Mystery: The Ultimate Tarot

Chapter 48 The 1.5-meter-tall "Judge"

Raphael looked at the somewhat immature boy before him, whose features seemed not yet fully developed, and thought to himself: Backlund truly is the "City of Hope," even a teenager can advance to Sequence 6.

After Hugh Deercha jumped down from the carriage, he first steadied the carriage, which was swaying from side to side due to the horses' fright. The public carriage, from which screams were coming from inside, immediately stabilized.

Then Hugh raised his hand towards Raphael again. Raphael's height and chubby face made his seemingly serious gesture look quite cute.

But Raphael was startled and immediately understood why the little boy was about to attack him.

Under normal circumstances, whenever a werewolf engages in combat with another extraordinary being, the extraordinary being will usually prioritize attacking the werewolf.

The "indulgence" faction of the "Rose School" essentially turned this approach into a symbol of indulgence, bloodlust, and murder.

Even if they are not members of the "Indulgence Faction," werewolves who have been "baptized" at the level of "madness" are still the more dangerous ones on both sides in a battle.

Raphael quickly explained, "I'm a police informant! That 'conspirator' is a Fursac! He's plotting a huge conspiracy in Backlund!"

Although Petrov had undergone a transformation, his tall stature and narrow nose were characteristic features of the Fusak people.

Reminded by the werewolf, Hugh took a good look at the schemer. Her pupils contracted and she immediately recognized him as a military attaché from the Fussac Empire's embassy!

Hugh recently received a mission related to the Fussac Empire's embassy, ​​so he is quite familiar with the important members of this embassy.

Seeing a subtle change in the boy's eyes, Raphael quickly added, "I'm already injured. Even if I kill that 'schemer,' I'm still no match for you."

This worked; Hugh immediately turned his outstretched hand toward Petrov.

Seeing that things were going badly, Petrov immediately transformed into a streak of fire and fled.

His plan is bound to be exposed, but saving his life is the priority now.

Hugh stared at the ball of fire: "Mental Pierce!"

"Ah~" The ball of fire paused for a moment, and Petrov rolled out of the fire.

Raphael seized the opportunity and rushed over in three strides, grabbing Petrov hard on the neck.

The wound was covered by flames as soon as the other person's blood started to flow, preventing it from becoming fatal for the time being.

Petrov gritted his teeth and unleashed a series of walls of fire in an attempt to stop Hugh and Raphael.

Hugh stepped forward and said again in ancient Hermes, "Imprisonment!"

Petrov was instantly enveloped in a layer of thick air and stood motionless.

The moment the viscous air dissipated, Petrov's "fire wall" also disappeared.

Raphael lunged forward again, first grabbing the other man's shoulder. Amid Petrov's cry of pain, Raphael turned to face him, his wolf claws piercing the man's chin and injecting wolf venom into his brain.

Even without injecting wolfsbane, this would have been a fatal wound.

Call ~

Petrov was engulfed in flames again, and Raphael immediately stopped.

The ball of fire took a few steps forward, then collapsed to the ground. The flames vanished quickly, and Petrov lay on the ground in agony, his brain and body both afflicted by the wolfsbane.

Raphael breathed a sigh of relief, enduring the pain from his burns all over his body, and stepped forward to tear off a large chunk of flesh from the other man's throat.

This time, Petrov was too weak to use the flames to stop the bleeding, and he quickly lost his breath as blood gushed out.

Hugh watched quietly from a distance, neither too close nor too far, as Raphael killed this "schemer".

Raphael took a piece of cloth from his trouser pocket, tied it around his neck, and covered half of his face.

This is to prevent a repeat of the embarrassing situation of covering one's face with women's underwear.

Raphael then ended his transformation and said to Hugh, "Let's divide the spoils."

When Hugh saw the werewolf in front of her turn into a normal human, her eyes suddenly lit up. The World had previously commissioned her to investigate Raphael. Although the other party had covered his face, Hugh remembered Raphael's eyebrows and eyes with a somewhat sinister smile.

She recalled how "The Fool" had shown great importance to Raphael at the previous tarot meeting, and also the discussion about Raphael at the last tarot meeting.

Hugh grunted and asked, "How do you want to allocate them?"

Raphael gave Petrov a quick search. Petrov wasn't wearing any magical items, only about 100 pounds in cash in his wallet: "We'll split the cash. I'll take two-thirds of his abilities... Well, after all, I fought him for a long time before you made your move, and I even injured him."

"And as you can see, I was injured myself."

Raphael knew very well that this was not the time for recklessness and arrogance. In his current state, he was no match for this boy... The voice sounded like a girl's, and although the girl's chest was flat, she was definitely a woman...

If the girl wanted to turn Raphael into a prize at this moment, he would have to run away immediately, and then he would completely lose the Sequence 6 stats.

So he figured it would be better to just give up some of the profits, or even just half of them.

To Raphael's surprise, the girl readily agreed: "No problem, but it's an entire extraordinary characteristic, how should we divide it?"

"I don't need this extraordinary trait," Raphael said. "If you need it, you can simply give me two-thirds of its value in gold pounds. If you don't need it either, we can find a way to sell it together."

Hugh nodded: "I have the channels, and I should be able to make a move in the short term."

Her channel was, of course, the Tarot Club.

Raphael breathed a sigh of relief: "Alright, then please handle it. Keep this wallet with me until I get the special money."

As he spoke, he used the "spiritual bracelet" to quickly extract the corpse's extraordinary characteristics, saying, "How about we meet at the restaurant entrance over there at 10 a.m. a week from now? If we can't get rid of it, we'll meet again and think of another way."

Hugh hummed in agreement: "Okay."

She then smiled and asked, "Are you so comfortable letting me take my special characteristics with me?"

Raphael chuckled. "Of course you can rest assured."

Nonsense, what else could he do even if he was worried? Of course he knew that if the girl stood him up, he would at most lose some money, but if he took this special item with him, he might lose his life!

Raphael thought this way because he was unaware that the girl in front of him was a member of the same organization as Audrey.

At that moment, both Hugh and Raphael saw police officers loitering in the distance.

Although the two police officers did not witness the battle, they saw that people were dead and that there appeared to be two murderers. Therefore, they would not act rashly until backup arrived.

Raphael then carried the body, and Hugh picked up the extraordinary properties; the two immediately went their separate ways.

Even while carrying a corpse, Raphael nimbly returned to Kent's living room, where both Kent and Wagner were injured but still fighting hard.

With Raphael's help, Kent was quickly dealt with. While waiting for Kent's essence to be extracted, Raphael also performed a psychic ritual and learned the potion recipes for Sequence 9 to Sequence 6 of the "Hunter" pathway.

After obtaining Kent's traits, the two immediately withdrew from the area.

Petrov's body, lying next to Kent, became the most important piece of evidence in this "espionage case."