745 Quick Solution (2/2)

”Bishop Myers, thank you for hosting our baptism ritual in our house.” The owner of the manor, a viscount, bowed at the red robe who was getting off the wagon with respect and apparent excitement.

His late father was very close to the red robe, but he knew that the position between him and the red robe was too huge. He did not expect that Myers would really come to baptize his little son. However, his invitation was accepted!

”Your father and I were good friends who grew up together. There's no need to thank me. I'll clean myself in the church first and perform the ritual tomorrow.” Myers was a gray-haired old man, gentle but fearsome.

After entering the little church, Myers kneeled before the cross and began his prayer.

Late at night, he raised his head and looked at the cross as well as the Saint Badge embedded on it with complicated feelings. Then, he brought out a delicate puppet and activated it.

The puppet suddenly glowed in redness and waved its arms as if it were alive, before it leaped forward and looked at Myers with a hilarious face. ”Did you summon me?”

Myers was deeply disgusted by the puppet, which was only the size of his thumb. He took a deep breath and said, ”We've already obtained the secrets of artificial planets. This is the file you need.”

While the duplication of artificial planets was supervised by the saint cardinals, it could not be achieved without the participation of red robes. However, they were not like the grand arcanists who equaled to a whole team of researchers and who could do everything on their own. Therefore, the targets that Lucien allured with the power of faith included Myers, who was from the Highest School of Theology.

”Okay. Job well done. I think very highly of you.” The red glow from the puppet swallowed the file that Myers presented.

Gloomily, Myers said, ”I've fulfilled your request. You can stop bothering me in the future.”

”Is that so? Then, should I bother Philip, Astira, Maria, or Vaharall?” The puppet chuckled. The first three names were the Grand Cardinals who were responsible for theology, and the last was the giant of the Inquisition.

Myers shouted angrily, ”Devil, didn't you say that you would not threaten me?”

”And you believed everything I said? I know that you are well aware that I will never be able to threaten you if you do not use the method, but if you do, it will be your connivance that I can threaten you.” The puppet's face was even more hilarious as it continued, ”Don't blame me for the choice you made yourself.”

”Devil, goddamn devil.” Myers gnashed his teeth, but he did not put up any resistance. After he tried the method and succeeded, he already realized the price that he was willing to pay. ”I warn you, don't propose requests that are too outrageous, or I would rather confess everything to His Holiness!”

After he became a saint cardinal, he would be able to get rid of the devil. By then, everything he did would be forgiven by the Church!

”That's right. I like to cooperate with the people who know exactly what they want best. Rest assured. Threatening is the last thing that I would like to do. I have always been a friendly man who believes in reciprocity,” the puppet chattered on. ”If the intelligence that you provide in the future satisfies me, I will consider offering you additional power of faith.”

”What?” Myers' breath turned heavy. Then, he saw the spots of divine hair around the puppet that seemed to be different from the holy light.

”Do you need to ask me what this is?” The puppet chuckled.

Myers fell silent. He finally understood why the allurement of devils could even corrupt the angels according to the Cannon!

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”The files of artificial planets that the Church has acquired do not have the special parts that I added later, which means that the traitor exchanged the information beforehand. Of course, it is also possible that he has constructed the information on his own according to the mechanism. After all, the style of the magic circles on the artificial planet in the file is highly different from what we are used to,” Lucien said to Douglas and Fernando with the files in his hand.