Part 5 The Red Priests Chapter 84 Joint Operations
St. Samuel’s Church, Birkeland North.
Cardinal of the Church of the Storm, Archbishop of the Diocese of Birkeland, “Deep Blue Priest” Radar Valentine descended from the wind and landed in the steeple with a large bell on the left side.
He wore black robes embroidered with storm symbols, had a thick beard, and his hair was short and straight, the color of deep blue and almost pure black.
The stocky demigod cast his gaze to the other side and spoke to the figure that had been waiting there for a long time:
”Horamik, is it clear what is going on? Why has Anthony suddenly invited us over?”
The person he spoke to was dressed in white priestly robes and a clergyman’s fedora, with a kind face and gentle expression, and was none other than Horamik Haydn, a member of the Steam Church’s Pre-Divine Council, the Archbishop of the Diocese of Berkland, a half-god and half-human.
Hearing Radar’s question, Horamik responded quietly:
”I didn’t arrive much earlier than you; in fact, I left the lab only a few minutes ago.”
Not only was he a clergyman, he was also a renowned scientist, a professor emeritus in the physics department at Birkeland University.
Radar Valentine was about to say something else when he suddenly saw a figure ascending the coiled narrow staircase, in the darkness that the red moon could not penetrate, to the spire.
This silhouette was wearing black with red clergy robes, wearing five dark holy emblems on his chest, his face was clean and beardless, his eyes were deep and serene, just like one of the thirteen archbishops of the Church of the Darkness, the head of the Diocese of Berkland, the Holy One Anthony Stevenson.
”Is there anything you can’t wait until dawn? Or is it that your Black Night Church likes to talk about things at night?” “Deep Blue Priest” Radar Valentine was the first to speak.
Anthony finished walking up the steps and stopped with a serious expression:
”A very urgent matter.”
”What is it?” Radar asked after him.
At that moment, Horamik Haydn also turned his gaze to Anthony Stevenson, waiting for him to give an answer.
In similar scenarios, Horamik especially liked the presence of someone from the Storm Church, which meant that the other party would take the initiative to ask questions without any euphemisms, without the need for him to say something else.
Anthony looked at each of them and said:
”As it relates to the royal family, it would be better to ask Lady Arianna to speak to you.”
As soon as his words fell, a female figure dressed in simple robes with a bark belt, bare feet, and cloaked hair flew out of the shadows next to him.
At the sight of this presence, Radar and Horamik immediately performed a salute:
”Good evening, Ms. Arianna.”
Their expressions became serious at the same time, with a deep realization of the importance and criticality of tonight’s matter:
It was by no means a trivial matter to have an angel who walked the earth come forward!
At the same time, it was difficult to contain some of their shocks, realizing that they had no idea when the Abbess of the Black Night Abbey, the Hidden Servant, Lady Arianna, had come to Bakerland.
–Normally, there was a certain tacit agreement between the three major churches and the royal family and the military in this regard, which was that earthly angels and “0” level seals did not appear in Bakerland.
”Good evening, two Archbishops.” Arianna returned the greeting without any arrogance at all.
She whirled and raised her right hand, gently grasping it in midair.
A little shimmering light blossomed, illuminating a scene in the darkness that was the entire process of Arianna’s conversation with Chunas Korg.
It was as if the secret that had been kept for a long time had finally been revealed to others.
As he watched, “Deep Blue High Priest” Radar Valentine couldn’t help but open his mouth and say:
”He has even been promoted to Sequence 4 and become a demigod.”
This Archbishop knew Chunas Colgate, and originally thought that this Deputy Director of MI9 only had Sequence 5, and relied on a seal with severe negative effects to have demigod level combat power, but he didn’t realize that it was just a disguise.
-The influence of the Storm Church on the military was greater than the other two major churches.
No one responded to Radar and waited until that hidden secret was shown before Horamik said:
”A secret relic involving the ‘Blood Emperor’ and the large number of people who were sent inside, the two together, no matter what, it’s not a good thing.”
”Indeed!” Radar agreed, “Let’s go to that relic now!”
Arianna looked around and said calmly:
”This is a matter of royalty and involves the king, it would be best for you to seek the consent of your respective Holy Throne first.”
In this angel’s context, the Holy Throne referred to the Holy See, standing in for the center of power of the Church.
”Good.” The two archbishops agreed without the slightest hesitation.
After a while, the “Deep Blue Bishop” Radar Valentine and Horamik Haydn, who had received feedback, each carried a seal, and together with Anthony Stevenson and Arianna, they went to the place where Chunas Korg had previously entered the “Blood Emperor’s” relics. The place where Jonas Colgate had previously entered the ruins of the “Blood Emperor”.
Arianna then took out an iron-black coat of arms inscribed with complex symbols, held it in her hand and tried to activate it.
K did not make any disguise, and just stood in the same place, seemingly not worried that the guards inside the relics would recognize him.
Watching the behavior of this hidden servant, Horamik seemed to be pondering something, while Radar had a calm face and didn’t see any problem.
Inside the underground relics, a strange metal pedestal, a ghostly blue light suddenly rose up and formed a gate.
Four guards wearing dark black full body armor immediately looked through the blue light to see what was going on outside, and were prepared to use certain methods to confirm that the person who had awakened the “portal” was disguised as someone else, so as to decide whether or not to open the “door”.
However, they saw nothing, and the corresponding area was empty.
Just when their hearts were filled with strong uneasiness and doubts, behind them, a silhouette was quickly sketched out as if it was being depicted, and it was none other than Arianna, the leader of the ascetics of the Church of Darkness, whose robes had traces of mending.
In an instant, the four guards fell asleep, and Anthony, Radar, and Horamik entered the underground ruins one after another.
They didn’t go straight down the road, but instead crossed the hall and floated to mid-air, looking down on everything.
This was a world ruled by darkness, with some light coming from the strange moss growing in different places and the firelight reflected in the human buildings.
With the help of their illumination, even extraordinary people without dark vision could grasp the overall appearance of this huge ruin:
On one side was a wall of gray rock that spread upward, with no end in sight, and seemed to connect to the ground, and on the other side was a deep, dark valley with no bottom in sight, as if it were the abyssal abode of demons. A stone-paved road ran through both, linking one hall and one building to another, with humans coming and going from time to time, quiet and silent.
Several archbishops from the three churches were about to grab a few people who could go deep into the underground ruins and ask for a clear picture of the situation inside, when they suddenly saw a silhouette flying out of the deep dark valley, heading straight for themselves and the other demigods.
The silhouette had a rectangular face with a white hair cover on his head, two whiskers that were slightly upturned at the end of his mouth, thick eyebrows, and large eyes, which were quite similar to the image of the character on the playing cards.
He wore a gown and cloak, with extremely long toes, and was dressed out of step with the current era, as if he had lived in the last hundred years.
He was no stranger to Archbishops such as Antony and Horamik, knowing him to be Prince Grove Augustus of Sunia, one of the demigods of the royal family.
”How did you guys enter here?” Grove asked before him, his expression slightly startled.
Glancing at each other, Anthony took the initiative:
”We’ve been tracking down several cases of mysterious disappearances of large numbers of people, and we locked onto Chunas Colgate of MI9, and through him, we found this place.”
Grove’s expression shifted a few times, glancing at the mood-quieting woman and asking with deliberation:
”Ms. Arianna?”
”Yes, I’m in charge of those missing persons cases.” Arianna responded with terse words.
Prince Grove revealed a bitter smile:
”It was us who were too greedy, after discovering this relic, we only thought of digging it ourselves and harvesting the items inside. In order to keep it a secret, we also had a certain connection with the Witch Cult, and through them, we collected the population to build the passageway and perform certain rituals.
”No, it’s not what you guys think, it’s just normal rituals, they’re still alive, deep within the ruins.
”If you don’t believe me, I can lead you down there right now to check, there’s nothing there but seals and buildings that haven’t been fully opened yet.”
Upon hearing his answer, Anthony and Horamik and Radar glanced at each other, both seeing the doubt in the other’s eyes.
This was very different from the reaction they had expected, the situation they had imagined!
It made them wonder if they were mistaken about something, and that things were far less serious than they thought.
Just then, Arianna spoke up:
”You also created the Great Haze incident.”
”No.” Prince Grove shook his head once again, “That was a lesson in working with the magical girls, they went so far as to try to control Edzak and use it to hold power in the kingdom, and when we recognized it, we created the Great Haze Incident, and since then, we’ve been cut off from them.”
Speaking here, he pointed down and said frankly:
”Just for the sake of secretly excavating a ‘Blood Emperor’ relic, how could we possibly do something like that?
”As long as you guys go down to the depths and examine it carefully, you’ll understand what I mean.
”Hehe, don’t worry, with Lady Arianna around, no trap can trap you guys, moreover, not to mention the question of whether or not we have the ability to do so, even if we can covertly bury you guys in the depths of the relics, the Holy See will still be able to find out about the problem, I don’t believe that you guys didn’t report about this to the respective Holy Throne before you set off, wait for a little while longer, if you guys don’t go back, they’re sure that they’ll have a proper response.”
Demigods such as Radar and Antony each pondered for a moment, and cast their gazes on Arianna, whose robes were simple and simple in front of them.
Arianna calmly nodded her head and said:
”Good.”
An angel and three saints then entered the depths of the underground ruins under the guidance of Prince Grove, and found that there was a patch of ruins hidden in the darkness where no one had yet set foot, men and women who were being taught to form different rituals, and everything was peaceful and orderly.
Demigods such as Arianna and Horamik checked up on different areas according to their own ideas, and even left the area to inspect further afield, but found nothing.
……
After getting Arianna’s notification, Klein turned Chunas Korg into a servant within the manor, making the deputy director of MI9 disappear.
Then, he didn’t rush to perform the sacrifice ceremony, sent the items from this harvest above the gray mist to study, and waited patiently until dawn.