Chapter 653: Accumulation
Dorothy sat in a quiet single room in a cafe near the North Tivian Church. She looked at her own reflection in the glass window and recalled the contents of the biography she had read from the forbidden library in the basement of the Church of the Holy Spirit not long ago, especially those articles that were more valuable. The first of them was a quasi-autobiographical biography written by a nun named Yunina.
'This nun named Yunina has a somewhat similar experience to Vanya. Both of them have believed in the Virgin Mary since childhood. Both of them are "gifted" in a certain sense. Both of them started from the grassroots and gradually rose to high positions in the Radiant Cult system, and finally reached at least the level of adulthood... The biggest difference between her and Vanya is probably that Vanya's belief in the Virgin Mary is as pure as Yunina's.
'This Yunina is very fanatical about the Virgin Mary's worship, even to the point of wanting to listen to the oracle in person. According to the teachings of the Radiant Light Church, the only one who can directly communicate with the Three Saints is the Pope, which makes her secretly dissatisfied... I always feel that the Radiant Light's rule that only the Pope can communicate with the gods is very deceptive and not very reasonable at all.'
Dorothy thought about this and realized that the Radiant Church was founded on the belief in the Three Saints, and there should not be too many devout and fanatical people among them, so the emergence of Yunina was inevitable. However, on the one hand, the church cultivated fanatical believers of the Three Saints, and on the other hand, the power to communicate directly with the Three Saints was monopolized by the Pope, which was a big problem.
The problem of the Pope's monopoly on the right to communicate with the Three Saints may not be a big problem for ordinary followers of the Radiance and the middle and lower levels of the church. After all, both the Pope and the Three Saints are beings that are far away from them. However, the situation is different for high-ranking church officials above the Red Adult level.
The extraordinary people of the church at the level of Red Cheng would definitely have a good understanding of secrets and extraordinary things. Having known other pagan religions and pagan gods, they would find it unreasonable that the three gods of the Glowing Religion share a common herald. The fanatics among them would probably have doubts.
'The three saints share the Pope as the oracle, which also means that in such a big church, the three saints only recognize the Pope. This feels very strange. Although the Three Saints of Glory seem to be more united than the Three Gods of Afterbirth, they are indeed three real gods. Even if their relationship is very good, it should not be to the extent that they share the same oracle. Can the three of them discuss with each other and reach a consensus every time they issue an oracle?
'In the case of the Radiant Church, it is more like believing in the Pope than believing in three gods... It is more like the religious leaders in the godless world I used to live in. The imaginary gods never speak, and only a spokesperson takes the name of the gods to drive the believers. The power of the Pope is too great. He holds the sole right to interpret the scriptures. His authority over the high-ranking clergy in the church even exceeds that of the gods themselves. It is really hard to imagine that such a scene will appear in a world with true gods.'
Dorothy thought to herself that in her opinion, the operating mode of the Radiant Church was very likely to inspire heresy. For example, Yunina, the author of this biography, already had the potential to become a heretic.
'This Yunina... At the end of the book, it says that she wants to become Saint Amanda, which means she wants to become one of the seven living saints. If I remember correctly, Amanda is the biggest supporter of the current Vanya church, which means she might be the original Yunina? It's hard to say... Who knows if this Yunina became a saint back then.'
Dorothy thought so, then she slowly let out a sigh of relief, took a sip of coffee, and began to recall some other legends that were worthy of attention.
In addition to the book "Thirst for Faith" written by the nun who was suspected to have turned evil in the end, Dorothy also noticed two biographies about "Shadow". One was a messy notebook without a specific name, with a bunch of scattered words on it, describing content related to a mysterious "Shadow".
The name of this group is "The Silent Brotherhood". It is an assassin group composed purely of assassins. Their whereabouts are secretive and erratic. Wherever its members appear, someone will be assassinated and killed.
Among those assassinated were royal nobles, secret dignitaries, and people from different countries and groups, whether cults or official, from the leaders of evil groups to the great leaders of the church, all of them had been assassinated by them, and they rarely failed. They could be said to be the most powerful and professional assassin group in the secret world.
The Silent Brotherhood is very powerful, and its assassination range is very wide and it does not distinguish between right and wrong. Therefore, many people think that they are a group of hired mercenaries who take benefits from others and work for others. However, the actual situation is not like this. The notes say that no one in the secret world has ever known how to contact the Silent Brotherhood, let alone hire them. Although the Silent Brotherhood has carried out many assassinations in the past few hundred years, no one knows why they carried out this assassination. The targets they assassinate seem to be random, and no one knows how a target got on their list.
The reason why people know that an assassination is related to the Silent Brotherhood is because they leave behind a signature object after committing a crime, a very thin, crescent-shaped one-handed sickle made of a special material that only they can use.
The Silent Brotherhood is extremely mysterious, with no one knowing where or what their purpose is. They seem to carry out all sorts of seemingly unrelated assassinations at will, killing many well-known figures in the church. The church, royal families of various countries, and even major cults have once tried their best to track down the whereabouts of the Silent Brotherhood, but with little success.
From the notes, the Silent Brotherhood was mainly active around 500 to 600 years ago. Although there have been rumors that they have not been eliminated, their activity has been getting lower and lower in recent centuries, and has even gradually approached zero. Until the last one or two hundred years, there has been no confirmed news to prove that they have been active again. Therefore, in today's secret world, the Silent Brotherhood is not very visible and is more of a legend.
'An assassin group that has no hired help, has no specific purpose, targets a wide range of targets, and doesn't care about whether they are black or white... So there is such a free assassin organization in this world? Looking at the description in the legend, it seems that this group of people kills people at will.
'Such a secret assassin organization... not only exists, but is also ridiculously powerful. It can kill people from the church kingdom to the top leaders of major cults. After killing them, it can escape unscathed and avoid revenge from many parties... It feels like it is protected by gods. But which god is protecting this strange situation? What is His purpose?'
Dorothy thought so in her heart. The crescent sickle logo made her think of a familiar god directly, but she was not sure whether that god had any connection with the Silent Brotherhood.
'From the appearance, this Silent Brotherhood seems to have a little connection with the Goddess Mirror Moon, but it is hard to say what kind of connection it is. Could it be that they are some kind of power that Mirror Moon left on this continent? But why did He do this? What is the purpose of the Silent Brotherhood's indiscriminate attacks on so many important people in the secret world? Why have they been inactive in the last one or two centuries?'
Dorothy pondered this in her heart, but in the absence of sufficient other conditions, such contemplation could not deduce any valuable clues, so she decided to ignore it for the time being.
There is also a "shadow" biography that Dorothy is interested in, called "The Shadow Thief's Notebook". It is a manual for training high-level theft skills by a secret organization called "The Shadow Thief Guild". If the Silent Brotherhood is an assassin group, then they are a den of thieves.
The Shadow Thieves Guild is a gathering place for thieves and thieves. They make profits by stealing precious items from wealthy businessmen, officials, civilians and even secret organizations. Among them are extraordinary thieves with extraordinary abilities, but the larger number is a large number of ordinary thieves. These thieves joined this guild without even the corresponding knowledge of secrets and extraordinary abilities.
The Shadow Thieves Guild is not of high level, as black soil is rare compared to chalk, but its scale is unusually large, with members spread across several major cities in various countries on the continent. It has a very loose organizational structure, with one city and one mountain, and the mountains are not subordinate to each other. Different mountains will elect prestigious people to serve as common mentors, but the relationship between mentors and these mountains is very weak. Mentors are only responsible for imparting experience, strengthening communication, guiding direction and coordinating cooperation. The entire organization does not have a clear leader, only some creeds that are not strictly enforced.
There are many extraordinary branches in the Shadow Thieves Guild, but none of them are high. They have a close relationship with the Treasure Thieves, who are mainly tomb robbers, and they often cooperate with them. They operate in different cities under different names, disguised as ordinary local gangs. Each mentor is the most experienced Extraordinary among them, and this book is the theft skills summarized by countless people.
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