Part 3 The Traveler Chapter 147 The Celestial Sect
In the pillar of divine light, the tree tumors and flesh and blood that had lost the support of external power rapidly disintegrated, like snow that had encountered a red-hot iron ball.
In the unspeakable Sung, Cynthia’s face scrunched up, looking unusually agonized.
She turned left and right with difficulty, looking up and down, her expression gradually becoming frightened and confused, as if she had finally realized that she was in the wrong state.
”General ……” her voice trembled, and she looked ahead in fear and despair, but she could only find an unfamiliar face.
Klein could have fed the “writhing hunger” with Cynthia’s remaining flesh and spirit, but at this moment he just sighed and said in a calm tone:
”Don’t touch strange objects or religions in the future.”
In his opinion, Cynthia’s response to becoming the way she is now was either involved in a cult or because of a certain dangerous object that had hooked up with an unseen existence.
Cynthia vaguely understood something, and with only a head and some flesh and blood left, she suddenly shed tears:
”Yes, it’s the Mother Tree of Desire, it’s the Celestial Cult ……
”General, General, I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die!
”Save me! Save me!”
The Mother Tree of Desire …… celestial sect …… This is not within the scope of my occult knowledge …… Klein’s expression did not change, and his eyes looked compassionately at Cynthia, who had broken down and begged for help, and once again opened his arms , spoke in a low voice:
”Death is not the end, you will be saved by the side of the gods.”
Another pillar of bright and pure light fell, and Cynthia’s snotty and beautiful face was completely fixed.
Her gaze was despairing, but there was a little bit of hope for the kingdom of heaven after death.
Under the light of the “sun”, her head and body melted and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, obtaining the final purification.
Klein looked at this scene calmly for a long time without any change in expression or movement.
When everything subsided, the corner of his mouth hooked slightly, and he let out a low laugh that could not hide his bitterness:
”What a crazy and chaotic world ……”
The experience just now made him not dare to directly “psychic”, the many bizarre things made him give up the intention of bringing Cynthia’s spirit above the gray mist “to ask”, and in the face of that kind of evil feeling that can’t be discharged and corrosion is getting more and more serious, he can only choose to let Cynthia in time to obtain purification, after all, this is a world of true God, after death may indeed exist in the Kingdom of Heaven.
As for the “writhing hunger” backlash, Klein is not worried for the time being, after such a long time together, this is a certain degree of the magical item sealed with him better and better, will not be used once and must immediately give it food, it restored the original condition, once turned on, 24 hours to eat only once, no matter how many times used, of course, not been used! How many times, of course, the day it wasn’t used, there was definitely no need to eat.
Therefore, Klein still has enough time to find food for the “creeping hunger”, not to hurt innocent people.
If you can’t, you can still throw it onto the gray mist …… Klein looked around and found that the members of the general’s guard, the men and women in the house were all out of the influence of the amplification of desire, unconscious, which included the maid who was trying to get praise and approval from her companion by holding her throat at the doorway, and the blonde secretary, Lurenne.
”True enough, addressing the root of the problem will put an end to things once and for all ……
”According to Admiral Emilius’s description, Luelian is at least a Sequence 6 Extraordinary, suspected to be a ‘Baron of Corruption’, and may even have secretly reached Sequence 5 …… He was all so easily controlled by amplified desires, suggesting that by means of the Cynthia descended that kind of power essence is extremely high, but why did I just have an aphrodisiac dream ……
”Not counting magical items, Luelan and I should be at the same level ……
”Because that part of the power where the gray mist intertwines with reality has provided help? Because of the limitations of Admiral Emilius’ ‘temporary contract’? Or both factors?
”Well, without them, that aspect of my desires as Cynthia’s main target would certainly be amplified to the extreme, and this wouldn’t just be a charming dream …… “Klein habitually reached out with his right hand and stroked his face, reverting back to his Aemilius- Levitt’s appearance.
As the rest of the people were not in danger of dying for the time being, he carefully examined the room, and inspiration suddenly struck him.
Taking a few steps forward, Klein came to where Cynthia had disappeared, and stooped to pick up a necklace from the pile of clothes propped up on the sleeping bed.
The necklace dangled a knuckle-sized pendant, black in color and shaped like a shrunken rhinoceros horn; its surface was extremely dull, covered with numerous cracks, and had no spiritual luster except for a slight sense of evil.
”Is this the dangerous item that caused Cynthia’s mutation? Because it has been connected to that unseeable existence, it accomplished its mission and poured all its power into Cynthia’s body?” Klein made an initial guess based on the pendant and his previous experience.
After checking it for a while, he had no more luck, so he drew out the paper man, treated the traces of the scene and lifted the restriction of the charm, then walked over to the blonde-haired secretary Luelian, who had been briefly engulfed by the flowers leaving some traces of corrosion, lifted his knee, and kicked the other party a few times with the tip of his toes.
With Emilius’ character, he shouldn’t be able to do the thing of squatting down and shaking the secretary awake …… Heh, this guy’s arrogant overlooking attitude from before is really annoying, wanting to beat him up …… Klein stops his movements, and with a serious and stoic expression, looks at Lü Er’an as he slowly awakened.
”His Excellency the Admiral ……” Lu Er’an was a little confused for a moment, seemingly unable to distinguish whether he was in a dream, or reality.
As a superior, there is no obligation to explain …… Klein looked down at him and said in a low voice:
”You will wake up all the lightly injured people here, part of it will save the remaining people, part of it will immediately investigate the celestial sect on Oravi Island, who worships an evil god called the ‘Mother Tree of Desire’, well …… check from the people around Cynthia Starting.
”I’ll wait for the report in the study.”
After saying that, he held the cracked and shrunken rhino horn pendant and turned around to walk out of the door of the master bedroom, entering the unaffected and quiet study.
As a military bigwig, although there was a certain helplessness in facing the kingdom’s top brass and having to selectively ignore some things, for example, just after there was a telegraphic order to dismiss Governor Auston, the new governor had already arrived – this indicated that the other party had left a long time in advance, and as the supreme commander of the Mid-Sunian Navy, Emilius Levitt hadn’t received any news at all, but still had absolute authority on Oravi Island when it came to the secretary of Luran, the local police system and members of the naval base, and didn’t need to investigate on his own, there were plenty of men to arrange it.
The demigods only needed to be on guard against accidents and wait for news, no need to be busy running around!
Inside the study, Klein listened to the cluttered footsteps and terrified screams, inquiries, and exchanges outside, and within his mind, he couldn’t help but recall the bright starry sky and the star that blossomed with a bright light.
”What exactly does this symbolize?” Klein frowned and sat down to the reclining chair behind his desk, his figure dipping into the darkness brought on by the curtains.
He quickly made the connection, as the myths and legends of Silver City and some of Emlyn White’s descriptions of the situation of the Bloods led him to confirm that the “moon” had partial authority to “reproduce and multiply”, which matched Cynthia’s intentions and behavior.
”A Bright Starry Sky …… Mr. ‘Gate’ told Rossel the Great that the Goddess’s corresponding tarot card was ‘Stars’, not the ‘moon’, could this illusory starry sky symbolize k. Well, the ‘primordial moon’ is suspected to be the vestige of some deity, angel, or high demon, and the goddess has the ‘Crimson Moon’ ‘s honorable name, could it be that K impersonated the ‘Primal Moon’ and took the appropriate position, holding the necessary authority?” Although Klein knew that such a thought was very blasphemous, he still inevitably suspected the Goddess of Darkness.
However, he quickly dismissed this speculation, because both Lilith, the vampire progenitor, and the “primordial moon”, showed pure “reproduction”, which did not involve appetite, arrogance, or desire for recognition, which was contradictory to the performance of some of the previous victims. This contradicts the behavior of some of the previous victims, and the rest of the titles of the Goddess of the Night do not include the corresponding domains.
”That would be consistent with the ‘demonic’ pathway, and the ‘Apostle of Desire’ is an expert in similar areas …… Did the top replacement for the ‘Primordial Moon’ is really a high-ranking demon, or even that Demon King who calls himself ‘The Dark Side of the Universe’, Sequence 0 ‘The Abyss’? This is highly probable, but the problem is that this shouldn’t present illusory starry skies and bright stars, and neither the ‘moon’, nor the ‘abyss’ have anything to do with similar symbolism …… “The more Klein pushed and prodded, the more he realized that there was something wrong with this guess.
In the midst of his thoughts, he suddenly conjured up a concept.
A concept that often appeared as an important element in the occult knowledge he had come into contact with, but was never described or explained in detail!
That was, the “Astral Realm”!
With the exception of a few organizations such as the School of Life, which believed in niche knowledge such as the “World of Absolute Reason”, in most occult sciences, the world consisted of the “Reality”, the “Spiritual Realm”, and the “Astral Realm”. “Astral World”.
Needless to say, the knowledge of “Reality”, “Spirit World” is the basis of many ritual magic and extraordinary abilities, only “Astral World” is basically blank in Klein’s knowledge.
”So the illusory starry sky represents the ‘Astral Realm’, and the bright stars are some kind of existence in the ‘Astral Realm’? I’ve always suspected that the ‘Star Realm’ is the abode of the true gods, so it’s not unacceptable for this symbolic image to represent the ‘primordial moon’ …… “Klein no longer Thinking more, he recalled the detailed contents of the previous days while waiting for the results of his subordinates’ investigation.
Time passed and Klein finally heard familiar footsteps coming up the stairs and approaching.
The blonde-haired secretary, Luelian, knocked on the door and entered, lowering his head and reporting calmly:
”Your Excellency Admiral, the Celestial Cult has been found and their leader has been captured.
”This is a tip from Ms. Cynthia’s parents.
”This sect has been quite active in Oravi in the last few years, with the aim of going without clothing, returning to nature, and indulging their nature, believing that human beings can be spiritually liberated in this state.
”Breeding offspring is an adjunct to this philosophy.”
After a pause, Luran adds:
”Their leader is an Extraordinary One, Sequence 8 ‘Madman’.”
”Lunatic?” “Lunatic” of the “Prisoner” pathway? Something to do with the Rose School? Well, there are two factions within the Rose School, “moderation” and “indulgence”, and the latter’s philosophy is quite compatible with the situation at the scene. …… Klein was shocked in his heart, but on the surface, he did not move and said. said:
”Bring him here.”