Chapter 184: Initial Movement (Please Subscribe)

Church relief station.

Nicholas picked up a paper bag containing bread, carrots, and jam, and handed it to the poor people waiting in line.

For many, the church's relief was the guarantee that they would not starve to death.

"The teacher's teacher is coming soon..." Nicholas thought about other things absent-mindedly while distributing the relief supplies.

"Actually, I don't need a ritual to help; I have already completely digested the influence of the 'Illuminator' and can continue to ascend to 'Child of Light'... But how could I say such a thing?"

"I could take this opportunity to ask the mentor for information on the subsequent promotion to 'Child of Light'... I remember the teacher mentioning that the Third Primordial Substance profession of the pure 'Luminance' path is called 'Craftsman', which possesses the ability to create temporary Magical Items and provides a huge bonus to strength... And the Fourth Primordial Substance is called—'Mechanical Mentor'!"

Nicholas felt that there were still many secrets within the Sunset School, but as he was only a peripheral member, not even considered middle-tier, his knowledge was limited.

"What I am worried about is another aspect; the symbol of the Green Banyan Tree is too conspicuous and will likely attract a large number of evil cultists and ancient Cults... Once we enter the Lingmu to explore, the peripheral agents will likely be unable to stop them." Fiona said in a pleasant voice: "I am afraid the time has come to mobilize the local garrison."

Sasuluofei smiled: "I will go alone, nothing will happen... Gwen, you must go into hiding immediately and pass the news to the school! It is a pity... this time the school does not value this place and did not send more people; I fear I will not be able to compete with the Lotus Eater Society... I hope the Investigation Bureau does not get involved."

Xisituosi stood under the Green Banyan Tree, muttering something incessantly:

"Thousands of roots surge from the underground, the earth is overturned by a giant plow, people's flesh and blood turn to mud, becoming the Offering for the Green Banyan Tree Grandmother..."

Kasuluo was quite open-minded; in any case, he was not a local, so he did not value local interests, but instead looked at the dried corpses hanging on the Green Banyan Tree with great interest.

"These are just barely making up for it; if they are photographed or published in newspapers by reporters... perhaps the Mysterious world we have always tried to hide will be exposed to the public."

Nicholas was determined to walk the pure 'Luminance' path, but he felt that this path, which represented brilliance, became somewhat strange further on.

Nicholas answered reflexively, then suddenly felt something was wrong!

Yagebu was somewhat annoyed: "With such an obvious sign, the intelligence will spread quickly... We will get the news sooner or later; that leaker even traded it for a museum!"

Nicholas was moved, but he also knew that his current situation was likely extremely dangerous.

Fiona arrived with the latest intelligence and said in a deep voice.

When Yagebu arrived at the scene with the elite agents of the Investigation Bureau, this was the scene he saw.

This scene had long since attracted the attention of many surrounding farmers.

This vagrant was in his thirties, with azure eyes; he was the God's Messenger 'Yasuo' he had seen before!

During the contact, he felt a note being shoved into his hand.

A large portion of them were wearing robes with black-bottomed lotus patterns, which at a glance were evil cultists belonging to the Lotus Eater Society.

Just as he was distracted, a vagrant came before him, took the relief supplies, and said gratefully: "May the Holy Spirit bless you!"

"Green Devil—Aaron Sotos?!"

Taking advantage of the shift change with the nun, Nicholas looked at the back of Mr. Yasuo as he left, unfolded the note and scanned it hurriedly, his expression changing repeatedly.

"May the Holy Spirit bless every believer."

"These dangerous elements, in the name of land reclamation, occupied this place early on to conduct excavations?"

Sasuluofei, who was preparing to act nearby, was startled upon hearing this, feeling a sudden realization: "Yes... it connects with some previous clues... The Lotus Eater Society? They adopted surveillance methods because they didn't want to make a big deal out of it; after all, if they killed everyone attending the gathering at once, even a blind man could see there was a problem."

If combined with cannons, even a Non-human Existence would not dare to launch a frontal assault!

Yagebu hesitated for a moment and looked at Xisituosi.

Gwen suddenly felt a mirror on her body tremble; after taking it out and discovering the text on it, her eyes bulged and she jumped up: "The ones tracking Nicholas are from the Lotus Eater Society... They have already discovered the Lingmu of the Green Forest Earl Aaron Sotos in the suburbs and are secretly excavating it... The reason they were monitoring that gathering was because they were afraid the news would leak?"

"This is the prayer used by the Ancient Green Forest People when sacrificing to the Foreign God—【Green Banyan Tree Grandmother】." Fiona said.

Sotos Ruins.

The huge Green Banyan Tree was verdant and dripping in the sunlight, with aerial roots from the branches suspending shriveled corpses, swaying in the breeze.

'Mr. Yasuo wants me to do this... to use the news of the Green Forest Earl's mausoleum location to draw all the attention away from me... Is the Invisible Cult too good to its Formal Members? For the sake of my safety, they are willing to leak such important classified information?'

At this time, the army was generally equipped with rifles, which posed a great threat to Low-rank Extraordinarys.

"At least we are several hours ahead, which is a great advantage."

"Quick! Seal off the scene!"

'I heard... within the Sunset School, there is also a debate about changing the name of the Second Primordial Substance's 'Child of Light' to 'Child of Fire'... And they do not believe in the current master of the 'Luminance' path—the Epoch Lord 'Dawn'...'

Yagebu felt his head was about to split: "Detain all surrounding residents... Once we dispose of this Green Banyan Tree as soon as possible, we will claim to the outside world that they saw a mirage!"

He hurriedly found a washroom, set up a ritual, and used the small mirror he carried with him to transmit the intelligence regarding the Sotos Lingmu to his teacher—Gwen!

Inside the inn.

At this time, this 'Philosopher' was in a state of 'Cognitive Tampering', visible only to the three of them who possessed non-human combat power.

"There was no banyan tree here originally, only a reclamation camp!"

He guessed part of the truth: "The Lotus Eater Society was the organization that discovered the Sotos Lingmu first?"

"Even if it's a trap, we must go; you don't understand the Mysterious nature of Aaron Sotos... His Mysterious rank might not be important, but he must know many Ancient secrets, and might even possess information on the fall of the sun! This is something our organization has been desperately searching for!"

"Teacher... the mausoleum of the Green Devil..." Gwen was full of hesitation: "Could it... be a trap?"

"Damn it, we've been tricked!"

Yagebu and Kasuluo looked up at the suspended corpses, feeling an ancient horror that contained the vicissitudes of time!

Xisituosi came beneath a corpse, his voice gentle: "I am a human, I can speak... You are also a human, so you can also speak... Argument passed! What did you do?"

That suspended dried corpse suddenly opened its mouth: "We... we dug... the taboo... out from the underground!!"

(End of chapter)