Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 165 Snow White's Evil Stepmother

North District, St. Samuel's Church.

Audrey stood at the window, looking into the distance anxiously.

She saw the fog in the sky gradually thickening, the light yellow turned into iron black, and slowly spread towards her direction.

"Hopefully it's not too late."

Audrey pursed her lips slightly, not knowing what the mist meant, but she knew it was definitely not a good thing.

Suddenly, she noticed that the branches outside the window began to shake and the glass vibrated slightly.

"The wind is coming!"

Audrey felt inexplicably happy.

A terrifying storm visible to the naked eye suddenly emerged from the Holy Wind Cathedral in the Joewood District, and then blew up an unimaginable hurricane towards the east.

Woo!
The accumulated mist was blown away, and the rich yellow and iron black quickly faded.

Woo!
Dry branches fell to the ground, and dust and soil rose into the air, disappearing with the mist.

Woo!
Many pedestrians' hats left their heads and their bodies swayed so much that they had to hold on to trees or walls.

The sailors in the dock area seemed to have returned to the port city and were witnessing a typhoon. The smoke in the East District and the factory area became lighter, and the minor discomfort of the healthy people was alleviated.

Boom boom boom!

Lightning leaps and thunder explodes.

They soon subsided, and the pouring rain began to cleanse the earth, cleansing the diseases and plagues brought by the Witch of Despair.

"call!"

Audrey couldn't help but let out a long sigh when she saw this scene. Her mood became a little better. She asked hesitantly, "Yu Jin, that Ms. Bernadette, is she the descendant of Emperor Roselle?"

It was hard not to associate Gustav's last name with something. But what Audrey cared about most was whether the lady who made her pray could catch the murderer and the witches who planned to bring down the 'Original Witch'.

"Ah."

Yu Jin looked at the dark clouds in the sky and nodded slightly, "She is Roselle's youngest daughter, an angel."

"Angel?"

Audrey's eyes moved slightly, showing some surprise and some joy.

If so, then there is definitely no problem.

After all, she is an angel!
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"Mysterious Queen?"

Lady Despair looked at the lady with long straight chestnut hair who was blocking her way. Her dark eyebrows slightly frowned but after a moment they raised again. The corners of her mouth slightly raised, revealing a charming smile. She said comfortably, "You just happened to pass by here too?"

"Passing by?"

Bernadette's sapphire-like eyes stared at her calmly and said softly, "No, I came to see you."

"That's it~"

Lady Despair chuckled, and as she spoke, a sharp, crystal-clear ice spear suddenly condensed in her palm, and she threw it at Bernadette. Taking advantage of this opportunity, she quickly fled to the alley behind!
She believed that her whereabouts were secretive and she had made arrangements beforehand, so she was not worried about being blocked by Backlund's demigods in the short term. However, she did not expect that she would be blocked by Bernadette, an outsider!
She couldn't understand why the other party found her so quickly, and she didn't know why the other party was meddling in her affairs. But as a Sequence 4 Witch of Despair, who had grown from an assassin step by step, she knew that she couldn't be distracted or talk nonsense at critical moments, and it wouldn't be too late to consider all the problems later.

Bernadette is the mysterious queen of one of the four pirate kings, and also the descendant of Roselle Gustav. She is also a well-known figure in the major secret organizations. In addition, the "mission" carried out by Lady Despair is also related to her, so she has a certain understanding of her abilities.

The other party is a Sequence 3 of the Mystery Peer Path. Although she is one sequence higher than me, she is not very good at fighting. Because the Sequence 3 of the Mystery Peer Path is a master of prophecy. It is impossible for her to stop me with just the "Mysterious Reappearance" she possesses.

But Bernadette's father was once the Great Emperor Roselle, and the legacy and background he inherited were unknown to Lady Despair. Moreover, this was Backlund, and if she wasted too much time, it would be even more difficult for her to escape once the demigods of the three major churches arrived.

So, she chose to attack directly and take the opportunity to escape!
"Crack!"

Wherever the ice spear passed, white frost condensed and the world was frozen.

The pea vines hanging from the sky quickly froze and turned into icicles glowing green! And all of this continued to spread, layers of crystals continued to extend towards Bernadette, freezing everything around.

She had to break through the obstacles with great difficulty to have enough energy to catch up. By that time, she must have already left the street and blended into the crowd!
Ms. Despair was in a good mood and thought about it, with a bright, beautiful and sweet smile on her lips.

However, the next second, her smile completely froze on her face.

Because at some point, Bernadette, who was supposed to be frozen by layers of crystals, appeared in front of her again, blocking her way!

The desperate lady's eyes focused, and black flames suddenly rose from her body, spreading the disease, and she intended to ignite everything around her, creating a large-scale fire.

But the next moment, she heard the mysterious and difficult spell uttered from the mysterious queen's mouth:

"Cage!"

In an instant, the bright starlight surrounding the mysterious queen flew away one after another, turning into a large net that seemed to be able to suffocate people and pounced on the desperate lady. The starlight condensed instantly, creating a huge transparent amber, completely wrapping her up like an exquisite specimen.

At that moment, some changes finally appeared on Ms. Despair's face. There was a trace of astonishment and fear on her beautiful face, and she finally realized what kind of existence she was fighting against.

It was no longer her, but Him, an angel!
Bernadette's eyes remained calm. She slowly withdrew her gaze from the Lady of Despair and looked up at the distant sky.

"The wind is coming."

She whispered softly.

The next moment, a sky full of pea vines appeared out of thin air. They were blown to pieces by the wind and collided with each other. They quickly hung down from the sky, wrapping around the Lady of Despair who was sealed into a specimen in amber. After a brief stay, they suddenly retracted and returned to the sky, disappearing from everyone's sight.

Also disappearing from everyone else's sight was a lady wearing a girlish yellow cake skirt and an old-fashioned black soft hat.

Strong winds blew away the fog that spread the disease, and heavy rains washed away the remaining plague from the ground.

But for those who had already fallen in the mist, the Storm Church was powerless to do anything.

Although a large number of extraordinary people rushed to the East District at the first time, and although the cathedrals in the East District provided assistance at the first time, in the East District, in the dock area, and in the factory area, those who were old or had hidden illnesses fell one after another in the fog like felled trees, and those who came into contact with them were infected with the plague and died quickly. Adults and children who were still in good health also felt slightly unwell.

In their eyes, the light yellow and iron black mist looked like the coming of the 'god of death'.

And they can do nothing for those who are taken away by death.

The survivors looked at the people who fell down in the fog on the street, their eyes full of sadness.

And there are more people who have been infected by the man-made plague and are coughing violently.

"Cough cough!"

"Cough cough cough cough cough -"

The coughs were getting louder and louder, and more and more, spreading rapidly like a plague. Before long, the whole street and the whole area were filled with coughs.

The expressions of the first group of extraordinary people who came to the rescue changed drastically, and they immediately realized that something was wrong, but when they were about to take action.

The next second, I discovered that these people who were coughing were the ones who had already collapsed in the smog.

They had long been presumed to have died of the plague, but now they all began to cough violently, and the look on their faces made people worry that they would cough out their lungs.

"Cough, cough, cough~" Old Kohler coughed in pain, and felt something in his throat being spit out like a bullet. He struggled to get up from the ground, and did not forget to pick up the paper bag containing the retreat, which he prepared for the New Year, and he couldn't just throw it away.

"I'm not dead?"

Old Kohler thought in disbelief that the coughing almost killed him, and he felt that even his internal organs were coughed out. But after the coughing, he felt a sense of relief, his waist and legs were no longer sore, but fortunately his heart was still beating.

Old Kohler suddenly changed color, as if he remembered something, and exclaimed:
"Oh, my cigarette!"

He searched the ground in a hurry and finally found the wrinkled cigarette that was broken into two pieces with the tobacco exposed. But at the moment he picked up the cigarette, he saw that there seemed to be an apple on the ground, a black and rotten apple that had already rotted.

Old Kohler was stunned for a moment, and he finally remembered that what he had just coughed out was this piece of apple!

But he remembered that the last time he ate an apple was several years ago...
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"Mom, Mom, how do you feel?"

Freya spit out the apple and got up from the ground, and hurriedly helped Liv up.

"I, I'm fine..."

Liv looked at the two apples that were spit out and quickly rotting on the ground, and was somewhat confused and unsure of what had just happened.

They supported each other and walked out of the apartment. They saw the streets full of people who had just woken up. There were complex emotions of fear and confusion on their faces. The ground was littered with rotten apples, which were stuck to the ground like scars.

But soon, the torrential rain washed the poisonous apples into the sewer, and they were never seen again.

"Daisy!"

Liv looked at her confused daughter, suddenly exclaimed, and ran towards the public school. Freya followed behind her. The two thin women burst out with amazing endurance and speed, and they ran all the way to the public elementary school on the edge of the East District.

From a distance, they saw a small, thin figure rushing out of the church next to the school. It was Daisy.

She is Liv's daughter and Freya's sister.

"Daisy!"

"Mom! Freya!"

They ran towards each other and hugged each other tightly in the street and in the heavy rain, with gratitude for surviving the disaster and joy of reunion.

Although I don't know what happened, at least they are still alive.
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Relying on the magical item he obtained from Yu Jin, the copper-green mottled cross, Klein was lucky enough to fight back and forth with Mr. A. But even so, he did not dare to fight for a long time, because the side effects of this cross were too great -

As long as he held it for more than an hour, his sequence would be reduced by at least one level, and the speed of this regression would become faster and faster. In less than three hours, he would completely become an ordinary person. When it came to the last resort, he would rather throw away the cross and run away.

But fortunately, the battle did not last a full hour after all.

Because just when the two were 'fighting' vigorously, all the colors in front of his eyes became rich, as if they were splashed with oil paint by the gods.

The feeling was fleeting, and Klein found himself far away from his original location. He saw Azik Eggers, with a bronze complexion and soft features, appear next to him.

"Mr. Azik, are you okay?" He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and at the same time threw the Dark Cross away like a hot potato.

Azik looked at Klein's actions in surprise, then smiled and said:

"Yes, but it's not a big problem for the undead."
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In a room under Saint Samuel's Cathedral, 'Dead Spirit Mentor' Daly Simone held a telegram just sent from the East District in her hand and reported with a serious expression:
"The smog brought with it a large number of diseases and plagues. Even though the Storm Church took timely action, the scope of the impact is still very large. At least 100,000 people were directly affected, and at least 200,000 residents were affected in the periphery!"

"Two hundred thousand people?"

Audrey closed her eyes reluctantly, not daring to think about how many lives this tragedy had taken.

"Miss Daly."

Yu Jian raised his head and asked slowly, "How many people are there in the church now?"

“There’s no one left.”

Daly shook her head. "Everyone has been sent out except my team."

Before leaving, Archbishop Saint Anthony had told the deacons to obey Yu Jin's orders. All the night watchmen in the church had been sent out, and Daly and her team stayed behind because they were also responsible for guarding the Chanis Gate.

Yu Jin was silent for a long time, then asked, "What is the death toll?"

“The statistics haven’t been collected yet.”

Daly whispered, "But the estimated direct death toll is at least over 100,000."

One hundred thousand people, even an ordinary small town may not have this population size!

"Deacon Daly, new telegram."

At this moment, the Night Watchman who received the telegram suddenly had a strange expression and handed a telegram to Daly.

Daly took the telegram, glanced at it solemnly, and then froze in place, staring blankly at the words on it:

"Estimated death toll: 0."

Dai Li couldn't help but ask: "Did you translate it correctly?"

"No."

The telegraph operator said firmly, "The telegram was sent twice, and this is the number!"

Audrey asked reluctantly, "What does it say?"

Daley glanced at her, his expression became as strange as the telegraph operator's, and said:

"The death toll is out. 0."

"0?"

Audrey exclaimed, "How is that possible?"

"Yeah, how is that possible?"

Daly frowned and said, "The telegram said that the person affected by the plague miraculously recovered and became completely healthy after spitting out a piece of the poisoned apple."

"Poison apple? Snow White?"

Audrey subconsciously made an association and was immediately delighted, knowing that someone had saved the people of the East District!
It was the Deep Blue High Priest who summoned the strong wind to dispel the smog and the heavy rain to wash away the plague, but he obviously did not have the Beyonder ability in this area. The Archbishops of the other two churches did not have it either. This was a strange High-Sequence Beyonder who took action.

The name of this high-sequence Beyonder is about to come out:
Bernadette Gustave!

Audrey looked up at Yu Jin in surprise, and Yu Jin nodded slightly, confirming the girl's guess.

Audrey smiled faintly, with a hint of reserved pride:
Although she did not take direct action and was only responsible for praying, she at least made some contribution.

To round it off, it was equivalent to her saving Backlund!
This makes Audrey much prouder than the Tarot Club stopping the evil god from coming or the Church of Night catching criminals!

What made Audrey happiest was that the death toll was zero.

This means that no one will lose their life in this disaster!

(End of this chapter)