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Chapter 276 It Turns Out to be God’s Hand
"I haven't drunk it. Look, here's my cup."

Li En had a cup in his hand at some point, with only one third of wine left in the cup, proving that it was indeed the one he had used before.

Ophelia was stunned. "You are already this fast?"

Li En smiled. In the Holy Empire, few people could surpass his current speed.

Even the eight-star war knights, Grand Duke Moria and Earl Hall, might not be able to catch up with him.

Ophelia then confidently picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and said slowly,

"Everyone on the list you provided, including High Priest Uller, is dead. Now, apart from the witch, no one can prove that Randall is involved in your assassination."

"Yeah. I should have expected this ending."

Li En picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"Aisley and the others did lose their memories, but they don't remember being murdered. This is a very tricky issue. We can't prove they were killed by Randall, nor can we prove the existence of the Hand of God. There's no way to prove Randall stole the divinity of others to resurrect and control the witches, unless we can find other cases of people being resurrected by the Hand of God."

Ophelia rubbed her brows.

"Why don't you think about the problem from a different angle? We clearly know the outcome, there's no need to find a way out through the witch."

Li En said.

"I'm sorry, although I am the director of the Guardian Bureau, I am only the director of the Guardian Bureau. I can only investigate from the perspective of witches and cannot conduct in-depth investigations into the Vatican."

Ophelia took out a document from her coat pocket and handed it to Li En.

"what is this?"

Li En picked up the information.

"This is the list of believers who have received the Holy See's Divine Medal. Except for special wild believers like you, all believers who have been promoted through formal channels must register with the Holy See and receive the Holy See's medal after entering the realm of special believers. This is public information, and even people outside the church can access it. The most I have done is to complete the files of these people. I hope it will be helpful to you."

Ophelia said as she looked at the blond boy.

Ophelia was actually very happy that he was able to come back alive, but the road ahead for Li En was destined to be a thorny one.

It takes absolute courage to investigate the highest authority in the Vatican, or in the entire empire, someone whose power and status are even higher than that of the emperor.

Even though Li En is backed by the Moriah family, one of the seven creed families, his safety cannot be guaranteed.

Of course, Li En also knew that it was not easy to bring down Randall, but compared to him, there was another person who wanted Randall to fall more, and that person was August.

Mary's great victory in East Mirror minimized the Frank family's losses, but at the same time, she also gained the prestige and reputation of East Mirror and the friendship of Edward's family. For Augustus, Mary was a thorn that had to be removed.

And Randall is Mary's last support. If he doesn't tear down this mountain, Augustus will never be able to remove the thorn of Mary, and his throne as emperor will always be coveted by others.

So before Li En came to see Ophelia, he had actually met Emperor Augustus and obtained Augustus' support.

With the support of the Emperor of the Empire, Li En no longer has to worry about collecting evidence, and the Supreme Tribunal will no longer have the authority to judge the Pope, which is an embarrassing situation.

Above the Supreme Court, there is a Court of Wise Men.

A wise man is someone who truly dedicates his entire life to God, apart from the church.

They possess extremely high IQs but lack human emotions. They spend their entire lives studying theology and science. They are the empire's strongest think tank and the most fair trial team.

The Court of Wisdom has the highest judicial authority, and even if the emperor of the empire commits a crime, he must be tried.

Previously, when Li En was sent to the Supreme Court, a wise man was invited to participate, and this time, all those who tried Randall were wise men.

Wise men do not favor or shield anyone.

Li En flipped through the document, which contained a list of believers who had received divinely ordained medals from the Holy See in the past 100 years. There were 274 believers in total, 207 of whom had died, and only 67 special believers were still alive.

It can be said that the number of special believers is even rarer than that of witches. To the Holy See and the Empire, special believers are like national treasures.

Randall's actions against them were intended to shake the foundation of the Holy See, so it would be justified even if it brought divine punishment.

However, Tiger turned a blind eye to it.

This made Lee En more convinced that Tiger was in trouble.

"Thank you, Ophelia. This is a very important list."

"I will continue to look for a breakthrough with the problematic witch. What are you going to do about the Vatican?"

Ophelia asked Li En.

The dim light shone on his handsome face, making Ophelia subconsciously unable to look away.

"Someone will be willing to help me."

Li En raised his eyebrows and said, "Randall has done something blasphemous this time."

"kindness."

Ophelia nodded slightly, and Li En clinked his cup with her. "I have something else to do. I'll be leaving now. We'll meet again next time."

"be careful."

Ophelia was a little surprised when she said this.

Li En turned around and glanced at Ophelia.

The icy female boss seems to have changed.

Ophelia, more feminine.

"I see, you too. Get some rest."

Li En raised the corner of his mouth slightly and walked out of the dim tavern.

His shadow blended into the street and soon disappeared without a trace.

Cathedral of St. Lucas.

This is the largest church in the royal capital. In addition to the Pope's residence, it also houses the residences of the major bishops.

Archbishop Damir lived there.

Because Randall had not returned to St. Luas Cathedral yet, Li En dared to go to the church alone to look for his teacher, Archbishop Damir.

When Archbishop Damir saw Li En again, a loving smile appeared on his face.

"Lee En, I'm so glad you're okay. I thought you wouldn't be back for at least three months."

Although Li En also wanted to spend a honeymoon with Dorothy in the Blue Dragon King's Court, when they came back three months later, the opportunity was already gone.

In order to deal with Randle, he had to return early.

In addition, Dorothy has been in a bad mood recently because of Emma's matter, and she is not in the mood to be affectionate with me.

Only after this matter is over can I take Dorothy out to relax.

"Teacher, I'm sorry to have made you worried."

"Where's Dorothy? Didn't she come back with you?"

Damir asked.

"She's back and is resting in the tower now."

"That's good. I was really worried that you wouldn't be able to withstand the monsters in the Azure Dragon Court. I never thought there were so many real dragons in this world."

As the principal of the seminary, Damir had read many historical books and knew some hidden historical truths. He also knew that the dragon clan was the ruler of the ancient era, but he was not obsessed with archaeology. Instead, he spent all his time studying theoretical magic circles.

"Teacher, there are actually only two true dragons, and the others are sub-dragons."

Lee En explained.

"Whether it's a true dragon or a sub-dragon, they shouldn't appear in this world."

Damir walked to the bookshelf and took out an ancient book. "I've been researching lately how to completely eliminate the remnants of these times. Their time has long passed, and they shouldn't be here."

"Teacher Damir, can we suspend this research? We have more important things to do right now."

Li En placed the information Ophelia collected for him on Damir's desk.

Damir looked at the lists and was slightly stunned.

"Bradley Burke, Sol Adebayo, Leonidas Brook, Clifford Rogers, these are your predecessors. They were once the brightest stars of the Holy See, but unfortunately, they have all been embraced by God. What do you want to do by collecting this information?"

"Teacher, I want to know where the special believers are buried after they die."

Li En said.

"After death, the special believers will be buried by the Church in the Ruins Temple."

Damir said.

"Where is the Ruins Temple?"

Li En asked again.

Damir looked at Li En and said slowly, "Inside the Cathedral of St. Luyas."

"right here?"

"Yes. You haven't told me what you want to do yet."

Damir asked.

"Teacher, do you know the Sequence 2 Gift, the Hand of the God?"

"This is a holy relic of the Holy See, and it has always been in the hands of His Holiness the Pope. I know that, of course. But what does this have to do with these special believers?"

"The Hand of God can resurrect the dead, but it requires the consumption of divinity."

Li En explained, "Not long ago, Randall resurrected 10 witches at the same time. Where do you think his divinity comes from?"

"What? Ten witches resurrected at the same time?!"

Damir looked at Li En in disbelief.

"Maybe there are more. These 10 are just the ones we know about so far. There are more we don't know."

Li En said.

When Damir heard this, the smile on his face completely disappeared, replaced by deep anxiety.
"If what you said is true, Randall is now the biggest heretic in the church."

"Teacher, I swear on the path of believers that everything I say is true."

Li En rarely showed a serious expression.

"Randall is already His Holiness the Pope, the closest human being to God, and possesses supreme power. I can't understand why he would do this."

Damir said.

"Do you know Wuqueyuan?"

Li En asked. Damir nodded. "That happened decades ago. Back then, a priest said that the Unsullied could be closer to God, so he turned a group of poor children into Unsullied. But later people found out that his words were unfounded, so they abolished the Unsullied Academy."

"What about those kids?"

"It is said that they all died in an accident."

"No, there's still one person alive. He's Pope Randall."

Li En briefly recounted Randall's past. Damir was silent for a long time before he spoke.
"I can't believe Pope Randall has such a shameful past. He's deceived everyone. I already know. He hates this world, so it's impossible for him to serve the God of Tiger devoutly. He has indeed become a heretic. We must expose his true face as soon as possible and stop him from persecuting the Church."

Damir stood up and took Li En to the ruins temple.

Deep inside the Cathedral of St. Lucas sits an unassuming gray church.

The erosion of time has left mottled marks on the stone walls, with moss and vines entwined among them, like the interweaving of nature and human history. The interior of the temple is dim and solemn, with only a few beams of sunlight filtering through the high-hanging stained glass windows, casting mottled light and shadows.

The air was filled with the scent of aged wood and the delicate aroma of candles. A perpetual lamp flickered faintly in the niche, guarding the sleeping souls. Rows of carved wooden coffins lay quietly, each engraved with the glorious deeds of the deceased, though the passage of time has blurred these words.

The bodies of the believers were anointed with special holy oil to prevent their flesh from decaying. Their expressions were serene, as if they had simply entered a deep sleep. Occasionally, a breeze would stir the heavy curtains, bringing the roars of wild beasts in the distance, but it could not mask the solemnity and silence of the temple.

A priest in a black robe slowly walked between the coffins, holding a glowing holy book in his hands, his eyes filled with piety and sorrow. His voice was deep and powerful as he recited scriptures praying for the deceased. The sound echoed in the temple, interweaving with the ticking of the clock, weaving a quiet and mysterious picture.

At the end of the temple, a solemn statue gazes at all this, its eyes seeming to see through the mist of time, looking at every visitor.

When Li En stepped into the ruins temple, he seemed to feel the gaze of the holy image.

But it had neither a heartbeat nor any special breath. Li En judged that the stone sculpture should be a dead object, so he turned his attention to the coffins.

"Archbishop Damir."

The priests greeted and saluted the red-robed Archbishop Damir.

Damir waved his hand and said, "You guys go out first. Let me and my students stay here for a while."

"Okay, Lord Bishop."

The priests left the temple one after another, and the sound of their footsteps gradually faded away until they retreated to the gray church door.

"There are stories of the resurrected in the scriptures, so the bodies of many exceptional believers are not buried, but instead stored in the Ruins Temple, awaiting awakening. Of course, none of them have ever truly awakened."

Damir said to Li En.

Li En nodded. "Will their divinity remain in their bodies?"

"Divinity is the most important factor in ensuring the incorruption of the body, but not every special-grade believer possesses it. Only about one-third of special-grade believers can receive Tiger's favor and attain divinity."

Damir said slowly.

"Teacher, do you know which of them have divinity and which do not?"

Lee En asked.

"All the special believers who can remain in the Ruins Temple possess divinity. Special believers without divinity cannot be resurrected. This is everyone's consensus."

Damir said.

Only then did Li En notice that there were more than 36 special believers in the records, but there were only coffins here.

In other words, there are only 36 special believers who have truly awakened their divinity.

"Can I open these coffins and examine them?"

Li En asked Damir.

Damir frowned slightly. "Although it's very disrespectful to do this, there's no better way now."

Li En walked to the front of the first coffin and slowly pushed open the lid.

A special fragrance mixed with a stench of decay wafted into my nose, and what caught my eye was a corpse in a very serious state of decay. The face and body features were no longer recognizable, and the gorgeous robe was covered with thick liquid.

"How could this be?"

Damir was extremely shocked.

Li En covered Archbishop Damir's nose in time.

"Just as I suspected, Randall didn't plunder the divinity of the living, but the divinity of the dead. This is the only way to avoid being noticed by others. There's something wrong with this scent, teacher. Please leave here first. I'll continue investigating."

Damir's eyes widened when he saw red spots on Li En's skin.

Li En sent him out of the temple safely and stayed to check on him.

Special poisons were used to deal with the corpses. These poisons had a special strong fragrance that could not only cover up the stench of the corpses, but also deliver a fatal attack when someone opened the coffin.

Unfortunately, Li En was completely immune to the poison, and the red spots on his face quickly disappeared. The only thing that made him uncomfortable was the complex smell.

Li En examined 36 coffins and found that the people inside had already rotted, which proved that their divinity had been stripped away.

But the person is already dead. How can we make the dead speak and explain that his divinity was plundered by Randall?
Li En rubbed his brows, looked at the rows of corpses, and decided to use the ability of [Time Traveler] to go back to the past and see how Randall plundered the divinity from the corpses.

If Li En just travels through time without making any changes, he basically doesn't have to pay any price.

Li En activated his ability, and the scene in the ruins temple began to change rapidly.

Countless shadows come and go, forming an illusory picture that is not real enough.

It was not until that familiar figure appeared that Li En stopped pushing time forward.

Randall, dressed in a simple white robe, walked into the ruins temple.

He came to the coffin where Li En was standing, pushed open the lid, and inside lay an old priest who looked to be about fifty years old. He looked like he was asleep, with rosy skin and no signs of corpse spots or decay.

Until Randall's left hand touched him.

Li En keenly realized that it was the hand of God.

The hand touched the corpse, but instead of resurrecting it, it sucked away the divinity stored within it.

The old priest's body quickly decayed and eventually turned into a pool of thick mucus and bones.

“It turned out to be the Hand of God.”

Li En narrowed his eyes. It seemed that the function of the gift was not necessarily single.

The Hand of God can consume divinity to resurrect the dead, and it can also plunder divinity from the dead.

Randall turned around and looked at Li En. At that moment, Li En was a little dazed, as if Randall was looking at himself.

Could the Seven-Star Blood Shadow Knight's intuition also be wrong?

I traveled through time using the [Time Traveler]. How could Randall see me?
Unless, he also has corresponding gifts.

Hourglass of time?
At the witch meeting not long ago, Li En mentioned that among the 20 prop cards that Fia had successfully made, one was a card that copied the time hourglass effect.

Could it be that Randall also found this gift?
I don’t know if Randall can attack me in this time and space without me paying any price.

Just as Li En was ready to defend himself, Randall passed by him.

Li En breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be an illusion.

No, how could the Seven Star Knight’s intuition be an illusion?

It was not Randall in this time and space who looked at himself. There was only one possibility, that in the real time and space, Randall returned to the church.

Li En immediately stopped traveling through time and space, and his consciousness returned to his body.

I opened my eyes and saw Randall's familiar face.

"This is a trap, can't you guess it?"

Randall's mouth corners raised slightly.

"You're not killing those witches, so you're just waiting for me to come?"

Lee En asked.

"If those witches are dead, you will have no clues to investigate. How can you find the Ruins Temple?"

Randall said lightly.

"Teacher Damir has nothing to do with this matter. Please don't hurt him."

Li En sensed Damir's breath and found that he was still standing at the door of the gray church. He might not even know that Randall had entered here.

But as long as you're alive, it's fine.

Li En didn't want to implicate the old principal.

"Oh, that's just a nobody, not worth my time."

Randall kept his eyes on Li En, as if he wanted to see through him, with a hint of jealousy and admiration in his eyes.

"As for you, I'm surprised you came back alive, even walking into my trap. Achilles didn't manage to keep you, and it seems Constantine also failed."

"Achilles was your dragon. If he died, you should be the first to know."

Li En said lightly.

"I didn't realize you'd made a deal with that person before. Dorothy's dragon turned out to be yours, and you and Dorothy even got together. It seems Howl has betrayed me too. You've taken away my only best friend. That's unforgivable."

Randall's expression became extremely gloomy, his eyes filled with madness and unwillingness.

"This matter has nothing to do with Uncle Hall, but you and Uncle Hall are indeed not suitable to be friends. You have already embarked on different paths."

A circle of red blood mist appeared in Li En's palm, and the blood mist quickly covered his entire body.

Randall snapped his fingers, and the entire Temple of Grace was enveloped by black shadows, entering a lightless environment.

The gates of hell opened from the coffins, pushing out the corpses that were originally stored inside.

What Randall didn't know was that Lee En could see in the dark as well, and his ability would increase exponentially.

At the same time, the witches of the Guardian Bureau seemed to have received inspiration and headed towards the Red Tower.

They were given the task of killing ten problematic witches.

Dozens of witches surrounded the Red Tower.

Secretary Sindra got the news immediately, but Director Ophelia happened to be away from the Guardian Bureau.

"What's going on with the witches?"

Sindra asked the witch captain Fula.

Fulla shook her head. "I don't know either. They said they received orders to deal with the problem witch in advance."

"The director would never give such an order. We must stop them."

Fulla is already awakened, so she will not be affected, but other witches are different. Once they receive an order, they will execute it without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)