Chapter 448
448: Classified Documents
The tomes and scattered gold coins of the Church of Light inside of Blount’s space ring did not catch Han Shuo’s attention, and neither did the few knight weapons in there that were clearly far inferior to the one Blount had been wielding. However, there were two magic scrolls that did stand out; one was a space magic scroll for escape, and the other an earth magic scroll for creating a sort of earth shield. Each were meant for ensuring one’s survival.
But what a pity it was that during the battle just moments ago, the series of attacks on Blount left him with no strength to retaliate. With Han Shuo bombarding Blount with punches left and right, he hadn’t even the chance to activate a magical scroll, and was only released after the bones throughout his body were shattered.
The two magic scrolls were Han Shuo’s for the taking. Though precious, however, they weren’t incredibly rare. It was the few sheets of thin yellow paper, or more specifically, their contents, that really piqued his interest.
The Church of Light, the self-proclaimed most compassionate church on Profound Continent, was in fact conducting some rather shady business out of the public eye. From the thin yellow papers, Han Shuo found out exactly how Blount had managed to gather so much strength in the span of three years. As it turned out, this miracle owed to the blessings ceremony of Church of Light.
As the most influential religious organization on the Profound Continent, the Church of Light cared most about two things. One, to gain an abundance of pious followers of the God of Light, and two, to have pure-souled believers selflessly offer sacrifice. Through these official records, Han Shuo learned that once followers with pure souls sacrificed to the God of Light, the blessed would acquire even more divine power from the God of Light.
However, many of the pure-souled were not followers of the Church of Light. And ever so often, even the firmest believers of the Church of Light would suddenly wake up to the realization that offering their souls meant certain death, and find that perhaps they weren’t so willing to give up everything and surrender their souls. Well, it was at times like these that the Church of Light made use of certain means to compel them.
The proportion of people with incomparably pure souls was miniscule amongst humans. Blount’s full recovery and huge increase in strength were paid for with the sacrifice of eighty-seven pure souls.
Those eighty-seven pure souls were secretly captured from various countries by the Church of Light by all kinds of dishonorable means. The thin yellow papers were application forms submitted by sacred knight Blount to the Church of Light to hold a sacrificial ceremony. On them were the hand signatures of the incumbent pope of the Church of Light, along with other high ranking members.
“No wonder. No wonder Blount could possess such power in such short time! Clearly, the Church of Light is none more ethical than the likes of the Calamity Church. From the outside they seem respectable, promoting all sorts of virtues and such, but what they do in the shadows is no different from the latter.”
“From now onwards she will be my slave!” Han Shuo replied. After a short pause, Han Shuo said to Cecilia, “If there’s nothing else, we shall bid farewell!”
Han Shuo did not have much interest in the strange phenomena in the depths of the Tarrag Canyon.
“Erm… err…” Cecelia watched as Han Shuo was leaving, again speechless. She stammered as she filtered through reasons to make him stay, but could not think up an excuse.
All of a sudden, a rumble came from afar, the sound of a mountain collapsing in the depths of the Tarrag Canyon. The ground within a ten mile radius from the epicenter tremored like there was an earthquake.
Han Shuo, who had just been leaving, furrowed his brows, and discovered that herds and herds of magical creatures of the Tarrag Canyon were running desperately for the edges of the Tarrag Canyon. Among them were even a few super-ranked magical beasts.
“What’s going on? What’s happening?” Cecilia cried in shock as she looked in the direction of the sound.
“It came from deep inside the Tarrag Canyon. Something must had happened in there,” Karey blurted.
“Let’s have a look!” Han Shuo said to Cecilia. His curiosity had been evoked, and he no longer had the desire to leave.
“Thank you!” Hearing this, Cecelia’s heart was put at ease. “Don’t worry about it!” Han Shuo replied. He then turned his head and shot a glance at Elizabeth, and instructed, “Follow me!”
“Yes, master!” Elizabeth answered eagerly.