1369 Blue Deacon Mo Fan (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

Mo Fan thought he was lying on his own bed when he woke up. He had not fallen fully unconscious since he started cultivating magic. Normally, he would retain consciousness while he was meditating or resting, to make sure he did not get hit by a meteorite, ambushed by dark magic, or have his throat slit by the Black Vatican...

Surprisingly, the place he had the best sleep at was not at home, but a bed that the people of the Black Vatican had arranged for him...

”You're awake?” a woman asked gently.

Mo Fan opened his eyes and immediately felt great pain. His eyes still had the injuries left by the pecks of the condors that almost ate them. The wounds were clearly still recovering, as he was unable to fully open his eyes. He could only squint, and in the little gap, see a beautiful and mature woman who was most likely less than thirty. Her faint smile was friendly and warm.

Mo Fan immediately recognized the woman as the female Blue Deacon when he heard her voice. He did not expect the woman to look so harmless. He wondered how many innocent people had died to this woman and her kind, innocent face to get her promoted to a Blue Deacon.

”Thanks, you saved my life,” Mo Fan rasped.

”Don't worry about it, we are in this together. My partner has already left. I'm on standby here. There's nothing much to do for now, why don't we take a walk around? It might help with your recovery,” the Blue Deacon said.

Mo Fan rose to his feet. He still could not open his eyes. He touched his face and found it was full of scars. They did not wrap his face in bandages. He must be very ugly now.

”Your face was destroyed by the condors' poisonous saliva. Normal Healing spells won't repair your face. After we are done here, you can switch to a different identity and visit the Parthenon Temple. You can regain your face there. That being said, you have to be extremely careful. Another Candidate is now in charge of the Parthenon Temple. She hates us to the guts,” the woman told him patiently.

”It's good to know that my face can be recovered. Speaking of which, I didn't have a chance to report back to the Chief Extraditor...” Mo Fan blurted out.

”The Chief Extraditor has asked us to clean the mess up. Anyone left alive will be allocated to us. You're quite lucky that you're still alive. By the way, who exactly was the person from the Enforcement Union that you stumbled into? So many Blue Deacons and Black Clergy were killed. The Shepherd was an expert among the Extraditors!” the female Blue Deacon asked.

”We didn't stumble into someone from the Enforcement Union. It was a young man. He seemed to have been following the Shepherd for some time. He attacked us when the Shepherd was Summoning the second and third Underworld Monarch Frogs. He was very strong. I thought I was dead for sure...” Mo Fan said.

”You're really lucky. The lightning bolt that went through your body didn't hit any of your organs. I bet the guy assumed you were dead. If we arrived just a bit late, you would have ended up being eaten by the condors too! I bet it felt terrible back then,” the woman said.

Mo Fan chuckled and said, ”I couldn't really feel anything. I only knew there were lots of things on me...”

”I'm surprised you can still laugh after all that.” The woman was amused too. How cheerful was he?

”What's your name?” Mo Fan asked.

”Blue Bat,” the woman said.

”Oh, I wasn't asking for your codename,” Mo Fan said.

The woman was startled. She slightly moved her gaze away when she saw the man staring at her. She said softly, ”That's very sudden of you. You know that we aren't allowed to ask each other's names.”

”I'm Northdeer, my true name is Fan Mo,” Mo Fan said.

”I'm Blue Bat, true name… my true name...” the woman could see the sincere look in the man's half-open eyes. She hesitated for a moment and said, ”Just call me Blue Bat.”

”How many have you killed?” Mo Fan added.

The woman was stunned. She was struggling to keep up with Mo Fan's thoughts. She said after some time, ”One.”

”One? How did you become a Blue Deacon?” Mo Fan was surprised. The woman did not sound like she was lying.

”Many lives were cheap, a thousand lives might even be less valuable than one. The person I killed was the general in charge of an important shoreline fortress at the Mediterranean Sea,” Blue Bat said.

”The Red Sea Ceremony?” Mo Fan asked. He knew that the Black Vatican referred to their gory achievements as ceremonies.

”Mm,” Blue Bat nodded.

”I didn't take part in it. How did you do it?” Mo Fan asked.

”The general was my husband,” Blue Bat stated.

Mo Fan was slightly surprised. He glanced at the beautiful mature woman and grinned after some time, ”So, does that mean you're single now?”

Blue Bat opened her mouth and stared at Mo Fan like he was a weirdo. She eventually giggled, displaying the charm of a mature-looking yet inexperienced woman.

”Let's go for a walk. Didn't you say I should be walking more?” Mo Fan said.