Amid the steam of the industrial revolution, mysteries surge beneath the surface. Cults and secret societies seek the extraordinary in the shadows, while hidden gods gaze upon humanity from the hea...
Chapter 650: Soul Trial
It was a dark night, with the moon high in the sky and stars all over the sky. On a small balcony somewhere, a mature woman with long golden hair, wearing a simple white robe, was sitting on a chair on the balcony. On the small coffee table in front of her, there were a pile of documents. She was holding one of them, examining it carefully with a serious expression.
Amanda stared at the document in her hand for a long while, then took a deep breath and placed it on the table. She turned her head and looked at the translucent illusory nun standing quietly not far away from her, then spoke slowly.
"That's all?"
"That's all the preliminary investigation report on the attack on Tivian Chant Church. What's written on it are basically the investigation results that have been confirmed." With her hands crossed in front of her, the illusory Sister Evie continued to speak to Amanda with an indifferent look.
"It can now be confirmed that the organization that planned this attack was the Wolf Blood Society, one of the three afterbirth religions. The personnel involved in the attack included a Scarlet Devouring Wolf. The Wolf Blood Society used some means to create a puppet that can almost perfectly simulate the extraordinary reaction of the Scarlet Wolf under the supervision of its rank, in order to lure away Despenser's Scarlet Wolf.
"However, due to the caution of Acting Archbishop Vanya Chafillon, the two Red Members of Despenser were not all attracted and transferred away at once. Among them, the third prince Harold was able to arrive in time when the Chant Church was attacked because he was advised by Sister Vanya to stay behind. In the end, he successfully killed the invading Terror Devouring Wolf with the support of Sister Vanya, and the remaining members of the Wolf Blood Society under the Wolf were almost all wiped out."
Evie reported slowly, roughly repeating the summary of the investigation into the recent attack on the Chant Church. Amanda rubbed her temples while listening to her words.
"Vanya Chafillon... it's you again... it hasn't been long since the last Gramoyn incident. Oh, now it's involved in another incident involving a secret society. This is the Wolfblood Society, what's next?"
Amanda said with a slightly helpless smile, it seemed that she was somewhat accustomed to Vanya's fertility. If the current trend continued, all the large associations in the secret world might have some relationship with her.
"However... I had anticipated that the Chant Church might have this happen recently. The original Archbishop is away, and the new Archbishop has not yet arrived. This news is an opportunity for some people who have ill intentions. That's why I nominated Vanya as the acting Archbishop to prevent any trouble from happening when they are naughty.
"I thought something might happen there in the next few days, but I didn't expect it to be so serious. A Red Cult cultist led a team to raid a temple-level cathedral. This kind of situation hasn't happened for a long time."
Amanda continued to say this. Generally speaking, this incident was within her expectations, but the severity and severity of the final incident was beyond her expectations. The evil cult leader Chi Cheng led his team to directly attack the cathedral in the capital of a big country. This kind of situation would generally only occur during a large-scale holy war.
"According to some existing investigation results, a few days before the raid, news about the vacancy of the Chant Church spread throughout the secret world of Tivian. The instigator might be the Eight-pointed Nest. This was their revenge against our intervention in the Gramorn incident."
Evie continued to speak in a calm tone, and after listening to her, Amanda put the documents in her hand on the small coffee table, then picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and then continued slowly.
"I heard that the people from the Inquisition want to use this incident to accuse Sister Vanya of being seriously suspicious?"
"Yes, there is such a thing. The source of their accusation is the initial report submitted by Sister Vanya. The description of the battle process of the Terror Devouring Demon Wolves is inconsistent with the past combat records of the Holy Church and the Terror Devouring Demon Wolves.
"According to the report delivered by Sister Vanya, the Devouring Demon Wolf of the Wolfblood Society invaded the Chant Church through long-distance jumps and opened the forbidden library there to look for something. After finding it, it encountered Prince Harold who was left behind. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides. Prince Harold inhaled the miasma due to carelessness and became weak. The Demon Wolf was almost exhausted. In the end, the weak Prince Harold was supported by Sister Vanya who came to the scene and killed the Demon Wolf.
"But according to the records in the Court of Justice, the Devouring Demon Wolf should have the ability to go berserk before dying. However, there is no such content in Sister Vanya's report. The investigation team of the Court of Justice used this as a reason to accuse Sister Vanya of the authenticity of her report."
Evie continued to report to Amanda with a calm look. Listening to Evie's words, Amanda closed her eyes and thought for a while, then opened her eyes and spoke slowly.
"Since the establishment of the Sijingting War Records Office more than 800 years ago, there have been more than 70 records of contact with the Terror Devouring Demon Wolf and more than 20 records of conflict. Most of them occurred during the Turbid Flow War. In these more than 20 conflict records, the Terror Devouring Demon Wolf showed more than nine different abilities. The abilities shown in each conflict were different. It is generally believed that this is related to its devouring characteristics. It develops different abilities by devouring extraordinary components of different things.
"To this day, what are the specific abilities of the Terror Devouring Demon Wolf? What kind of impact can the extraordinary components of different characteristics have on the Terror Devouring Demon Wolf? These questions are still a mystery. No one can assert what kind of abilities a Terror Devouring Demon Wolf has in what state. Just based on the abilities that the Terror Devouring Demon Wolf has in the past, it has not yet made accusations against the soldiers fighting on the front line... This is really in line with the style of those lunatics."
Amanda said this, as if she had done some research on the Devouring Demon Wolves and had a certain say on this issue. She was not satisfied with the casual accusation of the Tribunal.
"However... among the more than 20 records of direct conflicts with the Devouring Demon Wolf, only three kill records and one near-death escape record recorded the emergence of the violent ability. In a way, this seems to indicate that the violent ability is the inherent ability of the Devouring Demon Wolf when it is on the verge of death. The current four kills are also the first time that there has been no violent occurrence. This can indeed be regarded as a doubt, but it is just a doubt... It is far from being able to question the level of making an accusation.
"After all, there are many cases where abilities cannot be used... or the effects after use are not ideal or sufficient. This involves the state of the extraordinary person himself. I dare not speak without personally experiencing the battle."
Amanda continued. She did not deny that there were doubts in Vanya's report, but the extent of these doubts was far from enough to warrant a special investigation. At this time, Evie began to add to her story.