Chapter 562 (1/2)

Although Hao Ren was curious about the process of the “soul trial”, he did not dare to look at the scene in order to protect his heart. Instead, he went to Becky’s house to see the elves off and received some information about the Cult of Origination. The interrogation process was just over when he and the others returned to Helcrown.

With Ophra leading the way, they went straight to the cathedral and met the pope and several bishops in a simple but very spacious room. The pope looked slightly tired. Today’s assassination was still a shock for him, but after all, with the support of divine power, he recovered quickly. And both Y’zaks and Y’lisabet stood in the room. It seemed that ‘work’ was completed.

When Y’lisabet saw Hao Ren, she immediately jumped to greet him excitedly. “Uncle Ren! It’s done! The Rune of Affliction is very useful!”

Hao Ren patted little girl’s exquisite little horns. After a period of getting along, he knew that the little demon liked them to fondle her little horns, which meant intimacy—and then he looked Y’zaks and asked, “Wang, is it really ok to let your daughter learn these?”

Y’zaks also agreed and nodded. “It’s a bit late to learn Soul Extraction and Rune of Affliction at this age. But after all, the child’s bloodline was not pure, so she was supposed to learn demon spells later than her peers.”

“… That’s not what I meant. Forget it. Did you get the answer?”

“The monster is an ‘Abomination’. The Cult of Origination made it using ‘divine power’. This is similar to necromancy, but what it’s created are living things that are not afraid of various sacred forces, so I suspect that the Cult of Origination really mastered some of the knowledge related to the divine power, but they use it in the evil ways.”

Y’zaks sat on the wide-back chair as he spoke. “Also, the Cult of Origination didn’t know the real situation of the banquet held at the palace today. From the outset, the people of the Disciples of Glory have been keeping the secrets of the Firstborn and us, and have sent false information to some suspicious people, so the Cult of Origination mistakenly thought that today’s imperial feast was just an ordinary noble banquet. Their assassination plans have been planned for more than two months, and have even infiltrated a portion of the royal guard and the higher order monks. They chose to do it today because the King and the Pope were here, and some of the soldiers on duty in the palace were under their control. More importantly, they got some sort of ‘divine weapon’— that is, the scroll. But they had bad luck. They didn’t expect the banquet was actually hosted to entertain a bunch of alien supermen and so their plan has failed because of us.”

When Lily heard this, she thought she played a big part in it. She wagged her tail happily and said, “So I’m very powerful right!”

“Yes yes yes you’re the best,” Hao Ren said and pressed Lily’s head to stop her from jumping.

Before Lily could say anything, Vivian asked, “You are taking advantage of the mealtime right?”

Ophra looked unusually serious and asked, “They have infiltrated into the Royal Guard and the higher order monks? How did they do this?”

“Because they are good at controlling the mind,” answered Y’zaks. “They got many evil spells from an evil god. These heretics were very patient. They didn’t wait to be killed while all of you were closing in on them.

“The evil god should be the Voice of the Master.” Hao Ren immediately recalled the information he had just learned today. “And then? Did you dig out the list of people they’ve infiltrated into from that monster’s soul?”

A white robe cardinal shook his head and said, “No list, that monster is just an assassin, he doesn’t know anything too detailed. And even if we have a list, it’s useless. After the assassination, we went after the guards on duty but found that many of the guards had disappeared. We found the bodies of some guards near the outer wall of the palace. From their posture, we could see that it’s suicide, but it’s possible that they’re forced to commit suicide under mental control, and other missing soldiers should have the same fate. These heretics have the power to control the human minds, which makes every action so watertight that almost none of their men can be caught alive or leak the secret – except this time. We have successfully tortured the soul of the heretic during interrogation.”

Hao Ren touched his chin and said, “So it means… all the people they’ve infiltrated into are dead?”

The pope sighed and replied, “Yes.”

Lily suddenly interrupted, “But how do you know the rest of the guards are not controlled by the heretics?”

Hao Ren did not get it and said, “Didn’t all the guards that were under mind control had already run away?”