1378 The Prophet of the Sacred City (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

The group traveled across the North Valley with incredibly heavy hearts. Somehow, the sky did not feel as vast as it used to be. They were having difficulty breathing from the pressure it was putting on them.

Zhao Manyan recalled Mo Fan's words, which had stirred up great emotions in him along the journey.

If they did not try their best, they would only live with enormous regrets after everything happened. The pain would leave a lasting mark deep in their hearts, leaving them in endless torture.

But they had already done everything they could. The only problem was... how could just the few of them possibly stop the Black Vatican?

The Black Vatican was the public enemy of the whole world. The seven Red Cardinals were wanted criminals with the highest bounties; everyone in the world wanted to get rid of them, yet how many in the world actually stood a chance against them? The Magic Associations of the five continents? The Parthenon Temple? The Holy Judgment Court? The Hunter Union?

The seven Red Cardinals were still at large. They had become the idols of criminals and the wicked. Many strong Mages were willing to submit themselves to them.

They had overestimated their capabilities. In the end, there was nothing they could do. It was just the few of them, a useless Preventive Committee, and some stubborn members of the Enforcement Union… how ridiculous...

The country did not even care, yet they were still wasting their time and efforts trying to uncover the Black Vatican's conspiracy. They had ended up discovering an enormous glacier crashing down upon them. They might feel better if they had not uncovered it, if they had just continued to live in ignorance!

”We are meeting up in Guli Village,” Zhang Xiaohou told Zhao Manyan.

Apart from Lingling and Zhao Manyan, Ye Hong and Bin Wei had tagged along too. Even though they believed in Lingling, they wanted to see the truth with their own eyes.

If they did not witness it personally, they would not be able to convince the commanders of northern military to give the order to retreat. The commanders of the Northern Fortress would not want their men to sacrifice their lives for nothing!

”I know where Guli Village is. It's a lot faster this way, but there's a very deep canyon,” Ye Hong said.

The group followed Ye Hong's guidance to Guli Village. If it was somewhere Mo Fan had planned to meet them, it would be fairly close to the Black Vatican's location. They had to be extremely cautious.

Luckily, the overall strength of the group was quite high. Bin Wei was a Super Mage with the Earth Element and the Plant Element. They would have no problem retreating if they found themselves in any danger.

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Commander Ye Hong immediately frowned when they arrived in Guli Village.

There were still a lot of people in Guli Village who had yet to be evacuate. Was it because they did not receive the evacuation order, or they were unwilling to obey it?

They went to a memorial hall in the village, but the person waiting for them was not Mo Fan. It was a man in a gray-white robe whose face was covered.

Zhao Manyan and Lingling were confused and alert, as they did not know who the person was, but Zhang Xiaohou approached the man and chatted with him. It seemed like Zhang Xiaohou had recognized him.

”I believe you two are the commanders of Northguard Fortress?” the mysterious man asked, looking at General Bin Wei and Commander Ye Hong.

”We are, may I ask who you are?...” Ye Hong was even more confused about the identity of the mysterious man.

”I don't have a name, or a codename. I'm only a phantom that doesn't exist,” the mysterious man replied.

Nobody lowered their guard after hearing his words. Zhang Xiaohou proceeded to explain, ”He is the Prophet of the Sacred City. He was the one that figured out Salan was among the authorities during the Calamity of the Ancient Capital, and proposed the plan to execute them all.”

The Northguard Fortress was not too far from the Ancient Capital. General Bin Wei knew about the plan to execute the authorities, but she was still quite shocked after hearing the words.

She had not heard about any Prophet of the Sacred City before, but the execution plan was quite well known among the generals. If it wasn't for the plan, the Ancient Capital would not have been able to survive the calamity. In other words, the man had played an important role in finding out who Salan was!

On top of that, General Bin Wei was very impressed with the man's decisiveness, ready to sacrifice ten powerful figures just to get their revenge on the Red Cardinal of the Black Vatican. It clearly took the Black Vatican by surprise. Even Salan never thought she would end up in such a trap.

The plan had brought the Ancient Capital hope and given it the chance to survive the calamity. The mysterious man's contribution certainly could not be overlooked, but their superiors had never mentioned anything about him. It was just as the man had said himself, he was only a phantom!

”What prophet, if I really had the power to foresee the future, things would not end up like this,” the mysterious man said self-mockingly. ”Lingling, Zhang Xiaohou has already told me about your speculation.” He sighed. ”To think that our great nation has taken the calm and peace so for granted that they couldn't even see through the Black Vatican's conspiracy better than a little girl. If anyone is the prophet, you clearly did a better job than me.”

”It's all thanks to my sister and Mo Fan. They strongly believe that the Black Vatican is up to something!” Lingling replied.

”Since the Prophet of the Sacred City is here, does that mean there's still a way to fix it?” General Bin Wei asked, hoping.

”No, I'm afraid we don't really have a plan to turn the tables around. All we have is an ill-advised plan, but let's wait for Mo Fan first. We'll need the information he has gathered from the Black Vatican. Otherwise, everything we decide won't mean anything...” the mysterious man replied.

The mysterious man faced the altar inside the memorial hall, leaving a lonely back to the others.

It was obvious that he had just made it there too. His eyes were lackluster.

”Did something serious happen in the East?” General Bin Wei asked.