Chapter 578 Signature

Conquer the sea, the Mon Carlo Islands.

In the morning, when the darkness faded, the huge main island of Mon Carlo woke up from a deep sleep. Those residents who had inexplicably fallen asleep in the fog in the dark night were waking up one after another under the shining sunlight. In the streets and alleys, countless people stood up slowly while covering their drowsy heads, looking around blankly, recalling what happened last night, trying to figure out what had happened.

People in the city woke up from deep sleep, making the originally quiet Mon Carlo noisy in an instant. The people here were not like the Navaha, who would be confused for a while after waking up. Those residents who woke up first started fighting immediately before they figured out the situation. They paid attention to those who had not yet woken up. All of a sudden, all kinds of people who took advantage of others' sleep to steal or even go further began to emerge in the city. The city guards everywhere received a large number of alarms almost as soon as they woke up. All of a sudden, the whole city of Mon Carlo was in chaos.

Just as Mon Carlo was in chaos, a slightly tense confrontation was taking place in the Fortress of the Sea. In the spacious hall of the Fortress of the Sea, on a long table, Vanya, dressed in a white nun's uniform, was sitting on a seat at one end of the long table. Beside her were several guard knights standing in a row, all of them concentrating on guarding the front. Opposite Vanya, on the main seat at the other end of the long table, the elderly Edward was sitting there in a cotton-edged cloak, looking forward with a silent expression. Beside him, only his son Lauran was standing.

"Sir Edward, can you explain to us now what happened to the large-scale abnormal phenomena that occurred in Mon Carlo last night? The fog that filled the entire island, the powerful hypnotic waves that affected the entire city, and the large creatures from the other world that flew over Mon Carlo. What happened on the island last night?"

Facing Edward across the long table, Vanya asked him seriously. When the incident happened last night, Vanya and her guards were in a box at the auction venue. As extraordinary people of "Lights", they noticed the abnormalities around them when the thick fog rose and became alert.

The guard knights began to protect Vanya and slowly withdrew from the scene, leaving the venue and retreating to the street. When the hypnotic wave came, although they were also hypnotized for a short time and fell asleep, because there were ascetics on the path of holiness in the team, the core members of the team woke up soon. As a result, they were able to feel the fierce and extraordinary battle going on in the distance on the island, and even roughly witnessed the fantasy giant creatures flying in the air in the fog.

Since the guard's primary mission is to protect Vanya and the holy relics, they did not act rashly when faced with this sudden change. Instead, they were alert and did not get involved in this extraordinary chaos. It was not until the morning when they confirmed that everything was over and all around were safe that they came to Junhai Castle to confront the Lord of Moncarlo, wanting to know the specific truth of the situation.

Facing Vanya's question, the silent Edward did not speak directly, but Lauren standing beside him spoke in a polite tone.

"Ah... I'm so sorry that the situation last night affected you, Sister Vanya. This is our duty as the landlord. On behalf of my parents, I would like to apologize to you all.

"The specific situation last night was like this. When my Lord was resting in the Sea Fortress, he suddenly used the extraordinary detection technique of Mon Carlo to sense that a thief had sneaked in. My Lord sent guards to capture him, but found that the thief was extremely skilled and was not an ordinary extraordinary person. After using various methods to no avail, my Lord decided to go out personally to deal with the thief."

Lauran spoke fluently to Vanya and other guard knights in front of him. Listening to Lauran's words, Gaspare beside Vanya couldn't help but frowned slightly, and then asked.

"What kind of thief...does it require Sir Edward to personally deal with him... Could it be that the other party is a complete thief?"

"Yes, that is a 'shadow' at the Red Cheng level. To be more precise, it is a high-ranking member of the evil cult Black Dream Hunters and a moth chaser." Lauran continued to respond to Gaspare's questions, and after hearing this, Gaspare's expression became more solemn.

"The Black Dream Hunters? The Moth Chasers? Could it be the evil dream creatures, the Scaled Moth's main body? So the creature from the other world that flew over Mon Carlo last night was the Black Dream's Scaled Moth?

"As far as I know, Moth Chaser is a big shot in the Black Dream Hunters. He doesn't show up easily, especially after the Navaha incident. The Black Dream Hunters have hardly heard of any movement. Now such a person suddenly appears in front of Mon Carlo. What on earth does he want to do? Do you know his specific identity and title?"

Facing the two men in front of him, Gaspare was also confused and asked questions, while Lauran answered confidently.

"Unfortunately, we still don't know the specific identity of this moth chaser, but we do know a little about his past. This moth chaser came to Mon Carlo to steal a collection from my father's treasure house. This collection is called the Jade of the Moon Arc, a treasure that my father got by chance when he was young. At first glance, this item only has some effect of weakening the influence of the 'Shadow' poison, but if you study it carefully, you can see that it seems to contain some deeper mystery, and it seems to be able to become a key tool in some kind of ritual.

"My father is not an extraordinary person of the Shadow, so he cannot study the secrets of it, but he also knows that it is extraordinary, so he put it in his own treasure house, and he will come to carefully understand the secrets of it when the conditions are sufficient one day. But who knows that this news was leaked by someone, which attracted the spy of the Moth Chaser last night. I think as a member of the Shadow Society, they must know more about the function of this thing. They took it away, perhaps to perform some important ceremony that only they know about."

On behalf of his father, Lauran continued to explain to the people in front of him. When the members of the Glowing Light Cult heard that the cult wanted to hold an important ceremony, their faces immediately darkened and their expressions became serious. Gaspare even asked in a serious tone.

"Where is the thing you found? Is it still in your hands?"

"Unfortunately, it's no longer possible. That moth chaser was very skilled. After he successfully stole something, he immediately fled. Although my father didn't try to stop him in person, he was unable to stop him, and he escaped through the otherworldly journey."

Lauran said this, and several guard knights at the scene looked at each other as they listened to his words, as if they were using eye contact to discuss and judge whether Lauran's words were true or not. After a moment's silence, Gaspare continued to speak.

"Mr. Lauran, Sir Edward, do you have any evidence for your statements?"

"The evidence is that you personally sensed the battle between you and another powerful Beyonder, and saw the Dream Moth fleeing. I know that you all suspect that what happened last night was because we were up to something, and we were planning something that would harm you, the Holy Church, and the people.

"But you all should have seen what happened this morning. Mon Carlo did not suffer any major damage, and you are all intact. The impact on this island was caused by a powerful 'shadow' force that we do not even possess. This was just an rude invasion by another association against us, and it was definitely not something we wanted to cause trouble."

Facing Gaspare's words, Lauran spoke righteously. After listening to his words, Gaspare thought for a while, and then asked Vanya, who was silent beside him.

"Sister Vanya...what do you mean..."

"Well... this... I think what Mr. Lauran said actually makes sense. What happened last night should be just as he said. Let's report it to the Holy Church accordingly." After listening to Gaspare's words, the nun in white thought for a moment and said to Gaspare, who nodded slightly after listening.

"Since Sister Vanya said so, let's just report it this way for now... Judging from the current situation, this is indeed an invasion by the Shadow Society..."

After hearing Vanya's words, Gaspare also said the same thing. After confirming the basic stance of the church personnel in front of him on the incident, Edward, who was sitting quietly in his seat, breathed a sigh of relief inadvertently, and he finally spoke in a hoarse voice.

"I am extremely pleased that Sister Vanya can understand us and reach an understanding with us on this crucial issue. To express my gratitude, I will personally attend Sister Vanya's farewell banquet later and will prepare a small gift."

"Ah, it's my honor that Lord Edward can come and practice for me in person." After hearing Edward's words, Vanya immediately said modestly, and then Edward spoke again.

"Haha... Sister Vanya is too modest. It is my honor that you can bring the holy relics to Mon Carlo, a city that is considered corrupt by the public. Sister Vanya has been touring the holy relics in Mon Carlo for a few days. I am sure you have heard some foul language. As the owner of this place, I apologize to you here. I will punish those who are the most slick later."

"This, this actually does not require an apology. The situation in Mon Carlo is due to historical factors. I understand this. Therefore, Sir Edward does not need to punish anyone... Rather than punishing others, I hope that Sir Edward can expand the Mon Carlo church a little bit. Compared with the scale of Mon Carlo, this church is actually a little narrow." After listening to Edward's words, Vanya continued to speak, and Edward immediately spoke after listening to Vanya's words.