Novels online

Chapter 242

"How troublesome, to encounter something like this as soon as I return" Counier tossed a fruit to Chromie and said with a solemn expression.

Due to Counier's perfect performance over the past few years, with the support of the Reformists, he quickly rose to a high position and was now the leader of the Red Sun Knights.

This was thanks to the success of the Reformists. The Church had undergone reforms in recent years, and talented people were quickly promoted. The Night Watchers had also undergone reforms, and their rights had been improved.

It was said that the originally messy management of the Night Watchers had been improved, and there was a more advanced management model. The manager was also a young man similar to Counier.

"Yeah." Chromie lowered his head, all kinds of thoughts running through his mind.

"The results are out." Counier deliberated over his words, then said: "Miss Oli's Soul Shackles did not break for some reason, as long as her soul is retrieved in time, she will recover"

"The priests of the church can also guarantee that her body will not have any problems for three months. After three months, because there is no master of the soul for a long time, her body will wither and die" Counier frowned and said: "But …"

"But perhaps … no, this is definitely a trap." Chromie repeated the latter part of Counier's words. As long as the Soul Chains weren't broken, they would be able to find Auri's soul through the chains.

However, the Hermit Order wouldn't leave such a loophole, so their goal was clear. This was an open scheme, using Auri's soul as bait to lure Chromie over.

"We can only send a scouting team to help you. Before we confirm the situation, the Church will not send too many people to help you, Chromie." In the end, Counier still managed to say such a thing. Compared to before, the current Sun Shadow church's rules and regulations were much more complete.

However, some of the drawbacks of the reform were also revealed. Everything was based on laws and regulations. After confirming that this was a trap, they would not send too many people for Auri. This would be irresponsible to the church's members.

"I understand." Chromie nodded, glanced at Auri inside the hospital room, then went back to work. With the information collected by the Saint Hunters, as well as the scouting team that the church assigned to him, finding the general location of Auri's soul was a simple matter.

"Have you followed Chromie's tracks closely?" In the darkness, an ethereal voice slowly sounded.

"It can guarantee that someone will follow him at all times." The two youths were no longer as reckless as before. They knelt on one knee and spoke respectfully to the existence in the darkness.

"Chromie … Chromie." The black figure muttered Chromie's name as if he was gnashing his teeth.

"Furthermore, Lord Merritt sent news that that person has released another Gear of Impurity and hopes that we will pay attention to it" The two youths were exceptionally cautious when they passed on the message. It wasn't towards Merritt, but towards that existence, the founder of the Hermit Order, Negri.

「 He sure is willing to part with that kind of thing 」 the shadow seemed to be very familiar with the Gear of Impurity.

"Fye, Luo, the two of you keep an eye on Chromie. At the same time, notify Dahl and have him pay attention to the Beast of Blasphemy and confirm that the Gear of Impurity's incubation is complete. If he's willing, he can take the Gear of Impurity"

"Even you guys, if you have the guts, you can also fight for it."

"We will always be loyal to you, my lord." The two youths' throats moved, but they quickly resisted the temptation and expressed their loyalty to the black shadow.

"Perhaps, but no one is loyal forever" the black shadow seemed to be hinting at something, after saying this in a seemingly emotional tone, she went silent.

At this point in time, the Hermit Order had grown to become extraordinarily large. Due to the contribution point system, the Hermit Order didn't have any ranks, and every official member of the Hermit Order was equal.

However, things like ranks would always appear. Some of the Hermit Order's members held a large amount of the Hermit Order's resources in their hands, eventually becoming the Big Shots of the Hermit Order.

Rather than calling the Hermit Order an organization, it was more accurate to call it a system, a system that was connected through contribution points.

The black shadow was one of the Big Shots of the Hermit Order. She joined the Hermit Order during its period of rapid growth and was fortunate enough to become that person's experimental subject, using that as her foundation to develop her own system.

Among all the Big Shots of the Hermit Order, that person could be said to be the most terrifying existence. After founding the Hermit Order, many of the Hermit Order's Big Shots were his experimental subjects. However, not all of them chose to develop on their own, as there were quite a few who chose to serve under that person, including many terrifying monsters, such as the Desecrator Angel, the most wanted criminal of the Sun Shadow church.

For example, the Blood Knight Merritt, who became that person's spokesperson and issued many of his orders in his place. For example, the punishment of Chromie, the person who damaged the Hermit Order's reputation, was issued on his behalf.

With the resources that that person held, there were countless people who were willing to carry out his orders for him, and the black shadow was only the most convenient person to carry out his orders.

As for the Gear of Impurity, it was the result of that person's latest research, or rather, all of his previous experiments were nothing more than an attempt to push the Gear of Impurity into being. That thing was extremely dangerous, but at the same time, it could grant one immense power, allowing them to easily obtain abilities that others would never be able to obtain in their entire lives.

Every once in a while, that person would release a semi-finished Gear of Impurity, and this semi-finished Gear required a bit of nurturing before it could become a complete product.

Once the Gear matured, anyone from the Hermit Order or anyone else could obtain the power of the Gear of Impurity, that person didn't care who obtained the Gear at all.

Maintaining the maturation of the Gear of Impurity was one of the Hermit Order's long-term missions. Many people feared its power, but at the same time desired its power. Even if there wasn't a mission, they would still protect it on their own, all for the sake of obtaining the Gear.

Fay Eyre and Loire were two brothers, originally the sons of commoners. Because they weren't willing to work for the rest of their lives, only to die from exhaustion, they searched for any chance to change themselves, then joined the Hermit Order. Without any capital, they chose to join one of the Hermit Order's Big Shots and became their subordinates.

They were talented, but they couldn't help but admit that there were some people in this world who were truly monsters.

They opened the door of a basement to find a black-haired young man standing in the middle of a room filled with dominoes.

"Darr, the Lord told me to inform you that a new Gear has appeared" As the two of them looked at this young man, they couldn't help but speak with respect. This was respect for a monster.

"Ah!" The black-haired young man looked up, his snake-like eyes glowed with an unprecedented light, then pushed the final dominoes in his hand forward. A chain reaction caused all the dominoes on the floor to collapse before finally connecting together to form the shape of a Gear.