Chapter 80: Two Prohibitions

Chapter 80: Two Prohibitions

Seeing a young man in a black windbreaker descending from the crimson moon with an iron-black revolver in hand, Qonas Kilgor, who was basically familiar with important figures throughout the world, immediately responded.

His left hand, which held the “tin” pocket watch, moved quickly with his thumb reaching toward one of the metal buttons chaotically embedded at the top of the watch. At the same time, his right arm abruptly rose, using the six gray barrels arranged in a circle to aim at Gehrman Sparrow.

This process was as swift as sparks struck from colliding metal. It ended in no time, yet Qonas Kilgor’s left thumb ultimately did not press down.

He overcame his conditioned reflex and did not directly use Concerto of Light and Shadow’s Prohibit.

This was because he did not understand Gehrman Sparrow and did not know what the other party was best at. Moreover, someone wearing Gehrman Sparrow’s appearance might not necessarily be Gehrman Sparrow. Blindly “prohibiting” would only waste an opportunity.

He intended to observe and wait a little longer, so that he could formulate laws and distort rules in a more targeted manner.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang!

That strange handgun let out a despairing scream, unleashing a storm of black and icy bullets that instantly enveloped the enemy beneath the crimson moon.

At this moment, Gehrman Sparrow’s figure abruptly turned transparent, becoming less than real.

The arriving bullets pierced through the target in the black windbreaker, tearing apart the afterimage he left behind.

Behind Qonas Kilgor, Gehrman Sparrow, with his cold, stern face, suddenly appeared. His body was half crouched and leaning forward. The black top hat upon his head had taken on a smear of blood color beneath the crimson moonlight.

He abruptly raised the iron-black long-barreled revolver in his hand. While aiming, he parted his lips slightly and lightly touched the trigger.

Bang!

On Qonas Kilgor’s right side, the floor abruptly exploded, sending countless fragments splashing up.

Gehrman Sparrow’s shot had actually deviated to such an absurd degree, and its destructive power was clearly insufficient.

This was the Fallen Count’s Distortion, which made the bullet’s trajectory deviate and reduced its power.

Seizing the chance, Qonas Kilgor Confused the standard by which distance was measured and, with a single step, arrived on the bedroom balcony.

Then he half turned his body, pressed one of the metal buttons on the “tin” pocket watch in his hand with a snap, and spoke solemnly and majestically:

“Teleportation is prohibited here!”

Silently and soundlessly, some unknown change occurred within Rose Song Manor, which was illuminated by the enormous crimson moon. Gehrman Sparrow, whose body had quickly faded after firing, appeared again from the void.

He had failed to successfully switch positions.

Concerto of Light and Shadow—Prohibit!

To Qonas Kilgor, no matter what Gehrman Sparrow was actually skilled in, since he could “teleport,” it had to be immediately prohibited. An enemy capable of high-frequency, short-distance teleportation without intervals was not only annoying, but dangerous!

Discovering that his “teleportation” had failed, Gehrman Sparrow’s expression did not change. His figure quickly twisted, shedding all color and leaving only deep black.

This “deep black” abruptly collapsed, spreading across the ground and merging with the shadows in areas untouched by moonlight, becoming impossible to distinguish from them.

Bang bang bang bang bang. Bullet holes suddenly appeared where Gehrman Sparrow had been standing just now, tearing through the floor.

Rumble!

That place collapsed directly, revealing the room below. Yet no dust rose.

And amid such noise, Rose Song Manor remained shrouded in deep shadows. No one woke, and no echo was heard.

Qonas Kilgor restrained the impulse to immediately “prohibit” shadow-hiding behavior. Holding Revere’s Desperate Scream and Concerto of Light and Shadow, he calmly observed his surroundings, waiting for Gehrman Sparrow to appear again and launch an attack.

However, inside the ruined room, shadows everywhere were quiet and soundless, without the slightest movement. Outside the window, the spire and chimneys remained covered in cold blackness, and the gigantic crimson moon seemed to hang just above the roof.

The plants in the garden, the grapevines in the distance, and the various classical windows all seemed to have degraded into background beneath this night. They were clearly visible to the naked eye, yet did not even sway.

The entirety of Rose Song Manor was so cold, dark, and silent. It was like it had been forgotten in a corner no one noticed and no one could discover, devoid of any vitality.

As a demigod and an important figure in the intelligence world, Qonas Kilgor quickly formed a certain guess. He suspected that this was related to the authority of the domain of Concealment.

This made him think of quite a few things, while Gehrman Sparrow still did not appear.

He actually did not launch a sneak attack and even gave up the opportunity for continuous strikes, leaving me with so many gaps… Does he not understand how difficult a high-sequence Lawyer or Arbiter becomes once they complete enough preparations in the early stage of battle? A thread of doubt flashed through Qonas Kilgor’s mind.

His observation of the surroundings and the relatively less urgent situation quickly allowed him to recognize his own circumstances. He understood that defeating Gehrman Sparrow was not the key. Escaping from this strange and concealed world was the priority.

If he could not leave this place, there would very likely be other dangers afterward!

As long as I can break away from this darkly styled Rose Song Manor, then even if an angel descends, I, who am in Backlund, do not need to be so afraid… And a manmade concealed world must necessarily have an exit. This is a rule of mysticism that cannot be bypassed… Exploiting and distorting rules is precisely what a demigod of the Lawyer pathway is best at! Amid all kinds of thoughts, Qonas Kilgor swiftly made a decision.

He abruptly turned, jumping forcefully from the balcony, accelerating as swiftly as a spring.

This military demigod suddenly leaped high, yet his speed did not slow, and there was no sign of falling.

He maintained that speed, rising higher and higher, actually flying in this manner.

Fallen Count—Exploit!

This was Exploiting rules, prolonging the process of jumping so that his speed could be maintained for a long time.

If Qonas Kilgor could become a Sequence 2 angel, he might even be able to directly jump from the ground to the crimson moon with this Beyonder power.

At the same time that he leaped into midair, Qonas Kilgor swung his right arm and activated the Beyonder power Confusion.

He wanted to target the entirety of Rose Song Manor and the entire strange world, creating a certain degree of Confusion in order to make ripples briefly appear here, exposing the true exit.

In an instant, the flowers and grapevines that seemed like background within Rose Song Manor began to sway, and the shadow-covered feeling around the dark spires, chimneys, and classical windows also faded in succession.

In the entire world, only that gigantic, nearby crimson moon did not change at all. It continued hanging quietly there.

That is the exit! Qonas Kilgor grasped the pattern from the confusion and, relying on concrete feedback, determined where he should leave.

Without hesitation, he used his waist and, with the help of Magnify, forcibly changed direction, sending himself toward that clear, bright crimson moon.

At that moment, a person grew out of the shadows before the main building of Rose Song Manor. He wore a black windbreaker and a half top hat, his expression cold and severe. It was Gehrman Sparrow.

Whoosh!

A gale appeared from nowhere, sweeping Gehrman Sparrow upward as he pursued Qonas Kilgor.

Gehrman Sparrow within the wind then raised the iron-black revolver in his right hand and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

A bullet flew out and shattered into countless fragments.

They immediately transformed into a storm, completely enveloping the area where Qonas Kilgor was located.

Death Knell revolver—Massacre, a sweeping blast of buckshot!

Almost at the same time, Qonas Kilgor changed his direction of advance without the slightest warning. From rushing toward the moon, he became someone falling straight down.

Because of this, he avoided the bullet storm’s attack, as though he had prepared for it in advance.

No—not as though. He had prepared for it in advance! Although his main goal was to escape the mutated Rose Song Manor, he remained worried that Gehrman Sparrow would seize the chance to attack him. Therefore, he had devised a simple trap, intending to use his own escape as bait to fish out the hidden Gehrman Sparrow and first injure or even heavily wound him.

Halfway through his fall, Qonas Kilgor’s figure abruptly rebounded, once again Distorting his direction of movement.

This time, his destination was the “next stop” on Gehrman Sparrow’s flight path!

Immediately afterward, he pulled his left hand, the one holding the pocket watch, backward with force, somehow grabbing Gehrman Sparrow from across the distance and pulling the other party from dozens of meters away to directly before himself.

Fallen Count—Magnify!

Whoosh!

Amid the surging wind, Qonas Kilgor grabbed Gehrman Sparrow’s clothes at the chest and, taking advantage of the momentum, pressed the strange handgun in his right hand against him.

Bang bang bang bang bang!

Revere’s Desperate Scream fired countless bullets like a machine gun, instantly tearing Gehrman Sparrow’s body apart into paper fragments that filled the air.

Qonas Kilgor’s gaze froze slightly. He immediately moved his left thumb and once again pressed one of the metal buttons on the pocket watch.

With a click, this Fallen Count spoke solemnly without the slightest hesitation:

“Substitutes are prohibited here!”

As soon as those words fell, the howling wind in midair had already stopped. Rose Song Manor once more returned to silence, again shrouded in deep shadows.

Qonas Kilgor changed his direction of movement and began circling in the air, searching for any trace of Gehrman Sparrow. However, the night was frozen solid, and there was nothing abnormal.

After weighing things briefly, the Fallen Count prepared to continue rushing toward the gigantic crimson moon.

At that moment, in the garden, in the vineyard, and inside the manor’s main building, human figures grew out or rose up one after another, swiftly taking form.

They all had black hair, brown eyes, and deeply defined contours. All wore silk top hats and black windbreakers. They were all Gehrman Sparrow!

The only difference was that some of them had normal forms, some had sunken backs, some seemed vaguely swollen, and some were only a thin layer.

Seeing this, Qonas Kilgor immediately recalled a dangerous enemy he had once encountered:

One of the secret leaders of the Intis intelligence department;

A Bizarro Sorcerer!