Chapter 730 Consultation
The sun is shining and the sky is clear.
On the vast sea of conquest, the blue waves rippled, the waves splashed, and the seagulls flew. A snow-white passenger ship cut through the waves like a sharp sword and sailed into the distance. It left a white wake on the blue sea, which was particularly eye-catching.
This passenger ship is large and luxurious. It has three towering chimneys and a ship's side more than ten meters high. On its front deck, which is as spacious as a square, an open-air banquet is being held. The weather is fine and the atmosphere is joyful. More than a dozen round tables are filled with all kinds of delicious food. There are sweet and delicious cakes, soft and smooth noodles, mellow and fragrant wine, tender and juicy steaks... The food is colorful, fragrant and delicious, and it is dazzling. These foods seem to combine the characteristics and flavors of different countries and regions.
Around these tempting tables, there are many travelers. They are well-dressed and elegant. The men are dressed in neat suits and look respectable and dignified. The ladies are dressed in gorgeous dresses and look beautiful. They are the elite of society and enjoy the fun of sailing. While tasting the food, they chat and laugh, exchanging their experiences and thoughts. If you listen carefully, you can find that they speak different languages and seem to come from different countries. They form different small circles based on the different languages, but they do not exclude each other, but respect and appreciate each other. They seem to come from all over the world and have different ages and backgrounds.
In a corner of the banquet on the boat, at a table near the sea, Dorothy, wearing a straw sun hat, sandals, a light white dress, and braided silver hair, was sitting on a comfortable chair, reading a newspaper on the table and sipping a glass of juice slowly. In front of her, Nephthys, wearing sunglasses, a black shirt and white loose trousers, was sitting there, resting her bare arms with various gold ornaments on the armrest of the chair, looking at the bustling banquet scene.
"Another party like this... Rich people will never miss out on any place for entertainment." Looking at the scene in front of her, Neveu, who had seen similar scenes many times, commented like this, and then she spoke again with a slightly confused look.
"It feels like... there are a lot of foreigners on our ship. Although it's not an international shipping, if I remember correctly, our destination is Tivian. Are there so many people traveling to Tivian?" Neve said with some doubt. Although Tivian is the capital of Putin, it is not a tourist city. Among the major countries in the continent, Tivian has serious pollution and large slums, which makes it not a tourist place.
So generally speaking, although there are not many foreigners coming to Tivia, almost none of them come for tourism, so this kind of luxury tourist cruise ship rarely goes to Tivia. The tourist town of Put is somewhere else, which is the destination for tourists.
Listening to Neveu's words, Dorothy took another sip of the juice, put the cup on the table in front of her, and then shoveled sugar into it while speaking slowly.
"You are almost a native Tivian, and you still ask such questions? Look for yourself..." Dorothy said this, and then moved the newspaper in front of her forward. Neve came over to take a look and couldn't help but be stunned.
"World Expo? So that's how it is... This Expo has been in preparation for so long, is it finally going to be held?" Looking at the news in the newspaper, Neve said bluntly. As a Tivian, she was very familiar with the World Expo.
This is a grand international event that the Putin government has been preparing for many years. It was initiated and hosted by Putin's current king, Charles IV. The purpose is to demonstrate national strength, promote Putin, and create an opportunity to strengthen ties with countries around the world and promote economic cooperation and industrial development.
The Putt government started preparing for this expo a long time ago, and it has been several years now. Putt even opened up a new urban area for this expo, and the construction consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. It is a major project that the Putt government attaches great importance to.
Dorothy had learned about the Expo from newspapers and other channels soon after she entered Tivian. It was a long time ago when she first saw information related to the World Expo in a newspaper or when she first saw news about Adele.
This time was a long time ago for Dorothy, and even longer for Neveu, a Tivian native. Over the years, Neveu, a Tivian, had become accustomed to the state of "the World Expo is being prepared", and now the sudden switch to the preparations being completed made her a little uncomfortable for a while.
"My friend, so these foreigners are going to Tivian to attend the upcoming expo? No wonder... I thought this expo would take some time to prepare before it was held. I didn't expect it to start now? After the assassination of Duke Barrett at the beginning of last year, I thought the expo would be cancelled..."
After taking the newspaper in front of her, Neveu said as she read it, "In her impression, the assassination of the Duke last year had a great impact on Putin's external image, which undoubtedly cast a shadow on the holding of the World Expo."
"The Royal Government has invested so much money in this, so they must continue to hold this expo. Although the assassination of Duke Barrett did not have a big impact, it happened more than a year ago. After the impact has subsided a little, such an event can be held. This is exactly an opportunity for Putin to eliminate the negative impact of the assassination..."
"Is that so? If this expo goes well, it can offset the impact of the previous one?"
"Of course, but whether the impact can be successfully eliminated in the end depends on how the Expo goes in the end... I currently have reservations about this."
Dorothy analyzed that in this World Expo, not only tourists from all over the world will come to Tivian to visit, but also some important people from all over the world will attend. At that time, the security pressure faced by the Kingdom Government will be unprecedented...
But now, Putt's secret police agency has been infiltrated by the Eight-Pointed Nest like a sieve. The secret police is one of the most important security forces in a country. Under the circumstances of the Secret Bureau, holding an international event of this scale... It is difficult for Dorothy to guarantee that there will be no problems.
"I can only wish him success..."
Dorothy thought so, then picked up the sugar-free juice she had mixed with and shook it back and forth. After shaking it, she started to drink it again. Neveu, who was standing next to her, took another look at the news in the newspaper and continued to speak curiously.
"Ms. Dorothy, we can catch the opening of the Expo when we return this time. How about we go there and have fun together then?"
"It's okay to have some fun. It's a good way to relax. It's a good way to spend time. When I finish my work and return to Tivian, I can catch the opening ceremony."
Dorothy was talking while drinking juice, and after listening to Dorothy's speech, Neveu asked curiously.
"Finished your business? Miss Dorothy, do you have anything else that you have to wait until you finish it before returning to Tivian?"
"Yes... I can't go back directly at the moment. When I get off the ship at the next port, I will go to other places first. You can go back to Tivian first. I will be back soon."
After taking another sip of the juice, Dorothy looked at Neveu and spoke bluntly. The mysterious meaning in her words made Neveu feel curious.
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After sailing on the luxury cruise ship for a while, Dorothy and Neveu arrived at another port. This port was located in Farajo. It was from here that they would cross the strait and arrive at the cruise ship's most important stop on this journey, Tivian.
However, Dorothy on the ship did not stay to continue her journey to Tivian, but said goodbye to Neveu at this port, bought another ticket after getting off the ship, waited for and boarded another ship.
The new cruise ship Dorothy boarded was much smaller than the one she had taken before, but its destination was also Portland, but it was another city in Portland.
The city Dorothy was going to this time was called Conference Fields, a port city in the southwest of Point. Dorothy successfully arrived at this place after a short journey by boat.
Then, Dorothy did not stay in this port city for too long, but took a train directly north from here. After less than half a day's drive, she arrived at her destination, Gramorn.
"Huh... I'm back to visit the old place again..."
Standing on a hill on the outskirts of Gramorne, Dorothy looked at the vast Star-Moon Lake in front of her, which was as calm as a mirror and reflected the blue sky, and she couldn't help but say with emotion.
Dorothy admired the beautiful scenery at the place where she achieved success, and then looked at the large pits and flattened hilltops on the mountains beside the lake. After recalling the battle a few months ago through these traces, Dorothy cast her eyes towards the center of the huge lake, where the huge church still stood.
Mirror Moon Church, this is the destination of Dorothy's short journey this time. She is going to try to summon the will of the Mirror Moon Goddess once again...
After resting for half a day in the quiet and peaceful city of Gramorne, Dorothy finally welcomed the night. As the people in the small town fell asleep one after another, Dorothy began her own action. She specially chose the full moon time to start her action.
After the Gramoen incident, the Mirror Moon Church that returned to the world was taken over by the church and the Security Bureau, but in fact the main control is in the hands of the church. After the people of the church took over the church, they have been conducting research and transformation. To this day, there are still people from the church stationed in the church.
However, as a considerable amount of time had passed and the church's investigation into Mirror Moon Church had gradually come to an end, the church's guard strength had gradually decreased. Nowadays, the church was no longer as heavily guarded as it was when the Gramoyne incident had just occurred. For Dorothy today, this amount of guard was nothing at all.
Although she is the guardian of the "lamp", she mainly only has the speed of black soil. Even with the assistance of many extraordinary props, it still does not pose a difficulty for Dorothy, who is already an accomplished person.
Taking advantage of the moonlight, Dorothy used the information collected by her powerful intelligence ability to quickly bypass the guards on the Star Moon Lake and around the church and successfully sneaked into the church. Soon, Dorothy came to the chapel in the center of the Mirror Moon Church, and then she found that the appearance of this place had changed greatly compared to her memory.
The quiet and peaceful Mirror Moon Church in Japan has now turned into a large construction site in the eyes of Dorothy. The inscriptions and murals on the pillars of the building with the colors of the Mirror Moon faith are being erased and knocked down. Small stones are scattered all over the ground. Scaffolding is built on the wall, and various tools are placed everywhere. In the center of the chapel, the Mirror Moon Goddess statue that used to stand there... or Dorothy's statue is now missing, and only an empty platform is left there.
"Huh... He has already started to transform..."
Standing in the quiet chapel, Dorothy couldn't help but sigh with relief when she saw the situation around her. Although she had expected the situation before her, she still felt a little disappointed after seeing it on the spot.
When the Glowing Cult discovers the temples and shrines of pagan gods, they will investigate whether they can be transformed. If they can, they will turn them into churches dedicated to the Three Saints of Glow. If they cannot be transformed, they will be destroyed directly. The current appearance of the Mirror Moon Church clearly shows that it is currently being transformed.
"I don't know if I can use this appearance as a support to strengthen the connection..."
Dorothy continued to speak softly as she looked around at the mess. Then she looked around for a while and started to do her own business.
In front of the location where the original statue was stored, Dorothy silently sat down cross-legged, and then set up a 'shadow' magic circle. After the magic circle was completed, Dorothy began to activate her own abilities.
Just like she had done a few months ago, Dorothy used the ritual to gather together the countless legends about the Lady of the Lake that were scattered throughout Potente. Eventually, she materialized the legend and sculpted a graceful and illusory female figure with a silvery glow in the air in front of her.
Under the bright moon, Dorothy once again materialized the Lady of the Lake in the Mirror Moon Temple, but this time the materialization was different from the last time. The last time Dorothy materialized the Lady of the Lake, the materialized body quickly broke free of Dorothy's control and revealed a conscious appearance.
This time, the lake fairy body that Dorothy manifested was in the posture of an ordinary body. Without Dorothy's order, it just lay there motionless, without any movement as it did when it first appeared.
Obviously, this time the will of the Mirror Moon Goddess did not attach itself to the Fairy of the Lake again and let the Fairy of the Lake become the embodiment of her will. The Fairy of the Lake here was just an anecdote created by Dorothy. Dorothy couldn't help but feel nervous after seeing this scene, and then took some other measures, such as trying to strengthen the Fairy of the Lake. Or praying to the Mirror Moon Goddess herself.
No matter what measures Dorothy took, she failed to make the Fairy of the Lake regain the will of the Mirror Moon Goddess. After tossing and turning for a long time and confirming that the will of the goddess could not be descended, Dorothy could not help but sigh slightly and dismissed the Fairy of the Lake's body to avoid further wasting her spirituality.
"Is it because the connection is not strong enough?"
Looking at the lake fairy body gradually disappearing in front of her, Dorothy sighed slightly in her heart and said that this attempt to summon the will of the Mirror Moon Goddess could almost be said to have failed.
From the brief words that Mirror Moon Goddess had said a few months ago, Dorothy could confirm that if Mirror Moon Goddess wanted to project her power onto Putt, she needed a connection force strong enough to serve as a medium, and she needed to combine it with things that had many connections with Mirror Moon to strengthen the connection between her and Putt.
When Dorothy summoned the power of Mirror Moon, she used three important elements: the full moon, the anecdotal body of the Lady of the Lake, and the Mirror Moon Temple to summon the power of the Mirror Moon Goddess here, but now it seems that these three elements can no longer be gathered.
Although it is not a full moon at the moment, and Dorothy has condensed the legendary body of the Lady of the Lake, the temple has been transformed beyond recognition.
Although Dorothy had performed a replacement ritual on Mirror Moon Church before, changing the main deity of the temple to herself, the replacement ritual had just been used and only once when she summoned. In addition to the change of the main deity, there were still a lot of traces of Mirror Moon left here, so there was still enough connection to guide Mirror Moon's power over.
But the current situation of Mirror Moon Church... It has been deeply transformed by the Glowing Light Cult. Not only have the huge amount of Mirror Moon faith elements that originally remained in the church been eliminated, but even the temple itself may have undergone a replacement ceremony again. The traces of the Mirror Moon Goddess remaining inside have been greatly reduced.
Because of problems at the temple, Dorothy is now unable to summon the will of the Mirror Moon Goddess. The part of her promotion ceremony that she thought was most completed is now directly blocked.
"This situation... is really troublesome..."
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