Regarding the Mole, and the Cult Sacrifice

A cultist walked over and told Ansu that Elder Samantha was calling for him.

Ansu and Cecilia exchanged a glance. Cecilia looked toward her teacher, her delicate brows slightly furrowed.

"I'll go with you."

Ansu nodded and walked with Cecilia to stand before Samantha.

"So you are the executor Cecilia chose?" Samantha looked Ansu up and down, asking in a flat tone, "Since you have been lurking in the school, how much have you investigated regarding this Chosen One?"

Ansu lowered his head. "I apologize, Elder Samantha, I have not found the Chosen One."

The Chosen One was like a thorn buried in Samantha's heart. Her attitude turned cold instantly, and her tone became aggressive. "The Chosen One is hiding right here on this campus. I gave you so much time, yet you haven't found anything?"

"Teacher, it's not his fault!" Cecilia knew her teacher well and knew she was just venting her anger. "The Chosen One is hidden very well; even I haven't..."

"Enough!" Samantha cast a cold glance at Cecilia. "Cecilia, I am very disappointed in you. I entrusted this most important mission to you because I trusted you, but not only did you fail to complete my task, you also led The Order into such danger!"

Ansu raised his head, looking at this acting leader of Echo of Truth with a sense of speechlessness.

Wasn't it your own negligence, getting tricked by a mole within The Order, that led to everyone being lured into a trap by the Church of Holy Light? Now you want to shift the blame?

Ansu glanced at the silent Cecilia and explained to Samantha on her behalf, "Elder Samantha, I believe the matter of the Chosen One is a conspiracy from start to finish."

"Lady Cecilia and I did not search extensively for the so-called Chosen One for this very reason, because the news that this Chosen One appeared at the school is completely fake!"

"Oh?" Samantha's brows locked together. "Continue."

Ansu said immediately, "Within the Church, even that Saintess who claimed to hear the so-called divine revelation only believed the Chosen One appeared in Benalu City. No one believed the Chosen One would appear inside the Royal Academy! This is a piece of false information!"

"This... how is this possible?" Samantha seemed to trust her information source deeply. She asked immediately, "How are you certain?"

"Because Ansu is friends with that Saintess of the Church, he can obtain some internal information." Cecilia said, "Teacher, I can vouch for Ansu; he is certainly not lying!"

"This is impossible..." Samantha frowned in thought, seemingly still unable to believe the result.

"Elder Samantha, what is impossible about this?" Ansu was even more puzzled than her, thinking to himself, why is this old woman so stubborn?

"Whoever told you the Chosen One appeared on campus, whoever made you rush over today, that person is the mole in The Order! I don't understand why you trust this mole so much and are unwilling to believe Lady Cecilia."

"That's right, Teacher!" Cecilia looked around at the few confidants behind her and said coldly, "Who exactly notified you?"

"It wasn't them..." Samantha waved her hand. "Furthermore, the revelation that the Chosen One appeared at the Royal Academy came from divination magic. This was a magic ritual I performed alone."

Ansu's heart suddenly raced. He thought that this divination magic actually had some substance to it, to have actually detected him...

If this divination ritual was indeed performed by Samantha alone, it shouldn't be fake. Samantha herself couldn't possibly be the mole...

But Ansu still insisted on his conclusion. "Then who notified you?"

The person who made Samantha rush over at the last minute must have been sent by the mole. This reminded Ansu of the time Elder Hall tried to turn him against the organization.

"It was... Simon." Samantha's expression was somewhat subtle.

"Elder Simon?" Cecilia sneered. "I really didn't expect him to betray you, Teacher."

Ansu didn't know why the two had this reaction. Did this Elder Simon have an extraordinary relationship with Samantha?

But before he could ask, a cultist suddenly hurried forward.

"Elder Samantha, a large number of reinforcements from the Church's Inquisition have arrived at the Royal Academy. Also..."

His expression was clearly nervous. "The holy relic stored in the Cathedral of the capital has also been brought over by those few archbishops!"

The few confidants behind Samantha all wore equally nervous expressions.

Samantha frowned tightly and immediately ordered, "Prepare the blood sacrifice ritual at once! Only power of the same level can resist the Divine Descent!"

"Yes!" The cultists nodded one after another.

Subsequently, they began to set up a massive and complex black magic circle in the center of the auditorium.

Among everyone, only Cecilia was relatively calm. She looked at Ansu, who had a strange expression, and explained it to him.

"Holy relics are sacred artifacts scattered in the human world by gods, containing a trace of divinity. Through certain methods, the Church can briefly borrow the powerful strength of gods, which is the so-called Divine Descent."

Ansu actually knew about Divine Descent. His reaction just now was merely a sudden realization that the "cult sacrifice ritual" in the plot appeared in this way.

The blood sacrifice ritual of Echo of Truth was a large-scale sacrificial black magic intended to borrow the power of a fallen deity, the evil god Ersos.

The orthodox Church summons a god, and the cult also summons a god. What follows is, in a sense, a battle between gods...

While the cultists were busy preparing the sacrificial ritual, Bishop Terry led the Inquisition to gradually surround the area where the auditorium was located.

"Quick! Surround that auditorium for me! Not a single one of those cultists who worship the evil god can be let go!"

Bishop Terry sneered as he looked at the auditorium, instructing all the powerful figures of the Church beside him, "According to intelligence, the leader of Echo of Truth, Samantha, is also here. The goal of this operation is to conduct a decapitation strike against the cult organization!"

The expressions of the clergy were mostly cautious and serious. Everyone present certainly knew the name of Samantha.

This old witch, who had lived for three hundred years, had experienced five generations of popes of the Church of Holy Light. The cult organization she led, 'Echo of Truth', had caused countless troubles for the Church and was the Church's number one enemy.

"As long as this Samantha dies, Echo of Truth will never be able to stir up any more waves!" Bishop Terry revealed a confident smile.

Now that he was in full control of this mission, he would be the number one hero of the Church in eradicating the largest cult organization!

And with such merit, he would stand out among the three candidates for the papacy!

He had even begun to let his imagination run wild...

Thinking about how he would wear that papal crown symbolizing infinite glory in the future...