"Then I'll go back first, brother."
After finishing her visit to St. Peter's Basilica, Nora said goodbye to Valian and prepared to go home.
The Lateran Palace, the seat of the Holy See, is not close to the Licinius Palace. If it were usual, Nora would definitely take a car home.
However, what she saw during this visit was so shocking that she needed to think carefully on the way, so she declined her brother's invitation to send a car to pick her up and just walked back alone in silence.
The inner city of Solomon City was very safe even in the evening, after all, all unsafe factors (such as the homeless) had been driven to the outer city. Nora walked along the sidewalk of the commercial street, still thinking about what happened before:
Will extraordinary people really endanger human civilization
Go back one hour:
"Nora, what you are about to see is one of the most important secrets of the Holy See at present, with a deterrence level of up to R3." Varian took Nora into the elevator and said solemnly, "For the time being, you cannot tell anyone in your team, including your leader."
"Even the captain can't be told?" Nora was surprised.
"Yes," Varian said carefully.
The elevator started to move downwards, and after about five minutes, there was still no sign of stopping. Nora looked up at the elevator display screen, a little surprised.
Are we heading deep underground
"Nora, do you still remember the strange things you encountered in Stuttgart?" Varian asked.
"Stuttgart?" Nora thought for a moment and finally remembered.
It seems that they were helping the Falcon family fight against Count Fishbone, and they encountered some green-skinned monsters. They were extremely powerful, not afraid of pain, and liked to scream, which left a deep negative impression on Nora at the time.
"Are you talking about the Stuttgart citizens who were transformed by the mutation?" Nora asked as if to confirm. "The monsters that are green all over, very strong, and like to yell 'wow' before taking action?"
"Not 'wow,'" Varian corrected her pronunciation. "'WAAAAAAAAGH'... like this."
Nora: …
I know my imitation is not very good, but there is no need for you to correct me again, she thought helplessly.
"Do you know the cause of the mutation?" Varian continued to ask.
"I don't know." Nora shook her head.
"The origin of those greenskins is the infection of some substance." Varian's voice was slightly deep.
"Its name is 'Sephira', also known as Sarmatian Sephira."
The elevator door suddenly opened, startling Nora. Outside was a dark passage, with no lighting source above the ceiling, only the emergency exit sign, which emitted a faint light near the skirting below the wall.
"Come to think of it, this is also related to the Life Cult." Varian took the lead and stepped forward. "You joined the Life Cult last year, right?"
"Yeah." Nora followed carefully, "Any questions?"
"No, it's fine," Varian replied. "They wouldn't dare do anything to you. You are a Licinius, after all."
"Let's talk about the source substance. This substance can be traced back to the year 311 of the Fourth Era. At that time, in the Eastern Solomon Empire, a demigod from the Life Cult set out from Constantinople, went north through the Thrace Province and the Dacia Province, and came to the northern part of the Sarmatian Province."