Miss Witch's Speed ​​Run Manual

Tuk-tuk-tuk——

Henry just waited at the door for a while, and the door automatically opened inward, and the scene inside appeared in front of Charles.

Unlike the splendor that Charles had imagined, the space behind the door seemed like a completely undecorated "minimalist" rough house. Apart from the wooden structure and some quaint tables and chairs, there was no other fancy decoration in the spacious space.

Charles' eyes swept across the large space in front of him and saw a figure wearing dark blue clothes standing in front of a huge stained glass window.

The figure didn't seem to be aware of Charles's arrival. He just looked at the scenery outside through the stained glass window until Henry stepped into the room and spoke slowly.

"Your Holiness, please allow me to introduce a certain Excellency to you."

After hearing Henry's voice, the figure in the dark blue long gown slowly turned around and looked in the direction of Charles and the others.

When he saw his face, Charles's vigilance slowly rose.

What is this...?

Under the dark blue hood, there was a terrifying silver metal monster face - engraved with various twisted triangular symbols, twisted like worms.

If it just stood there motionless, Charles would have thought it was some kind of horrific cast iron sculpture, but when it moved, it did make people feel... slightly uncomfortable.

It turned out that she had always thought that it was normal for people on the "Crown Guard" path to be swallowed by the potion, because their mutated armor was relatively handsome and not as terrifying as the one in front of her.

It seems that the Pope in front of him should also be a high-level "detective", at least above the "Crown Guard".

"It's been barking non-stop since just now, Henry..."

A metallic humming sound came from the terrifying iron mask. "What did you do?"

It was hard to tell whether the voice was male or female, but judging by the tone, it seemed more like that of an older woman - mainly because it felt a bit like Nia.

However, the Pope still ignored Charles and the others, as if he only had eyes for Henry, the first one to enter.

Henry seemed to have long been accustomed to the Pope's behavior. He walked up to the Pope, half-knelt down, and said, "An important guest has arrived, Your Holiness."

"It's barking, Henry."

The metallic humming sound rang out again, and the metal man called the Pope began to pace anxiously. "It won't stop..."

Suddenly, as the Pope was pacing, her eyes seemed to catch something inadvertently, and then she froze and stopped where she was.

She saw Xiao Zuo still lying on Charles' shoulder.

"The Other World! Look out! Henry!"

The Pope quickly leaned over, grabbed Henry's collar and threw him behind her. She raised her right hand, and the red arm armor began to burn and melt. The boiling molten iron condensed into a huge curved blade in her right hand.

Even though he was almost fifty meters away, Charles could still feel the heat wave coming towards him - the colored glass closest to the curved blade was already showing signs of melting!

The undisguised murderous intent made Xiao Zuo on Charles' shoulder stand up suddenly. It bent its hands and looked vigilantly at the terrifying iron man in front of it, as if as long as the man made any unusual movement, it would grab Charles and run away.

Charles didn't make any move. Any ordinary person could see that the Pope's spirit was in danger.

With this kind of mental state, you could say she's completely crazy.

Tara and Percy, who had been standing behind Charles, stepped forward after seeing this scene, blocking Charles on the left and right, while other believers of the Holy Advent sect also formed a formation on the side, completely surrounding Charles in the center.

But at this moment, the heat wave that distorted the air slowly subsided, and the curved blade on the Pope's arm deformed again, returning to the original iron arm armor, and even the initial alert posture disappeared.

Only the burnt long sleeve on her right hand side proved what had just happened.

"Who are they? Henry."

A normal woman's voice came from inside the armor, completely devoid of the metallic noise just now.

"That Excellency's name is Charles, Your Holiness."

Henry then stood up, walked forward slowly, and said with his head down, "She is a powerful person who studies the other world. I think maybe we can reach a cooperation with her..."

Henry was not praising Charles when he used the word "powerful". Being able to summon the gate to the other world at will was not an exaggeration no matter what lofty words were used to describe him.

"The other world?"

The Pope looked at the left hand on Ciel's shoulder.

When her eyes fell on Xiao Zuo, the metal on her face seemed to be activated and twisted, and it seemed that her mental state was becoming unstable again.

But the Pope didn't seem to care. She just walked slowly towards Charles and finally stopped less than five meters away from Charles.

"What cooperation?"

A calm voice rang out from beneath the iron mask, surprisingly calm.

"Lord Ciel wants to see the node of the other world. In exchange, she can go deep into the node and bring us some information the next time she explores the other world."

Henry quickly followed and told the Pope about the cooperation behind him, but Henry was extremely nervous and looked in Charles' direction from time to time.

In fact, Charles did not explicitly agree to cooperate, and Henry knew this, but Charles did not seem to want to refute Henry's words, which made Henry feel a lot more at ease.

"Can you show me your right hand?"

The Pope did not continue to ask about the details of the cooperation. Instead, he looked at Charles and asked directly.

"You are too rude to Lord Ciel, Pope of the God of Order..."

Tara spoke slowly.

Charles slowly raised his hand and placed it on Tara's shoulder, signaling her not to continue defending herself.

Feeling Charles' hand, Tara shut up and didn't say anything else.

Want to see my right hand?

As soon as the Pope opened her mouth, Charles basically knew what she wanted to do.

Ciel's right hand bore traces of being eroded by the Other World—only those who had been eroded by the Other World could detect it.

People like Avina and Nia could vaguely see some shadows.

Charles stepped forward, came in front of the Pope, looked up at the iron mask, and raised his right hand.

"Terrible energy..."

The Pope looked at the tentacles wriggling out of the crack in Charles' right hand and muttered to himself in disbelief, "How does it maintain its spirit? This is incredible..."

The tense atmosphere just now seemed to have turned directly into a patient exchange meeting, and the tense atmosphere just now dissipated a lot.

After a long moment, the Pope's gaze finally shifted from Charles's right hand to his eyes. He then spoke slowly, "Before we discuss cooperation, I would like to understand one thing first... Your Excellency."

"what's up."

Ciel withdrew his right hand and asked calmly.

"What is your purpose in exploring the other world?"

The Pope spoke, asking directly.

"Retrieve your strength and make some friends."

Ciel didn't hesitate and replied directly.

Using the power of the other world to regain "uniqueness" to make the pocket watch more complete is one of the few useful points of the other world for Charles.

As for making some friends...it wasn't a lie. At least she got to know Xiao Zuo and An Chong, and she had a little network of connections in the other world.

"Recovering strength..."

The Pope nodded slowly and said, "Your Excellency, would you like to see the node in the other world?"

She seemed to agree with what Charles said.

Because the purpose of the Church of the God of Order's exploration of the other world is also to regain power, and they have indeed regained some - such as level 3 and 4 potions, and methods to create artificial godhood.

"plz follow me."

The Pope didn't say anything extra. He just walked towards a certain part of the room, opened a secret door, and walked down along the stairs leading to the secret door.

Ciel followed, and the others followed closely behind Ciel to ensure Ciel's safety.

Walking down the spiral staircase, the closer she got, the more Charles felt a familiar breath - this breath was not only felt by Charles, but also by Xiao Zuo on her shoulder.

The spiral staircase goes down floor by floor, and the temperature becomes colder the further down you go. Although the Pope was originally on the top floor, the floor he is now on is probably no longer on the ground, but at least 2 to 3 floors underground, and he hasn't even seen the bottom yet.

In addition to the oil lamp, there is also a scarlet light source at the bottom, and the further down you go, the brighter the light becomes, to the point that no other lights are needed.

It wasn't until they reached the fourth floor underground that someone finally couldn't bear it anymore.

A "Glowing Bishop" stopped and said tremblingly: "Archbishop Tara, I... my potion is showing signs of getting out of control. I can't go on..."

"You stay here."

Tara frowned slightly and told him not to follow her anymore.

However, in Tara's eyes, the other party's faith was not pure enough, and he could not overcome this difficulty, so he was destined not to become someone who followed the Mother Goddess.

But as the floors continued to descend, fewer and fewer people caught up, and even Percy had stopped.

It wasn't that she didn't want to go on, but she was really starting to show symptoms of the potion getting out of control.

In the end, only Pope, Charles, Tara and Henry were left at the bottom.

Not until he stepped onto the bottom layer of stone bricks did Charles look towards the scarlet light source.

It was a broken shield floating quietly in the air. Under the scarlet light, its original color could no longer be distinguished. Blood threads connected the shield fragments, and in the center of these blood threads and fragments, a blood-colored vortex was swirling in the center, as if it would never stop.

This is... a blood formation, and the gate to the other world.

Ciel had seen this scene countless times, very similar to the [Spiritual Summoning], but she had never seen a blood formation last for such a long time...

According to Henry, this node in the other world has existed for at least 741 years since the end of the Holy War Era.

You know, Charles relies on his own blood and the sacrificed extraordinary materials and flesh and blood to maintain the blood formation... What on earth can keep this blood formation open for hundreds of years?

What could have such enormous energy?

Charles glanced at the shield again, memorizing all the patterns and bloodline paths on it in his mind so that he could reproduce them at any time.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

Xiao Zuo on Charles' shoulder suddenly jumped down and directly jumped into the blood-colored vortex, entering the other world. Soon, Xiao Zuo jumped out of it. At the same time, Charles saw that it seemed to be holding something.

A tarnished quill with a dark blue feather.

Xiao Zuo held the feather pen between two fingers and held it in front of Charles as if presenting a treasure.

Is this... the touch of fate's betrayal that I abandoned in the other world, having lost the blessing of "uniqueness"?

The quill that had brought him such great trouble?

It's still in the other world and there's no damage at all?

Perhaps because it had been in the other world for too long, the feather pen was also stained with the aura of the other world, and the blood-colored marks on it became more and more distorted, and just looking at it seemed to be affected.

Ciel had no doubt that anything written with this quill would carry the scent and contamination of the other world.

Charles bent down, took the feather pen from Xiao Zuo's hand, and gently patted the back of Xiao Zuo's hand.

After receiving the praise, Xiao Zuo waved his fingers and turned around excitedly.

The others obviously noticed this scene, especially the Pope. At this moment, her eyes were fixed on Charles, and she did not look away even though the armor on her face seemed to be melting and dripping into molten iron.

The shock in the hearts of both she and Henry was beyond words.

For Charles, taking something from the other world was as easy as eating and drinking... This had a severe impact on their worldview, especially the Pope's, and it felt like their worldview was about to collapse.

She even began to doubt herself.

What have they been working so hard for all these years?

But soon, the Pope came to his senses.

She would try her best to make this powerful man agree to cooperate with the Church of the God of Order.

at all costs.

PS1:

Sorry!!!

What a jerk! I didn't expect that the closer it gets to the Chinese New Year, the less I want to write. I'm clearly not going home this year and plan to stay in the rental house to write.

Tomorrow, tomorrow must be above 6K, otherwise it will be auspicious!

Stop being a small fry! Tomorrow’s me!!!

good afternoon!!!