Have you had enough, Miss Vampire? It's time to get down to business.

21. Miss, get mad!

Miles was shocked.

He quickly turned sideways, on the one hand to keep the vampire girl in his sight, and on the other hand to observe the movements at the alley entrance.

Someone was indeed approaching quickly, and without making any sound!

As for that person's face...

There was no way he could admit his mistake.

Is it really "John the Cleanup Man"?

After a brief moment of surprise, Miles immediately realized that something was wrong.

This is indeed a trap!

This girl in front of me isn't an enemy of "John the Cleaner"! Quite the contrary, they're in cahoots, their goal being to lure me into this narrow alleyway and attack me from both sides!

Miles groaned inwardly and began looking for a way out of the predicament.

Fortunately, there are large patches of shadows in this alley, and I can hide in them and quickly get behind "Cleanup Man John"... In this way, the situation will be reversed in an instant, and they will be the ones forced into a dead end!

Thinking of this, Miles tightly grasped an extraordinary item in his pocket.

Then, I'll use my trump card... This thing is incredibly powerful. Even if "Cleanup Man John" truly reaches the fourth level, he won't be able to resist it! As for that girl who claims to be a vampire, I guess she's not that strong either. Otherwise, she wouldn't have needed to delay and wait for her accomplices to arrive...

Once these two guys die, the Dark Moon Society's token will be back in my hands!

In less than two seconds, Miles had already formulated a plan of action in his mind.

But at this moment, a trace of doubt suddenly arose in my mind.

and many more……

"John the Cleaner" is a transcendent of the Shadow Origin, just like me. He could have easily slipped into the shadows, come to me in a more covert manner, and then launch a surprise attack... However, he didn't do that...

why?

Something's wrong, something weird!

After a moment's hesitation, a bright light suddenly erupted from the speeding "Cleanup Man John"! The narrow alley was completely illuminated, leaving no shadow for Miles to escape!

...Holy Light Magic?

Miles' pupils shrank.

How could this guy use the extraordinary power of the "holy light"? Could it be that he used a prop or a talisman... But that didn't make sense. Just now, he had nothing in his hands... In other words, this light was summoned by his own extraordinary power!

Miles finally came to his senses.

This guy in front of me, who looks exactly like "Cleanup Man John," isn't the real him, but a member of the Holy Light Church in disguise! He's specifically changed into this appearance just to confuse me!

However, he only realized this fact now, but it was too late.

While Miles was briefly hesitant and confused, Isabella, a few steps away, had already started to act.

A dark red light flashed by, and Miles felt something was wrong and dodged sideways as a conditioned reflex.

His reaction was so fast that it far exceeded the limits of ordinary humans!

Unfortunately, I was still a little slow.

Suddenly, tiny cracking sounds were heard, and most of the intermediate protective spells that Miles had cast around his body with the help of talismans were shattered in an instant!

Then, severe pain came.

He was horrified to find that there was a neat wound on his right arm, as if it had been cut in half by a sharp blade, and the white bones were exposed!

...This girl just said that she was injured and her strength was greatly reduced?

What a joke!

That move just now was probably at least level six in power, right?

A strong sense of panic suddenly surged into Miles' heart.

"Tsk." Isabella curled her lips slightly.

Originally, she planned to cut off the enemy's entire arm, but she didn't expect the opponent's reaction speed to be so fast.

At Lor's reminder, Isabella had noticed that Miles' right hand was in his coat pocket the whole time, as if he was holding something... probably some extraordinary item that could save his life at the critical moment.

The hypnotized Della once revealed that Miles had a dangerous and powerful "trump card".

As for what exactly this thing is, she has no idea.

...or whatever.

It's just a small fish, how big a splash can it make?

Isabella thought.

However, at this moment...

Along with the sudden burst of surging spiritual power, thick "darkness" suddenly gushed out from Miles' pocket! At the same time, the entire alley was almost completely shrouded in shadows!

The bright light created by Lor was like a tiny lamp falling into the sea and was completely swallowed up.

In the darkness, there were countless grotesque and twisted ghosts with bared fangs and claws.

It's like a nightmare from which you can't wake up!

Lor, who was in the middle of it, suddenly got goose bumps all over his body, and crazy whispers flooded into his mind, giving him a splitting headache... What's worse is that this malicious supernatural power is invading his body through the pores and starting to disrupt the spiritual power circulation in Lor's body!

Not good.

Such terrifying power undoubtedly comes from some high-level talisman or prop!

Lor quickly opened his palms and summoned "flowing light" horizontally in front of him.

The radiant sword, like the dawn breaking through the long night, tore a hole in the thick darkness... But it was still not enough.

"Ouch!" Lor suddenly let out a groan of pain.

My ankle seemed to be pierced from behind by something... It was those ghostly figures lurking in the darkness, attacking me!

After realizing this, Lor quickly spun around and drew a bright arc with the "flowing light" in his hand!

The surrounding ghosts were temporarily repelled.

But, it's only temporary.

"This guy's 'trump card' is unexpectedly powerful... This is going to be troublesome." Lor frowned and quickly thought of a response strategy in his mind.

The spiritual power in his body had been disturbed. He could neither use his extraordinary abilities nor cast spells... After all, in order for the spell to be effective, he had to inject a little spiritual power into it.

Give up the possibility of obtaining intelligence and let the young lady go all out to kill Miles directly?

...But I don't know what supernatural item that guy used, or what its specific effects are. Furthermore, the item's effects have already been activated, so even if I kill the user, it won't necessarily eliminate this power.

Moreover, the surroundings are now completely shrouded in darkness, and that guy must have disappeared into the shadows.

"There's no other way, this is the only way..." Lor made a quick decision, then reached into the inside pocket of his coat and pinched the old silver coin that was the token of the Dark Moon Society.

Miles came all the way to Gordon City and went to so much trouble, wasn't it just to get this thing?

Then let him take a look.

By threatening to destroy the "token", he forced the enemy to show up and negotiate with him... Of course, Lor did not intend to really hand the thing over to Miles, but just wanted to take this opportunity to break the deadlock and then find another time to make a move.

Well, let’s do it!

[Lor, you have so many clever ideas.]

The wise voice in my head suddenly commented:

[Even in such a difficult situation, you were able to come up with a coping strategy. You're worthy of being the protagonist of this story! Indeed, sometimes there's no need to confront the enemy head-on. Using a little more flexibility and using ingenuity to overcome force is the wisest choice...]

The words are not finished yet.

Suddenly, another powerful spiritual power suddenly emerged!

This spiritual power was very familiar to Lor...it was Isabella.

"How dare you hurt my Lor... You, a scumbag, don't seem to know your place clearly..." At the end of the alley, the eldest lady's voice, as clear as a silver bell, was filled with anger and oppression.

Immediately afterwards, a roar like a tide was heard all around.

No, not water...

But blood!

A large amount of blood fell like a torrential rain, and the smell of rust filled the nostrils!

These blood rains condensed into a thin film on the surface of the ghosts' bodies, and then driven by some powerful force, they squeezed and shrank... and finally, exploded!

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

Faced with this kind of offensive that had no blind spots and was almost a foul, none of the ghosts summoned by Miles with the help of extraordinary items could escape.

"Ah, this..." Lor was stunned.

Is the eldest lady going to use her ultimate move?

I've never seen her use this kind of trick before... It seems that she has recovered a lot of strength by sucking my blood during this period of time, and has unlocked more skills as a result?

It doesn't give me any chance to "use flexible means and cleverness to overcome force".

22. The End of the Moth

The darkness gradually dissipated and the narrow alley was illuminated again.

The blood Isabella summoned floated up in a way that defied gravity, and then evaporated drop by drop as it was reborn in mid-air.

In less than a minute, the surrounding scene returned to normal.

There was absolutely no sign that a fierce battle had just taken place.

As for Miles, a member of the "Ferryman", he was lying on the ground with his chest slightly heaving, and he seemed to have fainted... It seems that Isabella also knew that this guy was still worth keeping alive for the time being, so she showed mercy to him.

"Huh..." Lor let out a long sigh, sat down on the ground, and looked at Isabella with a wry smile. "Miss, the spiritual power you just released was too astonishing, wasn't it? Fortunately, my colleagues were not nearby, otherwise they would definitely have noticed it."

indeed.

Lor knew the location of every member of the Gordon City Exorcist Team.

Vivian, Richard and Rachel were searching for Miles near the other three exits of the underground market, which were quite a distance away from here; Senior Joyce and Ms. Helen were still monitoring Della; Captain Ronina and the bald brother Stanley stayed in the church.

Because of this, Lor and Isabella can let go.

"This... humph, a smart lady like me would of course take this into consideration before deciding to take action!" Isabella's eyes dodged, looking a little guilty.

…She absolutely didn’t consider the possibility of exposing her identity.

He must have gotten mad because he saw I was injured.

Lor shook his head helplessly, but a warm feeling still rose in his heart.

Come to think of it, when I tried to pull out "Flowing Light" in the church before, Isabella also rushed into the church without regard for the consequences... Fortunately, it was just a misunderstanding, but if something really happened to me at that time, she might have overturned the Gordon City Church.

hiss.

So terrifying.

What kind of overbearing female CEO is this? So I'm your Achilles' heel, right?

"By the way, how is your injury? Let me check it!" The eldest lady came to Lor, bent down, and carefully examined his ankle that was stabbed by the ghost.

The wound itself is not serious and can be healed quickly by magic.

The problem is that around the wound, there is a circle of dark gray marks that look like a palm print.

"This is the mark of being touched by a 'Shadow Spirit'... I read about it in a book." Isabella frowned. "If left untreated, this mark will gradually expand, covering your entire body in about ten days... Then, you will lose your mind and body, transforming into a 'Shadow Spirit' like them!"

Shadow Spirit...

Are those the ghosts just now?

Lor had heard of this name, but not as much as Isabella knew about it.

"If I understand correctly, this should be a curse?" Lor thought for a moment and analyzed, "Coincidentally, I have already mastered the second-level 'Curse Removal'..."

As he said this, he used a magic spell on himself.