Volume 1 Chapter 599

Chapter 599: A Suspicious Person!

Seeing the question from the Lady of Light, Janine Irene felt a bit shy.

"This was given to me by my senior… she told me to quickly improve my strength during this time…"

"It seems my senior noticed that I had just left the Holy Capital for too long, lacking the power of Holy Light, and my level and soul strength were already enough to advance…"

"She specifically sent me a bunch of Holy Light power!"

Janine Irene said this, and the Lady of Light nodded slightly.

Although she knew that Senior Lolth had certainly given more instructions than just this to Janine Irene, she really did not plan to dig deeper.

Since her senior was willing to make Janine Irene stronger, that was a good thing, and she had nothing to worry about.

The Lady of Light thought this and let the uneasy feelings in her heart fade away.

At the same time, she was thinking about what she should do.

Before Senior Lolth’s teaching materials arrived… she couldn’t be idle.

Indeed, she had to keep thinking!

"Irene, let’s quickly finish preparing these vegetables today, and then tomorrow… we will be in the torture tower, you focus on your training, and I will focus on my studying!"

The Lady of Light gave her orders, and Janine Irene nodded, looking serious.

"I understand, Her Holiness."

"I will raise my level before leaving Hillenbrand Town!"

Janine Irene said this with determination.

The things to do next were very dangerous…

No matter what, I must step into the Holy Domain!

At the same time, both the Lady of Light in Hillenbrand Town and Janine Irene made up their minds to improve themselves…

Inside the Church of Light Papal State, in the Holy Capital…

In a stronghold of the Heretic Tribunal, three members in purple robes and three in gray robes gathered together, seemingly discussing something.

In front of them, thin and precious sheets of light silk paper were printed with words formed from the power of Holy Light, attached to a wooden board, covered with many words and images.

The purple-robed people stood close to the wooden board, clearly reporting something to the gray-robed people.

However, both the purple robes and gray robes only represented different roles.

In fact, the six people present were obviously on the same level.

Moreover, they belonged to different departments… In truth, the two systems of the Heretic Tribunal rarely interacted directly without going through the Lord Director.

But today, it was clear that there was a special circumstance.

The purple-robed person knocked on the wooden board and slowly began to speak.

"Recently, under the personal guidance of the Lord Director, while secretly protecting Her Holiness, we also investigated some suspicious matters within the church and the Holy Empire, uncovering spies from the Wizard Association planted in the church…"

"However, during the investigation, we discovered some other suspicious activities…"

"For example… the Bishop Carpenter attack case—at first, we thought it was aimed at the Lord Director, likely by some nation fearing the Lord Director’s power."

"Since it seemed the attacker used an ancient alchemical device, we guessed it might be someone from the Wizard Association."

"But look at what happened next…"

"This is the fire incident at the church in Holy Song City—unlike the Bishop Carpenter case, the appearance of the arsonist was not clear, but they used four sixth-level fire element spells… However, there is a flaw here, as the archbishop of Holy Song City claimed that his Holy Light power was imprisoned…"

"This actually resembles how our Heretic Tribunal uses Judgment Holy Light to block a sinner’s Holy Light power."

"But my dear colleagues, do not worry, I am not saying the other party is a traitor from our tribunal…"

"Next, let’s look at this case—the archbishop of Good Deeds Village was stripped by a passing ‘traveler’ and hung on the Holy Light annulus, burning his clothes—this archbishop seemed to have suffered a serious shock, only saying he was robbed by two demon-like girls, but also claimed they used Holy Light power and were sent by the Lord to punish him…"

"A similar incident happened at the Donnie Church in Sin-Free Town, where the archbishop was also hung… This time he said the attackers used an ancient alchemical device."

"Then there was the church of Little Hall, closer to the Holy Capital—this time no one was injured, but the archbishop there had thousands of copper coins stolen, which were distributed… The archbishop at this church was warned by a ‘mysterious shadow’ waiting for him at home, and the next day he went to the Heretic Tribunal to confess…"

The more the person in the purple robe spoke, the tighter the frown on the person in the gray robe became.

"It sounds like… this is increasingly not just ‘causing trouble’… but rather seems like the work of our tribunal members?"

"If all of this is the doing of one person or a group, then their targets… have all committed ‘wrongdoings’, but either because the wrongdoings are not serious and went unnoticed due to being remote and hidden, or the local tribunal members believe the offenses are not severe enough to address."

The person in the purple robe nodded at these words.

"Yes, the common thread among these ‘victims’ is that they have all committed wrongdoings…"

"Indeed, this does seem like a trial."

"But this is not the only characteristic…"

As the person in the purple robe said this, they took out a stack of new papers and distributed them.

"These… you can take a look."

The information recorded above is about the twenty-one victims who were attacked by a group of mysterious people, both mentioned and unmentioned before.

The main investigation focuses not only on their hidden actions that violate the teachings…

But also on their many activities related to the recent change of the Pope.

They were instructed to gather votes, raise funds for events, and frequently contact key members of a certain faction…

All these are members who have almost confirmed their own factions and are not neutral!

There are even a few who are secret agents of the Heretic Tribunal!

The man in gray was slightly surprised.

"Are they… trying to pressure these factions?"

"No… the Southern Bishops, Privy Council faction, New Wave faction, Border Bishops, Paladin faction…"

"Almost everyone who hopes to take part in the election of the Pope has offended them!"

"What… is happening here?"

The man in the gray robe fell into deep thought.

The man in the purple robe shook his head slightly.

"It’s still not very clear, so we are preparing to hand over this information to you, who are more professional… to take over."

As he said this, he let out a sigh.

"However, the only thing we can be sure of is that the time until the other party shows their true intentions is not far away!"

"Because the pattern we have concluded shows that, besides the fact that they are targeting the guilty bishops for ‘punishment,’ we have also mapped out their path forward…"

As the man in the purple robe said this, he unfolded a map of the Holy Empire.

There was a winding red line drawn above.

Although it twisted and turned, it moved forward in a spiral…

In the end, it pointed in the direction of the Holy Capital!