Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1158 Collating information
"The Black Emperor has circled here for a few times. If it hasn't discovered us and is trying to get rid of us, it is about to reach its destination."

Bernadette, wearing a women's shirt with a large lace flower on the collar and a captain's suit of the same color as her eyes, a tricorn hat on her head, and her long hair tied into a half-bun, carefully observed the movement of the red dot and made a judgment.

"Perhaps Nast Solomon was not sure of the location of the mausoleum either. He only got vague information and deduced the approximate location."

Anne said in a soft but authoritative tone. She knelt on the chair and propped herself up with her hands so that she could see the compass on the table.

Suddenly, the red dot representing the Black Emperor, the "King of the Five Seas", began to flash again and moved with a clear purpose, no longer circling left or right.

The two looked at each other, and Bernadette raised her hand. The unmanned "Dawn" turned the rudder and sails, chasing the ship that could not be seen by the naked eye in the storm and could only be located by this compass.

Anne didn't need to command the Queen Anne's Revenge that was following beside her, because the ship was herself.

The "balance" force that blocked the storm around them became more condensed and contracted, causing the rising and falling waves and the frequent lightning to be closer to the two ships to prevent large-scale abnormalities from being discovered.

They quietly followed the "Black Emperor" and explored the depths of the foggy sea.

In the distance of the three ships' route, a small island showed its black outline.

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After leaving Tingen City, Angel arranged Backlund's affairs and did not take the airships and ocean-going ships that the Beyonders of the Goddess Church took. Instead, he went directly to East Balam in the southern continent through the mirror world and showed up at the Church of the Goddess of Night in Vantek City, a city controlled by Loen and closest to the Ancient Forest.

The local Nighthawks captain, who had already been notified by telegram that a senior deacon would be visiting, quickly sorted out the information Angel needed and handed her a thick stack of documents.

After borrowing an office, Angel carefully looked through the intelligence accumulated by the local night watchmen over the years, and soon sighed in disappointment.

The main target of this operation, the "Rose School", was formed in the southern continent in the early Fifth Epoch. Because the violent sea formed by the fall of the "God of Death" blocked the navigation between the northern and southern continents, the faith of the Seven Gods could not reach this place and grow stronger. It once dominated the Highland Kingdom and the Pers Kingdom, and was an orthodox organization on par with the Church of the God of Death in the Balam Empire.

The "Rose School" believed in the "Bound God" and established a ritual system based on bloody sacrifices and indulgence of desires, including skinning people, making human pillars, and fanatically releasing all kinds of desires. Therefore, after the countries of the northern continent returned to the southern continent along the safe waterway discovered by Emperor Roselle and began to colonize, they were undoubtedly labeled as an evil sect and suppressed by the colonists and the Orthodox Church. They turned to underground missionary work and became increasingly extreme.

During this period, the "Rose School" not only joined forces with anti-colonial armed forces to fight against the colonists and try to drive them out of the southern continent, but also took advantage of the north-south navigation to go to the countries of the northern continent to create various terrorist incidents, and declared that the invasion and attack would not stop.

Of course, judging from the bloody means and the sacrificial traces left behind by the horrific incidents, their main purpose may not be to fight against the colonists, but simply for blood sacrifice.

In the war that broke out a year ago and only stopped recently, the Rose School took advantage of the conflict between colonists from different countries in the southern continent and gathered many demigods to launch attacks on different colonial cities. Although the "Spirit Cult" that believed in the god of death and had always cooperated with them did not participate for some reason, they still recaptured many territories that originally belonged to the Balam Empire and the Highland Kingdom.

It was not until the end of the war, when the Kingdom of Loen and the Republic of Intis came to the negotiation table and peace returned to the southern continent, that the colonial army and the extraordinary people of the Orthodox Church recaptured those cities.

Everywhere they looked was a breathtaking scene: the mottled walls and towers were covered with layers of wrinkled human skin, and the eerie altar was made of tens of thousands of pale skeletons.

When the followers of the "Rose School" evacuated, these cities had already completed their last blood sacrifice ceremony. Colonists and indigenous people, regardless of their status, were frozen in a pool of blood. The entire city turned into a sacrifice soaked in blood and tears.

This is why, even though newly emerged cults such as the "School of Truth" and "Great Mother Believers" are within easy reach in the Northern Continent, the major orthodox religious sects immediately identified the "School of Roses" as their key target.

But the only problem is that most of the information collected by Vanertek's official Beyonders is from before the war, which has long become outdated information after the end of the war that lasted nearly a year. Not to mention those elusive demigods, even the strongholds lurking in the city are deserted, as if they had already anticipated retaliation.

These extraordinary people who indulge in desires and are easily controlled by emotions and instincts may act impulsively, but they are not brainless.

Looking at the pieces of information marked as "invalid", Angel guessed that the situation in other colonial cities in the southern continent was probably similar to this one, and became more and more pessimistic about his next mission.

She believed that as a Sequence 2 "Disaster" Witch, she would not have to worry about direct combat in the southern continent where there were no true gods or angel kings and only archangels, with the help of seals such as the "Salinger Blood Flag". However, she had no idea how to find the enemy.

Even if she had the confidence to knock open the head of the "evil god" Sua with a flagpole - provided that he had a head - it would be useless if she couldn't find him. Sighing again, she opened another document, which contained a lot of information about the "Spiritual Cult".

This secret organization, which also originated in the Southern Continent and believed in the "God of Death", was formerly the "Church of the God of Death", the only faith of the Balam Empire. After the fall of Salinger, it tried to resurrect the god, but later fell apart due to the invasion of the countries of the Northern Continent, went underground, and split into several factions.

Ludwell, the "Admiral of Hell" who had half of his ship blown up by Angel and later became Klein's secret puppet, is the spokesperson for their power at sea.

The "Spiritual Cult" is mainly divided into the "Royal Faction" and the "Artificial Death God Faction". There are many other small factions with many saints. They have established many subordinate organizations in the Northern Continent and have also caused many terrorist incidents. It was not until the past year that they have calmed down.

Of course, Angel knew the deeper reason. It was because the Goddess of Night had already mastered the uniqueness of the "God of Death" and a Sequence 1 characteristic, and had obtained the corresponding authority. In a sense, "She" was already the "God of Death" and could respond to prayers. Naturally, she could influence these organizations, especially the "Artificial God of Death" that was dedicated to resurrecting the God of Death.

I remember that Klein became the follower of the God of Death because of this, and tricked a saint of the Spiritual Cult into becoming his subordinate. Now he is really a believer of three families, no, a follower of three families... Should I try to be a follower of the God of War? As long as I draw the "Sword of Glory", no one will have any objections... Angel's mouth curled up slightly, and he continued to look down.

The "Royal Faction" is the most powerful faction in the Spirit Cult. Its leader calls herself the "Pale Queen" and is said to have the blood of a god. Her name is Shia Palenque Eggers. She is confirmed to be an angel, but it is unknown whether she is Sequence 1 or Sequence 2. There are five saints under her, some of whom are already saints, and some of whom have the same strength thanks to the Sealed Artifacts.

The "Artificial Death God Faction" is second only to them. Their leader is also an angel whose identity is unknown. There are three other saints. According to pre-war intelligence, all of them are in the Southern Continent, which does not match their focus on resurrecting the Death God and frequently creating terrorist incidents in the Northern Continent.

There is even less information on other "Sleeping Sect" and "Underworld Sect".

Closing the file, Angel leaned back in his chair and began to sort out the information in his mind.

There is no doubt that the "Rose School", which ostensibly believes in the Bound God but is actually controlled by the Outer God "Mother Tree of Desire", is the absolute priority target. However, the whereabouts of their demigods are uncertain, and because they involve Outer Gods, it is difficult to lock them using divination. The biggest problem is how to find them.

Angel believes that the "Spirit Cult" dedicated to resurrecting the God of Death and rebuilding the Bayram Empire is a target that can be won over. This is not only because the Salinger they believe in has fallen and their faith has not been controlled by the Foreign Gods, but also because the Goddess of Night will soon be able to master the power of the God of Death. These extraordinary people are equivalent to the "reserve" of the Goddess of Night, and their status is similar to that of the surrendered Church of the God of War.

Moreover, the "Pale Queen" also has the last name Eggers, and is likely to be a descendant of the God of Death Salinger, and has a blood relationship with Mr. Azik... Recalling the information about the "Pale Queen", Angel seemed to be thinking about something.

Judging from the strength comparison between the "Royal Faction" and the "Artificial Death Faction", Angel believes that the "Pale Queen" is more likely to be Sequence 1. After all, one of the three Sequence 1 extraordinary characteristics of the "Death God" path has been obtained by the Goddess of Night, and another is in Bernadette's hands, becoming her "0" level seal "Pale Death". The last one is likely to appear in the hands of the descendants of the Death God.

Most importantly, Bernadette once said that the name of the Death God's Sequence 1 potion is "Pale Emperor".

Having a rough idea of ​​the strength of the enemies and possible allies he was about to face, Angel walked out of the office and returned to the ground along the spiral staircase that seemed to be in every church of the Goddess of Night, only to find that the captain of the Night Watch who had received him before was walking towards him with a man in a hooded robe.

The latter walked silently, as if blending into the surroundings, and even Angel's spirit was unaware of it.

She had only seen this kind of situation in high-sequence "fortune tellers", that is, Beyonders at the level of Klein and Zaratul, because their control over the spiritual world was enough to affect the divination and prophecy directed at them, making the spiritual intuition of most Beyonders dull.

Thinking of this, Angel's eyes immediately became alert.

"Your Highness, the 'Shadow of the Goddess', this gentleman claims to be a special envoy sent by the Holy Temple to help you complete the next task."

The captain said respectfully.

Envoy? How come I don't know... Angel's heart was filled with doubts, and his eyes were fixed on the hooded man's face until he took off his hood and exposed his face.

It was a rather young face with delicate features, but covered with tufts of coarse black short hair.

That was the face Angel had glimpsed through the crack in the door of the "Kingdom of Night" palace at the top of the Hornachis Mountains.

(End of this chapter)