"I thought you wouldn't be back for a few months. How does it feel like to be at the end of the world?"
"Not really. If possible, I hope you can go next time."
It was still the huge dome, and the stars were clearly visible in the dark night. Arthur sat at one end of the ancient round table, looking at the documents on the table, while the man at the other end was talking to him.
"The sky and the earth are all pure white as far as the eye can see, and there is nothing but myself. It is such a lonely place that even the most optimistic people would feel despair."
The man spoke slowly, tired from the journey.
"What happened during the time I was away? I saw that all our knight commanders were seriously injured, and even the Forward to Dawn was not in the dock."
"A lot has happened. I thought you knew the general idea."
"It's just a vague idea. I'd rather you tell me than listen to other people. Also, I heard the communication just now, so you agree. Lorenzo Holmes is not an easy person to deal with. Aren't you afraid of any accidents?"
The man seemed to be aware of Lorenzo's identity and was worried about it.
"In fact, wasn't it just a series of accidents from the beginning?"
Arthur slowly raised his head and looked at the man at the other end of the round table. He was wearing a grey robe that completely covered his entire body. Even his face was completely hidden by the hood, and only a blurry darkness could be seen.
"After you left a few months ago, we accidentally got information about the Demon Hunting Cult. A cargo ship of the Gospel Church sank in the waters near the Viking Kingdom of Nobita, and a mysterious object called the Sacred Coffin was stored on it."
"You should know how hard it is for the Purification Agency to get to where we are today. At the end of the Glorious War, we had already established our dominance with steam engines, but demons in the darkness are still a deadly threat. The Evangelical Church used this to threaten us to use steam technology in exchange for the protection of the Demon Hunting Cult."
Arthur started smoking, and the corners of his eyes were full of scratches of time.
"We have won a hundred years of war. We will not yield to anyone, let alone those fanatics. For this reason, we made a deal with the distant Jiuxia, and the general named Zuo Zhen came with the Kuilong fleet.
The Evangelical Church thought that they had no power to fight against the demons, but they did not know that in the deeper darkness, the purification agency had already appeared. "
"It looks like that thing is very important."
The gray-robed man's voice was hoarse, and he sounded as if he was an extremely old man, but his sleeves were slightly exposed, revealing the back of his hands, which looked white and youthful.
Arthur nodded and continued.
"The Purification Agency was established in secret. With the technical support of Jiuxia, it has gained the initial ability to fight against demons. But this is not enough. Compared with Jiuxia's armor technology, the Demon Hunting Cult's secret blood is the most advanced, and the sacred coffin is the core of the secret blood technology."
"core?"
This aroused the interest of the man in gray robe. He was a little surprised, as if he did not expect that the legendary secret blood was so close to him.
"According to the information we know, the sacred coffin has a very special religious significance. We don't know the details, after all, the Demon Hunting Cult was disbanded six years ago."