"Liars, military documents, bounties... Could this be what Miss Miller is looking for?"
It's not unreasonable to think so. The three met before entering the Flame Paradise. Jenkins was tracking a person infected with gear germs, and then found that the man was actually a spy of the Cheslan Kingdom and broke into the scammers. It seems that Miss Miller went to the two men to get back some documents.
"No, what she's looking for seems to be something personal, probably photos or letters, not military secrets."
But in any case, some doubts in Jenkins' heart were solved. In the first half of this month, the believers of "Prince of Lies" were still very arrogant. Even when Jenkins went out for a walk to walk the cat at night, he would encounter bad guys throwing steam bombs casually. But recently, these people seem to have disappeared suddenly, and it turned out to be because of this.
Thinking of the disciples of [Prince of Lies], he thought of the letter he sent to Eldron, he thought of finding time to go to the bar, and he thought of making up a reply. Although the coma did not leave any sequelae, Jenkins inexplicably felt a little headache.
"That's all for my news. Let me tell you in advance, if anyone knows what happened in the hunting area of Decole Heights on the outskirts of the city this afternoon, I can buy the information for 10 pounds."
The location Mr. Hood mentioned was where Jenkins was this afternoon, but no one answered his question.
"Then let me tell you the next one."
Mr. White Cat slightly raised his right hand, his voice was low and slow:
"You guys should know where the mountain is, right?"
His finger pointed to the right, and under the hillside was a complex of buildings covering a large area.
"Punton Winery."
Miss Magic answered the question almost without a pause.
Jenkins narrowed his eyes, "Her real identity has something to do with this place? No, it might have been investigated in advance."
"Oh yes."
Mr. White Cat was also very surprised, but he just glanced at her suspiciously, then continued to point to the manor between the bushes and said:
"In the middle of this month, the Church of Starry Sky and Equilibrium transported the corpses of twenty-eight condemned prisoners here. I don't know the specific reason. The corpses stored in the winery disappeared before being used. Yes, it was not the followers of the Star Lady who consumed them, they were really stolen... "
Jenkins subconsciously looked at Miss Magic. When she met A-01-2-2221's unfortunate Wishing Tree last time, she asked herself the purpose of those corpses. Unexpectedly, this topic can still be heard until today, but the purpose is still unknown.
"Who would steal a corpse?"
Jenkins took the words, and he pretended to have thought of this inadvertently. After all, only his face was exposed here. "I heard that the followers of [Undead Lord] are still active in Nolan. Could it be them?"
"I don't know, but cultists do consume a lot of corpses or other disgusting things when they hold rituals."
He made a sound of disgust, but it was quickly drowned out by the sound of the night wind blowing the fallen leaves. Seeing that he stopped talking, Jenkins became the third person to share information:
"Speaking of the believers of [Undead Lord], that is, people from the illegal organization [Life Sharing Alliance], they have also made some small moves recently. Mr. Black Cat mentioned that these people came to this city from other places a few months ago , Recently, a friend around me was seriously ill, and was coaxed by the people of this organization to inject a drug containing trace amounts of metallic silver particles into his blood vessel... Tsk tsk tsk, I think you all have ordinary friends, you must remind They are careful about such things. After all, this is the means by which the being who claims to be immortal absorbs the lifespan of mortals."
"Silver injection?"
Mr. Black Cat asked with some doubts, it seemed that he didn't know this method.
"Yes, they claim that silver is the purest substance in the world. Although it is not as expensive as gold, it is just that mortals have blind eyes. The supreme god who controls lifespan is very kind. He will make human beings with pure body and soul have a longer time, stop In the world, pleasure or... There are other messy sayings that I don't remember. The owner of a big aristocratic factory who is about to die but holds a large fortune, doesn’t think so.”
He shook his head lightly. In the materials he had read about the group of cultists, there were many such examples. Some people were just defrauded of money, and some not only lost their families, but even their souls were stolen by evil gods.
"It's just horrific."
Mr. Black Cat expressed his opinion in a low voice, "Extending life through mystical rituals is something that mortals have been pursuing since ancient times. But this practice itself is very easy to attract evil gods, evil spirits or even weirder things. Righteous God The church has long listed this practice as a taboo. Once discovered or reported, the church has the right to directly execute the organizer of the ceremony. This is very reasonable, mortals are mortal, but some people cannot face it calmly .”
"Even if they are gifters, there are only a few who can face death calmly."
Jenkins also sighed, he thought of Mr. Constantine. In order to prolong life and risk fusing monsters, even the corpses were swallowed up in the end. This is a level 8 bestower, an existence that the six people standing here can only look up to.
He is still like this, let alone a weaker mortal.
In this era when religious forces are still strong, the church has certain law enforcement powers, which is also clearly written in the sacred "High Tower Agreement" (version 3).
Not only are forbidden mystical rituals performed without authorization, there are also many things, such as private possession of prohibited items, prohibited books, etc., which are taboo items that can be directly executed by the church.
The last time the Orthodox Church carried out public burning was 682 years ago, when it tried a country witch who tried to summon alien species from another world. She is just an ordinary person, but the arranged ceremony caused a catastrophe. The current execution methods, which mostly use poison and shooting, can be regarded as more humane with the progress of civilization.
Jenkins knew the horrors of the Inquisition in his own world's history, and also knew that the religions of this world were more than the benevolence he had seen. In the corners he can't see, many terrible and cruel things are unimaginable.
After all, this is a world with a civilization that lags behind that of Earth.