Chapter 262 Shock When Hugues Artois saw the long-handled fork shining with silver light stabbing towards him, his first reaction was surprise and confusion. He couldn't believe that someone would assassinate him, a congressman, in such a situation and with so much protection. And the assassin's strength doesn't seem to be particularly strong. Although he was a retired veteran, he had left the army for five or six years and entered politics. He was not familiar with fighting, and when the two sides were only one step away from each other, he was unable to dodge effectively. Not to mention him, even if it was a Sequence 9 or even Sequence 8 Beyonder, if the assassin "sneaked" up to him and unleashed a "full-strength attack", he would most likely not be able to dodge it. He could only rely on his own abilities to avoid vital points or reduce the damage to avoid instant death. Of course, some Sequence 8 or Sequence 9 Beyonders can sense danger or hostility in advance and will not let the assassin get close enough to launch an attack. In a split second, Hugues Artois, with intense fear, looked at the red-haired Cassandra, the three official Beyonders, and his subordinates Rhone, Margaret, and Baudois. But what he saw was Cassandra, whose body and vision were blocked by the half-blood Imre, with only a little red hair showing; the official Beyonders Imre and Antoine who looked at him with calm and indifferent eyes; Valentine who reacted immediately but seemed to be struggling to control himself; and Rhone, Margaret and Baudois who wanted to use their Beyonders to save people but did not dare to expose the gift of the evil god. At this moment, an extremely strong feeling of despair surged in Hugues Artois' heart. Please save me! Help me! With a "puff", the long-handled silver fork pierced deeply into Hugues Artois's right eye, and was pushed by Janna's full strength, piercing the eye socket and penetrating the brain as a whole, leaving only a small part of the handle outside.
Hugues Artois's thoughts suddenly became blurry. He wanted to reach out and grab something, but he couldn't even lift his arms. I haven’t become president yet… I haven’t welcomed the advent of the great beings yet… I haven’t received the gift of divinity… I can’t just die like this… Being killed by an assassin with not that strong a power… I, I don’t want to die… A series of thoughts flashed through Hugues Artois’s mind and the sound of gunfire rang in his ears. His body slumped to the ground and his vision returned to darkness. With a thud, Hugues Artois, the congressman from the Honourable Man Market district, fell to the ground and his heart stopped beating. In the light coming from the direction of the chaotic street, Janna, with her eyes closed and a smile on her face, was shot once each by the nearby Seventh Bureau agents. One bullet hit her in the shoulder and one hit her in the ribs on the other side. The pain made her expression change instinctively, and her body subconsciously shrank in the opposite direction, as if she was about to curl up into a ball. She opened her eyes and saw Rona and other evil god believers staring at her with great hatred and panic, but they did not take any action. The next second, a golden pistol with a magazine was pressed against Janna's head. The mixed-race Imre looked around and said: "I have already controlled the assassin. Please see if Mr. Congressman can be saved. Maintain order at the scene and do not let anyone leave for the time being." He showed an intention to take Janna back to St. Robert's Church or to the scene to inquire about the reasons for the assassination and the mastermind behind it, so as to prevent Cassandra and others from venting their anger. ………… As the "Shadow Tree" sank, a blazing light shone from it, and the streets that were separated in different places returned to their original state, but they were still in that wilderness. Lumian had noticed that Susanna Mathis seemed unable to arouse his various desires from a distance as before, so he turned around and planned to deal with Charlotte first. The red flames on his body burned fiercely, charring his clothes and causing varying degrees of burns on his skin and flesh, causing continuous pain. This stimulated his brain, allowing him to maintain a certain degree of clarity while also using the "mendicant's" endurance to maintain thinking and action rather than just focusing on fighting the pain. Even for an arsonist, such burning can cause harm, and over time it can become more severe, until it endangers life. Of course, long before this, Lumian's spirit would have been unable to bear the burden and he could only let the flame die out on its own.
If he did not have the gift of the "Mendicant Monk", after the battle inside the "Shadow Tree" and the self-burning consumption just now, his spiritual power should have been a bit tight now. Seeing Lumian turning around and seeing "Red Boots" Franka holding a brass classical revolver and stepping on a layer of frost condensed on the ground, rushing towards this side in a gliding and flying posture, Charlotte gave up the idea of a sneak attack and prepared to return to the "Shadow Tree" to use the environment there and the improvement of some of her own abilities to deal with the enemy. Her body instantly became soft, as if some mucus was secreted. She "performed" like a snake, taking advantage of the environment full of vines and branches to quickly return to the giant brown-green tree. At this moment, Charlotte's body froze. She felt like she was facing a giant dragon, a hunter at the top of the food chain. She couldn't help but feel fear and tremble instinctively, and became extremely panicked. She ran around her current location in a chaotic manner, as if she was fleeing from an invisible enemy. Not far from her, on the vines and branches that hung the people in the Golden Rooster Hotel, the intelligence dealer Anthony Reid walked out from behind the iron-black gas lamppost. His dark brown eyes had turned light gold at some point and stood up. He is a Psychiatrist, a Sequence 7 Psychiatrist of the Audience pathway. The one I used just now was "Shock"! In very ancient times, this was also called "Dragon Power"! The brown-green vines and branches around Anthony Reed, which were controlled by Susanna rather than driven by the Shadow Tree, were also frightened and fled from him one after another. Seeing Charlotte losing her mind and falling into confusion, unable to dodge Lumian's attack, Susanna, who was desperately trying to absorb energy, narrowed her eyes and cursed with anger: "You will all die. You will all die today!" Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh! On the Shadow Tree, new trunks that did not belong to the main body were thrown at Lumian like javelins, trying to pierce his body and impale him in the wilderness. Apart from using the ability of "Fallen Dryad", Susanna Mathis has not yet recovered to the level of affecting targets dozens or even hundreds of meters away. Lumian had anticipated this and rolled into the area where Charlotte was running in chaotic circles. With a thumping sound, the tree trunks were thrust into the ground not far from him, like hammers hitting the wilderness. Lumian stood up, with red flames in his eyes, and opened his arms slightly, laughing loudly: "Come on, kill me!" If Susannah covered the area with saturation attacks again, he might still be able to dodge, but Charlotte, who was in chaos, would surely die! As he shouted, a group of semi-illusory red fire crows once again condensed behind Lumian. They circled and drew several trajectories, locking onto Charlotte Calvino. The branches and vines on the ground surged up madly, quickly wrapping around Charlotte and protecting her. Rumbling sounds rang out one after another, and the red fire crows fell on Charlotte, breaking the branches, igniting the vines, and peeling off the outer shell of this "actor" layer by layer. boom! Franka, who had shortened the distance greatly, cooperated well and raised her right hand and pulled the trigger. An iron-black bullet flew out from the classically shaped brass revolver and, with the help of the gap opened by the Fire Crows, accurately hit Charlotte's head. The charming, pure and delicate face was instantly shattered into pieces, and organs such as the eyes, nose and mouth were splashed everywhere with red or white liquid. The corpse, with only the mutilated head left, ran a few more steps in confusion before finally falling to the ground. "Go to hell!" Susanna roared. As these words came, brown branches, green vines, thick trunks, light-colored flowers and other things in various forms came rushing towards Lumian, Franca and Anthony.
Although the scene was extremely frightening, Lumian did not have a premonition of danger. Since Susanna Mathis has not yet recovered to a certain level, this attack that consumes a huge amount of spiritual energy seems to be superficial. Lumian started running again, with red flames burning his flesh and blood, and rushed into the scene that looked like a primeval forest. Vines were set on fire, flowers were burned, branches were blackened, and limbs were shunned, but none of them could stop the enemy from approaching the "Shadow Tree". Suddenly, these things shrank back, taking the suspended humans with them back to the "Shadow Tree". Susanna has figured it out. There is no need to waste energy on venting her anger. It would be better to wait for the three prey to close the distance on their own and enter the range where desire can take effect, and then use her best ability to deal with them. She was very unwilling to accept her current weakness, which was one of the reasons why she did not recite the spell to seek help at the beginning: Before pulling the sacrifice into the "Shadow Tree", the Son of God dared not appear in Trier. After that, on the one hand, she was confident, but on the other hand, she had to push the sacrifice to a certain degree and obtain the protection of that ritual before she could rely on the combination with the "Shadow Tree" to face the Son of God directly. That Son of God was extremely crazy, and would never restrain the pollution he might bring for the sake of his subordinates. The "Lady of the Moon" only promised to intercept potential saboteurs for a period of time, and Susanna did not dare to let believers of other gods enter the "Shadow Tree". Lumian ran through the suddenly empty wilderness and the slightly dilapidated streets towards the giant brown-green tree. Franca and Anthony each chose an entry point and followed behind from different directions. Those vendors, pedestrians and tenants who were lucky enough not to be hung up by branches and vines took this opportunity to escape to the surrounding areas of the wilderness and to the edges. (End of this chapter)