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He Ao calmly gazed at the woman's face. "After the Federation was established, the wizards' organizations were disbanded, and no wizards use the Eye of Truth pattern anymore."

"Some of the original wizards became followers of the god of knowledge, some entered universities, and some disappeared from the records."

"And some wizards who manipulate death, with the Eye of Truth, worship another god."

Five thousand words... Ah, I give up. It's impossible to finish a story quickly while keeping it complete, unless I can write 10,000 words a day.

Hmm... I'll try to write more. An old classmate suddenly came back today, which delayed me a bit.

Chapter 388 Ritual Array (Two chapters combined into one, please subscribe and add to your favorites)

"grim Reaper"

The moment He Ao's voice fell, a dark figure darted out from his right side.

Immediately afterwards, a plump, long thigh covered in black stockings slapped towards He Ao's forehead.

This was a whip kick.

A flash of red sword light streaked past, colliding with the whip-like leg in the sky. He Ao crouched down, his knees slightly bent, and orange light appeared on the surface of his long, slender thighs, blocking the red sword light before shattering instantly.

This shadowy figure was also a C-rank, and this was the first time He Ao had encountered a talent sequence that could go toe-to-toe with a 'warrior' in terms of strength.

The dark figure suddenly retreated and landed in the middle of the triangular pattern not far away.

Her skirt fell down, covering the delicate, voluptuous part between the top of her black stockings and her short skirt.

This person was none other than Ilya's maid.

Shila-

With a very slight sound, the taut stockings on the maid's thigh, where the sword light had just collided with his, suddenly tore open, revealing her snow-white skin underneath.

Then the skin instantly split open, revealing a thin, long wound from which blood glowing orange oozed.

He Ao didn't look at the scene, but instead raised his hand to look at the bracelet.

"As large numbers of refugees entered the Southern District, robberies and thefts became increasingly frequent... Ah! Just now, the mining consortium's mercenary group started firing in the streets... City defense forces, where are the city defense forces?!"

The wristband is broadcasting the current live news.

"Damn Mining Consortium, I've had my eye on you for ages!!!"

"Brothers, get them! We'll either kill them or we'll die! Fire! Fire!"

Then came the sound of the host fleeing in panic, followed by chaotic gunfire.

Chaos has started to break out in the southern district as well.

The South District was the last area in Rock City that still maintained a certain level of order. The chaos in the South District meant that the disorder had completely spread to the entire city.

In the Federation, the god of chaos is the one who loves chaos the most, and the followers of the god of chaos also like to create chaos everywhere.

Besides the God of Chaos, there is another evil god who also loves chaos: the God of Death.

Unlike the God of Chaos, who loves chaos itself, the God of Death loves the despair and death that chaos brings.

The more desperate people there are, the more deaths may occur, and the more this evil god can be pleased.

Therefore, followers of the god of chaos often like to cause riots in a region at a low cost, then move on to another location after each incident. The more chaos they create, the more they please their god, and this kind of chaos is easy to quell.

Followers of death, on the other hand, prefer to meticulously plan a scheme to incite large-scale killings and deaths.

The best time for death to descend is when there is a large number of deaths; the souls of those who have just died are the best sacrifices offered to death.

The followers of Death were active at the end of the Great Cataclysm and during the chaotic period when the Federation was first established.

That was the heyday of the Grim Reaper faith. Numerous cities and settlements were established, and followers of the Grim Reaper roamed between these cities and settlements, stirring up conflicts and causing killings and deaths.

Finally, they sacrificed the entire settlement to Death in exchange for promotion or a blessing.

The reputation of Death followers also

Therefore, it was even worse than the God of Chaos. After the Federation was established, it began a large-scale arrest and persecution of the God of Chaos's followers.

Since then, the followers of Death have not left any active records for a long time.

If Dawn City hadn't been established so long ago and hadn't preserved so many records from the end of the Great Cataclysm and the early days of the Federation, Christos wouldn't have been able to find such detailed information for Heo.

Data shows that the Church of Death possesses the power to incite extreme emotions, driving those within its influence toward madness.

Right now it's just chaos, but that chaos will soon be lured into slaughter, and that will be the moment when death descends.

He Ao's gaze swept over the huge pattern flowing with bright red liquid.

Actually, there are two types of Eye of Truth patterns.

A common motif used by wizards, featuring eyes that are closed within a triangle.

Truth gazes upon all its followers, yet the followers can never see that eye.

An inverted triangle inlaid with closed eyes, in occult terms, represents 'the unattainable truth' or 'the truth is forever on the path of exploration'.

If this eye opens, it means that 'the truth has been found'.

This symbol is generally used only by extremely arrogant wizards; other wizards consider it 'blasphemy' to use it rashly.

Death used this pattern directly as the magic circle for his ritual.

Although the other party was a great being, the wizards still thought Death was an arrogant madman.

After the disappearance of the wizarding organization, a group of wizards became the core force of the Church of the God of Knowledge. As a result, the Church of the God of Knowledge inherited some of the wizards' views and has been at odds with the Church of Death for a long time.

Ilyan's maid did not launch another attack; she retreated behind Ilyan.

The beautiful woman, her eyes veiled by a light gauze, reached out and covered the wound on the maid's thigh.

With a burst of purple light, the bleeding from the wound gradually stopped.

That whip kick was just a test, a test of He's strength.

After stopping the maid's bleeding, Ilya looked at Hoo.

"You don't seem curious about seeing me? How did you guess that?"

The gentle, motherly voice rang in He Ao's ears, gradually easing his initial nervousness.

He stiffened, but showed no surprise. He glanced at the ritual array on the ground, and mobilized his divine sense, changing his entire field of vision.

A series of purple circuits flowing through the sky appeared in his field of vision. One end of these circuits connected to the Eye of Truth ritual array in front of He Ao, and the other end extended beyond the wall, spreading out in all directions.

At the same time, he looked at Ilya and chuckled, "There was an element of luck involved."

In fact, the old foreman gave He Ao two hints: one was on the night he gave He Ao the pickaxe, and the other was actually during their first meeting.

On the night He Ao first met the old foreman, after chatting with him, the foreman told him the location of the restroom and added, "You can walk around the church freely; God loves the world, but please keep quiet."

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It was this sentence and the attraction he felt afterward that led Heo to the door of the underground library, where he saw the pattern of the Eye of Truth and Ilya.

The key point is in the sentence "Please keep quiet".

Ilya is blind, but her hearing seems to be very sharp, allowing her to quickly pinpoint the location of others by the slightest sound.

Therefore, He Ao had to walk very, very lightly, and in fact, He Ao did just that, which is why he was able to successfully evade part of Ilya's senses, find the mechanism, and open the door to the underground library.

However, the old foreman probably didn't intend to give Heo any special hints. He may have discovered the underground library, but he couldn't bypass Ilya's senses to enter it, so he let Heo wander around.

The chaotic sounds of footsteps affected Ilya, like the boy who cried wolf, and ultimately dulled her senses.

For the old foreman, this was a long-term task. He may have not only approached Heo, but also others, and had even been working for some time to reduce Ilya's sensitivity.

However, he did not expect that Heo, as a 'warrior', had extremely strong control over his body. His footsteps were so light that he entered the chapel before Ilya could sense him, found the cross, and unlocked the mechanism of the cross.

According to the schedule of Ilyan's ritual, if it weren't for Heo, Ilyan would most likely have completed the ritual before the old foreman could completely lull her into a false sense of security using this "crying wolf" method.

This may also be why Ilya was not on guard against this 'trick'.

In short, in game terms, Heo completed a highly difficult 'hidden quest' and obtained a key clue to the entire main quest the first time he entered the church map.

His first meeting with Ilya was unpleasant, so Heo was always wary of her.

Ilya was probably surprised and bewildered at the time.

Because of this precaution, when Ilyan advised Heo not to read too many books about gods, he did not demonstrate his resistance to contamination, but instead complied with Ilyan's advice.

If he had demonstrated his ability to resist pollution, the bookshelf barrier wouldn't have been broken so easily.

However, Heo rationally demonstrated a cooperative attitude at the time and did not explore further. Ilya also needed to make use of the miners' mutual aid society, so she did not directly take action against him.

If he were any more irritable, Ilya might seize the opportunity and risk everything to kill him, the 'secret discoverer'.

As he was leaving, Heo asked Ilya if anyone else knew about the underground library.

Ilya's answer was that the old foreman didn't know.

However, He'ao already vaguely sensed that the old foreman knew something, which proved that there was some kind of rift between Ilya and the old foreman.

However, at that time, Heo did not particularly suspect Ilya Ann. He simply assumed that she and the miners' mutual aid association had no real feelings for each other, and that their relationship was based on mutual interests and mutual distrust.

What truly made him wary was when he was looking at the mayor's information.

He found that the mayor's demeanor before and after was completely different.

It's different. When the mayor first started his speech, his naturally upright posture with his shoulders relaxed seemed somewhat out of place with his overall demeanor, and he didn't repeat that gesture afterward.

Ordinary people might think it's normal; it's not uncommon for someone to suddenly start studying hard and changing themselves.

However, after experiencing several dungeons, different character lives, and having a puppet in the main world, He Ao immediately realized that the mayor might no longer be the same 'mayor'.

From that moment on, he began to doubt the mayor's identity.

He had used the puppet crystal ball and knew that the power to control others existed in this world.

That unusual sitting posture was a natural reaction to the unfamiliar body he was in when he first took over, and he naturally displayed his original habitual movements.

At that time, He Ao felt that the sitting posture looked familiar, but he had too few clues.

Ilya had processed all the intelligence almost perfectly. She also discovered a small loophole that had been unintentionally exposed during the initial mayoral election, so she began to consciously block all information related to the mayoral election.

He Ao's doubts persisted until the old foreman was attacked. The old foreman did something that was clearly out of character for him, and then he was attacked. Almost instantly, He Ao thought of the person behind the 'manipulation' of the mayor.

The other party can also control the old foreman.