Obtaining the Trensoost Empire Ship

Hobart did not quite understand what Simpson meant. He remembered that when his mother, April, had been Sequence 4, she had helped Dunn refine an excellent body.

Although Dunn had found it difficult to continue advancing, there had been no signs of rejection.

Yet when it came to him, Archbishop Simpson of the Earth Mother Church told him that not even angels could refine a body for him!

Hobart pondered briefly before asking, "Have you run into some technical difficulty?"

"The director of the Life Research Institute also finds it quite strange." Simpson smiled helplessly. "We have never encountered such a situation before. The lifeforms refined using the blood you provided possess no vitality whatsoever."

Hobart seemed to understand something. "If, I mean if, an Archangel of the 'Pharmacist' pathway made some changes to our bloodline over a thousand years ago, could that have caused this outcome?"

Simpson was first taken aback. After thinking for a few seconds, he said, "That would only increase the difficulty. It would not produce such a result."

After considering it further, he added, "Unless a True God of that pathway made the changes."

The ancient god Lilith? Hobart shook his head. That seemed unlikely. She was the current Earth Mother...

He suddenly recalled that before his mother left the church, she had very likely been one of the vessels for the Earth Mother's descent! Could the Earth Mother truly have tampered with him?

That would be utterly infuriating!

He had finally found a reliable solution, only to be stuck at the very first step.

After thinking it over, Hobart asked again, "If, I mean if, I performed a Ritual and prayed to the Earth Mother to refine a body for me, would such a Ritual succeed?"

Simpson's expression became somewhat strange, as though it