Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 50 Archaeologist
In the twilight, the round-faced boy jumped out of the third-floor window, landed on the ground as light as a feather, turned into an empty corner of the back street, searched around, as if he was meeting with someone.

If you compare the boy with the wanted poster, you will find that he is Tris, who caused the Clover tragedy and caused civil unrest among the Nighthawks.

At this time, a mysterious man walked out from the shadows, wearing a black robe and a hood that concealed his face and figure.

A distinctly feminine voice came from under the hood, "One last task. Complete it. You will receive the formula, main ingredients, and auxiliary materials for the advancement potion."

"What's the matter?" Tris looked intoxicated and did not reject the mysterious man's mission at all.

He enjoyed the missions that the mysterious man brought him. Whether it was the bloody slaughter of everyone on the Clover that exposed the evil of human nature, or the high-ranking Nighthawks being played around by him like clowns, it made him feel that life was so wonderful.

"Go test the Nighthawk named Claire Meazza. I suspect she's also a Beyonder of the Assassin Path."

"That beautiful woman among the Nighthawks who makes people want to be together?" Tris was deeply impressed by Claire who passed by him. He chuckled and said, "What if I accidentally kill her?"

The black-robed figure didn't care about Tris's attitude. As she merged into the shadows, a nonchalant voice drifted down to the ground: "Just bring back her body or her posthumous Beyonder characteristics."

In front of Chanis's door.

Claire knocked on Chanis's door with Dunn's note.

The double doors engraved with seven dark holy emblems opened up a passage that was one person wide.

An old man holding a lantern appeared behind the door and smiled at Claire. "Dunne's signed document."

Under the dim light of the lantern, the old man's smile was eerie and terrifying.

If they didn't know that this was a retired Nighthawk who had been reassigned to serve as an internal guard, they would probably mistake it for a sealed object that had escaped from underground.

Claire handed over the application.

After carefully checking, the old man made way and said gently, "Come in, young lady."

Follow the old man with the lantern inside.

There are stone doors on both sides of the aisles.

The stone gate is marked with words such as "materials" and "information".

At the end of the corridor is a staircase leading down.

Further down are the sealed objects and the places where the cultists are imprisoned.

Claire pressed the nightmare doll in her arms, not knowing how this thing had climbed up from the lower level in the first place.

With the peeping eye opened, the Chanis Gate was filled with black threads, swaying and extending densely. These were the sealing power behind the Chanis Gate.

Behind every Chanis door, there is a holy relic.

These sealing powers are arranged with the holy object as the center.

It can suppress the activity of the seal and the power of the cultists to the greatest extent.

Passing through these strands of sealing power, the body has a strange experience.

The archives described that the Night Watchmen of the "Sleepless" Path were not able to adapt well to this kind of environment, but Claire only felt that the pollution and restlessness in her body from the Hidden Sage became calmer, and the whispers in her ears also weakened.

The superficial spiritual connection with the gray fog world was also completely severed.

However, the power of the Goddess' Sword used to seal the pollution has become even stronger under the resonance of a certain existence.

Claire discovered that being here, her spirituality, strength, agility and other qualities had been improved to a certain extent.

"Is the Sword of the Goddess resonating with the holy objects here? Is this place repelling the influence of other evil gods?" Claire was led into the material room by the old man holding the lantern while thinking this.

The old man took out a small black box from the corner of the materials room and handed it to Claire. "Even though there's a seal here, we still have to change the container frequently when storing potions. If you take it away, it will make things easier for us."

If potions are kept in the same container for a long time, the container will easily become activated and become a seal, so the preservation of potions is a complicated task.

The Church actually deposited the "Archaeologist" here in the form of a potion. It seems they guessed that I could be promoted in a short period of time... Claire took the black box and left Chanis Gate the same way she had come under the watchful eyes of the guard.

Then turn from the intersection and come to the vacant alchemy room.

This place was quiet and deserted, and was the place Claire had chosen for her promotion.

Claire opened the small black box. Inside the square container was a brown gelatinous substance.

This thing looked very ordinary... Claire bit a corner of it, and the brown gelatinous substance flowed into her throat!
The strong and pungent smell and the feeling of suffocation made Claire cover her throat.

The intense stinging pain that followed made her spirit seem to be separated from her body.

From a strange perspective, she "saw" her own body trembling in pain under the stimulation of the potion, with veins constantly bulging and spasming, as if it was being transformed by some kind of power.

Her spirit was also soaked in the power of the potion, and a cold touch permeated her from head to toe. Forbidden knowledge was instilled in her, and the whispers were vague, but they tempted her to chase after it.

“Go chase history.”

Hearing the ancient voice in her trance, Claire was startled to find herself lying on the carpet in the alchemy room again.

Claire stood up slowly, adjusting her mind and body to the effects of the potion.

"My strength, physique, and inspiration have all been enhanced. But not much." Claire felt the changes brought about by the potion. She could only say that "archaeologists" really did not belong to the combat sequence, and the improvements in all aspects were extremely limited.

However, Claire could clearly sense that the contamination hidden in the sage's heart was being continuously released by the holy object, and this contamination was also slowly enhancing her observation ability, strength, agility and physique.

The whispers in my ears can be heard more clearly. Mixed in with the chaos is a lot of knowledge related to fighting.

Claire had also learned in advance that after being promoted from a "Generalist", the Sequence 8 would be "Archaeologist", while after being promoted from a "Secret Peeper", the Sequence would be "Combat Scholar".

Being able to quickly master various styles of fighting techniques is considered a sequence for improving combat power.

"Then my current roleplaying method will focus on tracing history and mastering combat..."

History was no stranger to Claire, who had a background in archaeology. However, after becoming a Beyonder and reading a large number of Nighthawks' texts, she realized that the history she once knew was completely false history that had been embellished to remove the Beyonder elements.

In the face of power, history is a little girl who can be dressed up by anyone.

What's more, there are extraordinary powers and gods in this world.

"But the church's scriptures and documents are mostly described as myths. Or are some seemingly mythical descriptions actually true history?"

"Not necessarily. History recorded by religion lacks an objective perspective and is not necessarily true history."

For a moment, Claire did not pursue any clues from history.

In comparison, it is more convenient to learn and master fighting skills.

The church has preserved the traditions of some fighting schools, and the whispers in one's ears are also mixed with fighting knowledge.

Judging from the source of knowledge, playing the role of a "combat scholar" is much easier than playing the role of an "archaeologist".

"It's difficult to play as the character, and the increase in combat power is low. No wonder the members of the Mechanical Heart never let go of their guns." Claire couldn't help but complain in her heart.

Without the support of the powerful standard weapons of the Steam and Mechanicus Church, low-sequence Beyonders of the "Generalist" path would find it difficult to compete with the Nighthawks and the Mandated Punishers.

"I may not be able to touch the coveted weapons and equipment of the Mechanical Heart, but I also have the goddess's thighs to hug..."

After being promoted to Sequence 8, Claire felt that her connection with the sacred object in her heart had become closer.

Although he couldn't chant poems like a "Midnight Poet" to influence the surrounding creatures, his physical amplification in the dark was further enhanced than at Sequence 9, and his energy was also more vigorous.

Hmm...it seems like my daily sleep time has been further shortened?

(End of this chapter)