Blood Bishop

"Luther, what happened?"

Klein asked cautiously, "You seem... a little strange."

He certainly knew about Luther's ordeal, but that was while he was in the Gray Fog as the [Fool]. He was now Klein Moretti and shouldn't know these things. Therefore, it was only natural for him to ask questions after noticing Luther's obvious change.

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Luther remained silent for a moment, his handsome face gradually turning ferocious and Distortion.

Cecilia is dead.

He said simply, "She died for me."

"This"

Although Klein already knew the truth, he was still shocked by Luther's behavior.

The air in the living room seemed to freeze, with only the crackling sound of the firewood burning in the fireplace audible.

"Meow?"

The little black cat seemed to sense the heavy atmosphere and turned to look at the two of them.

"The True Creator and this Sequence killed Cecilia and ruined my life. I've made up my mind to take revenge on them."

"I will end this painful and insane Sequence," Luther said in a deep voice, completely ignoring Klein's gaze. His speech quickened, and his voice grew increasingly frantic, "I will bring that damned god down from the Cross and utterly purge His Degeneration followers."

Under Klein's worried gaze, he took a deep breath.

"Mr. A has already been slaughtered and is now Grazing."

His tone returned to calm. "I'm also dealing with the Aurora Order in Backlund; I estimate it will be completely eliminated in a while. Furthermore, I'm currently processing the Shepherd's Potion, planning to continue my advancement to Sequence 4. Could you help me find some information to keep in mind?"

"However, as far as I know, ascending to Demigod is extremely difficult," Klein said sincerely, "Especially since your Sequence is so dangerous. The closer you get to True God, the greater the influence He has on you."

After seeing him this time, he initially thought Luther had become much more sober and wasn't as crazy as before. But now, he realized that Luze had only become more secretive and obsessive in his madness. With Cecilia no longer acting as a limiter, no one could stop him.

"Yes, I know."

Luther said calmly, "So what? I'll still get promoted eventually."

"But."

Klein didn't want to stop him from going any further, but simply felt that his current state was not good, and that advancement might lead to increasing madness until he lost control and collapsed.

"Don't try to persuade me, Klein."

Luther smiled. "You know I have a terrible temper, I hold grudges and am obsessive. Since they treated me like that, I naturally want to retaliate a hundredfold, a thousandfold. Just like you, you came to Backlund not only because you couldn't stay in Tingen, but also to avenge your captain, didn't you?"

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Klein fell silent. He knew he couldn't persuade Luther, so he could only watch as Luzer got up, reached out, scooped up the cat, and held it in his arms.

"By the way, I've moved to a new address. 9 St. Anthony Street, East Borough."

He said, handing over a slip of paper with the address written on it, "You can come find me there if you need anything, or send me a letter."

Klein silently took the note and saw him to the door.

Next time Tarot Club, let's get our hands on the "Black Knight's" Potion recipe for him.

Watching Luther's figure gradually disappear into the distance, Klein made a decision.

Now that he has made his decision, I can only fully support him. The "Black Knight" recipe exists in City of Silver, and Elder Lovia has already sent it to the warehouse as a contribution, where it is now under the control of the "Council of Six".

If [The Sun] were to offer some equivalent price, perhaps their chief would agree to share the recipe.

As for what constitutes an equivalent?

It was naturally the Potion recipe he obtained when he looked directly at that drop of divine blood from the "Eternal Blazing Sun"—also Sequence 4, the "Unshadowed" of the Sun Pathway. But the only problem was that this recipe was incomplete; only the Main Ingredient were known, and the auxiliary ingredients and Ritual were unclear, making it much less valuable than a complete recipe.

There might be some additional costs involved, which Luther himself will have to cover.

Klein thought to himself.

Empress Borough, the headquarters of MI9.

"Attention, everyone!"

A man who appeared to be Major walked into the office area, his expression extremely serious.

"Based on intelligence provided by an informant within the Church of Steam, the target, suspected to be the [Blood Bishop], has reappeared. This time, he successfully killed a Sequence 5 'Desire Apostle' and escaped before the members of the Machinery Hivemind arrived. Although the Machinery Hivemind carefully examined the scene, they found nothing due to the interference of Flesh and Blood Magic."

Hearing him say that, the MI9 personnel gradually became shocked.

"The Desire Apostle, you just killed him like that?"

One of them couldn't help but exclaim, "That's Sequence 5!"

"That's right, and I feel he's getting stronger and stronger."

The other person nodded and said, "Back at Capim's mansion, it took a long time to fight him; and he also had a hard time winning against the Divinity Lanevus. Now, facing a Sequence 5, he's dealt with him so quickly. Could it be that he's advanced to Sequence 4?"

"You must be joking. Sequence 4 fighter against Sequence 5 is no match at all."

Everyone was talking in hushed tones, their voices buzzing.

The "Blood Bishop" they referred to was an extraordinary individual who suddenly appeared in Backlund, suspected to Secrets Suppliant Pathway. He committed a frenzied massacre at Capim's mansion, causing dozens of high-ranking officials, nobles, wealthy merchants, and other members of high society to disappear without a trace, including several members of MI9.

The case had a significant social impact. Although the public generally expressed a positive attitude, MI9, as an intelligence organization affiliated with the Royal Family, secretly established a special task force to investigate the matter.

However, the investigation into this person did not go smoothly.

His whereabouts were all traced through anti- Divination Ritual, and intelligence personnel could not find any trace of him—he had nothing to do with the Aurora Order, as if he appeared suddenly and disappeared just as suddenly.

Driven by a hidden secret, and unable to make the investigation too obvious, MI9 eventually learned from the few words spoken by the rescued girls that they wore blood-red robes and constantly uttered frantic prayers.

Ultimately, because of this impression, they gave each other the code name "[Blood Bishop]".

"Alright, now that we have a new lead, let's continue the investigation as planned."

The Major raised his voice and addressed the crowd, "Is there anyone who wants to lead the investigation?"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately lowered their heads.

Just kidding, who would want to investigate such a dangerous target!

"Nobody's taking the initiative?" The Major looked around and found a disheveled middle-aged man dozing in a corner. "Levi, he's all yours. You take Cons and the others and go investigate the leads."

I?

One of Audrey's friends, Kance Leerhsen., looked up in surprise when she suddenly heard her name called.