[I have never forgotten what they did to my family, the abominable heresy, the belief in false gods that do not exist...I am back, and I want everything back from you!]
[I want revenge. I locked them in the basement and felt the pain I once felt...]
"Jaeger, investigate the basement."
Under Kiruit's command, Jaeger approached the basement.
[All heretics will bear the fire of my vengeance... just like they once imposed on my body. Revenge! Revenge! Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!]
The handwriting filled with revenge became increasingly scrawled until it was indistinguishable. On the back of the page, Lu Li found the last line of the message from the outsider.
[They are also victims, aren’t they...]
"There are still people alive!"
Jaeger's surprised shouts came from the basement to the ground.
The nun who was afraid to come in outside the door rushed into the basement in surprise. Lu Li confirmed that there was no more content in the note and that the outside believer was indeed dead. He picked up a bunch of keys that were obvious on the table beside him and followed him into the basement.
The cold, damp and rusty smell of blood filled the basement, and they saw the seven outlines of the simple torture instruments bound together.
Except for the dead believers, the remaining six believers are still alive, and two of them are seriously injured.
The outside cultists haven't had time to torture or wake up from their madness...
Yeager took the key and helped the nun rescue the believers of Yunjue Church.
"It's a coincidence if it happens once, but it's not necessarily a coincidence if it happens twice..."
Kiruait whispered at this time. Everything was arranged properly. The dead murderer, the notes recording the incident, the key to release the believers... It was difficult to tell whether this behavior was good or malicious.
On the surface, there is help for the Holy Light Team, but Lu Li has a special status and his good intentions are not complete. There may be some kind of conspiracy hidden.
At this moment, the hazy light shining from the ground into the basement suddenly dimmed, and a vague silhouette stood in front of the door, letting out a high-pitched scream.
"I caught you! Accept defeat and say goodbye to the light!"
The door closed heavily, shrouding the Holy Light Team and the believers in the basement into darkness and despair.
A few seconds later, the door opened a crack again, revealing a head.
"Hey, did I scare you?" Naxi, who stayed on the ground, said with a smile.
"Do you mind if I beat up the team members?" Kiruit said with an expressionless expression and took off his hand shield.
The result of this mission was quite satisfactory: the Holy Light team was not injured except for Naxi who was beaten; most of the missing believers were alive, and the outside believers who caused the incident paid the price with their lives.
It would be better if there was no fog shrouding the truth.
The imprisoned believers told the Holy Light Team that they did not recognize this heretic. Back in the church, a nun told them the truth.
A radical believer once appeared in Yunjue Church, and he turned into a murderer to sacrifice to the gods. The heretic who attacked this time may be the relative of the original victim.
The radical believer was eventually captured by the Knights' guards and sentenced to hanging. The poor believers who were tortured to death by outside believers and the Yunjue Church, which has since fallen into decline, became his scapegoats.
"Is there anyone else besides us to ask?" Naxi, who was bruised and swollen, asked vaguely.
He felt a little unjust, Kiruait and Jaeger were too harsh.
However, Kiruait and Yeager did not think so: whether Naxi was wronged or the attack was too severe.
Unfortunately, the Yunjue Church knew nothing about this, and no one except the Holy Light Team had contact with them.
…
"No matter what, we cannot ignore the conspiracy behind it."
In the lounge, Kiruait put on a loose nightgown and came to the fireplace. She had just finished taking a bath, and the movement of tilting her head and rubbing her wet hair made her become much softer.
"There is no need to hide yourself if you are showing kindness."
"But what's the point of doing this?" Naxi said vaguely.
"Don't move." Jaeger whispered as he applied the medicine.
"Maybe it's to attack us when we suddenly relax?" Kiruait turned his head to the other side, and his dried hair quickly became dry under the baking of the fireplace.
"Can we take on a difficult mission to lure out the being behind it?" Yeager took out the curse-removing potion and asked Naxi to apply the wound himself.
In the process of beating...or training Naxi, Yeager would inevitably impose a bit of a curse. Although it wouldn't hurt if he left it alone, it would hurt like a bee sting for a long time.
"What if you don't show up? We can't complete the mission." Kiluaite replied.
If the mission fails, you will be restricted from accepting missions for a week, and there will also be a penalty of deducting team points. This is to prevent the team from frequently taking on difficult-to-complete missions, and at the same time protect the people involved in the missions.
"We should...should tell the professor about this." Naxi gasped and asked doubtfully: "Why hasn't the curse been removed?"
"I also added some curses." Kiluaite said casually and looked at Lu Li.
"I will ask Professor Chris." Lu Li nodded lightly.
Summoning the merchant Anthony to arrive, Lu Li wrote down his two mission experiences and told them to Professor Chris.
[Sounds interesting, why not continue to accept the elves who help you? 】
"Because it might be a conspiracy." Lu Li wrote back.
[Is this the keenness of an exorcist... Then let’s bring it out. Give me some time, dear.]
Putting away Professor Chris's reply, Lu Li told his waiting teammates: "It will take a few days."
"Then let's take a rest these days." Kiruait said.
In the next few days, Lu Li seemed to have returned to the lower grade in the canopy area and no longer went out. He only wandered between the library, cafeteria, classrooms and lounges.
As if due to the celebrity effect, Lu Li's courses were attended by students one after another, which delayed the professors' lectures and forced them to close the classroom after class and prohibit entry.
Lu Li has not taken the Level 4 Occult Trial for the time being. Usually, the difficulty of Level 4 Trial is similar to the tasks they performed in Midnight City, except that it is a single player. It is not difficult for Lu Li to pass, but there is still a possibility of failure.
Kiruaite's advice is: Take the trial when you feel you can almost pass it. Even if you fail, you can start again after 15 days.
Lu Li accepted her suggestion and continued to accumulate knowledge until the existence behind the scenes was resolved before starting the level 4 trial.
Spend a few days peacefully in middle school life.
The shadow of Margaret's death has disappeared from the Holy Light Team. Only in the dead of night, the suppressed cry of Kiruait lying on Margaret's bed can be vaguely heard.
On the fourth day of calm, businessman Anthony brought news from Professor Chris: the spider web had been laid, and the being behind the scenes was waiting for him to fall into the trap.
A dark and lightless morning.
Lu Li and Kiruit went to the mission hall and followed the prompts to find the mission that Professor Chris asked him to choose.
