Novels online

Chapter 240

The carriage slowly stopped on the street, a man disembarked from the carriage and looked at the shabby house.

"Three copper coins in total, sir" The coachman's voice snapped the man out of his daze, he reached into his pocket with a black leather glove and took out three copper coins.

If one took a closer look, they would notice that the man's pinky and ring fingers weren't moving at all under the glove.

Taking out the familiar key, Chromie opened the door. Looking at the dusty house, he put down the package in his other hand and sighed: "I've returned"

It had been three years since the last descent of the Evil God, during which time, many important things had happened.

Due to the descent of the Evil God three years ago, many ambitious people saw the weakness of the Sun Shadow church, and more and more lawless people began to show themselves and challenge the church's authority.

Among them, the largest was the secret organization known as the Impure Hermit Order, which absorbed a large number of members and hid themselves in several nearby regions, eventually becoming an illegal organization that spanned across several major regions.

Their members were all elites, and their outer members were also terrifyingly numerous. In fact, in the area of Lohr, they were known as the rulers of the night.

And Chromie himself, after that incident, was first imprisoned by the church, his Tome of Sacrifice was also taken away, followed by a new round of interrogation.

However, the interrogation was also intermittent, the church had clearly undergone a great change during that time, even interrogating Chromie was just a casual question.

After the incident, Chromie also realized that he had made the wrong choice. So many members of the Church did not stop the evil god. Instead, they allowed him, a suspect, to kill the evil god. This was like a heavy slap to the Church's face.

Quite a few members of the church intended to execute Chromie in the name of the Tome of Sacrifice.

But in the end, he still managed to survive. Chromie sighed. For the past three years, he had become more and more fond of sighing, perhaps this was the price he had to pay.

The hired workers soon arrived at the Farnate manor and began to clean up the place. When one of them was about to carry a package into his room, Chromie called out to stop him and picked up the package himself.

Inside was a set of clothes and a magic tome. The Tome of Sacrifice that he both loved and hated, after being taken away by the church, had returned to his hands.

In these three years, due to various reasons, he had initiated three sacrifices.

The first was to sacrifice fear and obtain an ability called Fear Aura. Every once in a while, he would be able to inject Fear Aura into himself, giving him the ability to harm spirits or existences from another aspect of the world.

This time, he sacrificed his left eye and used it as a one-time sacrifice. The Petrification Ray petrified a dangerous demon creature.

The last time was the sacrifice …

"Sir, I've already cleaned it up." The hourly worker's words woke Chromie from his memories. No matter what, he had achieved great results in the past three years.

The name of the Farnate family had been washed clean by him, and he had even fulfilled his father's dream. The Farnate family had become a noble family of Lohr, and he now had the right to bathe in the light of God in front of the cathedral once a month on Spirit Cleansing Day, even if he didn't have much faith in the Eternal Heat.

But looking at the empty house, Chromie found himself unable to feel happy.

After going through so much in the past three years, he no longer cared much about fame, power, or money.

"Oli …" the girl who accompanied him all those years ago had clearly left. He was imprisoned in the church's underground prison three years ago, and due to the changes in the church, not many people paid attention to him, so Oli probably thought that he was dead.

Over the past three years, the person he felt the most indebted to was Oli, but now that he was in his current state, what was the point of going to her?

Knock knock! A clear knock came from the door, followed by a familiar yet unfamiliar voice: "Is this mister Farnate? I'm your neighbor who lives right next door "

"You can call me Gomech, or you can call me more intimately, just call me Oli"

Chromie turned around in disbelief, only to see Oli Gomech wearing a light blue formal dress and a beige knitted hat standing at the door, her long hair fluttering in the wind, making everything seem so beautiful.

Chromie's expression became excited. He wanted to go forward and hug them, but when he saw his leather gloves, he stopped. He was no longer the same person he was three years ago. He could no longer smell the aroma of food, one of his eyes was fake, and he was missing six fingers. When he hugged someone, he would no longer feel the pain of a tight hug.

Sometimes, he felt like he was a monster, a broken monster, but he wasn't afraid, because he no longer felt fear.

"What, am I not welcome?" Oli didn't seem to notice Chromie's strangeness and continued to open her arms, as if nothing had changed.

"No, I'm just a bit lost" Chromie once again hugged Oli, feeling an unprecedented sense of tranquility.

However, Chromie didn't notice that Oli's eyes became a bit blank as she hugged him, which then turned into deep sorrow.

"Chromie has already returned?" On top of the clock tower, the originally simple structure had become extremely complicated, the originally small space seemed to have expanded by over ten times, the sound of grinding gears never stopped.

Negri sat in his seat, in front of him were various members of the Hermit Order. His gaze seemed to carry immense pressure, anyone who met his gaze would quickly lower their heads.

"He has returned" The one who returned to Negri was a black-clothed man wearing a loose robe. His expression was extremely calm, as if nothing could change him. He slowly continued: "Some members have already gone to give him a greeting gift"

"Merritt, I'll leave it up to you" Negri told the black-clothed man. For the past three years, Chromie had joined the Sun Shadow church's newly established Saint Hunters and had been operating outside the city. Not too long ago, he had destroyed the Impure Hermit Order's headquarters in a certain district.

A large number of Impure Hermit Order members were captured, which caused them quite a bit of loss. Thanks to his contributions during this time, not only was Chromie promoted, he was also sent back to Lohr.

Watching as the crowd slowly retreated, Negri stroked a black gear in his hand, his gaze became extremely profound as the large wheel behind him continued to rotate.

"Soon, it will be done very soon" Negri smiled and continued to move the gear in his hand. Everything was a gear, one after another, pushing the other towards the conclusion he wished to see.