Chapter 75: The Incident Has Been Exposed! |
Early in the morning, Vivian groggily opened her eyes and saw that Lilith had already prepared breakfast.
“Vivian, hurry up and get up for breakfast. We still need to head to the academy early today.”
Hearing Lilith’s urging, Vivian stretched lazily. Last night’s experience still left her feeling dizzy even now.
That damned Evil God actually did something like that!
He was a god—how could he be such trash?!
Vivian simply could not understand it.
Her thoughts still a mess, Vivian absentmindedly dressed and washed up while her mind wandered everywhere.
After finishing all of that, Vivian sat at the table and began eating breakfast together with Lilith.
After yesterday morning’s experience, Vivian’s eating speed was clearly much faster than usual.
Meanwhile, while Vivian was eating, Lilith carefully observed her.
Seeing that Vivian behaved completely normally, Lilith patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief.
“Um, Vivian, do you know what happened yesterday?”
Hearing this, Vivian, who was standing there nibbling bread, looked puzzled.
“This morning when I went out to buy breakfast, I saw a lot of people from the Enforcement Bureau heading toward Father Matthew’s church.”
“I even ran into Enforcement Officer Aelia...”
As she spoke, Lilith lowered her voice and leaned closer to Vivian.
“That Enforcement Officer Aelia said Father Matthew was very dangerous.”
“And also.... Enforcement Officer Aelia said they already spoke up for you regarding the matter of you blowing up the apartment yesterday and killing the bureau director’s brother-in-law.”
“You don’t need to worry about that matter anymore. I heard the director himself is now struggling to protect himself.”
As she spoke, Lilith’s little face filled with curiosity.
“Vivian, do you know something?”
Hearing this, Vivian, who was quietly chewing bread, froze momentarily.
“Ah?... I don’t know...” Vivian blinked innocently with a completely confused expression.
Seeing this, Lilith suspiciously stared at Vivian for quite a while.
“No, that’s not right! Vivian, you’re lying to me! You definitely know something!”
“You came back so late last night. You definitely went to do something shady.”
Hearing Lilith’s words, Vivian subconsciously lowered her head, not daring to look into Lilith’s eyes.
Yesterday she really had gone to do shady things.
But was that something she could possibly talk about?
Also, Vivian genuinely could not understand why after committing such major crimes yesterday, everything was suddenly fine today.
Especially blowing up an apartment and casually killing the bureau director’s brother-in-law—those were incredibly severe acts.
Yet not only was she not being pursued, the key point was that the director himself was now unable to protect himself.
What kind of logic was that? Vivian completely failed to understand it.
“Could it be Lord Evil God changed these people’s perceptions?”
Vivian silently speculated.
However, overall, this was still a good thing.
At least she no longer needed to worry about being arrested by the Enforcement Bureau.
.....
What Vivian and Lilith did not know was that not far away from them—
In a certain location—
Matthew was currently staring viciously at the room where Vivian and Lilith were staying.
“So I’ve finally found you two!”
Matthew’s tone was filled with gritted hatred, while at his feet lay a charred corpse.
Judging vaguely from its body shape, it appeared to be a goblin.
Last night, Matthew originally believed that by killing that Monster, he would gain enough merit to make a name for himself.
That way, he could hide even more securely within Silvermoon City.
After all, who would ever suspect that a great priest was actually an undercover operative sent by an evil cult into Silvermoon City?
Matthew had hidden in Silvermoon City for many years, openly appearing before everyone as a priest.
Originally, Matthew believed his strategy of hiding in plain sight was flawless.
Yet who could have imagined that yesterday, while he used calling reinforcements as an excuse to establish his achievements, an accident occurred.
A massive explosion suddenly erupted from the direction of his church.
At that moment, Matthew immediately felt a terrible premonition.
And when he arrived there—
His world collapsed.
What had he seen?
The church he had painstakingly built over so many years had been blown apart.
Not only had it been destroyed, but every valuable item inside had also been looted clean.
Most importantly, even the Secret Chamber had been completely emptied out.
Seeing that scene, Matthew nearly fainted on the spot.
Immediately afterward, Matthew rushed desperately into the basement and arrived at the bookshelf area.
All the books above had been completely taken away. Even the bookshelves themselves had not been spared.
Then he saw the massive hole behind where the bookshelves originally stood.
The item inside had already been taken.
That scene nearly made Matthew black out entirely.
He truly could not understand how something he had hidden so deeply had still been discovered.
But none of that mattered anymore.
What mattered was that no matter the cost, he absolutely had to retrieve that item.
Right at that moment, several Enforcement Officers also arrived and witnessed the disastrous scene.
Originally, they intended to comfort Matthew.
However, one sharp-eyed Enforcement Officer discovered the scattered altar remains nearby.
They still emitted evil aura.
At that instant, how could they fail to realize Father Matthew had problems?
They immediately attempted to take him back for investigation.
But at this moment, Matthew no longer cared about any investigation.
All he wanted was to recover what he had lost.
Combined with suffering such enormous losses, Matthew’s mood was already extremely terrible.
So he casually slaughtered those Enforcement Officers.
However, one Enforcement Officer who had secretly hidden himself escaped disaster and reported the matter to Enforcement Bureau headquarters.
At that moment, Matthew became a wanted criminal.
Of course, Matthew did not care about any of that.
Like a madman, he frantically searched throughout Silvermoon City for traces of the stolen items.
Eventually, he saw several goblins disposing of stolen goods.
The moment Matthew saw those items, his eyes instantly turned blood-red.
Naturally, he recognized exactly what they were.
Thus, after a round of brutal torture and interrogation, Matthew learned everything.
Pulling back his thoughts, Matthew now stared at the room where Vivian and Lilith were staying.
Magic Power gathered in his hand as a golden spear appeared.
Immediately afterward, Matthew made a throwing motion.
“Vivian, die for me!”
Accompanied by a furious roar, a Sacred Light spear carrying a piercing whistling sound shot toward Vivian and Lilith’s room.
Inside the room, Vivian and Lilith only realized something was wrong when the spear had already nearly arrived.
Looking at the incoming golden spear, both their pupils contracted violently.
“Run!”
Vivian, who reacted first, immediately grabbed the still-gossiping Lilith and rushed outside.
Almost simultaneously, the bracelet emitted a crimson glow as mysterious runes lit up.
Immediately afterward, a Fire Elemental Spirit nearly five meters tall appeared behind the two girls and intercepted the incoming spear.
The next moment, a massive fireball shot toward the spear.
“Boom!”
Accompanied by a massive explosion, the Fire Elemental Spirit barely managed to block the attack.
“Vivian... what exactly is happening?”
Looking at the Fire Elemental Spirit that had blocked the attack for them, Lilith’s voice trembled.
They had nearly died just moments earlier.
“Run!”
Although Vivian herself also did not know what was happening, under the current circumstances, running was obviously the correct decision.
“Vivian, stop right there! Hand over the item!” At the same time, Matthew’s furious roar echoed from behind them.
Seeing this, Vivian immediately understood what had happened.
“Fire Elemental Spirit, stop him!”
As she spoke, Vivian dragged Lilith and ran even faster.