Chapter 85: Moon Scar

Yellow, red, and silver moons hung high in the night sky. There were no clouds above the Lake View Manor, and the brilliant galaxy hung upside down overhead, making people think that they could touch the radiance of the stars if they reached out.

When the accident happened, the aftermath of the god-descending ritual made the banquet guests fall into a deep sleep, so no one saw the unusual blood mist and fighting that followed.

This instead facilitated the explanation of tonight's events—the banquet's convener, Little Klein, had united with the followers of the evil god 【Lord of the Blood Feast】 and placed sleeping-type drugs in the food and drinks of the banquet. But fortunately, the Zhengshen Sect, representing justice, arrived in time to stop their conspiracy.

As for the earthquake just now, it was purely a coincidence and had nothing to do with this place.

Now, the Lake View Manor had been surrounded by the Tobeisi garrison and the joint police force, and the awakened banquet guests were politely invited by the Zhengshen Sect to rest in the manor's main building and undergo checks.

This was on one hand to prevent too many people from seeing the moon scar in the courtyard of the Lake View Manor, and on the other hand to try to screen out suspicious personnel who shouldn't have appeared here from among the guests.

The two Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi squads of the Church of the Sun and the Church of Peace, who had participated in this great battle, still remained in the courtyard. The subsequently arrived police were responsible for entering the manor to maintain order, and the Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi support squad that rushed from the city center comprehensively searched the manor, recorded and destroyed the ritual of the "Sixth Era-1853 Sun Month God-Descending Event," and incidentally plucked away those eerie blood-red flowers on the manor walls.

These were precious materials.

The young girl with long brown hair, Miss Yin Yi Yi Lu Na Beiya, was in the courtyard with her companions, standing before the terrifying "scar" that was still emitting silver radiance.

The moon scar extended almost straight from the entrance of the manor to the fence gate of the Lake View Manor, splitting the entire central axis of the manor, and the residual power lingered for a long time. Even though half an hour had passed, people still didn't dare to touch the marks on the ground directly.

Miss Lanina Green, belonging to the Church of the Sun, was the first tenth-ring mage of the Orthodox Sect to arrive at the manor. She stood in a blue long dress beside the glowing ground indentation, playing with the 【Ring of Metamorphosis】 dropped after "Lady Lasoya" died, listening to the Ring Mages of the Church of the Sun recount what had just happened.

The young girl with long brown hair, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na Beiya, had no right to speak and could only listen to the squad leader, Mr. Luo Binsen, recount, and only after the squad leader finished recounting did she supplement the tenth-ring female mage of her own church:

"I think I was the first to notice him, but I didn't see his face or appearance. But I think it must be a man. Before he jumped into the air, I noticed him walking out of the third-floor banquet hall."

She was very confident about this point.

Miss Green smiled and nodded at her, confirming that the squad had no other clues, and then lowered her head to look at the ground marks with silver light traces.

"Is the other party very strong?"

Miss Beiya pinched the hem of her skirt and asked somewhat uneasily.

"Judging from the residue of the spirit, at least stronger than me."

Everyone present couldn't help but frown. In the current Sixth Era, although high-ring mages above the tenth ring were not few and far between, they were also very difficult to appear:

"Miss Green, who could it be?"

Squad leader Luo Binsen, the man Xia De considered strong enough to kill him and Little Mia with one punch, frowned and asked.

"Cannot be confirmed, but it won't be someone from the Zhengshen Sect, and even less likely to be someone from the Academy of Strange Techniques. Those professors don't easily set foot on the Old Continent. We must send a letter to the three academies to confirm; the other party might know who this is... How could it be such a coincidence, Mr. Sari Pirot, the 'Steel Right Hand' of the 【Church of Creation】, only left Tobeisi last week, and this kind of thing happened immediately..."

The female mage turned her head to look to the side, where the Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi squad of the Church of Peace, who had also witnessed the scene just now, had also converged with the eleventh-ring mage who had arrived from the Church of Peace.

The eleventh-ring mage of the Church of Peace was an old man who looked even older than Priest Ao Gu Si, with gray hair and wearing a white robe of an ordinary clergyman. If one met him by chance in a church, it would be hard to believe that he possessed powerful strength:

"Mr. Modero, what is your opinion?"

Miss Green asked. Old Mr. Modero squatted down and touched the traces on the ground directly with his hand:

"Oh, this is truly exciting!"

He immediately withdrew his hand, and then looked at the silver radiance on his palm, which was covered with cracks, fading bit by bit:

"Similar to your opinion... at least the twelfth ring, or possibly the thirteenth ring. The other party didn't manifest a Life Ring when attacking, representing that this was just a casual, ordinary strike."

Everyone present couldn't help but gasp. The eleventh-ring old mage couldn't help but admire:

"Truly amazing. That gentleman probably knew from the beginning that 【Mercury Blood】 and the cultists planned to summon an evil god here. Not only did he solve the 'Heart Collector' that the church hadn't discovered in advance, but he also hid in the dark to observe the actions of our Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi squad. After confirming that the church couldn't defeat the opponent and the support from the city couldn't arrive in time, he destroyed the ritual nodes on the third floor alone with extremely exquisite methods, then casually injured the Silver-Eyed One with one strike, and then quietly left... Which one from the New Continent has returned? Or which twelfth-ring mage has advanced?"

The old man's voice gradually lowered. He didn't reach out again but maintained a squatting posture, looking at the glowing soil:

"Perhaps we can use divination to seek revelation later, but tonight, the evil god descended, and the aura of the god will disturb the traces of fate."

"Evil god..."

Miss Green looked up at the third floor of the manor, the position where everyone had just pointed out the "masked man under the silver moon" appeared:

"But at least the other party is not a bad person. He stopped that 【Lord of the Blood Feast】 from descending and even attacked the Silver-Eyed One and his companions... The headless Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi corpse found in the garden maze of the Lake View Manor has been confirmed to be the 'Heart Collector' of 【Mercury Blood】. The other party seems very familiar with the movements of 【Mercury Blood】, the cultists, and our squad. Tonight's actions were simply like being specifically targeted at Mercury Blood, and the actions were very efficient. Could it be that coming here was also for..."

She didn't directly say the name of that Sage-level relic, but the eleventh-ring mage, Old Mr. Modero, also understood her meaning:

"No matter what, screen the participants of this banquet and search for suspicious personnel. I think at least there should be a list. I want to see if there are any correspondence Ring Mages present this time. Given the current situation, even if there are suspicious persons among the guests who are proficient in divination and have insiders in the church, they won't be able to slip away. In addition, before we arrived and before the Silver-Eyed One escaped, was there anyone who came down from the third floor of the manor?"

He grasped the key point.

"No."

Squad leader Mr. Luo Binsen of the Church of the Sun Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi squad said, taking a small notebook from his pocket to flip through:

"Not long ago, we checked the second and third floors. Only the guests trapped on the second floor left the manor after the battle ended. Among them, several had sensitive identities and used their honor to guarantee that they and their accompanying servants were fine. We checked carefully and also confirmed that they were all ordinary people."

"Sensitive identities? Which member of the royal family was here tonight?"

Miss Green inquired.

"Duchess Galina Cavendish. She only came to Tobeisi from her fief a few weeks ago."

The Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi of the Church of Peace replied. The group seemed very reassured about this Duchess, so they didn't suspect the people accompanying her.

"Since it is a suspected thirteenth-ring mage, naturally it won't be so easily found by us."

Miss Green said, her eyes looking at the three moons and the twinkling stars overhead:

"Issue a bounty order, offering a reward to the whole world for members of 【Mercury Blood】 and cultists who believe in 【Lord of the Blood Feast】. This matter cannot just end like this. Although the 'Steel Right Hand' is temporarily not in this archdiocese, I think the five major Zhengshen Sects can always temporarily transfer another thirteenth-ring mage to thoroughly solve the cultists and 【Mercury Blood】. As for that man..."

Miss Green hesitated for a moment, so Mr. Modero of the Church of Peace said:

"With the code name 'Masked Man Under the Silver Moon', inform the Church of Dawn, the Church of Nature, and the Church of Creation, who did not participate in this operation, of that person's identity. Since the other party stopped the evil god from descending and even attacked the Silver-Eyed One and his companions, there is no need to regard him as an enemy for the time being, and we can maintain a wait-and-see attitude until the other party appears next time. But the Tobeisi Archdiocese must strictly investigate unidentified Ring Mages from outside in the next few months... Silver Moon, could it be that the 'Silver Moon Great Witch' of the twelfth ring of the Witch Council has come?"

He said, but then stood up and shook his head:

"I must be muddled. Where would the Witch Council have men?"

Miss Green mentioned the latest information:

"Not long ago, I received information that those women have actions in the Tobeisi Archdiocese."

"There are more than just them having actions in Tobeisi recently, and, don't you know what these people are here for?"

Mr. Modero said while glancing at Yin Yi Yi Lu Na Beiya, who was standing to the side and didn't know what the two were talking about.

"In short, the world is going to be in chaos again. This event tonight is very likely the beginning of a series of events. How many years has it been since an evil god almost successfully descended?"

The old man said worriedly.

"Sir, why will it be in chaos? Isn't it still a peaceful era now?"

In the Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi squad of the Church of Peace, the young priest who had once handed Xia De a relief food flyer asked carefully.

Miss Green sighed:

"The great prophecy left by the Witch Empresses..."

She looked at Miss Yin Yi Yi Lu Na Beiya of her own church, who was ignorant and uninformed. The latter looked at her in surprise, and Miss Green shook her head:

"No, it's just a prophecy. In short, those who believe in the prophecy will gather in Tobeisi City in the near future to complete the first stanza of the "Whispering Poem". There will be some strange guys in the city recently. I think, the 'Masked Man Under the Silver Moon' must also have been attracted by the prophecy of the Ancient God's revival and accidentally targeted 【Mercury Blood】. Twelfth ring or even thirteenth ring... who exactly is it?" ===== CHAPTER 86 =====