Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 307: Frank Living in Legend

After cleaning up the remains at the scene using the unique method of the Church of Mother Earth, William Morais took Adele away from the scene and came to the North District through the ancient city gate. Their carriage was parked outside the gate.

Due to the influence of the remaining extraordinary power, the horse pawed the ground with its hooves restlessly and almost broke free from the rope.

"Captain, let me drive." An extraordinary person wearing a burgundy striped windbreaker quickly walked to the two horses and gently stroked their foreheads. The originally manic horses suddenly calmed down.

"The Beyonders of the Moon Path are very good at this."

William Morales nodded to the member, explained to Adele, and then helped Adele open the car door.

Adele obviously wouldn't spoil the mood by asking the other person if they were talking about driving - even Vinata, who is good at provocation, wouldn't say that, because not only would it not make the other person angry, but it would make the other person feel that there was something wrong with their ability to understand.

After the last member of the team got on the carriage (due to their strong build, Adele could feel the carriage vibrating slightly when each member got on), Adele and the three extraordinary people from the Church of Mother Earth were speechless for a short time and fell into silence.

When the horses' hooves clapped and the wheels started rolling, Adele looked at William and asked, trying to start the conversation:
"What do you know about Frank Lee?"

After witnessing the methods of the Extraordinary people of the Church of Mother Earth, Adele had silently raised the danger level of the Extraordinary people in the Farmers' Path by two levels. As a guy that even the Farmers were afraid of, Frank Lee's danger level in her mind had now been raised to the same level as Catalina.

After all, although most of Frank Lee's mushrooms had been safely kept on board by Adele, two bottles were still kept in the office in Port Indo in case of emergency.

With a thud, the two walnuts that William Morales was rotating in his hand fell to the ground and rolled to the corner of the carriage.

"Ahem, why do you want to know this?"

Morais choked on his own saliva and coughed until his face turned red. He finally managed to squeeze out these words. The expressions of the other "horticulturists" also became strange in an instant.

Such a strong reaction?

Adele was shocked by the reactions of Morais and the other gardeners and didn't know whether she should answer truthfully.

"I just met him once before and he gave me some gifts."

After a slight hesitation, Adele decided to answer truthfully.

However, as soon as she said this, William Morais reached for his waist reflexively, but because of the small space, he elbowed the player next to him hard on the waist.

The unfortunate team member let out a cry of pain, and Morais then realized that his behavior was too extreme. He smiled awkwardly and slowly put his hand back.

"...To be honest, if you hadn't told me before that I could confirm with Mr. White, I would have shot you without hesitation."

Morais did not give Adele time to reply, and continued:
"I have to apologize to you... But I do have to be responsible for my team members. At least I have to make sure that the person sitting opposite us is just a witch, not a monster that Frank created by crossing a human, a salamander, and a spider."

"Isn't this... a bit exaggerated?"

Adele laughed dryly. Although Morais' words sounded like an insult at first glance, Adele inexplicably felt that this was indeed something Frank could do.

"Of course not. Not only can he do these things, but he also makes it so that we can't see any flaws. At least it takes a demigod to see the abnormality."

Morais looked terrified. "When the Mother Goddess Church took him in, the priests were shocked by his amazing talent and pure heart. They all predicted that he would at least become an archbishop. And he lived up to everyone's expectations and became a priest of the Mother Goddess. He reached Sequence 6 at a young age."

When he said this, Morais swallowed, as if trying to hide the fear in his heart.

"The ability of Sequence 6 allows Frank to fully realize his creative ideas, but the way they are realized is different from what we imagined."

"Frank's mentor is Gregor, an honorary professor of agronomy at Feynet State University and the archbishop of Feynet City. His research topic is hybridization between crops, which was originally an invention to improve people's livelihood. Even if he only assists his mentor in completing this work, he can easily accumulate enough merits for promotion."

"It sounds... normal."

Adele considered her choice of words for a moment. Even someone like her who didn't know much about Mother Earth's teachings knew Bishop Gregor's name. After all, the improved crops he introduced actually promoted the repeal of the Corn Laws, and the impact of this law has not been eliminated until now.

Originally, before this, Loen promulgated the "Corn Law" to protect the price of domestic crops and refused to import grains from Feynaport. The emergence of improved crops greatly reduced the price of grains, which made the people in Loen who still bought high-priced grains very dissatisfied, so they promoted the march and abolished the corresponding law.

"However, perhaps the difference between Frank and us is his purity and the drive to put this purity into practice, which not only allowed him to complete this technology, but also pushed hybridization technology to a level it should not have."

Morais' expression was serious, his eyes were slightly closed, and he seemed to be lost in memories of the past.

"That's when he started..." Adele asked tentatively.

"That's right. He is not someone that an ordinary person can teach..." The muscles on Morais' face trembled slightly. "Bishop Gregor taught him for several years, but the only thing he really listened to was probably 'hybridization technology is a good thing'."

"No one knows when he started researching cross-species hybridization technology. Until he produced the results, everyone was kept in the dark. If he wasn't so pure and had no intention of doing evil, I'm afraid he could have come up with something even more horrible and destroyed the entire Harvest Church."

To be honest, it is true... Adele remembered the pile of toothpaste tubes and strange mushrooms that Frank brought out when he first appeared, and remembered Rayleigh's father who turned into a fungus, and could not help but nodded vigorously.

Morais continued to narrate with lingering fear, "His teacher, Bishop Gregor, was terrified at the time. He first calmed Frank down, then immediately notified the church and brought him to the trial."

"I was one of the people who went to catch him. After being pinned down by the Beyonder of the Church, he didn't show any emotion. He was just confused. Looking at his expression, one would think he was really innocent... Of course, you have to ignore the bull and cow lying next to him. When we arrived, he was trying to cross them with wheat."

Morais reached out and knocked on the boxwood armrest, as if trying to get rid of the bad luck that had been brought about by mentioning these things.

It really sounds like something he could do... Adele's mind reappeared with Frank's simple smile, which made her unable to help but imagine how he could accomplish such a weird operation. Then she was frightened by her own imagination and had to stop temporarily.

"At the time, the entire church was at a loss as to how to deal with him. Judging by his behavior, his creation was blasphemous. However, what mattered to them was his attitude. In this regard, Frank was indeed acting in the interests of the church."

"In the end, it was the Pope at the time, Madam Roland, who made the ruling and put Frank Lee on the church's blacklist. She also reached a deal with the then 'Admiral of the Stars', now the 'Queen of the Stars'. She was responsible for taking care of Frank and prohibiting his research when necessary, and the Church of the Earth would not interfere too much with her fleet's actions along the coast of Feynaport."

Morais finally finished telling the story of Frank Lee, and then looked at Adele with some concern.

"So, now you understand why we were so wary after we learned about your dealings with him?"

Not only do I know, I even think that your reaction is still too light... This is because the skills of the Tillage Path are not activated as fast as the Witch. If it were me, the black fire would have burned the opponent's face!

Adele nodded slightly, lifted her sleeves, and infused spirituality into her arms. A blood-red full-moon mark wrapped in flowers and grass leaves appeared out of thin air on the back of her hand, exactly the same as the protective symbol on the hilt of the "Blood-Tearer" sword.

This symbol represents the present-day "Mother Goddess of the Earth" and is a combination of the symbol of the blood clan and the holy emblem of the earth.

After Adele came out from underground, she discovered that a symbol had appeared on her hand at some point, and it would only appear when she was infused with spirituality.

There seems to be a limit to the amount of spiritual energy that can be contained inside, and it seems that something will happen after it is filled. However, she guessed that this thing should be able to be used as a certificate for the believers of the Church of Mother Earth.

“This mark…!”

William was a little surprised, but then he suddenly realized: "I see, before you became... uh, a witch, was your name Altaïr Brewster?"

"!!?"

Oh my god, my vest fell off?

This was something Adele had not expected. She originally thought that the mission entrusted to her by the Mother Earth should be a secret mission, and a secret mission should be kept secret from everyone except the person involved. At least, her identity should not be exposed by such an ordinary "gardener".

"How do you know this?" Adele forced a smile. There was no point in denying it at this point. The name Artair Brewster didn't have much meaning. The fact that the other party could call out the name must have been enough evidence.

Now it seems that they know that this mark is related to Altaïr... Adele smiled somewhat bitterly, after all, her identity was not very glorious.

"Sister Ista told us. She said there was a witch named Altaïr Brewster who played a huge role in the Fall of Angels."

"Ishtar" comes from the Giant language, meaning "integrity" and "justice". It is Sister Veloti Vespe's middle name and also her Christian name.

——In the church, colleagues call each other by their Christian names.

"Wait, you mean Sister Velodi Ista Vespe?" Adele asked in surprise, "She is now-"

Originally, even if Adele did not directly witness the final battle, the aftermath alone caused so many casualties, and Sister Vespe, who was at the center, was probably in great danger, so she always felt that the nun must have sacrificed herself.

"He never hesitates to bestow gifts on truly devout believers." William Morales said with a hint of smile, "She just lost the power she once had as a warrior. Now she is an 'ancient alchemist' blessed by the Mother Goddess, and is in charge of the medical team at the front line."

"And today, she happened to arrive at the church in Port Berens as a representative to receive supplies. You may have a chance to meet her."

"However, due to the limitations of rebirth, her emotions have become relatively weak now. Apart from the titles of God of War and Mother Goddess, the only two things that can cause her emotions to fluctuate slightly are you and Miss Vinata Sevens. Therefore, your meeting this time may not be as pleasant as you imagined..."

Morais said in a nagging tone, "Even so, are you going to meet her?"

"Sir, I think it's very obvious." Adele was melancholy for a moment, but soon controlled her emotions and smiled at Morais, "Of course I will go to see her."

- After all, although Adele informed the church in time, although many people participated in this matter, and although behind this disaster was a battlefield where multiple beings beyond the gods competed with each other, it still could not change the fact that Sister Vespe played an important role in the battle.

If Sister Vespe had not finally relied on the remaining divinity in the badge to explode and finally destroy the teleportation ritual of the storm demon Matafarri, the impact of this disaster would probably have expanded again.

Moreover, she had many questions to ask the nun.

In Backlund, among Altair Brewster's social circle, there are only three strong people who can truly reach the level of demigod and half-human combat power, namely Audrey, Gagran and Sister Vespe.

Audrey and Gagran had worked together from the beginning. One represented the "City of Disaster" and gave herself an admission ticket to the Witch Cult; the other was a member of the Tarot Club and almost watched herself embark on the path of transcendence, step by step becoming her colleague and a member of the God-Presidency of the "Fool".

So, what role did Sister Vespe play in guiding Altaïr Brewster into the Twilight Kingdom and ultimately meeting the incarnation of Lilith, obtaining the Mark and the knowledge of the old days?
Adele needed an answer, a definite answer.

(End of this chapter)