Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Luo Mi’s expression was a little complicated.
He was just saying that there was no chance for Anos to exhaust his divine power, but now it had come.
This did not give him much of a surprise but instead made him feel a sense of unreality.
Whatever he wished for came true. Wasn’t it too smooth? Did God see that he was taking his time to complete a task and wanted him to finish it as soon as possible and leave?
Anos looked at Luo Mi’s soul wandering in the sky and felt a little strange: “What’s wrong?”
Luo Mi came back to his senses and laughed dryly subconsciously: “I was just thinking that the pious sect doesn’t seem to be out of touch with the secular world.”
Anos shook his head: “How can devout believers escape from the secular world when they are still in the secular world? The secular world is also God’s creation. God’s will is contained in everything in the world. It is impossible to truly comprehend God’s will by meditation and prayer alone.”
Luo Mi was not very interested in the clash of religious ideas, and only asked: “The Pietists have little power, so why does Prince William want to force Archbishop Valentine to take sides?”
“The fact that the Pietists still bear the title of the Holy See means that they are also servants who have inherited God’s will.” Anos explained, “In the Principality, a coronation is only legal if it is recognized by the local archbishop. Lord Valentine had been avoiding contact with the royal family of the Principality of Perde before and only wanted to fulfill his obligations after the new king ascended the throne, but Prince William was too anxious.”
There is nothing that can be done about it. The less legitimate one’s accession to power is, the more urgently one needs the reputation of being “legitimate”… But is it really okay for Prince William to rebel and make it known to everyone?
Even Susan knows!
After saying this, Anos rubbed his brows and said, “But it’s also a good thing for Mr. Valentine – unless he just wants to be a puppet in Prince William’s hands, he can use this opportunity to negotiate with Prince William or other princes to strengthen the power of the Pietist Faction, and then there won’t be a succubus opening a brothel in Troon City.”
Luo Mi’s back stiffened, then he said “Here it comes” in his heart, but agreed calmly on his face: “It is indeed surprising.”
Anos’s gaze paused on Luo Mi’s face for a long time, as if he was confirming something. After a moment, he showed a reassuring smile: “Don’t worry, they won’t cause you any trouble. I will take care of it.”
At the end, Anos’ tone was very serious.
Luo Mi felt a chill on his back and felt that he should inform Susan to prepare to escape.
….
“The time of the blood moon is uncertain, but as the era goes on, it will become more and more frequent. At the beginning of the era, there might not be a blood moon every ten years. At the end of the era, it is normal to have a blood moon every few days, or even every night.”
Luo Mi bit his bread while listening to Anos, and he asked vaguely: “I remember you said that now is the late era?”
Anos nodded: “The cathedrals of the Holy See were basically built in the early to middle period of this era, so the strength of the magic array was not set to be too advanced – after all, the magic array of the church is not only used to resist the influence of the blood moon. Unless the local lords are devout believers, most of them are reluctant to build the church too powerful.”
Luo Mi thought thoughtfully: “In other words, the blood moons will come more and more frequently in the future?”
“Yes.” Anos frowned his beautiful light golden eyebrows and sighed with some worry, “It’s good that there are almost no demons in the Empire, but the Principality has so many demons. I’m afraid they will become more and more corrupt under the influence of the blood moon.”
Reinhardt interrupted, “I heard that in some manors in the suburbs, many nobles would invite friends to enjoy the salons of succubus, nightmares, and man-eating vines for excitement.”
Succubus and nightmares are fine, but man-eating vines? Luo Mi almost choked on his bread.
Anos recalled: “I remember that the man-eating vine is also a kind of low-level demon in the Demon Realm.”
“Like vampires and succubi, the man-eating vine also feeds on humans. However, unlike vampires and succubi, which only suck part of the body’s sexual organs, ordinary people will be wiped out if they fall into the hands of the man-eating vine.” Reinhardt spread his hands, “The way those nobles play is to remove the stomach of the man-eating vine and only enjoy the tentacles on the vines that are slightly toxic.”
Taking drugs… Luo Mi originally wanted to take another piece of bread, but Reinhardt’s words made him unable to eat it.
He wanted to call a halt, but the system suddenly reminded him:
[Host, your next physical upgrade unlocks the “Man-eating Vine”.]
Luo Mi was stunned: “How did you unlock it?”
[When listening to Reinhardt’s introduction to the man-eating vine.]
“…Isn’t it possible to unlock it only after I have come into contact with relevant demon information?” Luo Mi said with some disdain, “Who wants to upgrade to a man-eating vine? Wait, how did I unlock my previous phantom? Is there a bug in the system?”
[No. The host can also unlock it after coming in contact with the phantom.]
Luo Mi was startled again, and suddenly felt a little chilly: “When did I come into contact with it? When did I unlock the phantom?”
[It is unlocked when the host triggers the mission.]
This meant that the demon Phantom was encountered before Luo Mi arrived at the old holy city of Ionion… Luo Mi thought about it carefully and found it a bit difficult to understand: before that, he was basically with Anos, so how could the demon escape Anos’ eyes?
Luo Mi asked somewhat worriedly: “The characteristics of the demon Phantom should be similar to that of a noob like the ghost?”
[According to the setting, low-level phantoms only have the characteristic of being ‘invisible’. Immunity to physical damage, wall penetration, and limited transformation are all derivative abilities of being invisible. Other than that, they are completely defeated by Holy Light.]
Luo Mi hissed.
But he soon realized: “But this has nothing to do with me. If I complete this mission, what does it matter if I do other side missions? I don’t need to upgrade my physique, right?”
[Even if the host succeeds in luring the Son of God to fall, the real mission will not be completed until the time when the original game officially begins. Before that, you still have to stay in this world. In addition, you will get points for completing the branch quests, and the points can be exchanged for many functions when the host returns to the original world.]
Luo Mi fell into deep thought.
Anos glanced at Reinhardt and said, “Prince William will probably make some moves in the next few days. Troon City may be more dangerous. You should try not to leave the church.”
Luo Mi nodded vigorously. He didn’t plan to go out and have fun – the blood moon was tomorrow night, so he had to start preparing.
Anos had been busy in the Cathedral of St. Cecilia these days, using limited chalk to build a magic array. Although he was not very good at using complex magic, building a magic array was just a step-by-step operation, which he could handle.
Luo Mi found Reinhardt and said, “Reinhardt, do you have any books on demonology that I can read?”
Reinhardt moved his eyebrows: “What are you looking at this for?”
“Know yourself and know your enemy.” Luo Mi solemnly made a cross on his chest, “See which ones are worth confessing in church and which ones are worth confessing in hell.”
Reinhardt laughed, obviously not believing it: “You used to fall asleep when reading the Vatican’s scriptures. Don’t think I don’t know.”
Luo Mi blushed: “So is there a solution?”
“There are some in the Holy City. As for the one at St. Cecilia’s Cathedral, I have to ask Mr. Valentine to help me find it.” Reinhardt did not refuse to help. “I’ll ask someone to find it and give it to you.”
Luo Mi held Reinhardt’s hand tightly: “My future depends on you!”
This time he must pick a cool and handsome demon as his choice for the next physical upgrade!
….
Of course, the most important thing at the moment was to seduce Anos.
Luo Mi took off all his clothes, stood in front of the mirror, looked at his clean body, and took a deep breath.
According to the strategies of the succubi, different perfumes should be used to seduce people of different personalities; and the more conservative the person, the more a stronger fragrance would have the opposite effect. Susan’s suggestion was not to spray perfume, but to apply essential oils, bath gels containing aphrodisiacs, etc. on the body, then wash it off, and rely on the remaining little scent to create an atmosphere.
For this purpose, Luo Mi sent a telegram specifically, asking Susan to find a way to send something similar over.
Of course, this time it was Pei Di, who was better at disguise and action, who turned into a bat and flew over with the bag in his hand.
Luo Mi sniffed the bottle of aphrodisiac shower gel and felt a little hungry.
“The good thing about being a succubus is that they are immune to aphrodisiacs.” Luo Mi muttered, “It can avoid a lot of embarrassing things.”
He had just taken a bath in the morning using the shower gel Susan had sent him. If it wasn’t for him being a succubus, he might have reacted in front of Anos.
The “North-South Dialogue” would open tomorrow, and the blood moon would be in the evening… Anos would start to infuse the Cathedral of St. Cecilia with divine power tonight and would not finish until the blood moon ended tomorrow night. By then, even if Anos’ power had not been exhausted completely, it would be almost exhausted…
Luo Mi took another deep breath and felt his fingers trembling a little.
When he thought about the fact that he would appear in a man’s bed tomorrow and seduce him to have sex with him, Luo Mi felt an indescribable complex emotion in his heart, including melancholy, resistance, and a little bit of shameful excitement.
You know, he was a complete virgin on Earth and had only had intimate contact with his right hand.
[Host, don’t be nervous. Think about the face of the Holy Son.]
Luo Mi subconsciously thought of Anos’s beautiful and handsome face, imagining that he was possessed and coming towards him…
——I have to say, with Anos’s good looks, he can really melt away a lot of resistance.
He suddenly lowered his head and coughed.
Then he patted his face, poured out the essential oil and shower gel, and applied them carefully on his body.
….
The next day, the “North-South Dialogue” officially began.
In the name of maintaining security, the royal family of the Kingdom of Perde deployed a large number of soldiers on the streets near the Cathedral of St. Cecilia. At the same time, they announced that until the conclusion of the North-South dialogue of the Holy See, the city of Troon would be under strict control. Stores had to report to the royal family before they could open, and pedestrians had to carry their entry and exit certificates with them.
For a while, the entire city of Troon became quite depressed. There were only free-range birds jumping around boredly on the streets, waiting for the humans to come and feed them as usual.
When the North-South dialogue officially began, a pure white stream of light suddenly bloomed in the sky above St. Cecilia’s Cathedral, advancing in all directions and transforming into angels with illusory wings, hovering over the entire city of Troon, and hymns that could cleanse people’s hearts flowed into everyone’s ears.
A huge clock loomed in the clouds and began to sway gently.
–“Wow!”
Everyone inside the buildings, on the street, and even in the army and the palace saw this miraculous scene. Even Prince William, who was standing in front of the throne and wiping the blood from his sword, felt awe and shock in his heart at that moment.
This was the power that came from the Holy See, an organization that had lasted for several epochs and possessed supreme divine authority.
….
Anos who sat in the confessional of St. Cecilia’s Cathedral, slowly opened his eyes, exhaled gently, and his face turned slightly pale.
He didn’t have to do this.
But if he didn’t do it, it would be fine while he was here, but when he left, the Pietists would inevitably become tools of the new king who had a strong desire for control.
By then, many of the devout believers who believed that everyone could receive divine revelation would be deliberately led by the Perde royal family to commit disasters similar to the Witch Trial.
Fortunately, his remaining strength was enough to deal with the blood moon… Anos roughly estimated his condition. Even if his holy light power was used up, no one could beat him. What’s more, he only needed to sleep for a few hours to recover to full condition.
Anos, who was thinking this, did not notice that his shadow suddenly faded slowly and then disappeared completely.
….
In the dark coffee shop that was not open for business, Susan was talking to a few succubi about the strategy of opening a branch. Suddenly, she was startled and stood up abruptly. Then she quickly calmed down and said, “You go back first.”
After driving away the other succubi, Susan listened attentively. After a moment, she showed a surprised expression, “You came in person?”
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