Chapter Ninety-Nine: Antecedents and Consequences
Ten minutes later, the group arrived at the hunting house in the woods, and when Leo entered, he found some dry wood to light the fire in the fireplace, filled a tin pot with some water, and prepared to boil some hot water, but just as he was about to put some refreshing plant leaves, he was stopped by Sylvia.
I saw Sylvia take out a packet of medicinal powder from her pocket and pour it into the water, and then took the pot and put it on the fire, and soon the water boiled, and the steam emitted a fragrance, which made people feel shocked after smelling it, and the fatigue on her body seemed to have eased a lot.
"This thing is good, where is it sold?" Leo asked, sensing that the powders not only relieved mental exhaustion, but also had a restorative effect on psionic energy.
"This thing is only available to the Holy See, and it is reserved for the use of the inquisitors of the gods, and even if you have money, there is no place to buy it. As she spoke, the lady in black removed the veil from her hat to reveal a beautiful and pale face. It's just that now this face is full of exhaustion, as if she will fall to the ground and fall asleep at any time, it seems that it is not an easy thing for her to turn into darkness and trap so many monsters just now.
Leo didn't pay too much attention to the beauty of the lady in black, he was more concerned about another thing.
After listening to the noblewoman's words, he couldn't help but look at Sylvia who was sitting opposite in surprise, and said, "Alien Judge!
Hearing the surprised tone of Leo's words, Sylvia habitually raised her eyebrows, looked at Leo with displeasure, and asked, "What?
"It's kind of weird. Leo said what he was thinking without hesitation, and Sylvia's eyelids jumped and he wanted to punch him.
Leo, who already has a certain understanding of the dark world, knows very well what kind of existence the alien god adjudicators of the Orthodox Holy See are, no matter what time they are, these people can be regarded as the strongest group of people in the dark world, so the number of these people is very small, even when the Orthodox Curia was at its strongest, there were no more than twenty, and it is still unknown whether the Orthodox Curia still has the alien adjudicators.
Many people believe that the Argent Adjudicator who fell to No. 9 Golden Oak Street may be the last Arbitor of the Holy See.
Because since then, every time the Holy See deals with things related to the Church of the Gods, it has chosen to cooperate with governments and other organizations in the Dark World, and most of the people sent by it are Knights of the Church, and there is no longer a figure of the Judge of the Gods.
Now that a woman suddenly says that she is an alien adjudicator, I'm afraid everyone who hears it will feel a little incredulous as Leo, after all, there has been no precedent for a female internatural arbiter in the history of the Holy See.
It's just that, judging from the fact that the two Orthodox Church knights over there did not refute Sylvia's identity, Sylvia's identity as an alien adjudicator seems to be real.
However, the lady in black on the side dismantled the stage at this time and said: "Don't compare the current Alien God Judge with the past Alien God Judge, she can only be regarded as a high-level thug who has won the title of Alien God Judge." ”
"Claudia, you have to be careful when you speak!" Sylvia reminded with a frown.
"Am I wrong?" Claudia, the lady in black, said with a sneer: "I don't know what those old men in the Orthodox See think, they would listen to the bullshit papal reform plan proposed by that guy named Martin Luther, and change the rules of the Holy See beyond recognition in the past, and even the position of the alien judge can be filled by outsiders." ”
"But you can't deny that the Holy See is coming back to life after the implementation of the papal reform plan, otherwise," Sylvia raised her hand and pointed to the knights of the Church behind her who had unloaded their armor and were bandaging their wounds, and pointed to her scarred and old body, "Do you think that with these old knights of the Church, you can still suppress those watchers in the dark?"
The lady in black didn't refute, but emphasized one point: "I just want you not to forget that you were also a night watchman before you became the Arbiter of the Holy See. ”
"I never forget. Sylvia said calmly.
A small argument was a relief for Sylvia, but Leo, who was listening, heard a lot of information. When he heard the name Martin Luther, he immediately thought of Martin Luther in the cage city, and he felt that the two should be the same person.
Although Leo was a little curious about Martin Luther's papal reform plan, he did not take the initiative to ask for relevant information.
After the water boiled, Leo poured a cup of hot water for the crowd and asked continuously, "How did you come here? What happened to the Speaker? Wasn't he dead before?"
Sylvia took a sip of hot water and said, "Why did you come here?"
"I'm here to investigate 9 Golden Oak Street. Leo didn't hide it, but after slightly modifying the matter, he said: "It's just that on the way here, one guy stuffed something in my backpack, and then two more guys threatened me and sent it to the place I was about to go, so I came over as soon as I was curious." ”
"Is this something to do with Nine Golden Oak Street?" Leo's words immediately caught everyone's attention, and Sylvia and the lady in black couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise, and even the two old knights who were concentrating on bandaging their wounds also looked over.
Although the mystery of the wasteland has now been revealed, Leo still doesn't understand what the survivor's escape from Nine Golden Oak Street has to do with the wasteland, so he simply makes the matter public to see if anyone else can have a clue to answer the question.
As a result, Leo told him about the existence of a survivor in his investigation at 9 Golden Oak Street, and everyone around him was surprised to wonder if Leo had made a mistake.
But soon Claudia, the lady in black, seemed to think of something, and said: "I remember that the night watchmen of Miria City pursued the family, and the night watchman in charge of the pursuit was very sure that the family had escaped to No. 9 Golden Oak Street, but after the four night watchmen fell into No. 9 Golden Oak Street, the family died in an accident in the city of Miria the next day. Therefore, the night watchman also felt that the night watchman who was in charge of the pursuit was wrong. Now it seems that the night watchman was not mistaken, the family actually entered 9 Golden Oak Street, and managed to survive. ”
"So it seems that the secret to the man's escape from 9 Golden Oak Street must be in him. Sylvia also followed the line of thought, and asked Claudia, "What about the relics left behind by the family's death?"
"At that time, the night watchmen of Miria City were all wiped out, and there was no one in charge, and the things were handed over to the local police station for safekeeping, as is customary. Claudia carefully recalled: "It's just that the police station in Miria City was a joint police department, and after the reform, it was divided into the Security Department of the Continental Council and the current Miria City Police Department, and all the things in the police warehouse at that time were handed over to the Ministry of Security......" Speaking of this, she suddenly stopped, seemed to think of something, and said: "I know what's going on?"
"Say it when you know!" Sylvia urged.
"This morning, someone took advantage of the fact that a large number of security personnel from the Security Department of the Continental Congress were transferred to Miria City to hunt down the Weishan people, infiltrated the warehouse of the Ministry of Security, and stole some things, Ljungberg sent someone to investigate the matter, and later heard that the person was on the station of the Intercity Railway Station in the United States, and took advantage of the arrival of the train to escape by the steam emitted by the train. ”
At this point, Claudia looked at Leo, who had apparently connected the two things, and continued: "It so happened that Mr. Dodd was stuffed with an object at the same train station and asked to be sent here and given to the True Eye Church for the sacrificial ceremony. What if this stolen object from the Ministry of Security, the evil artifact used by the True Eye for sacrifice, and the secret that the survivor was able to escape from 9 Golden Oak Street are the same thing?"
As Claudia's voice fell, Leo's thoughts gradually became clearer, and the analysis of the parabrain system was quickly presented in front of him.
So, Leo also slowly expressed his analysis, and said, "Among the first guests to fall into 9 Golden Oak Street may be a high-ranking priest of the True Eye Church, who carries that holy relic with him. When he was trapped in 9 Golden Oak Street, he was able to get the artifact in his possession by the survivor who was still a waiter, and relied on it to escape from 9 Golden Oak Street. The next two times he escaped in the same way, but using the holy relic would definitely consume the power in the holy relic, so he needed to replenish the power of the holy relic. Miss Claudia, why was that family found out in the first place?"
Claudia quickly recalled: "Because he kidnapped some freedmen who lived in the suburbs, and the bodies of those freedmen were all found in the mountains, not far from here. ”
So he kidnapped those people to sacrifice on this wasteland and replenish the power of the holy relics. Leo continued to analyze further: "It's just that his last sacrifice must have been hunted down by the Night's Watch, so he didn't have time to clean up the traces of the sacrifice, and these traces were discovered by the people of the True Eye Church, who thought that someone had mastered their holy relics, so they sent someone to track them down. When did the Speaker arrive in Miria City?"
"Soon after the death of that family. Sylvia was well aware of the matter of the Continental Congress, and immediately took Leo's words and said, "He entered the Continental Congress as a legal assistant to the Continental Congress at that time. ”
"The family member who took possession of the holy relic has died, and the relic has been stored in the police warehouse, so the speaker of the parliament can't find anything, so he can only wait here for the holy relic to appear again, and finally sit in the seat of the speaker of the continental parliament by mistake. Leo smiled, took a sip of water, and continued under the urging gaze of everyone: "Although the Speaker of the Continental Council is very secretive in investigating the holy relics, he definitely can't hide the snake in Miria City, so Rupert Fitz probably knows the identity of the Speaker, and even investigated where the Speaker is looking for until he sold the whereabouts of this item at a good price at the banquet last night." ”
Hearing this, Sylvia's face immediately turned gloomy.
"The Ministry of Security is an organization independent of the Continental Congress, and even the speaker of the Continental Congress is not qualified to enter the warehouse of the Ministry of Security, so if you want to take things from it, you can only rely on stealing. Claudia didn't pay attention to Sylvia's expression, and then Leo's analysis, and said: "So he came up with a way to disguise himself as killed by the Weishan people, and use the fact that he was killed to transfer most of the people in the security department, leaving only an empty security department, which is convenient for his people to enter and steal." As she spoke, she turned to Leo and asked, "What is that holy object?"
Because the thing had been destroyed, and there was nothing to lose when he said it, Leo said truthfully: "A piece of skin." Probably the skin on the True Eye. ”
"Is it the rotten skin on the Speaker's chest?" asked Sylvia.
Leo nodded.
"How did you break it?" asked Sylvia again.
Leo didn't answer, just smiled.
When Sylvia was about to ask, Claudia intervened in the conversation and said, "If that piece of skin comes from the True Eye, then it makes sense." It is said that the evil god can see through the truth of the world, and if that piece of skin contains the power of the True Eye, then the person who holds that piece of skin will likely be able to find a true exit at 9 Golden Oak Street. As she spoke, she showed a look of pity and said, "It's a pity that it has been destroyed now, otherwise it ......."
Sylvia clearly didn't like Claudia's regret for the destruction of an evil artifact, and her face showed a little displeasure, but she didn't blame anything.
Leo then turned to Sylvia and asked, "I'm done talking, what about you?"
As if in revenge, Sylvia explained in very simple words: "These Church Knights are in charge of monitoring the activities of the Cult of the Evil Gods, and they found that the True Eye Church is making a big move and is gathering on the outskirts of Miria City, so they are worried about what is happening, so they informed me. ”
Leo didn't expect that he had said so much, and the other party only used one sentence to dismiss, and his heart was a little unslow, so he sneered at Sylvia and said, "Your heart is wide enough! Your allies and subordinates are being systematically eliminated, but you are in the mood to take care of these things." ”
"You ......" seemed to be poked in the sore spot, and Sylvia looked annoyed and glared at Leo fiercely, as if the person who betrayed her was Leo, and she had the idea of angering him.
"Sylvia, you don't need to worry, I don't think the situation is so bad. When the atmosphere became tense, Claudia interjected appropriately: "In my opinion, the Speaker probably doesn't know that the Weishan people are an important pawn of Rupert Fitz, he just borrowed the name of the Weishan people, and he should not have told Rupert Fitz in advance." Now that the entire city of Miria is under martial law because of the Speaker's death, and the Visans are wanted by the entire clan, Rupert Fitz may not be able to do anything even if he gets the list of your allies and subordinates from the Speaker. ”
As Claudia had guessed, in Silvermoon Castle, Rupert Fitz was listening to his subordinates with a gloomy face as they reported that they had sent the Vishans away, completely devoid of last night's victory.