Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 753 Anna Sprengel

Originally, Pilotti Manor was considered a mansion even in Leipzig, where every inch of land is valuable.

Perhaps it was precisely because of his status that he had a closer relationship with the Count of Leipzig and therefore received more land.

Its level of luxury is no less than that of Earl Dawn's manor.

And now... it has completely turned into ruins.

The power of the explosion far exceeded the limit that a fourth-level transcendent could reach - the sound was enough to shake the heaven and earth, and even made the entire city of Leipzig "shake" in a physical sense.

The explosion in the city center woke up the residents on the outskirts of Leipzig instantly. Looking out of the window, they could see the black-red mushroom cloud rising slowly in the city center. If they woke up earlier, they could also see the rapidly shrinking bloody rain and the gradually brightening dawn sky.

"What's wrong? What's going on? Are the Avalonians attacking?"

"Fuck, which alchemist's workshop exploded?"

Those who didn't know the truth had just woken up from their sleep and their sleepiness had already dissipated. Their hearts were beating wildly, half anxious and half frightened. In order to vent their inner fear, they cursed and speculated.

However, those who knew part of the truth frowned even more tightly.

In the city of Leipzig, some members of the Rosicrucian speculated: "Earl Dawn had just passed away, and an explosion of this magnitude occurred. Was this to kill the winter demon in his body?"

Those who knew more were even more frightened: "That's the direction of Pilotti Manor... How come Earl Dawn just died and the Red Prime Minister's son got into trouble again?!"

On this basis, those who knew more - for example, the Moon Children who knew that the Red Phase had strong hostility towards Count Dawn, and the high-level demonologists who knew that this vision was the advent of the Night Demon, were now restless and sweating profusely: "What's going on? The Society and the Red Phase finally started a fight?"

——The civil war has begun?

It’s no wonder they think so.

Count Dawn, who has the Winter Demon hidden in his body, is an extremely deadly time bomb for the Moon Child. Although he has always maintained a relatively peaceful attitude with the Moon Child... However, that kind of peace is not weakness.

Rather, it is an oppressive forced "equality" - maintaining a peace dominated by the Son of the Moon without giving up one's own interests or changing one's position.

The extraordinary people of the Path of Love were inherently sentimental and extreme. Earl Dawn thought he had given them enough face, but with the constant pressure, such a close distance became a provocation and oppression, constantly provoking the sensitive nerves of the Son of the Moon.

Not long ago, Hong Xiang finally emphasized the "non-alliance neutral attitude" towards Earl Dawn at the internal meeting of the Moon Son. In simple terms, if someone attacks, assassinates, or frames Earl Dawn, then the Moon Son should not intervene.

Compared with the alliance relationship that had been stable for decades, this change in the relationship was enough to prove that the attitude of the upper-level Moon Sons towards Earl Dawn had completely deteriorated - after all, for the Moon Sons who valued decency, it was not convenient for them to directly turn their attitude 180 degrees.

That would be embarrassing... and some of the overtures that had already been made would be too late to stop. If they were forced to stop, it would be easy to escalate the situation and leak information outside the Moon Child circle.

And tonight, Lord Dawn had died quietly—the Winter Devil who could have slaughtered an entire city of Moonchildren had made no move at all.

This means that the person who kills Earl Dawn must be able to quickly kill a fifth-level demon incarnation, and then quickly deal with the winter demon, so as not to let it leak out.

Looking at the entire planet...there is actually only one person who has the motivation and the ability to do this.

——That’s Hongxiang himself!

There is no one else!

But Earl Dawn had just died, not even one night later... Hong Xiang's son suddenly exploded!
Everyone knows that Lady Pilotti was awarded a title by the Red Prime Minister. She was once the Red Prime Minister's blood slave and one of the more favored ones. After she became pregnant, the Red Prime Minister asked Valentine VII to give her a title so that his future child would not be illegitimate.

For the Black and Red Twins, who were all-powerful and in fact the supreme guardian of the Star Antimony, there was no need to even ask the king for his opinion on such a small matter.

Red Phase has many children at the level of Moonchild... but not many of them are blood-related.

Because the act of "giving birth" itself belongs to the path of love, that is to say, giving birth takes away more impulses of the path, which is a significant weakening of the power of Hong Xiang who has always been determined to impact the sixth energy level. Therefore, he has actually been strictly controlling the number of his offspring... For hundreds of years, he has only five children, and only one has inherited his surname.

The youngest of them, and the one most favored by the prime minister in recent times, is his youngest son, Alphonse von Pilotti.

As a characteristic of those who are superior in the path of love, their feelings are mixed together. Therefore, Alphonse can also be considered his father's lover.

——Killing him with an explosion of this magnitude is undoubtedly a provocation. Because there is no need for someone who can kill him to make such a big fuss...

He was just a fourth-level extraordinary person. He was considered a strong person in other places, but he was nothing in Leipzig. Not to mention, Alphonse had been transformed for less than five years, and even if you count his lifespan as a human, he was only in his early twenties.

The Son of the Moon is so young, and has no combat experience... Without considering life-saving equipment, even a third-level extraordinary being can kill him.

Demonologists who have more profound knowledge of demons are even more convinced of this.

Because they knew that the blood rain in the sky at this moment was the characteristic of the Night Devil.

And it just so happens...

In the Rosicrucian Society, there is a powerful man whose demon incarnation is the Night Demon!
"... Was it Miss Sprengel who did it? I really miss her..."

At this moment, a dignified, white-haired old man in the Leipzig police station murmured in a low voice: "Is this... the association's revenge on Hong Xiang?"

"…Ms. Sprengel?"

Opposite him, Inspector Weiner, who was yawning and packing documents, asked in confusion: "I don't think I've ever heard of this person you're talking about... Who is this person?"

Inspector Weiner, who had stayed up all night dealing with the White Dove Opera House incident, now looked exhausted.

It was for this reason that his old boss kept him by his side.

With all the other colleagues heading to the Pilotti estate, there were only two of them left in the office.

The sign in front of the old man's desk had his name written on it:

Frank Schumacher, First Inspector. The old man is the highest-ranking policeman in Leipzig.

He and Weiner were both police inspectors… Although he was only two levels higher than his third-level police inspector, he was actually an old policeman with forty years of experience. If he hadn't offended the nobles above, he would have been promoted to police inspector long ago with his qualifications.

But Inspector Weiner knew that old Frank had another identity - he was a secret gang member, just like himself.

They all joined the Rosicrucian Order... Old Frank was his guide.

It is precisely because of this relationship that these two policemen, who are separated by more than 40 years and can almost be said to be grandparents and grandchildren, are so close.

In Xingti, there are all kinds of secret societies. Each society has its own taboos and scope of involvement. Relying on the internal relationships of the society, they will enthusiastically share various social resources with each other. This is one after another exclusive small circle. They are theoretically illegal, but there is a saying that goes - it is not illegal if it is not discovered.

But if a secret society can be discovered, can it still be considered “secret”?

In a broad sense, whether it is the gatherings that the Red Prime Minister often holds in the "Red Castle" or the "closed-door academic conferences" of the Royal Alchemy Association, they can all be considered a kind of association. Although they are all extraordinary people of Star Antimony, before they belong to Star Antimony, they first belong to their own association.

Among the many associations, the Rosicrucian Society is one of the most prestigious and highest-level ones.

"Ms. Anna Sprengel... She is one of the strongest in Star Antimony."

Inspector Frank leaned back and spoke slowly, "But strictly speaking, she is not a Star. She is a real Imperial."

"……what?"

Inspector Weiner was surprised: "She is an elf?"

"Almost... She is a half-elf with three-quarters blood. But what allowed her to live so long was not her bloodline, but her strength."

The vigorous white-haired old man stood up with some nostalgia and pushed open the window: "I had the honor of meeting her once when I was a child. In terms of qualifications, she is considered the founder of the Rosicrucian Church. It is said that she is a descendant of Fontanelle, and there is a night demon hidden in her body -

"As you know, one of the characteristics of the Night Demon's appearance is the sudden arrival of night and bloody rain, and the water source will briefly turn into blood. Although the sky is clear now, it seems that the heavy rain just now was just an illusion, but..."

He sniffed the air gently and snorted softly: "The smell of blood is too obvious."

"This means that the Night Demon only appeared for a brief moment."

Inspector Weiner said immediately: "Or rather, her power was only revealed for a brief moment... Hey, wait? During the Imperial Period..."

At this moment, Inspector Weiner suddenly recalled the key knowledge.

He looked surprised: "But... wasn't the system used by demonologists to suppress demons in the body developed by us Xingtan people?"

He remembered that Jean de Fontanelle, the world's earliest demonologist, had developed this profession, but he had no ability to suppress the incarnation of the devil.

His final outcome was that he became a demon.

Just like "Is there any relationship between the transformed Moon Child and his predecessor?", "Is there any relationship between the demon incarnation and the demonologist himself?" is also a philosophical question.

It's just that the former's theories are generally believed to be related by the philosophical community due to the strong sponsorship and assassination of the Son of the Moon; while demonologists believe that the devil incarnation is another soul that has nothing to do with himself and is a real "devil".

It was under the impetus of this kind of thinking that the Xingti talents developed a new era of technology that borrowed the necromancy and preservation techniques of the Twilight Path to suppress the demons in the body.

"Who knows? I don't know how Miss Sprengel survived... but she did live to this day, and she still looks as young, beautiful and passionate as a girl."

Inspector Frank looked at the gradually dissipating mushroom cloud with a complicated expression: "I once had the honor of seeing her in action. At that time, she used some method to summon this 'dark cloud like evil fire.'

"—from the bodies of our enemies."

And at this moment.

In the dilapidated Pilotti Manor, Aleister slowly opened his eyes.

The Night Demon was hugging her tightly, gradually folding his shadow-like black-gray wings. Then, the stone statue of a girl with tears of blood came over and gently kissed Aleister's cheek with her lips as cold as jade.

Then, the Night Devil once again transformed back into a crow in a flash of dark red lightning.

Aleister was not panicked at all - because Aleister could sense the Night Devil's condition at all times.

But Night Devil was in very good condition at this time. In other words... this spectacular explosion did not break her shield at all.

She hugged the little crow and praised, "You're amazing, Venis... An explosion of this magnitude can't hurt you at all."

"……Do not."

On the contrary, Vignes himself rejected Aleister's compliment with mixed feelings: "This has nothing to do with me... or rather, it is inevitable that I blocked this attack, there can be no accidents."

"Ok?"

Aleister was a little surprised: "Why?"

"——Because this is a skill of the Night Demon series."

Vinnies replied: "I can do this in theory.

"However, this move must be planted in the opponent's soul in advance... and the opponent must wear the corresponding 'curse trigger' to trigger it. In other words..."

"This is a 'ritual spell' that is only effective against friendly forces, right?"

She was only halfway through her sentence when Aleister understood.

Such a complex ability is obviously not suitable for use in combat. Basically, it can only be used in case of betrayal.

And because its damage is entirely cursed, it is impossible to break the Night Demon's defense...

Hearing this, Night Devil became anxious: "I will never use such power on you--"

"——Of course, of course, I know."

Aleister interrupted quickly, and quickly touched the crow to comfort it.

Fortunately, the Mirror Demon seemed to be scared away by the sudden explosion, otherwise it might suddenly jump out and taunt you...

That would be bad.

Aleister was very worried that it would be beaten to death by the enraged night demon.

——This is the night demon that once had the mark of rage!

(End of this chapter)