Phi-Fic Chapter 4285 Piecing Together a Body
Chapter 4285 Piecing Together a Body
Chapter 4285 Piecing Together a Body
The blonde sorceress with angelic blood nodded:
"Yes, we organized a large-scale operation that time, directly destroying the Holy Son Alliance's most important stronghold in the New World. At that time, the strange resurrection technology that group of people possessed could only resurrect some high-level sorcerers, so that operation dealt a heavy blow to the Holy Son Alliance."
I remember it clearly then; although the thing in the swaddling clothes the Virgin Mary held was equally horrifying, it wasn't nearly as terrible as it is now. I'm afraid the [Holy Son Alliance] has made great progress in the creation of the vessel over the past three years; we can't let that thing truly come to life.”
"Hatred" is the name given by Shad; the church has always referred to the unborn thing as the "container."
Xia De nodded:
“In that case, Miss Eden, I would like to invite you to join our operation. In addition to you, the two thirteen-ring witches from the Witch Council will be present, and I will also contact St. Byron’s Academy to bring the chosen one of destiny and the chosen one of time.”
“I think there should also be Miss Iluna Bayas from our church, right? I know that you and she have a very special relationship.”
Miss Eden smiled and accepted the invitation:
“I can participate in the operation; the power of the sun has a clear suppressive effect on the container. But besides me, doesn’t the church need to send more people to assist?”
Shade shook his head:
"The Witch Council will go all out this time. The Great Witches will hold off the strange ring sorcerers of the Holy Son Alliance, giving the Chosen Ones a chance to find the Holy Mother and the true location of that vessel. The Holy Mother's life is currently unknown, and her injuries are more serious than you think. If we can find her, this operation will be considered a victory."
Miss Eden nodded:
"Alright, when do you plan to make your move?"
"It's tentatively scheduled for Sunday. The witches are still searching for that group. But speaking of which, the [Holy Son Alliance] also has a source of fire. We can't rule out the possibility that there are also candidates among them. We need to be careful then, because no one knows what might happen."
Shade then inquired further from Miss Eden about the details of her battle with the Infant Mother three years prior. While most of the Ring Sorcerers in the [Holy Son Alliance] were summoned from ashes, thus enabling their resurrection, Miss Eden explained that this summoning had limitations. A single set of ashes could only be reused a limited number of times, and in reality, those individuals couldn't be resurrected indefinitely. Therefore, while the current Ring Sorcerers of the [Holy Son Alliance] might be quite old, they were certainly not ancient.
The "Infant Madonna" is slightly different. Miss Eden believes she is not ashes, but rather directly connected to the "container," thus gaining the ability to be resurrected repeatedly. Although this generation's "Infant Madonna" looks like a middle-aged woman, she is probably over three hundred years old, making her one of the oldest humans in the material world today.
Miss Eden not only agreed to join the operation, but she also promised to deliver the information about the Holy Son Alliance to the Witch Council as soon as possible, which should be helpful for the upcoming operations.
So all that's left to do is wait for news from Luvia and Bella.
Now that they had met, Shad and Miss Eden discussed the "narcolepsy" again. The church also suspected that the dream was caused by a combination of different forces. Because last night's investigation had not gone smoothly, they had invited the diviners from the [Prophet Association] to join the investigation. The prophets were also very knowledgeable about dreams.
Of course, the most important thing now is to prevent the number of people suffering from "sleeping sickness" from expanding further. The church is already trying to find solutions. Mystical methods are still being researched, while practical methods involve relocating refugees located outside the outer city to other locations, since it has already been confirmed that the incidence rate is strongly correlated with geographical location.
“But where else around here can accommodate so many people? We can’t keep moving the refugees south; that would be a huge undertaking, and the citizens of other cities probably wouldn’t agree.”
Miss Eden replied:
"The Prophet's Association is searching for the least affected areas in the desolate region between Grayrock Pass and the city. The church plans to establish refugee camps in suitable locations and use divine rituals around the camps to ensure the safety of most people."
Even if the sleeping sickness issue is resolved, the refugee camps can still serve other purposes. This plan is already underway, but supplies like tents are difficult to allocate on a large scale during wartime; hopefully, it's not too late.
Shad then shared his dream with Miss Eden; it wasn't a secret. He didn't mention that he had appeared at the Blue Ink Library, only that he had used some means to investigate the Lower and Upper Towns in his dream:
“The narcolepsy patients are also nourishing that dream, and it’s right to prevent more people from falling into the dream. I will try to explore the dream world more deeply, and I also hope that the church will find out as soon as possible what forces are involved in this incident.”
Miss Eden nodded:
"No problem. The people prepared by the Church, the Society of Prophets, and the Academy for the War of the Chosen were originally scheduled to come here after the Expo opened, but now they have been summoned and are setting off immediately. The Church of Nature has put forward an idea that perhaps the ultimate purpose of that dream is not to cultivate new souls, but to summon the arrival of the 'Origin Sea' in advance through the dream world. After all, wasn't the first sign of that ocean's appearance a dream?"
Xia De frowned and pondered for a moment. He couldn't rule out the possibility either; the dangers of dreams were greater than he had previously anticipated.
The two parted ways at 11:00 AM. After returning to Fragrant Residence, Shad learned that Viggo wouldn't be back for lunch. So, after lunch, before the doctor's afternoon appointments started, Shad returned to Tobesk and found Dr. Schneider, telling him about the dream.
"To conceal yourself in your dreams, and yet also to have others with you when they enter your dreams?"
The doctor didn't have the habit of taking a nap. When Xia De found him, he was writing the morning's patient reports.
"The dream you described was clearly not a normal dream, so normal methods may not work. Let me think of a way, and I'll tell you the specifics of what to do when you come to the meeting tomorrow afternoon."
Xia De nodded:
"Thank you for your help, Doctor. I'll come back to you immediately if anything else happens."
After saying goodbye to the doctor, Shad returned to Arcadia City. Shortly after Shad returned to Fragrant Mansion, the documents Miss Eden had promised to provide were delivered.
Contrary to what Shad had expected, the Church did not possess a great deal of information about the Holy Son Alliance. Shad and Flora studied the information one by one in the study, and the most important information was about the methods the Holy Son Alliance used to create the vessel.
Before the story of the tenth chosen one began, the Holy Son Alliance had already started this project, even before the "Spark Source" and a large amount of life force existed.
The Holy Sons Alliance originally planned to assemble a materialized body for the "vessel," then use human transmutation to give the body life, and finally let "Abomination" enter that body. Although the Holy Sons Alliance has definitely changed its plans, that body will most likely still play a role.
Ordinary flesh and blood are certainly not enough to contain such a special being as "hatred." The Church's investigation revealed that the [Holy Son Alliance] has been collecting special bones and corpses over the years, then piecing them together bit by bit to create a complete human form.
Although the church did not know the progress of the "Son of God Alliance" in piecing together the body, they had a list of suspected sources of the body remains.
The heart of an ancient dragon and the skull of a vampire count were just the most ordinary items on that list. The list even stated that the Holy Son Alliance had apparently discovered the remains of an angel in an ancient tomb in the southwestern part of the Old World about five hundred years ago.
The Church was unsure of the exact location the remains corresponded to, but based on subsequent investigations of the tomb, the angel's remains most likely came from an angel of the Death lineage. The Church believed that the final creation of the "vessel" would utilize those remains, making them the oldest and most mysterious item on the entire list of body origins.
"Angels of the Death Lineage"
Shad felt he was about to find another set of the angel of death for Father Augustus, but he didn't know what part of the bones it was this time.
The priest said that when the angel's remains are 75% complete and the "Heart of the Evil Angel" returns, the remains of the Deathbringer can be considered to have been completely collected. After the Battle of the Snow Mountain, the priest had 59% completeness of the remains (Chapter 3742). If he can find another set of the Deathbringer's remains this time, the completeness of the remains will probably be close to 75%.
Vige didn't return to Fragrance Mansion until 3:30 PM that afternoon. Upon her return, she found Xia De and told him some news:
"It's Friday again today. After you and Adelina have dinner back in Tobesk tonight, do you have time to come back and accompany me to the 'Glamour Ladies Club'?"
"Where are we going again?"
Shad winked:
"Of course, no problem. But what's it for this time? Is the club going to hold another auction? If your mother is still trying to pass on information to you through auctions, then her methods are too cliché."
Wei Ge laughed:
"This has nothing to do with Mother; it's about Margaret and Adelina. Didn't I tell you before that the club is connected to important figures in Willendale, possibly even involving the royal family? The person behind them certainly isn't Margaret; Margaret said it might be her older brother, the eldest prince Samuel Anjou."
Now Margaret has arrived in Arcadia City, and the intelligence she brings indicates that the Glamour Ladies Club is even connected to the Grey Gloves' intelligence base. Adelina, after sending people to contact the three intelligence lines you discovered, found that all three lines had previously intersected with the club.
Adelina surmised that while the theft of the printing plates couldn't possibly be linked to the club, it likely played a role in the Zionists' contact with the thieves. Therefore, Sylvia wanted me to investigate the club's connection to the printing plate theft, while Adelina obtained the contact information of the grey glove agents she spoke with during the club's activities that evening.
So I want to go with you again, at least to make contact with the agent in the club. Adelina said this person is the most important link in the local intelligence network. Once we've made contact, the subsequent investigation should proceed smoothly.”