Chapter 567: Ritual of Unknown Subject

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Emlyn's footsteps grew faster and faster, and finally, it became him dragging the substitutes towards the Cathedral of the Holy Wind.

He had no idea what had happened after he had left in a hurry, after all, his assistant would have gone to the Harvest Chapel in half an hour. Dragging the two penislators in his hands, Emlyn didn't stop until outside the door of the Holy Wind Cathedral, and then hurriedly asked the penislator who was caught by him, "Is your archbishop already waiting for me?" Where do I go to find him? ”

The violent, punishable punisher just now, was a little stunned, but when he heard Emlin's words, he immediately reacted: "The archbishop is busy!" You'd better go to the waiting place first......"

"More than a dozen people died, don't go through the process slowly for such a big thing!" Emlyn raised her voice.

Although Emlyn did bear some responsibility, he seemed to be more anxious than the substitute punisher, and managed to make several of the substitute punisher who came to Xingshi a little confused, and seeing that they did not speak, Emlyn raised his leg and was about to walk towards the Cathedral of the Holy Wind.

Coincidentally, he had just entered the cathedral when he was confronted by a man with dark blue hair and serious eyes.

The other party was surrounded by a breeze, the smell of sea water almost came to his face, and the patterns on his clothes were more complicated and gorgeous, obviously one of the most important ones in the Holy Wind Cathedral.

The two of them paused for a few seconds at the same time, Emlyn didn't get a commission from the Thunder Church when he took over the Harvest Church. The assistant had met with the people of the Cathedral of the Holy Winds, but Emlyn, who was a member of Mother Earth, didn't need to be familiar. The day after receiving the information, an envelope and documents were delivered to White's door, even more ornate and elaborate than the previous reply. Unable to refuse the favor of a god, his parents immediately contacted Emlyn and asked him to hurry over from their small workshop in the East End.

So he didn't see the person in front of him, and the person on the other side looked at Emlyn, wondering why this guy came faster than he thought.

After a moment, Emlyn asked uncertainly:

"Bishop Radar Valentine?"

The "Deep Blue Priestess" in charge of the Holy Wind Cathedral nodded slightly, and asked rhetorically, "You are Emlyn White of the Harvest Church?" …… It seems that you already know what is going on, and the main responsibility for this matter is not yours, but you still have to bear part of the responsibility. ”

He behaved more steadily than Emlyn had thought, and the two archbishops met for the first time, and both were secretly looking at each other.

Now that he saw the main owner here, Emlyn also coughed, put away his impatience and recklessness just now, lowered his hand like a mature big man, and inadvertently smoothed the folds on the document that was tightly grasped with his fingers, but he didn't know that his behavior was a little more funny in the eyes of Dale Valentine. However, Emlin's power is worth paying attention to after all, and Dalier silently refreshes his assessment of Emlin a few months ago in his heart, adding the words "need attention" and "there is great growth".

Radar glanced at his team of substitutes: "Go back." ”

Then he looked at Emlyn and turned sideways and said, "Follow me." ”

His skilful behavior and relatively rational temper immediately made Emlyn feel a lot of favor, but the thought of the same bishop who had ordered the attack on the Harvest Church a few months earlier, which had led to the death of Father Utravsky, made Emlyn's mood worse again.

He had actually thought about similar things several times during this time, and the Thunder Church and the Night Church had driven them away, beating all the wild extraordinaires and the extraordinaries of the Exotic Orthodox God Church who did not have the right to preach as cultists. Either expelled or arrested, and the resistance was fierce and even possibly killed on the spot, leaving Emlyn to live a long period of hiding everywhere, and no one dared to help him except his parents.

When the Mother Earth Church settled in Rune, Emlyn saw that the Thunder Church had revoked his wanted notice and restored Utravsky's reputation, but unfortunately, because the priest who had been a great pirate in the first half of his life no longer had living relatives, so he could not send compensation.

Emlin was looking at the announcement of Father Utravsky's name, and his heart was filled with indescribable mixed emotions.

After that, he devoted himself to being his archbishop at the Harvest Church, spreading the faith of the mother goddess entrusted to him by the priest with peace of mind, and his life was easy and comfortable. Coupled with the fact that he didn't have to deal with the Thunder Church, the beast of hatred and anger in his heart slowly fell silent in the peace of day after day.

But now......

Looking at the side of Radar Valentine's face, Emlyn looked away, his gaze darkening for a moment.

Those memories and hatreds of the past suddenly caught up with him again.

…… Even at the end of the crossbow, Father Utravsky is a mid-sequence powerhouse. The deacons who fought against them at that time also had a lot of strength drained. Unless a strong player with a Sequence 5 or above chases and launches a powerful attack, it is impossible to be killed so quickly.

Emlyn heard it as he was fleeing, and because there was a "lightning storm" that had prayed to the "fool" to help him and the two of them escape, someone was going to call the "archbishop" to come...... Then it's not surprising that the two of them were caught up before they could get out of Jowood.

So when he died, the white lightning that almost lit up the sky was the handiwork of this "dark blue priest"?

No...... It shouldn't be Radar Valentine, if there was a demigod following him at that time, how could he have survived for so long under the pursuit of the demigod who had just been in sequence 5? After Utravsky's death, I should be next...... Emlyn has grown up a lot now, and is more aware of his naivety, his terrible combat experience, and his crude way of covering up his traces.

If it weren't for him, which Sequence 5 High Deacon would it be?

Emlyn's gaze swept over the interior of the Basilica of the Holy Wind and the extraordinaires around it, with a hatred that he was not aware of.

Redair felt Emlyn's footsteps slow down, and he wondered why the bishop, who had just looked anxious, was suddenly so quiet at this time: "You're not leaving?" ”

Emlyn didn't speak, he adjusted his emotions, but these thoughts were like maggots on tarsal bones, and the anger and powerlessness that were still fresh in his memory burned like a deep fire re-encountering air when he touched the face of Radar Valentine and the emblem of the Church of Thunder on his body. The burning made his heart burn, his head dizzy, and his heart felt uncomfortable for a while.

What's going on...... Emlyn felt a little agitated and responded:

"Just thought of something."

In the end, he barely maintained a business, not happy or sad to move forward side by side with each other, and both of them were a little defensive.

When he arrived at an office, he closed the door and stood and asked:

"I won't be polite to you, the murderer has been burned to char in the gas explosion, as the person who communicated the most in the past few days before his death, is he in a normal state? Do you think there's something extraordinary in this? ”

Such a straightforward problem-solving attitude is exactly what Emlin needs, and he restrained the wildfire rejection and malice in his heart, and said the state and performance of the other party in the past two days: "...... There wasn't much of an abnormality in his state, but he had a physical altercation the day before yesterday and seemed to be in a state of high spirits yesterday, and although I don't see any extraordinary factors, I think there was one. ”

"I think so too." "It should be a more advanced and covert approach, and I have decided to focus on the psychological suggestion of the 'audience', the 'provocation and instigation' of hunters and witches, and the 'manipulation of desires' of demons. Because in a previous attack on the Thunder Church Extraordinary, traces of suspected demons also appeared. ”

The fact that the punisher in sequence 7 was stoned to death by ordinary people is considered a "family ugly", and the fact that he was beaten to death instead of buying the corn of an old farmer is not too glorious.

"For mental hypnosis, psychological suggestion? You have a point. ”

"His emotions are unstable, and his suicide with some extreme emotions would have been secretly in line with some evil rituals, not to mention that he also chose the extreme means of gas explosion, taking the lives of many people, including himself, which looks more like a sacrifice......"

"Although he may not be aware of ...... himself"

Lei Lei nodded and said that he had similar considerations:

"That's true. According to you, he should be an ordinary person who knows nothing about extraordinary powers, although he has understanding, but he has not learned occult knowledge, and there may be an influence of extraordinary powers behind this matter. If this is considered a sacrifice that includes oneself, and the sacrificer himself is dead, what is his extreme emotions before his death and what is the purpose of doing so? ”

Objective?

Speaking of which, Emlyn suddenly thought of something:

"He talked to me twice, and once he had a dispute with someone else, all because of the death of his neighbor."

According to him, his neighbors were innocent people who were mistakenly killed by the Extraordinaries of the Thunder Church in the chaos of the East Side the other day, as well as his wife and children, so he wants to be able to get his salary back and compensation. I suspect that he infiltrated the townhouse and turned on the gas in the empty room, resulting in the explosion and killing and injuring him, which may have been the cause of this - he told me that he had found his neighbor's killer. ”

Radar Valentin's expression didn't change at all, and he even nodded slightly because of Emlin's analysis, but when he heard the bad news of the Thunder Church, his expression suddenly became gloomy, as if it was a prelude to a thunderstorm.

"This is not a reason for him to do evil, although he himself died, he destroyed several families and took the lives of several people! Bishop White, are you trying to make excuses for what he did? ”

Emlyn's fire also came up, his chest heaved violently a few times, anger and hatred entangled and burned, and his voice became cold:

"Whether I'm analyzing his motives or exculpating him, you should know very well. I've come here, do I still come with the idea of shirking my responsibilities? ”

"His neighbor really didn't die for his crimes, and he really didn't get the compensation and apology he deserved, can't he say that?"

Radar observed Emlyn's expression, "Your personal emotions are a little too heavy, Bishop White. ”

"As far as I know, it's been the last week that these Fenerporters have gone to the Harvest Church to worship, and the believers you are talking about, one of whom demonstrated against the Thunder Church and participated in obstruction of official business, died unexpectedly while enforcing the law, and the other who held a grudge against us for the death of the other party, and finally blew up the apartment building where the real innocents lived. Extraordinary power may just be preempting the process. ”

"Bishop Emlyn White, who defended them, don't you have selfish intentions? Do you want the two churches to settle this matter peacefully, or do you have selfish motives to ask the teachers for sin? ”

"You ......"

Emlyn's eloquence was still quite immature, and in the face of Radar Valentin's accusations, he was in a state of confusion for a while, unable to find words to refute, and his already not very good mood almost exploded directly.

But considering that this was the interior of the Cathedral of the Holy Winds, Emlin silently recited the teachings of the Mother God Church in his heart, and stubbornly resisted the urge to show his fangs, he glared at Radar Valentin with bright red eyes, and said coldly:

"You are seeking justice for your followers and subordinates, and I am also asking for an explanation for my believers."

"I don't think it's a conflict, but you have a similar attitude towards the enemy, and it seems that we don't need to talk about it today."

With that, Emlyn glared at Radar Valentin again, turned to open the door, and left without looking back.

As he left, a gust of wind blew the door shut, slamming it against the frame with a loud noise.

He didn't want to see the face of the "Deep Blue Priest" again, nor did he want to see the face of any of the Thunder Church Extraordinaires, he was worried that if he stayed here a little longer, he couldn't help but be angry, and couldn't help but ask the other party-"Did you kill Utravsky?" ”

What's going on......

Emlin's hands clenched tightly, and what he thought he had let go of was still ingrained in his heart.

Like a wounded beast, the wound does not heal, but only sleeps and escapes. When he was awakened, he began to wail again because of his sorrow.

……

Audrey's right hand paused slightly, then returned to normal, and picked up the personality mask known as "Fury".

"It's a huge challenge for me that is indescribable." She replied to Hermes briefly.

Just like the other party said, it is difficult to use everything you have as chips and props, even if you have now obtained divinity. She can understand in her heart what she has to do, take risks for the sake of her own ideals and patients, and even hurt herself, but she still needs a long period of mental construction to treat others like this.

If she really wants to do this as soon as possible, the easiest way is to get a virtual personality, a chance to "hypnotize herself".

With that, Audrey put the cold gray mask on her face.

Almost instantly, she felt that there was a "virtual personality" in her spiritual island.

This does not come from the outside world, but the amplification and extremization of some of her cognition:

"They were already barely able to make ends meet on my foundation, so why did they ignore me and say nothing?"

"Dad asked me to become a director of the foundation just so that I could accumulate prestige before marriage, he wanted me to do it, so he let me do it, and if he didn't want me to do it, he just let me marry Intis, didn't he treat me like this because of my respect and love for him?"

"Those workers act impulsively rather than rationally, they have limited education, they are easily tempted by small benefits, and they are short-sighted. I obviously wanted to save them, but they actually gave up fighting for more benefits because they got a small profit! ”

"They deserve mercy, but they are hateful!"

“……”

The thoughts echoed in Audrey's mind, making her almost believe that this was the truth, after all, it was part of the feedback she had received from her previous observations and experiences, and it was not made up out of thin air.

With a sweep of her gaze, Audrey saw her current self from the smooth surface of the long table:

On that cold gray mask, the eyes with simple strokes were wide open, and the mouth was wide open, as if it was ready to roar at any moment. Looking at it, I can't help but make a similar expression, giving people a grotesque and secretly terrifying feeling.

Hermes smiled, and seeing that she didn't speak, he reached out and waved his hand, causing the illusory image of the different masks to rise on the table.

As a veteran "spectator", Audrey's first notice is the difference in their personality masks:

The two eyes of "arrogance" move upwards and are fixed to the forehead, and seem to look only at the high places, and do not care about anything else;

"Greed" is similar to "gluttony", the mouth is grinning at the base of the ear, but it is not open, and the eyes are closed;

"Lust" and "arrogance" are similar, except that the eyes are different from ordinary people, they sink to the middle of the bridge of the nose, as if looking at people from below;

The eyes, ears, nose and nose of the "jealous" mask are all crooked to a certain extent, and have a gloomy temperament;

The eyes of the "lazy" mask are tightly closed, and the mouth naturally droops, giving the impression that the wearer is sleeping.

Audrey was silent for a moment, and after a few seconds before she spoke in a low voice:

"Is this 'rage'?"

Is this something I can understand in my heart but still can't let go?

If it weren't for the fact that she had already experienced so many things through exchanges with Mr. "World", Mr. "Hanged Man", "Hermit" Ms. and others, got rid of the misunderstanding of cognition, and saw her own nature clearly, she might have been really affected by the personality created by the "Fury" mask just now.

As for what will happen after being affected, she can't judge at this time.

"You're back to normal a lot faster than I thought, and it seems like you're not lost in the experience of 'manipulating' others." Hermes said approvingly.

"I've never been so angry, it's a new feeling."

Audrey was silent for a moment, she was always taught nothing but decency and tolerance, whether it was accusations, swearing, or anything else, a noble lady like her had to smile with weight.

After a few seconds, she replied thoughtfully:

"Mr. Herwin Lambis is also a demigod, is he also one of the members of the Psychological Alchemy Council......?"

Hermes's eyes lit up slightly, and he asked, "Yes, he is indeed here, so who do you think he corresponds to?" ”

He ...... Behaved a little arrogantly. Audrey recalled.

Hermes clasped his hands between his chest and abdomen and said:

"You can see it."

"Just occasionally, some details." Audrey replied with two phrases.

Hermes smiled and shook his head:

"You don't have to be nervous, I just know the person Herwin Lambis, his boss is the speaker of the Psychological Alchemy Society, and they are all in Rune now, and they will be your help. I've occasionally heard the president report to me about the councillors, and he said that Herwin Lambis was more affected by the mask than he expected, and that he was usually well disguised. ”

Under this premise, arrogance will make him unable to see the path under his feet, and will make him look down on the extraordinary who are weaker than himself, and this often brings great danger. Maybe one day, I will trip over a small pebble and fall very miserably. ”

Audrey asked, thoughtfully:

"These seven personality masks can amplify the corresponding cognition and emotion, help us become aware of our own problems, so as to solve them in a targeted manner, and at the same time, it will also bring certain negative effects, unconsciously changing the personality of the wearer?"

Hermes nodded slightly:

"In the realm of the mind, it is difficult to have pure, harmless external help, and there must be enough endogenous power to avoid the corresponding negative effects. If you recognize this, you are on the right path. ”

Audrey fell silent, and after a few seconds, she nodded: "I will pay attention to my heart, I will not give up my ideals and beliefs." ”

Seeing this, Hermes slapped his palms and said with a smile:

"So, I formally welcome Miss Audrey Hall to the Dusk Hermit Society, and Miss 'Fury' as the new councilor of the Psychological Alchemy Society. Hehe, everyone should have come together to introduce you, but your task is special, and only me, an old man, will welcome you. ”

"Mr. 'Arrogant' is in charge of the Beckland region of the Kingdom of Rune, and he will be your subordinate, but it is up to you to decide whether or not to reveal the identity of a member of the Dusk Hermit Society."

Speaking of this, Hermes looked at Audrey and said:

"You may not know that we are rooted in a large group of psychologists, psychiatrists and enthusiasts, and our power is mainly concentrated in the metropolis rather than in the small towns and villages, so each committee member is responsible for a certain city, with the surrounding area."

"These things will be told to you later in the form of psychic mail."

After skipping the introduction of the less important spheres of influence, Hermes turned to Audrey and said:

"Miss 'Fury', due to the impact of the war, Beckland's psychological alchemy will be a lot of loss, and many members have lost contact, been killed or forced to join the church, or surrender to the emperor who has not yet woken up. I'll give you the list later, and you'll be responsible for determining the whereabouts of those members and reorganizing them. ”

"In this process, I advise you not to use your real image and real name, to do these things with one or more identities, Herwin Lambis is not good enough at this, I think, he does a little arrogant."

Audrey bowed her head lightly and agreed.

Hermes laughed like a true elder:

"One more thing, the whereabouts of that psychic dragon in East Chester County, Kingdom of Rune."

"I was going to gather everyone to discuss it again, but now that you're here, I'll tell you first."

"The dragon worship of the village of Hedrak hasn't weakened in the last two years, and I suspect that the psychic dragon is still influencing it in some way, and maybe we can find its whereabouts."

After asking the question, he remembered the new Miss "Fury" and did not know enough about the corresponding situation, so he briefly talked about the previous explorations of the Psychological Alchemy Society and the death of all the members of the subordinate archaeological team.

Audrey had actually participated in some things in the early stage, and when she saw that there was a suitable reason to intervene, she couldn't help but be excited.

She didn't really want to hunt that psychic dragon, but wanted to communicate with the other party and master more psychic realm knowledge and secrets.

Audrey waited a few more seconds, and seeing that Hermes had no information to add, she spoke:

"It's a matter of Rune, and I've heard about this village. I'll try to investigate, but I need more detailed information. ”

TBC

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Byron Empire.

Azk glanced at the church members gathered in the square outside the window, frowned, and turned his gaze to the government affairs in front of him.

After a few seconds, he couldn't help but look at it again.

What is the High Priest doing...... Azik looked at it for a while, and always felt that it was different from the previous sacrifices. In the end, he decided to summon a spirit and ask it to help him go down there to find out what was going on with Hetel and the believers.

The prayer to the Grim Reaper has gone unanswered, but believers can still hear the sound of the Styx.

The more inspired, who claimed to have heard muffled, incomprehensible words coming from the river, seemed to be a call, or some kind of language they had never seen before. Azk proofread the pronunciation to make sure it wasn't any of the current languages, of course, if it was a slangworm that had been disrupted, or a mixture of multiple languages.

Therefore, the explanation given by Hatel and Azik is that death is silent for a while, but the end of life remains, and although there is no confusion in Byron, there is inevitably chaos in the Church of the Grim Reaper.

However, after a brief period of confusion, High Priest Hetel seemed to hear something from the sound of the Styx again, began to prepare for the ritual, and pondered another honorific name to communicate with the Grim Reaper, and Azik paid attention, but did not pay much attention to it.

Just as he was distracted, the spirit had returned, and Azk was spiritually connected with it and heard the message from it.

“…… Dig out the course of the River Styx in reality...... Let the Grim Reaper return in a ship of bones? ”

Azk's eyebrows furrowed.

He waved away the spirit, his eyes still uneasy at the crowd in the square.

"What kind of ritual is this......

(End of chapter)