The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 229

“One of my subordinates, Lord Ciel,”

Percy took half a step forward and said with her head down, “Before we left, the blood-red summoning door had already opened.”

The door to the Other Side has opened…?

Then something must have been summoned, but it wasn’t a divine servant or a Grim Worm. If it were them, they should have come into contact with her immediately, following the scent of the blood… They were capable of doing this.

“Okay.” Ciel nodded.

If all else failed, there were already ready-made 【Spiritual Summoning】 “materials” here. Ciel was confident she could summon the Grim Worm again.

“Lead the way, Lafayette.”

Ciel looked at Lafayette beside her and said.

“Yes…”

Lafayette took a deep breath and looked towards the Holy See of the Church of the God of Order.

Windsor Palace and the Holy See of the Church of the God of Order were both in the Westminster District. They were only about two streets apart. Standing here, one could see the Holy See’s complex and sharp spire.

They walked down the street towards the Holy See.

At this moment, there seemed to be something stirring beneath the surface in the West District. Many armored musicians and knights were riding warhorses towards the East District. Among them were people from the Royal Orchestra and the Church of the God of Order.

None of them paid any attention to Ciel and her group walking on the street. They just assumed they were transcendents from the Church of the Savior Goddess.

Lafayette led Ciel and stopped at the entrance of the Holy See.

At this moment, there was constant movement of people at the entrance of the Holy See. Even the guards were nowhere to be seen. Even when Ciel and her group stopped at the entrance, no one paid any attention. It seemed everyone had something to attend to.

It wasn’t until Lafayette stepped onto the stairs and walked through the main entrance that a familiar voice called out to Lafayette.

“Professor Lafayette? What are you doing here?”

A man completely clad in black armor walked up to Lafayette and said, “Any new progress in your research? I apologize, something has happened today, it might be… and these people are…”

Lafayette looked at the person before her and paused. Then, she slowly turned back to look at Ciel.

“It’s him… Ciel.”

Lafayette pointed to the man completely clad in black armor before her and said.

Seeing Lafayette ignore him, the man before her seemed a little surprised. He followed Lafayette’s gaze and looked at the figure wearing the silver chip mask of the Deton Manor. He asked, “You are…?”

The man didn’t seem to have any sense of urgency at all… because this was the Holy See of the Church of the God of Order.

No one dared to cause trouble here. To cause trouble here was to go and never return.

However… there was someone here who seemed to have no intention of ever returning.

“My name is Ciel,”

Ciel’s face under the mask showed a faint smile. She looked at the man before her and said, “May I have a word with you?”

If she could avoid using violence, Ciel would still restrain herself.

Unless the other party didn’t give Ciel a chance to restrain herself.

“I apologize, there is an emergency at the Holy See today,”

The black-armored man seemed to realize something. He slightly nodded, but took half a step back. “If you need to see me, please come another day, Your Excellency…”

But just then, the man, who had moved back a little, found that he could no longer move.

His limbs were stiff, as if he was bound in place.

In the black shadow beneath him, countless white chains were wrapped around the black shadow, completely restraining him.

“Please.”

Ciel smiled and gestured forward, “Let’s find a place to talk.”

Gulp—

The man swallowed with difficulty. His body, however, began to move directly, not listening to his commands. He stiffly turned and took a step forward.

He wanted to call out for help loudly, but he couldn’t make any sound under the iron armor. The hurried figures around him also basically didn’t notice anything unusual here. They just thought he was leading a guest inside.

“Over here.”

Lafayette pointed towards the stairs.

Percy also directly escorted the iron-armored man, following Lafayette towards the stairs. Soon, they entered a private prayer room.

The moment he sat down, the iron-armored man finally felt his throat regain control. He looked up at his kidnappers in a panic and said, “Do you know who I am? Do you know whose territory you are in and what you are doing?!”

“The information about the Other Side node, or your life.”

Ciel had no time for idle talk with him and went straight to the point, “Choose one.”

Hearing the information about the Other Side node, the black-armored man finally realized the other party’s purpose. He quickly calmed down and said with a cold smile, “Heh heh… You want my life? Then take it, but don’t even think about leaving here.”

“Oh?”

Ciel looked at the black-armored man before her and asked, “Are you very confident in your church?”

“Heh.” The man merely snorted coldly and said nothing.

The reason the Church of the God of Order had developed to this point was because of the almost invincible frontal and battlefield capabilities of the Tier 3 “Crown Guards.” The earlier “Detectives” and “Law Officers” also allowed them to firmly control most government positions related to politics and law.

When it came to combat, no “Crown Guard” would be afraid… The only thing that could kill a “Crown Guard” was their own carelessness.

And he, as a “Crown Guard,” naturally had enough confidence to transmit an invasion signal and call for reinforcements before being killed.

Unless…

“Lafayette.”

Ciel said expressionlessly, “Lend me a finger.”

“Uh… okay.”

Lafayette hesitated for a moment, then took out a gleaming surgical knife and directly cut off her little finger. She seemed completely unconcerned about any physical disability—in fact, almost no part of her body was “original” anymore.

Ciel took out the ritual knife from Tara’s waist and directly sliced her own finger.

Blood dripped down. But in the air, the blood formed a string, slowly constructing an obscure and complex blood ritual array before Ciel. The blood ritual array enveloped Lafayette’s severed finger, quickly draining all the flesh and blood from that finger.

Unless… it was the Other Side… The black-armored man finally said the rest of that sentence in his mind.

A blood ritual array composed of a blood-red vortex formed before Ciel. A terrifying aura from the Other Side caused spiritual alarms to blare in the minds of the people around them.

A horrifying left hand with a crack and eyeballs pierced through the blood ritual array and lunged towards Ciel, landing on her shoulder.

“Now what?”

Ciel looked down at the seemingly frozen black iron armor and asked calmly.

“Information? Or…”

“All of your lives?”