Chapter 213 – Deception (2/2)

A mobilization of this many people would surely be questioned without a proper reason, but if he made use of transporting materials as an excuse, the materials would be what was focused on and the large amount of personnel wouldn’t be suspected!

“Hehe, Saintess, you really have a vivid imagination.”

Perhaps it was because it was already late, but the spacious church was completely empty. The row of lights on the wall gave off a dim yellow glow, as their footsteps echoed down the long corridor.

Selina continued walking while feigning ignorance and continued to bring Snow deeper in.

“Saintess, if it was really as you said, then why did I have to transfer people from Archbishop Anderson? What, am I gathering people for apostasy?”

“Apostasy? Hehe, that’s not even possible for trash like you.” Snow rudely spoke, “Don’t think I don’t know… your real purpose is the Lesser Devils, right?”

With those words, Selina came to a halt.

“Oh? You also know about Lesser Devils?” Selina’s tone wavered, then became as silent as someone dead and continued walking.

Elona didn’t understand what they were talking about, but she could feel the atmosphere become more dangerous and didn’t want to continue bringing Snow forwards. But Snow clenched her hand, telling her not to be scared and continue walking.

“I only heard of it recently, and it was from my perverted brother. I just used it to draw you out, so it’s true…” Snow held onto Elona’s small hands and told of her story, “The Pope said that there were people secretly conducting human experimentation within the church and suspected people from the Winterless city dioceses so he sent me here to partner with Anderson, while secretly investigating.”

“Un, as expected of the Pope, although it looks like he doesn’t care about anything on the surface, but it seems like he grasps all the developments within each dioceses, impressive.”

“Of course, do you think Pope St. George is really just an old man that knows how to sleep? How could he sit so steadily as the Pope without any capability?” Snow smugly bragged a bit, like she was showing off her old man, then began speaking seriously again, “Selina, you guys want to use those fanatical believers as materials to produce Lesser Devils, am I right?”

“Saintess, you really are smart.”

As she said that, Selina finally brought Snow in front of a strange wall within the Church.

When she approached the wall, she placed her hand on one of the lights and gently turned it and the wall suddenly sank. Soon, a staircase leading downwards appeared.

“Please come with me.” Selina stood at the side of the stairs and gestured at her.

“Master, shouldn’t we…”

“Bring me there.” Snow ordered the hesitant Elona.

Now that it’s come to this, what choice did she have? It’s not like she could run, where could someone blind run to in foreign lands?

Even if it was Hongmen Banquet she would go.

“Watch your feet.”

Selina didn’t forget to carefully remind them as she walked in front.

“Sigh, sister Selina, I’m guessing that the assassinations in Winterless City had something to do with you guys?” Snow carefully walked down the stairs while chatting with her.

“Why do you say that?”

“That’s because they all had something to do with smuggling. I’m guessing that other than humans, you need a lot of other materials, and since the Holy Light Church’s influence is limited in Heino Kingdom, Anderson had to think of ways to transport materials from Winterless City so he had to smuggle them.”

“Go on.” Selina nodded and seemed to acquiesce.

“Perhaps you got into a disagreement, or they got a hold of your weakness and threatened you, so you chose to finish them off.” Snow was able to deduct the real reason behind the assassinations, though she didn’t know the perpetrator was Shen DaiYing, she was able to guess the truth.

“That’s right, those people with incorrigible greed wanted even more money from Archbishop Anderson, so we had no choice but to entrust someone to finish them off.”

“But there’s something I still don’t know… what is a Lesser Devil? Is it powerful? Also… what is your goal? What do you get out of bringing down the Academy Tournament?”

“Saintess, I’m unable to answer your questions.”

“Hah? If you can’t, then who can?”

Selina didn’t respond to her question and continued walking down the stairs.

After a while, they finally reached their destination. Even if she couldn’t see, Snow could feel the space opening up, like they came to a secret underground plaza.

“Master, there’s some there!”

Elona noticed the faint bloated figure of a man in the dim basement, as they spoke, all the surrounding wall lights suddenly lit up and that man that was hiding in the darkness turned around.

“Saintess, you came? Heehee.”

“Anderson? As expected, you damn fatty!”