"What do you want to know?" Ed said in a gruff voice, "If there's anything you want to ask, just ask." ”

"Who's the mole?" Catherine was the first to speak, "Who are you here to contact when you come in?"

"Mole, you mean the Mole of the Shadow Hand?" Eddard replied, "There must be, but I don't know." Nominally, this operation is headed by me, but the person who is really responsible for the liaison arrangement is not me, it is Ovis, and only he knows who the mole is. However, the man who has been in charge of arranging our lives and showing us the way has met a few times, a thief called the flexible index finger, who is said to be one of the seven captains here is a suspicious subordinate, maybe the traitor is suspicious. ”

"What is the purpose of building such a base here?" Vivien asked, "I'm afraid that such a well-connected base has wasted a lot of effort, just for a simple sacrifice?"

"Sacrifice is not simple. Ed shook his head and said, "A specific time, a specific place, a specific person, so that the sacrifice is effective." Therefore, we need to find a sacrifice object in various cities, and we often miss the sacrifice because we don't want to alarm the local guards. For the sake of convenience, we built this underground system. ”

"How did you build such a complex system? Vivien exclaimed, "It's almost impossible. ”

"I don't know. Ed replied, "It is said that there has been a continuous building in the church since 70 years ago. ”

"Is it your church?" asked Catherine, "what kind of church are you?"

"Catherine, wait a minute. Pannis stopped: "This question is too complicated, it is not something that can be explained clearly in a few simple sentences, let's ask the simple ones first, and then ask the last few questions, so as not to hold back your stomach with questions." ”

"Uh, okay. Catherine gave Pannis a strange look, but she still listened to Pannis's advice and continued to ask, "The two black-robed mages before, aren't they with you?"

"It's not. Ed replied cheerfully, "They're another organization." However, it is said that in recent years it has been working with our senior management. ”

"Damn, it's an encrypted circle. When Catherine asked, Moore didn't listen carefully, but studied the three teleportation arrays in the center of the room. Then there was a sudden wail. He ran over and asked, "Why do these teleportation circles have an encrypted frequency?"

"I don't know, I don't know magic. Ed replied, "These three circles were all made by Orvis himself later, and the specific frequency is only known to him, so the magic circle is no longer usable." Oh, no. There is a circle of encryption frequencies, and those two mages know, and if you can find them, you may be able to know. However, I guess it's unlikely that you'll find them. ”

"Where have they gone?" Moore asked, "will they ever come back?"

"It is said that in the City of Innocence, there was a special operation two days later, and the traitors behind the scenes wanted to borrow two combat forces from us to assist. Ed said, "But we are short on manpower, so we asked the two mages to help." I didn't know exactly what the action was, but it was probably an ambush of a few people. As for them, they will definitely not come back, they have their own station, and they will return to their own place directly after the operation. ”

"What kind of organization are they?" asked Catherine, "Do you understand?"

"Their organization is called the Sands of Time. The leader is a demigod, and the minimum requirement to join is the strength of the gold rank, and most of the mages in the organization. Ed hesitated for a while, and said uncertainly: "This organization has been established for more than twenty years, but it used to be a small-scale activity, and it was not until the last two years that it took crazy action, and it is said that it is collecting a large number of things, and I don't know more specific things." ”

"They just came here this time?" Moore asked, "How many people are here?"

"I know what you want to ask. Ed nodded, "That's right, they should be one of the people you're tracking." They had returned from the city of Dilsalen, and had arrived here the night before. Two more people came back a few days before them. But those people are gone. ”

"Looks like they're them, find them, get rid of them, and destroy the teleportation arrays along the way when you go back. Our mission is almost complete. Moore said to the other clerics, "I didn't expect that our luck was good, and this almost clueless task could be successfully completed." Okay, we'll have no more problems, and you'll get on with the rest. ”

"When did you come back to life?" asked Pannis, "Who raised you?"

"They contacted me shortly before I died. Then I was resurrected just a few days after I died. Ed said, "I was really afraid of death, so I agreed to their invitation." As for who resurrected me, I don't know, after all, I was already dead. When I regained consciousness, the first person I came into contact with was my previous contact, a legendary necromancer, so I don't know who resurrected us Legendary Rank Dead, it's a taboo subject in the church. ”

"For ......" Pannis suddenly hesitated, thought about the question several times, and then asked tentatively: "How much do you know about the disaster more than a hundred years ago?"

"I didn't know much about that, because I was only a few years old and I hadn't joined the church. "But I've heard people in the church say that before the Tribulation, the church was very reclusive, and the number of people was very small, and it wasn't until after the Tribulation that the number of believers began to increase secretly. Before the Great Tribulation, it is said that sacrifices were held occasionally, but only rarely, but at that time each sacrifice was successful. After the cataclysm, the number of sacrifices increased, but all of them failed, and we privately estimated that it was caused by the heroes who closed the passage between the dead world and the present world. ”

"You'd better answer quickly. Pannis frowned, not very satisfied with Ed's speed of speech: "Time is running out, it needs to be as soon as possible." ”

"Have you done anything other than sacrifice?" asked Catherine, "to awaken your gods." ”

"Even if there were, I don't know. Ed shook his head and said, "I'm only responsible for the sacrificial part, and I haven't had much contact with people." ”

"What is the name of your church?" asked Catherine, "where is the headquarters?"

"Our church is called the Servant of God, supposedly because the Pope calls himself a Servant of God. Ed said: "As for where the headquarters is, I don't know, I've never been there, it's said that the headquarters is in a very secret place, and very few people can get there, so almost no one in the church has ever been to the headquarters." ”

"By the way, why don't you activate those golems when you go through the sewers outside? Lina suddenly interjected and asked, "No, you also have a spar card on you." ”

"Because we're dead. Ed said: "Although Orvis and they are alive, almost everyone in the church is considered half-dead, and all of them are contaminated with a strong breath of death, and the puppets can't sense the breath of the living, so naturally they won't activate it." The same goes for the people of the Sands of Time, and one of the requirements for their cooperation with us is to give them a dead breath so that they can freely enter and leave some dangerous places without being attacked. ”

"Like the Crying Cave. Lina nodded, "I see." ”

"Let's talk about your church. Catherine continued: "You must have seen your Pope, who is it, have you seen the appearance, what is your identity?"

"Pope, there are three of them. Ed recalled, "I only saw them a few times, and the three of them always appeared together, and as for the appearance...... I'll recall. ”

"Hurry up. Pannis's tone was very urgent. Catherine was not surprised at this time, for she also noticed that Ed's face was getting darker and darker, not only his complexion, but also his complexion becoming purple and black, and he himself was unaware of it.

"I've never seen the front, so I can't tell what they look like. Ed was surprised by Pannis's eagerness, but replied normally, "But they never use their true appearances to people, and no one in the church should have seen them for what they really are." They are said to be very thin and thin, like ......"

Halfway through his words, Ed stopped without warning, no longer feeling any signs of life on his body, and this time completely returned to the world of eternal death.

"You expected him to die?" asked Catherine, "Is it because he betrayed his resurrection?"

"Yes, when resurrecting a ghoul, the necromancer will add a safety card. Pannis explained, "Once a ghoul betrays, it returns to death in a very short time. ”

"That's why you're stopping me from asking him these questions in the first place?" Catherine suddenly realized, "because these questions could be judged to be that he has betrayed?"

"Not possibly, for sure. Pannis replied, "So ask them questions that don't have much to do with them first, and ask them more or less the most, and then ask these crucial questions, because no one knows which question will be judged to be a betrayal." ”

"But he died a strange death. Catherine examined Ed's body: "How did the other party do it?"

"It's simple. Pannis pulled over a headless corpse, slashed open the corpse's chest, pointed to the inside of the chest and said, "The ghoul is not breathing, there is no heartbeat, but there is blood flowing. It is not the heart and blood that provide them with the energy necessary for life, but this special energy crystal in their chest, once this crystal is inactivated, the ghoul will die unconscious. If it is determined to be a ghoul betrayal, the crystals will automatically deactivate. ”

"Understood. Catherine nodded, "But do you still have a lot of questions to ask?"

Pannis's hand shook, shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, his level of my question can't be answered, and it's in vain to ask." It doesn't matter, the world is so big, sooner or later you will meet someone who can answer, and then there will be opportunities. ”

"Are you done talking?" a cold voice suddenly came out of Pannis's back: "It's my turn when we're done talking." (To be continued.) )