Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 878: Chapter 274 Miss Roundhead says, “Throw into the Underworld_4

“Hiss…”

Leonard Churchill drew in a cold breath.

It wasn’t that he was surprised by the guards in this vampire lair, it was just that looking at the armor, he felt there was no starting point to tackle it.

It should be noted that this fellow had withstood an attack from a legendary thief solely by relying on this armor.

Just having this thing here meant there was nothing Leonard could do about it.

Not just him, should most of the legends arrive, they too could only back down.

The only exceptions might be someone with overwhelming force like Barre Shepherd or a card master with restraining methods like Merlin… to possibly deal with it.

Thinking this, Count Nikola’s placement of this guy here really was an unsolvable issue.

Setting aside whether anyone could approach quietly, even if someone did arrive, they wouldn’t be able to defeat him.

With Merlin making an appearance outside, it basically meant this armored bloke was almost impossible to deal with.

Dead end!

Leonard’s mind raced with countless thoughts in an instant.

But at the same time, he wondered, “How come this guy hasn’t noticed me?”

Leonard, watching the motionless giant, thought it might be his “Blood Plague” that prevented the giant from noticing.

However, just as he was thinking of taking a few steps to test this out, a familiar female voice suddenly came from beside his ear, “Don’t move rashly, that guy is under my control. As long as you don’t attack him, he won’t wake up.”

Leonard’s pupils shrank, and he was quite surprised, “Tracy Garcia?”

Upon hearing that familiar tone, the image of that Roundhead lady immediately came to his mind.

Only then did he realize, the feeling he had been followed, was it her?

Tracy Garcia was in the secret realm too?

Oh, right.

She was the successor of the High Priest Orlan lineage.

No matter how you looked at it, both the City of Ember from three thousand years ago and this Divine Ruins Secret Realm were tied to that lineage.

Leonard asked, “How did you find me?”

A response immediately came from beside his ear, “Because, Mr. Leonard Churchill, you are entangled with a Life Pattern I left behind… yeah, because of that, I could follow you.”

She continued, “I’ve been wandering around here but couldn’t find the array’s core. Later, I found out you were here too, and you kept going deeper, so I followed. By the way… How were you able to locate this array’s core without being discovered by those vampire scouts? I was worried you might be exposed…”

“…”

Leonard didn’t know how to explain that he’d have to start the story a hundred years back, so he simply said, “Let’s talk about that later. Anyway, how do we break this array?”

He came here, of course, to break the enchantment.

As he spoke, he looked around but saw no one else.

“I’m right here…”

With a laugh, a person cloaked in a special cape suddenly appeared before him.

Lifting the cape revealed the distinctive Roundhead—none other than Tracy Garcia.

Leonard looked at her in wonder, as he’d felt no presence, yet she had been following him the whole time.

“Mr. Leonard Churchill, long time no see.”

Tracy looked at Leonard and smiled brightly.

The last encounter had been a fleeting one in Upper State Prison.

At that time, she was competing with the New King of Orlan for shadow soldiers.

There’d been no time for greetings.

Now, meeting here in this mysterious realm felt especially cordial.

Leonard nodded with a slight smile, “Yeah. It’s been a long time.”

Tracy knew what he was puzzled about and said, “Because there’s a Life Pattern tangled with you, I used the Reverse Spirit Communication Technique to hide in your ‘spirit.'”

Leonard heard a new term, “Spirit?”

Tracy replied, “Yes. All things have spirits, that’s the one. It’s a Secret Skill that’s required learning in the Spirit Communicator lineage. It’s similar to the Air of the Air Skill Master.”

Leonard: “Oh.”

As she spoke, the Roundhead lady blinked and said, “But Leonard, your perception has become very sharp, you almost found me just now. Have you comprehended your own ‘Intention’?”

Leonard’s expression changed slightly, “Hmm.”

Tracy looked at his expression and pondered for a moment, not asking further.

…

Meeting an old friend, both Leonard and Tracy felt good about the reunion.

But this was not the time for chit-chat.

The key was to break the enchantment.

Leonard was ready to take action but then glanced at the armored giant not far away and asked, “How long can you control that guy?”

He guessed that Tracy’s power was not what it used to be, but he felt it was prudent to ask.

Tracy replied nonchalantly, “The guy inside can withstand the armor’s Law backlash because his body is quite special. It’s because he’s a Stitched Man contaminated by the Blood Plague. Consequently, his Mental Power is very weak. Although the armor is strong, it has a clear weakness—it’s slightly damaged, so it’s not too difficult to control… Of course, this is what the Pursuer of Light told me. This armor had been in the X Bureau’s warehouse for a long time, almost forgotten by others, but he studied it thoroughly…”

“…”

Upon hearing this, Leonard understood.

No wonder Merlin and his companions had shown up on the frontline—there had been arrangements in place all along.

And that Mushroomhead who had been infiltrating Reuel Bible’s side seemed to have learned many secrets of the X Bureau.

It wasn’t just targeting those Crimson Cultists, but he also anticipated tactics they might employ.

This “Frederick I’s Silver Shining Armor” was an example.

If the enemy hadn’t used it, it would have been fine, but once they did, the flaw would be fatal.

Previously he thought it was a coincidence, but now he saw it was inevitable.

Leonard never expected Mushroomhead’s scheme to be so deep.

But he didn’t dwell on those things unrelated to the current situation,

He asked, “So, what do we do now?”

Tracy replied, “Previously, I planned to just throw this blood pond into the ‘Underworld’ with Spirit Communication Skill, or somewhere else. But that would cause a big commotion and might lead to some uncontrollable risks… Most importantly, if my Spirit Communication is discovered, it might attract some troublemakers…”