Chapter 206 (2/2)

This was reason why the Disciple of Glory trustingly left their most forbidden place in an “unattended” state.

But that night, when they broke into the chapel, all the defenses and alarms were quiet as if they were asleep.

The bright, double moonlights shone through the small chapel’s high and narrow stained glass window, making the scene inside the chapel clearly visible. They quickly snapped out of the short vertigo from their teleportation and observed everything there curiously.

Like the chapels in other places, the antechapel was minimally furnished. There were no benches or cushions for people to rest on. Although the chapel looked magnificent, the antechapel was very simple. The most luxurious part was at the end of the antechapel, where there was a small altar, which symbolized the place the goddess set foot on. It was made out of the most expensive shining crystals and placed on a huge, black obsidian slate. The small altar was also furnished with a variety of exquisite instruments, which symbolized the goddess’ authority. These furnishings made it look like a throne.

Not far from the small altar, Hao Ren noticed that a part of the ground was sunken.

“This should be where the Orb of the Holy Synod is placed,” Vivian said as she neared the sunken ground. She bent down and touched the fractured surface, which was a smooth as a razor. “It’s said that there was a raised platform here, but it looks as if it had been moved along with the Orb. Also, part of the floor is gone.”

Lily cleverly looked around and observed her surroundings. Suddenly, she gazed up and said, “Ah, and also part of the ceiling!”

Along the direction of Lily’s fingers, they noticed that a circular area of the antechapel’s ceiling was neatly dug out, and it corresponded to the sunken floor below.

Vivian nodded and said, “It was indeed done via teleportation, but a very primitive and brutal one. There’s no specified teleportation target instead, they teleported everything directly within a certain range.” While she spoke, she moved a few metres away, inspecting the concave area of the floor and ceiling. She then said, “It should be a spheroid space bubble with a radius of five or six metres, not spherical.”

“Is it man-made or natural?” Hao Ren was very concerned about this.

“Don’t know, it happened two months ago. Even if there were man-made magic fluctuations, they would have already dissipated by now.” Vivian shook her head, looked around and continued to speak, “It looks like they’ve still retained the condition from the day the Orb went missing. They probably want to preserve the scene.”

Lily squatted down and habitually sniffed the ground. However, she shook her head in bewilderment and said, “It’s weird, just the smell of cloth. There doesn’t seem to—”

Nangong Wuyue kindly reminded her. “You’re still wearing your mask…”

“…Oh.”

Hao Ren then approached the magnificent altar. His attention was drawn to the mural behind the it.

It was the same, strange kind of mural he saw in the mountain people’s chapel. The strange colours of black and red intertwined, accompanied by a mysterious radiance.

It seemed that all churches of the Disciples of Glory were decorated with such a thing. But, what did it mean?

Hao Ren stared at the mural for a moment. He would feel the black and red bands move slowly, but whenever he focused on the colours that seemed to flutter, they went back to how they were. Or maybe, they actually never moved. He did not understand why such stuff with an unknown significance was placed in the chapel. This should be the area they place an icon of the goddess or other religious totems.

Plus, he also vaguely remembered the kind of mural he saw in the mountain people’s chapel, and this one did not look exactly the same as that one.