also didn't find any movement.

"Then what exactly is this person's confidence?"

"I am also very curious why he is so confident. Didn't he think that Baron Cumming had helpers? Leave here first, don't talk here."

Xia De put away the armor, and instead manipulated the unconscious strange man to walk into the woods with them.

Because the environment nearby had been scouted in advance, the witch's followers had also found a temporary camp.

The girls set up vigilance and defensive spells on the periphery. Xia De put the unconscious man on the ground where the campfire was lit, first tied him up with 【Chain of Seven Sins】, and then bent down and placed his hand on his forehead:

"Fourth-ring Shushi, and he has been in the fourth ring for many years. If there is no accident, he should have no chance to continue to promote. His talent is not enough."

The owl on his shoulder also turned into that beautiful witch and stood behind Xia De, looking at it with disgust:

"The soul age is about 80 years old. The youthful appearance should be the effect of potions or specific strange arts. If he doesn't take that bottle of Time Sharing Potion, he can live for at most ten years. Even if the lifespan of a low-ring Shushi increases, it is ultimately not very different from ordinary people."

"Can you distinguish the age of the soul? Then how old do I look?"

Xia De asked curiously, but Miss Winslet shook her head directly:

"I can only look at Ringed Shushi with lower levels and ordinary people. Your soul is very powerful, very powerful. I feel that even if I reach the twelfth level, I definitely won't be able to see your soul age clearly."

"Alright then, I'll search..."

The girls were certainly unwilling to get close to him, so Xia De squatted down and took things from the unconscious Ringed Shushi.

However, he didn't go to take his pockets first, but grabbed the chain he wore around his neck. The things hanging on the chain were hidden between his shirt and coat.

Checking this first was just because the things hanging around the necks of Ringed Shushi were usually very important, but this time Xia De didn't expect that the thing was too important, because what was hanging on the chain was a silver wrench holy emblem. He was startled first, and then greatly surprised:

"The holy emblem of the true god 【Lady of Creation】!"

"What?"

Miss Winslet looked over again:

"Is it real or fake?"

"I would rather believe that this holy emblem was stolen by him than believe that someone would dare to forge the holy emblem of a true god... This holy emblem is his, wait a moment."

He quickly flipped out other things on the unconscious old man, except for wallets, pocket watches, keys, spell materials, and other sundries, there was also a holy scripture of the Creation Church that was often flipped through.

"This person is really a member of the Creation Church!"

Xia De could only accept such a result. After standing up, he looked at the witch, who frowned slightly:

"Charlotte~"

Miss Bell handed over her teacher's "makeup remover." After splashing it on the old man's face, the face deformed by the potion returned to its original state, and it looked even younger.

Of course, Xia De and Miss Winslet didn't know the local clergy, and Miss Bell, who should also not know the local clergy, actually recognized the old man lying on the dead leaves:

"This is Father Francois of the Willendale Diocese!"

The young black-haired girl briefly explained the other party's identity:

"Miss, when we returned to Willendale for the Year-End Festival in 1853, didn't we almost get into trouble because of black market transactions?"

"According to your instructions, I investigated the identities of those Creation Church Ringed Shushi who were 'fishing' in the black market at that time. This Father Francois is one of the few people whose specific identity I can find out."

But Miss Bell only knew that the other party was indeed a priest in the Willendale Diocese, and she didn't know other situations.

"But how could this matter involve the clergy of the true god church?"

Miss Winslet thought for a while, and then asked Xia De:

"If I use some means to force him to speak, will you have any opinions?"

"Of course not."

Xia De shook his head:

"But I also have friends in the church. If I use truth potions or strange arts that force questions, the contracts signed by these church Ringed Shushi with the church when they joined will be triggered. By then, the church can easily lock onto everyone present."

These were all heard from Iluna. It was no joke that the Five Gods Church dared not be provoked by anyone:

"I suggest going to Miss Dannister for help. She should know the church's methods very well."

Xia De didn't know what was wrong with his sentence. In short, Flora Winslet, who was still hesitant just now, raised her head:

"Don't underestimate me, I also have a way."

Xia De looked at Miss Bell, hoping she would say something, but the young girl lowered her head and looked at the ground, as if there was a precious Rod card she had never seen before on the ground.

So Xia De looked at the black-gray-haired lady again, but didn't say a word, and the artist lady was stared at by him, of course she could guess his thoughts:

"There will definitely be no problem this time."

Xia De continued to look at her, and the girl whose cheeks were a little flushed then emphasized:

"The church's contract, I have also studied it. Of course, I have thought about how to crack it. The transmission effect of that contract will be blocked by life and death. I will summon death in a while... You help me, so this time there will definitely be no problem."

She certainly still remembered the last channeling accident. If Xia De hadn't pulled her back in time, she would have been lost in death. ===== CHAPTER 2578 =====