The light behind the door is very dim, and it is difficult to see the specifics.

Leo thought for a moment, turned around and removed a candlestick from the wall outside the door and used it as a lighting tool, and then walked back to the room.

With the light of the candlestick, this time he could finally see the inside of the room.

The rooms are small but compact, with thick floor-to-ceiling curtains blocking the glass, and several large two-meter-high bookshelves taking up more than half of the room. In the corner of the room next to the bookshelf, there is a desk and chair.

Leo came to his desk with a candlestick, and immediately looked at a roll of pictorial parchment spread out on the table.

Holding the candlestick close to the table, the contents of the parchment roll appeared in front of his eyes in the bright candlelight, and at the same time, the character panel jumped out.

【Map of the southern Gaild area】

[General map showing the main towns, buildings, and topography of the southern region of Gaelde]

To use it, you first need to learn how to read a map. For road idiots, even the best maps are waste paper. 】

This is, a map?

Looking at the patterns and fonts on the parchment scroll, Leo's eyes lit up with joy.

Maps are a valuable way to help him understand his surroundings to a great extent.

With the help of the characters, the strange text was transformed into a font that Leo could understand.

After studying it for a long time, Leo had a rough outline impression of the situation around him.

In the lower right corner of the map, there is a building circled in red, called "The Ninth Church of Marim", and not far to its left, there is a town icon "Joel City", and to its right, a wheat icon "Bourne Farm", in addition to more than a dozen village icons.

And these are all within the territory of the city of Jör.

The territory of Joel occupies one-third of the map, and to the north and west are two other cities, called Lionheart Fortress and Redstone.

However, these two cities are only marked with the names of the cities, and are not marked in as much detail as in the territory of the city of Yor.

"Marym Ninth Church, Joel City, Bourne Farm, ......"

Leo whispered in thought.

Circled in red is probably the church where he is now, named Marim Ninth Church.

The position of the three on the map is in a straight line. Bourne Farm is at the bottom, Marim Ninth Church is in the middle, and at the top is the city of Joel.

Leo estimated that he had just walked from Bourne Farm to the Ninth Church of Marym, about 7 or 800 meters, and from the distance comparison on the map, the distance from the Ninth Church of Marym to the city of Joel was about two thousand meters.

After pondering for a long time, Leo raised his head and looked at the books on the many shelves in the room.

I wonder if there is any useful information in this?

After some searching, an hour later, Leo sat on the chair of his desk, looking at the only book, or diary, in front of him that could be recognized by the character panel.

[Diary of Missionary Herwyn (mutilated)]

Many of the paper books on the shelves have been unmaintained for a long time, and have been eroded by mold, making them unreadable.

Only this book, which is made entirely of parchment, is more resistant to wear and tear than other paper books on the shelves, and this has been preserved, but even so, only part of the area is left to read.

With so many books on the shelves, and only this book is parchment, it can be inferred that even in this world where there are transcendent elements, parchment is still a very expensive carrier of words.

Leo calmed down, opened the diary, and read it carefully.

[July 7...... These days, more and more people come to the church to pray, among them are nobles, knights, farmers, shoemakers...... But in the face of calamity, they are all equal, and they are all just poor lambs...... Goddess above, please save the people of the city of Yor, who are in trouble......]

[July 10...... Count Alexander came to me with an offer to secondment to the Knights of the Church's Knights Cathar, but despite the Count's earnestness, I refused. The Knights of the Cathar is the last line of defense for the Church, and no matter what, there is no room for failure. As an apology, I sent a few white-robed priests to the Knights at the front to assist the Count's army in the battle......]

[July 17...... Distortion, in the end, still can't be contained...... More and more people have become [contacts], and even though the army continues to take coercive measures, the speed of elimination is far from keeping up with the speed of new generations, and it is said that [Darkened] have already appeared in the city......]

[July 20...... The Count came to me with Goode Laven, a guy I knew, the chief alchemist of the city of Jor. They told me that they had found a way to curb the aberration, that the Goddess was above, that such an evil experiment, as a servant of God, how could I condone it! 】

[August 2...... The first [contact] of the Knights of the Cathar appeared...... I'm starting to hesitate...... Forgive me, God, my sinful servant......]

[August 7...... The situation on the front line is getting more and more tense, and it is said that even in the Knights, [Darkened] began to appear, but the experiment did not go well, and the experimenters who performed the pure-blood ritual could not withstand the side effects of "pureblood" at all, and died one after another...... Goode Laven's suggestion of using knights as experimental material was unanimously opposed by the Count and me. The knight is the foundation of the city of Jor, and once discovered, there is no need to wait for the distortion to completely erupt, and the city of Joel will be destroyed......]

[August 12...... Several knights who were seriously injured and dying were sent there ......]

[August 14th...... The experiment finally progressed, and the pure-blood ceremony was successful for the first time...... Exchange transfusions are extremely resistant to low-intensity distortions, and even if they are scratched, they will not become [contacts], and we see hope ......]

[August 20...... The Earl was ready to stop the pureblood test, because the casualty rate of the pureblood ritual was too high, and the success rate was less than 10%, even if the transblevants could fight against low-intensity aberrations, but such a small number would not help at all...... But Goode Laven did come up with a new direction, the Soul Purification Ritual...... Oh, this guy is crazy, the soul belongs to the realm of the gods, how can you be a mere alchemist to snoop on? 】

[On August 25th, the Earl captured two wounded Lance Cadet Knights out of nowhere and handed them over to Goode Laven for testing. Even the people of the Knights of Lanlois dare to touch it, the goddess is above, perhaps, the Count is also crazy. 】

[August 30...... Although there was no progress in the soul purification ceremony, one of the knights of Lanlois captured by the Earl successfully performed several pure-blood rituals and became the first person to exchange blood multiple times......]

[September 1...... I'm always a little restless these days......]

[September 7...... The first [aberrant], was born...... The northern part of the city of Joel has become a no-go area ......]

(There's another chapter, to be posted later.) ）