Chapter 36 Results
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It was night in Backlund—
St. Samuel Cathedral received a special guest tonight.
"Good evening, Lord Lin Ruo."
After showing the secret badge, Lin Ruo was led to an elderly man with little effort.
The elderly man was wearing a black and red clerical robe, with five dark saint emblems on his chest. His face was thin and clean, and the most striking feature was his deep eyes, which revealed a clear sense of tranquility, a distinct characteristic of the Night.
He was Saint Anthony Stevenson, one of the thirteen archbishops of the Church of the Night, the head of the Backlund diocese of the Church of the Night, and a true high-level figure in the Night.
He was also the second person in the original story who raised cats for the Goddess, cough, who took care of Klein for the Goddess… By the way, the first person was Arianna, the Servant of Concealment, jokingly called Aunt Anna by book fans.
At this moment, hearing Saint Anthony's friendly greeting, Lin Ruo, whose face had been adjusted to his original appearance by the Faceless ability, also showed a gentle smile and said, "Good evening, Saint Anthony. I hope my sudden visit has not disturbed you. I have come this time because I need your help with something."
There was no doubt as to why Saint Anthony knew of his existence. After all, even if the Evernight Goddess's oracle was not mentioned, Lin Ruo knew that Dunn had reported his existence to the higher-ups after he revealed his identity in Tingen.
This was also the result of Lin Ruo's deliberate acquiescence. After all, since he had already officially certified his identity as a Favored of the Night in Tingen, there was naturally no need to continue concealing some things.
If not for this, Lin Ruo would not have dared to bring the secret badge and visit Archbishop Saint Anthony Stevenson with his original appearance.
"I am happy to offer you assistance, Lord Lin Ruo, but I wonder what kind of difficulties you have encountered?" Archbishop Saint Anthony asked gently. Perhaps he had already received an oracle from the Goddess in advance, or perhaps the Favored of the Goddess was special enough. Facing Lin Ruo, the archbishop's attitude was obviously quite good.
Lin Ruo considered it before asking, "Saint Anthony, have you ever heard of the eight paths of the Hours and the Key, Lantern, Forge, Grail, Heart, Blade, Winter, and Moth?" After consideration, Lin Ruo decided to throw out some solid information as a lead to the question.
Although this would expose his understanding of the secret society, frankly speaking, as someone who was arranged by the Evernight Goddess as soon as he transmigrated, and who was already "Favored," Lin Ruo could not clear his name with the Goddess anyway. Since this was the case, it would be better not to hide too much, and perhaps he could obtain more clues by being open and aboveboard.
Hearing this, although it was not obvious, Saint Anthony was still stunned for a moment, and then said with some doubt, "The Hours and the eight paths?"
He then seemed to be recalling, and then shook his head, saying, "I'm sorry, Lord Lin Ruo, I am not aware of the existence you mentioned."
"Then have you heard of the Colonel, the Lion Smith, the Watchman…" Although Lin Ruo's heart sank when he saw Archbishop Saint Anthony shaking his head, he still asked persistently, asking about all the names of the Hours he knew.
Archbishop Saint Anthony was silent. He seemed to be recalling, and after a moment, he slowly shook his head, saying, "I have not heard of them. I have no impression of the names you mentioned… What kind of existences are these?"
"You can regard them as… evil gods," Lin Ruo explained, but his heart was completely chilled.
Lin Ruo knew that if even Archbishop Saint Anthony was ignorant of the secret society, then most likely, the previous world of Mysteries really did not have anything related to the secret society.
But he happened to encounter it now, and what this meant made his head ache.
Perhaps he could think optimistically, maybe that Blade believer was just a transmigrated individual like him?
Lin Ruo comforted himself in his heart, and then heard the old man in front of him ask:
"Lord Lin Ruo, is the difficulty you encountered related to the evil gods you just mentioned?"
"You could say that, but it's not really a difficulty… but I need their information, I need to confirm something, it's very important," Lin Ruo said truthfully. The main purpose of his visit to Anthony Stevenson was to confirm whether the other party knew about the secret society. But in addition to this, Lin Ruo also had the idea of collecting information about the secret society.
After all, his understanding of the secret society was limited to the game, but the content of the game was only a little bit. Obviously, now that the game has become reality, the secret society is definitely not something that can be summarized by a little game content.
"I understand, I will have people investigate what you said…" Archbishop Saint Anthony nodded thoughtfully, his expression also becoming serious, and then he asked, "Is there anything else?"
"I need to consult some information about the characteristics of the twenty-two paths, as well as some ritual magic. At the same time, I also need to consult the records of various mystical events in Backlund in recent years," Lin Ruo said without changing his expression. This was also the third purpose of his trip—to catch up on lessons and further understand the current situation of the extraordinary field in Backlund.
Archbishop Saint Anthony glanced at Lin Ruo when he heard this, and without saying anything, he nodded slightly and stood up, saying, "Please follow me, Lord Lin Ruo."
The two left Saint Anthony's study, passed through a long corridor, and finally entered a place that was obviously an archive room and a data room.
"Except for the things in that cabinet, which you have no permission to look at, you can consult other information here—if you do not find the results today, you can come here at any time in the future to continue consulting," Archbishop Saint Anthony said simply, and then led Lin Ruo to a bookshelf full of documents, and began to introduce them one by one: "The information on the mystical events that our Backlund diocese has participated in handling in the past ten years is all here…"
"The classics on ritual magic are here…"
"These are the records of the characteristics of the twenty-two paths recorded by St. Samuel Cathedral, but they are not complete… Although the information on the low and middle sequences is relatively detailed, there is very little information on the high sequences."
After the introduction, Saint Anthony continued: "I hope you can find what you want."
After speaking, he tapped his chest four times in a row, drawing a crimson moon, and said:
"May the Goddess bless you!"
"Praise the Goddess!" Lin Ruo responded equally skillfully, drawing a crimson moon on his chest, and then said, "I can consult the information alone. Saint Anthony, you should go and take care of your own affairs, you don't have to accompany me."
"Then I will take my leave." Saint Anthony nodded slightly when he heard this, without asking any more questions or forcing him to stay, and left the archive room neatly.
Lin Ruo watched him leave, and then his gaze fell on the full amount of information.
He randomly pulled out a book and started to get down to business.
The archive room then fell silent, and there was no sound for a long time.
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