It is June, and several seaside cities located in the Disi Bay of the Loen Kingdom in the Northern Continent will usher in the peak holiday tourism season. Even if the weather has not yet become hot, both local residents and the increasing number of tourists on the streets are already.

Basking in the breath of early summer, the streets and alleys are full of a different kind of vitality.

However, the excitement belongs to the citizens and tourists who come here because of it, but the Nighthawks team of Connacht City cannot feel the same way.

In the past few days, several horrifying cases have occurred in and around Connacht City. Since the clues left at the scene all pointed to extraordinary crimes, official forces led by the Church of Night, the Church of Storms, etc. suppressed public opinion and prevented the spread of rumors.

To prevent further panic among the public.

But the real criminal has not yet been caught. He seems to be hiding in the shadows of the city and is at large, continuing his evil and ulterior plan.

With the joint efforts of several major churches to investigate, all the evidence seems to point to an illegal supernatural organization, the "Witch Cult."

The trained captains of "Nighthawks" and "Punishers" all know the meaning behind this force.

The "Witch Sect" is an evil camp whose purpose is to spread disasters. As the executors of God's will, they must completely eliminate the source of such disasters from the land blessed by God, even if they pay the price.

However, this ancient secret organization that can be traced back to the Fourth Age is by no means an easy opponent. A little carelessness may lead to a greater tragedy.

Therefore, almost all the extraordinary beings under the official subordinates tightened their nerves under the vigilance of their captains or superiors, and advanced the search work at hand with great caution, trying to get rid of that... or those members of the sect.

Find some clues from the clues below.

Once their traces are traced, the official supernatural beings will immediately report them to their superiors, allowing experienced captains and even higher-level dignitaries to make the most reasonable decisions.

Perhaps the recent diligent efforts finally paid off. On this day, the Nighthawks received reports from key informants and finally saw hope of breaking the situation.

Captain Mooney Kahn quickly assembled the available combat power of the team, leaving only one member who was promoted to the Sequence 8 "Midnight Poet". Not long ago, the team members who had not yet mastered the power of the potion, and the Sequence 9 "who lacked the ability to directly confront the enemy"

The two fortune tellers were stationed at the stronghold of the Nighthawks team as a conservative force, and almost all the other team members joined in this operation.

The Sequence 7 "Nightmare" passed by the Sleepless One, one Sequence 8 "Midnight Poet" each, and the two Sequence 8 "Grave Diggers" passed by the Corpse Collector, together with a purely auxiliary Sequence 9 "Secret Peeper", can be regarded as

Quite a luxurious lineup.

But even so, Captain Mooney Kahn still seemed to dare not take it lightly, and took a certain sealed object from behind the Chanis Gate. Then he met the team members who had completed the assembly and boarded a carriage heading outside the city together.

"Does this count as 'coming out of the nest'? It's like curly baboons going out to forage... Haha!"

George Wood, a member of the Nighthawks who was keen on making bad jokes, tried to show his humor. Unfortunately, his humor cells seemed to be the same as the "Corpse Collector" potion that he had completely mastered, and no trace of it remained on him.

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"Midnight Poet" Morian Yassen first glanced at the captain who was sitting on the other side of the carriage and was dozing with his eyes closed. After making sure that he did not hear this bad joke, he coughed lightly and corrected his teammates.

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"If I remember correctly, this saying of Emperor Russell should be used in the context of describing the enemy's dispatch of troops... George, you know, I am often glad that I recommended the 'Corpse Collector' sequence to you.

, rather than a more eloquent 'secretist' or 'divineer', otherwise I'm afraid I'll start to get nervous now."

"Hey, who are you talking bad about?" When the young lady with wavy brown hair heard her teammates' comments about her, she couldn't help but glance over in annoyance, "Next time, don't ask me to predict your terrible love fortune.

Yes!... Unless you give me money."

"With your level of divination...you have the nerve to charge for it? Last time, who told me not to forget to bring a bouquet of roses when I went to confess my love, but it turned out that the girl was allergic to pollen!" Morian cried out.

"This... I did see the appearance of rose petals when I was doing the divination, so it can't be completely wrong." This time, Issin Bruni, the "secret spy" wearing a hunting suit, knew that he was in the wrong and couldn't help but

He softened his tone.

"Is it difficult to honestly admit your true level? You know Raya..."

"Okay, don't stop chatting." Yuna Cote, another "gravedigger" in the carriage, interrupted the farce in front of her, "I can understand how nervous you are now, and I want to say something.

It is human nature to try to ease emotions... But don't forget, the people we are dealing with this time are evil and cunning members of the 'Witch Cult'. We currently have very little information at hand, and even the level of the other party cannot be completely determined.

Sequence 8... No, I don’t think it will be lower than Sequence 7 at least.”

In other words, the Nighthawks team is likely to face a strong mid-level player.

As soon as he said this, the carriage suddenly became quiet.

In fact, everyone has already been able to get a taste of the impending storm from the captain's cautious attitude - facing ordinary illegal extraordinary people, how can it be necessary to mobilize the entire team? Not to mention that the captain also took the sealed artifact from behind Chanis's door.

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That’s right! Sealed Artifact!

George turned his attention to the strange black cloth bag placed by the captain on the floor of the carriage, thinking that it probably contained the sealed artifact. But just looking at it from the outside, you couldn't tell what it was...

"Captain, which level of sealed artifact are we using this time? Are there any precautions?

Mooney Kahn, who had closed his eyes and fell asleep, opened his eyes a little tiredly, but his tone was calm and powerful, and he answered the team members without any trace of tiredness: "The sealed artifact taken from behind the door this time... Well, and

It's a bit special compared to the past. Specifically, we don't need to think too hard about how to deal with negative effects before using them."

"They?" Isin blinked and noticed the captain's words. "Could it be that special combination of sealed objects that can offset each other's negative effects?"

"That's right." Captain Mooney nodded and confirmed her guess, "This set of pairs of sealed artifacts consists of a '2' level and a '3' level, and their numbers are '109' and '1075' respectively.

Among them, I can't reveal too much about the specific effect of '2-109'. You only need to know that it has the 'living characteristic' and will actively chase and bind the brightest target in the environment. The sealing method is not complicated.

In a dark and lightless confined space, it will be very at ease... As for '3-1075', it is the big black bag you see now. It does not have the characteristics of being alive, and it only has no equipment inside.

The conditions of a certain 'living creature' will produce a certain threat."

This is letting '3-1075' serve as a prop to contain '2-109'... The members of the Nighthawks team felt a sudden realization, and once again refreshed their understanding of the church's sealed artifacts.

"So, what does the above mean to capture the members of the 'Witch Cult' alive?" Yuna pushed up the plain glasses on the bridge of her nose, feeling that things seemed to be getting more complicated.

As a veteran team member with six years of experience, Yuna knew very well that the captain's authority level was not enough to directly mobilize "Level 2" sealed objects. In fact, the captain just went to the Chanis Gate.

It took less than ten minutes to bring a "2" level and a "3" level sealed object out of the door.

There is only one explanation for this situation...

The "Nightmare" captain with black hair, black eyes and deep features glanced out the window. All he could see was the deep dusk and the mottled shadows of trees flying backwards.

They have left the city and are getting closer and closer to the "Greenery and Lady of the Lake" manor where their target is located.

Now is a good time to explain the situation.

Mooney Kahn nodded silently and began to reveal part of the inside story to the team members.

"Actually, the relevant permission for the use of sealed items has been approved by the church many days ago. Apparently, the higher-ups are also very concerned about the 'Witch Sect issue' and sent people to escort '2-109' early.

The set of sealed artifacts has arrived in Connacht City. I was just worried that you would feel pressured, so I never mentioned it."

...Wow, captain, do you have to put pressure on us at this time? It's like you are about to go to the exam room, and the teacher suddenly tells you that this exam is very important, and the higher ups are paying close attention to your performance. Who can still remain normal?

Heartfelt?

Recalling what seemed to be a similar tragic experience in his college days, George Wood's face suddenly fell.

"But you don't need to be too nervous. As long as you follow the battle plan and give full play to the role of the sealed artifact, even if we face the members of the "Witch Cult" in the middle order, we will not be without the power to fight."

After calmly calming the team members' emotions, Mooney Kahn methodically assigned each Nighthawk's position in the operation until everyone remembered how they should react in any situation. His frowned eyebrows

Only then did he relax a little.

At this time, a few horses' neighing sounds happened to be heard outside the carriage, and then the carriage slowly slowed down and finally stopped.

"Here we are."

Mooney picked up the sealed artifact on the ground and walked out of the carriage first.

After all his teammates stepped onto solid ground, he turned to the coachman who was driving them, and motioned to this ordinary man who served the Nighthawks team to untie the rope of a horse pulling the carriage and ride it back to Connacht City.

The coachman, who came from an ordinary farmer's family, wordlessly drew a few strokes of the emblem of the Night Goddess on his chest, wishing these guardians walking in the darkness all the best. Then he readily accepted the Nighthawks' kindness and rode fast on his horse.

The earth left this place.

"Old man, I need you to work harder on the way back..." George looked at the only horse left in front of the carriage and muttered very quietly.

Paying no attention to the careless gravedigger team members, Mooney glanced at the faces with different expressions around him, and finally looked at the direction where the road extended under his feet with a heavy face. At the end of that side, there was no sign of anything after nightfall.

The manor with lights on seems like a monster dormant in the darkness, and the iron bars at the entrance are its gaping mouth, waiting for ignorant and vulnerable prey to fall into its trap.

This suburban manor known as "Greenery and Lady of the Lake" is owned by a well-known local speculator. It is widely praised among the local wealthy circles for its large plantation and self-brewed wine.

If it hadn't been for the impact of the incident caused by the "Witch Sect", the speculator as the owner of the manor would have been busy in various social activities inviting partners to come to escape the summer heat as in previous years, and the entire manor would have been immersed in

In a busy and lively atmosphere, but now...

"Indeed, it's a bit too abnormal."

After carefully observing the area near the entrance of the manor, Morian returned to his teammates and briefly reported his findings - there was a carriage parked in the manor. Judging from the decoration and rut marks on the exterior of the carriage, the speculator was riding in it.

I came here, and I arrived at least a day ago. However, what is strange is that not only the horses pulling the carriage are missing, but even the hired servants serving the manor ignore this lonely carriage and just let it tilt.

It was dumped on the side of the road, looking like no one cared about it.

Could they have arrived too late? Ordinary citizens in the manor have already...

Such thoughts flashed through the minds of all members of the Nighthawks team.

"Don't rush to conclusions. Ising, you first set up the ritual magic and confirm whether there is anyone alive in the manor. George, go explore the area near the front door of the manor, pay attention to restrain your breath, act with caution, and count to eighty

Come back and report the situation to everyone when your heartbeat slows down." Mooney calmly gave the order, and the two extraordinary beings whose names were called also nodded in agreement and began to work on their assigned tasks.

As for the two people whose names were not called by the captain, they were not idle. "Gravedigger" Yuna's eyes behind the lenses turned gray, and then turned colorless, switching her vision to the world of spirituality and the dead.

Prepared to use the "spirits" floating nearby to obtain useful information; and "Midnight Poet" Morian simply took out a small monocular telescope from his pocket and observed the owner of the manor with the help of his night vision ability that is not afraid of the dark.
To be continued...