Odis believed that the four demigods were likely trapped and not in great danger.
Since the Order of Morse could not possibly send angels to Backlund, the royal angels of the Rune Kingdom, as rulers, should have been able to detect it.
After thinking for a moment, Odis said to Captain Ikonser, "I can contact the 'Mysterious Queen' and ask her for help."
He paused and then said, "As far as I know, she is very keen on sabotaging the 'Morse Ascetic'."
Captain Ikonser thought for a moment before saying, "Okay, but we must be careful about the extent of our cooperation."
The Church of the God of Steam and Machinery harbors some hostility toward the "Morse Penitentiary," but not so much toward the "Elemental Dawn."
The reason is simple: the "Elemental Dawn" currently has no angels, and the God of Steam and Machines does not see them as a threat. On the contrary, because of the hostility between the "Elemental Dawn" and the "Morse Penitentiary," they believe that the "Elemental Dawn" is a force that can be used.
High-ranking deacons like Ikonser have some access to the church's high-level strategic policies, so they are not opposed to cooperating with the "mysterious queen".
Odis nodded: "I'll go find the 'Mysterious Queen's' subordinate now. We'll meet on Gray Rock Street."
Ikonser hummed in agreement: "I will also share the information you obtained with other official Extraordinary organizations to see if the royal family can still send a demigod to destroy the altar of the 'Mors Penitentiary'."
The three orthodox churches typically have only one demigod permanently residing in Backlund, but the royal family and the military have several demigods living in Backlund.
However, when faced with dangers like the descent of an evil god, these demigods would prioritize protecting the king and important members of the royal family, and it's uncertain whether they can spare another demigod.
Odis did not comment on this. He remembered that Bernadette could use two level 0 sealed artifacts at any time. As long as she could find the altar and was not corrupted by the Outer Gods, she would definitely be able to destroy it.
...
Backlund, 100 meters underground in the dock area.
In the darkness, four figures arrived at the location indicated by the information provided by the "Mysterious Queen".
The four figures are Holamick Hayden, dressed in a white priest's robe and wearing a soft hat; Anthony Stevenson, wearing five "Black Night Symbols"; Ace Snake, who is unusually serious and wearing a robe with storm symbols; and Grove Augustus, who is wearing a white wig.
They don't need any light to see their surroundings.
Besides being demigods, it was also because Anthony altered the darkness in their vision, allowing them to see a very clear black and white image.
The location indicated by the "mysterious queen" was a tall and long wall inside the ruins.
Upon reaching the front, Horamik's eyes gleamed with an ethereal light: "There is indeed an evil force emanating from here."
"This is it!" said Ace Snake, the demigod of the Church of Storms. "Move back a little."
Anthony seemed to already know what the Archbishop of the Church of Storms was going to do. Although the "Mysterious Queen" reminded him that he could use some of the characteristics of the hidden space to cleverly enter it, Ace's method was also feasible.
Boom!
Suddenly, a rumble of thunder echoed through the ruins, and a small dark cloud appeared overhead. Then, bolts of lightning as thick as buckets struck the wall in front of the four people.
This is Ace's method: use external force to completely destroy that hidden space.
For a moment, the entire ruins seemed to be sparking with electricity. If there were a cat in the ruins right now, even if it was hiding in a corner, its fur would be standing on end.
A massive lightning bolt struck the wall, instantly scorching it black. At that moment, the wall resembled molten glass, revealing a huge hole with signs of melting around the edges.
Inside the hollow is the secret space the "mysterious queen" spoke of.
The three-tiered altar was located deep within this space. Alvis, a man in his thirties with a somewhat gloomy expression, turned around to face the four demigods, and grinned slightly, revealing a strange smile.
Grove produced a sealed artifact shaped like an iron-black scepter. The scepter's tip emitted a seven-colored light, and a bubble-like film immediately covered the four demigods.
This will effectively prevent them from being contaminated.
Then, the attack of the four demigods began. First, an irresistible drowsiness swept over him, causing Alvis to pause slightly, as if he had almost fallen asleep.
Ace, who was at the forefront, threw three lightning-formed javelins at Alvis at an extremely fast speed, causing a terrifying hurricane to sweep through the space and head towards the altar.
Grove, who was at the back, solemnly declared, "Evil forces are forbidden from entering this place!"
But soon something went wrong; their attacks seemed to miss. Anthony couldn't find Ialvis, so he couldn't pull him into a deep sleep.
Ace's lightning and hurricane seemed to pass right through the enemies and the altar, without causing them any harm!
Khoramik, who did not act immediately, suddenly twisted his left hand off, and his wrist emitted a red light like a high beam.
The light passed through Alvis, through the three altars, and illuminated the stone bricks behind them.
The four demigods immediately realized that everything in front of them was an illusion!
This is somewhat unbelievable. The four who came today are all Sequence 3. In the Fifth Age, when even angels are not often active on Earth, the four of them are the top combat force in the human world.
Even with such top-tier combat power, they couldn't see that everything in front of them was an illusion!
"Let's go," Khoramik, the organizer of this operation, said immediately.
Regardless of what these phantoms are all about, this is very likely a trap, and we must leave this place as soon as possible.
"Trying to leave?" Alvis sneered from the altar. "My mission is to keep you here."
As he spoke, he walked toward Khoramik and the others. As he took his first step, Alvis split in two, becoming two Alvis.
When the second step was taken, the two Alvis split in two at the same time, becoming four Alvis.
These four Alvis either "recreated" an ancient angel or raised their hands to use demigod-level magic. They ran towards Horamik and the other demigods.
Horamik and the others had no choice but to fight back, because their spiritual awareness told them that while their attacks could not harm Alvis, Alvis's attacks could harm them.
They then realized that they needed to find the real altar to shut down the trap.
...
Backlund, West End.
Odis did not seek out the so-called "mysterious queen's" subordinates. Instead, after boarding a taxi, he whispered her name again and told Bernadette about the clues he had found and the next steps in the plan.
After saying that, the divine figure quickly reappeared in Odis's mind: "I'll head to Gray Rock Street right away."
Odis breathed a sigh of relief; it was finally time to launch the "final assault" on their target!
He went to Garr's Herbal Shop, took away all the spiritual materials that could be used to write spells, and then took a taxi to the East District again.
As the sun began to set, Odis offered a sincere prayer for the first time, hoping the battle would end before nightfall.
At that moment, he heard exclamations from the street. Odis looked in the direction everyone was pointing and saw a dark patch appear in the eastern sky.
In the darkness, there are twinkling stars!
Odis's eyes narrowed; it was the starry sky!
If there hadn't been the "descent of the evil god," Odis would surely have thought it was the goddess of night "manifesting" herself.
Clearly, that was the final stage of the "Morse Penitentiary" ritual, where the evil god in the stars was about to establish a real connection with the real world.
But the gods don't seem to be making a move yet.
Fortunately, the ceremony was long enough to give people enough time to react.
With some anxiety, Odis finally arrived at Gray Rock Street.
The area has been cordoned off by police, who are roughly dispersing residents from several surrounding streets.
Because the carriage was moving very slowly, Odis had no choice but to get off and quickly find the building that was surrounded by the extraordinary beings.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
The starry sky in the clear sky is directly above this building.
It was a three-story building, and it looked somewhat dilapidated.
The windows on the second floor of the building were tightly closed, and there was nothing unusual about it. It was the building that Klein had drawn after his divination.
After Odis arrived, Bernadette's figure appeared on the street: "It's confirmed, she's on the second floor."
The surrounding officials and extraordinary individuals all turned to look in this direction, observing this powerful figure from the hidden world.
Bernadette was indeed not afraid of being seen, and she didn't even bother with any disguise.
Odis was about to ask, "Why haven't we taken action yet?" But looking at the extraordinary beings around him, he seemed to have the answer.
The Night Watchers, Punishers, and the Royal Family all sent only a few Sequence 5 leaders to participate in this operation. In other words, the main force of this operation consisted of only Bernadette, a demigod.
"In that building, the higher the sequence, the more susceptible one is to contamination," Bernadette added. "Ordinary people won't be contaminated in a short time, but we just tried, and even the police used bombs, but they couldn't open the door on the second floor."
Finally, she asked, "Do you have any ideas?"
"I do have a way." On his way here, Odis had already thought of how to deal with the current situation: "But I can only seal off the pollution inside the building; I can't get inside."
"As long as the contamination inside doesn't spill out, I have a way to destroy the altar," Bernadette said.
Odis nodded: "Okay."
After he finished speaking, he quickly walked to the wall of the building and began to write rapidly.
At first, Ikonse and the others did not understand what Odis was doing, but after watching for a while, they realized that he was writing a magic circle.
Several officials of extraordinary ability were about to step forward to inquire when Bernadette, whose brows and features exuded a certain heroic air, said, "Don't disturb him."
Those official extraordinary individuals had no choice but to retreat and continue waiting there.
Bernadette is the highest-ranking person here. Although she is not an official Beyonder, several official Beyonder organizations will temporarily obey her orders.
At this moment, the royal demigods are covering the retreat of the queen, crown prince, and other important royal figures.
The other three churches are redeploying demigods here, but demigods aren't like carrots on the street; there's only one demigod in charge of a large parish, and they can't just leave whenever they want.
But all three churches knew the seriousness of the situation, so their demigods would arrive in an hour or two at most.
Soon, everyone was amazed by the speed at which Odis drew the magic circle. In the blink of an eye, Odis had already thrown out two glass bottles, both of which were filled with essential oil-based spiritual materials.
In just seven or eight minutes, Odis drew a very complex magic circle on the four walls of the building.
This magic circle appeared in a secret chamber of the Terensost Empire, designed to ward off the contamination of the outer gods.
However, that magic circle had the extraordinary characteristics of demigods, providing a continuous source of power. Since Odis did not have such a thing, he could only make complicated modifications, allowing extraordinary beings to provide power to the magic circle.
"Please, all you Sequence 5 and Sequence 6 members, step forward." Odis put away the last half bottle of spiritual materials before saying, "Hurry up, with everyone's strength, we can also seal that pollution."
All the extraordinary beings looked at each other, but no one stepped forward.
Their spirituality allows them to sense the level of pollution in the room and to seal it off with a magic array.
In their eyes, the magic circle had very limited effect, and Odis's words sounded like a joke.
Even Ikonser, who had seen part of Odis's research, didn't quite believe that the magic circle could really be so effective.
Just as Odis was about to urge them on, Bernadette suddenly said, "If you have a better idea, tell me quickly; if not, go and help!"
With the endorsement of the "mysterious queen," Sequence 5 and Sequence 6 members finally stepped forward.
Odis arranged them evenly around the building and told them where to put their hands.
"Listen to my command," Odis said. "When I say 'begin,' everyone, pour your spirituality into the magic circle together!"
"Three, two, one, go!"
Six Sequence 5s and ten Sequence 6s together infused their spirituality into the magic circle.
The mystical symbols immediately shone with an ethereal light and quickly became three-dimensional.
Immediately, a huge, illusory light shield formed, encompassing the entire building.
At this moment, Bernadette began to act. With a slight gesture, the building in front of her was split in two from the second floor, becoming an upper and lower section.
The upper part of the building slowly floated up, as if a mysterious giant hand had picked up a building block.
The scene on the second floor is clearly visible; the middle section has been quietly opened up at some point, turning it into a sizable space.
There was a three-tiered altar, each tier covered with strange-looking symbols; just a glance at the altar could make one feel dizzy.
There were three monsters around the altar. They seemed oblivious to the people on the street and continued chanting spells as they slowly walked around the altar.