Chapter 207 (1/2)

Vivian noticed Hao Ren observing the mural. She came up to it as well and asked, “It looks very strange, right?”

“What the heck is this painting?” Hao Ren knew that Vivian had inquired about information on the church when they were in Lamberg Town so, he turned to ask her.

Vivian shrugged and answered, “In their mind, this is the goddess.”

“… Their goddess looks like this?!”

“It’s abstract art, I think.” Vivian frowned and looked at the strange, grotesque picture. “Honestly, I also think they painted the goddess a little too ugly. Aren’t they afraid if the goddess sees herself being painted like this, she’ll flare up and destroy the world once again?”

Dumbfounded, Hao Ren looked at the “goddess”, painted in thick black and red pigment as well as phosphor powder at random. He was completely confused, wondering what the people of the Disciples of Glory were thinking. He wondered what the consequences would be if the followers of Raven 12345 were to draw her a portrait like this. They would probably be struck by lightning more than hundreds of times. At the same time, he admired the painters of the Disciples of Glory: It was a skill to draw such irregular things. It was a tough job for her followers to worship such an abstract goddess.

Vivian looked at the mural for a while and turned her eyes. She said, “You carry on, it’s so ugly that it’s giving me a headache.”

Who would not have a headache when looking at something like this? Hao Ren had also lost interest. He returned to the centre of the chapel and found that Lily had taken off her mask. She was now lying on the ground and sniffing around. Y’zaks drew some green runes in the air and examined the remnants of the nearby energy using a demonic method. Nangong Wuyue created a water ball in the air to let Lil Pea swim in it. Although this had nothing to do with the task, it was the most creative course of action. Who else had the leisure to come up with this trick?

However, there seemed to be no evidence in the chapel. Hao Ren had expected to find the energy fluctuations left behind by the teleportation portal unfortunately, there was nothing there. There was only one big pit, and an abstract picture of the goddess, which gave them a headache.

When Lil Pea saw Hao Ren pass by, she immediately jumped onto Hao Ren’s arm and continued hanging onto it like an armband. Hao Ren looked outside through a long, narrow window at the lower part of the church (it was a rectangular hole, not sure what it was for, but one could look outside through the hole). He replayed the scene of the Orb’s disappearance, as described by the noble knight, who was responsible for guarding the Orb that night.

There was an earthquake and a strange beam of light in the sky. The lake boiled and peculiar planktonic bioluminescence emerged across the lake.

Hao Ren decided to go to the bottom of the lake.

The Disciples of Glory had not sent anyone to search the bottom of the Blood Lake yet. On one hand, the lake was sacred and the holy remains of previous popes were said to be buried beneath the lake, so no one dared to extend their search to the bottom of the lake. On the other hand, the water of the Beinz Blood Lake was really odd. Ordinary people, even a highly skilled church knight, would quickly go unconscious and be infected with strange diseases after soaking in this water. The situation would get worse in line with the depth of the dive. Therefore, no one had checked the bottom of the lake so far.

Nevertheless, Hao Ren still decided to dive into the lake. He instinctively felt this to be a blind area of significant suspicion.

They could not go out through the front door because it was heavily guarded. Therefore, they were teleported directly back to the shore of the lake. Hao Ren revealed his idea to them, and Nangong Wuyue muttered, “You sure you want to go to the bottom? The lake water isn’t normal. What if there really are any infectious diseases in it?”

“Can’t you control the water? You can also cure all diseases,” Hao Ren said as he looked at Nangong Wuyue. “You’ve also purposely tested it. Isn’t the water of this Blood Lake nothing special to you?”

“I’ve heard that the deeper the Blood Lake, the more prominent its peculiar powers are in the water. The bottom of the lake is a restricted area, where no one has successfully set foot on,” Nangong Wuyue said, feeling a little bit insecure. “In case I start losing scales, you’ll have to take care of it.”

“Don’t worry. There is a real goddess behind me,” Hao Ren said, and he swung his arm. At the very moment he waved his arm, he felt something dropped from it. Something shiny jumped off his arm and then, he heard a splashing sound from the lake not far away.

Lil Pea had jumped off again!