"Oh? That Level 0 Relic? The Association actually found it?"
This was even more surprising than Dorothy and Leisha's disappearance last night.
"Of course not. How could it have been found so quickly? But the Association has found believers of the Old God—the Golden Master."
This was far more appealing to Shade than the Fate Base being found, because that Unknown Level Relic definitely could not end up in his hands.
"They really found them? Where are they now? I thought all the true believers of that Old God had already vanished."
"Oh, my dear knight, do not underestimate faith. Although the cult has disappeared in name, the Association used divination to find several Ring Arcanists who inherited the Old God's divine arts. Do you know the divine art—Golden Touch? It was once believed lost, yet those Ring Arcanists still retained a way to learn it."
Luvia said to Shade with a smile:
"When the Association found them, they discovered some special items that had just been transformed into gold in their residence. Those Ring Arcanists who call themselves the Golden Investment Club agreed to cooperate with the Association because the Association promised to conceal their gold transmutation."
Using divine arts to turn things into gold was essentially a form of alchemy. So long as they did not sell it in large quantities and disrupt ordinary people's financial order, the Orthodox Church would not interfere. This was a gray area. But clearly, those Club members must have been moving a great deal of merchandise.
"Are those people wealthy?"
Shade asked curiously:
"They can transform things into gold, and they are believers of the God of Wealth. They cannot possibly be poor, can they?"
The smile on Luvia's face deepened:
"You would never guess it. When the Association found them, they