"Of course not. Theran hurriedly shook her head, although she was a lawless witch, she had done some shocking things, and she was a wanted criminal in the Mares Kingdom and the Savile Kingdom, but even so, she only dared to admit that she had been in contact with the Naturewalkers, and did not dare to consider herself a member of the Nature Party, because admitting this identity was almost equivalent to completely giving up life in the civilized world, and could only go to the wild world of the Moisan Continent Wasteland.

"Well, that's not a funny joke. Sylvia slapped Leo's arm a little reproachfully, feeling that her movements were a little too intimate, her face turned red, and then she said with a serious expression: "You don't understand the strict attitude of the kingdom and various churches towards naturewalkers, it is no exaggeration to say that even after so many years, the high-level governments and churches have not relaxed the arrest of naturewalkers and their comrades. ”

"Why? Why do you hate naturewalkers so much?" Leo asked, curiously, "Is it just because of Lady Teresa's death?"

Thran also looked at Sylvia curiously.

Because the blizzard overhead has no sign of ending, the three of them will stay here for a while, so Sylvia also intends to pass the time on this topic, so she said: "I don't know the specific situation, this kind of thing is only known to the church and the Orthodox Church, but I heard that this matter involves the gods." ”

"Gods again?" Thran frowned, she had seen the evil deeds of the Lord of All Life and Death Church in the Kingdom of Savile, and coupled with the internal teachings of the Witch Order, she really didn't have a good impression of gods.

"Can you be specific?" asked Leo.

Sylvia carefully recalled it and said: "The information I have checked seems to mention that the Orthodox Church was organizing the churches of various countries to perform a certain ritual at that time, and it is said that as long as that ritual can be completed, the world will return to the time when the gods appeared. ”

"Isn't that right?" Leo quickly noticed the loophole in Sylvia's statement, frowned, and said, "If it really returns to the time when the gods appeared, then it will definitely not be a good thing for the kings and prime ministers of various countries, in that case, the church will inevitably regain control of the world, and the power in their hands will inevitably be reduced, so they should be happy that this ritual is broken." Even if the order to arrest the Naturalwalker in order to appease the Church should only be a pretense, it is absolutely impossible to be as strict as it is now. ”

"I don't know very much about that. Sylvia also looked puzzled.

Therland on the side interjected, guessing: "Could it be that the ritual that the church is carrying out can actually bring great benefits to the high-level of various countries?"

Sylvia shook her head disapprovingly, and said, "Impossible, what's in the world that can compare to the power in the hands of those guys?"

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"Not necessarily," Leo rejects Sylvia's view, "what if it's eternal life?"

"Huh?" both Sylvia and Thran looked at Leo in a daze, a little unsure of what Leo meant.

Leo explained, "I mean, what if the church promised the nations and the high levels that the gods would grant them eternal life when the ceremony was successful?"

"It's a possibility. Sylvia thought for a moment and nodded.

"That's not right!" Thran said in retort, "The high-ranking members of the kingdom who received the promise of the church are long dead, so the arrest of the Naturewalkers by the countries should also be over......

"No, it won't end. Sylvia shook her head and said, "Judging from the situation at that time, because this arrest ban has become the consensus of the entire civilized world, it is no longer something that can be lifted by a single country, let alone a country, even individual churches cannot lift this ban." ”

"But I'd like to know what kind of rituals are going on in the Church rather than if the ban can be lifted?" Leo asked in a deep voice, "Is there any information on this in the Orthodox Church?"

"Nope. Sylvia didn't think much about it, so she shook her head directly and said: "I said, there is very little information about this matter at that time, and even if there is, it is not something I can see, although I am the adjudicator of the Orthodox Church, but it is just a product of political games, and the Orthodox Court will not really treat me, a witch, as a judge." She paused and said, "However, I think this ritual should have something to do with Lady Teresa." ”

"Why?" asked Leo.

Sylvia reasoned, "If you think about it, the brutal murder of Lady Teresa was the first and most important of the crimes of the Church and the nations of naturalwalkers, and that Lady Teresa had received so many honors and was watched by the gods before her, so she must have been the key to the ritual." ”

After listening to Sylvia's analysis, Leo did not nod in agreement, but pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I think that Lady Teresa should have nothing to do with the ceremony, or that it is not the main factor of the ceremony. ”

"Why?" Not only Sylvia, but even Thran, who was attracted by the topic, looked at him suspiciously.

"It's very simple, it's too high-profile!" Leo analyzed: "Ms. Teresa's entire civilized world is too high-profile, as if she is afraid that others will not know her, almost everywhere whether active or passive, can attract a lot of attention, if it is really important to the ceremony, then the church will never let her appear in front of people so high-profile, because the more people who pay attention, the more people will find out about the existence of that ceremony, I think that ceremony should be a secret ceremony!"

Sylvia didn't answer, which was a tacit acquiescence, but she retorted anyway. "Maybe the high profile is also part of the ritual. ”

"It's possible," Leo shook his head slightly, and said, "But don't you forget, Lady Teresa is just an ordinary person, do you think it is appropriate for such an important ceremony to be placed on an ordinary person who appears in front of people in such a high-profile manner? And from the records of Ms. Teresa's cause of death seems to be torture to death, the death process is long, if she is really that important, then why is there no one to protect her?"

"Maybe the person protecting her is dead?" Thran couldn't help but speculate.

"If she really is that important, then the person who protects her must be the most powerful clergy in the Orthodox Church and in the various churches, but after that incident, did any important clergy in the church inexplicably die or disappear? If someone protects her, the person who protects her will definitely take her out of the dangerous place after being attacked, so the place where she died should be outside the penal center. Leo refuted Therland's speculation one by one, and then expressed his speculation: "It seems to me that the people who killed Lady Teresa in an abusive way are not natural walkers, but those cultists or evil gods who have escaped from the punishment center in chaos, after all, what sacrifice can be compared to a woman called a saint? ”

Listening to Leo's words, both Sylvia and Thran frowned and pondered, as if they were looking for a loophole in Leo's guess.

"Can you be specific?" asked Sylvia after a moment of contemplation.

Leo narrated: "The Naturewalkers did not go for Ms. Teresa, but for something hidden in the Correctional Center, but in the process of conflict with the people of the Correctional Center, they inadvertently released the cultists and evil gods imprisoned in the Correctional Center, and finally the escaped Cultists and Evil Gods became the winners, not only killing the people of the Correctional Center, but also severely wounding the Naturalwalkers and forcing them to retreat, and the ordinary people who were still in the Punishment Center were sacrificed to the evil gods by them. ”

Sylvia retorted, "Why the cultists, not the Naturewalkers?"

Leo explained simply: "It's very simple, because the previous behavior of the natural walker, even if it conflicts with the Orthodox Church and the church, will not do anything to ordinary people. ”

Therland was puzzled and asked, "If it wasn't the natural walkers, why did governments and churches issue such bans?"

"Because the main responsibility for this matter lies with the natural walkers, if it weren't for them, how could the cultists and evil god clans under the punishment center escape. Sylvia seemed to accept Leo's claim, answering Thran's question.

And Leo also added in a timely manner: "I'm afraid it's not just because of the main responsibility, but also to divert everyone's attention and make some people have a false impression." ”

"What attention?" "What delusion?" Sylvia and Therland asked different questions.

"Naturally, it is the attention of those who have bad intentions, and the purpose is probably to make those people think that the plan has failed. Leo speculated and explained, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, and asked Sylvia, "Do you have any records of the location of the correctional facility in those documents you have read?"

"Uh......" Sylvia was about to answer Leo's inquiry, but she only opened her mouth, her face showed a hint of confusion, and finally wondered, "No? there is no information about the correctional center?" As she spoke, she looked at Leo puzzled and asked, "Why is this happening? I just know it's called the correctional center, but I don't know its location and official name, it's too weird? Why didn't I get suspicious?"

"It seems that my conjecture is correct. Leo got up from the ground with some excitement, his head almost against the corpse freeze layer above, and his fingers unconsciously tapped on the frozen corpse wall next to him, the look on his face showed that he was thinking quickly.

After a long while, Leo stopped his unconscious movements, stood in place, with a sudden look on his face, and said, "I see, I see, I didn't expect that a conversation we were sitting here today to pass the time would solve a mystery that has the greatest impact on this world." ”

Sylvia was very curious about the mystery that Leo mentioned, but she felt that Leo would naturally say it if he wanted to, so she didn't ask.

However, Thran was not so patient, and couldn't wait to ask, "What mystery?"

Leo looked at the two of them and said, "Do you think the whole world has become a little weird over the years? ”

"No?" Sylvia and Thran looked at each other, not quite understanding Leo's words, and both shook their heads.

"The number and activity of the transcendent. Leo reminded.

After hearing Leo's reminder, Therlan hadn't thought of anything yet, but Sylvia had already realized the meaning of Leo's words, and quickly recalled the relevant information in his mind following Leo's prompt, his face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Yes, the number of commemorating transcendents has doubled every year recently, and these are still transcendents who have been registered by the government, and those who have not registered, such as dependents, I'm afraid there are even more." ”

Leo nodded, and then prompted, "Do you feel that your strength has improved rapidly in recent years, far surpassing that of the previous witches?"

This time Seran also understood, thought about it for a while, and then nodded: "According to the data, the power I had before can only be possessed after the bloodline is fully awakened, but I have it before the bloodline awakens, I thought it was because I was talented, is this also related to the mystery in your mouth?"

Leo reminded again: "Of course, you don't forget, what the Church and the governments were planning back then. ”

"The gods appeared. Sylvia and Serran said in unison.

"Yes, the gods appeared. Leo nodded and said: "Judging from the past information, the era of the appearance of the gods is also the era of the transcendent, wizards, witches, dependents, cultists, paladins and other people with extraordinary powers are much more powerful than now, and the power is also more powerful than now, so our current changes just prove that our world is changing to the era of the appearance of the gods." ”

"How is this possible? Didn't the plan fail back then?" Sylvia asked, looking at Leo in great confusion.

Leo smiled and said, "Don't forget, who announced the failure of the plan? The Naturewalkers never said they had sabotaged the church's plans. ”

"But why didn't the Naturewalker explain that he hadn't sabotaged the plans of the True God Church of the Orthodox Church?" Thran asked, puzzled.

Sylvia, who had a lot of sophistication, explained, "Because no one will believe their words, even if the cultists and evil gods who have escaped from the punishment center testify for them, I am afraid that no one will believe them. At this point, she paused and said to herself, "If you look at it this way, there are some clues about some of the things I investigated before. ”

Sylvia was about to ask Leo something, but Leo looked up, his eyes seemed to penetrate the barrier of the frozen corpse, and then he was heard to say, "The blizzard has stopped. ”