OBS Chapter 4314 Records of the Sage's Experiences
Chapter 4314 Records of the Sage's Experiences
Chapter 4314 Records of the Sage's Experiences
"Meow~"
The cat whose name Shad had mentioned let out a lazy meow amidst the rain. It didn't really like the damp weather, but it still came out with Shad to protect him, who seemed to be in danger lately.
"Before joining the operation, Mia not only received a ray of sunlight, but also a blessing from a god. I dare say we won't see it display that power again for a long time, but your power has always been real."
Shad continued to comfort her, and Iluna leaned against him, then looked at Mia, only to find that the cat completely ignored her. The nineteen-year-old girl also felt that her behavior was somewhat ridiculous compared to the cat, but she just felt unwilling to accept it:
"So I can't play a very big role this time?"
"Actually, apart from the 'First Child,' it seems there are no enemies you can't defeat at this stage, right?"
While Shad was right, Iluna, who had always considered herself, Shad, and Luvia as one, still wanted to play a bigger role in the upcoming story.
"I'll go and discuss it with Miss Claire Reinhardt; perhaps that great witch of the sun can help me."
Iluna then whispered, and Shad continued to hold her as they looked together at Arcadia in the rain:
"The story of the tenth chosen one will not be delayed until the end of summer. Next will be the story of chaos, the sun, and the moon. Iluna, you will still be the protagonist of the future. Our true goal is not this summer, but the more distant future."
Hearing Shad's words, Iluna realized she had indeed overreacted and shouldn't have caused Shad unnecessary trouble. The thoughtful girl wanted to apologize, but then she suddenly remembered the method of apology that Luvia and Dorothy had jokingly discussed during their conversation.
Iluna certainly wouldn't do such a thing on an open rooftop, but the nineteen-year-old girl felt that since she had grown another year older, she should do something different from before.
She looked at Xia De, then closed her eyes, raised her head, and kissed him.
Downstairs in Luvia's room, watching this scene through the crystal ball, Luvia laughed, then lamented that Iluna hadn't chosen a better spot. If it had been indoors instead of outdoors, the girl would obviously have been much bolder.
Miss Eden, who participated in the operation yesterday, has already submitted her report to the church. There is no objection within the Church of the Sun to her acting privately with the "Callers of God" and the witches. After all, the Thirteen Rings have enormous power, and her actions were indeed to resolve the current major problem.
On this rainy Monday morning, a handwritten thank-you letter from the Church of the Sun was delivered to Shad.
In addition to thanking Shad and the witches for eliminating the [Holy Son Alliance], the letter also invited them to communicate more with the Church. This time, there were no candidates for the Chosen One in the Church of the True God—excluding the apostates of the [Creation Church], so their main attitude towards the story of the tenth Chosen One was simply that they did not want this major event to affect the order and stability of the material world.
Adelina wrote the reply to the church; the little princess was very good at this kind of paperwork. After everyone had lunch together at the large round table in Vigo's family dining room, the post-war debriefing meeting began.
It was called a post-war debriefing meeting, but it was more about planning for the future based on the experience and lessons learned.
Shad told everyone that he had mastered a method to detect when the "Sea of Origin" was approaching, but he didn't mention Priest Augustus. The witches also told Shad specific information about the documents and collectibles of the [Holy Son Alliance] that he had seized from the tomb. Of course, the greater financial gains came from the crazed vampire family on the fourth level of the tomb.
The ancient vampires went into slumber to avoid disaster, but they worried that the world would be different when they woke up, so they stockpiled a large number of gold artifacts in advance. After identification, many of them came from the Fifth Era.
The gold antiques alone, recovered from the fourth level of the tomb, are enough to cover the expenses of the Witch Council's operations for the entire next month.
The vampires in the best mental condition are still imprisoned in the tomb by the witches, who hope to extract more information about the Burgundian family and the early Sixth Age from them. Of course, for well-known reasons, all the surviving vampires are female.
As for the documents left behind by the Holy Son Alliance, Shad intends to categorize them and share some with the Church. The forbidden knowledge contained within will need to be destroyed, but some can be preserved as a warning to future generations against making similar attempts.
The value of the documents left behind by the Holy Sons Alliance goes beyond this. Shad is also very interested in their discovery of the angel's remains in a tomb in the southwestern part of the Old World five hundred years ago. Unfortunately, most of the Holy Sons Alliance's documents are encrypted, and Shad will have to wait some time to see their contents.
However, the information seized this time clearly does not represent all the knowledge this organization possesses. Although the main force of the [Holy Son Alliance] has arrived in Arcadia, this does not mean they brought all their assets with them. Moreover, the witches suspect that besides the Ring Sorcerers resurrected from ashes, this organization must have peripheral members and researchers.
The core of the Holy Sons Alliance perished in the Arcadia region, but the remaining members will undoubtedly remain hidden, carrying with them their legacy. Regardless of what they may do in the future, they are no longer capable of interfering in the events of Arcadia.
As for the most valuable items among the materials seized this time, they were not encrypted.
"This is the most difficult one."
Sevier carefully handed a rather old black book to Shad. The pages were not bound in a modern style; the outer edges of the entire book were neatly perforated with fine round holes, through which withered yellow linen thread strung together the stack of pages.
Sevi didn't say what was inside, but it seems everyone knows.
As Shad turned the pages, listening to the rustling of old-fashioned handmade paper, he felt a strange quieting effect, even in the sound of the rain outside the window. It was as if someone had, in that instant, lowered the background noise of the world to its lowest level to prevent any disturbance to Shad's reading of the old book. Shad was indeed very focused, on each name, family background, old legend, and story of the gods.
Snapped!
Shad slammed the book shut, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath:
"Is this a book from the [Holy Son Alliance] used to record information about the descendants of the vessel from which God descended?"
Sevier nodded:
"During the post-war search, Claire found this book among the remains of the coffins where the Infant Virgin Mary had originally sat. Apart from that, the only other remains were fragments of urns and ashes. This book must have been carried by the Infant Virgin Mary herself, and there is only one copy in the entire [Alliance of the Holy Sons]."
We didn't dare flip through all the pages, but this book is clearly unusual because it contains these stories. It doesn't look particularly thick, but it actually has over 200 pages.
Xia De expressed his understanding, saying that the book records many stories of divine descent and the bloodline inheritance of the vessels used for divine descent, and such stories themselves would make normal things no longer normal.
Wei Ge then said:
"It's up to you, Shad, to decide how to handle this book. The stories and accounts themselves are fine, but they shouldn't be used for blasphemous research."
Shad thought for a moment, and soon a sea of starlight appeared behind him, revealing a corner of the library. Shad then slipped the book inside.
“I will read this book carefully. I’m afraid only the Church of the True God has more stories of divine intervention than this. Perhaps these stories can help me learn more about the lost Old Gods. I’ll decide what to do with it after I finish reading it.”
No one objected to this, but Shad's true intention was not just to understand the story; he also wanted divinity.
Although the probability is small, this place does contain genuine stories related to gods. After things in the Arcadia region are over, Shad can visit the locations where the gods were mentioned. Even if thousands of years have passed, he might still gain something.
The book had no title on the cover, so Shad named it "The Record of the Sage's Encounters," since since a vessel for divine descent was required, the state during the divine descent must be in sage mode.
Besides the book, the girls also discovered a large number of potions and alchemical items imbued with a "golden light" in the tomb. That was the power of "Abomination," and although the potions and alchemical items became much more potent as a result, the girls still knew that such things were dangerous.
So everyone decided to hand them over to the church as a reward for Miss Eden's participation in this operation. Now that "Abomination" has returned to the Sea of Origin, the material world no longer has a source of that power, so Shad is not worried that they will cause any other trouble.
The Holy Sons Alliance, as a standard illegal ring sorcerer organization, naturally possesses its own unique magical arts and spells. The girls also found that part of the information, but unfortunately, most of the power required "hatred" to be cast. However, this doesn't mean that the blasphemous powers were without reference value.
"During the battle for destiny on the snow mountain, after you, Shad, summoned the moon goddess, didn't some strange changes occur in the bodies of some of us?"
Vanessa actually brought this up in front of everyone. In reality, it was about the girls who had close relationships with Shad and who had been given the "Moon Mark" by him, who had changed because of Shad's own sublimation.
According to religious legends and stories in the church, the girls interpreted this phenomenon as the appearance of a deity, granting special temporary blessings to mortals who had been blessed by the deity.