Xia Xiu stood quietly in the center of the church, his slightly lowered golden eyes reflecting the deep light like the surface of a cold lake.

After listening to Father Gray's narration, he raised his head slightly and asked in a calm tone:

"Where is the residence of the purple-robed wizard? Are there any relevant investigation reports and intelligence collection?"

Father Gray lowered his head, frowning slightly, recalling the conversation between him and the administrator of the Administration, trying his best to reproduce every detail.

"Sir, he is in the commercial district in the west of Gray Harbor Town. It is located between the port area and the residential area. It is the most prosperous part of Gray Harbor Town. That area is concentrated with various shops, resource markets and hotels. It is the center of the entire town.

business core.”

"Investigation reports and intelligence collection, the latest investigation content operators have not been uploaded simultaneously. Now only the most basic information is left. I have uploaded it to Eden's database. You can retrieve the information at any time."

Father Gray continued to add: "By the way, regarding the business district, the secret market in that area occasionally provides rare magic materials and ancient relics from the Hundred Layer World, so it attracts many mid-level wizards and businessmen. These secret transactions

The attractiveness makes the commercial district often become a gathering place for wizards, especially people like the purple-robed wizard."

There was a hint of helplessness in his voice:

"The commercial area is about twenty kilometers away from here, and it will take a lot of time for the operators to travel back and forth to investigate.

So at first, I didn’t think they were missing, I just thought the investigation would take more time. Moreover, they gave me timely feedback through Adam at the time, and everything seemed to be going according to plan, without any abnormalities.”

Having said this, Father Gray frowned again, and it was obvious that something was making him feel uneasy.

"Everything was developing normally until the prophecy about the Dark Lord appeared..."

When he said this, his tone became heavier. He glanced at Xia Xiu cautiously, as if he was afraid of touching the angel's bottom line.

"Until then, that is, the night before arrival, the operators did not return as scheduled, and the peripheral lineage could no longer contact them..."

Father Gray's voice became deeper and deeper, and the missing operators filled his heart with guilt.

He is old and not in good health.

There are many things that he can't do now, so he can only watch young people do them helplessly.

"I need to take responsibility for this mistake. I will report this failure to Eden and the Ethics Committee. Of course, Your Excellency Abraham can also punish me for my failure here."

Having said this, the guilt on Father Gray's face became even stronger, and he lowered his head slightly, as if waiting for Xia Xiu's verdict.

Xia Xiu gently reached out and picked up the silver cane and said to Father Gray:

"I will personally investigate. And... you know. Whether it is Heaven or the Administration, whether it is angels or operators, everyone has always been on the front line against Honkai and anomalies."

There was no blame in Xia Xiu's words, but more of a calm and calm face of reality, as well as a trace of undetectable murderous intent.

There was a deep understanding in his words: in the battle against Honkai and anomalies, sacrifice is inevitable.

Angels and operators are always on the front line, and being on the front line means that emergencies and accidents are inevitable.

Even if there is Eden in heaven, many angels are killed every year.

Sacrifice is the cornerstone of the kingdom of heaven.

Whoever wants to save his life will lose it; whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Sacrifice will also become the cornerstone of the Administration.

However, sacrifice does not mean that the Kingdom of Heaven and the Administration will let the enemy go.

There is a well-known program in the Kingdom of Heaven engraved in the program of the Supreme Being. That program can be summarized in one line:

"Vengeance is mine, I will repay you!"

Xia Xiu kept these words in mind and carried them forward at the same time.

Treat the enemy as you treat others, and repay him double according to his deeds.

Xia Xiu stood there, having just told Father Gray that he would personally handle the matter of missing operators, with sets of data that only he could see flowing in his golden eyes.

This is early intelligence retrieved from Adam's huge database.

Each line of data flowed rapidly in his field of vision, showing the clues that the operators investigated at the beginning of the mission—coordinates, time, environmental variables, related characters, and detailed reports of the mission.

The data flashed by quickly, and finally settled on a specific location, a secret coordinate in the western business district of Gray Harbor Town.

After confirming the target, Xia Xiu slightly raised the silver cane, and the [Lever of Heaven] in his hand made a slight metallic trembling sound.

He tapped his cane lightly against the floor, making a crisp sound. As the cane struck, faint ripples began to appear in the air, and the edges of the space began to twist slightly, like ripples on the water.

Immediately afterwards, a Möbius strip with the pattern of [∞] appeared at his feet. The Möbius strip emerged next to him. The silver ring shone with mysterious light and twisted geometry.

The form is filled with incomprehensible spatial fluctuations.

Xia Xiu raised his hand slightly, lightly pressed the black top hat on his head, nodded towards Father Gray, and said goodbye to him.

Following Xia Xiu's movements, the Möbius belt began to twist violently, and the surface of the belt seemed to be constantly deforming, pulling in the surrounding space.

The ripples of space fluctuations became stronger and stronger, gradually spreading out, wrapping Xia Xiu's figure, and layers of transparent films peeled him off from the world.

Father Gray bowed deeply, with reverence and awe in his eyes, and his voice was low and pious:

"May the glory of heaven always be with you, Lord Abraham.

May your path forward be illuminated by glory, and may all enemies bow their heads before you.”

Under Father Gray's pious blessing, Xia Xiu's figure gradually blurred in the ripples.

His body was swallowed up by the twisted space and gradually became illusory.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The ripples wrapped around him, taking him away from the reality of the church and disappearing into the air little by little.

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9:30 A

Gray Harbor Town-Port Area (North)

The early morning sea breeze howled in the port area of ​​Gray Harbor Town, carrying a clammy, salty smell from the distant sea.

Fog enveloped the sea, and the hazy shadows of ships could be seen floating in the distance.

Camille, Ushas, ​​Muji, and the members of the Emerald Watch stood quietly by the port. Everything around them seemed quiet and normal, but there was an unexplainable chill in the air.

10 minutes ago, Deer Academy students were arguing with the Emerald Watchers over a third-party extradition treaty, striving for a peaceful solution to Professor Wilson's Wildlife Response Team and related matters regarding Deer Academy's containment of magical animals here.

While chatting, they collectively felt a sudden chill, as if... there was some invisible gaze scanning them from the void.

The feeling has no sound, no entity, and at the same time, there is no cover up.

He, so naked, glanced at them as if he were looking at ants.

The feeling was like a cold hand passing over their backs. Everyone's hairs stood up involuntarily, and their skin felt an indescribable sting and pressure.

Ushas was the first to react. His three eyes trembled slightly, and a trace of uneasiness flashed in his purple pupils.

"Damn~ You can't be so unlucky and run into big trouble~~"

She gently rubbed Muji on her shoulders, as if she wanted to relieve the strange tension.

The leader of the Emerald Watchers, the usually calm and composed wizard, suddenly behaved completely differently from usual at this moment.

Aldress, the Druid leader, suddenly seemed to be angered or frightened by some kind of power. She suddenly took out a purple crystal ball and grasped it hard with her fingers. You could even see her knuckles tightening due to the force.

And turn white.

The crystal ball exuded a strange light and resonated with some ancient power.

Her expression became frantic and her eyes were red, as if she was in a state of madness.

The crystal ball in her hand began to tremble, responding to her mental fluctuations.

Just before the students of Deer Park and the professors of the Wilson Wildlife Response Team fully reacted, Aldress suddenly muttered words in a hoarse voice and began to perform some kind of crazy divination ritual.

"The five major roots of the hundred-level world...the five major magics...the god in nothingness...the eyes, the angel with countless eyes...he is..."

Her voice seemed to come from another world, with a creepy echo. Her words did not come from herself, but some force spoke through her.

Her eyes were empty, as if she had fallen into an endless void, her body began to twitch slightly, and she spoke some illogical nonsense.

"He is watching us... His eyes are all over the starry sky... nothingness... endless nothingness..."

"Crack!"

A crisp sound broke the silence of the air.

The purple crystal ball suddenly exploded, and the purple light spread out like sharp blades.

Eldris's body trembled suddenly, and then she fell down. She fainted and blood flowed from her seven orifices.

The bright red blood slid down her pale cheeks and dyed her purple robe red, but her fingers were still holding the fragments of the broken crystal ball tightly, unwilling to let go.

The other members of the Emerald Watcher immediately surrounded him in panic, trying to wake up their leader.

The air was filled with tension and panic. Eldris fell to the ground, unconscious. Only the blood on her face proved the violent impact that had just occurred.

"Chief! Chief! Wake up!"

"What's going on!?"

In the chaos, the shouts and movements of the Emerald Watchers seemed rapid and chaotic.
To be continued...