Chapter 54: Scepter Liberation 【Vainglory Coronation】

After receiving the message from Oliver, Audrey immediately dispatched Hyde and Lawrence to Saint Margaret's Church.

Meanwhile, she herself went ahead to the vicinity of the school with Blake to check on the situation.

When Hyde and Lawrence arrived at the church, Vilnia and Mel had already recovered a lot.

Both of their injuries had been healed with the help of Sister Irene, and the consumed portion of their Quintessence was also slowly recovering with the help of the calming tea.

With the arrival of Hyde and Lawrence, the atmosphere in the medical room suddenly became tense.

“We need to understand more of the details.”

Hyde said, getting straight to the point.

“Let's talk on the way.”

Mel stood up, “There isn't much time to waste.”

“No, Lawrence and I are enough, it's not suitable for you to go with us.”

Hyde shook his head, “Tell us the information, and leave the rest to The Fifth Department.”

“No, I must go.”

Mel looked at Hyde, her amber pupils filled with determination.

Seeing that Hyde was about to say more, Mel quickly added: “This is the will of the Red Moon, I am the Shepherd personally chosen by It.”

As she spoke, she raised her hand, showing the lunar wheel mark on the back of her hand to the two of them.

Of course, this was a lie.

Hearing this, Hyde and Lawrence frowned slightly and turned to look at Oliver.

Oliver was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.

“Let her go.”

The Bishop's voice was deep and firm, “The will of the Red Moon cannot be defied.”

Hyde and Lawrence glanced at each other and finally compromised.

“Then let's go,” Hyde turned and walked towards the door.

“You wait here for my return, Vilnia.”

Mel stood up and turned to reassure Vilnia, but unexpectedly, Vilnia grabbed her hand.

“I'll go with you.”

Vilnia said.

“I am also a Shepherd of the Red Moon.”

“No, that's too dangerous.”

“Mel is only in the Stress Phase, I am already one of The Baptized.”

Vilnia ignored Mel's objection, stubbornly stood up, and looked at Hyde and Lawrence.

“Since she can go, then there's no reason I can't.”

Oliver's gaze shifted back and forth between Mel and Vilnia, finally landing on Vilnia's determined eyes.

He took a deep breath, Mel frowned and was about to object, but was stopped by Oliver raising his hand.

The Bishop's voice was deep and solemn: “In this coming storm, we need every bit of the Red Moon's strength.”

“Then let's go.”

Hyde and Lawrence didn't say much more, and the four of them immediately set off together in a carriage.

On the way, Mel briefly introduced the situation of the library to the two of them, as well as the layout of the basement, and Jason's special abilities.

When he heard that he could turn his arm into iron, Lawrence frowned and then said: “That should be Alchemy, which is a type of mystical art. The effect of Alchemy is linked to the rank of the scepter, if it's only Silver level, it should still be within a manageable range. Are you sure he's the only one in the entire basement?”

“Yes.”

Mel nodded.

“At least at that time, he was the only one... but it seems that many people in the school are undercover agents planted by the Omniscience Society.”

The sound of the carriage wheels rubbing against the stone-paved road was particularly clear in the silence.

The four of them sat in the carriage, a solemn atmosphere filling the air.

Gradually, the carriage's speed slowed down.

“Gentlemen, we've arrived.”

The coachman's voice came from the front.

Everyone in the carriage exchanged a glance, then nodded and got off the carriage.

At this time, Audrey was standing at the entrance, and when she saw Hyde and the others get off the carriage, she waved to her colleagues.

“The people inside the school have been cleared out, no one will disturb you next.”

Audrey said, her gaze lingering on Mel and Vilnia for a moment.

After a pause, she added: “But even so, Hyde, you'd better set up 【Nothing is Taboo】 just in case, to avoid any unnecessary problems.”

“I know.”

Hyde nodded slightly.

“Where are the people from Saint Clement's Lyceum?”

“They are responsible for finding that Red Staff from the Omniscience Society.”

Audrey said, “You are responsible for disrupting the ritual, they are responsible for finding the person, Blake is also there.”

“Understood.”

Hyde nodded, then walked into the school, with Mel and the others following closely behind.

The group walked into the library, and then found the secret passage under Mel's guidance.

After entering the secret passage, Hyde drew two silver short-barreled guns from inside his trench coat.

The gun bodies were etched with spiral incantations, and when his thumb brushed over the hammer, the runes immediately glowed with a ghostly bluish-green light.

Lawrence gripped the staff in his hand tightly, his other hand seeming to clutch something.

In the dim corridor, the five of them moved forward cautiously.

The air was filled with a nauseating smell of decay, as if it had seeped from the depths of hell.

As they went deeper, the rancid smell in the air grew stronger.

Mel couldn't help but frown, she felt as if an invisible hand was tightly gripping her throat.

Gradually, the four of them saw a glimmer of light appear before them.

“This is the place.”

Mel stopped and pointed to the circular stone chamber ahead.

Hyde and Lawrence glanced at each other, then walked to the front and slowly stepped inside.

The moment the group stepped into the altar's stone chamber, the phosphorescence in the bronze lamps suddenly flared up.

Countless tormented faces emerged from the grayish-green flames, their wax-sealed lips repeating the same prayer in twelve languages.

“Why come back?”

Jason's voice came from behind the altar.

His right arm was completely metallized.

Molten iron flowed under his skin, and between the fingers of his left hand were seven bronze nails covered in cuneiform.

“Since you've come, then this time, don't even think about leaving again.”

As soon as his voice fell, Hyde was the first to pull the trigger.

The silver bullet, wrapped in a spiral of holy light, pierced the air, but strangely hovered three inches from the space between Jason's eyebrows.

A metal humanoid rose from Jason's shadow, catching the bullet with its rune-covered chest.

“An alchemical golem...”

Lawrence's pupils contracted, “Be careful of the soul-binding nails in his hand!”

Before his words had faded, the seven bronze nails had already shot through the air.

Vilnia's shadow barrier was pierced just as it formed, the nails sinking deep into the stone wall, dark red patterns spreading crazily along the cracks.

Hyde fired both guns, the silver bullets exploding into holy flames on the alchemical golem.

Lawrence unsheathed the sword-cane in his hand, then took out a bottle of liquid from his pocket and sprinkled it on the blade.

The next moment, he snapped his fingers, Quintessence rubbing at his fingertips, flicking out a spark that ignited the sword-cane in his hand.

He lunged forward with the flaming sword-cane, the flashes of the blade weaving into a dense net of fire.

Jason raised his hand to block, his metallized arm melting and regenerating in the net of fire.

He sneered and tore open the skin on his chest, revealing ribs that had already turned to agate.

“Witness the truth!”

As soon as his voice fell, Mel saw the distorted book spines split open into vertical pupils, and countless dense words spewed forth from within, converging into a staff in front of Jason.

He grabbed the shepherd's staff made of words and asphalt before him and struck it firmly on the ground.

The next moment, the scepter collapsed in his hand, the words and asphalt floated around like catkins in the wind, and finally returned slowly to the top of Jason's head.

Under everyone's gaze, the words and asphalt constructed a hideous and ugly crown on top of Jason's head.

This was an ability that only a Staff Bearer could comprehend, to completely liberate one's own abilities, at the cost of burning Quintessence, to turn the tide of the situation.

Its name was: —Scepter Liberation 【Vainglory Coronation】!

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