Chapter 45: The Goddess's Information
In the conference room in the common area of Molfi, the leaders of Molfi-Filly were urgently summoned by Hua Shao and once again held a communication meeting with the four nobles of the Demon King Continent.
"People from the church will be coming soon, too." Hua Shao said with a serious face, "Let's first briefly understand the current situation. Mr. Nobil and Mr. Tap have interrogated some information, and Sanger has other aspects of the matter, and now we need to exchange information, and only if we figure out the information we have ourselves, can we make the church understand what is going on as quickly as possible. β
Kryd bowed slightly in agreement with her proposal, and this meeting had been about ten days since their first interrogation of Roses, and they had made some progress, though not all. During this time, Biancole unexpectedly heard that the Ryan family had been assigned a mission to investigate by Rheins.
Although Biancove had asked her worriedly if such behavior was too rude, Keagle didn't think it was anything. It is not false that they are now allies with Molfi-Fili and cannot harm each other. Butβyes, no one will believe in just such a contract, they will test each other. Kirde believes that even Morfi and Fili, who now seem to be extremely harmonious, had many conflicts and contradictions in the early stages of their alliance.
This is a rule that cannot be spoken about in public. The two sides of the alliance do not give themselves unconditional trust in the first place, as long as they do not intentionally pry into each other's secrets, that is within reasonable limits. What really matters is not talked about in a place where it can be eavesdropped, but what can be heard is a topic that does not matter even if it is heard. What's more, Bianko wasn't even deliberately trying to "hear" something.
It took Bianko quite a long time to understand this, but she finally threw away her unnecessary guilt. She just wanted to make sure that she wouldn't run into Giado while waiting for Kyalde, but who knew that she heard that a subordinate of the Ryan family was reporting to Sanger, and she panicked so much that she couldn't control her hearing, and it took several minutes for her to calm down, and by this time she had heard a lot of things.
Judging from what Bianko told him, if he wasn't mistaken, they might have had a good idea today.
Hua Shao's eyes were on Sanger's body, and it was clear that Morfi's brain knew how to get along with people. Even if they had formed an alliance, she would still maintain a comfortable etiquette for the people of the Demon King Continent.
"According to the information submitted by Reins Fili and Apaya GionΓ©, the Ryan family has launched an investigation in the past ten days." Sanger read his report with a blank look, "There are five anomalous locations outside of the Roses base we have identified. Since Reins Fili suspected that these five sites were related to the gods, we did not go deep into the center of the area, but only carried out relevant investigations on the edges.
"According to the feedback from residents in the surrounding areas, there has been no significant change in their normal life, but their captive livestock have been disturbed from time to time during this time. According to the instrument's detection, the temperature around the anomaly did not match the change that the area should have.
But almost every child in the neighborhood said they had seen a woman with long black hair flying in the sky, with black wings and a white dress. In her hand she held a magnificent sword that children believed 'tore the sky'. But none of their parents had seen her, believing that she was a false figure made up by children at a fantastical age.
The woman would only appear in the sky for a split second and then disappear. We once met a mercenary who was passing by, and the mercenary agreed with the children's statement, saying that 'only those who have faith and pure children can see the face of a goddess'.
"We collected and counted the time when the woman appeared, the time when the livestock showed abnormalities, and the time when the temperature changed abnormally. The three time periods are almost the same, and the pattern is that the woman will appear in the sky first, then the temperature will fluctuate, and finally the reaction of the livestock.
"We brought the timetable back to Morfi's base, and from the feedback schedule of the outgoing personnel, we found that the anomalous time period was almost the same as the time when the magic array and altar in the ruins were destroyed."
Sanger slowly put away the paper in his hand, and it seemed that his debriefing was over. The information revealed in this paragraph is enough to make everyone take it seriously.
Woman flying in the sky, with black wings, holding a sword, and a person of faith...... It could almost be assumed to be the long-lost goddess Imoryla, who they had been following in their tracks.
But is this really credible? It's not that they question the Ryan family's abilities, it's just that the source of this information is not objective enough.
"'Only a man of faith and a pure child can see a goddess,' ah......" Reins thought as she tapped her finger lightly on the table, "there is nothing wrong with that, after all, I have revised and passed it on." β
All of them turned their eyes to Rheins for a moment, but the latter was not at all intimidated by the change and leisurely watched his fingers.
"Why, don't you know?" She asked lightly, "That saying has been circulating among the mercenaries for a long time, and I remember the original sentence ......'Only by giving one's all to the goddess can one in ten thousand win the possibility of seeing the goddess's true face'." This sentence is so ridiculous, if the gods really knew this, they should be so angry that they will be punished by the gods, right? The gods can accept human beliefs, accept small offerings of human voluntariness, and they should respond accordingly. The gods must not make humans give everything they have for the sake of the boring reason of 'show you your face', or they will be punished by the rules set by the creator God. β
"But can you see a goddess as long as you believe in it?" Huck asked distrustfully, "In that case, you mercenaries should have all seen the goddess a long time ago." β
"This is a bit of an exaggeration, after all, not everyone sincerely believes in the goddess." Reins shrugged indifferently, "But ...... How can it be? Those who have faith in the goddess and those who have a pure soul are only qualified to see the goddess, and as long as the goddess is not in sight, or the goddess does not want humans to see her, of course no one will be able to see her. Well, that's not the point, that's all for the information that Molfi-Filly has investigated. It was a surprise to be able to investigate this in ten days, and I still underestimated Ryan's ability. β
Sanger ignored Rhine's assessment expressionlessly, and Kryder coughed lightly twice and consciously took over the topic.
"We asked some specious things from the mouths of those people in Roses, and if we combine it with the current information, we can understand it."
Kryd glanced at Wokan, who pulled out a tiny folded piece of paper from his coat pocket, and Kyld resisted the urge to curse and waited patiently for Wokan to unfold the poor piece of paper completely.
"They're the team responsible for setting up the magic circle and the altar, just like we've learned. They don't know what they mean, but they can guess a little. Compared to Sanger's stern and old-fashioned way of reporting, Wokan's attitude was too casual, "because in addition to the material we found, they had some of the most important things that were hidden." According to them, it was something given to them by 'Roseos', and it had the breath of a 'some' god on it. I'd like to take it and see it, but I'm afraid it will hurt me, so I'm going to wait for someone from the church to examine it.
"Hmm...... The people of our Demon King Continent actually know very little about the magic array, so even if that person said something about the magic array, I don't really understand it, but fortunately, Fili's mercenaries can help us. In short, after the magic circle and the altar are completed, they will put the item with the aura of the gods in the middle for about five minutes or so, and then they will leave directly with the item.
"Our action of going to the ruins to destroy every magic circle and altar was expected by Rossos, so they only need to soak their breath into the magic circle for a day or two. Because they had to build a large number of magic arrays, it didn't matter if even a few of them were destroyed after the aura was gone.
"So, what is the purpose of building a large number of magic arrays? The lady named Ella told us that the magic circles might have an 'awakening' effect when they were destroyed. You've said before that those magic arrays are related to 'Soul Gathering', right? Those breaths remain in the magic circle, drawn by the magic circle, and when the magic circle and the altar are destroyed by us, there will be a slight vibration on the soul to which the breath belongs. Once or twice may be overlooked, but doing so consistently for a long time will 'awaken' that soul.
If this hypothesis is true, then it is consistent with what the Ryan family investigated. When the magic circle is destroyed, the goddess's soul will be awakened, so she will appear in the sky. β
Wokan tossed the paper over and then held his face with one hand, a look of obvious confusion.
"But we thought that the gods on the goddess's side were trapped by Rossos, right?" He asked confirmatively, "What good would it be for Roseos to 'awaken' her soul?" β
Hua Shao quickly sank into her thoughts, and at this moment, there was a knock on the door of the conference room.
"Sorry, are we late?"
Smofa Hemiria and a man from the same church walked into the room, Figilio following them, four pairs of stares.
"We've just straightened out the information we have." Hua Shao said gently, "You came just in time. β
She relayed the information they had just come up with succinctly and quickly, and Smofa and the man named Pat looked at each other, their solemn expressions making Kryd realize that the people of the church had information about some of the part they had left missing.
"We did come just in time." Smoker sighed, he pulled back his chair and sat down with Pat, "We learned a few things about this with Figilio......