"How did the letter from the Dragon Feast Cult to the church and the God Summoner end up in the hands of the Witch Council?"
Xia De asked in surprise. Megan controlled the flames and chose to burn the blood-stained cotton cloth and bandages directly in the room:
"How do you think the church will contact the God Summoner? It seems that we are the only ones who have a good relationship with you."
Even Dorothy, who had only a preliminary understanding of the "Murmuring Verses", could say something about it:
"I heard that the church's judgment on the identity of the 'God-Caller' is very strange. Do they think you are a woman?"
Most of the team members who had experienced the night at Lakeview Manor knew that Shade was a "god caller", so Miss Writer had already guessed it. Shade laughed dryly and did not mention the more bizarre words such as "fishman blood" and "paranoid psychosis".
"The Dragon Feast Cult wants to meet me alone... Is it that Ms. Nadia Foren who wants to talk to me?"
“It’s possible, but not certain.”
Megan said, while Dorothy wondered:
"What time did they arrange to meet you?"
"It has not been confirmed yet. This letter is just a test to see if the church can really contact the God Summoner. If I am willing to meet, the parliament will report the news back to the church, and the church will then contact the Dragon Feast Cult's informant on the black market... This is really complicated."
Megan smiled and said:
"Who told you that you don't have your own subordinates and power?"
"I hate this kind of thing. It's enough for me to have you and Mia by my side."
The cat meowed softly, and Dorothy and Megan smiled:
"Do you agree to meet with them?"
Xia De nodded:
"Of course, we should meet immediately without delay. Since a cult like the Dragon Feast Cult dares to let the church act as a middleman, it must not be a trap. Besides, they are only cooperating with Laplace Klein Howard, so there is no reason for them to rush up and fight me. What's more, Maria Edwards also said that Nadia Foren has long been dissatisfied with the 'Ancestor'."
"Okay, I'll send someone to contact the church right away. Just wait for the news. It's raining so hard outside and the city is under martial law. You should stay at home."
Megan walked out of the room. Shad stood up holding Mia, and Dorothy pointed downstairs:
"Maria Edwards came last night and took up residence on the sofa in Durrut Giles's room. She said she wanted to keep an eye on Rusty Edwards."
At this point, she couldn't help laughing:
"This is the first time I've encountered such a complicated family relationship. After all, six generations can appear at the same time. Just imagine how many stories and love and hatred there are. Just picking out a small fragment is enough to write a complex enough puzzle. Do you want to go and see them?"
"Yes, let's go take a look, and by the way, let me tell you about next Wednesday in advance."
But just as he raised his foot, he looked out the window at the heavy rain:
"But I'll go outside and take a look first."
"There is martial law outside."
"Not to the street, but to the garbage alley behind the kitchen. This rain comes at a really bad time. Eh? What is that?"
Seeing Shad looking out the window in surprise, Dorothy also looked out the window, then quickly took a few steps toward the window:
"It's not an illusion. I saw it too."
In the distance of the violent rain scene, a giant wind furnace more than 40 meters high stands at the end of the field of vision.
The blast furnace is cylindrical in shape, and its bottom, which is hidden by the city houses, seems to be a prism. The tall and magnificent industrial building and the eye-catching anti-rust red paint give people a strong visual impact even in the rain.
Because the rain blurred the view, we could only vaguely see the dense scaffolding surrounding the blast furnace, and there seemed to be a passage for walking on the scaffolding. Although it was not clear, only the strange steam age could have such an authentic and "industrial" spectacle.
"The glass furnace in Mikaela."
Shade figured out what the wonder was, and Dorothy, who had never been to the city on the other side of the lake, had come to the window, wanting to get a closer look:
"Is that the wonder that is famous in the Old World? Is it a mirage now? Or is it another connection caused by the spatial anomaly?"
Xia De closed his eyes and used his "Strong Spatial Perception" to feel it:
"The space has changed. Fortunately, it's not that the space is completely connected, but the image is projected in Green Lake City. Correspondingly, there should be a scene somewhere in Green Lake City that appeared in Michaela Blast Furnace City."
"oh!"
Although she knew that the inn was protected by complicated witch mystics and rituals and that such a situation would not happen at this stage, Dorothy immediately drew the curtains, leaving the view of her, Shad, and the cat inside the small room.
The heavy rain that started in the morning continued until that night with no sign of stopping. Although Shade did not leave the Green Lake Inn during this period, he was able to obtain first-hand information about the Green Lake area thanks to the fact that Dorothy could pass on information from Leisia at any time, and the witches would also pass on first-hand information to the hotel at any time.
The first were Duke Carina and Princess Margaret, who were assassinated. Although neither of them was injured in the assassination, they were both seriously frightened. Especially for Princess Margaret, this was her second assassination attempt in the Green Lake area.
Although she successfully killed the assassin with the weapon she carried (according to official statements), for the weak princess who had lived in Willendale for many years and had never been exposed to such a tragic incident, it still caused her severe mental trauma.
It was said that Princess Margaret had returned to the Glass City on the other side of the lake that afternoon, under the strict protection of her personal maid, private doctor, guards, and Delarion. As for Duke Carina, she had to face the serious problems that followed the assassination in Green Lake City.
This accident brought more gloom to the already precarious negotiations, and this rainstorm seemed to be the best footnote to the future of the negotiations.
The small-scale conflict that broke out in the border area also gradually reached the ears of the bigwigs in Green Lake City shortly after the assassination. The sudden battle lasted for two hours before it was suspended under the background of the emergency mobilization of the army forces of the two countries. The statistics of the dead and injured soldiers during the period have not yet been announced, and the two countries have already accused each other of being at fault.
Carsenrick accused Delarion's patrol troops of crossing the border without permission, and they were forced to open fire after warnings were ineffective; while Delarion insisted that its patrol troops had always been operating within the border, and it was only after suffering groundless accusations from Carsenrick's border troops and being forced to open fire after the other side opened fire first.
Because of the citywide blockade of Green Lake City, no newspapers were printed in Green Lake City tonight. Listening to Dorothy's news at the Green Lake Hotel, Shad could already imagine how lively tomorrow's morning newspaper would be. However, because the assassin's frame-up was too obvious, this assassination would not involve MI6 and Gray Gloves, which was the best news so far.
Miss Carina, as the country's highest-ranking noble in the Green Lake area, spent the entire afternoon dealing with the military, official speeches, city martial law, and other matters. Even Resia was not idle. However, Dorothy said that Ajelina, who faced such a complex and difficult situation for the first time, performed very well.
Not only can she help her great-aunt and sister deal with and arrange various matters, but she can also comfort and coordinate the emotions of her brothers and sisters.
This made Shade look at Ajelina with a new eye. Unlike Resia, although she was favored by the king before, she had never taken over government affairs. This time, she was able to help Miss Carina appropriately, on the one hand because she was trained during the negotiation meeting, and on the other hand, she really had a high talent for this.
While Delarion and Carsenrick were shaken by the assassination and border conflict, the Five Gods Church was not idle either. Although Shade had a hand in the assassination in the morning, there were a large number of prophets present this time. Even if they could not predict the identity of the assassin who was shot in the chest, they could still know that the Tyranny Club had played a role in it.
What is more worth mentioning is that this rapid rainstorm brought a damaged subspace and the Fifth Era sealed evil creature that was about to escape in the southwest of Green Lake, forcing the Church to send Thirteenth Ring Warlocks to deal with it. At the same time, the Church still had enough manpower to pursue the Tyranny Club following the clues provided by the Prophet Association.
On the night when Margaret was assassinated not long ago, the Witch Council and the Orthodox Church captured prisoners respectively. The witches did not get many clues from the interrogation, but the Five Gods Church, which has the support of a large number of fortune tellers, has already had a direction for investigation. Combined with the new clues that appeared this morning, according to the intelligence obtained by Megan, the Peace Church finally found the base of the Tyranny Club in the Green Lake area, and in the evening, they fought head-on with the cultists of the Tyranny Club in the rain.
Although Shade only heard about this and did not participate in the battle, he was sure that the church would not lose. The only question now was whether Jarvis Edwards, the father of the Edwards brothers, who was hiding in the Tyranny Club, could be found and captured by the church.
Although he is suspected to be very loyal to the "ancestors", as long as he is caught by the church, the church has plenty of ways to make him speak.
All parties were taking action, not just the church forces and the cultists. There were also too many ring sorcerers that Shade didn't know about, running silently in the rain, just to gain the upper hand in the battle of the chosen ones in space.
This rain, which would last for an unknown period of time, brought more vitality to the spring of 1854. But Shade also knew that this shooting was destined to become a symbol of changes in the old continent.