Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 118 Holy Remains
Just as Cassandra was getting familiar with her physical condition, Vinata had already arrived at the Church of the Harvest and met Sister Vespe.

"So you're saying that Mr. Altaïr has a way to locate the mastermind behind this?"

Sister Vespe frowned and asked doubtfully,

"Demons have a certain degree of anti-divination ability and a very sensitive sense of danger. Although the mastermind is a 'craftsman', since the power behind him can plan such a large-scale demon awakening event, it is very likely that he has also received some gifts from the big man behind him, so it is reasonable for him to have similar abilities."

“I don’t know what method that gentleman used, but I know that although the agate peacock egg is a very magical material, the Beyonder characteristics it contains are definitely not higher than the level of Sequence 7. In other words, even if he has been promoted successfully, he is only Sequence 7. It’s not that I don’t believe you, but if it were you, would you believe it?”

Sister Vespe painted a simplified version of the sacred symbol of the Earth Mother on her chest.

"I will believe it."

To the nun's surprise, Venata nodded. "However, I believe it will be of no use, so I brought this."

Venata pulled out the Blood-Sucking Device, which was inspired by the symbol of Lilith, from under her cloak and handed it to Sister Vesper.

"Is this... the breath of the Mother Goddess?"

For the first time, an expression of surprise appeared on Sister Vespe's face. This expression had not appeared even when she tore the murderous demon to pieces in the street.

"I understand."

Then, Sister Vespe nodded without hesitation and bowed to the rapier in Vinata's hand.

"Your will is my will."

After saying that, she immediately strode towards the basement.

"Please wait a moment... I need some time to prepare."

……

Sister Vespe walked into the basement and gently closed the door. The seal on the wall was immediately activated, isolating the basement.

This was the work of an ancient alchemist from the Church of the Earth. When the Church of the Mother Earth had not been able to gain a foothold in Backlund, they used their extraordinary abilities to open up another floor under the basement of the Harvest Church as a place to store sealed objects.

However, compared with the Chanis Gate of St. Samuel's Cathedral, this place is clearly not up to standard.

Putting aside other sealing facilities, the space here is far from enough. There are many sealed objects that need enough space to be stored to avoid mutual influence and cause unimaginable disasters.

Now, the space on the second floor of the Harvest Church was about the same size as the first floor, only the size of a bedroom, and there was no container for the sealed objects. The only item in the room was a simple black sarcophagus lying quietly on the ground in the middle of the room.

It was a very ordinary looking sarcophagus, seven feet and three inches long, with several thick iron rings and iron chains in the middle. There were no burial jewelry, jade, wine glasses or ritual vessels, nor were there elaborately decorated tombs or thick outer coffins. The sarcophagus just lay quietly on the soil, without any seal, and yet it seemed that it needed the entire earth to seal it.

Sister Vespe knelt devoutly in front of the coffin, kissed the soil beside the sarcophagus, and chanted the name of the Mother Earth.

As she chanted, the sarcophagus began to shake slightly, and the iron chain sprang out from the iron ring. Sister Vespe knelt on her knees, moved to the front of the coffin, and carefully opened the lid of the coffin.

The inside of the sarcophagus was neatly filled with items, including a silver helmetless plate armor, the metal flail that Vinata and the others had seen once before, an armor-piercing hammer with ferocious spikes and the emblem of the God of War, a multi-barreled musket inlaid with thick copper nails, a sharp axe gun with the logo of the Feysac giant bear, and so on. There were dozens of sealed objects of all kinds.

This sarcophagus itself is a Level 1 sealing object, a relic left behind by a "paintbearer" of the Church of Mother Earth, used to suppress and seal the set of sealing objects accumulated by Sister Vespe when she was a follower of the God of War.

Warriors are similar to craftsmen in some ways: equipment accounts for a large part of their strength. A well-armed warrior can play a decisive role in a local battle, and can even allow them to fight against enemies that are one or two levels ahead.

Sister Vespe stood up, and the vampire who had been waiting in the room behind her walked forward respectfully, first put the Holy Symbol of Dusk on his chest, and then walked forward carefully to help Sister Vespe put on the heavy armor.

There are nine pairs of armor parts: neck armor, shoulder armor, arm armor, hand armor, joint armor, chest armor, thigh armor, calf armor, and boot armor. Each one is at least the top-notch one among the level 2 sealed objects. Among them, the chest armor even reaches the level of level 1.

Each of them has extremely serious negative properties and cannot be worn alone. However, when worn and used at the same time, they will affect each other, weakening the negative properties to the greatest extent, while giving the wearer an upgrade in life level. The Church of the God of War named them "Holy Relics of Atonement" and they are the equipment of Sister Vespe, the former favorite of the God of War.

With each piece she put on, Sister Vespe's status and life force grew stronger. After putting on all the armor, even though she had put on the holy emblem, she was still trembling with fear at the sight of the other party. She dared not utter a word and could only bow respectfully, leave the holy emblem at the door, and then quickly leave the room.

It is said that Sister Vespe, who was wearing this set of armor, once encountered the fleet of the Undead King and the Black Throne King at sea. At that time, she was only on an ordinary passenger ship, and the only Beyonder around her was a trainee nun who helped her put on the armor. She herself had just failed to be promoted to a demigod, and her strength was only at the peak of Sequence 5.

According to the recollections of the novice nun, Sister Vespe did not panic at the time. Instead, she asked the two fleets to put on armor for her when they were discussing the right to plunder. Then she walked on the sea and rushed straight to the ship that served as the negotiation venue between the "Undead King" and the "King of the Black Throne". With an axe, she cut the large ship that could accommodate hundreds of people in half. Then, she stood on the sinking half of the ship and told the two long-famous demigod-level pirate generals that she would kill anyone who dared to make a move.

Afterwards, Sister Vespe walked back to her passenger ship leisurely, standing on the bow with an axe gun in one hand and the iron-wrapped Holy Book of War in the other, and asked the captain to pass directly through the broken pirate ship. None of the thousands of pirates present dared to step forward and let Sister Vespe's passenger ship slowly leave.

However, local newspapers later described the incident as a pirate war between the Undead King and the King of the Black Throne for fear of retaliation from the pirates.

(End of this chapter)