Chapter 53 - Chapter 53: Chapter 51 Breakthrough! (2/2)

In the underground chamber, Irene, who had dyed her hair black again, knelt on the ground with her hands tightly clasped together, silently praying.

“Great Lord of the Lost, please bestow redemption and tranquility upon the Fischer family, for we have always seen You as the most perfect Dawn…”

Each night she would pray in the chamber to the transparent bottles, and for the remainder of her time, she often taught the children at the orphanage, spending almost a week every month at another Daybreak Orphanage in Fein City.

“What’s the matter, Byrne?”

Kneeling before the sacred object, Irene stopped her prayer, slowly opened her eyes, and calmly turned her head to look at the young man.

Byrne took a deep breath, his eyes revealing an undisguised sense of accomplishment, and said with considerable excitement,

“I’m basically certain now, how the blood of the Fischer family can also affect Extraordinary Exponents.”

A sincere smile appeared on Irene’s face as she lightly said, “Congratulations, Byrne, you have finally taken a further step, and thus the radiance of the Lord of the Lost will also be able to shine upon more people.”

She paused, then continued, “Well, this means we can finally take a new step, which is to grant Extraordinary power to those in the Dawn outside of the Fischer family.”

At this point, the members of “Dawn” besides the Fischer family could be counted on one’s fingers, with peripheral members being just the old servant who licked the blood and Grandma Narda.

Out of a principle of caution, they had not taken the risk of controlling more members belonging to Dawn, hence their inability to further develop.

However, the recent events had led to a strong sense of threat, and both of them, deep in their hearts, simultaneously had the desire for more, as the Fischer family was too weak and must gain more power.

Byrne pondered for a moment, then continued to share the ideas and plans in his mind:

“We need someone to test the theory I’ve deduced over the years, someone who will accompany us to the Spirit Realm, undergo the entire ritual, and ultimately receive the Power of Consecution.”

He paused again, his tone growing deeper, his gaze also becoming more solemn.

“And it must be someone we can trust, so that even if the ritual fails and that person, even after becoming an Extraordinary Exponent, is no longer influenced by His power, they will not betray the Fischer family nor the Lord of the Lost.”

“Then the best choice would be Grandma Narda.”

Irene spoke almost without hesitation; the old servant who dared to secretly lick the blood, the gambler with an excessive thirst for power and superstitious thoughts, was precisely the person who could not be fully trusted.

Even though the old servant had behaved himself for years, she had long judged deep down that he must not be let into the innermost circle.

Grandma Narda had always shown great reverence for the Lord of the Lost, even offering dozens of Gold Coins on her own initiative over the years.

At the same time, the most important two points were that Grandma Narda had several beloved sons, who, as leaders of thieves, had unclean identities and, despite not engaging in overly malicious acts, were still subject to imprisonment.

She would not easily dare to report the actions of the Fischer family to the church, partly for fear of the Fischer’s revenge and partly because she feared her sons would be arrested by the church.

Irene looked calmly at Byrne and said, “Prepare everything, in a few days we will go to the Spirit Realm with Grandma Narda.”

Expanding the influence of the Fischer family and increasing the usable Extraordinary Exponents within “Dawn” was one of their long-decided goals.

Her tone suddenly turned somewhat excited as she spoke,

“Then, once there, the great Lord of the Lost will surely further display His supreme power!”