Underground World

The sender was Jules, and the recipient was Beatrice.

No further explanation was needed. Those two names alone were enough to elevate its importance to the highest level.

So the moment this clearly suspicious letter appeared, it drew immense attention.

"Where did this letter come from?"

Theus frowned as he examined the letter. An exquisite wooden box sat on his desk as well, its ebony surface inlaid with patterns of gold and mithril that together depicted a radiant scene.

Not to mention anything else, the box alone was worth several hundred Leos—enough to buy Bettis fried fish for half a year.

"Well, that's a long story..." Hodge scratched his head and began recounting it.

It had started a week earlier.

Everything in Upper Rhine had nothing to do with the believers at the bottom. Most of them were merely the foundation supporting the Empire's splendid stage, bricks and stones hidden beneath the curtain.

But the previous unrest in Upper Rhine had ultimately affected them.

That day, the Untouchables underground had ridden massive steel machines and burst onto the surface. These people, regarded as the lowliest and filthiest of all, committed an unforgivable sin simply by appearing aboveground. The believers of Lower Rhine believed that even seeing them would Pollute their eyes.

Yet that day, they had not only appeared on the surface—they had even punched a hole through the heavens.

The Upper Rhine that Lower Rhine people had never even seen was a place these Untouchables had personally reached.

Although the priests kept declaring that the Untouchables had been driven back underground, the very fact that the Holy See had clashed with them had shaken many people's faith.

Gods could not bleed, for what they represented was not strength, but divinity.

Through this, many people in Lower Rhine began