"Oh, right... there are still enemies... Now, what's the situation outside?" Vanya couldn't help but feel nervous when she thought that her side might still be in the battle. At this moment, a familiar voice sounded in her heart.
"Don't panic, it's all over."
"This voice is... Miss Dorothea! You said it's over... Have those cultists... been stopped?" Hearing this voice in her mind, Vanya was startled at first, and then immediately responded in her mind.
"Yes... Thanks to your help and the help of some other people, our plan is going smoothly. Bajian is seriously injured this time. They will not make any more moves in Pritt in the short term." Dorothy responded in Vanya's heart. Hearing Dorothy's words, Vanya couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then replied with relief.
"Really? That's really too much. Thank God for your protection..."
After hearing the news, Vanya wanted to pray and give thanks as usual, but Dorothy interrupted her again and said to her.
'It's not time to relax yet, we still have some cleanup work to do, some of which will require a little help from you.'
"My side...aftermath?" Vanya couldn't help but ask with a slightly confused look on her face as Dorothy spoke, and Dorothy quickly answered in her mind.
'Hurry up and wake up your people, and then go to the woods on the north side of the lake, where you can find the Archbishop of the Preet Diocese. He is in a very bad condition and needs your help...'
"Eh... Archbishop Francisco!?"
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In the dark night, on one side of Starry Lake, Dorothy, who had almost recovered her spirit, was standing here, looking at the sparkling lake in front of her. She focused her eyes on the church in the center of the lake and spoke slowly.
"It seems that the people of the Eight-pointed Nest are really worried about their affairs. They have upgraded in the eyes of Saint Linshan. They finally resisted the urge to strike back at the opponent who was not easy to defeat."
"Of course. After all, for the church, the archbishop is their highest representative in a country. The death of a person of this level is enough to raise the priority of national affairs at the cardinals' meeting..." The one who answered Dorothy was an old man in a windbreaker and top hat standing not far from her, Aldrich. After thinking for a while, he continued to speak.
"Because the pope has ascended to heaven, there has been an obvious power struggle among the top leaders of the church, and the various factions are hindering each other. The remaining six saints have difficulty reaching a consensus, which has reduced the unity and responsiveness of the entire church. Many associations have taken this opportunity to become active. They have begun to boldly carry out some large-scale actions that were not seen in the past. However, no one wants to make things too big. For the church, excessive stimulation may make them come together again to solve important problems. No one wants to worry about that problem."
Aldrich continued to speak slowly like this. Listening to his words, Dorothy felt a little surprised for a moment. It was also the first time for her to hear that the fierce conflicts within the church now actually came from the Pope. Did the so-called "ascending to heaven and never returning" mean that he had gone to the other side related to "light" and never came back?
"The Pope is ascending to heaven... I didn't expect that you would be so generous to tell me this level of information now. If it were in the past, it would have sold for hundreds of pounds?"
Dorothy said this to Aldridge with a hint of sarcasm in her tone, and the other party smiled and answered.
"This information has been circulated among many higher-ups in larger associations. It is not something of great value, and it is not worth much if sold. Using this little information to bargain with the Night Sky Queen's witch is really disrespectful to the Shadow Lord..."
Aldridge said this to Dorothy with a smile. Hearing his words, Dorothy couldn't help but twitch her lips slightly. She thought to herself, this guy, it turns out that the way he treats this profiteer in doing business is based on his status.
"So, you have already directly concluded that I am the witch of the Queen of the Night Sky?"
"What else? You can draw on the power of the Queen of the Night Sky. Your appearance is so similar to the statue of the Queen of the Night Sky. If you are not the Queen of the Night Sky's imperial witch, then what are you? Do you want me, an old man, to admit that an ordinary girl who has nothing to do with the extraordinary can be promoted from an ordinary person to a master in just one year? How can I put my face, who is hundreds of years old and still a broken gold, on the table?"
Spreading his hands, Aldrich said this to Dorothy. In his understanding, it seemed that only the statement that Dorothy was the witch chosen and cared for by the Goddess Mirror Moon could explain how she could jump four levels in one year. Although this statement had many doubts, it was the most reliable one that Aldrich could find.
Dorothy was speechless for a moment after hearing what Aldridge said. Then she straightened her expression slightly and became a little serious. Then she continued to ask Aldridge.
"By the way, did you see anything on me just now?"
Dorothy asked this to Aldridge. She fell asleep after being possessed by Jingyue's power. At this moment, she wanted to know from other people's perspective what happened after she fell to the ground. The only person who might have been conscious at the time was Aldridge. However, Aldridge's response made Dorothy feel a little disappointed.
"I saw nothing. After the power of the Queen of the Night Sky descended, all I saw was darkness, all I smelt was dead silence, and all I touched was nothingness... In this situation, I absolutely had no intention of spying on the true thoughts of any god. I could only pray to the forge in this eternal darkness, hoping for the return of light..."
Aldrich said this to Dorothy, and after hearing his words, Dorothy couldn't help but sigh and speak.
"You don't know what happened then? It's a pity... If the Order Core had really responded to you then, maybe you would have been able to see something."
Dorothy said this with a hint of joking, but after hearing what Dorothy said, Aldridge couldn't help but frown slightly, and he immediately turned to Dorothy and spoke.
"What did you just say? Who did you say heard my prayers?"
"Ah? The Core of Order, the god of your Society of Craftsmen, the God of Craftsmen. Aren't the Core of Order and Craftsman's Furnace one of His names?" Dorothy replied as a matter of course in response to Aldridge's question.
"The core of the structure..." After listening to Dorothy's words, Aldridge murmured with a slightly strange look on his face, and then immediately spoke in a solemn tone.
"Where did you hear this name?"
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