Chapter 531 Trading and Covering Up

"A deal."

Wearing a clergy hat and a white priest's robe, the archbishop of the Church of Steam with a kind face said with serious eyes: "If these news are true, then all I can think of is a deal."

Anthony nodded slowly but heavily: "I think so too. Assuming the news is true, then it is certain that the royal family and the Witch Sect have made some transactions."

"The royal family allowed the Witch Sect to operate in Backlund, and the Witch Sect provided the king with the conditions to be promoted to the Black Emperor, and King Edesac was a hostage and guarantee."

"Dark Blue Priest" Radar Valentine was furious: "Then what are we waiting for, let's go to the palace now, King George III must give us an explanation!"

Anthony glanced at him and said, "We have no real evidence. Besides."

The Archbishop of the Church of Evernight, who was wearing a black robe with a red bishop's robe and a holy emblem of darkness, glanced at the other two bishops: "Why does the witch spread disaster in Backlund? What good does it do for the Witch Sect?"

Radar snorted and said, "Does it need to be said? This must be some kind of ceremony, a ceremony for a certain witch to be promoted to a higher level!"

Horamick Haydn said calmly: "If it's just like this, she can completely create a disaster in another place. She doesn't need to pick Backlund, and she doesn't need to risk being discovered by us, and hold the ceremony here."

"Besides, a witch's promotion ceremony is not equivalent to the king's promotion to the Black Emperor."

Anthony nodded slightly: "That's right, I personally think that the witch's promotion is just an appearance, and the witch sect must have a deeper and greater purpose."

Radar said casually: "What deeper and greater purpose do they have, unless they want to revive the original witch like those lunatics of the Aurora Order."

After finishing speaking, the burly archbishop was stunned for a moment, looked at the other two archbishops, and found that their eyes were flickering, Radar couldn't help but exclaimed: "No way, could it be that the Witch Sect is behind this disaster? Prepare to revive the original witch?"

"The death of a large number of souls can be regarded as a sacrifice." Horamick said in a heavy tone, "If this is the purpose of the Witch Sect, then this is equivalent to the promotion of the king."

Anthony continued: "Also, the Witch Cult chose Backlund to spread the disaster, and they may be covering up something."

Horamick groaned with his hands behind his back: "What can a large number of civilian deaths cover up? Is it to cover up the people who died in some previous incidents, or to cover up some deaths that we don't know about?"

Anthony glanced at him and said, "This is one of the possibilities. In addition, some of the events we have recently dealt with and heard may contain hidden clues."

Radar said impatiently, "What is it?"

"The "Corn Act" was passed and the textile machines were improved, resulting in a large number of unemployment. Not long ago, there was a wave of strikes in the East District, and the factory owners quickly came up with countermeasures. After that, many female textile workers got new jobs. They left After leaving the East District, no one knows where they went..."

"Not long ago, in the Kapin case, the kidnapped targets were all relatively pure and innocent girls. It is worth mentioning that this rogue is protected by four Beyonders from the 'Arbitrator' path, the strongest of which is suspected to be a Sequence 6, even sequence 5"

"And this person controls a large share of the underground slave trade."

Anthony stated calmly, his words were calm, but the content made the two archbishops frown.

Radar nodded: "I've heard Ace mention this matter, how can a mere non-businessman have the protection of Extraordinary of the 'arbitrator' path, there are still four, and the strongest is Sequence 6 or even Sequence 5 ?”

Horamick looked at the thin mist outside the tower: "It is naturally impossible for a businessman to receive such treatment. Unless he has the support of the royal family, how can there be four 'arbitrators'?"

"A large number of missing workers and kidnapped innocent girls sound like they are preparing for a terrible ceremony that must be carried out in secret and takes a long time."

"These are sacrifices. If there is a catastrophe in Backlund and a large number of deaths occur, these traces can naturally be buried in the past."

Radar frowned and said, "Speaking of slaves, our church has also been investigating some suspicious incidents recently."

"At sea, slaves from colonized islands disappeared in great numbers."

"Many tribes in the Southern Continent evaporate out of thin air."

"You said, would this have anything to do with Backlund's affairs?"

Anthony and Horamick exchanged glances, and both fell silent.

After a while, Anthony, with a clean face and no beard, said seriously: "It seems that the situation is far worse than what I looked like before. The key now is that we have no evidence, so we can't just confront the king directly."

"Then collect the evidence."

Horamick Shen Ling said: "We can't conduct an investigation directly from the king, it will arouse Augustus' vigilance. As for the witch, we don't know where the other party is hiding."

"No, we know one of them. If the news is correct, then Prince Edsac will be our breakthrough."

Anthony looked at the two archbishops: "The investigation of Prince Edsac can be handed over to the Church of Evernight. In addition, the two archbishops, please prepare for disasters."

"I'm worried that the investigation will alarm the Witch Sect and the royal family, leading to an early disaster."

Horamick and Radar agreed at the same time.

After bidding farewell to the two archbishops, Anthony went to the basement of the church and came to the gate of Chanis.

Today, the leader of the team is a lady who is on duty. She wears a dark robe, blue eyeshadow and blush, and she has a strange beauty.

Seeing Archbishop Anthony, the lady hurriedly greeted her, but before she could ask, Anthony ordered in a deep voice: "Get ready, I will wake up a sealed item at any time."

"The number of that sealed item is 0-17."

The lady with blue eyeshadow was stunned for a second before responding: "Yes, Your Excellency the Archbishop."

Anthony nodded slightly, and at the same time, some information about the sealed item appeared in his mind.

"Number: 17."

"Name: XXXXX"

"Danger level: '0', very dangerous, the highest priority, the highest level of confidentiality, no inquiring, no spreading, no description, no prying."

"Confidentiality level: Pope, Group A researchers, and Archbishop in charge of the Backlund Diocese (Note: When the Archbishop is transferred from the Backlund Diocese, he needs to use the sealed item '1-29' to clear the relevant memories)"

"Sealing method: through the cooperation of '1-29' and '1-80', the seal is completed."

"Description: This is not an item.

"It's a living angel.

"He is beautiful in appearance, with black hair and eyes, and is suspected to be a young woman, whose actual age cannot be estimated.

"...He doesn't have the wings recorded in the classics, just from the appearance, he lacks enough difference from ordinary people.

"...He has no ability to think, and has lost all spiritual wisdom.

"...all people and objects that approach him will disappear completely...Through divination and other means, it can be confirmed that they are still alive and truly exist, but they have never been found. So far, 1,825 methods have been tried, all of which have failed.

"...The scope of influence of '0-17' will expand and contract irregularly, and more than 70 researchers have disappeared so far."

"Warning, he cannot be used!"

"Appendix 1: This sealed item first appeared in the Quaternary Pale Era, specific year, missing, specific date, missing, specific location, missing."

"Appendix 2: According to the data, He has been awakened five times."

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This is a very terrifying sealed item, and only two high-level officials in the entire church know that it is in Backlund.

"In case of any disaster, we can only rely on him to deal with related matters."

"Hope, it won't work"

Anthony walked away with a few points heavier than usual.