Silver Blade and Rose

In all fairness, just from the performance as a driver, Sanchez's evaluation is more than one level higher than that of Zales.

He said very little, knowing that Edwin liked to close his eyes and doze off in the car, so he hardly bothered him.After Grant left, he was seconded from the Exorcist Association. On the surface, the working hours seemed to be freer than before, but in fact, the salary and treatment were not as good as he was in the association.

After all, being a driver and assistant is not a particularly enviable job in a certain sense. In the eyes of those who disagree with him, it is not much different from being demoted and sent abroad.Even so, Sanchez didn't complain to Edwin, as if being at 179 was no different than being at the Exorcist Association.

Because of his attitude, Edwin actually admired him quite a bit, and even told Munn that if he couldn't recruit new people, he could consider poaching Sanchez from the Exorcist Association.

However, two weeks later Zals brought Cerberus to the interview, and this possibility did not come true in the end.

Since today's meeting location is set at the headquarters of the Exorcist Association in York City, Sanchez offered to come and pick up Edwin——Zars is still a pure newcomer, and he hasn't even figured out where the association's gate will open, so it's better not to. It's better to let him come over.

Edwin had no objection to this, and the matter was settled.At 07:30 in the evening, he closed his eyes when he got into the car as scheduled. Sanchez had already gotten used to it, and without saying anything, he started the car and drove away from No. 179.

The reason why the meeting was held at night was mainly because of the race of the participants.These people are [-] times more difficult to deal with than Edwin. Some are unwilling to go out during the day, and some hate crowded places. What's more, they sleep all day, so in order to accommodate them, the association can only choose to hold meetings at night.

Edwin hadn't expressed any opinions. Even though the meeting itself was held against his former assistant, he acted as if nothing had happened. When he heard that there was going to be a meeting, he agreed without saying anything.

Sanchez has never been able to understand Edwin's thoughts, but knowing that the other party knows what he is thinking, he is not too worried.

The headquarters of the Exorcist Association is located in the suburbs about 10 kilometers away from Rockhill Street. It doesn’t take much time to drive. Sanchez parked the car at the entrance of the association, called Edwin’s name, and asked him, “You go in by yourself?”

The person in the back seat opened his eyes, and he didn't seem to be sleepy at all. It didn't look like he had slept the whole time with his eyes closed.

...Maybe he really didn't sleep.Sanchez thought.

"Well, you go back," Edwin said.

He got out of the car directly, and Sanchez stopped at the door for a while, feeling a little uneasy, so he parked the car and followed in.

There are people on duty 24 hours a day in the association, but only the lights in a few rooms are turned on, and a few wall lamps are lit in the corridor, just enough to see the road clearly.

Edwin didn't pay much attention to the somewhat shabby way of hospitality, and went downstairs along the spiral staircase, and soon saw the people waiting in the rotunda at the bottom of the building.

"Here we come," Sauron, the president of the York City Exorcist Association, held out his hand to him, "Did you call me here so late, are you scolding me in your heart?"

Edwin sat down on the chair opposite him noncommittal.

"When does it begin?"

Sauron was deflated and didn't show any dissatisfaction. He still smiled and said, "Anytime."

Since he said anytime, Edwin didn't want to stay here for too long, so of course he chose to start directly.He raised his hand to draw a circle in the air, then clicked on the center of the circle, and a circular "window" appeared in the air out of thin air, through which he could see a completely different scenery from the association.

It looks like a window, but it's actually no different from the "door" in Zars' room.

There are actually two gates in York, one was guarded by Grant Mulder at 179 Rockhill Street, and the other, strictly speaking, should be Edwin Owen himself.

As long as he is there, a door to another world can be opened at any time.

After Grant's death, only Edwin was left on No. 179. The association had proposed several times to transfer the fixed door, but Edwin rejected them all.

"The 'door' is opened because of me, it is impossible to leave it to others to guard, and you may not be able to guard it." He said.

A lot of people in the association have a lot of opinions on him because of this, but Edwin is right, if he is not there, there is really no way for them to deal with a big change in the "gate".

It's the same now, even though Sauron was displeased, he didn't dare to say anything bad to Edwin - if this guy really quits, the law and order in York City will drop several levels.

The "door" opened by Edwin was slowly advancing, the scenery inside the door was constantly changing, and finally stopped in front of a dim palace.He snapped his fingers, a red light shot out from his fingertips, went straight to the palace inside the gate, and exploded a gorgeous firework on the highest spire.

The sound of fireworks exploding was so loud that Sauron was startled. He glanced at Edwin and was about to say something, but someone rushed to Xingshi more urgently than him to inquire: "My lord, can you knock on the door for a little bit?" polite?"

The voice was louder than the explosion just now, Sauron hesitated to speak, finally sighed, and first said hello to the other party: "Viscount Ansarst, hello."

A moment later, a short old man with a face as dry as dried orange peel slowly floated out of the palace.He wore a finely crafted dressing gown, floated in the air and nodded towards Sauron, then turned to Edwin who was sitting aside: "You do this every time, it doesn't matter if I wake up, there are many children inside— —”

"Next time you don't come out early and wait, I will blow up your undead hall."

Edwin raised his eyebrows, and said something terrible without changing his face.

Old man: "..."

He closed his mouth angrily, and after a while he asked reluctantly, "Where are the others?"

Edwin snapped his fingers, and three "doors" appeared one after another near him. The scenery inside was different, but there were already people waiting where they could see.Among them are gorgeous beauties in luxurious clothes, and immature-looking children with expressionless faces. The remaining one has a wolf-like head, which is no different from the legendary werewolf.The werewolf nodded towards the old man, and said in a low voice, "You're late."

Old man, no, the Viscount Onsarst cursed silently, and then put a smile on his face, as if he wasn't the one who cursed just now: "Nice to meet you, everyone."

"Hurry up and end," the red-haired beauty in a low-cut dress said impatiently while holding a wine glass, "I have an appointment soon, and I don't want to waste too much time with you."

Her eyes drifted to Edwin's face, she blinked, thought about it and changed her words: "If the Grand Duke is willing to date me, it doesn't matter how long it takes."

Edwin glanced at her and said without saying anything, "Let's get started."

Suo Long was eager to end it quickly, so he hurriedly came out to host the meeting with the content of this meeting.

"Then, my lords, what we are going to discuss today is the incident of Grant Mulder killing 30 people in another world that happened half a year ago—"

For everyone in No. 179, that day half a year ago was like a nightmare, and it still hangs over everyone's heads to this day.

Edwin went out of town on business, and took Munn and Hannah away together, while Grant, who was in charge of guarding the "door", stayed at home alone.For some reason, the seal was loose, and the great demon who heard the news found him who was guarding outside, and bewitched Grant, trying to make him undo the seal on the "door", so that it could come from another world.

They didn't know what Grant said at the time and whether he was bewitched by the other party.When Edwin came back in the evening, the seal on the "door" was indeed broken, but only some less threatening alien creatures escaped from there. He asked Munn and Hannah to clean it up, and stepped into the "door" by himself. , to find the missing Grant.

He smelled the breath of the big devil, knew that this "door" probably led to hell, and suspected Grant's motive for opening the "door", but he searched all the way, but found many traces of fighting.

Grant and the big devil fought, judging from the traces left behind, it is undoubtedly true.

Although Grant, who was born in the Exorcist Association, has the ability to deal with most of the "prison escape" alien creatures alone, he is still a human being, and it is still difficult to fight evenly with the big devil.Moreover, apart from the traces of fighting, there were some corpses of other creatures on the road. They seemed to find that the "door" was open and wanted to take the opportunity to get out, but they were all killed on the road.

Based on what he knew about Grant, it was impossible not to get injured while fighting the big devil while killing these things.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Edwin to find bloodstains on the road, including the blood of the great devil and human blood belonging to Grant.He couldn't help speeding up his pace, and even chose to fly, and finally found Grant's body by a lake of boiling magma.

It was still warm. He had just died not long ago, and there was a penetrating wound on his chest. It should be that the demon's tail penetrated his chest and killed him.

The devil didn't stay nearby, maybe it was because he found him coming, maybe it was because of the fight with Grant that he was seriously injured. In short, Edwin couldn't find the murderer, so he could only bring Grant's body back to No. 179, and then put the "door "Seal it up.

Muen told him that from the traces left behind, the previous seal was lifted by Grant on his own initiative.

They didn't understand Grant's motive for doing this. The demon who killed him was at least above the level of the Great Demon. Although Grant is an exorcist who specializes in combat ability, the chances of winning a close fight with the Great Demon with a human body are undoubtedly slim. , why on earth would he do this?

In any case, things have happened and they can only accept it.Hannah reported the incident to the association and wanted to contact Grant's family through them, but was told that Grant had no relatives, and the association could cremate the body on his behalf.

After getting the answer, Hannah hung up the phone. If they just want to be cremated, they don't need the association to help.

Although they were puzzled and sad, they lived in peace for several days after that, until a week later the association sent a message that someone claimed that Grant had killed his own people by crossing the "door", and they needed to report to the Edwin demands truth and compensation.

But what the truth is, even Edwin himself doesn't know anything about it, so naturally he can't tell them.

The association still relies on him, so naturally it will not take the initiative to ask him to explain. This notarization meeting has been delayed again and again, until Viscount Onsarst claimed to have obtained new evidence a few days ago, so he had to choose today to discuss it.

Several lords whose subjects had been victimized were present, but Onsastre, who claimed to have new evidence, came last. Edwin sat calmly on a chair, waiting to see what he would come up with.

The Viscount Onsarst's territory was indeed near the entrance of the "gate" at that time. It is not surprising that he could find something, but half a year has passed, and even if the time of hell passes slower than the human world, it has already passed three years. For months, even the traces of the fight would be wiped away by the strong wind. How did he suddenly come up with new evidence at this time?

"I got something from a child a few days ago," Viscount Onsarst took out a box from the pocket of his dressing gown, and said, "This is not something that will appear here, it should come from the human world—"

He opened the box, and inside was a watch.

Edwin's eyes moved slightly, he had seen it in Grant's hand before.

"Someone used this to make a deal with him, saying it was his own, and according to the description, it looks like Grant Mulder." Viscount Onsarst gave Edwin a meaningful look, "I suspect he is not dead at all. "