In the sacred pillar of light, the tree tumors and flesh that had lost the support of external forces quickly collapsed, like snow encountering a red-hot iron ball.

Amid the indescribable sizzling sound, Cynthia's face wrinkled up, looking extremely painful.

She turned left and right with difficulty, looked up and down, her expression gradually becoming one of fear and confusion, as if she finally realized that something was wrong with her.

"General..." Her voice trembled. She looked forward with fear and despair, but she could only see a strange face.

Klein could have used Cynthia's remaining flesh and spirit to feed the Creeping Hunger, but at this moment he just sighed and said calmly:

"Don't touch strange objects or religions anymore."

In his opinion, Cynthia's current state was either due to her involvement with a cult or because of some dangerous object that connected her to an existence that could not be looked at directly, which was why she responded in this way.

Cynthia vaguely understood something, and she suddenly shed tears with only a head and some flesh left:

"Yes, it is the Mother Tree of Desire, it is the Celestial Sect...

"General, General, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!

"Help me! Help me!"

The Mother Tree of Desire... The Celestial Sect... This is beyond the scope of my knowledge of mysticism... Klein's expression remained unchanged. He looked at Cynthia, who was collapsing and begging for help, with pity. He opened his arms again and spoke in a low voice:

"Death is not the end. You will be redeemed by the gods."

Another bright and pure beam of light fell, and Cynthia's beautiful face with tears streaming down her face was completely frozen.

Her eyes were filled with despair, yet there was still some hope for heaven after death.

Under the shining of the "sun", her head and body melted and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, achieving the final purification.

Klein seemed to be watching this scene calmly, with no change in expression or movements for a long time.

When everything calmed down, he curled his lips slightly and chuckled bitterly:

"What a crazy and confusing world..."

The experience just now made him dare not "communicate with spirits" directly. The many strange things about the matter made him give up the plan to bring Cynthia's spirit above the gray fog for "questioning". Faced with the situation where the evil feeling could not be resolved and the corrosion was getting worse and worse, he could only choose to let Cynthia be purified in time. After all, this is a world with true God, and there may really be a heaven after death.

As for the backlash of the "Creeping Hunger", Klein was not worried for the time being. After such a long time of getting along with each other, this magical item that was sealed to a certain extent had become more and more compatible with him. It would not be necessary to feed it immediately after using it only once. It had returned to its original state. Once it was opened, it would only eat once in 24 hours, no matter how many times it was used. Of course, on the day it was not used, it definitely did not need to be fed.

Therefore, Klein still had plenty of time to find food for the "creeping hunger" without harming innocent people.

If that doesn’t work, you can throw it above the gray fog... Klein looked around and found that the members of the general’s guards and the male and female waiters in the house were all free from the influence of the amplified desire and had fainted. This included the maid who was grabbing her companion’s throat at the door in order to gain praise and recognition, and the blonde secretary Lu Er’an.

"Sure enough, only by solving the root of the problem can things be completely resolved...

"According to Admiral Amyrius' description, Luran is at least a Sequence 6 Beyonder, and is suspected to be a Corrupted Baron. He may even have secretly reached Sequence 5... He was so easily controlled by the magnified desire, which shows that the power that descended with the help of Cynthia is of extremely high nature. But why did I just have a wet dream...

"Not counting magical items, Lu Er'an and I should be at the same level...

"Is it because of the power that is intertwined between the gray fog and reality? Is it because of the restrictions of Admiral Amyrius's 'temporary contract'? Or is it both factors?

“Well, if I didn’t have them, as Cynthia’s main target, my desires in that area would definitely be magnified to the extreme, and this wouldn’t just be a beautiful dream…” Klein habitually stretched out his right hand to stroke his face, and turned back into Amyrius Levitt.

Since the lives of the others were temporarily out of danger, he examined the room carefully, and suddenly an inspiration struck him.

Klein took a few steps forward and came to where Cynthia disappeared. He bent down and picked up a necklace from the pile of torn clothes on the bed.

The necklace hung with a pendant as big as a finger joint. It was completely black and shaped like a shrunken rhino horn. Its surface was extremely dull and covered with numerous cracks. Apart from a slight sense of evil, it did not have any spiritual brilliance.

"Is this the dangerous item that caused Cynthia's mutation? Because it has connected to the existence that cannot be looked at directly, it has completed its mission and injected all its power into Cynthia's body?" Klein made a preliminary guess based on the condition of the pendant and his previous experience.

He checked for a while and found nothing else, so he took out the paper man, dealt with the traces at the scene, and lifted the restrictions of the talisman. Then he walked to the side of the blond secretary Lu Eran, who was briefly swallowed by the flowers and had some traces of corrosion left, raised his knees, and kicked him a few times with his toes.

With Amyrius' personality, he probably wouldn't squat down and shake his secretary to wake him up... Haha, this guy's arrogant and condescending attitude before was really annoying. I wanted to beat him up... Klein stopped his actions and watched with a serious expression as Luan slowly woke up.

"Your Excellency the Admiral..." Lu Er'an was a little confused for a moment, as if he couldn't tell whether he was in a dream or reality.

As a superior, I have no obligation to explain... Klein looked down at him and said in a low voice:

"You should wake up all the slightly injured people here, and use some of them to treat the rest, while the rest of you should immediately investigate the Celestial Cult on Oravi Island. They worship an evil god called the Mother Tree of Desire. Um... start with the people around Cynthia.

"I'm in the study waiting for the report."

After saying this, he held the broken miniature rhino horn pendant in his hand, turned around and walked out of the master bedroom door, and entered the quiet study room that was undisturbed.

As a military figure, although he had some helplessness when facing the high-level officials of the kingdom and had to selectively ignore some things, for example, the new governor had arrived just after the telegram order to remove Governor Austin from his post - this showed that the other party had set out a long time in advance, and as the supreme commander of the Central Sonia Navy, Amyrius Levitt did not receive any news at all, but on Oravi Island, he still had absolute authority when facing Secretary Luran, the local police system and members of the naval base. He did not need to investigate on his own, as he had plenty of manpower to arrange.

Demigods only need to be on guard against accidents and wait for news, without having to rush around!

In the study, Klein listened to the chaotic footsteps, terrified screams, inquiries, and conversations outside. The brilliant starry sky and the star that shone brightly appeared in his mind involuntarily.

"What does this symbolize?" Klein frowned and sat down in the armchair behind the desk, his figure immersed in the darkness brought by the curtains.

He soon made some associations, because the myths and legends of the City of Silver and Emlyn White's description of the blood race confirmed that the "Moon" path had some authority over "reproduction", which was consistent with Cynthia's intentions and performance.

"A brilliant starry sky... Mr. 'Gate' told Emperor Roselle that the tarot card corresponding to the goddess is 'Star', not 'Moon'. Could it be that this illusory starry sky symbolizes Her? Well, the 'Original Moon' is suspected to be the vest of a certain god, angel, or high-ranking demon, and the goddess has the honorific name of 'Scarlet Moon'. Could it be that She is impersonating the 'Original Moon', occupying the corresponding position, and mastering the necessary authority?" Although Klein knew that such an idea was extremely blasphemous, he still inevitably suspected the Goddess of Night.

But he quickly denied this speculation, because whether it was Lilith, the ancestor of vampires, or the "original moon", what they showed was pure "reproduction", which did not involve appetite, arrogance, and the desire for recognition. This was inconsistent with the performance of some previous victims, and the other honorifics of the goddess of night did not include the corresponding areas.

"This is consistent with the characteristics of the 'demon' path. The 'Apostle of Desire' is an expert in similar fields... Could it be that the one who replaced the 'Original Moon' is really a high-level demon, or even the demon king who calls himself the 'Dark Side of the Universe', Sequence 0 'Abyss'? This possibility is very high, but the problem is that this should not present an illusory starry sky and bright stars. Neither the 'Moon' nor the 'Abyss' has anything to do with similar symbolic symbols..." The more Klein pondered, the more he felt that this speculation was problematic.

As his thoughts raced, he suddenly thought of a concept.

A concept that often appears as an important content in the occult knowledge he has come into contact with, but has never been described or explained in detail!

That is, the "Star Realm"!

Except for a few organizations such as the School of Life that believe in niche knowledge such as the "absolute rational world", in most mysticism, the world is composed of "reality", "spiritual world" and "astral world".

Needless to say, "reality" and knowledge of the "spiritual world" are the basis of many ritual magic and extraordinary abilities. Only the "astral world" is basically blank in Klein's cognition.

"So, the illusory starry sky represents the 'Star Realm', and the bright stars are certain beings in the 'Star Realm'? I have always suspected that the 'Star Realm' is the residence of the true God, so it is not impossible for this symbolic image to represent the 'original moon'..." Klein did not think about it any more. While recalling the details of the previous few days, he waited for the results of his subordinates' investigation.

Time passed minute by minute, and Klein finally heard familiar footsteps coming up the stairs and approaching.

The blonde secretary Lu Er'an knocked on the door and entered, lowered his head, and reported calmly:

“Your Excellency Admiral, we have found the Celestial Cult and captured their leader.

“This is a clue provided by Miss Cynthia’s parents.

"This sect has been quite active in Oravi in ​​recent years. Its purpose is to not wear clothes, return to nature, and indulge one's nature. It believes that human beings can achieve spiritual liberation in this state.

“Reproduction is a byproduct of that.”

After a pause, Luan added:

"Their leader is a Beyonder, a Sequence 8 'Madman'."

"Madman"? "Madman" from the "prisoner" path? Related to the Rose School? Well, there are two factions within the Rose School: "moderation" and "indulgence". The latter's philosophy is quite consistent with the situation at the scene... Klein was shocked, but he remained calm and said:

"Bring him here."