Using the vibrations from the ground, Geffrey successfully sensed the Corpse Puppets that had been playing guerrilla warfare with him. He then immediately drove his bone blades into the building and quickly harvested the Corpse Puppets. The Corpse Puppets were largely beheaded and dismembered, and the four Corpse Puppets were immediately harvested by Geffrey.
"Heh... Did they find my Corpse Puppets somehow? According to that old guy, this should be the so-called Earth Hearing Rune."
Somewhere in the school, inside a spacious and bright indoor area, Dorothy, who was sensing the information from the front line, chuckled and murmured. Beside her was Sister Vanya, holding a long sword in her arms and looking nervous.
"Miss Dorothy, how is the situation outside now?" With a look of apprehension, Vanya asked Dorothy beside her.
Vanya, who was supposed to return to Tivian in a few days, suddenly received an invitation from Dorothy asking if she would be willing to participate in another operation. Recalling the dangerous situation at Field Manor before, Vanya originally wanted to refuse, but after the other party mentioned it was related to the will of akasha, Vanya found that she couldn't refuse at all.
Although Vanya didn't understand why the gods' gaze would fall upon an insignificant small place like Igwinte, what exactly did Aka's will refer to? But divine will is divine will. For Vanya, who was a senior clergy member, divine will cannot be fathomed or disobeyed. Therefore, as soon as Dorothy mentioned Aka's will, Vanya agreed with hardly any second thoughts.
Of course, she didn't know that Aka's will was equal to Dorothy's own will.
"The situation is okay. Those guys still have some tricks up their sleeves. After all, they are Black Rank, not that easy to deal with..."
'Black Rank... Why did you provoke Black Rank enemies again, Miss Dorothy? Aren't you still just an Apprentice yourself?'
Vanya shouted in her heart, while Dorothy continued to control the distant battlefield.
Returning to the school grounds, after cutting down all the Corpse Puppets, Geffrey retrieved all the blood-stained bone blades to his side. Just as he stood up from the ground with a smile, preparing to change position to destroy the surrounding Stone statues, suddenly several figures emerged from behind windows and pillars, holding some kind of guns and continuing to shoot at them.
Some of these were new ambushes who had reappeared, while others were old men whose arms had just been cut off or chests pierced by Geffrey, and who now stood up full of vigor and started attacking again.
For a time, gunshots rang out over the campus again, and Geffrey and Oswan had no choice but to passively rely on bone shields to defend.
Dorothy's Corpse Puppets were actually like zombies; as long as the central nervous system, mainly the spine, was not severely damaged, they could continue to move. Geffrey's previous wave only took out two of her Corpse Puppets, and two Corpse Puppets could continue to move. In addition, Dorothy continued to bring up other reserve Corpse Puppets hidden within the campus. Dorothy's Corpse Puppet control amount instantly returned to the full level of five, and they continued to attack Geffrey and Oswan, who thought it was over.
Throughout the entire campus, Dorothy had stored about twenty Corpse Puppets. These twenty Corpse Puppets were all her "manpower" reserves. As soon as there were losses on the front line, they were immediately brought up to fill the line. These Corpse Puppet reserves were enough for Dorothy to last for a long time.
"Those guys are here again! They aren't normal people, they're puppets! They're the flesh puppets of the "Cup"!"
Falling into passive defense again, Geffrey said angrily from behind the protection of the bone shield. The current situation reminded him of what happened a few days ago on Knight Road. At that time, he was also played by an Extraordinary who used the "Cup"'s puppets.
Could it be the same person?
Geffrey thought this in his heart, but the reality didn't allow him to think more. He turned to his companion Oswan, who was trying hard to defend, and asked.
"Are there any more Earth Hearing Runes? I need to clear these guys out again!"
Listening to Geffrey's words, Oswan turned his head and replied in a somewhat angry tone.
"There are still two Earth Hearing Runes left. These things aren't easy to get. We don't know how many of that guy's puppets there are now. If we still haven't cleared these puppets after using up the Earth Hearing Runes, it will be bad.
"So, don't worry about these flesh puppets! Find that guy's main body! If we solve the main body, everything will be fine!"
Oswan roared at Geffrey. Geffrey felt there was some truth in this. The number of Earth Hearing Runes was small, and they had no idea how many puppets the opponent still had. The best way at this time was to find the opponent's main body.
Thinking of this, Geffrey retracted all his bone blades, then released the Spirits attached to them, allowing these Spirits to scatter autonomously, crossing obstacles to search the surroundings at high speed. During this time, Oswan was still fully responsible for defense. Occasionally, bullets that flew through hit him, causing him to fall several times, and the cracks on his body increased. If they couldn't deal with these Corpse Puppets, they wouldn't be able to move freely within the campus.
After a while, the Spirits all flew back, informing Geffrey of the information they had scouted. Geffrey heard important intelligence among them.
"Over there! In the Church over there! There are two women!"
Geffrey pointed his hand towards the end of the open space in the distance, a towering spire Church far from the main school building, and shouted. According to the information brought by the Spirits, the controller of these Corpse Puppets was very likely hiding there.
"Okay! Let's go!"
Saying this, and starting to control the bone shield to follow him, Geffrey and Oswan quickly advanced towards the distant Church under the protection of the bone shield.
That medium-sized Church was built on the lawn far from the main school building. As they approached the Church, they also moved away from the complex architectural environment within the school. The Corpse Puppets that were ambushing them suddenly became fewer, and their movements became much less restricted and freer. They seized the opportunity to rush directly towards the Church, vowing to kill the mastermind hidden inside.
"They're coming, Sister Vanya, get ready..."
In the spacious Church hall, in front of the altar, Dorothy, leaning on her cane, spoke to the Sister beside her, and Vanya also nodded, gripping the sword she was holding in her hand, and then took out a Rune.
And Dorothy stood in a conspicuous position in front of the altar, waiting for the enemy's arrival.
'There are Aldrich's Stone statues in the school. This is not only his Spirituality reserve but also a component of his workshop formation. They cannot be destroyed or moved to other places in advance. They are the key points of this battle, the key for Aldrich to defeat the great enemy.
'Therefore, protecting the Stone statues is the top priority. If I use lethal moves without restraint in the school, Aldrich's Stone statues will definitely be affected. So... the main battlefield that determines the outcome cannot be inside the school... but here, in this Church far from the main school building.
'And the only way to get them to come obediently is for me, as the mastermind, to act as bait and lure them over...'
Standing in front of the altar, leaning on a cane, Dorothy waited silently. After a while, Geffrey and Oswan, controlling bone blades and bone shields, burst into the Church's main door and saw Dorothy standing before them. Geffrey couldn't help but be stunned by this.
"What? It's actually a kid!?"
"Never mind what it is, kill her!"
Oswan shouted directly at Geffrey, and Geffrey immediately took action, controlling the bone blades to fly towards Dorothy and slash directly at her!
Just as a bone blade slashed in front of Dorothy, a sharp steel blade was placed in front of her, deflecting and bouncing the bone blade back with a clang.
Holding the long sword, Sister Vanya, in her Sister's attire, blocked the incoming attack for Dorothy in front of the altar, protecting her with her whole body.
"Sister Vanya, next... I entrust my life safety to you."
Gazing at the Sister protecting her, Dorothy said slowly with a serious expression, and the sword-wielding Sister also immediately replied.
"Understood... Miss Dorothy... I will do my best to protect you."