Chapter 1102

Lu Mian brushed off the bed and walked toward the window.

Blue-tinged purple flames rolled out from within his body, quickly condensing into individual components of iron-black armor.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Mian had transformed into a knight clad in full-body armor.

After his potion had been digested to a certain degree and his state had stabilized, he could finally transform his own flames into tangible weapons or armor, but he could only maintain it for 10 minutes.

Lu Mian reached the window and looked outside, only to see the crimson moon bright, the twinkling stars sparse, and the night quiet and peaceful, with no abnormalities.

He made a decision instantly and used the mental channel to issue an order to every member of the team:

"Get ready, we are transferring to New Bai Yin City in five seconds."

With the experience and lessons from the vortex incident, Lu Mian chose to leave Trier at the first opportunity and take the team members to the headquarters of the Church of the Fool, avoiding potential accidents to the greatest extent.

Once they reached a safe location, he would report to Mr. Fool, wait for any possible orders, and think about what had happened and how to respond afterward.

When Lu Mian's voice echoed in his own mind, Franca relied on the help of invisible spider silk to change her clothes, tie her ponytail, and enter a combat state.

Five seconds passed quickly, and Lu Mian did not wait for Jenna, Anthony, and Ludwig to gather; he directly activated the black mark on his right shoulder.

As a team and as the leader of the team, he currently did not need to grab the shoulders of his team members to "teleport" them to their destination, with the only prerequisite being that they were within a 10-kilometer range.

Amidst the rapidly receding layered color blocks, Lu Mian and the others appeared at the entrance of the Church of the Fool's headquarters.

After confirming that this was a real object and not a mirror image or a scene in a painting, Lu Mian let out a sigh of relief without concealment.

"What happened?" Jenna, wearing a cloth skirt as pajamas, asked in confusion.

"I dreamed that I was attacked by a Monsouri Ghost." Lu Mian said while walking toward the headquarters church, which kept its doors open even in the dead of night.

"As an Angel and a former Witch, all dreams must have a direction." Franca explained as she followed. "Moreover, as far as I know, the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery will send several saints tonight carrying sealed artifacts into Fourth Epoch Trier, striving to eliminate Louis Gustave and Madame Pualis."

Anthony connected the previous and subsequent words and speculated:

"Influenced by the actions of the two major churches, Fourth Epoch Trier has undergone certain mutations, and Lu Mian's spirituality warned him because of this?"

Lu Mian walked through the spacious space and sat on the first row of seats facing the Fool's holy emblem, smiling as he responded to Anthony:

"If it were just a mutation, or if it were just the potential influence of a Monsouri Ghost, I wouldn't leave Trier. In a situation where the evil gods cannot descend for the time being, I actually don't need to worry too much. Besides, you are all equivalent to half-angels; as long as you don't leave the team's effective range, your safety is sufficiently guaranteed. Together, combined with the ability to obtain help from the origin of the sacrificial war, we can resist even if we encounter a Sequence 1 Angel, and there is even hope of winning."

"But this matter involves Madame Pualis, so it's better to avoid it. Calamity needs to stay away from the mother."

"Hmm." Jenna agreed with Lu Mian's choice.

She also sat down, letting mirrors fly out from the "Traveler's Bag."

"Stay vigilant tonight. If there are any abnormal phenomena, immediately organize the believers to hide in the nearest Orthodox Church." Jenna used the mirror world and the marked mirrors to convey the corresponding words to the various bishops and priests of the Disease Sect.

At the same time, mirrors also flew out from the "Traveler's Bags" of Lu Mian and Franca.

Relying on the mirrors they had located that were still in Trier, they reflected the corresponding scenes onto the mirrors in front of them to observe subsequent developments and make timely responses.

After finishing this, Lu Mian lowered his head, pressed his hand to his chest, and began to pray.

Deep within Fourth Epoch Trier.

Angouleme, who had encountered the Monsouri Ghost, turned his head to the monk Jack Walton and said:

"Do we need to clear it?"

Even if he were not an "Unshadowed," Angouleme would not fear a Monsouri Ghost, because the strength this ghost had previously displayed was not considered too strong, and it would even avoid the protection of the Orthodox Churches. Even if it could cause trouble for the saints, it would at most bring annoyance.

Moreover, Beyonders of the "Sun" pathway are the most effective against such evil objects that are named ghosts and are dark and pitch-black.

Jack Walton, the leader of this search and cleanup operation, thought for two seconds:

"Fine, but don't cause too much of a stir."

He remembered that the curse of the Monsouri Ghost was very persistent and worried that in the upcoming battle with Madame Pualis, this ghost would suddenly join in and interfere from the sidelines, causing the already dangerous battle to tilt in the wrong direction. Therefore, it was better to clear it out in advance while it was relatively safe.

Angouleme quickly said to his two colleagues:

"Prepare to unseal."

For this operation, the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery each provided their clergymen with a Grade 0 sealed artifact to ensure that the final goal could be achieved.

The two major churches had long known that the "Shadow of the Beauty God" originating from the "Rose School of Thought" was suspected to have fallen into the hands of Madame Pualis, who was hiding in Fourth Epoch Trier. This was also a Grade 0 sealed artifact, and it belonged to the more powerful kind among Grade 0 sealed artifacts.

Under such premises, simply sending six saints to search for and clear out Madame Pualis and Louis Gustave would be equivalent to letting them die in vain. Therefore, each of the two teams carried a targeted Grade 0 sealed artifact that could, to a certain extent, restrain the "Shadow of the Beauty God."

Since the higher the sequence, the more dangerous it is when passing through the "Well of Blood," then don't send Angels; activate the Grade 0 sealed artifacts!

With these two sealed artifacts, even if Angouleme and the others couldn't kill Madame Pualis, they could hold her back. At that time, the "Eternal Blazing Sun" and the "God of Steam and Machinery" could locate their own high-level clergymen and, using them as a medium, deliver a fatal blow to Madame Pualis through the seal.

As the three "Unshadowed" began to remove the seal of the Grade 0 sealed artifact, the Monsouri Ghost that was slowly passing through the intersection suddenly changed direction and walked toward them step by step.

Jack Walton, dressed as an ancient stonemason, saw the Monsouri Ghost change rapidly from being quite blurry, like a black shadow, to becoming clear.

This was indeed not a hunched old man; its main body was viscous black liquid, which, under some influence, had been stretched into a human shape.

Those black liquids were stacked together drop by drop, their edges intersecting and merging, but their cores were independent.

Different faces were reflected within the independent black liquid cores: some laughing wantonly, some walking among severed limbs and internal organs, some full of anger, some with dark red eyes, some flaunting their own lust, some wearing necklaces strung with human skulls......

They were all twisted, and they shouted in unison to Angouleme and Jack Walton:

"Human nature is inherently evil!"

This was Demon language!

As this sentence echoed, the three "Unshadowed" were not affected much, but Jack Walton and the other clergymen of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery suddenly felt intense malice.

That was the resentment generated by being assigned to a dangerous mission.

Immediately afterward, Jack Walton and the other saints saw one black shadow after another with hunched bodies walking out from the intersection behind them and the alleys on both sides.

These all looked like Monsouri Ghosts.

Dozens or hundreds of Monsouri Ghosts!

At the same time, the belly of the Monsouri Ghost that had appeared first swelled rapidly, then split open, spraying out a stream of viscous black liquid. That black liquid stretched and lengthened, forming a new Monsouri Ghost.

Seeing this scene, Angouleme, Jack Walton, and the others suddenly had a thought:

Monsouri Ghosts should not normally have such changes.

This is a phenomenon that can only be caused by the "Earth," "Moon," or "Witch" pathways!

Brought by Madame Pualis?

And what does the Monsouri Ghost correspond to? What kind of development will this reproduction bring?

"Human nature's evil..." The sentence the Monsouri Ghost had just said suddenly echoed in Angouleme's mind.

As far as he knew, the pathways corresponding to the evil of human nature were "Demon" and "Prisoner," and these two pathways were deeply influenced by the "Mother Tree of Desire."

Yes... Angouleme's temple jumped violently.

The "Shadow of the Beauty God," suspected to have been obtained by Madame Pualis, came from the "Rose School of Thought," and the "Rose School of Thought" controlled the "Prisoner" pathway and was a loyal follower of the "Mother Tree of Desire"!

Thinking of this, Angouleme had a guess that made even him, an "Unshadowed," feel a bit of fear:

In the vortex incident, the transaction related to the "Shadow of the Beauty God" was not a one-off deal; it also hid a subsequent cooperation!

The vortex incident was over, but its influence was still continuing. The "Great Mother" and the "Mother Tree of Desire" had reached a certain tacit understanding and decided to cooperate to a limited extent on a certain matter!

Angouleme's expression froze, and he said in a deep voice:

"Clear the Monsouri Ghosts here as soon as possible!"

If we delay any longer, I'm afraid the mutations we don't want to see will happen!

When Angouleme said this, in Underground Trier, in a mine shaft near the seal of Fourth Epoch Trier, a brown-green, gnarled, seemingly virtual and real giant tree suddenly grew.

It spread out branches and grew extremely fast, as if it had received the best healing and the most sufficient nutrition.

New Bai Yin City, headquarters of the Church of the Fool.

Lu Mian and the others saw through the mirrors floating in front of them that under the dark night, in many corners of Trier, the ground was cracking, and brown-green tree roots or branches were growing out.

"'Shadow Tree'?" Lu Mian stood up and laughed, "Heh, I really want to go back to Trier now and burn it. I couldn't burn it to death before, but today might be different."

He already had the "Fire of Destruction"!

Just as Lu Mian finished speaking, he suddenly cast his gaze toward the rows of large windows in the church.

Outside the windows, the crimson moon had become very large and very low, as if it had stuck to the invisible barrier.

(End of chapter)