Royal Saint Crown University, underground of King's Campus.
Inside the ruins, Dorothy was still looking at the empire language message on the hidden wall in front of her, and she couldn't help but fall into deep thought as she looked at the content on it.
'This inscription... was left by the clergy who originally worshipped this statue. According to him, this goddess was widely worshipped in the Prit Three Islands, but because of some unknown 'agreement', the goddess's worship had to withdraw from Prit. If his clergy wanted to continue following her, they had to leave their homeland and go to the east.
'If it's true as the message says, that her worship once spread throughout the entire Prit, then it makes sense that her statues appeared in the distant Razor Mountain and Tivian. It's possible that her ruins exist throughout the entire Prit Three Islands.'
Dorothy thought this, and then she began to recall the history of Prit in her textbooks to see if she could find information about this goddess from the perspective of secular history. However, after thinking for a while, she couldn't come up with an answer.
In all the history textbooks Dorothy had encountered, the origin of all history began roughly a thousand years ago, when the Radiant Savior saved the world. From that time onwards for a thousand years, the Shining Light Church Three Saints faction was the absolute mainstream belief on the Main Continent. Any other belief that was not of the Three Saints faction would be defined as heresy or otherworld, and all countries on the Main Continent were nominally not allowed to have heresy and otherworld legally exist.
If this mural message is true, that this goddess belief once widely existed in the Prit Three Islands, then it either existed at some point a thousand years ago, or the history textbooks for ordinary people are fabricated.
'It's worth noting that the clergy member in this message mentioned the word 'agreement', which means that the withdrawal of the goddess belief from Prit seems to have been a relatively peaceful process through an agreement. I don't know what kind of reason could make a deity abandon the worship of an entire country...'
Dorothy thought this, and then continued to look at a section of the message.
'The clergy member in this message stated that this altar was built by them in these ancient ruins for training and meditation, which means that the ruins belonging to the Xing Shu Xiu Shu Hui (Star Numerology Scripture Society) themselves are older and more ancient than them, and the demise of the Xing Shu Xiu Shu Hui (Star Numerology Scripture Society) was even before the establishment of this altar.'
Dorothy analyzed this. Listening to Beverly's words before, after the demise of the Xing Shu Xiu Shu Hui (Star Numerology Scripture Society), the ruins under this school were used as strongholds by multiple forces. In that case, this religious organization that worshipped the goddess was also one of these forces. They just used this place as a secret stronghold and should not have much other connection with the Xing Shu Xiu Shu Hui (Star Numerology Scripture Society) itself.
'Although I don't know what the Eight Point Nest wants to do with this altar left behind from a thousand years ago? What is their purpose? But since it has nothing to do with the Xing Shu Xiu Shu Hui (Star Numerology Scripture Society), it has nothing to do with me.'
Dorothy thought this, and then had her Corpse Puppet servant lift the gas lamp, preparing for further exploration. The location of this goddess altar was not deep within the ruins. There were stairs leading further down here, and Dorothy felt that what she was looking for should be in a deeper place.
Of course, Dorothy was not completely without gain after investigating this goddess statue. The inscriptions on the wall had Spirit Sight, which were secret transmission knowledge. From it, Dorothy extracted 3 points of "Shadow" and 1 point of 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment).
'So, this goddess is probably also a deity belonging to the domain of "Shadow"? As expected, it doesn't have much to do with the 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) of the Xing Shu Xiu Shu Hui (Star Numerology Scripture Society). If I want to find the remnants of the Xing Shu Xiu Shu Hui (Star Numerology Scripture Society), I'm afraid I need to go deeper.'
While thinking this, Dorothy controlled the Corpse Puppet, holding the lamp and continuing down the stairs, exploring deeper into the ruins.
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On the other side, north of King's Campus, North Pine Forest Farm.
The chase between the Hunter and Ci Rong, which was originally underway, came to an abrupt halt due to the appearance of a figure.
After the swarms of bats instantly killed three Hunters, the remaining Hunters and Captains stopped. They watched as the swarms of bats actually condensed into a bald, red-eyed, pale-skinned, tall and thin figure out of thin air.
"Able to freely transform into swarms of bats and move at high speed... is it a Vampire!?"
Looking at the man who suddenly appeared in front of them, the two Captains of the Hunters couldn't help but stand in place with serious expressions, vigilantly staring at the cold man named Claudius in front of them.
They knew that the so-called Vampire was not the name of some mythical creature, but the path of "Shadow", the main "Shadow" and auxiliary "Cup" branch, the rank name of the Chalk rank.
Chalk! This unfamiliar man who suddenly appeared in front of them was an Extraordinary of the Chalk rank! Although they didn't know why he wanted to save the target, he was not someone they could deal with!
"Retreat, retreat separately!"
Seeing the scene in front of them, the Hunter Captain quickly made a judgment in his heart. He issued the order to the entire team. For a time, all the Hunters turned and scattered into the woods to retreat. The two Captains also quickly left. When they found that the opponent was not someone they could deal with, these Hunters decisively chose to withdraw.
Facing the rapidly dispersing Hunters, Claudius did not choose to pursue, but just silently watched all the Hunters disappear into the darkness. Only three bodies, killed by his bats at the beginning, were left at the scene.
"Claudius, you just let them go like this, these Black Dog killed A Ming and others..."
Kneeling on the ground, Ci Rong said to Claudius somewhat eagerly, while Claudius silently turned his head and spoke coldly to Ci Rong.
"Hmph... If I were to wipe out two King's Capital Hunter patrol teams here, how big of a reaction would the An-Yin Main Bureau have? This would only make them send in a few stationed Captains to investigate this matter, which is just trouble upon trouble."
Claudius's tone was stern. He let the Hunters go because he didn't want to escalate the situation. If two Black Rank small Captains died in this case, it would be enough to provoke the An-Yin Main Bureau to invest multiple Chalk level forces to investigate this matter.
For Claudius, now was not the time to escalate things to this extent.
"Uh... it is my ignorance, I did not consider it carefully, Claudius..."
Listening to Claudius's words, Ci Rong responded fearfully, and after Claudius glared at him, he continued to speak.
"Didn't you come to raid the stronghold of the so-called 'Rose Cross' small society? How did you encounter the Black Dog?"
"We may have been deceived from the start! Claudius, there was no gathering at the place we raided, but rather an ambush by the Black Dogs. The 'Rose Cross' may not exist at all! This could all be a conspiracy by those Black Dogs!"
Ci Rong said to Claudius. Hearing Ci Rong's words, Claudius's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then he spoke seriously.
"What is the situation in the school now?"
"Reporting to you, most of the people were brought out by me to carry out the raid, and a small portion remained behind." Ci Rong responded, and after hearing Ci Rong's words, Claudius's expression became solemn and he paused slightly, then spoke seriously.
"Go... return immediately."