Agatha took out the report letter - it looked like it was written on the most common letter paper, with an envelope produced by a small local factory in Hanshuang. Even the ink was obviously ordinary.
It was given to her from Cemetery No. 3. To be honest, if she hadn't known that the old guard would not make such a joke with her, Agatha would never have believed that this thing actually came from an indescribable superior supernatural being.
.
She couldn't even sense any supernatural power from this letter - but after doing a few simple tests, she had confirmed that this thing was indeed made by the superior supernatural hand.
There was a sound of clothes rubbing together in the dark coffin, and the thick coffin lid finally slowly opened. Along with a strange smell of incense, a mummy-like body wrapped in bandages slowly rose from inside.
This is Ivan, the bishop of the Frost City State - he lost his complete body due to an accident many years ago, but Bartok's power has allowed his life to continue to this day. Most of the time, he has to stay in
The "coffin" in the Meditation Church will only appear in the public eye when major sacraments are held, but even so, he is still the most popular and trusted bishop in the history of Frost.
This bishop's achievements and profound knowledge in the supernatural field are beyond doubt.
He sat up in the coffin and took the "report letter" handed over by Agatha. His only left eye exposed outside the bandage stared at the letter for a long time, and the whole person was silent for a long time.
Agatha couldn't help but break the silence: "You..."
The well-informed and knowledgeable archbishop said in a sullen voice: "I'll take my time."
Agatha waited for a while and then asked: "Have you recovered?"
"...Are you sure this is it?" Bishop Ivan raised his head, with confusion in his slightly yellow eyes, "Have you ever..."
"It does look ordinary - but when I tried to observe the words on the letter through the perspective of the spiritual world, I lost my memory for fifteen minutes on the spot," Agatha knew what the bishop wanted to say, her expression was serious
He nodded, "It is entangled with power that is unimaginable to ordinary people. This simple appearance...maybe just the unique taste of the visitor."
Bishop Ivan was silent for a moment, seemingly still calming down, and then slowly spoke: "The content mentioned in this letter... is disturbing. You have already seen the 'Petrel', and if what is said in the letter is true,
, the Haiyan is just the beginning, and even the loss of control on Dagger Island is just the beginning... Whether it's the cultists in the city or the pollution caused by the 'elements', whether it's the return of the 'Petrel' or the anomalies on Dagger Island, everything
They all point to the deep sea and the abyss plan half a century ago."
"I have issued a warning to the city hall and applied for access to the secret files that have been sealed for half a century. I will also go to the church library later. In addition, I have arranged personnel to step up the search throughout the city to arrest those who have been hiding.
There are hidden cultists," Agatha said, "But that's not enough. We at least need to confirm what's going on on Dagger Island - the bigger source of pollution seems to be on that island."
Bishop Ivan thought for a moment and sighed softly: "If everything points to the Qianyuan Plan... the sea fog fleet appearing near Hanshuang at this moment seems to be explainable."
"...Do you think that all of this was part of the Frost Queen's plan back then?" Agatha frowned, "It was because of what orders she left to the 'Vice Admiral of Steel' that the Sea Mist Fleet was launched.
Will it appear today?"
"I'm not sure," Bishop Ivan shook his head, and then suddenly looked up into Agatha's eyes, "Agatha, in your mind, what is the image of the Frost Queen?"
Agatha hesitated for a moment and said while thinking: "A once great ruler was infected and bewitched by the power in the deep sea after a short glorious reign, and fell into a dangerous 'mad king' because she
Acting on her own will, Hanshuang has established a connection with the horrors in the deep sea. Even after half a century, her terrible plan still needs to be completely sealed and prohibited from being known to any ordinary people - her life is both tragic and dangerous."
"A very standard answer - as a younger generation, and with sufficient access to some materials from half a century ago, your overall conclusion is quite accurate." Bishop Ivan nodded, but then changed the subject, "But you
I haven’t really experienced that.”
Agatha didn't speak, she just looked at the archbishop in front of her quietly.
"I have experienced it - that year, I was twenty-six years old, and I was still an ordinary bishop in a small church in the dock area. Do you know? That small church is next to the test site of the Qianyuan Project. I even gave
Some soldiers and officers held blessing ceremonies, but I later learned that those soldiers and officers came to the church to receive blessings because they wanted to come into contact with the 'submersible'."
Bishop Ivan spoke slowly, his voice was low and slow, as if a tributary was trickling from the river of memories. Those long-standing things that cannot be told to ordinary people were narrated bit by bit from under the overlapping bandages.
out.
"After the rebels captured the palace, most of the information about the Qianyuan Project was sealed. Coupled with the panic effect caused by the sea cliff collapse incident that occurred at the beheading site, the relevant information about the Qianyuan Project was even destroyed.
7788, so even if you are a "gatekeeper" with authority, the information you have access to is actually only the most superficial part of it - if I tell you now, in fact, the Frost Queen was before the city-state guard launched the attack.
She came to that chapel one night and asked me to hold a funeral ceremony for her... What do you think?"
Agatha's eyes suddenly widened.
"She was called the 'Mad King' - indeed, her behavior in the last few months was really no different from 'crazy', even though the whole plan was completely out of control and people were missing, dying and going crazy every day.
Advance the project, even close the palace, confine the ministers who were willing to speak out in the end, order the military police to block the port, and arrest those who want to escape the frost... With these actions first, the rebel army behind will follow naturally, and she is destined not to
Maybe he will die a good death in his position as queen...
"But even so, I don't think she has ever been 'crazy' at all... She is very sober, even..."
Bishop Ivan stopped suddenly. It seemed that recalling those long-ago events overwhelmed his mind. He might also be looking for suitable words to describe the weirdness he felt back then. After a few seconds, he finally spoke.
He continued: "In fact, it's like he is the only sober person in the entire city-state."
Agatha leaned forward unknowingly: "Why do you say that?"
"She walked into the church without any entourage, her eyes were clear, as if she had already understood her destiny. She came to Bartok's icon, lit incense for herself, and then came over and patted me on the shoulder——
like this."
Bishop Ivan raised his arms, as if recreating the scene half a century ago.
"She patted me and said: 'Wake up, you are the only one in the whole city who still has your eyes open - come and do something for me, I am going to die.'"
Agatha felt that her breathing was suddenly not smooth, as if her breathing was suspended while she was half asleep and half awake. Then the next moment, she couldn't help but put her hand on her forehead. She felt her heart pounding. She didn't know what to do.
What kind of reaction, after a few seconds of silence, I can only ask my most direct confusion: "You are the only one in the whole city who still has your eyes open... What does this sentence mean?"
"I haven't fully figured it out yet," Bishop Ivan sighed, his voice muffled under the bandage. "She asked me to wake up - but I stayed awake, and after that, she also
He didn’t explain anything to me, he just told me to follow the order... She lay on the morgue like a deceased person, and then... I held a funeral ceremony for her."
"How can a living person perform a spirit-sending ceremony?" Agatha stared in disbelief, "Your ceremony...is it really completed?"
"Of course a living person cannot hold a funeral ceremony - I just followed her instructions and completed the entire process. Of course, nothing happened after the ceremony." Bishop Ivan shook his head, "I think the ceremony is meaningless.
, but the Frost Queen seemed to have achieved her goal, and she left just like that. Before she left, she told me something..."
"one thing?"
"She asked me not to tell anyone about what happened that night, otherwise the rebels would definitely kill me. When she said this, there were still twenty-four days before the first city-state guard attacked the arsenal.
Hour."
Agatha fell silent, and after an unknown amount of time, she finally spoke in a low voice: "You never told me this..."
"I never told anyone," Bishop Ivan said lightly, "I was just a young bishop at that time."
"But you later became the city-state bishop, and no one can judge you for your 'involvement' back then. This secret..."
"I intend to take this secret to the grave, why do I want to tell it?" Bishop Ivan raised his head and stared at Agatha's eyes with his cloudy and yellow left eye. "I know this matter is not trivial - Queen
He has long been aware of the actions of the rebels, and even accepted his own death happily. This fact can shock many people... but apart from its own shock, it has no meaning. The Qianyuan Project will still be blocked, and the stable order of the city-state will be maintained.
It is the most important thing to the vast majority of citizens. No one cares about what a queen who has been executed thought and did in the end, and there is a more important reason..."
Bishop Ivan paused for a moment and breathed out softly.
"A more important reason - the Qianyuan Project is over, the Queen's Era is over, everything has settled, at least...that's what I have been thinking for the past fifty years."