Qin Ran had an incredulous look on his face.
Although the old nun rarely heard about the Church of Shadows, it didn't mean that Kieran didn't know the influence of the Church of Shadows in the dungeon world before him.
In the era of church rule, the reason why the Church of Light was not dominant was because of the existence of the Church of Shadows.
The two sides are naturally enemies because of certain teachings.
Coupled with the fact that there is never a shortage of fanatics on both sides, open and secret fights are endless.
only…
The Church of the Shadow originated from the Church of Dawn, which still made Qin Ran feel unbelievable.
"It was really surprising."
After being stunned for two seconds, Qin Ran gave such an evaluation.
"Believe me, you're not the first to be surprised, and you won't be the last—the Church of Shadows was originally just a Dawn Knight's idea: 'Guard the believers with shadows!', and as time went by, this idea was Constant recognition and development, especially after experiencing several "Holy Wars", many Dawn Knights could not accept their own powerlessness in the face of innocent dead believers, so they chose more extreme methods."
The old nun spoke with a kind smile.
"So, Gong Lansen has such excellent stealth skills?"
Kieran thought of the performance of that old knight when they first met.
"Um."
"However, Gong Lansen is not outstanding. At least compared with the real shadow knight, he is only at an ordinary level. Have you read Gong Lansen's notes and have any impression of [Dark Concealment]?"
Facing the old nun's question, Kieran nodded immediately.
How could he have no memory of the only secret technique with a complete name in the notes.
"When you practice [Dark Concealment] to the highest level, you can travel through shadows."
The old nun's description immediately made Kieran's eyes widen.
Shuttle shadow
Kieran, who has the extraordinary level [stealth] and has experienced [stealth] above the extraordinary, is very clear about the horror of the basic skill [stealth] after entering the extraordinary.
Not to mention shuttle shadows.
What will happen once such ability is used for assassination
Can you imagine the horror of passing by a corner where there is no one there, suddenly after you pass by, a poison-soaked dagger appears, stabbing your back silently
It is useless to defend against others.
Moreover, Kieran is very sure that the Shadow Church must have matching means.
The names of those smeared secret techniques are enough to explain everything.
Under the combination of these secret techniques, the assassinated person may not know what happened until his death.
"The secret arts that have been altered in Gong Lansen's notebook are all from the Shadow Church?"
In order to confirm what was in his mind, Qin Ran asked again.
"Some are, some are not."
"Some things, I can't confess to you, let the returned Gong Lansen tell you everything."
The old nun looked at Qin Ran apologetically.
"No, Sister Moni, you have told me enough."
Qin Ran waved his hand immediately, and then asked with doubts: "The shadow knights with the shadow church, the war 50 years ago?"
"Are you wondering why the shadow knights didn't take action?"
"Um!"
"With a group of top assassins who can travel through the shadows, it's hard for me to imagine how the nobles at that time won."
Qin Ran said truthfully.
This is what puzzled him the most.
Because, he couldn't imagine how those nobles kept themselves safe.
In other words, how did the nobles deal with the Shadow Church.
"If the Shadow Church really joined the war, it might really be able to change the war 50 years ago, but six months before the outbreak of the war, the Shadow Church sent a secret letter to all the churches, saying that they are because of 'God Will' needs to leave, return indefinite."
The old nun sighed bitterly.
No one knows the power of the Shadow Church better than this old nun.
It was precisely because of this that the bitterness of the old nun became more and more helpless.
"'God's will'?"
Qin Ran frowned.
For such a coincidence, he did not believe it from the bottom of his heart.
"They who have left the Goddess of Dawn believe in the 'Lord of Shadows'—a neutral deity, and have a tacit relationship with the Goddess of Dawn. Therefore, when the Church of Shadows was established, it received full support from the Church of Dawn , rather than waging a 'jihad'."
The old nun told Qin Ran more secrets.
"Are you sure that the bishop of the Shadow Church and those shadow knights still..."
Qin Ran didn't say the word 'alive', but the meaning couldn't be more obvious.
"I can't be sure."
"But I can't think of anything else that would kill them. Although we call it a bishop, in essence, that person is the Pope. A powerful existence comparable to the current army of ten thousand people. There are also twenty shadow knights , each of them is a palpitating powerhouse, when they are together, I don't think anyone can threaten them, not to mention that will indeed carry the aura of a god."
The old nun said so.
"is that so?"
Qin Ran didn't object anymore.
It's just that the frown is getting tighter and tighter.
…
Somewhere in a palace decorated with gold and precious stones.
A middle-aged man wearing a red bishop's uniform knelt down in front of the statue, which was so tall that the palace had to build a dome to accommodate it, praying in a low voice.
In the huge palace, only such prayers echoed.
The guards standing around were very solemn, no one dared to disturb, even the sound of breathing became extremely restrained.
Half an hour later, when the prayer was over and the middle-aged man stood up, the messenger knight who had been waiting for a long time finally delivered the secret letter.
"Oh, Son of God?"
"Will there be a son of God born in this era?"
Looking at the contents of the secret letter, the middle-aged man couldn't help being interested.
However, the exclamation was full of sarcasm.
But following the secret letter, the middle-aged man frowned slightly.
In the description between the lines in the secret letter, the middle-aged man felt something familiar.
But he couldn't be sure.
But that didn't stop him from making a decision.
"That rascal!"
The middle-aged man sneered and crushed the secret letter.
Not kneading, not tearing.
Just holding it with the palm of your hand, the special letter paper was just broken into fine scraps of paper.
When the palms were opened again, scraps of paper fell like dust.
"I need to go to Dawn Church."
The middle-aged man said as he walked.
"Yes, my lord bishop."
The knight on the side bowed to accept the order.
More than ten minutes later, an airship that mixed with germination of technology, but more of an alchemy craft, lifted off from the palace.
At a speed far exceeding that of a galloping horse, he headed towards the direction of the Church of Dawn.
In a shadow somewhere outside the palace, the old man who saw this scene couldn't help squinting his eyes.
Then, it quickly merged into the shadows and disappeared.
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