novelonline Chapter 3001: The Fallen Accordion Hotel
Chapter 3001: The Fallen Accordion Hotel
Chapter 3001: The Fallen Accordion Hotel
Unintentional evil is of course also evil, but the degree of evil is definitely slightly lower than intentional evil.
However, Shad's worries about the "Sword of Light" were unnecessary, because before he was about to disturb the coroner, Mr. Ptolemy Albert, before lunch, some very bad news came from the city:
"The church suddenly brought people to surround the Accordion Hotel!"
Now everyone doesn't have to worry about the Bennet family for the time being. The third floor of the Accordion Hotel is now the second base of the [Witch Council] in the local area. There are too many things there that cannot be discovered by the church.
In other words, the entire third floor should not be discovered by the church.
The big witch who stayed in the city today was Bella. When the news reached the ship, she had already hurriedly taken the girls on the third floor of the hotel to prepare for the response.
So everyone on the boat sent people to the woods to find Flora, and at the same time asked the high-level witches and ring wizards who were good at illusion to rush to the third floor of the hotel through the portal.
Shade was also on the boat at the time, so of course he went along. Fortunately, although the church's actions were too sudden, they did not go so far as to send a thirteen-ring sorcerer to lead a search of the hotel.
In fact, all the ring warlocks who surrounded the inn and conducted a search were affiliated with the Church of the Dawn. There were thirty ring warlocks in total, the highest-ranking of whom was a twelve-ring warlock and three eleven-ring warlocks.
Some of the magic of the Church of the Dawn is indeed very suitable for breaking illusions, but the third floor of the Accordion Hotel has been run by the witches for nearly half a month, and it has become the witches' home ground.
In addition, with the presence of Miss Orlanod of the thirteenth level, as well as Helen and Grace, the memory illusion prepared by Hillis was convincing enough that the Dawn Church team that pushed open every door on the third floor actually found nothing in the end.
What they saw was that Flora had arranged the different rooms into study, painting room, performance room, dressing room and storage room, and Flora's assistants lived in the other empty rooms.
Flora, who arrived late, was forced to answer some private questions about living here, and then underwent a hidden divine examination before the Dawn Church team believed that it was completely normal for her to live here.
But even so, she and her female assistants were still invited to the church together with the guests living on the second and fourth floors, and apparently they had to undergo more detailed inquiries.
After all the guests left, the chefs, accountants, and waiters working in the hotel were also taken away by the church team disguised as police, but they were taken to the Natural Church.
The hotel, which was completely empty, was never reopened. Except for the main entrance, all the doors and windows on the four floors of the hotel were closed and sealed. There was even a cordon outside the hotel, and no one was allowed to approach the outer wall.
Afterwards, part of the church's combat team temporarily left, while the team responsible for reconnaissance and exploration entered the hotel to search.
During this period, the witches also led their followers to urgently move things on the third floor of the hotel that might indicate their identities. Of course, the most dangerous "tree hole" was moved away by Shade in the first batch.
It was just that the clever illusion could fool the 12th ring warlock, and Helen and Grace could still handle the sage-level relics that were specifically designed to break illusions. But when Maria, the "nightmare witch" of the Church of Nature, stepped off the carriage, Shade knew that the illusion was useless after all.
If a fight really breaks out, this lady will definitely not be able to beat Miss Orlanod. But in such a large and confined space, no one can guarantee whether she will notice anything. The "Nightmare Witch" does not need to completely break the illusion on the third floor, just a little bit of something wrong may expose Flora completely.
"Sister Defulin, this time it all depends on you!"
So the nun also came to the third floor of the hotel. She had a very good relationship with the "Nightmare Witch" Ms. Maria Ingram. This time, it all depended on her to continue to hide the secrets of the parliament.
"If all else fails, we can just blow up the third and fourth floors of the hotel and put the blame on anyone. This way, the church won't suspect Flora."
This was Vanessa's idea, and Shad unexpectedly found that she had the support of most people, even Luvia agreed. However, Shad thought that the situation was not so serious that it would not be necessary to blow up the iconic building in the city center in broad daylight.
Of all the rooms on the third floor, the room at the end of the corridor where the semi-permanent portal is located has the weakest illusion protection, so Sister Defulyn is waiting in that room.
The "Nightmare Witch" pushed open the doors one by one to check. When she arrived at the door of the room at the end of the corridor, she opened the door and saw Sister Defulin standing in a rotating black and gold vortex.
Then the thirteenth ring sorceress slammed the door shut again, and the expression on her face changed several times in a few seconds, and then she said to the other ring sorceresses accompanying her:
"We have checked the west side of the rooms on the third floor, and it looks fine now. Checking each door one by one like this still poses some safety risks. Now you go to the second and fourth floors separately, and make sure that there are people in all the rooms at the same location but at different heights."
As a result, most of the inspection team following behind dispersed, and the lady also had a solution for those who stayed:
"Wait for me at the door. While I am in the room, you go to the next room, the opposite room, and the corridor to monitor the situation."
No one else in the team raised any questions, but after reopening the door, the thirteenth-ring sorceress of the Church of Nature took the initiative to cast an illusion to block the gazes of everyone in the corridor, and then walked towards Sister Defulyn with the door open.
She looked past the nun and towards the huge black and gold vortex:
"This is incredible. Is this a semi-permanent portal made by witch technology? In today's world where space in the material world is so unstable, I didn't expect that the Witch Council can still reproduce this technology."
“After the Green Lake incident, they were able to do this consistently.”
The nun explained softly, and Maria Ingram nodded. She suddenly understood a lot of things:
"So, Flora Winslet or some pretty girl beside her is actually the Great Witch of the Witch Council? Or, Flora Winslet is actually the follower of a certain Great Witch?"
Sister Defloran certainly would not answer this question:
"Maria, why did the church search the Accordion Inn today?"
"Devlin, not only are you not answering my questions, but you're trying to get information from me, right?"
The sorceress said with some dissatisfaction, but seeing the nun standing there expressionlessly, she still gave a reply:
"This action is not aimed at the witches. In fact, I didn't expect the witches to be so bold as to place their base in the city center. This time it's about the Bennet family.
In fact, today's action revolves around three families that have existed in the town since the days of Creekwood, Bennett, Fisher, and Koch. Among them, Fisher also has the title of baron, Bennett and Koch, one runs the hotel in the city, and the other is the president of the local lumberjacks association.
The fortune tellers of the Prophet Association have finally made a major breakthrough in divination based on ancient events recently discovered in the city. They believe that one of the three families must have a major problem.
In addition to the Accordion Hotel, the local lumberjacks' association, Baron Fisher's mansion and the baron's furniture factory were all raided this afternoon. The hotel guests, the lumberjacks' association officers, the baron's servants and some of the factory workers were taken to the church for identification.
The nun nodded slightly:
"The third floor of this hotel has nothing to do with what you want to investigate, Maria, please don't reveal the secrets here."
The sorceress of the Church of Nature did not agree immediately, but asked suspiciously:
"Devlin, I remember the church asked you to help in Vista Forest, and you said you would arrive before the final battle. But now it seems that you arrived a long time ago?"
She looked at her friend carefully:
"I know that you used to have a good relationship with the ladies of the Witch Council. Are you completely joining them now?"
Sister Defulin ignored this question. She had just received permission from Shade to exchange some intelligence for the other party's confidentiality:
"Your goal is correct. Among these three families that have been well-known in the local area since the time of Ximu Town, one of them does have a big problem."
"who is it?"
Sister Defulin shook her head:
"The other party has accepted the blessing of the tree. Even the highest-ranking witch in the Witch Council cannot see through the other party's disguise. The other party has accepted the order of the ancient in the forest. His family has a long mission to promote the birth of local paradox insects.
The God-Caller once commented: They are the pigeons raised by the Ancient Ones. "
"Godcaller?"
The Nightmare Witch frowned slightly:
"She really knows more than any of us. Speaking of which, you should have seen what happened last night. Regarding the God Summoner, Davelin, are you trying to tell me that this is not the base of the Witch Council, but the base prepared by the witches for the God Summoner?"
Her eyes widened:
"Could it be that Flora Winslet is the Godcaller!"
Sister Defulin remained expressionless for two seconds. In fact, she had always been expressionless:
"Absolutely not."
The sorceress smiled again:
"Well, I know you won't lie. I will help you conceal what's going on here. After all, we have a cooperative relationship with the Witch Council, so there's no need to expose them. But you have to know that this time the Five Gods Church is determined to clean up the city before fighting the paradox worm army.
I can pretend that I didn't see anything, but I can't guarantee that no one will be sent to search this place later. But Davelin, can you answer a question for me?"