Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 110 The Moon, which moon? The red one or the blue one?

Tuesday, October 10th.

The Azure Avenger slowly sailed into the dock.

This is Prydz Harbor, the largest and busiest port in the Kingdom of Loen.

Once you reach the port of Pritzker, Backlund will be right in front of you.

Next, you only need to transfer to a steam train to reach Backlund within a few hours.

As the ship slowly approached the shore, Ember stepped off the Azure Avenger.

Alger stood on the side of the ship for a long time before silently choosing to return to port.

Backlund is a good place.

But unfortunately, it's not suitable for him now.

He hasn't fully digested the "Navigator" potion yet, so he has to continue serving as captain of the Azure Avenger for a long time.

of course.

Even if he fully digests the 'Navigator' potion, he will not leave the sea.

Because the next generation of Wind-Clad Ones can only be digested quickly at sea.

It can only be said that everyone's circumstances are different.

But everyone has a bright future.

……

Inside the tranquil church in Wintershire.

Leonard Mitchell put on a black trench coat and red gloves, and entered the room belonging to Senior Butler Christie Sesima.

"Congratulations on officially becoming a Red Glove. May the Goddess bless you."

Cecima drew a crimson moon on his chest, and he still covered his mouth with his high collar.

"It is my honor to praise the goddess."

Leonard raised his right hand and tapped four times clockwise.

"At your own request, I will place you in Soster's squad; he is a requiem master."

"Where's the captain?"

Upon hearing Cecima's words, Leonard hesitated for a moment and then asked.

"He's just like you."

Cecima smiled. "However, he will serve as Soster's vice-captain."

"call."

Leonard breathed a sigh of relief.

This is undoubtedly the best outcome.

"Crunch~"

Leonard pushed open the door and left Cecima's room.

In the hallway outside, Dunn, also wearing a black trench coat, was leaning against the wall waiting for him.

"team leader."

Leonard shouted, then laughed, "This time, he's a real captain."

Dunn has been a Sequence 7 for over a decade, and according to the normal schedule, he should have been promoted to Sequence 6 long ago.

However, due to his constant consumption of the extraordinary properties of his fallen teammates, his digestion process was extremely slow.

But he himself is quite happy with it.

It was Klein's death that made him realize he couldn't continue like this.

Furthermore, his "resurrection" in Tingen led him to a profound realization.

A few days ago, I successfully advanced to the rank 6 "Soul Soother".

It was precisely because of his abilities that he was able to serve as the vice-captain of the Soster Squad.

He just needs to accumulate some experience before he can go out on his own and build his own team.

"Um."

Dunn nodded slightly, a smile also on his face, and said softly, "Siga sent a telegram saying that his brother Benson resigned not long ago."

When they left Tingen and chose to join the Red Gloves.

Sega Teon, who was also promoted to Sequence 7, chose to stay and take over Dunn's position to continue protecting Tinn.

Out of guilt and indebtedness towards Klein, they have been quietly keeping an eye on his family.

Why?

Leonard's expression shifted slightly.

"More than two weeks ago, the Unified Examination Bill was passed, and he resigned so that he could focus on preparing for the exam two months later."

"If all goes well, they will head to Backlund in a few months."

"fine."

Leonard opened his mouth, but in the end he only left a dry sentence, then turned and left in silence.

……

Hillston District.

Hugh continued her life as a bounty hunter, while Fors remained a salted fisherman.

Having already become a master of magic, she felt she had no desires left.

I just don't know why.

She felt a little irritated, so she decided to go for a walk.

As she walked, she found herself unknowingly returning to a familiar place.

Diagonally in front of her is the Youssef Clinic, where she first worked, a fairly large private clinic.

However, this place now belongs to Dr. Allen.

After gazing at her for a while, Forl thought of the old lady who had led him into the extraordinary world.

So I turned into the alley on the right and took a shortcut to a nearby street.

The street is lined with sycamore trees whose leaves flutter in the breeze, making it a relatively quiet place.

Fors remembered that the old lady lived in house number 39.

At this time.

An elderly man wearing a top hat and with a pair of blue eyes stood at the door of the house at number 39 and rang the doorbell three times.

But without a doubt, no one opened the door.

Because no one lives here.

He suddenly noticed Fors standing not far away, looking in their direction.

He quickly strode over and smiled gently yet urgently:

"Beautiful lady, do you live in this neighborhood? Do you know Roberto and Anlisa?"

……

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

Embers took the nearest steam train to Backlund and then took the metro to the North District.

He planned to go back to the Church of the Night first.

However, instead of going directly to St. Samuel's Church, he chose to go to Backlund Detective Agency first.

as predicted.

He saw that familiar figure once again.

Al-Hassen and Borgia were playing chess as usual.

Old Neil watched them play chess from the sidelines without interrupting, only shaking his head and sighing from time to time.

Welcome back.

Borgia suddenly raised his head and shouted.

"Oh?"

Al Hassen turned around in surprise, and when he saw Ember, he couldn't help but click his tongue. "Tsk, you're finally back from your business trip. How was it?"

"On business trip?"

Yu Jin asked a question in return, then suddenly realized, "Oh, right, it's a business trip. It's going pretty well."

"..."

Al Hassen was speechless. Could you be any more perfunctory?

Judging from your appearance, you're definitely not on a business trip!

Sure enough, he said that something just didn't feel right about the whole thing.

You expect someone who doesn't even come to work to go on a business trip for more than a month?

It's more like I've been slacking off for over a month!

If you're really going on a business trip, then I'll eat this chessboard right now!

Borgia remained silent, silently reaching out towards the chessboard.

"Snapped!"

Without turning around, El Hassen slapped Borgia's hand away, then slowly turned to face him, sneering, "You bastard, you tried to steal my pieces? I knew it! I always got the pieces wrong when we played, so you stole them, didn't you?!"

What does it mean to steal?

Borgia retorted confidently, "That was because you let me."

"hehe."

Old Neil watched the interaction between the two with amusement, wishing he could grab a handful of sunflower seeds and enjoy the show.

"The captain has become a butler."

Old Neil chuckled and explained, "So my memory isn't as bad as it used to be."

After a pause, Old Neil suddenly became somewhat sentimental.

Dunn should be getting promoted soon, right?

"Not worth mentioning."

Al Hassen shook his head modestly and said, "I guess this is all I'll ever go in my life. It's unrealistic for me to rise any higher, and I don't even dare to hope for it."

A Sequence 6 deacon is second only to the thirteen archbishops and nine senior deacons in the Church of the Night.

But once you reach this point, getting promoted is almost impossible.

"really."

Ember nodded in agreement.

Even though he's a butler, he's still slacking off at headquarters. It's clear that El doesn't have much ambition.

However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing; at least it's not dangerous.

Well, there's not much work to do.

Yu Jin shook his head. It seemed that nothing much had gone wrong in the past month or so.

Otherwise, Al Hassen wouldn't have such an attitude.

After thinking for a moment, Ember left the detective agency and turned to walk towards nearby Pesfield Street.

Here stands a pure black church with a bell tower on each side, creating a symmetrical aesthetic.

It is the headquarters of the Church of the Goddess of Night in Backlund, the Church of St. Samuel.

Step into the church and walk through the quiet corridor.

We arrived at the Great Prayer Hall, bathed in sunlight shining through the stained glass windows high above.

Perhaps it's because the timing was wrong.

The main prayer hall was empty in the afternoon; there wasn't a single believer in it.

Only Archbishop Anthony stood beneath the altar, smiling as he watched the embers enter the prayer hall.

"Welcome back, Your Excellency."

"Archbishop Anthony."

Yu Jin nodded slightly, skipping the pleasantries and getting straight to the point, "Can you communicate with spirits?"

"I know a little."

Archbishop Anthony nodded slightly.

"So..."

Yu Jin flipped his hand, and a glowing object appeared in his palm.

That is Jack's soul.

"The soul of a demigod?"

Archbishop Anthony's eyes flickered slightly.

Princess Ariana only wishes for Lord Favor to spend some time at sea.

But to his surprise, the experiences of Lord Juezai during his time at sea were much richer than he had imagined!

"What would you like to ask, Your Excellency?"

Anthony quickly concealed his emotions and asked.

"Ask him who he is, why he attacked... well, the person who killed him."

"..."

Anthony's expression was slightly strange. What was the problem?

What does "Why did he attack the person who killed him?" mean?

"Who are you? Which faction do you belong to?"

Anthony took Jax's soul and quickly transformed it from a ball of light into a bunch of illusory, blurry old men, and calmly asked.

"Jacks, a saint of the Rose School."

"The Rose School"

Anthony's expression shifted slightly, then he asked, "Why attack 'the person who killed you'?"

"The demigod behind him is impersonating our god and has issued a false divine decree. I must kill him with my own hands!"

Jacks's spirit suddenly trembled violently, and his face became somewhat ferocious and distorted.

But soon, under Anthony's "soothing" words, his soul became peaceful and serene once again.

But Anthony felt a sense of dread.

While it is rare for demigods to impersonate gods and falsely convey divine pronouncements, it is not impossible.

However, that only applies to low and medium-sized sequences.

There have indeed been demigods who impersonated gods, leading those of lower and middle ranks to believe they had heard divine pronouncements and were favored by the gods, in order to achieve some unspeakable secret.

But it is simply impossible to deliver a false divine message to an extraordinary being who is also a demigod!

Not even a demigod, let alone an angel!

After all, they've already reached the level of demigods; surely they wouldn't be unable to recognize their own god?

Only a deity of the same level could deliver false divine pronouncements!

But why?

Why would they contact the Embers by sending a false oracle to the Rose School?

Why would Jax believe it was a false oracle from a demigod?

He's a demigod of Sequence 3, surely he wouldn't be that stupid?

Anthony was full of questions, but he didn't press the matter further. Instead, he turned his gaze to Ember.

"Your Excellency, would you like to continue asking?"

"continue."

Ember nodded slightly, seemingly unconcerned that Anthony knew the contents of the oracle.

"What is an oracle?"

"Find the messenger who wears ten rings and have him collect as many blasphemous cards as possible, especially the Moon card."

"And the second oracle, 'There is also the Mother Tablet.'"

"A second oracle?"

Anthony's expression shifted slightly. "Why is it the second one?"

"The transmission of the oracle was noticeably intermittent, taking several minutes to arrive."

Jacks's spirit's expression turned ferocious again; this was clearly the greatest humiliation of his life.

But after being "reassured" by Anthony, he regained his composure and continued, "It was because of the interval between the two divine pronouncements that I discovered the clue and was able to pray to God in time and receive verification; otherwise, I would not have been able to see through it."

"Your Excellency."

Archbishop Anthony's expression turned extremely serious, and he solemnly stated, "'The Bound God' is the incarnation of the 'Mother Tree of Desire,' a true evil god. To be able to falsely convey divine pronouncements in the name of the 'Mother Tree of Desire' is impossible; he could be merely an ordinary demigod, at least an evil god of equal caliber!"

"Although the purpose of this evil god is not yet clear, it is most likely that he wants to use you, Lord Favored One, to achieve some unknown secrets. You'd better not take this so-called 'divine decree' to heart."

Yu Jin nodded silently.

Ember already knew that the Rose School believed in a "bound god".

But this was the first time he had ever heard that the "Bound God" was the incarnation of the "Mother Tree of Desire".

But compared to the evil god who falsely proclaimed divine pronouncements in the name of the "Mother Tree of Desire," Ember was more curious about something else—

"Why is it every few minutes?"

Yu Jin's eyes were filled with doubt.

When the second mate of the Blood General came to deliver the message earlier, he also said that the transmission of the divine oracle was intermittent.

But why does it have to be done in two parts to deliver a divine message?

This is clearly referring to the same thing.

It can't be a bad signal, right?

Moreover, the "Mother Tree of Desire" received divine pronouncements from other evil gods, but it was only after its own followers became suspicious and deliberately prayed and inquired to confirm whether the divine pronouncement had actually been made.

If it weren't for this, He probably wouldn't have realized that another evil god was impersonating Him.

Isn't this evil god a bit ridiculous?

Of course, it's also possible that the evil god who falsely conveyed divine pronouncements was stronger than the Mother Tree of Desire.

In the process of delivering the divine message, He also conveniently deceived the "Mother Tree of Desire," keeping Him completely unaware of it.

but.

Why would they use the "Rose School" to transmit information, and why would they approach him?

Or is it...?

Does that evil god know him?

"Who do you think is impersonating the 'bound god' to deliver divine pronouncements?"

Meanwhile, Anthony's questioning continued.

"moon!"

Jacks' spirit gave the answer without hesitation.

"When I prayed to my God for an answer, God gave me a true divine revelation!"

"The extraordinary one who cleansed all lunar pathways within the Rose School must be a demigod of the lunar pathway within the Rose School, falsely claiming divine authority!"

"It can't be a demigod; it can only be a god of the same level."

Anthony took a deep breath, drew a crimson moon on his chest, and said in a deep voice, "However, judging from his description, that evil god is most likely the 'Primordial Moon'!"

"The 'Primordial Moon' may have secretly eroded some of the authority belonging to the 'Mother Tree of Desire' by using these extraordinary individuals of the Lunar Path who infiltrated the Rose School."

"Therefore, 'He' was able to use this part of his authority to deliver a false divine message to Jax, while also successfully deceiving the 'Mother Tree of Desire' from its perception of the matter."

After a pause, Anthony added a reminder, "The Primal Moon and the Mother Tree of Desire are suspected to be mortal enemies."

After saying this, Anthony returned Jax's soul to Ember.

"There's one more."

Ember received Jax's soul, and under Anthony's strange gaze, he took out another ball of light and handed it to Anthony.

Anthony took the ball of light with some doubt, and a blurry phantom emerged from it.

Anthony's expression changed almost instantly.

Because he recognized the owner of this spirit-like form—

Major General Kolgour, Deputy Chief of MI9.

Princess Ariana, following the goddess's instructions, sent Her Highness the Favored One to the sea.

The purpose was to keep him away from matters related to the Black Emperor for the time being.

Even though Your Excellency had already distanced yourself from Backlund, who would have thought that the royal family would actually come knocking on your door!

After hesitating for a moment, Anthony decided to ask a question first.

"What's your name?"

"Chunas Korg"

Anthony paused for a moment, then turned his gaze to the embers.

Ember reminded him, "Ask him where those slaves were taken."

Anthony paused for a moment, then repeated it.

"At Ruins No. 1, there were arrangements made to counter divination and prophecy."

"Where is that ruin located?"

Without needing any prompting from Ember, Anthony immediately asked the question.

"In...in..."

Chunus Korg's spirit suddenly trembled violently.

The ball of light was also expanding rapidly, as if it might explode at any moment.

Anthony's expression changed slightly, and he immediately tried to "reassur" Hypochonas's soul.

After all, if the other person's soul were to explode in his hands, things could get complicated!

"I apologize, Your Excellency."

Anthony returned the soul to Ember, apologizing, "His soul was bound by a powerful extraordinary being, and I was unable to extract any further valuable information from him."

"I'm afraid you'd need at least a Sequence 2 angel to get the answer you want from him."

"I suggest you wait until Princess Ariana comes to Backlund and ask her for help, but it's best not to try with anyone else before then."

"His soul is already extremely unstable, and the next interrogation will likely cause it to dissipate due to the restriction."

As Anthony spoke, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

Logically, his soul should have exploded the moment he was first asked about the forbidden content.

However, it seems that Your Excellency has done some special treatment to make his soul more 'stable'.

However, if the restriction is violated repeatedly, it will eventually lead to the death of the soul from the restriction.

Thank you.

Yu Jin accepted the soul and thanked Anthony.

In any case, at least his investigation has made new progress—

Site No. 1.

(End of this chapter)