Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 583: A ritual with an unknown target

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Emlyn's pace became faster and faster, and finally, he dragged the punishers towards the Holy Wind Cathedral.

He had no idea what happened after he left in a hurry. After all, his assistant would definitely go to Harvest Church in half an hour.Holding the two punishment substitutes in his hands, Emlyn stopped suddenly outside the door of the Holy Wind Cathedral, and then quickly asked the punishment substitute he caught: "Is your archbishop also waiting? Me? Where can I find him? "

The aggressive punisher was a little dazed just now, but when he heard Emlyn's words, he immediately reacted: "The Archbishop is very busy! You'd better go to the waiting place first..."

"More than a dozen people have died. Stop going through the slow process for such a big matter!" Emlyn raised his voice.

Although Emlyn does have to bear some responsibility, now he seems to be more anxious than the punishment substitutes. He has successfully made several punishment substitutes who came to investigate the crime a little confused. Seeing that they did not speak, Emlyn Lift your legs and walk towards the Holy Wind Cathedral.

Coincidentally, as soon as he entered the cathedral, a man with dark blue hair and serious eyes walked towards him.

The other party was surrounded by a breeze, the smell of sea water almost hit his face, and the patterns on his clothes were more complicated and gorgeous. He was obviously a high-status person in the Holy Wind Cathedral.

The two of them paused for a few seconds at the same time. Emlyn did not get the letter of appointment from the Thunder Church when he took over the Harvest Church.The assistant met the people from the Holy Wind Cathedral, but as a favored person of the Mother Earth God, there was no need for Emlyn to get familiar with him.The day after getting the message, an envelope and documents that were more gorgeous and delicate than the previous reply were delivered to White's doorstep.His parents could not refuse the favor of a god, so they had to contact Emlyn immediately and ask him to come over from his small workshop in the East District.

Therefore, he did not see the person in front of him, and the person opposite also looked at Emlyn, wondering why this guy came faster than he thought.

After a moment, Emlyn asked uncertainly:
"Bishop Raydal Valentine?"

The "Dark Blue Priest" in charge of the Holy Wind Cathedral nodded slightly and asked: "Are you Emlyn White from the Harvest Church?... It seems that you already know what happened. The main responsibility for this matter does not lie with you, but You still have some responsibility.”

He was more stable than Emlyn thought. When the two archbishops met for the first time, they were both secretly sizing up each other.

Now that he saw the rightful owner here, Emlyn coughed, put away his impatience and recklessness, lowered his hand like a mature man, and inadvertently smoothed the tightly held document with his fingers. There were wrinkles on his face, but he didn't know that his behavior was a bit more funny in the eyes of Radar Valentine, like a child pretending to be an adult.However, Emlyn's power is worthy of attention after all. Leidar silently renovated his evaluation of Emlyn a few months ago and added the words "needs attention" and "has huge growth" in his mind.

Leidar glanced at his team of punishers: "You go back."

Then he looked at Emlyn and said sideways: "Follow me."

His capable behavior and relatively rational and non-irritable temper immediately endeared him to Emlyn, but when he thought that it was the same bishop who ordered the attack on the Harvest Church a few months ago, leading to the death of Father Utravsky, these Punisher, Emlyn was in a bad mood again.

He actually thought about similar things several times during this period. The Church of Thunder and the Church of Night once drove them away and labeled all the wild Extraordinaries and the Extraordinaries of the foreign Orthodox Church who did not have the right to preach as cultists.Either deported or arrested, those who resisted fiercely may even be killed on the spot, leaving Emlyn to hide around for a long time, with no one except his parents daring to help him.

When the Mother Earth Church settled in Loen, Emlyn saw that the Thunder Church had withdrawn its wanted order against him and restored Utravsky's reputation. However, it was a pity because this priest who had been a great pirate in his first half of his life There are no living relatives, so compensation cannot be sent.

When Emlyn looked at the announcement rectifying Father Utravsky's name, his heart was filled with indescribable complex emotions.

After that, he concentrated on being the Archbishop of the Harvest Church, spreading the faith of the Mother God entrusted to him by the priest with peace of mind, and his life was relaxed and comfortable.Coupled with the fact that he no longer had to deal with the Thunder Church, the beasts named hatred and anger in his heart slowly fell silent in the calm day after day.

but now……

Looking at Raydal Valentine's side face, Emlyn looked away, and his eyes became dark for a moment.

Those past memories and hatreds suddenly caught up with him again.

... Even though Father Utravsky is at the end of his strength, he is still a strong mid-level warrior.The deacon who fought with them at that time also consumed a lot of strength.Unless a strong man at Sequence 5 or above chases him and launches a powerful attack, he will not be killed so quickly.

Emlyn heard it when he was escaping. Because there was a "Lightning Storm" praying to "The Fool" to help the two of them escape, someone wanted to call the "Archbishop" over... Then the two of them hadn't escaped from Qiao yet. It’s not surprising that Wood District was caught up.

So when he died, was the white lightning that almost lit up the sky the work of this "Dark Blue Priest"?

No...it shouldn't be Raydal Valentine. If there was a demigod following him at that time, how could he, who had just reached Sequence 5, survive for so long under the pursuit of a demigod?After Utravski's death, I should be next... Emlyn has grown a lot now and is more aware of his naivety, extremely poor combat experience and rough way of covering up traces.

If it wasn't him, then which Sequence 5 senior deacon would it be?
Emlyn's eyes swept across the interior decoration of the Holy Wind Cathedral and the surrounding Extraordinaries, bringing with him a hatred that he was not even aware of.

Reydal felt Emlyn's pace slow down, and he was a little confused as to why the bishop, who seemed very anxious just now, was suddenly so quiet now: "Aren't you leaving?"

Emlyn didn't speak. He adjusted his emotions, but these thoughts were like maggots on the tarsus and could not be forgotten. The anger and powerlessness that were still fresh in his memory came into contact with the face of Raydar Valentine and the thunder on his body. When the church's Holy Emblem was revealed, it burned like a deeply buried fire meeting the air again.The burning made his heart ache, he felt dizzy, and felt uncomfortable in his heart.

What's going on... Emlyn felt that he was a little excited and responded:
"Just thought of something."

In the end, he managed to maintain a business-like attitude and moved forward side by side with the other party in a neither happy nor sad mood. Both of them were somewhat defensive.

When he arrived at an office, Reydar closed the door, stood and asked directly:
"I won't be polite to you. The murderer has been burned to coke in the gas explosion. As the person he communicated with the most in the past few days before his death, is he in a normal state? Do you think there are extraordinary factors in this matter? "

Such a straightforward attitude to solve problems was exactly what Emlyn needed. He restrained the wildfire-like rejection and malice in his heart and spoke out about the other party's state and performance in the past two days: "...There is not much wrong with his state. It's normal, but he had a physical conflict with someone the day before yesterday, and he seemed to be in a high mood yesterday. Although I can't see the influence of extraordinary factors, I think there are some."

"I think so too." Leidar said, "It should be a more advanced and more covert method. I decided to include the psychological suggestion of the 'audience', the 'provocation and instigation' of the hunter and the witch, and the 'desire manipulation' of the devil. Focus on the search. Because in a previous attack on the extraordinary people of the Thunder Church, traces of suspected demons also appeared."

It was a "family scandal" for the Sequence 7 punisher to be beaten to death by ordinary people. The fact that he was beaten to death instead of buying corn from an old farmer was not very glorious in itself. Of course, Leidar would not say it clearly. In front of other churches, Embarrass yourself.

"For mental hypnosis and psychological suggestion? What you said makes sense."

"He was emotionally unstable, and committing suicide with some extreme emotions would have coincided with some evil rituals, not to mention that he also chose an extreme method like gas explosion, which took away the lives of many people, including himself. Life, this looks more like a sacrifice..."

"Although he may not realize it himself..."

Leidar nodded and said that he had similar considerations:

"Indeed. According to you, he should be an ordinary person who knows nothing about extraordinary power. Although he has understanding, he has not learned any mystical knowledge. There may be the influence of extraordinary power behind this matter. If this is regarded as a one-time For sacrifices that include one's own, the sacrificer himself is already dead, so what are his extreme emotions before his death and what is the purpose of doing so?"

purpose?

Speaking of this, Emlyn suddenly thought of something:
"He had two conversations with me and one dispute with someone else, both over the death of his neighbor."

"According to him, his neighbor was an innocent person who was mistakenly killed by the extraordinary people of the Thunder Church in the chaos in the East District a few days ago, as well as his wife and children, so he hopes to get his salary and compensation back. I suspect that he sneaked into that building In a townhouse, the gas in the empty room was turned on, resulting in explosions and deaths and injuries. This should also be the reason for this incident - he told me that he found the murderer of his neighbor."

Rydal Valentine's expression didn't change at first, and he even nodded slightly because of Emlyn's analysis. But when he heard the bad news about the Thunder Church, his expression suddenly darkened, as if it was the prelude to a thunderstorm.

"This is not the reason for his evil deeds. Although he himself died, he destroyed several families and took several lives! Bishop White, are you trying to make excuses for what he did?"

Emlyn's anger also rose, his chest heaved violently several times, anger and hatred were entangled and burning, and his voice became colder:

"Whether I am analyzing his motive for committing the crime or excusing him, you should know very well. I have already come here, am I still here with the idea of ​​​​shirking responsibility?"

"His neighbor did not deserve to die, and he did not receive the compensation and apology he deserved. Can't we say this?"

Leidar observed Emlyn's expression: "Your personal emotions are a bit too heavy, Bishop White."

"As far as I know, these Feneport people went to Harvest Church to worship in the past week. And the believer you are talking about, one demonstrated against Thunder Church and participated in activities that obstructed official duties. He was accidentally killed in law enforcement, and one He hated us because of the death of the other party, and finally detonated the apartment building where the real innocent people lived. The extraordinary power may just advance this process."

"Bishop Emlyn White, who is defending them, don't you have any selfish motives? Do you want the two churches to resolve this matter peacefully, or do you have selfish motives in launching an attack?"

"you……"

Emlyn's eloquence was still immature. Faced with the accusations made by Raydal Valentine, he was temporarily confused and couldn't find words to refute, and his already bad emotions almost exploded directly.

But considering that this was inside the Cathedral of the Holy Wind, Emlyn silently recited the teachings of the Church of the Mother Goddess in his heart, and resisted the urge to show his fangs. He stared at Raydar Valentine with bright red eyes, coldly He said coldly:

"You are asking for justice for your followers and subordinates, and I also want an explanation for my followers."

"I don't think this is a conflict, but you have an attitude towards the enemy. It seems that there is no need for us to continue talking today."

After saying that, Emlyn glared at Raydar Valentine again, turned around, opened the door, and left without looking back.

After he left, a gust of wind blew the door shut heavily, hitting the door frame with a loud noise.

He didn't want to see the face of the "Dark Blue Priest" again, nor did he want to see the face of any Extraordinary person from the Thunder Church. He was worried that if he stayed here for a little longer, he wouldn't be able to help but get angry and question the other person—— "Did you kill Utravsky?"

How is this going……

Emlyn's hands tightened every moment. The things he thought he had let go of were still rooted deep in his heart.

Like a wounded beast, the wound has not healed, it just sleeps and escapes.After being awakened, he started wailing in pain again.

……

Audrey's right hand paused for a moment, then returned to normal and picked up the persona called "Rage".

"This is an indescribably huge challenge for me." She responded simply to Hermes.

Just like what the other party said, treating everything about yourself as a bargaining chip and prop is difficult even for yourself who has now achieved divinity.She can understand in her heart what she wants to do, take risks for her ideals and patients, and even hurt herself, but she still needs a long period of psychological construction before she can treat others like this.If she really wants to do this as soon as possible, the easiest way is to obtain an avatar, a chance to "hypnotize herself."

After speaking, Audrey put the cold gray mask on her face.

Almost instantly, she felt that there was a "virtual personality" in her spiritual island.

This does not come from the outside world, but the magnification and extremeization of a certain cognition of hers:
"They rely on my foundation to survive, so why do they still ignore me and say nothing?"

"My father asked me to become a director of the foundation just so that I could accumulate prestige before getting married. If he wanted me to do it, he let me do it. If he didn't want me to do it, he would just let me get married to Intis. He treated me like this , isn’t it just because of my respect and love for him?”

"Those workers act impulsively rather than rationally. They have limited education, are easily seduced by small benefits, and are short-sighted. I obviously want to save them, but they actually give up fighting for more benefits just because they get a small profit!"

"They deserve mercy, but they are despicable!"

"..."

These thoughts echoed in Audrey's mind, making her almost think that this was the truth. After all, this was part of the feedback she received in previous observations and experiences, and it was not fabricated out of thin air.

With a glance, Audrey saw herself now from the smooth surface of the long table:

On the cold gray-white mask, the eyes with simple strokes were wide open and the mouth was wide open, as if it was about to roar at any time.When you look at it, you can't help but make a similar expression, giving people a weird and potentially scary feeling.

Hermes smiled, and seeing that she did not speak, he reached out and waved his hand, causing the illusory images of different masks to rise on the table.

As a senior "spectator", Audrey first noticed the difference in their respective personas:
The two eyes of "arrogance" moved upward and were fixed on the forehead, seeming to only focus on the heights and not care about anything else;

"Greedy" is similar to "gluttony", the mouth is grinning to the base of the ear, but not opened, and both eyes are closed;
"Lust" is similar to "arrogance", but the eyes are different from ordinary people, they sink to the middle of the bridge of the nose, as if looking at people from the bottom up;

The eyes, ears, mouth and nose of the "jealousy" mask are skewed to a certain extent, and have a gloomy temperament;
The eyes of the "lazy" mask are tightly closed and the mouth naturally droops, giving the impression that the wearer is sleeping.

Audrey was silent for a moment, and after a few seconds, she said in a low voice:

"Is this 'rage'?"

Is this something I can understand but still can’t let go of?
If she hadn't experienced so many things through interactions with Mr. "World", Mr. "The Hanged Man", Ms. "The Hermit" and others, she would have gotten rid of cognitive misunderstandings and seen her own nature clearly. , maybe it will be really affected by the virtual personality created by the "Rage" mask just now.

As for what will happen after being affected, she is currently unable to judge.

"You returned to normal much faster than I thought. It seems that you are not lost in the experience of 'manipulating' others." Hermes said approvingly.

"I've never been so angry before. This is a completely new feeling."

Audrey was silent for a moment. The education she received always only included propriety and tolerance. Whether it was accusations, curses, or anything else, a noble lady like her had to deal with it calmly and with a smile.

After a few seconds, she responded thoughtfully:
"Mr. Hvin Rambis is also a demigod. Is he also one of the reviewers of the Psychological Alchemy Society...?"

Hermes's eyes lit up slightly, and he asked in guidance: "Yes, he is indeed here, so who do you think he corresponds to?"

"He...acted a little arrogant." Audrey recalled.

Hermes clasped his hands on his chest and abdomen and said:
"You can indeed observe it."

"Just occasionally, some details." Audrey replied with two phrases.

Hermes smiled and shook his head:

"Don't be nervous. I just know Hvin Rambis. His boss is the chairman of the Psychological Alchemy Society. They are all in Loen now and will be your help. I occasionally hear the president here talk to I reported the situation to the reviewers, and they said that Hvin Rambis was more affected by this persona than he expected, and that he usually disguises himself very well."

"Under this premise, arrogance will make him unable to see the path under his feet, and will make him look down on extraordinary people who are weaker than himself. This often brings great danger. Maybe one day, he will be tripped by a pebble. He fell down very miserably."

Audrey asked carefully:

"These seven personality masks can amplify the corresponding cognition and emotions, help us realize our own problems, and solve them in a targeted manner. Personality?"

Hermes nodded slightly:
"In the spiritual field, it is difficult to have pure, harmless external help. You must have enough endogenous strength to avoid the corresponding negative effects. If you can recognize this, it means you are on the right path. "

Audrey fell into silence. After a few seconds, she nodded and said: "I will pay attention to my heart, and I will not give up my ideals and beliefs."

Seeing this, Hermes clapped his hands lightly and said with a smile:

"Then, I officially welcome Miss Audrey Hall to join the Twilight Hermits, and also welcome Miss Furious to become the new councilor of the Psychological Alchemy Society. Haha, everyone should have been present before the introduction, but you have a special mission, Only I, an old man, am here to welcome you."

"Mr. 'Arrogance' is in charge of the Backlund region of the Loen Kingdom. He will become your subordinate, but whether you want to expose the identity of a member of the Twilight Hermit Society depends on your own judgment."

Having said this, Hermes looked at Audrey and said:

"You may not know that we are rooted in several groups of psychologists, psychiatrists and corresponding enthusiasts. The power is mainly concentrated in the big cities, rather than small towns and villages. Therefore, each committee member is responsible for a certain the city, and the surrounding area.”

"These things will be told to you later in the form of psychic mail."

After skipping the less important introduction to the sphere of influence, Hermes turned to Audrey and said:
"Miss Fury, due to the impact of the war, Backlund's psychological alchemy will suffer a lot. Many members have lost contact, been killed or forced to join the church, or surrendered to the emperor who has not yet awakened. I The specific list will be given to you later, and you are responsible for determining the whereabouts of those members and reorganizing them."

"During this process, I suggest that you do not use your real image and real name, or even one or more virtual identities to complete these things. Hvin Rambis did not do a good enough job at this point. I think, He does have a bit of arrogance.”

Audrey nodded slightly and agreed.

Hermes smiled like a real elder:
"There is one more thing, the whereabouts of the spiritual dragon in East Chester County of Loen Kingdom."

"I was going to call everyone together to discuss it later, but now that you are here, I will tell you first."

"The dragon worship custom in Hedrak Village has not weakened at all in the past two years. I suspect that the spiritual dragon is still affecting there in some way. Maybe we can use this to find its whereabouts."

After raising the question, he remembered the newly joined Miss "Rage" and did not have enough understanding of the corresponding situation, so he briefly talked about the exploration done before the Psychological Alchemy Club and the death of all members of the subordinate archaeological team.

Audrey had actually participated in some of the earlier events, and seeing that there was a suitable reason to intervene at this time, she couldn't help but be moved.

She didn't really want to hunt that psychic dragon, but wanted to communicate with the other party and master more knowledge and secrets in the psychic field.

Audrey waited for a few more seconds. Seeing that Hermes had no information to add, she said:

"This is Loen's matter. I have also heard about this village's matter. I will try to investigate, but I need more detailed information."

TBC
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Balam Empire.

Azik glanced at the church members gathered in the square outside the window, frowned, and turned his attention to the government affairs in front of him.

After a few seconds, he couldn't help but take another look.

What the high priest was doing... Azik watched it for a while and felt that it was different from the previous sacrifices.In the end, he decided to recruit a spirit body and let him go down below to find out the news and see what Heitel and these believers were up to.

Prayers to the god of death have not yet been answered, but believers can still hear the sound of the waters of the River Styx.

More inspired people claimed to hear vague and unintelligible words coming from the river, which seemed to be calls, or some kind of language they had never seen before.Azik checked the pronunciation and confirmed that it was indeed not any current language. Of course, it could be gibberish with the word order disrupted, or it might be a mixture of multiple languages ​​spoken together.

Therefore, the explanation given by Heitel and Azik is that death is temporarily silent, but the end of life still exists. Although Bailang did not cause any chaos because of this, there was inevitably chaos in the Church of Death.

However, after a brief period of confusion, High Priest Heitel seemed to hear something from the sound of the water in the River Styx. He began to prepare the ceremony and thought about writing another honorable name to communicate with the God of Death. Azik paid attention to it. But I didn't take it too seriously.

Just when he was distracted, the spirit body just now had returned. Azik was spiritually connected with it and heard the message from it.

"...Dig the channel of the River Styx in reality...and let the God of Death return in a ship built of bones?"

Azik frowned after hearing this.

He waved away the spirit body, still looking at the crowd in the square with uneasy eyes.

"What kind of ceremony is this..."

(End of this chapter)