A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 333 The Night's Watchman with Open Secrets, but Other Aspects Remain Unknown

The crimson light spread and then receded. The weekly gathering was held regularly. Chu Zihang and the others, who were still on the Angers private jet, remarked that this was the second time they had held a meeting while traveling on the Angers private jet.

As is customary, the members greeted Mr. Fool with rapt attention, eagerly awaiting his explanation of the matter of Ince Zangwell.

In the members' view, a nobody like Ince would not be someone that the esteemed Mr. Fool would personally deal with; why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut?

Having received so much help from the church and so much guidance from Mr. Fool, they have a duty to help the church get rid of this traitor now that it has a need.

Of course, Bao Lie knew what they were thinking. Taking advantage of the cover of the gray fog, he secretly glanced at Xu Lie's main body in the first position on the left.

LOL, the 'Ince' you want to deal with is sitting right next to you/in front of you.

"This is really fun," Bao Lie said, eager to see the members make a move on Xu Lie's character, Ince. With a smug smile on his lips, he calmly said, "You all probably guessed it."

"This gathering will have a different mission; you will no longer be required to travel to war-torn regions to retrieve extraordinary traits."

"Instead, you need to go to Tokyo to retrieve a specific extraordinary property and a specific sealed artifact."

Chen Motong secretly praised him, thinking, "As expected of Mr. Fool, he can talk about killing traitors in such a refined and elegant way. Recovering specific extraordinary characteristics sounds very elegant."

Chu Zihang, Nuwa, and other battle fanatics wanted to know Ince's information as soon as possible.

“I believe you have all seen the wanted posters I issued internally.” Forrell’s tone remained unchanged, unaffected by the members’ urgency, revealing a nonchalant attitude that showed he didn’t care about Ince: “It’s written on it.”

"If ordinary believers discover Ince, they should not act on their own, but should report to the local bishop."

"That's because Ince, this apostate, has reached the Sequence 4 level, and ordinary believers are no match for him."

Sequence 4?!
The members, who had initially been quite optimistic, immediately began to falter. How many? Sequence 4?

For example, Fingel and Chen Motong, who had advanced to Sequence 4, became vaguely wary. After becoming Sequence 4, they naturally knew how much their abilities would be enhanced.

Even if Ince's path doesn't make him a strong Sequence 4, as long as he reveals an incomplete mythical creature form, he still has a strong suppressive effect on Extraordinary beings below Sequence 4.

Those who hadn't reached Sequence 4, such as Chu Zihang and Su Xi, were even more flustered. They really hadn't expected that Ince, this apostate, would be so strong!

Chu Zihang couldn't help but raise his hand, hoping to ask a question.

After receiving Bao Lie's approval, Chu Zihang asked with some doubt, "Respected Mr. Fool, at the gathering not long ago, you said that the strongmen of the Church of Sequence 4 and Sequence 3 are already qualified to be called saints."

Why would a former saint like Ince covet the power of the White King and thus betray the old church?

Not only Chu Zihang had this doubt, but the members also didn't understand Ince's actions. Everyone firmly believed that even if the Black King successfully returned and was in his peak condition, he would definitely be completely crushed by the old man.

As long as he stays in the church, he will be able to pass through the Black King's doomsday peacefully. So what illness did Ince have that made him want to apostatize?
Following the script sent by the original body, Bao Lie filled in the background of the fabricated character 'Ince': "Mr. Red Priest, you got the order wrong."

"It was not the saint who betrayed the Old Church, but rather the betrayal of the Old Church that made Ince become Sequence 4."

“Some time ago, Bishop Gehrman of the Five Seas Diocese retrieved a Dark Path Sequence 4 extraordinary property, which aroused the greed of Ince, the former High Priest of the Five Seas Diocese and now an apostate.”

"Ince was unwilling to slowly accumulate contributions. Instead, he took advantage of Bishop Gehrman's absence from the church, injured his colleague, and stole the Sequence 4 Extraordinary trait of the Dark Path, as well as the seal left by Bishop Gehrman in the church."

This was the first time the members had learned Ince's secret: this apostate had ascended to Sequence 4 through this very method.

This immediately drew the disdain of the members, who held Ince's behavior in utter contempt.

Chu Zihang successfully rescued his father through the power he gained from the Old Church; Susie was able to accompany Chu Zihang through the church; Chen Motong found a sense of belonging and security in the Old Church;

With the help of the church, Fingel resurrects his former lover; Asou Makoto fulfills his dream; Erii gains her freedom; and Nuwa triumphs, waging a major comeback on her homeland.

Given all that has happened in the past, the members have long regarded the old church as their true home. How could they possibly condone Ince's shameless act of betraying the church for the sake of power?
So what if they're Sequence 4? There's more than one Sequence 4 among them!

As long as we can cooperate and target each other with a premeditated plan, what difficulty is there in hunting down a Sequence 4?

The second person to raise their hand was Nuwa, who had made up her mind to help the church recover the Inster nature of the Inster nature and believed that knowing yourself and your enemy would ensure victory in every battle.

With Fortress's permission, Nuwa immediately inquired about Innes's specific information: "Respected Fool, may we please learn about all the abilities of Dark Path Sequences 4 to 9?"

"And details of the abilities of that sealed artifact, [Crawling Hunger]."

This time, instead of explaining directly, Bao Lie turned to look at Asou Makoto, who knowingly took over the conversation: "Let me explain, because in our Tokyo diocese, there are some extraordinary individuals who have taken the dark path..."

After Aso's explanation, the members understood that the most important abilities of Dark Path Beyonders in the early stages are forcing people to sleep, pulling them into dreams, and interrogating them in dreams. Finally, at night, Dark Path Beyonders receive additional boosts, and at Sequence 6, they can see the Elements.

As for the abilities at the later levels, Aso Shin didn't know; Inuyama Taro hadn't even fully digested the Soul Master yet.

Bao Lie promptly added: "Dark Path Sequence 5, Spirit Witch, Dark Extraordinaries who reach this level are most skilled at manipulating natural spirits, that is, the spirit words formed by elements."

“The spirit shaman can seal the spirits of various elements, or the existence of vengeful spirits, into his teeth to put them to sleep. When needed, he can be commanded by tapping his teeth.”

At this point, Chu Zihang and the other members who had seen the surveillance footage suddenly realized why, in the footage, when Genji attacked Ince, Ince tapped his teeth and Genji was unable to move.

It is estimated that Ince released some kind of spiritual power to control Genji.

"Dark Path Sequence 4, Night Watchman. The darker the environment, the greater the mystical amplification he receives. Correspondingly, it will be weakened during the midday sun."

"The number of spirits can be increased to the total number of teeth, and the range of 'Nightmare' can be increased to a kilometer, allowing it to freely affect multiple targets."

"Added extraordinary abilities such as the Dark Realm, bestowing misfortune, and restoring soul hair."

It sounded a bit troublesome. Nuwa felt that she didn't have a good way to deal with Ins, but the other members were not worried or afraid. None of them were less capable than Ins.

Some of the members' abilities are even more sinister than Ince's.

Once understood properly, Ince is a completely transparent entity to them, and it's not difficult to resolve if they unite.

"Heh." At this moment, Bao Lie chuckled inappropriately, as if he didn't want the members to be too complacent when facing Ince: "What I'm going to talk about next is the sealed artifact, [Wriggling Hunger]."

"This sealed artifact has only one extraordinary ability: herding."

Herding? Fingel and Susie, whose thinking was quicker, murmured the word to themselves. As the name suggests, it sounded like the ability to manipulate or influence the type of a group.

You can't really release a flock of sheep to attack people, can you?
"The ability to graze allows you to devour the souls of your enemies and command them to use the abilities they possessed in life. [Crawling Hunger] can graze a maximum of seven souls."

"The negative effect is also simple: after each use, it needs to devour one person within 24 hours."

What the heck? Chu Zihang's indifferent expression turned to surprise, Fingel was dumbfounded, Chen Motong felt this was a bit of cheating, and Aso thought it was really shameless.

No way, how can someone possess such an outrageous and extraordinary ability as herding? Devouring the souls of enemies and using their abilities from their previous lives?
Does that mean that Ince has the extraordinary ability to freely switch between and use up to eight different pathways?
How to fight this?
The members were suddenly faced with a dilemma. They had previously thought that once they understood Ince's intelligence and made a plan, he wouldn't be difficult to deal with. They believed that if everyone was careful, cautious, and worked together, they could quickly recover Ince's nature.

Now, the Night Watchers' abilities are clear, but the extraordinary abilities of the seven unnamed souls in "The Crawling Hunger" remain a mystery.

The difficulty of the task of recovering the Inster nature increased dramatically.

Susie looked at Fortress expectantly, hoping that Mr. Fool could provide more information.

Unfortunately, Borg did not answer her: "You can begin to communicate freely."

That's about enough information.

The fact that those souls were grazed by "wriggling hunger" and possessed extraordinary abilities, described in great detail, easily contradicts their established character.

Furthermore, the new version of "Crawling Hunger" is much stronger than the original version, as the original version's herding soul could only randomly use one of its previous abilities. The new version doesn't have these messy restrictions.

The members were very nervous. In the past, whenever Mr. Fool revealed some big secrets, they always longed for free communication to vent their excitement after learning these secrets.

But Mr. Fool doesn't usually let them communicate freely so easily. He always says something else, leaving them with no choice but to keep their desire to communicate to themselves.

Now, things have gotten out of hand. When they wanted Mr. Fool to talk more and not rush into free conversation, Mr. Fool actually allowed them to talk freely instead. What kind of situation is this?

Left with no other choice, the members all looked at Xu Lie with increasingly intense gazes.

In their view, Mr. Error, already a Sequence 3 powerhouse, should be able to easily defeat Ince, who possesses [Crawling Hunger], and execute this traitor for the Church.

Xu Lie and Bao Lie both wanted to laugh; why would they both want him to deal with himself?
From another perspective, it also shows that the identity of Ince was created very successfully.

"Sorry." Xu Lie was still thinking of using the pseudonym 'Ince' to disrupt fate, and did not plan to step forward to defeat Ince so soon.

"The King of Earth and Mountains and I are currently in Britain, carrying out another mission. Once completed, we will head to Tokyo as soon as possible to assist."

(End of this chapter)