I'm a proper student; I only take nine kinds of potions every day.

Chapter 214 Factional Conflict, The Plan for the Descent of the Holy Son (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Thinking about this, Ivan felt somewhat invigorated.

"We already have the relevant knowledge in our minds; what we need next is materials and experiments."

"I've been dealing with people a lot lately. After this incident is over, I should deal with monsters more often and then further explore the old hunter's memories."

"I don't even know the functions of the organs in the bodies of various monsters, so what's the point of fusing them!"

"Finally, I can't give up my work at the medical school either."

"Gaining relevant surgical experience there will be crucial for future body modification."

After processing the relevant memories, Evan opened his eyes.

By this time, Golden had finished eating Ivan's secret-recipe cat food and was curled up on his lap like a cat pancake, emitting a low purring.

Ivan got up, took a shower, and then snuggled into bed with the gold in his arms.

"You chicken~!"

As the familiar groan of the trampoline echoed, Evan stared at the old ceiling plastered with newspapers.

"The collaboration between the Institute of Excellence and Byron appears to be quite deep."

"So, Byron's purpose in inviting me wasn't simply to feed me medicine, but to use me as a key or sacrifice to unlock some kind of ruin?"

"There shouldn't be such a place in the real-world Bolton City. I'm afraid we'll go directly to the Dreamland."

"The relics related to the Black Sun — holding the secrets of the sun and moon —"

"It seems this situation is quite complex. If we agree, we'll need to be very careful."

Lost in thought, Evan soon fell asleep.

Unbeknownst to him, Evan opened his eyes and found that the golden thing in his arms was still asleep.

Sunlight streamed in through the gaps in the old curtains, reflecting the dust in the air.

He then suddenly stood up and stretched comfortably.

"Hmm!? Something's not right!" Ivan's heart skipped a beat.

The familiar scream from the trampoline did not ring out.

Just then, the golden creature on the bed seemed to wake up. It lazily stretched its body, then suddenly leaped onto Evan's shoulder.

"A dream!?"

A cold glint flashed in Evan's eyes.

The moment the cat approached his head, it revealed its claws with incredible speed and stealth, aiming directly for Evan's throat.

Ivan was prepared and reacted very quickly. The moment his body turned to bronze, he punched the fake gold body.

boom!

This punch didn't feel like it hit a normal cat; it felt like it hit a hard rock.

Then Ivan saw the cat fly out, its body rapidly twisting and expanding.

Soon, it transformed into a ferocious figure covered in grayish-white rocky skin and possessing a pair of wings.

Gargoyle! !

"Oh? Quite a vigilant awareness!"

"I didn't expect you to be so ruthless, capable of harming such an important familiar of yours."

At this moment, the gargoyle stood about two meters away, its voice carrying a sense of composure and smugness.

Just as the gargoyle was speaking, Ivan saw the surrounding scenery gradually become blurry.

In a daze, the apartment disappeared, and the two stood amidst a pile of bones.

Out of the corner of his eye, Evan looked ahead along the skeleton and was shocked to find that the entire city of Bolton had vanished.

Everywhere you look, there are twisted skeletons and a large amount of dark, supernatural energy.

At the heart of all this, a colossal tower, hundreds of meters high, stands quietly.

At the top of this tower, a large mass of pale white ribs is constantly emitting a breathtaking heartbeat.

Ivan's gaze swept quickly around and landed on the grayish-white gargoyle.

"How dare you impersonate my cat! Take this punch!"

Then Evan let out a strange cry and his body slammed into the gargoyle at an extremely fast speed.

But the gargoyle was also incredibly fast. As soon as Ivan made his move, the gargoyle flapped its wings and glided backward more than ten meters with an incredibly slippery motion.

Then another fan flew into the air.

A smile appeared on his face, which was covered in rocky textures and had a ferocious appearance: "Just as the legends say, he's a brute!"

"But I must say, you have a really sharp mind!"

"So reckless, yet he was able to instantly predict that he was in a dream."

Seeing the other person's posture, Ivan raised an eyebrow: "What do you want?"

From the other party's attitude and tone of voice, Evan did not sense any hostility from them.

The gargoyle here slightly turned its head to look at the tower amidst the countless corpses.

"I'm not on the same page as Klaus and the others."

"To help you, a brute, understand more quickly, let me put it this way: Leto is like my son."

Upon hearing this, Evan immediately recalled that when he spoke with Gust, Gust had mentioned that there were many factions within the ghouls.

Among them, the Skeleton Restorationists are the most radical.

Thinking of this, Ivan relaxed his guard slightly: "How did you find me?"

The gargoyle, in a rather human-like manner, rubbed its forehead: "That ghoul amulet you took from Morales, hasn't it been sitting at home all this time?"

"You didn't authenticate this amulet, did you?"

It was only then that Evan remembered he still had this thing in his hand, something that would attract ghouls.

So he raised his hand, cleared his throat, and began to make things up: "You don't need to remind me of that."

"I'm just setting a trap for you, to figure out where you're from."

"Since you mentioned Morales and the amulet I have, that means you were the one who gave this amulet to Morales, right?"

The gargoyle landed back on the ground, its blood-red eyes scanning Ivan up and down with a look of confusion on its face.

"I'm a little confused about whether you're genuinely stupid or just pretending. Your reasoning skills are really sharp."

Then, without giving Ivan a chance to speak, it looked at the distant tower and said...

"Morales and this amulet are one aspect, but on the other hand, I can feel the blessings from the great true God upon you."

"I come from the Holy Son's Salvation Sect. You can call me Moloch."

"According to our doctrine, the Son of God should not have descended to earth in such a blasphemous and wretched manner!"

"The arrival of the Holy Son signifies the salvation of the world!"

"The entire ghoul race will be redeemed in the apocalypse!"

Upon hearing this, Ivan instantly understood: "So this means you don't want this holy child to be born?"

Moro nodded: "In the last decade, Klaus's appearance has brought many human ideas to the entire Skeleton Restoration faction."

"This completely contradicts the teachings of our original version of the Ghoul Tantric sect."

As it spoke, a hint of reverence appeared on its face: "The great, sinister god of bones is a gentle and benevolent deity."

"It has no hostility towards humans and is willing to provide them with sufficient assistance."

"The current practice of the Bone Revivalists, which uses human sacrifice to bring forth the true divine child, is a desecration of the sinister Bone God."

Moro clenched his claws, which were covering the rock: "We must stop this blasphemous ritual from succeeding."

Judging from Moro's posture, Evan roughly understood the guy's purpose and motives, and pondered it to himself.

"That's normal, after all, the internal struggles of faith among these fanatics are often more direct and insane than many blood feuds."

Ivan then looked up and asked, "So, how do you plan to collaborate?"

Moro calmed his angry tone and said, "I can roughly guess some of their plans."

"But you humans are not united. Through some channels, I discovered that you have a close relationship with Dr. Armitage of the Realm of Truth."

"Since you have gained Dr. Armitage's approval, it means that you are trustworthy in terms of your ability to protect civilians."

"Klaus and his team's plan this time was quite complex and complicated because they didn't trust each other and had laid out numerous backup plans to prevent betrayal."

"This could give us a good opportunity."

"Next, the main battlefield of the ritual will be the dream rift that the Holy Spirit Black Goat helped them open."

"The main battlefield for the sacrifice is on the edge of the dream realm, in the subconscious dreams of humanity, and the time is very likely tonight."

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Upon hearing this, Ivan immediately became somewhat anxious: "Will the entire ceremony cause widespread casualties?"

Moro nodded: "Yes, but these casualties aren't the kind that cause damage to the city."

"After the ceremony begins, a large number of people will be enveloped in this dreamlike world."

"Their situation is the same as Morales's before; their souls enter this area and become sacrifices, dying forever in the dream."

"Furthermore, since the Dream Realm is isolated from the material world, the auxiliary methods of you extraordinary beings cannot be used within the Dream Realm."

"For example, the potions that you witchers are so proud of, and all sorts of related magical artifacts."

"The only things you can bring into this area are the extraordinary spiritual qualities within your bodies."

After a moment's thought, Ivan nodded: "We know the location. What are their plans?"

Moro stated quite directly, "The entire ritual is divided into three stages, with a total of nine key points."

"Each key point of the array is a sanctuary, where a great deal of spiritual energy gathers."

"You can regard the spirituality within these nine sanctuaries as the nourishment needed for the birth of the Son of God."

Ivan immediately thought of the statue he had destroyed before, and thought to himself, "Damn! It really was a baby bottle!"

Moro, unaware of Ivan's thoughts, continued explaining: "The first stage involves injecting these nutrients into the core magic circle."

"If you can destroy at least five of the sanctuaries during this process, you can completely stop the ritual from taking place in the first phase."

"If the first phase of prevention fails, the ritual will proceed directly to the second phase."

As he spoke, Moro looked at the tall tower in the distance: "That is the core of the entire ceremony."

"After the infusion of nutrients is complete, the Holy Son will be liberated from his status at the top of the tower and come to the ground."

"This process is extremely dangerous. Sap, Klaus, and the others each need to take large amounts of special potions to draw enough divinity from the Holy Son's body."

"This will not only further strengthen their status, but also ensure that they are treated as one of their own by the Holy Son after his awakening."

"At this stage, you can choose to prevent them from taking the potion, but remember, never let the Holy Son awaken prematurely!"

"Otherwise, the shockwave generated by the awakening of the Holy Son in this interlayered dream would be enough to destroy half of Bolton City."

Ivan's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, and he nodded solemnly: "What about the third stage?"

Moro continued, "The core of this entire ceremony lies with Sap."

"He has now transformed the entire estate into a vast ceremonial domain."

"He needs to use this ritual to break free from the shackles of gold, to master its power, and to gain an infinite lifespan."

"Just like the contract your ancestors signed back then."

At this point, a serious warning appeared on Moro's ferocious face: "Be careful of Sap, he has recently retracted all his domains back into his body."

"Based on my understanding of him, he must have an extremely destructive ultimate weapon in his possession."

"Now that the ritual has come to this point, if you want to thwart their plot, you have two methods you can use."

"The first method is to defeat Sap head-on, and then send the still-unawakened Holy Son back to the tower."

"The second possibility is to lift Sap's suppression of the Holy Son and awaken him."

"In that case, during the transformation process, Sap would be subjected to the gaze of the Holy Son, and he would collapse on his own."

Ivan interrupted, asking, "After the third-stage Holy Son awakens, won't there be any risks?"

Moro said, "There will be risks, but we can enter the game during this process."

"I will bring a special priest to appease the Holy Son, and then send him back to the Ghoul King's embrace."

Upon hearing this, Evan's intuition immediately told him that all that buildup was likely just for this one sentence.

Seeing that Ivan was deep in thought and did not answer, Moro continued, "Of course, you can also take advantage of their internal discord during this process."

"Sap and Klaus have been secretly plotting against each other, and the Witch of Misfortune who has always stood by Sap's side seems to have other ideas as well."

"In addition, there will be some organizations that will naturally side with you."

Ivan was taken aback: "Naturally on our side?"

Moro nodded: "The world is vast, and there are many cults lurking in the shadows of this city."

"For this ceremony, Sap and Klaus joined forces with the Institute of Excellence, the Holy Spirit Black Goat, and the Hand of the Father."

"And these three organizations naturally also have hostile factions that harbor a great deal of hatred towards them."

"According to my investigation, the Green Flame Brotherhood, who have always regarded the Institute of Excellence as traitors, have quietly arrived in Bolton City."

"The Knights of the Sun, who have long considered it their mission to eliminate the Holy Spirit Black Goat, have now taken the initiative to cooperate."

"Inspector Black in the action team is one of them."

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