Chapter 439: Getting reacquainted
Chapter 439: Getting reacquainted
Agatha didn’t hide anything, and in front of this well-meaning being who had already stepped in to save Frost from the brink of destruction, she gave out all the information she currently had.
Part of the intelligence was things she had observed and summarized on her own during the course of the Mirror Frost operation, while the other part of the intelligence she had obtained from various clerics as well as her own close subordinates after she had returned to the Cathedral by way of side conversations – all of which were things that had happened during the time that she had been trapped in that city of mirrors.
Things that the “other her” had experienced.
The so-called Boiling Gold Mine, on which Frost depends for its livelihood, has a huge secret buried in it. The so-called Boiling Gold Ore has been depleted since the time of the Frost Queen, and the successive consuls may have held a great secret, but Consul Winston disappeared into the depths of the mines together with the “other Agatha”, and before they disappeared, the “other Agatha” seemed to be the only one who had ever been able to find a place for her. Before they disappeared, the “other Agatha” seemed to have discovered some shocking truth, and its strong will fluctuation even reached the real Agatha’s side. ……
Duncan listened silently, only occasionally confirming some details, until Agatha finished so many things, he sighed gently.
“You’ve told me all of Frost’s greatest secrets – no worries that I’m a being with malicious intent at this point?”
“After seeing the means you used to destroy that Mirror City, I see no point in speculating on your intentions any longer,” Agatha spoke frankly, “If you truly have malicious intentions towards this city, then all of us will die before the sun sets.”
“…… Are all you city-state protectors so original in your compliments?” Duncan muttered, not moving to glance at Vanna next to him.
Vanna immediately turned her eyes away, pretending not to hear it.
On the other hand, Maurice, who was sitting on the opposite side of the table, couldn’t help but lean forward – after knowing the shocking fact that the boiling gold veins had long since been depleted, this old scholar’s curiosity had obviously swelled dramatically, “So what’s the situation in the Boiling Gold Mine Mountains now? Can the original ore still be found? Is what you guys have been digging out all these years …… really boiling gold?”
“Right now the mine is still blocked off, after the mirror image invasion subsided, there had been loud noises and vibrations coming from the mine shaft, for safety reasons and because of the lack of manpower, we haven’t confirmed the situation inside yet,” Agatha told us frankly, “but according to the reports from the mine’s traffic station and the smelting plant’s side …… at least the boiling gold that was previously transported out of the mine has remained intact.”
“The City of Mirrors has been destroyed …… but the Boiling Gold, which is theoretically an ‘anomalous product’, hasn’t disappeared? That’s interesting …… “Morris subconsciously rubbed his chin, “You know, those fake monsters in the city were turned into piles of muck immediately after the Mirror City collapsed …… So all that boiling gold is real? What kind of principle is that? The power of the Profound Holy Lord can create real boiling gold?”
“Now is not the time for academic research,” Vanna couldn’t help but chime in, then turned her head to Agatha, “So when are you going to confirm the situation in the mine?”
Agatha hesitated and spoke with less certainty, “I think …… we should at least wait until the order in the city is initially stabilized and the shaking and loud noise in the mineshafts have stopped, and …… at least we should safely pass through the disaster after the first night.”
While speaking, she raised her head and subconsciously glanced out the window.
The snow was still falling, and it was still daytime at the moment, but the sun was already sinking behind the clouds, and the hazy mass of light was on the verge of touching the spire of the church steeple in the distance.
“In two hours the sun will set, and that will be the first test we will face after the disaster ……”
“Excuse me for interrupting,” Vanna but suddenly raised her hand, interrupting Agatha’s slightly worried exclamation, “I don’t think …… you actually need to be concerned about nightfall, compared to all the various troubles, ‘night’ will probably be the last thing this city-state needs to worry about from now on.”
Agatha froze for a moment, “Why do you say that?”
“…… The voice of experience,” Vanna said, followed by a slight glance back at Duncan, and only after seeing the latter give her a slight nod did she turn back to Agatha and continue, “The experience of Prand. ”
“Prand …… ” Agatha was a little confused for a moment, but in the next instant, she snapped back to the information she had received earlier, to those messages from afar – Prand’s encounter with the large-scale visions, the crisis of the descent of the Black Sun, the history of the restoration in flames, and ……
A “rumor” spread from various channels in Prand.
The chilling Ghost Captain, the moving cataclysm on the infinite sea, the terrifying shadow of subspace, Duncan Abnormale – has found his humanity.
The young Gatekeeper and Pro Tempore Archbishop had a momentary look on his face, and stood up with a creak of his chair. All the suspicious clues were suddenly explained, all the uneasy suspicions were suddenly confirmed, and the loose and disorganized information became threaded together.
“I admit, things are a bit awkward right now.” Duncan shrugged, his tone somewhat helpless.
Agatha, for her part, maintained a stiff stance and looked at Duncan without moving – no one could see the look in her eyes at the moment, but it was clear that there was more than embarrassment on the Gatekeeper’s face.
After a long time, she finally broke the silence: “No wonder …… your followers call you ‘Captain’ …… I should have thought of that, in the boundless sea there is still a ‘Captain’. Which ‘captain’ would be as special as you ……”
“I’m sorry to hear about the Thirteen Islands of Vesseland,” Duncan said, “I have absolutely no memory of it, but the evidence seems overwhelming.”
He tried to sound as cordial and trustworthy as possible as he spoke, but given his “reputation” and the tactics he had displayed in front of the Frost Citadel just a few hours earlier, it was clear that the gentleness of his tone had limited effect – it was visible to the naked eye. The tension in Agatha’s body hadn’t slowed down since a moment ago.
After a long half day, this stiff and awkward state was broken by Agatha’s own mouth: ”I …… well, I frankly tell you, since the day we were promoted to sainthood, the church has constantly emphasized to us that once we discover the ‘Subspace Shadow’ Captain Duncan’s clues, we will be able to find him. ‘ Captain Duncan’s clues, it is to be reported to the Supreme Death Holy Church immediately – prioritized above all natural natural disasters and on par with subspace invasions. I wonder if you can understand what concept this is.”
“Oh, I understand,” Duncan didn’t say anything, but Vanna on the side took the initiative, and exchanged words with her immediate counterpart with a big grin, “We actually have yearly reminders about this on our side as well, and we even have special disaster prevention plans, though they’re not used later on.”
Duncan glanced at Vanna with an odd expression, “You’re saying this to my face?”
Vanna then snapped to attention and hurriedly blushed, “Ah, sorry, Captain ……”
Agatha, on the other hand, was a bit of an afterthought, or maybe it was because Duncan had given her too much of a shock, and it was only then that she suddenly focused on the surprisingly tall lady in front of her, “Wait, so you’re ……”
“Inquisitor of the City State of Prand …… In a sense, we are peers,” Vanna’s expression was a bit embarrassed, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hide it.”
As the onslaught of information bombarded her mind one after the other, Agatha felt her entire being go into a trance, and it was then that she realized that the end of a catastrophe was indeed just the beginning – and that the complications that followed the end of the catastrophe came crashing down on her from an angle she’d never imagined.
She hesitantly sat back in her chair, followed by a look at Vanna with an incomprehensible expression, “But why were you with Captain Duncan? You’re supposed to be one of the top spokespersons for the Church of the Deep in Prenland……. Doesn’t Prenland need Inquisitors anymore?”
“This is exactly the arrangement of the Church, the specific situation is not convenient to explain for the time being, only to say that …… this matter is not to be disclosed to the public for the time being, if it is not your identity that meets the conditions of knowledge, I will not speak to you,” Vanna said with a serious expression, followed by a slight pause. “As for the Prand …… yes, as you said, now it does not need Inquisitors, at least not in the previous form of Inquisitors and guards system.”
Agatha couldn’t help but rub her forehead as some other information that had recently come from far away and hadn’t yet had time to be recognized as true emerged from her mind, and she hesitantly spoke up, “So …… as mentioned in the information, Prand really does have a peaceful and calm night? ”
Vanna’s expression was a bit surprised, “Has the news already reached Frost?”
“We’re just remote, not closed off yet,” Agatha said, and immediately afterward couldn’t help but continue to ask, “Please tell me, is it true that Prand no longer fears the darkness of the night?”
“…… So far at least, the nights in Prand are even safer than the days in many city-states, and my uncle is even considering opening a sort of evening market to meet the recent changes in the city-states, it is just that the matter needs to be discussed and tested carefully,” Vanna nodded Nodding, “Now that you already know the information on that, I’m sure you’ve heard about the other matter as well – after the end of that Black Sunfall event, Prender has a new identity.”
“Vision-Prand, the first ever unnumbered Vision,” Agatha said subconsciously, her gaze falling involuntarily on Duncan, now that she finally understood the deeper meaning of those words of Vanna’s just now, “so… . now the same change will happen to Frost?”
Feeling the invisible but rather tangible ‘sight’, Duncan simply smiled and nodded, “Perhaps.”
(End of chapter)