Feeling that she was still being watched, Helene lowered her head with peace of mind and looked at the old man dressed as a bishop. She found that although his skin, eyes, expression and even the details of his movements were exactly the same as the real person, she could detect a slight abnormality with her "Reaper" sensitivity.
In particular, his "weakness" is different from ordinary people. It is not on his head or chest, but in an inconspicuous position on his flank.
Some kind of mystical creature? Or maybe it's just those dolls made by Artisan out of whim?
She thought about it, looked around, and saw that none of the other prisoners, including William, responded to the old man's welcome. Only Tia looked at him with a dull expression, as if he had known him before.
The bishop of Church of Knowledge... couldn't be the same bishop who rescued Tia from the Demoness Sect's pursuit and asked her to come to the sea to "seek refuge" with Miss Angelica, right? Of course, the person who rescued her should be a real person other than Molora...
Helene All kinds of thoughts popped up in his mind, and he immediately responded to the old man in a nonchalant and even provocative manner:
"Is this our Exile place?"
Her attempt to provoke the other party knowingly did not succeed. The old man just smiled, took a few steps closer, looked up at the direction Helene had just looked at, and then said in a gentle voice:
"Yes, each of you will get a second life here... As for how long you can live, it depends on you."
As he spoke, he pointed with his hand, and the handcuffs and shackles of these prisoners, as well as the extra torture instruments of some dangerous villains, softened like mud and fell to the ground, making a dull impact. And he opened the heavy book in his hand and handed it to the leader Helene.
"You can call me Hella Berg. I am responsible for the theological affairs of Molora and manage this church and all the book collections. If you have any questions about this city, you can come to me."
Helene took the book and found that there were already more than ten names written on the open page, including men and women, from different countries, and many of them were randomly made up pseudonyms.
She picked up the pen sandwiched in the book and asked Hella Berg tentatively:
"Let us register ourselves?"
"Yes, you are the most qualified among the people who came this time."
The old man smiled and praised.
I didn't know I was so powerful, I just wanted to try to challenge you and see if you were a real person... Helene muttered to himself, picked up a pen and signed the more neutral pseudonym "Luo" on the book.
She guessed that Church of Knowledge must know her real name and identity, but the book had to be handed over to other prisoners to sign one by one. In order to avoid other prisoners knowing her real name and being targeted, she made up a false one.
When passing the signature book to William behind him, Helene noticed that the smart Sailor Chief raised his eyebrows slightly and signed the name "William" under "Luo".
No, I thought you understood my hint... By the way, William was originally a pseudonym, so Tia is also her new name after becoming "Witch"... Watching his two subordinates sign their "real" names one by one, Helene was speechless for a moment.
After all the prisoners were registered with cooperation or resistance, Hella Berg took back the signature book and said in a warm tone that seemed to never change:
"In this way, you will become the official residents of Molora. Even if you are a Exile criminal, you must abide by the same laws here as Lenburg. There will be law enforcement officers patrolling everywhere and punishing you on the spot. Misdemeanors will have corresponding fines and detentions, and serious crimes will be passed off as Experiment Personnel."
"Experiment Personnel? What experiment?"
A middle-aged man Criminal, who was so thin that he looked like he was stunted, interrupted and asked.
"Some of them will become law enforcers in the city, and some of them will conduct some important experiments, and there will be a certain amount of 'loss' every day."
Hella Berg explained patiently.
Loss...Helene felt that this word was used strangely on people, and felt a little chilly, so he asked:
"Having been brought here by Exile, is there anything we must do? For example, the experiment you mentioned, or labor?"
"This city has its own ecological system and cycle. Unless you violate the law, no one will interfere with you and ask you to do anything. Of course, unlike the outside world, the residents of Molora allow spontaneous 'duels', and no one will be held responsible for harming each other during the duel."
Doesn't this encourage private fighting? In order to let the Exile ers vent their excess energy and prevent them from gathering in groups to cause trouble? What does ecosystem mean?
Helene had more and more questions in her heart, but she knew that if she continued to ask, she would definitely become the target of this group of prisoners, which would be detrimental to the next task. Therefore, she nodded in understanding and stepped aside. Immediately, another prisoner came forward and asked about accommodation, food and other things that must be considered when living in Molora for a long time. Hella Berg also answered them one by one.
They actually started to think about such long-term things, as if they had given up on leaving here... Helene watched for a moment and winked at William and Tia. The three of them left the crowd and passed through rows of bookshelves made of stained glass and brass depicting mythological stories. They left this library-style church and stepped onto the streets of Molora.
This place is very different from the Lenburg capital Azshara outside. The buildings on both sides of the street are mainly in the style of the late Fourth Epoch and early Fifth Epoch. They are built with a large number of stone materials, with stone pillars and stone arches, which are magnificent.
The streets composed of these buildings extend in all directions, and there is no end as far as the eye can see. Pedestrians in different clothes shuttle among them, with lively expressions. They do not look like Criminal who was Exile ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ together out out out out of sight.
Behind the street, as far as the horizon reaches the outskirts of the city, there are continuous mountains that surround the entire city like a crater.
Is there such a city near Azshara, or even within the entire territory of Lenburg? It seems that the corridor we passed just now doesn't even leave the Azshara urban area...Helene Looking at the mountains that guard and block Molora like giant beasts, all kinds of questions arise in our minds.
She didn't have time to think about it, Spirituality suddenly became alert and looked towards the edge of the city, which was several streets away from the church door.
A violent earthquake suddenly erupted in a square there, causing the surrounding stone buildings to shake. Stone pillars and door arches collapsed in large numbers, and were immediately swallowed up by the arched ground, forming a mountain peak more than ten meters high that affected many buildings.
With a loud "boom", the peak spewed out a large amount of thick smoke, and the red-hot magma flowed out, quickly engulfing the entire square and pouring into the surrounding streets. Pedestrians shouted to avoid, but they could not escape the fast flowing magma, which was turned into coke in the high temperature.
A volcanic eruption? Within the city?
Helene stared back at the magnificent church, where other prisoners were filing out of the gate. They were also shocked by this "welcoming ceremony" and stood blankly on the stone steps.
The bishop who called himself Hella Berg poked his head out from the door of the church, glanced at the erupting volcano, and then turned away, seemingly not caring about this Catastrophe.
Not only him, Helene found that in addition to the crowds fleeing near the erupting small volcano, pedestrians on the streets even slightly farther away turned a blind eye to the gradually spreading volcanic ash, the fog that blocked the sun above their heads, and the screams that resounded through half of the city. They just covered their mouths and noses and bent slightly, as if they were avoiding a sudden rainstorm.
They have become accustomed to the appearance of this kind of Catastrophe - Helene quickly came to a conclusion, shook his head and sighed, and said to the two people beside him:
"Let's find a place to stay first, away from the place where the volcano erupted. I don't want to be lit by lava while eating or sleeping without other murderers sneaking into the room."
——Unlike other prisoners, the three of them did not have their belongings confiscated before entering Molora, so they left a lot of cash. Looking at the various shops on the street and the vendors selling goods along the street, Helene gained a new understanding of the "ecological cycle" mentioned by Hella Berg just now.
Here, there is no need for enforcement by law enforcement, everyone will actively work hard to survive and become a part of the entire city.
In "City of Calamity", Angel is observing the scene inside "City of Exile" through the weak connection with Ilian Sauron, using the prayer light spot.
Mirror Person is beside her, doing the same thing with the senses shared by the two of them, and analyzing the information from time to time:
"This city has a certain suppression effect on our field of vision, and we cannot see the scene in the distance, but those mountains are obviously just 'decorations'... The entire 'City of Exile' is probably limited to the urban area and a small part of the surrounding suburbs, like some kind of... special Mirror World, but it is not entirely an illusory scene, but a closed area combined with some kind of reality.
"Maybe it's because of this that we can observe the situation of Molora in 'City of Calamity', because this place itself is also a special Mirror World, and there is a weak connection between the two... except for this Inside, there is Trier similar to Fourth Epoch... Is this the influence of 'Salinger’s Blood Banner' contaminated by Sefirah on Molora?
"Based on this connection, maybe we can provide some help to Helene here, such as giving some Charm, Mystical Item, 'gift' Hunter or Demoness's power, and using her body to show the personality of 'Sefirah'..."
As she continued to speak, Angel frowned slightly, but what she thought of was another thing:
"Have you noticed that Bishop Hella Berg who received the prisoner Exile is not a real person?"
"Isn't this obvious? With the help of a higher level of vision, you can see that he is just a controlled, lifelike puppet. Not only him, but I guess all the Church of Knowledge clergy stationed at Molora are like this. This can prevent them from being affected by '0-01' and better manage prisoners... And the city's law enforcement team is composed of the so-called 'Experiment Personnel', which is completely self-sufficient."
Mirror Person yawned and watched Helene and others find a relatively normal-looking hotel to check in. They quickly began to collect clues separately and nodded with satisfaction.
A remote-controlled doll, this seems to be more advanced than Church of Steam's Archbishop's body transformation... As expected of a believer in "God of Knowledge and Wisdom"... Hmm, wait?
Angel A flash of lightning flashed across his mind and he said hesitantly:
"The name Hella Berg... is related to Second Epoch's 'Dragon of Wisdom', Ancient Sun God's 'Wisdom Angel', and now 'Z' God of Knowledge and Wisdom's name is almost exactly the same as Herabergen... That bishop with a warm smile and an answer to every question could not be God who Church of Knowledge believes in, right?
"He personally came forward to receive Helene who was searching for Molora and looking for clues to '0-01'?"
Mirror Person looked at Angel in surprise, his expression changed slightly, and after a moment he shook his head and said:
"It is impossible for God to come in person, otherwise His personality and the little leaked power would be enough to destroy the entire city... But Hella Berg is very likely to be His incarnation, the temporary Divine Descent Vessel... He must know that we will pay attention to the situation of Helene, and use a similar pseudonym to express his attitude with special treatment and support us in contacting Uniqueness of 'Red Priest'!"
"City of Exile" Molora, Ilian Sauron wears a cloak brought in from the outside world, using its ability to hide itself in the shadows, following a young woman in front of her who walks briskly and keeps looking around.
That was "Pyromaniac" Iris who had committed many arson crimes and entered the city with her.
With the instinct from a "conspirator", Helene believed that her entry into Molora was not accidental, but that she had an important mission just like herself.
Sure enough, Iris was walking quickly through the streets and alleys, not looking like a "newcomer" who came to this city for the first time. Just when Helene felt that tracking was beginning to become difficult, he finally stopped and came to a building with four stone pillars and a huge arch.