Chapter 424: Al's Thoughts
In the middle of the night, in one of the dormitories of the Ice Maiden, Serena, the chief priest of the Ice Goddess, was writing an important secret letter in the form of a special secret ink code, the appearance of the angels of the Holy See in the Kingdom of Saxony is not a good sign, these angels are the guards of the so-called only Lord Goddess of the world, Ishtar. It can be said that it constitutes the central force in the divine domain of the goddess Ishtar, and these angels will never appear in the secular world lightly until an important moment. In the competition for the expansion of faith and influence, both the Holy Capital and the Holy See have reached a tacit understanding with each other in order to prevent the contradictions from intensifying too much, and both sides will never allow the transcendent beings to appear directly in front of the eyes of mortals.
Based on a serious incident that happened before, Serena could only guess that these angels had only one purpose, and that was the transcendent beings who had descended into the present world before!
"Ishtarββ"
Serena silently recited the name of the god who was supposed to be in a hostile relationship, the goddess who ruled the faith of the entire eastern continent was different from the five supreme gods, whose idea was to reconcile the balance of the world so that all things would not lose order, while Ishtar was radical in his desire to change a qiΔ, even as a god.
After the arrival of the transcendent, the spies and intelligence officers in the eastern part of the continent sent back a strange movement about the Holy See sending a large number of personnel out to search, obviously Ishtar was also eager to find the transcendent one first, it seems that in addition to searching in the eastern part of the continent, the goddess has already preemptively wanted to infiltrate her own personnel into the western part of the continent. Although the other party had no intention of sabotaging and obvious malice, the Holy Capital could not just let the attendants of Ishtar swagger in, and if necessary, they still needed to organize forces to expel them. As for how to expel them, and how to avoid intensifying the conflict and turning into war, I am afraid that this will require the wisdom of Her Highness the Holy Lady of Flora.
With a little ink, Serena thought for a moment and began to write again. In addition to the appearance of the angels of the Holy See, the recently captured cultists and destroyed demon altars in the Kingdom of Saxony also need to be reported, especially according to the interrogation of the captured cultists, it has been determined that these cultists worship a powerful demon lord who survived in the old era of Grazt, who once descended into the present world but was repelled by the goddess of ice and snow, Ejroma.
And the sculpture of the blasphemy goddess from the excavated demon altar ~ hmm~ Although I don't know why the sculpture posture of the lord of the dark dark himself is very strangeββBut the interrogation of the cultists, the kidnapping of the maid of the temple, Tiya, and the subsequent desecration plan of the goddess temple are enough to show. The Ethereal Lord's hatred for the Ice Goddess was probably not ordinary, and Grazt was thinking about how to protect and desecrate the goddess almost all the time.
But there is one thing that Serena needs to be authorized by St. Flora, that is, the interrogation of the cultists reveals that the priest in charge of the sacrifice of this demon altar is named Charlot, a wealthy noblewoman from a certain territory of the Karut Kingdom, and it is obvious that there must be many cultists who worship Grazt in the territory of the Carut Kingdom, and if the investigation is carried out from the Charlot's family and the people who have been in contact with him, more cultists hidden in the shadows should be dug up. However, the Kingdom of Karut is located on the eastern continent, and unlike the Kingdom of Saxony, which accommodates both the Holy Capital and the Holy See, the State Policy of the Kingdom of Karut only allows the Holy See to carry out missions in its own country.
If you want to continue the pursuit. The power of the Holy Capital will be suppressed everywhere in the Kingdom of Karut, and it will not be possible to fully investigate Charlotto and the cult organization behind it. If these tumors are to be dug up, then only the Holy See, which has great influence in the Karut Kingdom, can do it, but although the two major religious organizations will not give each other a stone when facing the demons as a public enemy in the world, the relationship between the two parties will not be good enough to cooperate with each other and share information.
Whether or not to share any information about the cult priestess Charlotto to the Holy See, Serena, as the chief priest, did not dare to make an opinion, so she had to report it to Her Highness Flora in advance!
After writing it, Serena finally breathed a long sigh of relief, soaked the letter in a special potion, and waited until the handwriting disappeared before Serena put the letter in a special envelope and handed it to the attendant. Because of the secrecy rules, Serena, as the chief priest, could not use ordinary records to transmit information with a magic channel, after all, once the magic guide fell into the hands of others, it would be easy to crack and read the contents inside. The use of special ink and a special cipher to write letters is the rule of the Holy Capital for every presiding priest.
"Thank you, Priestess Serena, you haven't had dinner yet, do you need something to eat?" greeted Priestess Elena.
"Eat a little. Serena nodded, "Is Tia's condition okay?"
At the mention of Tia, the priestess Elena said helplessly: "The physical wound has been completely healed, but the mental wound may still take some time to enlighten her, after all, she has experienced so many terrible things as a child." It's inevitable to be frightened. β
"She's a strong child, but her experience is too littleββ"
Edward's mouth learned that Tia had the courage to break into the angel's holy flame to save Alphonse at the risk of safety, and after returning to the temple, Serena couldn't help but appreciate the adopted daughter of the priestess Elena, this strong child with courage may be worth cultivating. Overall, the confrontation between the altar of the demon and the angel ended relatively well, and the only thing that disappointed the chief priest Serena was that she failed to convince the two amazing children, Edward and Alphonse, to go to the Holy Capital.
But look at what happened this time. Both children are good children with courage and a sense of justice.
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"Ahh
Sitting in the carriage, Edward, who was being escorted to the fortress by the special guards sent by the royal family, sneezed fiercely, and the sleepy-eyed Edward opened his eyes to find that it did not seem to be dawn. This carriage is a specially made luxury carriage, which is equipped with quite comfortable facilities and even a bed, this kind of carriage is used for the travel of royal family members and a very small number of nobles, because Miria asked to send the two brothers back to the Belica Fortress, the Saxon royal family specially called this carriage and arranged for the court mage Gretel to send the two brothers to the Belica Fortress as fast as possible around the clock.
"Brother~ Are you awake?"
"Ahh Edward rubbed his nose and looked at the blood stain fragment next to his pillow and said, "I don't know who is nagging me again." β
Under the spell of the god of sleep, even in the bumpy carriage, Edward quickly became sleepy, and after saying hello to his brother that he was okay, Edward began to fight Hatcher again, ready to continue back into the arms of the god of sleep.
Al's voice rang out again: "Brother, I've always wanted to tell you something. β
Edward said tiredly, "Tomorrow morning, are you talking about it?" β
"I think the winged people before said right, now I'm really just an undead without a body, maybe I really shouldn't continue to exist in this worldββ"
Alphonse's words surprised Edward, and in an instant, Xiaodouzi sat up sleeplessly, looked at Al's blood mark fragment and said very puzzled: "How can you think like that~ Al? I didn't swear that I would find a way to restore our bodies, and we already have new hope in this new world, how can you have such a short-sighted idea at this time." β
"I just think what others said is right, now I'm just a burden to my brother, and this is also the retribution we got because we tried to carry out the taboo of human body refining, maybe I should really rest in peace and leave time for my brotherββ"
"Shut up Al!"
Edward interrupted Alphonse angrily, and this shout even alarmed the guards outside, and Edward hurriedly signaled that nothing was wrong when the court mage Gretel knocked on the door to ask if something had happened.
"What nonsense are you talking about!What do you mean you should rest in peace and leave time for me, you are not an undead or a dead man~Al!" Edward said loudly to his brother in a somewhat angry and depraved manner: "We have been supporting each other until now, but you are so irresponsible that you should rest in peace, so when you rest in peace, will I live alone in this other world in the future?"
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Seeing that his brother fell silent, Edward took a deep breath and his tone became a little gentle: "Don't say such stupid things, and don't believe the nonsense of the winged birdman, what kind of undead and rest~ Please! We are not from the same world at all, maybe the gods of this world have no right to control us." β
"I know~ brother. Al replied quietly.
Edward shrugged his shoulders helplessly and leaned on the carriage to change the topic: "After I go back, I will first find a way to restore Al your body, it must be very uncomfortable to be unable to move like this, Al has not found all the pieces of his body, and I don't know if it is okay to use other metals instead." And my mechanical armor, I don't know if anyone in this world can help me fix it. β
While Edward was chattering about who should repair the mechanical armor, a new partner was found in Arlin's study in the city of Ulduar in the Arnold Mountains.
"Edward's mechanical armor~ no problem! Originally, his mechanical armor was made by me, as long as there are suitable tools and parts, it is just a trivial matter to repair it. The girl in the technician's overalls said confidently holding a wrench.
"What~Completely destroyed!Completelyββ"
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There was a brief silence, and a roar echoed in the room: "That dwarf winter melon ~ big idiot !!" (to be continued......)