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

Chapter 16 Sorry, having connections means you can do whatever you want.

The Church of the Night has thirteen archbishops and nine senior deacons.

These twenty-two gentlemen and ladies are the church's high-ranking members in the usual sense, and it is said that many of them are powerful individuals of high rank.

Although their strengths differ slightly, they are completely equal in terms of status.

They follow only the divine pronouncements of the goddess of night and are accountable only to the Pope.

The senior deacon Kresta Cecima who came this time was a powerful expert at the fifth rank.

All of this information was given to Klein by Dunn.

In fact, less than ten minutes had passed since Dunn finished speaking.

A man in his thirties, wearing a black trench coat and white shirt, entered the room.

His golden-brown hair was shaved very short, and his dark green eyes resembled a moonless lake at midnight. The collars of his shirt and trench coat were turned up high, hiding his entire chin in shadow.

"Lord Cecima."

Before anyone else could react, Dunn immediately bowed.

"Um."

Kresta Cecima nodded slightly, casually sitting in one of the chairs with his right leg crossed over his left, and said with a smile, "It seems you all already know the role-playing method?"

"Yes, Your Excellency Cecima."

Dunn's expression shifted slightly, and he took two steps forward, intending to explain.

"It's okay."

Kresta Cecima waved his hand casually and said, "I understand the desire to help a colleague, and leaking information before swearing an oath to the goddess doesn't really count as leaking information. However, I'll still confirm it for now."

After a pause, Kresta Cecima's gaze swept over the crowd. "Those who know about the Acting Method should all be here, right?"

"And the El Squad."

Dunn explained, "They're guarding Charnes Gate now."

"I see."

Kreste Sesima nodded slightly.

Then, he bent down, picked up the silver-white box at his feet, and placed it on his lap.

He raised his right hand and pressed down, and something on the surface of the silvery-white box, which resembled a violin case, shattered and disintegrated, receding like a tide.

Almost at the same second, Klein felt all the surrounding radiance drawn towards the box.

Then he saw that the room was pitch black, except for the box that shimmered with silver light, making the scene extremely eerie.

And inside the box.

It is a pure white bone sword.

Its surface appears pure and flawless, but upon closer inspection, one can discover layers upon layers of symbols and markings hidden within, and these mysterious patterns form an inseparable whole with the sword's blade.

Klein examined the holy sword and suddenly found himself unable to look away.

His gaze was drawn in, and his brown eyes slowly lost their luster.

"Dunne".

Krestai moved the pure white bone sword slightly and said, "Place your hand on it."

The others were instantly jolted awake, their eyes filled with a mixture of awe and fear as they looked at the pure white bone sword.

But soon.

Dunn stepped forward and placed his hand on the holy sword.

"Repeat after me."

"Crestair said in a deep voice."

"The goddess of the night, more sublime than the stars, more eternal than eternity;"

"I swear to you with my true name and my spirit."

"I, Dunn Smith, will from this moment forward absolutely not reveal any details of the Acting Method to anyone who is unaware of it."

"If I disobey, I will be subject to your punishment."

"Please bear witness to my vow."

Dunn, following High Deacon Cecima, solemnly recited the oath in Hermes.

He then withdrew his right hand, drew a crimson moon on his chest, and whispered:

"Praise beauties, goddess."

"Praise beauties, goddess."

Krestai smiled and followed suit with a bow.

then.

Klein, Leonard, and the others repeated their previous actions, each swearing an oath to the goddess.

After doing all this, Kresta snapped the lid shut and pressed his right hand down heavily and slowly.

The darkness was instantly illuminated, and the gas lamp's light once again filled the room.

Klein saw that Senior Deacon Cecima's eyes, which had turned deep black, also returned to dark green at the same moment.

"Go and call El Squad over."

Krestais slowly began, "You will temporarily take their place guarding the Charnis Gate."

"Yes, Your Excellency Cecima."

Dunn bowed slightly, gave the others a look, and led them out of the room.

"Klein, Leonard."

Dunn stepped out of the room and immediately ordered, "You all come with me, the rest of you go back."

Klein nodded, and the group quickly went their separate ways.

Frye and his team returned to their posts, while Klein followed Dunn to Charnis Gate to replace El's squad.

Soon after, the three members of El's team also swore an oath to the goddess under the 'witness' of the pure white bone sword.

In the end, only embers remained.

"You guys go out first."

Kresta closed the box again and gave instructions to El and the others.

"Lord Cecima."

El felt a chill, thinking that Cecima was going to punish Ember, who had first leaked the acting method.

"rest assured."

Krestai smiled slightly. "This isn't a bad thing."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

El lowered his head and silently led the other two out of the room.

As a high-ranking deacon, Krestai would have no reason to lie to a low-level extraordinary being of Sequence Seven.

"So."

After everyone else left, Krestai immediately put on a serious expression. "Your Excellency, I feel obligated to inform you that the existence of the Acting Law must be kept strictly confidential and cannot be disclosed casually."

"I know."

Yu Jin nodded slightly and asked, "Shall I take the oath now?"

"No, no need."

Krestai's expression was strange. "The oracle of the goddess only requires me to remind you not to spread the actus repertoire indiscriminately. No oath is required. Just remember to inform the church if you wish to teach the actus repertoire to others in the future."

"it is good."

Yu Jin looked slightly surprised, and after a moment of silence, nodded gently.

"That's fine then."

Krestai nodded, then continued, "There's one more thing. We need to escort the sealed artifact back to Backlund immediately. Will you come with us or stay in Tingen for now?"

Let's go together.

After a moment's thought, Yu Jin slowly spoke.

Backlund is, after all, the capital of the Kingdom of Rune.

Based on his past experience, the Black Emperor is most likely in the capital.

His intuition told him that there was no point in staying in Tingen.

"it is good."

Krestai nodded, stood up and walked towards the door, then turned back and said, "You are responsible for keeping both sealed artifacts safe. Be careful to keep them out of reach of your influence."

Ember did not object.

For him, isolating himself from the influence of these 'sealed objects' was actually quite simple—

You can just toss it into the soul space.

And in fact.

After he retrieved '2-049' and the Antigonus family notes from behind the Charnis Gate, Ember did indeed do just that.

Although this made El and his companions look incredibly horrified, thankfully, on the return trip, they no longer needed to charter an entire train car out of concern for the effects of the sealed artifact.

Instead, they could disguise themselves as ordinary people and return to Backlund with the other passengers.

After all, chartering a section of a train carriage is actually quite expensive.

The journey from Tingen to Backlund by steam train takes only about four hours.

Therefore, the train tickets are relatively inexpensive.

A first-class luxury seat costs three-quarters of a pound, or 15 soles, while a second-class seat costs 10 soles, or half a pound.

The third-class seats, which are very crowded and in very poor condition, are quite cheap, costing only 5 soula.

Even so, booking the cheapest third-class carriage would cost nearly 600 soules, a full 30 pounds!

This is equivalent to two and a half months' salary for Klein.

If you work even harder and triple your salary, it would be equivalent to a week's wages for Ember!

Although Ember doesn't yet have a clear understanding of these currencies, since his mindset is still based on shopping with souls.

However, the money saved was not saved for the church, but was divided equally among their team.

After all, the expenses for these field trips are reimbursable!

You can choose not to spend money, but you can't choose not to get reimbursed. If you don't get reimbursed, you'll be wasting your time!

"If I had known this would happen..."

On the steam train, Al Hassen said with a pained expression, "The money spent on coming to Tingen could have been saved."

Lolota rolled her eyes and turned her head away, too lazy to pay him any attention.

(End of this chapter)