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Chapter 234

"That child will be fine, right?" Katherine smiled and asked. She had always had a good impression of Angie.

In this constantly advancing group, Katherine didn't appear to be as weak as she appeared to be. If she wanted to, she could even fight against a Red Sun Knight bare-handed and beat him to the ground.

She was proficient in 13 types of axle magic rituals, the targets of which were either Evil Gods or certain special spaces, forming spells such as Herculean Strength, Deep Sea Skin, as well as various supportive spells. Her HP, Endurance, Strength, and Dexterity weren't any weaker than a Red Sun Knight. Furthermore, she had various magic senses, foresight, long-range defensive spells, as well as a few magical tools.

Katherine's combat prowess was ranked second in the Hermit Order, but for the sake of maintaining her ladylike elegance, she rarely used close combat to defeat her opponents, only using long-range magic to do battle.

Of course, among the 13 types of magic, the one she was most proficient in was magic that originated from the soul, not the release of [Origin], but rather a type of forging one's own soul through interacting with a certain space called [Between Gods].

Negri was quite interested in this type of magic that could improve one's soul without going through [Origin], so he and Katherine had researched it quite a few times.

This type of magic gave Katherine an additional ability: she was able to discern the purity of a person's soul.

What was ironic was that most of the people that Katherine met had impure souls, including most of the knights and priests. Up until now, the purest person that she had seen was actually Angie, who was surrounded by impurity.

Of course, this was excluding that guy. Katherine looked at Negri who was walking in front of her with a complicated gaze.

If Angie could be described as a lotus flower in the mud, then this guy would be the ugliest black mud.

His soul was a mixture of too many things, almost like a puddle of unsightly black mud, but anything that tried to taint him would instead be tainted by it.

When one's darkness reached a certain level, wouldn't that darkness also be a form of purity?

"You need to believe in my skills" Negri wasn't too worried about Angie. With her experiments on the power of Impurity, combined with the Sun Shadow church's special treatment, as long as she wasn't foolish enough to get surrounded by a large number of enemies, she would be fine.

"The third checkpoint is up ahead. I'm sure a lot of enemies have gathered here." Negri said, "The third group, get ready."

If Birosius hadn't attracted most of the power, it would have been impossible for them to break through the third barrier. With the church's accumulated power, after the second barrier was broken, the third barrier would have gathered a terrifying amount of power.

A large number of Red Sun Knights, a large number of Glory Knights, a large number of Iron Knights, as well as a large number of supporting priests, the power they could exert was overwhelming. Coupled with the Night Watchers as well as some hidden forces, the Sun Shadow church could easily suppress everything in Lohr. And this was only the Sun Shadow church in Lohr, not to mention the Divine Guards and Deities at their headquarters.

However, the key was whether or not this force could be exerted. The conservative faction and the reformist faction were not on good terms with each other. Many a time, the church's only enemy was itself.

After the third checkpoint, there were various subdivisions of paths that allowed them to pass through various areas of the cathedral hill. There were also a few scattered enemies inside, and since the church didn't know which department these invaders were aiming for, they could only gather at the third checkpoint.

After so many years, the Sun Shadow church truly hadn't expected anyone to attack the cathedral hill of their own accord. Although they had their own internal defensive measures according to the church's rules, and there were no cases of negligence, it was still hard for them to react to an invasion.

In fact, if it weren't for the urgent orders, the knights who were stationed at other areas would have thought that this was a joke.

For that reason, the forces gathered at the third line of defense were a bit weaker than Negri had expected, but they were still more than enough to crush most of the evil cults.

A group of 10 Red Sun Knights, a group of priests, as well as several black-robed individuals who didn't seem to fit in with the Sun Shadow church.

Negri smiled. One of the main reasons why he launched this ambush was to obtain the supernatural knowledge that the Sun Shadow church had collected, the other reason was to probe the church as well as to motivate the Hermit Order.

In a short period of time, the Hermit Order had managed to gather a great amount of power. After all, the Sun Shadow church was the most powerful organization in the world, suppressing many talented individuals.

However, the Hermit Order's development had also reached a bottleneck. Under the pressure of the Sun Shadow church, even the largest organization could only grow to this extent.

This invasion of the cathedral hill was the only way for the Reformists of the Sun Shadow church to gain the upper hand.

Because they didn't have any true enemies, the Hermit Order's internal structure had always been dominated by the conservative faction, or rather, the faction of faith. There were very few new blood in the Hermit Order, after all, faith was something that required family nurturing.

A large number of unknown entities occupied the highest positions of the Hermit Order. They were the descendants of the soldiers who had followed the seven Righteous Gods to invade the Moon Tree world, and were currently the shepherd dogs of the seven Righteous Gods. A long and comfortable life could turn a wolf into a husky, and besides their devout faith, most of these shepherd dogs had no other merits.

It was only after a few true enemies appeared that the Reformists of the Hermit Order would gain the upper hand, allowing some talented individuals who lacked faith to reach the highest positions of the Hermit Order.

This was also the only way for the Hermit Order to have a chance to break through their limits. Enemies were very important in many situations, and the phrase 'nurturing bandits for self-improvement' was never an empty phrase.

If the Reformists of the Sun Shadow church were smart enough and ambitious enough, they would be able to seize this chance. After all, there were seven Righteous Gods, and the Sun Shadow church was only one of them. Although these seven Righteous Gods had jointly invaded the Moon Tree world and divided it among themselves, that didn't mean that they were close to each other.

Otherwise, the other Righteous Gods wouldn't only have two or three followers of different sizes in Lohr.

Borrowing this chaos, the Reformists would gain the upper hand and create a sufficiently powerful enemy to push for the Hermit Order's reformation. Only then would the Hermit Order have the ability to compete and expand its territory.

"Attack, let them know the might of our Hermit Order" Negri smiled and declared. The Shade Attendants who had been hiding and hadn't taken any action all appeared from the shadows. Their weightless bodies caused the Bishop who was in charge of the defensive formation to be shocked.