Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1326 1298. Church Town

Tracking the traces with keen vision, Lann found a pendant covered in blood in less than two minutes, right at the place where Ludwig had just started to deform.

【Shining Sword Hunter Badge】

Ludwig is the [First Hunter of the Church].

Now that Old Yharnam was about to be destroyed, even if it was necessary to appease the survivors, he would definitely not be a disposable item of the Healing Church.

According to Lan En's understanding of the 'future' Yharnam.

Ludwig was actually still active for a while after Old Yharnam was destroyed by the beast disaster, and was finally described as "missing" by the official statement of the Healing Church.

Therefore, Ludwig came down to block the passage between Old Yharnam and Church Town, and was willing to carry out massacres. However, after completing his mission, no matter how uneasy he felt, he would still return to Church Town.

The Healing Church must have also arranged for someone to open the door.

However, in this nightmare, the time when Ludwig's transformation into a beast occurred was somehow greatly advanced, and he actually turned into a beast that night.

And through the history of 'future' Yharnam, Lan En, who already knew that Ludwig should have proof of the connection, found the badge directly.

The [Shining Sword Hunter Badge] is different from the [Sword Hunter Badge] that every church hunter has. This is a mark that only Ludwig himself and his direct hunters can possess.

Without a doubt, it is the thing that best represents his identity.

Maria soon returned with a trembling Adeline.

The Blood Saint was filled with fear at this time. In just one day and one night, the Yharnam she was familiar with and the Healing Church she was familiar with became like this.

As long as you haven't collapsed yet, you are considered to have strong endurance.

"I'm wondering if I should place her there first." Maria whispered to Lan En, with a cold expression but a worried tone, "She can't bear it any longer."

"But where is the safe place now? Where do we have the time?"

Lan En responded to Maria as he led the way into the enclosed passage in the mountain.

He also frowned. It was a good idea to let Adeline find a safe place to stay first, but the key was... this nightmare was almost over!

"No, I'm fine!" Suddenly, Adeline, who was following behind them, interrupted.

As if not wanting to worry the two people in front of him, he put on an ugly smile, but his hand was always covering his heart anxiously.

"In this situation, you should go and save more people, don't worry about me. If I run into danger, I'll find a place to hide!"

"Adeline." Maria called the name of the Saint of Blood in a low voice.

During the time in the research hall, apart from taking care of the patients, Adeline was the only one who didn't feel uncomfortable when she was among a group of clergy.

Lan En didn't say anything, he just walked up silently, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"Boom~"

They walked all the way up to the sealed stone door. It was unknown what technology the Healing Church used, but Lan En only wore the [Shining Sword Hunter Badge] and the door opened automatically.

"Church Town." Looking at the open stone door, Adeline sighed softly. "Oh my God."

Yes, sighed.

Because the light and shadow reflected from the open stone door is also orange-red fire!

Lan En and the other two walked out of the enclosed passage made of rocks.

Only when they got here did they see how the fire that ignited the entire Yharnam appeared.

A stream of lava flowed down from somewhere unknown, directly down the mountain, all the way to the location of Old Yharnam.

And this church town, which should have been the safest shelter tonight, did not seem safe and peaceful at this moment.

The firelight was not so difficult to deal with because the Church Town, under the management of the Healing Church, had adopted a large number of stone and steel structures, and very few wooden structures.

The flowing lava was not a randomly diffused turbulent flow, but flowed directly downwards under the influence of the mountain and gravity.

So even though the fire looked quite big, from where Lan and the others were standing, there were actually only a few dozen people in Healing Church uniforms busying around the lava flow to prevent fires.

And more people.
"Bang!!!"

A loud explosion!
Just in the direction of the Cathedral of the Healing Church in the center of the town.

The luxurious and heavy door of the cathedral was slammed open!

The clergyman who was holding the door desperately outside and the old hunter who broke the door open from the inside were both thrown a long distance before falling heavily to the ground.

From the cathedral door a bright tongue of fire licked through the crack.

The clergy standing outside the church seemed to have received the order long ago.

After the church door was blown open by the flames, they all turned their heads away, not even looking inside the cathedral.

However, due to the church's special echo structure, the distant and painful roar of the beast echoed from the church gate in layers and echoed far away.

Two more clergymen in black robes quickly ran towards the cathedral door, apparently still wanting to close the door and the scene inside at the same time.

The old hunter who was knocked out of the cathedral stood up tremblingly in the distance.

Half of his skin was burnt, and the flames stuck his windbreaker to his skin, turning it into a paste.

But he seemed to be completely oblivious to the situation as he swayed his body, and just twitched his nose desperately, like a hound that smelled blood. His eyes were only focused on the cathedral's door, and he approached the cathedral with his body hunched, his tongue hanging wildly and unconsciously from his lips.

The [Beast Cutter] that Lan and Maria had dealt with not long ago was now in the old hunter's hand, with the blade unfolded in a whip shape.

The two clergymen who were blocking the door and were knocked back along with the old hunter were now pressed down by the ferocious and slender whip blade, while the old hunter seemed not to see it, or did not care even if he saw it.

"Time la la!"

The whip blade was retracted with sparks under the action of the mechanism, and once again formed the shape of a thick machete.

However, the two clergymen who were previously pressed under the whip blade and still showed signs of breathing were cut into several large pieces cleanly in the process.

It fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

The old hunter didn't care, but the clergy present didn't seem to care either.

They were all wholeheartedly concerned only with what was happening inside the cathedral.

The old hunter's out-of-control killing spree and the lava that has not yet drained away in the church town are nothing compared to the things in the cathedral and what happened in the cathedral!
That was a truly great discovery! There were children born from the higher powers in there!
There is the blood and corpse of the Son of God in there!
Just the slight smell of blood that leaked out the moment the door was pushed open made all the people outside who were busy putting out the fire, blocking the door, evacuating, and monitoring the surroundings involuntarily look up and twitch their nostrils.

The smell of blood is too sweet and too tempting for the people of Yharnam.

But the self-control of the clergy is better than that of the old hunter who fills himself with blood bottles all day long.

Even the two clergymen who went up to block the door lowered their heads with difficulty and did not allow themselves to look inside.

The old hunter twitched his nose, drooling like a hungry hound with a mixture of saliva and blood. He almost dragged his severely burned body and rushed into the church through the crack in the door impatiently!

The door slammed shut, but then it began to tremble again from the impact from the inside out.

There was a loud 'bang bang' sound, dull and monotonous, like a countdown to a disaster.

When Lan and Maria saw these scenes for the first time, they immediately realized that the "key" they were looking for was in the cathedral!
That church was not unfamiliar to Lan En. In the "future" Yharnam, he killed his agent Amelia in that cathedral.

In silence, the Blood Noble and the Demon Hunter exchanged a glance, and then they placed Adeline in the entrance passage that had been sealed again.
The two of them simultaneously rushed towards the Gothic cathedral that stood not far away!
Lan wants to truly end this nightmare, while Maria can't wait to find out what happened to the Healing Church and whether her teacher knows about it.

No matter what, their two goals are to end this disaster!

Many people from the Healing Church saw them on the road.

The clergy, the mentally retarded giants who do manual labor, the pale-skinned and tall descendants of Sumeru.
But Maria didn't care at first.

She was a hunter of some reputation, and had even been invited to a meeting at the cathedral before.

The Healing Church is very familiar with her.

The cathedral is in such a mess now, and the church town is in such a mess too. It's normal for her to go over and take a look at the situation, isn't it?
"Oh!"

The gunpowder burned and expanded in the barrel, and the mercury bullet almost grazed the edge of Maria's one-shoulder cloak and hit the brick floor.

The person who fired the shot was a clergyman from the Healing Church.

This shot seemed like a signal, telling everyone that someone who did not belong to the Church Town appeared here and hoped to reach the cathedral!

Almost the next moment!

"what!!!"

The mentally retarded giant who obeys the Healing Church roared, waving the tools and bricks in his hands and rushed towards the two!

Maria used the [Acceleration Technique] to disappear in a flash, and when she reappeared, the blade of the [Falling Leaf] long sword had already pierced through the mentally retarded giant's belly from the side, and the tip of the knife came out from the other side of the belly.

Blood splattered on the bricks.

"What exactly is going on?!"

Maria exclaimed.

What surprised her was not that the Healing Church would kill. Following Lan En's footsteps in the lower level of Old Yharnam, she had gradually come to understand the true nature of the Healing Church as an organization.

She was surprised that people here shouldn't attack her as soon as they saw her!
She is a proper hunter, so it is normal for her to come up from the lower level!
But Lan's eyes became brighter and brighter as he looked at the cathedral.

"Isn't this clear?"

The demon hunter raised his arm without even turning his head, and a mercury bullet hit his arm armor and bounced straight away!

"Something happened in that church that should not be known to anyone! They didn't even let the clergy outside to look inside! They certainly wouldn't let anyone outside the church have the chance to see it alive!"

As if a hostile will had been activated, the members of the Healing Church, who were already busy in a mess, now attacked the two of them even more frantically.

"I'll take care of it! You go do what you have to do!" Maria swung her long sword and chopped off the head of a clergyman behind Lan En. "Don't worry about me! I'm going to find my teacher and ask him clearly!"

This was originally the first thing Maria wanted to do after so many unexpected changes.

So Lan En didn't say much, but just took a deep look at the blood noble with white hair under the tricorn hat and the fluttering one-shoulder cloak.

"Whether you find the person or not, don't go too far, Maria!"

"What do you mean?"

"In any case, don't go too far. If you go too far, you won't be able to come back!"

Lan En didn't explain further. He straightened his body and rushed towards the cathedral!
(End of this chapter)