Who hid my body?

Chapter 19 Is he really dead?

"May the wind of the Rhine surround you forever." Bishop Corey looked at the girl with her eyes closed in front of him with a smile, and then he slowly stretched out his hand and gently stroked the back of the girl's head, "May disease, plague, and nightmare never harm you."

Originally, the girl's expression was somewhat uneasy and painful, as if she was trapped in some terrible nightmare.

But under Bishop Corey's gentle caress, the girl's expression gradually calmed down.

This excited the noble lady who was waiting anxiously on the side: "Your Excellency the Bishop, Your Excellency the Bishop, my daughter..."

Bishop Corey made a silencing gesture with his other hand, and then said gently, "It's not urgent now, is it?"

The lady nodded repeatedly and immediately closed her mouth. Without her noticing, a black bug emerged from the back of the girl's head, crawled onto Bishop Corey's right hand, and then disappeared into the skin on the back of Bishop Corey's hand as if returning to its origin.

Immediately, the girl's expression completely calmed down. After Bishop Corey withdrew his hand, she slowly opened her eyes, as if she had woken up from a long-lasting nightmare, with a hint of confusion in her expression: "What am I..."

"Don't think too much." Bishop Corey said with a smile, "You just had a nightmare. Now the nightmare is over. You should embrace your new life and stop recalling the pain of the past."

The girl nodded slightly bewilderedly, and then the noble lady next to her immediately came forward and hugged her, saying with tears in her voice: "My dear, you are finally okay."

Seeing that it was over, Bishop Corey stood up and prepared to leave.

But before he took two steps, the noble lady rushed over again: "Your Excellency the Bishop, Your Excellency the Bishop."

Bishop Corey turned around and was hugged by the noble lady again: "I, I really don't know how to thank you!"

Facing the lady's sudden action, Bishop Corey was not flustered or lost his composure. He seemed to be used to it. He gently patted the lady's back and comforted her: "Okay, Madam, who said you didn't thank me? The gifts you offered are enough to show your piety to our Lord. In this case, how can I bear to watch the believers of my Lord being tortured by the pain of nightmares?"

"I, I know, but that's not enough. Those are really not enough to show my sincerity." The lady raised her head, and her tearful eyes gave people a different kind of temptation at this moment. "You don't know how much effort and time I spent, but I couldn't solve my daughter's strange disease. You know, after my husband passed away, the burden of the entire family fell on me alone. My daughter is my greatest hope. If it weren't for you, I really, I really... I really don't know how to thank you."

As she spoke, the lady's eyes flickered.

"Really, I would do anything for my daughter."

In response, Bishop Corey just smiled.

After spending some time to calm the mother and daughter, Bishop Corey watched the graceful lady leave with the other woman, with a smile on his face.

But when the backs of the mother and daughter disappeared from his sight, he immediately stopped smiling and became expressionless.

He took out his handkerchief and carefully wiped all parts that had just come into contact with the lady, even her clothes, as if he was afraid that the lady would leave even the slightest mark on him.

Not long after, a boy with a pretty face and fair skin came to Bishop Corey and said respectfully, "Bishop, the Knight Commander contacted you with the Holy Fire ten minutes ago."

Bishop Corey raised his eyebrows, as if he was a little surprised, but he didn't say much, just nodded: "I understand."

The boy nodded and was about to leave when he was stopped by Bishop Corey.

Bishop Corey walked to the boy's side, slowly stretched out his hand, and gently stroked the boy's cheek, as if he was stroking some kind of work of art: "It's really... beautiful."

The boy didn't say anything, but just stood there quietly.

Bishop Corey caressed her for about a minute before withdrawing his hand: "Okay, you go down first."

The boy then left.

Then Bishop Corey returned to his room and went straight to his desk.

Next to the desk is a two-meter-high bronze statue of a human figure.

This bronze statue has white wings, a holy expression, and... no gender.

This is the bronze statue of the God of the Rhine.

The bronze statue of the God of the Rhine raises his hands forward, with a cluster of blue flames burning in the palms.

Bishop Corey stretched out his hand and put his fingers into the flame, and then the flame went out and turned into a small piece of paper.

He unfolded the note, and lines of strange characters appeared on it.

But these characters did not last long and soon disappeared like burnt ashes, but Bishop Corey still remembered the content and copied it down.

Then he sat back at his desk, picked up his notebook, and began to decrypt the characters.

As the decryption progressed, his brows furrowed little by little.

When the decryption was completed, he looked at the decrypted sentence with a complicated expression and murmured, "Two fingers? How is this possible?"

After a brief surprise, Bishop Corey carefully read the message sent back by Kelsey again, and then understood the situation.

Kelsey said that "there is a possibility that two fingers exist", but he was not sure. He just said that Luggie, whose fingers were taken away, is now missing two fingers, which happen to be the middle finger of his left hand and the thumb of his right hand.

In other words, it is possible that these are indeed two fingers, but it is also possible that they are smoke bombs dropped by the person who took the fingers.

The only information that can be confirmed is that at least one of them is real.

What the black market merchant sold was the real stuff, otherwise the Wildfire Cult would not have been involved.

But the one who took the finger was Luji?
Bishop Corey was a little surprised. He was somewhat familiar with Lu Ji. He knew that this guy was about to retire. They had communicated through letters a few days ago. Logically, Lu Ji had no reason to touch such a dangerous thing. But there was no need to be too surprised. After all, it was Visas' body parts. It was not surprising that anyone was crazy about it.

The most important thing now is to find out the exact whereabouts of the finger. After all, the heretics from the Wildfire Cult have gotten involved, and the news can no longer be concealed. If we don't try our best to find the finger that is lost outside, things will become more and more troublesome.

In Corey's opinion, the probability of two fingers appearing at the same time was too small. It was most likely a smokescreen released by the other party to confuse them.

But this also shows that the guy who snatched the finger is an insider, otherwise he wouldn't know so much about Visas' body parts.

It is no secret that there are still many body parts of Visas wandering around in the world. Any drunken thug in a bar in any city can find out about this.

But the secret is that most people don't know which body parts are lost.

The gods did not deal with Visas' body in a random manner. They decomposed and sealed not only Visas' body, but also his power.

All of those decomposed body parts carry Visas' characteristics and... rules during his lifetime.

And this information is top secret even in major churches.

Bishop Corey took a chained, titleless ancient book from the bookshelf. He stroked the spine of the book and injected the power of the Rhine into it.

Then with a "click", the chain on the ancient book broke, and the contents of the book gradually appeared in Bishop Corey's eyes.

This book was jointly compiled by the four orthodox religions, and in the early days even the four orthodox gods personally participated in adding content. It carries the power of the gods, and those with weak minds may become mentally ill just by taking a look at it.

The purpose of this book is to record all kinds of "taboo objects" that have appeared in this world.

Most of these "forbidden things" have brought trouble to the world, either natural disasters or man-made disasters, and whenever they appear, they bring thick blood.

Some of these "forbidden objects" have been taken in by the four major orthodox religions, but some are still missing. They may be in the hands of the four major esoteric religions, or they may be lost among the people. But no matter which one it is, as long as it appears, the four major orthodox religions have the obligation to take it in and seal it up.

These "forbidden things" are also bizarre, but they also have to be divided into high and low levels. The low-harmful ones can confuse the minds of several people, while the high-harmful ones can make an entire city-state fall into abnormality. Therefore, the four major orthodox religions also put the relatively weaker ones at the front of the book and the relatively stronger ones at the back of the book according to their comprehensive harm.

Then, the one hundred most harmful "taboo items" were ranked and recorded in the last ten pages of this ancient book.

And all the parts of Visas' body are among these one hundred "forbidden objects".

Relying on his memory, Bishop Corey turned the book to the third to last page, which recorded Visas' two lost fingers.

[Taboo Item 29 - Visas' Finger (Left Middle Finger)]

[Taboo Item 24 - Visas' Finger (Right Thumb)]

When it comes to these top 100 taboo items, they must be stored and sealed with extreme caution, and different preparations must be made based on their characteristics.

For example, these two fingers carry completely different characteristics and rules.

"[Forbidden Item 201 - Visas' Finger (left middle finger)]: The last time it appeared was in . A wandering poet used it to snap his fingers and terminated the Lyra Cult Archbishop's divine spell 'Heavenly Threads'. The price was that the wandering poet's entire body turned into ashes, and the finger has been lost since then. Speculation: The finger contains the rule of [Termination], which can interrupt the chanting of all warlocks, including divine spells, and cancel all warlock bonuses, including divine spells, but it does not have any additional means of attack. At the same time, it will cause irreversible damage to the user's body."

"[Forbidden Item 178 - Visas' Finger (right thumb)]: The last time it appeared was in 188 AD. The user was a Shadow Cultist who conducted different experiments in two taverns on the same street. In one tavern, he gave the customer a thumbs up (up), and in another tavern, he gave the customer a thumbs down (down), which ultimately led to two different results. The customers with the thumbs up were encouraged and worked hard in the days that followed. Most of them were successful in their careers. The customers with the thumbs down fell into extreme depression and committed suicide one after another within a month. It is speculated that : This finger contains the rules of [disturbance], which can easily disturb people's hearts, but the most terrifying thing is that this process does not require the use of any magic or divine power, and it is currently unknown what price the user will pay. But because of this, anyone on the street who gives you a thumbs up, whether it is up or down, may be the power of Visas approaching you. (Another note: recorded in , until today, the guests who were positively inspired ten years ago have all died. They worked hard and were positive at the soul level, but their bodies could not keep up, so most of them died of overwork) "

Bishop Corey has read the description of these two fingers too many times, but every time he reads it, he can't help but admire such a powerful and magical power in his heart, and then imagine what this legend was like when he was alive.

No wonder even the gods were willing to join forces to kill him.

After all, these powers and rules are enough to make people yearn for them just by looking at them in this ancient book.

...It seems like I've gone off topic.

Bishop Corey flipped through the ancient book in order to find the finger better. He believed that the guy who took the finger must be very familiar with Visas' body parts, because of this, the guy's smoke bomb was not randomly placed.

The rules and powers of these two fingers are completely different, so the strategies to deal with them are also different. For example, the middle finger can interrupt the warlock's spellcasting, but it is not aggressive, so some physical means are more effective. The thumb is more of a disturbance of the mind and soul, so when dealing with it, more protection at this level is required.

And the smoke bomb thrown by the person who took away the finger will make people not know how to prepare.

Kelsey also figured this out, so he used the Holy Fire to urgently contact Bishop Corey.

Because Bishop Corey has something in his hand that can solve this dilemma, that is, Visas' left eye, known as the "Eye of Truth".

"Only corpse parts can better deal with corpse parts." Bishop Corey chuckled and touched his left eye, which seemed to be flashing with some strange light.

I will take back that finger, whether it is the middle finger or the thumb.

Bishop Corey thought.

And when he was about to close the ancient book, he subconsciously glanced at the last page of the book. There was only one sentence on this page.

"[Forbidden Item 0000 - Visas' Soul: Is He Really Dead?]"

There was a snap.

The ancient book was closed and chains were put on layer by layer.

It was as if the words just now had never appeared.

(End of this chapter)