Chapter 106 After the dissolution of the assembly

Chapter 106 After the assembly was disbanded
Anomaly 099 – Mannequin.

That was all that was left on the parchment, the only information that Vanna had carried out after returning from the tomb of the nameless king.

The moment she saw those few scribbled letters, Vanna’s expression froze a little, and she could feel that Bishop Valentine beside her, as well as a few other figures, were similarly caught up in dismay, and it was only after a brief moment of silence that the dark shadow of one of the saints suddenly spoke in a deep voice: “An existing ‘anomaly ‘ was changed out of nowhere …… and out of sight of the civilized world.”

“It fell into the hands of the Lost Country,” the other Acolyte nodded immediately afterward, “It could have been something that the spectral captain did ……”

“But what kind of change could have produced such a result?” The acolyte who had spoken before looked worried, “The difference between the mannequin casket and the mannequin is more than just a few letters …… And this change directly touched the tomb of the Nameless King, even causing the tomb keeper to suddenly summon listeners into the chamber in order to convey this information… …”

Several saints discussed in serious whispers, while their eyes eventually all converged on Vanna again, who had also gradually recovered at this moment, as she got up with Bishop Valentine’s help and looked at the only remaining piece of paper in her hand, “…… I don’t remember what happened in the tomb chamber at all, I only remember myself in the walking in the tomb passage.”

“Forgetting what you experienced in the chamber is a normal situation, this is your mind performing self-preservation, that’s why you need the parchment and quill provided by the tomb keeper to record useful information,” Bishop Valentine said slowly, “But the fact that you only have a few words left on your parchment is a situation that’s …… not quite right.”

Vanna stared blankly at her hands for a long time before muttering somewhat hesitantly, “Was the parchment shredded by myself ……”

“Theoretically, it could only have been you,” Bishop Valentine looked at her, “There would have been no one else in the mausoleum, the tomb keeper never interferes with the communication between the listener and the owner of the chamber, and the owner of the chamber would not have acted in any way beyond conveying a message.”

Confusion clustered in Vanna’s mind, but before she could try to continue speaking, a low, solemn female voice suddenly came from the edge of the square, interrupting the saints’ exchange, “The hour of the end of the assembly is approaching.”

The saints immediately stood up and looked in the direction from which the voice came, and Vanna also quickly organized herself and looked towards the figure at the end of the plaza that had given out the voice – a woman who seemed to be clad in a gorgeous dress was quietly standing there, gazing at the saints who had gathered one by one.

That female figure was not accompanied by any attendants, and standing there alone, she already exuded enough authority and aura; her figure also appeared in black silhouette just like the other “souls”, but that black silhouette was clearer and more solid than any other person’s, and even to the extent that the outline of her appearance could be vaguely seen, allowing people to It can be seen that she is a graceful and noble woman.

Vanna bowed her head slightly to the figure with awe.

That was the leader of the Church of the Deep Sea, Storm Goddess Gemona’s surrogate in the human world, the Pope’s Coronation who sat in the Storm Cathedral, this transcendent who had received God’s grace was so powerful that her soul had undergone a qualitative change, and she could even vaguely appear as a “human being” in the Spiritual Energy Gathering Ground.

It must be realized that even the “saints” whose power is far superior to that of ordinary transcendentalists can only barely maintain a human outline in this assembly field.

Vanna felt the Pope’s gaze fall on her.

“You have done well, Saint Vanna,” the Pope nodded gently, her voice soothing Vanna’s frustration, “The amount of information that a Listener can bring out of the crypts has always been an uncontrollable thing, and often the information that a Listener brings out is not limited to the parchment. not confined to the parchment.”

“What do you mean ……,” Vanna asked boldly, looking up curiously.

“The less that remains on the parchment, the more dangerous is the message conveyed by the owner of the chamber, and it was your spiritual warning that drove you to destroy the words you had written in the chamber to prevent those dangerous truths from being made known to the public……. It was enough to have this intelligence, it was enough for the Storm Cathedral to serve as a reference to draw up the next course, and to make a specific prayer to my Lord for guidance.”

Vanna listened attentively to the Pope’s words as her mind gradually calmed.

She knew that this was not an off-the-cuff relief – the Coronation of the Pope would not do such a meaningless thing, and the fact that the Coronation had said so meant that the matter had been approved by the Goddess to some degree.

She had brought enough valuable information out of the tomb of the nameless king.

“Dismissed for now,” the graceful and elegant lady said softly, “this assembly is over, and the Storm Cathedral will carefully evaluate the signals conveyed by Vision 004 this time – if necessary, I will send down a metaphorical decree or once again summon the Saints.”

Vanna hurriedly collected herself, she bowed and saluted in the direction of the Pope, and then her figure gradually dissipated into this chaotic wide space, and the figures of the other saints followed, one by one, the black shadows disappeared from the plaza, but in the blink of an eye, the place once again returned to silence.

On the large assembly ground, only the ancient cracked stone bricks, the pillars supporting the chaotic sky dome, and the soul projection of Storm Pope Helena remained. This Pope, who was favored by Gemona, did not leave, and after the assembly was dismissed, she still stood quietly in the square, looking motionlessly at the empty space in the center of the square.

After an unknown amount of time, Helena suddenly turned her head and looked not far away from her – the air there rippled like water waves, and in an instant, a tall and thin figure appeared in her line of sight.

That tall and thin figure seemed to be wearing a robe, and like Helena, his appearance was even vaguely recognizable – it was a male with a serious and old expression.

Immediately afterward, another figure emerged beside this old, tall and thin male, and that was a short and chubby old man with a vaguely recognizable appearance and a kind smile.

“Banister,” Helena nodded first to the tall, thin, serious pale male, and then immediately looked to the short, chubby old man with the kind smile, “Loon – what, are you guys very free? Don’t the Death Cult and Truth Academy have to patrol the borders?”

“The borders have been smooth lately, and reliable surveillance is left in place.” The tall, thin, pale male known as Banister said succinctly.

“We’ve temporarily left the task of patrolling the borders to reliable people to do it for us,” the short, fat old man named Loon nodded along, “This time, I’ve mainly come over to check on your side of the situation …… It doesn’t look like the civilized world is peaceful. ”

“The last time a similar situation occurred in the mausoleum was also during the period when the Deep Sea Church was on guard,” Banister said expressionlessly, “It seems to be a hundred years ago?”

“Knowingly,” Helena spoke faintly, “Of course the last time was a hundred years ago – that time was when I entered the interior of the mausoleum as a listener, I wasn’t at the helm of the Storm Cathedral at the time, and I remember it well. ”

“Yes, the last time it was you who went in, I also remember it very well,” the short, fat old man Loon stroked his beard and recalled rather emotionally, “You too were ‘thrown’ out of the mausoleum immediately after you went in, and were dazed for a It took a long time to come to your senses, and just like that little girl today, the parchment you brought into the tomb was reduced to a small slip of paper with only a few letters scribbled on it …… Helena, remember what the message was that you brought out of the tomb a century ago?”

The helmsman of the Storm Cathedral was silent for a moment before saying softly, “I remember it well – ‘Vision 005 – Lost Country’.”

Lune nodded softly, “That’s right, you were the first one to bring back the news of the Lost Country ship transforming into a vision …… And the few letters you brought back at that time were confirmed just a month later, the phantom of the Lost Country ship whistled past the edge of the Death Cult’s great graveyard, and the unlucky man, Bengst, watched as the The escort ship that he had just built and had not yet had time to cut the ribbon was swallowed on the spot with only the rope used for cutting the ribbon ……”

The leader of the Death Cult, Pope Banister, gave Lune an expressionless look.

Helena, on the other hand, seemed as if she hadn’t heard Lune’s last few words, she was just thoughtfully silent, and only after a long time did she slowly speak, “Whether it’s a ‘Mannequin’ or a ‘Mannequin Hearse’, it’s just a ranked close to the hundredth ‘anomalies’, there is no comparison to the fifth ranked vision.”

“It is not comparable, but as you know, it is not the information left on the note that is the problem – rather, it is the parts that didn’t remain, the parts that can bring even the spirits of the Saints to the verge of breaking down, so much so that they must be destroyed and made to be buried in the crypts, as their instincts drive them to do so ‘The Truth’,” the expression on Lune’s face finally grew serious, “The fact that Anomaly 099’s name changed from a Doll Hearse to a doll is nothing in itself, but it’s the information that was related to it and yet hidden that’s the most damaging… …”

“The only direction of speculation right now is that it’s behind something to do with that phantom ship,” Helena said, “but a few days ago I sought enlightenment from the Lord ……”

At this she stopped abruptly, then shook her head as if she wasn’t going to continue the subject.

“Why didn’t Frem come?” She looked to the two figures in front of her, “Doesn’t he always like to watch the action as well?”

“Frem and his Church of the Fire Bearers are busy with something very important,” the short and chubby Lune said with a smile, “The leaders of the four main orthodox religions can’t all come over here to join in the fun ……”

“Something important?” Helena frowned, “What is he doing?”

“Patrolling the borders.” Banister said succinctly.

Helena: “……”

(end of chapter)