Chapter 123: Battle of the Stigmata, Part
"Finally, a real confrontation has occurred." Medea looked at the chessboard in front of him.

On the chessboard, pigments were flying wildly, which meant that the owners of the stigmata had begun a real "fight".

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"Captain." Klein looked worriedly at the group of Night Watchmen lying dead in the lounge in front of him.

Led by the Sword of the Goddess, most of the Nighthawks went together to cause trouble for Lanevus.

And then... nothing happened, we were almost wiped out in one wave.

"The situation is very bad." Leonard said in a low voice.

"Not only is the spiritual damage severe, but also the extraordinary power contamination of the mind, the uncontrolled collapse of the potion... The captain and Lady Cecima will need a long time to recuperate."

“Lanevers, what exactly happened?” Klein looked at Leonard.

Leonard shook his head.

"I don't know either. When I arrived, there was only a pile of broken... er, weed debris left behind by the followers of the God of Immortality after their death."

"By the way, Klein, what exactly happened?"

"Here's what happened." Klein briefly recounted what had happened before.

It's very simple, without much conspiracy.

Klein told Dunn and Cecima about his failed divination on Lanevus, and Leonard continued to investigate the Immortal God Cult in Lower Street...

After thinking about it, Dunn asked Klein, the Steam Church, and the Storm Church to prevent the spread of the cult of the God of Immortality. He and Cecima and other Nighthawks went to investigate Lanevus.

"So that's how it is." Leonard nodded.

No problem, this fits the Nighthawks' way of thinking very well.

Lanevus was an ordinary peripheral believer of the Aurora Society, and he had also done many things in Tingen City, so the Nighthawks were naturally very cautious.

But the influence of the God of Immortality was too great. Lanevus appeared in Lower Street again, and he might know the news about the God of Immortality.

Naturally, the Nighthawks planned to find the trace of the cult of the God of Immortality through the clue of Lanevus.

Then the battle took place, and the present situation arose.

"This is what the scene looked like when I arrived," Leonard described the scene after he arrived.

After investigating for a while and finding no clues, he came back to find Dunn to report the situation, and then he ran into Dunn and his team by coincidence...

“This is really troublesome.” Klein’s eyes were dim.

"Maybe, but at least we know a clue. There is something seriously wrong with Lanevus."

"Yes." Klein nodded. He understood that this was one of the few good news.

"By the way, Klein, I plan to continue investigating the area around the lower part of Iron Cross Street." Leonard spoke about his actions casually.

Looking at the group of dead night watchmen, Klein said, "I will guard the gate tonight."

"Well, if there is an emergency, you can use those seals. By the way, the information on this part is in..." After completing the detailed instructions, Leonard said a few words and left the Blackthorn Security Company.

"You are going to find Lanevus." The old man's voice appeared in Leonard's mind.

"Of course." Leonard answered the old man as he walked.

"He's dangerous. I can't see through him."

"Oh?"

"According to the description between the sequences, Lanevus is at most Sequence 7. However, he almost killed a Beyonder with a combat capability at the level of a demigod, and he was also an elite Nighthawk. What do you think is his trump card?"

"The only one who can do this in Tingen City is Stigmata, and he is the owner of Stigmata." The old man replied.

"Old man, you are afraid of him."

"Oh, of course I am afraid."

The old man honestly admitted his fear.

"I wouldn't be surprised even if Lanevus suddenly sent down the true creator."

God descended. These two words made Leonard's already heavy heart even heavier.

"I regret not killing him earlier."

"..." After a while, Leonard arrived at the Golden Wutong District.

Looking at the luxurious apartment less than a hundred meters in front of him, Leonard walked inside.

The door opened automatically after Leonard arrived about ten meters away.

The lights came on and a red carpet invitation was extended to Leonard.

"Welcome, welcome." Amid the applause, Leonard saw Lanevus standing in the corridor on the second floor.

He was wearing an elegant black and white suit and holding a gentleman's cane. He looked like a noble from a wealthy family, and exuded the demeanor of a person from the upper class in Loen wherever he went.

"Lanevus." Leonard gritted his teeth and uttered this Loen word.

"Hello, Nighthawk." Lanevus walked down the stairs. He took out a bottle of Southwell red wine without any hostility and poured it into two glasses under Leonard's hostile gaze.

"Leonard, don't you want to try it?"

Lanevus had a smile on his face, without any of the madness of a cultist.

With a cold snort, Leonard took out the police certificate of Tingen City and got straight to the point.

"Laneverus, you and I..."

"Wait, you mean to ask me questions using this blank paper? What a funny joke." Lanevus laughed unabashedly in a sarcastic tone.

"I think you should talk to my lawyer in detail."

"...I am here as the Night Watchman of the Church of Darkness!"

"It turns out to be Lord Leonard Mitchell, the Night Watchman of the Church of Darkness in Tingen City. I am sorry for not welcoming you in person." Lanevus suddenly realized and handed a glass of red wine to Leonard.

Leonard did not catch it, he asked directly: "What did you do about going down the Iron Cross Street?"

"Investigate the Cult of the God of Immortality."

what?
Leonard's face was full of disbelief. You just say that directly?
Lanevus tapped the glass lightly with his fingers.

“Nightwatchers, you need to maintain peace in this world and keep extraordinary events secret.

So I, Lanevus, a great businessman, established the Tingen City Laid-off Workers Protection Association, a person who specializes in handling this matter, and you will not fight with me. "

Yes, it is impossible for the Nighthawks to kill Lanevus directly in a short period of time.

Aside from the passionate Leonard, who had always wanted to kill Lanevus, Beyonders like Dunn and Cecima would not choose to kill him in such a short time.

Lanevus held a heavy bargaining chip in his hand.

"But the sect of the God of Immortality is different. They are extremely deceptive. You don't know what those hopeless animals on the streets below Iron Cross Street... ordinary people can do to stay alive."

"I am investigating the cult of the Immortal God for my own benefit."

"Captain Dunn, Lord Cecima...what's the reason?" Leonard didn't believe it and chose to ask another question.

Lanevus was not angry. He smiled and explained the whole process.

——Dunn and Cecima ran into the believers of the Church of the Immortal God and were contaminated by that power.

"Maybe you don't believe it, but that's the way it is. I never took action."

"is it?"

"of course."

Leonard looked at Lanevus, and under his somewhat impatient gaze, he spoke.

"Lanevers, what do you think the world should look like?"

"Gray." Lanevus answered without hesitation.

The world is not purely black and white, it is a delicate gray.

“I thought the world was white.”

"The so-called darkness is only because people like you exist in the world."

"so?"

The next moment, Leonard and Lanevus attacked at the same time, and their extraordinary powers collided violently.

(End of this chapter)