Chapter 221
Chromie exhaled and got down from the carriage.
During this period of time, he had spent more time on the carriage than on the ground, traveling all over Lohr.
He sold off all of his family's shops and obtained a considerable sum of money, then began to investigate Birosius and the Soundless cult.
His classmates who came with him also left one by one. If it was just a normal business problem or something else, they would have been able to provide some help.
But since Chromie wanted to fight the cult to the death, they had no choice but to leave.
Of his classmates who came with him to Lohr, the only one left was Auri, the girl who liked him and he liked as well.
"So this is the place?" Chromie tapped on his hat and knocked on the door. During the past few days, he had visited many people, including private investigators, intelligence companies, Night Watchers, and even a few knights of the church.
It was all for the sake of investigating Birosius and the Soundless cult, but he didn't manage to obtain much.
Birosius had ample experience in anti-reconnaissance, a supernatural ability of his own, as well as an expert in disguise, so it was extremely easy for him to hide, not to mention the fact that he had the last resort, the underground sewers.
As for the Soundless cult, they were even more powerful. As the largest cult in the Lohr region, they were extremely secretive, so they could be just a normal citizen, or an auntie who walked her dog every day.
Anyone in Lohr could be a member of the Soundless cult.
There was a lot of information about them, but as for their base of operations, personnel, or how to contact them, there was nothing at all.
Chromie wasn't a stubborn person, so he quickly came into contact with a few people. They claimed that there was basically nothing in Lohr that they couldn't help with, whether it was making a certain person disappear, revealing a certain person's location, or even sending them into the Sun Shadow church's knight training camp or the Sacred Academy as long as the price was high enough.
"This is a secretive organization, extremely dangerous" Chromie concluded, and after meeting them, he was even more certain of this.
Brian had now changed his identity and became an artist in Lohr. As for the Night Watchers, an attendant had died in his place and was removed from the church's records.
This allowed him to spend an extra 5 contribution points to purchase a new attendant.
After obtaining the identity of an artist, he became acquainted with many people of status in Lohr, using the Hermit Order's influence to help them solve their problems, then using these people of status to solve the problems of other members of the Hermit Order and earn contribution points.
Compared to the time when he was forced to join the Night Watchers as a death row prisoner, it was a world of difference.
Furthermore, after some of the wealthiest people joined the Hermit Order, money and contribution points began to link up. They used money to purchase contribution points. After all, against supernatural powers, money might not necessarily be more useful than contribution points.
Brian was a little short of money now, so Chromie, who had been spending money recently, caught his eye.
"This person is not just an artist." He had originally thought that this organization was nothing more than a group of wealthy people of Lohr that had banded together to help each other, but after meeting them in person, he realized just how dangerous they were. The person in front of him was a monster, perhaps even stronger than the knights of the Sun Shadow church.
"But it doesn't matter. All I need is revenge." After spending a large amount of money, Chromie soon obtained the clues leading to Birosius' whereabouts, as well as some secret information regarding the Soundless cult.
The Hermit Order was growing stronger day by day, their tentacles reaching deep into every aspect of Lohr. In fact, at certain times, the Sun Shadow church might not even be as convenient as the Hermit Order, as they were too high and mighty.
If the Hermit Order were to be exposed right now, the largest evil cult in Lohr would most likely have to undergo a change of leadership.
Negri closed his book. After the Hermit Order's rapid growth, the one who benefited the most was him, as a large amount of supernatural knowledge had gathered in his hands.
As expected of the peaceful town of Lohr, there were countless dangerous magical rituals. In fact, some magical rituals that weren't dangerous and could even be considered normal became even more dangerous after becoming incomplete.
Unknowingly, these powers would become entangled with Evil Gods, causing the user to harm both themselves and others.
"The analysis of the axle ritual is slowly moving on the right track, as well as the power of Impurity" Negri reached his hand forward, manifesting a mass of black smoke in his palm.
Impurity usually referred to being unclean or unclean, but it could also refer to filthy objects. Of course, it could also refer to women being contaminated by something that they shouldn't have been contaminated by.
When a pure object was contaminated by too many other things, it could be considered Impurity.
A person's body that came into contact with too many filth could be considered Impurity, and a person who had seen too many filthy thoughts and was influenced by them could also be considered Impurity.
Therefore, relatively speaking, Impurity always referred to a certain value becoming more and more complex as the factors involved became more and more complex.
From this, it could be deduced that the essence of the power of Impurity was a system that had become more chaotic and ever-changing.
This power is truly terrifying, it could even represent the chaotic side of the universe in certain aspects. As long as this power continues to develop, it might become an extremely powerful entity in the future "Negri pondered.
Of course, there were plenty of such powers. Electromagnetic force, gravity, and so on were also one of the fundamental forces of the universe, if they were to be fully utilized, they could also become some of the most powerful entities in the universe.
However, most people wouldn't necessarily be able to become powerful even if they obtained an ability with potential.
"Only by truly understanding the essence of a type of power and using it can one become truly powerful." Negri understood this very well. His understanding of power wasn't weak, in fact, it was extremely strong, but he was still lacking in how he could utilize it.
Understanding an ability could be viewed as a lever, but if the amount of force you exerted wasn't enough, the lever would need to be longer and harder in order to move something heavy.
On the other hand, if one didn't understand the essence of power, they would need to expend even more power to accomplish the same thing.
This was the case for Shennai. His understanding of the power of Impurity remained at the level of filth, but if Negri had the same level of power as him, or even slightly weaker, Negri was confident that he would be able to beat Shennai up.
"Has Chromie already contacted the Hermit Order?" Negri listened for a while, then opened up another scroll and smiled: "Just keep watching, there's no need to worry about anything else"
A shadow behind Negri twitched for a bit before disappearing without a trace. With Negri's current understanding of Mysticism, even if he didn't release his [Origin], he would still be able to grant a person immense power that wouldn't be any weaker than someone who had achieved the second stage of release. The shadow behind him was a Shade Attendant that he had created through some sort of magical ritual.
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