When Fang Zheng pushed open the door and walked out of the room, his expression was dark.
After confirming the specific target, Fang Zheng directly investigated the so-called D∴G cult through Ratziel. What he learned made him furious.
It turned out that the series of attacks and kidnappings across the Semurian Continent had all been the work of this cult. They denied the existence of the Goddess of Zero and worshipped demons. Put simply, they were a cult organization. Worse still, the cult had secretly been experimenting with a drug in an attempt to create artificial gods beyond mortal limits. To achieve that goal, they had chosen kidnapped children as test subjects.
"Paradise" was one of the cult's bases, though its "mission" differed from the others. This place was primarily used to ensnare high-ranking officials and nobles from various nations. The method was simple: exploit their shameful little preferences, lure them in, and once they had indulged their desires upon young girls, the cult had leverage over them. From then on, they had no choice but to obey the cult's commands and become its accomplices.
At first, Fang Zheng had considered joining forces with the Bracer Guild. But after reading through the full details of the D∴G cult, he immediately abandoned that idea. The cult itself might not have had particularly powerful backing, but the problem was that it implicated many figures at the top levels of various countries, including Crossbell's Speaker, Republic's Members of Parliament, and Imperial nobles.
Fang Zheng understood very well that, impressive as the Bracer Guild might be, it was ultimately just a legitimate civilian mercenary organization. It had no law-enforcement authority. In no world would mercenaries be seen arresting high-ranking government officials. And even if the matter were exposed to the media, those people would