Backlund West Borough, a magnificent and majestic church stands on the side of Edward Street close to the Royal Palace. Its main structure is a four-story building with a bell tower, buttresses and huge stained glass windows. It is decorated with natural unmodified obsidian. The surface is covered with rugged textures, like solidified lava, shining with a psychedelic color in the sunlight.
This is the only church of "Witch Church" in the North Continent, Saint Triss Church.
It had been completed half a month ago, but at this time the door was closed and no believers were received. There were only a few servants with the characteristics of the Rhoad Islands who were cleaning and wiping the windows that were as clean as new.
After a routine inspection, Trissy, who was wearing a Archbishop robe with a black base and embroidered with flames that were also black but with slight concave and convex changes, returned to the deserted Prayer Hall, sat on the bench in the first row, facing the holy emblem of "Witch Church", lowered his head as if falling asleep, and closed his eyes.
The interior of the church has been renovated long ago, and some believers have been dispatched from other parishes in the Rhoside Islands to carry out daily work, but Prayer Hall has not been opened to the public, nor has any missionary activity been carried out. Therefore, as Archbishop, Trissy can only stay in the church with nothing to do every day, feeling that he is about to get moldy.
Of course, she knew that it would be difficult to build a church in Backlund, which was already deeply rooted in Three Great Churches and had almost all its "believers" divided up. Orthodox faiths such as Church of the Earth Mother only have one small church in this city, retaining a small Beyonder armed force, and are not allowed to actively preach outside the church. They can only accept believers who originally believed in Earth Mother, let alone Witch Church, which was established less than a year ago and most people have never heard of it, let alone spread the belief of "Catastrophe".
And I don't know when that guy... that adult will change his teachings again, or even change his name to a nicer one, how can I preach now... But the current state is very good, Demoness Sect was destroyed, "Primordial Demoness" fell, I borrowed the power of that evil god, and now I don't have to pay the price... I raised my head and looked at the huge holy emblem that replaced the statue behind the altar, Trissy muttered silently. The surface of the Holy Emblem is gold-plated, but it is partly black as if it has been burned by flames. The upper part is Distortion disordered but extremely oppressive color blocks, like an impending storm, and the lower part is symmetrical simple lines, like a city facing Catastrophe.
It fits Demoness's temperament... Trissy smiled, suddenly felt something, and turned back to look at the closed Prayer Hall door.
The heavy iron-clad Double Door was pushed open a crack at some point, and a black figure appeared beside the door.
She has a round face, narrow eyes, and long black hair hanging behind her back. She wears a black evening gown with the hem almost dragging to the ground, which outlines her slender waist and disproportionately plump breasts. Her whole body has no decoration except for the gold badge on her waist, which is Saint, Georgina Augustus from the Loen Royal Family.
Trissy, who had seen this "Imperative Mage" many times in the Sodela Palace, stood up calmly, put away his lazy expression, restored Archbishop's businesslike appearance, and said hello softly:
"Ms. Georgina."
"I'm here to witness what happened today."
The lady in the evening dress said coldly, then leaned against the door, looking at the empty Prayer Hall, and said no more.
Trissy didn't care about the other party's attitude. Instead, she hoped that the other party would remain silent, instead of like chatting with her like other Saint members of the royal family and constantly asking her about her views on King Edessak II.
What can I say? If it weren't for him, I would have returned "Dream City" a long time ago... She cursed and subconsciously looked at the west wall, as if looking through the thick obsidian to the position of the Sodela Palace.
Suddenly, the stained glass on the wall flickered imperceptibly to the naked eye, and a figure walked out of Mirror World.
Trissy immediately stepped forward, lowered his head respectfully, and said:
"Miss Angelica."
She wasn't sure how to call this new leader of the Demonesss. After all, in the classics of major churches, the Angels under God were usually called "Your Highness", but God each had his own honorific title, so she had to use the previous name when working under the other party.
Fortunately, the other party didn't care. He just glanced at Georgina by the door indifferently, and took out a vertical eye-shaped forehead ornament tied with a delicate chain from Mirror World. A perfectly cut diamond was embedded in the brass base, which continuously refracted the sunlight penetrating through the glass window and the swaying candlelight of the surrounding candles, giving off a dazzling brilliance.
This is actually a level 0 Sealed Artifact... Trissy looked at the forehead ornament in surprise, and took it carefully at the other party's signal.
At the same time, a piece of information came into her mind just like the gift she received during previous prayers:
"'Eye of God', tentative number 0-70, corresponding to White Tower Pathway Sequence 2'Wisdom Angel' Beyonder Characteristic..."
Soon, Trissy understood the usage, function and corresponding negative effects of this Sealed Artifact.
Then, more information poured into her mind, making her a little sluggish for a moment.
"0-63'Sword of Glory'...
"0-65'Pale Crown'...
"0-66'Stern Stone Pillar'..."
Witch Church actually owns ten pieces of Grade 0 Sealed Artifact!
Trissy was sorting through the complicated information in his head, feeling like his breathing was getting a little heavier. As far as she knew, except for Church of Evernight who defeated God of War Church, the other Orthodox Churchs owned between five and eight Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts, and "Witch Church" actually had ten, which was more than the number of churches... She was a little speechless and didn't know what to say.
When he returned to Dream City not long ago to meet Angelica Zaki who killed "Primordial Demoness" Cheek, Trissy already knew that the entire Demoness Sect would surely fall into the control of this King of Angel, and was mentally prepared for his own forces to possess many powerful Sealed Artifact. But it wasn't until this moment that she truly understood what "Witch Church" meant.
"This is the only one of the ten Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts owned by the church that Saint Triss Church can be safely preserved. If you need to call other Sealed Artifacts temporarily, you can always pray to me."
Looking at the dumbfounded Trissy, Angel couldn't conceal his inner pride, and ordered the other party in a tone that Georgina could barely hear.
Sure enough, Georgina, who had been leaning against the wall while watching the "Sealed Artifact handover", straightened up, his expression froze on his face, as if he couldn't believe what he heard.
This is why I asked the royal family to witness this matter... It's a pity that William I is not here in person, but I guess he should not dare to show up now. After "Black Emperor" Roselle returns, the most nervous people should be him and Feynapotter Kingdom's other "Hand of Order". They know that "Great Old One" except Trunsoest Brass Book, also needs a copy of Sequence 1's characteristics... Thoughts kept flashing through Angel's mind, but he maintained a calm expression on his face, and handed over two other Grade 1 Sealed Artifact and some of the Low Sequence characteristics confiscated from the Demoness Sect's headquarters to Trissy to enrich the inventory of this church.
After all, this is the face of Witch Church in Backlund. Even if we are limited by the fact that we do not have a real God yet, we can only arrange for Saint instead of Angel to be stationed here, and Grade 0 Sealed Artifact cannot be left behind.
When a Beyonder force is actually formed, Witch Church will be considered to have reached the strength level of Church of the Earth Mother in Backlund. This can only rely on Trissy developed slowly... She watched Trissy directing several believers to save Sealed Artifact under the church. She turned to look at Georgina and found that the other party was looking at her blankly.
I wonder if he is still obsessed with "Christine Teresa"... Angel chuckled secretly and quickly restrained his charm. Instead, he exuded a power derived from "Conqueror", which made Georgina pale and quickly looked away.
After sending away Georgina who represented the royal family to witness a piece of Grade 0 Sealed Artifact entering Backlund, but left in despair, Angel came to the basement and found the busy Trissy.
"It seems that you are doing well in Backlund?" Angel said leisurely in the dim underground corridor, "You still have Last Time a chance to choose. If you choose to accompany that King, then you will not be promoted to Sequence 3 until he dies. Although Saint's life is longer than that of ordinary people, it will be extremely dangerous for you to take Potion once your body function declines."
"I understand." Trissy raised his head and replied without hesitation.
Angel nodded slightly, turned and left.
She had already anticipated Trissy's choice and just asked as a routine matter.
Although the contract between Fifth Epoch and the royal family in the early stages of Three Great Churches has become ineffective, the most critical part, such as the restriction that King must not exceed Sequence 5, is still valid. Edessak Augustus's extraordinary journey will end at "Disciplinary Paladin", and it is unlikely that he will live to be more than a hundred years old. Once promoted to "Unaging", Trissy's lifespan will be calculated in thousands of years. She would rather give up all this and grow old with her lover... Angel raised the corners of her mouth slightly, not knowing whether she was laughing at the other person's stupidity, or sighing at Demoness's persistence in love.
Slowly walking out of the basement, Angel was about to go to North Borough for a stroll, but found that there were two more visitors in the originally empty church.
"Miss Angelica!"
Wearing a light gray dress with a simple style and a texture that looked like ordinary linen, Shermane, who was dressed quite simply, stood up from the bench in surprise and greeted Angel.
Leonard Mitchell, who was sitting next to her, was wearing a dark black windbreaker with a slightly open collar and unbuttoned hem. He deliberately used a half-used black top hat to cover his signature messy hairstyle and his green eyes. The whole person exuded an aura of trying to hide his appearance.
Like the Church of Evernight senior deacon who went to Witch Church to have an affair... No, he was simply... Angel slandered and walked towards the two of them with a smile.
She happened to have something to ask the "new couple".
After some pleasantries, Angel realized that Shermane happened to have chosen today to come to Witch Church's only church in Backlund, to hand over to Trissy the properties she had on hand that belonged to herself, Angel and the church.
Under the combined effect of Angel's continued huge capital injections, the sharp fluctuations in asset prices caused by war and material shortages, and Shermane's shrewd business skills, those Beverage Processing Plant and she held shares The value of Canned Food Factory, Machinery Manufacturing Plant and Pharmaceutical Company has exceeded 2 million pounds, and can bring profits of nearly 300,000 pounds every year. Even as a pure "rich man", it is enough to join Loen Kingdom's top social circle.
You know, Cinderas, who directly bought the Baron title and became a sensation in Backlund, has a total net worth of only 10 million pounds. He is already one of the richest people in the Loen Kingdom. Further up are the hereditary nobles who control the entire family industry, such as Earl Hall, Duke Negan...
Both Angel and Shermane understand that if this continues, their properties will inevitably be targeted by others, and Shermane, who holds a large number of shares on the surface, is neither a believer in Three Great Churches, nor does he belong to any Conservatives aristocrat or emerging capital group. He lacks strong secular protection and is difficult to resist overt or covert attacks.
Therefore, Shermane intends to "sell" most of its shares to Witch Church, which, together with the equity held by Angel, will enable the church to fully control these core industries. She herself quietly retired from the stage and continued to be responsible for operations behind the scenes.
This essentially transfers the apparent target to the church, which has extraordinary power as its backing, just like Klein chose to donate the controversial shares after being targeted by Baron Cinderas... Angel agreed to the proposal after thinking for a moment. After all, the transfer of shares from herself and Shermane to the church was just a left hand to her right hand.
"Trissy is in the basement. You can go directly to her. I will have a chat with Leonard."
She ordered Shermane, and then naturally sat down next to Leonard, not hiding the fact that the two had known each other for a long time.
Watching Shermane leave from the side door behind the Prayer Hall, Angel said softly with a hint of playfulness:
"She trusts you very much and isn't worried about you being alone with another Demoness?"
"Oh, how could it be?" Leonard laughed and said in a poet-like tone of ridicule, "She just knows that if something happens, your 'Gehrman' will hang me immediately."
As he spoke, he tilted his head to imitate the funny look of his neck being strangled by invisible threads and his tongue sticking out.
Klein might really do this... Angel nodded in agreement, put away his joking expression, and said in a deep voice:
"'Hidden Sage' has fallen, and Moses Ascetic Order has been completely destroyed... From now on, 'Mystery Pryer' Pathway will no longer be troubled by the evil god's ravings, nor will he lose control due to the knowledge he instilled."
"Hidden Sage"...Old Neil...Leonard was obviously stunned for a moment, as if he had returned to Saint Selena Cathedral underground, to the narrow but cozy room behind the iron door.
He leaned on the hard backrest of the bench, raised the brim of his hat that covered his bangs and eyes, and said in a hoarse voice:
"I will take the time to go back Tingen."
"Klein and I have already gone to see him." Angel said softly, "You can reveal this matter to Church of Evernight and ask them to pay attention to searching for Moses Ascetic Order's Warlocks hiding outside, as well as 'Ten Pillars'. Their own power may not be scary, but the knowledge in their heads is the source of danger."
"Yeah."
Leonard nodded, his eyes became a little wandering, staying on the holy symbol deep in the Prayer Hall, and said no more.
After a while, Angel broke the silence.
"When do you and Shermane plan to get married? Do you want children?"
The sudden change of topic made Leonard's body tremble, and he looked at the smiling Angel in confusion, as if to confirm whether the other party was joking or really asking this question.
"Shermane wants to choose it in the summer... She said she wants a ceremonial wedding, preferably out of town, just the two of us. As for the child..." he replied hesitantly, "... we have no plans yet, she knows Beyonder Characteristic will be passed on to future generations, causing them to have a certain Beyonder Ability, and after Pathway is fixed, we decided to consider this kind of thing after being promoted to High Sequence..."
The law of Beyonder Characteristic inheritance to offspring is related to the Sequence of the parents. Parents with Sequence 7 or lower usually do not inherit the trait. Sequence 6 or Sequence 5 will naturally inherit part of it and cannot be controlled. Only by becoming Demigod can you control your own Beyonder Characteristic and choose whether and how much to inherit to your offspring.
Now that Leonard has been promoted to Sequence 4 "Nightwatcher", if Shermane, who is "Affliction" Demoness, is pregnant with their child, A child will inevitably inherit part of "Demoness" Pathway and Beyonder Characteristic. As for whether the child is a natural "assassin" or a directly fixed female "Witch", it depends on luck.
Sequence 5 of Shermane Potion is derived from the characteristics of a certain Demoness of Affliction. It is normal to expel part of it due to pregnancy. No wonder she hesitates. Does she not want her and Leonard's child to face the choice of changing gender after birth, or is she worried that mastering extraordinary power too early will be detrimental to his development... Angel thought about it, and saw that Leonard also looked troubled, so she comforted:
"Witch Church lacks everything except Beyonder Characteristic. Shermane's contribution to Witch Church, well, especially the financial contribution is very great. I will prepare her for promotion to Sequence 4's Potion... Although the ceremony is a bit troublesome, it is not difficult."
Speaking of this, she remembered the Pathway corresponding to "Fourth Pillar", and suddenly a ridiculous idea came to her heart, and she couldn't help but ask:
"Speaking of which, the Sequence 3 features of Church of Evernight are in short supply... Have you considered Switching Pathways and joining Witch Church? In this way, you and Shermane will be colleagues, and everything will be more convenient."
Switching Pathways? Leonard was originally immersed in the topic of "marriage". Hearing this, his expression was a little dull, and he frowned and said:
"In addition to Demoness, do you also accept 'Twilight Giant' and 'Death' Pathway's Beyonder?"
"Of course not, we are Witch Church, we are not a hodgepodge," Angel shook his head, and then showed a mysterious smile, "However, you can jump and be promoted to 'Unaging' Demoness. Not only can you gain a life span of up to a thousand years, but you can also gain an appearance and figure that are no less than those of Shermane, but you will lose something insignificant..."
"As for Shermane, if you feel that the two 'Demoness' don't match well, she can jump to 'Iron-Blooded Knight' to complement you."
What?
Leonard's expression was a mixture of surprise and panic, and he almost jumped up from the bench.
He said in a hurried tone:
"Why would she become 'Iron-Blooded Knight'? Wouldn't that... turn into a man? No, I mean, how can the 'dark' Pathway jump to 'Demoness'? This is obviously a non-adjacent Pathway. According to the church's records, the only consequences of doing so are loss of control and death!"
You actually only considered the issue of not being Adjacent Pathways, and Shermane becoming a man, rather than the ending that you would become "Demoness"... Shermane wouldn't have done anything strange to him... Angel glanced at Leonard curiously, and patiently explained:
"In fact, the two Pathways of Demoness and Red Priest, and the three Pathways of darkness, Death and Twilight Giant can jump to each other in the Demigod stage. As for the specific reasons, it involves a certain secret at the bottom of these Pathway. You can only safely understand it when you become Angel."
Hearing her vows, Leonard's expression changed, and he turned his head slightly, obviously listening to the words of "Old Man" Pales Zoroaster in his body. After a while, he shook his head and said:
"Old Man said that he doesn't know about this matter, but if it is what you said, he thinks it is very credible... No, this has nothing to do with whether it is true or not. There is no way I can become Demoness!"
At the end of the sentence, he became a little excited again.
It seems that Pallez knows that I have the power of "Sefirah", and may know the underlying rules that others don't know... But I am just joking, if Leonard became Demoness, Klein might blame me, no, he might just see the joke... Thinking of this, Angel felt a little eager to try.
I'm essentially helping Goddess save High Sequence's Beyonder Characteristic. I'm sure he won't have any objections... The more I think about it, the more feasible it becomes, Just as Angel was about to continue "Instigation" the other party, Leonard had already stood up from the bench, quickly came to Shermane who had just walked out of the basement, and hugged her.
"Shermane, let's go."
"Wait, Miss Angelica and I..."
The latter said, looking at Leonard with a puzzled face.
"He has finished everything and asked you when you plan to get married. I think June is good. Go to Desi Bay..."
Leonard explained in a low voice, and quickly left the church while holding the confused Shermane half-dragged.
Looking from the side, his face turned a little pale.
Ha...Angel chuckled, making Leonard's steps quicken a little faster, almost trotting and disappearing outside the church door.
"Leonard became Demoness? Didn't he refuse directly?"
Above Gray Fog, Klein smiled. The figure of Leonard, who was astonishingly tall, with slender limbs, black hair and blue eyes, and wearing a windbreaker, appeared in front of his eyes. The poems recited by her magnetic voice seemed to be heard in his ears.
It's a bit weird... look again... He shook his head, driving the illusion out of his mind, subconsciously knocked on the long bronze table, and commented:
"They thought it was the right choice to wait until Demigod before giving birth to offspring. Roselle suffered this loss once. The eldest daughter Bernadette was just to him. Born at Low Sequence, he did not inherit Beyonder Characteristic, but his eldest son Ciel had some of the characteristics of 'Savant', so he could not choose his own path.
"With your help, it is not difficult for Shermane to become Demigod, not to mention she is also the major sponsor of 'Witch Church' and handed over most of her shares."
"Well, I think so too. I hope to see little Leonard or little Shermane as soon as possible." Angel nodded, glanced at Klein, opened his mouth, and seemed to want to say something, but in the end he smiled and changed the subject, "What about you? I refer to the characteristics of the second 'Mystic Seer'."
PS: It's not easy to split the chapters, so it's two in one. There will be no chapters tonight...