Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 89 The End
Everything within sight seemed to slow down.

This cry made Claire's heart feel like it was being clenched.

The pain was driving me crazy.

The breath of God allows new knowledge to be instilled and polluted.

Evil Gods, Good Gods. These are all beings that transcend Sequence 1.

His offspring were born with Sequence 2 Beyonder characteristics.

Sequence 2, that is the person of an angel!

Just a wisp of the descending breath will make anyone who looks at it and blasphemes it a sinner!
This is the power of God!

But how could an ant, struggling to survive, give up its desire to live, even if it was punished by the gods?!

"How could I fall here..." Claire's blurred vision revealed her unwillingness, her longing for life, and her anticipation for the future.

She prayed to the goddess.

She connected to the gray fog world.

She communicates to the pollution of the Hidden Sage.

She squeezes out the hope of life from her courage, potential, knowledge, everything unknown...!
Her body became contorted.

The pollution in her body burst out.

Her spirit began to float.

Everything turned into firewood to feed her "burning" spirit.

The huge spiritual power was completely immersed in the silver square box with the sword handle inserted.

Holding the silver square box, Claire discovered that she seemed to have become Saint Selina's ashes.

She could feel the slippery, cold surface of the countless coiled tentacles.

She grasped the hope of life!

At this moment, the retreating tide of black tentacles, controlled by Claire's thoughts, all rushed towards Megose!
Wrapped around Megose's bulging belly!

In this black tide, Claire trembled as she walked towards the silent Megose, towards the towering belly that was wriggling with terror.

She gripped the hilt and pulled out a pure bone sword from the silver square box.

On the way closer to Megose.

In the gradually blurred spirituality.

Claire saw the man hanging upside down on the cross open his scarlet eyes and stare at her.

This gaze made Claire's flesh and blood wriggle, as if it was about to burst.

Trembling in the face of a god, Claire grasped the pure bone sword without fear or joy and stabbed it into Megose's bulging belly.

"Sleep well...Megose."

In Claire's gentle sigh.

Megose's holy yet ugly body gradually collapsed, and pieces of flesh and blood fell and dissolved.

The disintegration of the Matrix interrupted the ritual of the divine descent.

The towering belly shrank, and the breath belonging to the "True Creator" receded and dissipated.

Won?

Won!

Won……

Claire's body was shaky.

She held the silver square box and laughed softly, "Haha...ha...haha..."

It’s great to be alive…

Claire's low laughter stopped abruptly.

A long, thin sword pierced through her chest, crushing her heart.

Claire's eyes widened as she looked down in disbelief at the sword tip dripping with blood on her chest.

She wanted to know who it was!

Who attacked her...

But I didn't even have the strength to turn around.

……

Ince Zangwill, who was wearing a pure black clerical robe, loosened his grip on the sword, causing Claire's body to fall straight forward.

He stepped over Claire's fallen body, bent down and picked up the silver box that had fallen to the ground. A smile was plastered on his well-defined face.
Then, he did not pull out the sword that pierced Claire's heart.

Instead, he pried open Claire's fingers and took away the pure bone sword.

The two divine objects were at their weakest after the battle. At this moment, they were easily held in the hands of Sequence 5 "Gatekeeper" Ince Zangwill, unable to cause any negative impact on him.

“It’s perfect.”

Ince Zangwill sighed softly and was about to leave when a emerald green dagger silently stabbed into his back. Ince Zangwill's face turned pale and ugly.

He turned around.

Sharon, covered in blood like a ghost, grinned at him, but that smile was sadder than crying.

Ince Zangwill did not fall. A chilling wind howled around him, and spirits continued to float around him, imprisoning the exhausted and seriously injured Sharon.

The pure bone sword pierced Sharon's throat.

Ince Zangwill originally wanted to finish off the Nighthawks present one by one to vent his resentment towards the church.

But the unexpected back injury made his steps stagger. Ince Zangwill frowned and looked around. Seeing Klein lying on the ground, he didn't know whether he was awake or unconscious. His frown relaxed.

The evil spirit behind him floated away in his thoughts, passed through Klein's body, and killed this lucky man who had survived several times under his pen.

This behavior made him feel a little happier.

……

Raphael Cemetery.

Under the leadership of Dunn, Leonard, Xijia and other Tingen Night Watchmen bowed and saluted the three new graves.

Klein, Sharon, and Claire.

Looking at these black and white photos, unspeakable sadness filled Dunn's heart.

He knew that among these new graves, only Crane was buried here.

Sharon's body was transported to the Backlund Diocese for investigation due to doubts about her identity.

Because Claire's body was heavily contaminated, it was sealed in a holy coffin and transported to the Backlund Diocese.

These things made Dunn feel even more uncomfortable and guilty.

……

Backlund. The capital of the Kingdom of Loen.

This is the most prosperous city in the world.

It is also known as the "City of All Capitals", "Land of Hope" and "City of Dust".

Claire wakes up from the holy coffin.

She touched her chest blankly.

The beating of her heart made her think that the battle with Megose was a dream.

But that wasn't a dream.

"I'm alive……"

There is joy, reluctance, fear, grievance, and anger...

There is also happiness.

"I'm alive!"

Claire screamed.

The outpouring of true feelings relieved Claire's gloomy mood a lot.

Since I'm still alive, then the others... Sharon...

They should be alright, right?

Claire nervously opened the holy coffin and walked out of it.

Claire saw a woman standing next to the holy coffin.

The lady had very ordinary features and was wearing a simple linen gown with traces of patching.
But when inside the holy coffin, Claire's spirit did not sense the existence of this lady at all!
Even now, although she could clearly see the lady, Claire's spiritual perception made the place seem empty.

Even when she looked directly at this lady, all the emotions that had just lingered in Claire's heart suddenly disappeared, leaving her heart extremely peaceful and calm.

This discovery shocked Claire.

But the terror disappeared in the instant it emerged.

If this moment of terror had not been recorded in the "Memory Library," allowing Claire to rationally and clearly think that there was something wrong with this woman, anyone else would have simply trusted her calmly and unconditionally.

Seeing her walk out of the holy coffin, the woman smiled at her and whispered, "Claire, the Lord's Favored One."

Claire was not surprised that the other party addressed her like that. Although she still didn't know where this place was, the fact that she had been awakened from the Holy Coffin meant that she was still within the sphere of influence of the Church of Evernight.

Claire asked calmly, "Who are you?"

"Arianna, Servant of Secrets."

Claire's surprise was fleeting.

She had never heard of the "Servant of Secrets" before, but the name "Arianna" was a familiar one to Claire, who was well-versed in the scriptures.

The abbot of the Monastery of Night and the head of the thirteen archbishops!
Based on the mythical descriptions in those few words, Claire had suspected that the other party was a saint, or even an angel!
Claire was about to say something, but her eyes suddenly caught sight of a corpse lying not far away.

That is……

Sharon's body.

(End of this chapter)