Chapter 68 The Angel of Fortitude

Now, Salomon didn't know where to find Bayonetta, but he still had a way.

The witch Beunita came to Vigrid definitely not to coexist peacefully with Baldr, the sage of Lumen, and this is the hinterland of the Ragnar Order. There are many creatures on the upper plane, and the witch must be in the realm of purgatory. Uncertainty is carrying out the mission of hunting angels.

But the inanimate objects in the purgatory world and the real world can also interfere with each other. He has never been an ordinary person who does not run away after abnormalities appear around him. It is a biological instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Therefore, Salomon only needs to see where there is the most movement and where there are pedestrians running away in panic, so that he can know the location of Bayonetta. The lipstick was still in his dimensional bag, and he had to hand it over to the witch—only in this way could he achieve the future the venerable saw.

After he took Luca out of the mirror dimension, he gave Luca a task. That is, if you see something unusual, call him as soon as possible. There are a lot of ancient buildings preserved in the old city of Vigrid, and the area is very extensive, so he needs to split up with Luca to find the witch as quickly as possible. The worst thing is to find traces of the witch's destruction.

For this kind of business, Luca is very good at it. Apart from following Bayonetta, his main occupation is a "freelance reporter", that is, a paparazzi, and his biggest source of income is to sell celebrity privacy to entertainment magazines for remuneration. If he hadn't developed such skills, he would also It is impossible to keep up with the witch's footsteps.

"Oh, the truth." After Salomon rolled his eyes at Luca, he walked away from him.

Salomon also knew that his clothes were very conspicuous in Vigrid, which was full of Ragnarians, so the mystic did not walk on the street openly, and in order to receive Luca's call in time, he Nor can you enter the purgatory world or the mirror dimension to avoid eyesight. He can only jump on the roofs of those old masonry buildings and climb along the rough walls. Of course, it cannot be denied that Salomon suffered from a little bit of a stroke, after all, he has put on the hood of his cassock now.

Rodin should know how to make a Hidden Blade, right?

The height difference between these buildings is not large, and it does not bring many obstacles to Salomon's climbing. He walked around the buildings near the central fountain a few times, carefully checked the alleys that no one usually passed by, and eavesdropped on the conversations of the Ragnarians, hoping to hear if they were talking about some strange things. But not only did he not find any trace of the witch, nor did he receive a call from Luca.

Seeing that noon was approaching, Salomon had to return to Bayonetta's house, made lunch for the crying Celesa, and promised that he would take Bayonetta home. It's just that it doesn't work very well. Theresa still thinks that it's because she is a crybaby that her mother hasn't come back until now. Salomon took a deep breath. what can he do He didn't refuse when he took over Celesa, but now he can only face it with a smile.

After he managed to coax the little guy, he immediately returned to Vigrid and appeared on the roof he left. Immediately afterwards, he stepped on the roof and searched in one direction for a while. At this time, Salomon was already approaching the outskirts of the city, but he still didn't find anything.

Just when he was quite distressed and his toes were hurting, a loud noise caught his attention. When he looked back, he found another direction, an explosion in a small church not far from the fountain in the center of the old city. Huge stones soared into the sky and smashed to the ground. Even the raised dust could not prevent the dazzling golden light from penetrating the shadows. It was light invisible to ordinary people, but Salomon could see it clearly.

With his excellent eyesight, he even saw a huge thing with two heads, and even flew up to the clouds with a fairly complete chapel. Bayonetta is there! Except for her, no one else could have caused such a big incident with the angel.

Salomon hurriedly ran in that direction. Along the way, the street under his feet was full of panicked and exhausted Ragnar followers. When he arrived, he saw huge stones smashed into pieces. The original beautiful fountain, and gravel of different sizes continue to fall from the sky.

The mystic cast a spell and walked into the Purgatory Realm. Here, he saw flames blooming again in the distant sky. The originally intact chapel suddenly shattered, and a large cloud of dust filled the air. Under the influence of flying to another direction. The originally small stone quickly approached and enlarged, and finally hit the ground fiercely. Following the gravel fell to the ground, there was a black figure. The huge monster with two dragon heads also flapped its wings and passed through. Dust swooped down from the air.

That's Bayonetta! Salomon ran over quickly, but before he could take a few steps, the double-headed angel disappeared, and then the whole Vigrid suddenly shook, and Bayonetta's position suddenly rose into the sky Thick smoke and orange-red flames.

Salomon sped up his speed, and when he arrived here, he saw that the rubble fell on a small square, and orange-red hot magma erupted from the stone brick floor from time to time, and the magma cooled down after splashing, like Red and black scars cling to the originally beautiful building. Here, benches, flower pots and other things that can burn are ignited. The flames climbed along with the clothes and furniture left by the residents, and got into the house, while thick black smoke came out, poisonous. The gas filled the entire square with the burning smell of various things, and spread along with the hot air expanding outward.

He covered his mouth and nose, walked around here, and continued to search for the person he wanted to find in the sea of ​​flames.

But Vigrid's vibrations became more frequent, and the gushing magma became more violent. Salomon felt the building under his feet shaking, and suddenly, the masonry ground suddenly collapsed, and the bell tower in the distance was surrounded by a fountain of magma and flew into the air, followed by trams and the like. The magma flows between the streets and alleys like a raging river, and the banks of the river are those houses.

It seems that this place is not the city of angels, but hell. Even Salomon, who was on the roof, felt the scorching heat of the air. He walked and watched all the way, and could find traces of fighting from time to time. Salomon followed along these traces. At the end of the traces, a huge magma pit appeared in front of Salomon.

This pothole has traces of artificial construction. The bridge across the magma lake alone cannot be formed naturally. This seems to remind him that he has an amazing secret and arouses the curiosity of explorers. Fortunately, the painstaking efforts of the builders were not in vain, and there happened to be an explorer here.

Salomon took a deep breath of the clean air, found the right place and jumped down. After he landed slowly (feather fall technique), he saw that the stone bridge had broken into three pieces, and a black figure had just stepped into the cave opposite the magma lake. The mystic mage quickly cast a spell, opened the portal and entered the cave. The air here is much cleaner than that in the magma lake, and there is also a much cooler breeze blowing from the depths of the cave.

He could finally breathe freely.

The light and heat of the magma lake just now almost made him unable to open his eyes. When he arrived here, he was already covered in sweat, and the sticky feeling made him itchy all over. Salomon walked forward along the long cave while avoiding small falling rocks. After a while, he saw the sun—it was a shaft, and his shadow was cast in the well mouth of the clear sun. The blue sky It has never become turbid because of the turmoil here, as if there is a place outside the wellhead that is indifferent to the world.

Suppressing his nausea, Salomon held a bit of asphalt in his palm and swallowed the spider that had been kept in the small glass bottle. After chanting the spell, the asphalt disappeared. Salomon stuck out his tongue, feeling that the spider was still bouncing in his stomach. He spat a few times, trying to get rid of that strange feeling.

"It's just disgusting," he muttered as he walked up the side of the well. "I should have chosen Levitation, I was careless, I was careless..." Fortunately, the spider walk can last for an hour, which is a rare consolation, at least Salomon doesn't need to re-cast the spider walk every once in a while technique, then you need to swallow a spider.

After walking out of the wellhead, Salomon immediately felt the clear breeze, which took away all the heat, and there was no bubbling magma and various odors here, and the clean air returned to him again. in the lungs.

He came to a steep cliff. Here, he could see the old town of Vigrid in the valley below, but it had already fallen into a sea of ​​flames, and the magma flowed down from the valley like a waterfall, gathering and piling up on the Together.

"F*ck!" Salomon couldn't handle this kind of thing, he could only spit, and continued to walk up a dilapidated stone step crushed by a pillar.

Overgrown with weeds, it reached a dilapidated ring arena. The huge double-headed angel appeared above the arena, while Beunita stood in the arena. Salomon only recognized the identity of the angel after approaching.

This angel has two huge dragon heads, one red and one blue. The dragon heads are inlaid with gems and armor. The body is a huge inverted marble human face. Sun sign; its two huge claws are identical to those of a dragon, with golden ornaments on the knees and claw tips, and a long tail with many barbed penances that are tightly inserted into the body. There is a golden, outstretched wing decoration, and the broad wings carry it to stay in the sky.

This is the Angel of Fortitude among the four virtues, the embodiment of the divine will of the Kingdom of God, the embodiment of courage and fortitude, and also represents the element of fire, with the ability to summon magma. It can be said that all the magma in the old city of Vigrid was summoned from the ground by it.

"I heard that there is a person who escaped from the witch hunt and is rebelling against our rule." The mouth of the huge inverted human face opened and closed, and the thick voice resounded throughout the arena, "Her connection with the lower plane makes her The soul becomes filthy. If you are this poor man, I will release you from your torment."

The witch ate candies boredly, not paying attention to the angel's words.

"Holy Son, man of wisdom." The angel of Fortitude interrupted the conversation with the witch, it said, "Please perform a miracle and save the poor man in front of you..."

Suddenly there was a gunshot and a bullet bounced off the marble face. The angel of Fortitude also stopped what he was going to say in surprise, because he didn't understand at all why someone would voluntarily refuse this gift.

The witch blinked at Salomon, and she said to the angel of perseverance, "Sorry, I forgot to tell the reason for hunting you. You are so ugly, I can't bear to let you continue to suffer."

"Holy Son..." The Perseverance Angel wanted to continue speaking, but was interrupted by Salomon's raised middle finger.

"Are you going to rebel against the heavens too?" The Angel of Perseverance asked in surprise.

"I have never obeyed the upper plane, let alone you, a bouncing puppy." Salomon said, "It is better for the creatures on the upper plane to leave the main material plane obediently. Here is the supreme The mage's place."

"Humans can't fight us! Even if you add the witch beside you, don't try to use the power of darkness to fight us. No matter what era, the witch will never learn the lesson..." said the angel of perseverance, "We will reshape a New world! And you, also one of us, you can obtain a status far higher than that of a sage..."

"Shut up! Featherface!" Beunita fired a few shots impatiently, and she drew out her long knife, "You are so stupid that it is unbearable."

You can guess what I'm going to give the main character. This is very important, related to cheating, a major improvement.