Chapter 562: If your life is bad, don't engage in a cult
Although Hao Ren was very curious about Yzaks's "soul interrogation" process, out of the perspective of protecting his three views, he did not dare to follow him to watch the excitement. Instead, he went with others to Betsy's house to see off the elves while receiving them. He obtained some information about the Returned Sect. ≥ Ding ≥ Dian ≥ Xiao ≥ said that after he led the others back to the royal city, the interrogation process had just ended.
With Ofra leading the way, everyone went directly to the cathedral and met the Pope and several bishops in a simple but very spacious room. The Pope's spirit still seemed a little weak. The assassination incident that happened today had a great impact on him. It was still a big burden, but after all, with the support of divine magic, he recovered quickly. And Mr. Yzaks and his wife were also standing in the room, and it seemed that the "work" was completed.
When the little girl Elizabeth saw Hao Ren, she immediately rushed up to say hello: "Uncle Ren! It's done! The Rune of Pain is so easy to use!"
Hao Ren patted the delicate little horn on the little girl's head - after a period of contact, he knew that this little devil liked others to touch her horn, which was a sign of intimacy - and then looked up at Yzaks: "Lao Wang, is it really okay for you to let your daughter learn these things?"
Yzaks also nodded in agreement: "It is indeed a bit late to learn the Soul Extraction Technique and the Pain Rune at this age. But after all, this child has impure blood, so he should learn demonic magic later than demons of the same age."
Hao Ren: "...That's not what I meant. Forget it, I can't figure out the worldview issues with you two. What did you ask?"
"The monster is a 'Fusion Corpse'. The Returning Sect used a kind of 'divine magic' they call 'God-given power' to create it. It is somewhat similar to undead magic. But what is created is a living thing, and it is not They are afraid of all kinds of sacred powers. So I suspect that the Returning Sect really has some knowledge related to divine magic, but it is just used in a wrong way by them."
Isaacs sat on the wide-backed chair next to him as he spoke: "In addition, the Returning Sect does not know the true situation of the banquet held in the palace today. The Glory Sect has carefully kept the secrets about the eldest son and the foreigners from the beginning. .And they deliberately guided the publicity to the outside world, and also released false information to some suspicious people, so the Returning Sect mistakenly thought that today's imperial city feast was just an ordinary noble banquet. Their assassination plan had been planned for more than two months, and they had even infiltrated Some of the royal guards and high-ranking monks chose to take action today because the king and the pope were both present, and some of the soldiers on duty in the imperial city happened to be under their control. More importantly, they had obtained some kind of The artifact'—it's the scroll. But they were unlucky and didn't realize that the banquet was actually to entertain a bunch of alien supermen. It failed in such a confused way."
When Lily heard this, she felt that she had made a great contribution, and she wagged her tail happily: "So I'm pretty good, right?"
"Okay, okay, you're awesome, you're awesome," Hao Ren pressed Lily's head to stop her from jumping, "How about you recall that sour taste again?"
Before Lily could say anything, Vivian hit Hao Ren hard on the back: "You took advantage of the meal to take revenge on society, right?"
Ofra's expression was extremely serious: "The royal guards and high-ranking monks have been infiltrated? How could those cultists do this?"
"Because they are good at controlling spiritual power," Yzaks replied, "They have obtained many evil spells from an evil god. These cultists are very patient and did not sit still and wait for death when you were pressing them step by step."
"The evil god should be the 'Voice of Dominance'," Hao Ren immediately thought of the information he just learned today. "Then what? Have you dug out the list of infiltrated personnel from that monster's soul?"
An archbishop in white robes next to him shook his head: "There is no list. The monster is just an assassin. He doesn't know anything too detailed. And even if there is a list, it is useless. After the assassination, we went to track down the guards on duty. But we found that
Many guards have disappeared. We found the bodies of some guards near the outer wall of the palace. It seems that the death posture was suicide, but it is possible that they were forced to commit suicide while under mind control. The fate of other missing soldiers should be similar.
Those heretics have the power to control people's hearts, which makes every one of their actions watertight. There is almost no problem of being caught alive and leaking secrets or having poor communication - except this time, we successfully tortured the souls of the heretics."
Hao Ren touched his chin: "In other words...are all the infiltrated personnel dead?"
The Pope sighed: "Not a single one was caught."
At this time, Lily suddenly interrupted: "But how do you know that there are no controlled people among the remaining guards?"
Hao Ren didn't react at once: "Didn't all the mind-controlled guards run away?"
"Let some of the abandoned ones run out to attract your attention. Pretend that everyone has evacuated after the incident was exposed, so that the remaining guards will naturally not have many suspicions. At most, it will be a routine check," Lily shook her head gently, "But
God knows how many of the remaining guards are under control."
Vivian immediately looked at this Erha in surprise: "Okay, big dog, I didn't expect you to have such a scheming mind?"
Lily hugged her arms and shook her tail vigorously: "Nonsense, I have a background in writing novels anyway, so there is still some logic in this. And what do you think those spies did when the country was in chaos and fighting? I've seen a lot! I
Let me tell you, those guys from the Central Command and the Military Command back then..."
Hao Ren quickly pressed Lily's mouth: "Don't talk about things that have nothing to do with the topic... don't bite my hand!"
"In short, all soldiers and church monks must be investigated," Ofra put her hand on the hilt of her sword and said in a deep voice, "The situation is far from being as good as we thought. But fortunately this time, all the problems were exposed, otherwise it would be like this again
I'm afraid something big will happen if it continues to develop."
"Have you found the lair of those cultists?" Hao Ren waved his fingers and looked at Yzaks.
"Everyone ran away," Yzaks shrugged. "They have a spiritual connection."
Vivian then asked: "What about the information about that scroll? Where did the scroll come from? Who sent it? What was it originally used for?"
"This is quite interesting," Yzaks laughed. "In the soul memory of the fused corpse, the scroll comes from 'outside the sky'. It was brought by a 'great' creature from the goddess and handed over to the Returning Sect. They
Call that great creature the voice of something..."
Hao Ren reminded: "It's the voice of the Lord."
Yzaks patted his bald head and said: "Oh, yes, the voice of the master, I just said that it is definitely not the voice of the campus... By the way, you also know that?"
"It seems to be similar to what I guessed," Hao Ren chuckled, "A giant brain has come to this planet, and it has the ability to bring things from its hometown. But it must not be easy, so I returned to the sect.
So far, we have only obtained one scroll, and the peripheral sects can only stir up the atmosphere by summoning the descending clone of the giant brain."
At this point, he raised his head and glanced at the Pope and Ofra: "I speak more directly - can you handle this matter yourself?"
"This is the responsibility that the people of the goddess should bear," the pope nodded slightly, "just let us handle these ourselves."
"Then I have to say goodbye and leave," Hao Ren stood up. "After all, I have to deal with something more troublesome than a group of cultists - those two knots of steel wire balls dug out from your planet.
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After leaving the cathedral, the group of people will go to Tanagus through the portal in the basement of Betsy's house. The whole basement is filled with the aroma of wine: this is because the group of elves accidentally knocked over a small wine rack when they came over. The servants
Miss Bing looked at the treasures in the wine cellar with a worried face: "I have to have someone dig another wine cellar nearby. It's too unreliable to put the treasures at the exit."
"It's better that you keep an eye on things here," Hao Ren told Betsy before leaving, "You are also a noble now and can directly participate in many things. If there is any progress in the investigation of heretics here, remember to inform me as soon as possible
.In addition, Big Beard will stay here. You two will take care of each other. Safety comes first. If you really can’t beat him, just give up..."
Betsy nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, I'm good at this."
Hao Ren: "..."
(I need to go out to do errands tomorrow, and I don’t know how long I will be busy, so I asked for leave in advance. I can’t do anything at noon, but it shouldn’t be delayed at night. Well, that’s the theory.) (To be continued, please search for Piaotian Literature and novel updates.