Volume 1 Chapter 650

Chapter 650: He Was Captured by the Heretic Tribunal for Being Greedy for Money

A strange name like "Never-ending Night" was certainly not a real name of a person.

It was a title, similar to "Morning Star" or "Aria"… It belonged to a certain branch of the Wizard Association known as the Great Sage, a title and position passed down through generations.

There were many titles like this in the Wizard Association, and after experiencing decline and change, five of them still continued to be passed down to this day.

"Morning Star," "Aria," "Symphonic Poem," "Snowy Fall," "Golden Leaf Weaving."

And Never-ending Night was the last Great Sage position that had just become vacant again forty years ago and had since been cut off from passing down.

"Philtes," the last "Never-ending Night" Great Sage.

He had gone missing forty years ago while exploring the elemental alternate plane, but according to the descriptions from members of the Wizard Association who went with him, the "Never-ending Night" and the beings they encountered in the elemental alternate plane were of divine level.

As the leader, the Great Sage selflessly stayed behind to hold off the danger.

Because his disciple did not fully learn the inherited spells, did not meet the qualifications to succeed him, and did not find the body or confirm the death scene, "Never-ending Night" became a mere illusion.

At that time, Patricia’s teacher was still alive and felt deep sorrow over the loss of "Never-ending Night."

And at this moment, hearing the words of her former student…

Patricia realized one important thing—that this "Never-ending Night" was not dead!

Even if he appeared, barely alive, from a suddenly opened plane channel in the wild, it was enough to shock Patricia.

Moreover… the other person appeared in her sight in an even more unreasonable "way"!

The "puppet master" was active in the Holy Capital of the Church of Light.

An ordinary Great Sage could not give orders to "Silence" and "Ice Crystal"—one was a mage who already held a Sage position, and the other was a potential future Sage in the Wizard Association.

But…

If it was "Never-ending Night," then it was different.

When a Great Sage who had come back to life led the team, the whole situation changed.

It was like the difference between an emperor creating a battle plan and personally leading the troops.

However, compared to "Never-ending Night" coming back to life and becoming a Holy Capital agent…

What shocked Patricia even more was…

He even had Lolth arrested…

"The dungeon of the Heretic Tribunal… Wow, this is really funny!"

Patricia silently covered her face and made a complicated sound.

Filled with pain and shock, but with a hint of laughter.

In front of her, her former student showed a very confused expression.

"Your Excellency, Morning Star… What is so funny about this?"

Patricia shook her head.

"Nothing… What is his identity? I will go check the dungeon."

The young man seemed to think deeply for a moment before finally making up his mind!

After all, in his eyes, his teacher was the only one he could rely on now.

Two of the three leaders were most likely dead, and their deaths were quite puzzling…

The most powerful "Never-ending Night" was still locked in the dungeon and had lost contact.

The layout of the entire Wizard Association in the Holy Capital felt like it had been hunted — although there was no evidence and no one said it outright, everyone had this feeling.

Once or twice it could be a coincidence, but more than that… it easily stirred up people’s paranoia.

Moreover, even if it was truly a coincidence, it still showed that the Holy Capital was in an "unprecedented" state of chaos.

The safest place in the whole mainland plane? Perhaps it was in the past…

For those of them who did not believe in the Holy Light, the current Holy Capital was simply filled with dangers!

So, one way or another, the Wizard Association needed a strong leader right now.

Even if Patricia was sent by the Wizard Association to stop or sabotage their work…

Take him back for judgment; if he needed to pay a fine, let him pay, and if he needed to be locked up, let him be locked up…

It’s better than dying without understanding in the Holy Capital of the Church of Light!

Moreover, if Patricia knew the whole "truth," she might not stand with them either!

"His current role is the leader of the cleaning staff at the Western Church…"

Hearing her student’s answer, Patricia was silent for fifteen seconds.

Then, she let out a long sigh.

"How did he get thrown into the dungeon?"

The young man answered Patricia’s question again.

"Lord Morning Star, it’s because this cleaning staff leader was originally an important channel for bribing the bishops of the Holy Capital for the Holy Lieto Empire… When Lord Never-ending Night replaced him, he did not investigate this matter, and as a result, he was caught by the Director of the Heretic Tribunal, who suddenly went mad for no reason."

Upon hearing this answer, Patricia was completely stunned.

"You really are something, Lolthlinda."

I must say, this succubus had some real issues when it came to luck or mysterious things.

She naturally knew what the "Director of the Heretic Tribunal" was up to.

When Lolth targeted the opposing factions, she also captured a lot of people who seemed "problematic" to prevent the situation from escalating and to hide her true intentions.

It seemed that "Never-ending Night" Philtes had just run into some bad luck at this moment…

Yet, he couldn’t resist or escape—after all, not knowing that the Director of the Heretic Tribunal was a succubus, the crime he was accused of was much lighter than if they discovered he was with the Wizard Association.

In fact, Philtes likely held a strange hope.

That is, after a few days when the fuss died down, he would be set free.

Of course, this was a great thing for Patricia.

After all, as the youngest in the Great Sage, every other Great Sage was stronger than her.

Not to mention, there was Philtes, who became a Great Sage forty years ago and had survived dangers from the elemental alternate plane and managed the Holy Capital for many years!

If the other person hadn’t been caught by Lolth for no clear reason, she really wouldn’t have had a way to make him talk.

Even getting a chance to talk to him was very difficult.

"Alright, I will talk to him… Tell the others not to worry, I won’t do anything to you until I understand the truth."

Patricia sighed and said.

The young man showed a look of hesitation.

"Teacher Patricia… actually, we are in the Holy Capital…"

"I will ask Never-ending Night myself; he surely knows more than you," Patricia interrupted him and said, "I can probably guess what you want to say… The questions I want to ask, you probably won’t be able to answer, so let’s not waste our time."