The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 953 Clues and Directions

Inside the Holy Wind Cathedral of the Church of Storms, Cardinal Ace Snake, the "Singer of God," looked at Stuart before him and asked with emotionless silver eyes, "Who is Kapin?"
Why would his villa have an underground prison?

"Mystic Instructor" Stuart gave the bishop a deep look and replied respectfully:
"According to our investigation, he was a wealthy man who was rumored to be involved in multiple cases of missing girls. He was suspected of being a human trafficker and was also secretly involved in the slave trade. The underground prison proved the rumors."

"Why would a human trafficker receive protection from several extraordinary beings, and whose rank isn't low?" Cardinal Snake pressed.

"Sir, this needs to be investigated. We tried to find clues using extraordinary methods, but all our efforts failed," Stewart replied helplessly.

He even used a newly developed secret technique to ask a sealed artifact for answers, but unfortunately, he received no response.

“I tried that too.” Snake didn’t blame him, but simply said, “Continue investigating this matter. Also, have you found any leads on the two Extraordinary Ones who attacked Capin’s mansion?”

"Through 'retrospection,' the attackers were a man and a woman. The woman wore full-body armor that did not belong to any style of the North or South Continent. Her speed, strength, and skills far exceeded those of ordinary extraordinary individuals. The 'Interrogator,' who was also good at head-on combat, was killed by her in one blow. She was suspected to be a Sequence 5 of the 'Warrior' or 'Hunter' pathway."

“And that man’s methods are even more bizarre. He can even use the power of the ‘Blood Moon’. He’s somewhat like a Sequence 5 ‘Crimson Scholar’ of the ‘Pharmacist’ pathway, but it’s not quite the same…” At this point, Stewart frowned. He had never seen such an extraordinary person before.

“Perhaps… they possess ‘gifts’…” Snake pondered, then continued, “Do they resemble them?”

A blessing? What is that? Stuart wondered, but didn't ask aloud. He simply replied, "The woman wears a full-face helmet, so her face can't be seen in the 'rewind,' but the man's is very clear."

"Draw a picture of him, then issue an arrest warrant," Cardinal Snake instructed, dismissing Stuart as he picked up his pen and wrote down several individuals requiring close monitoring in his notebook.

“Kapin, human trafficking, Blood Moon, strange and extraordinary beings with bizarre methods, never seen before, and a secret plot.”

……

Inside a villa in the Joewood district.

The man wearing a golden mask handed a portrait to the woman who was getting dressed on the bed, and said coldly, "Find this person for me. He and his accomplices likely know that we are cooperating in the slave trade. After all, Heras has met you."

The woman tightened her belt, making herself appear even thinner, then stretched slightly and yawned, covering her mouth: "A portrait doesn't mean anything. After all, there are many ways to change one's appearance, and this may not be a real face."

“I know, but this appearance doesn’t look like that of an ordinary person. The fact that the other party chose to use this appearance is a clue in itself.” The man wearing the gold mask snorted and continued, “Besides, there have been too many of these so-called ‘superheroes’ who are hiding their identities lately. Maybe they all come from the same organization.”

The woman didn't reply, but took the portrait and glanced at it. Suddenly, she felt that it looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it before. She secretly decided to ask the elders in the sect when she got back.

……

In a one-bedroom apartment in the East District. "You mean, the country's intelligence agency is colluding with an evil organization called the 'Witch Cult' to traffic slaves?" Su Xuanbing asked in surprise after hearing Zhao Chen's account of the soul-searching results.

She couldn't understand why a country would do such a thing, even if it was to "overcome a tribulation." It would have been better to do it openly and honestly; there was absolutely no need to be so secretive.

By now, she already knew that the cultivation path in this other-dimensional world was called the "Sequence Path," and it was very similar to the "wizard" system in Taixi. Both relied on taking "magic potions" to advance, from Sequence 9 to Sequence 1, which was basically equivalent to a cultivator advancing from True Qi to Profound.

However, the "potion" system in this world is much more complete than that of the wizards. The recipes and methods are basically fixed, unlike the wizards' "random" methods.

This is actually quite normal, since Xuan Tian's "potion ingredients," especially high-level ones, are extremely rare. Potions are made based on "what is available."

Furthermore, the power here seems to originate from the same source and is "conserved," unlike Xuan Tian, ​​where one can create new "power" through personal cultivation.

This may be the reason why Xuantian was able to attract so many evil gods.

Zhao Chen was also filled with speculation, but he knew now was not the time to think about these things, so he explained in a speculative tone: "It must be that the gods here, as the background, do not allow a certain high-ranking person in this kingdom to set up a 'tribulation crossing' method... no, here it should be called holding a ceremony."

"After all, although the specific details of the ritual are still unknown, collecting so many slaves and young girls is obviously not a respectable thing and may very well cross the line of morality."

Hearing this, Su Xuanbing understood. Xuantian actually had a "blood sacrifice" or similar "tribulation-crossing method," but it was not tolerated by aristocratic families and upper sects. It was not even allowed to be used in the cave world. Once discovered, it would inevitably be punished by the imperial court.

"Furthermore, since the extraordinary powers in this world all share the same origin and possess 'divinity,' and the one who originated from them is probably not completely dead, all extraordinary powers actually have the attribute of 'supernatural abilities,' though the degree varies."

"Moreover, this attribute will be enhanced as the sequence increases," Zhao Chen continued, recounting the intelligence he had gathered.

Su Xuanbing pondered upon hearing this: "This is somewhat similar to the abilities that come with a 'Rank Rank'. No wonder that woman who was only at Sequence 7 was able to hurt me with a mental attack."

As the eldest daughter of a prominent family, she was naturally granted a special "rank" with her name by her family; otherwise, she wouldn't have achieved supernatural powers at such a young age.

“That’s right… So, the extraordinary individuals here are basically equivalent to us who only have ‘rank’ abilities but haven’t cultivated any techniques or killing moves.” Zhao Chen paused for a moment, then added, “Of course, this refers to extraordinary individuals below the demigod level.”

Ordinary demigods are basically equivalent to "Dongxuan" in terms of rank. As for whether there are any stronger ones, Zhao Chen did not find any in Heras's soul, but he thought there probably were.

"So, our next goal is to find that woman named Panatia while avoiding that demigod from MI9?" Su Xuanbing already knew that Panatia was connected to the serial killer and was about to ask how to do it when her expression suddenly changed.

Immediately afterwards, her whole body swayed, and she collapsed in pain.

(End of this chapter)