[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 307: Sudden Calling (2)

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"So, are you okay now? "

A worried expression appeared slightly on Tania's flat face. It made Lucia smile warmly at him.

Indeed, Lucia was the only person capable of breaking the atmosphere into 'comfort' here.

"Please be worried. It's really been a regular thing. I'll lose my memory, and get it back when I manage to control the power of these eyes."

Lucia touched the black cloth that closed her eyes, then slowly pulled it down so as to show the form of《The eyes of God》 to everyone who was there.

There were many magic circles, seen piling up on the surface of her tiny eyeballs. No, it's more like hundreds of micro magic circles stacking each other up to form an eye. All of the circles were moving slowly, and the golden light that emanated inevitably gave the impression of intimidation to everyone there.

Noelle was not too surprised, but this was the first time she could see what Lucia's face looked like without a blindfold. Besides, those eyes caught his attention.

She has met with《God's Ear》Ilya, and she also wears an eye patch. However, her strength was clearly different from Lucia's. Ilya's power more specifically leads to 'ears'.

(Let's think of it as a fashion trend.)

Noelle silently nodded, then looked at Lucia without hesitation.

Most people would be afraid to look directly into Lucia's eyes, but Noelle did so without worrying because she knew that Lucia would not hurt her. Moreover, he had a Noir that would appear at any time when there was a life-threatening situation.

Noelle was an important asset to Noir, there was no way she would let a bad thing happen to Noelle.

As he had expected,《God's words》 is really-beautiful. Unlike the biological eye in general, it did not look human, and for some reason Noelle thought it was a beautiful thing.

Of course, by ignoring the horrors it can cause.

"So in short, you extract memories from your own brain with those eyes, huh? "

Lucia immediately nodded at Noelle's guess. "That's how."

But, putting it all aside, they were made confused by the thing Tania saw. It must have been bad enough to make the owner of《God's eyes》lose consciousness along with all his memories.

If what Lucia said was true, then the situation had completely deteriorated.

The figure he saw was most likely an enemy. Moreover, he was wearing the robe of a priest from the Lumine Goddess Church.

The central headquarters for the Church of the Lumine Goddess was to the south, precisely at the temple of the Sacred Mount Haten. It is only there that pastors will be chosen to carry out their duties as the 'extension of the Lord'.

Now Asher remembered, on the travel list he had seen, there were plans to visit the foreign minister working in the Alacrylia Empire. And in that mission, a priest had been chosen along with several Knights Templar.

Given Lucia's current position in the Empire, it was likely that the figure in question was the same as the priest whose name Asher had seen.

"Master Lanevus …."

A name involuntarily came out from Asher's mouth. He had accidentally mentioned the name of the priest who was likely the same priest Lucia had seen.

"What's that called? " Lucia also intends to make sure.

Asher was about to dodge, but he realized that doing such an act would be useless.

"The Alacrylia Empire is a closed state, but that does not mean outsiders cannot have access to it. After all, the door was still wide open for travelers who could not stay in one place for a long time."

Asher crossed his arms on the table, and glanced at the corner of his gaze, right at the row of statues of the previous generation Asterisk members.

"Of course, church members are allowed to enter the city as long as an agreement with the ruling party is established. And about two weeks ago, our church sent a pastor with some Templar Knights as bodyguards, to visit the foreign minister's residence affiliated with our church there."

Everyone was silent, letting Asher finish his words. They all listened because they believed that this would be important information.

"The pastor's name is Reverend Lanevus. I don't know him very well. But, one of the Knights Templar escorting is my counterpart. Name's Arrodant. He had told me a few things about Reverend Lanevus."

"Then? How outcome? "

Noelle's question made Asher shake his head. "He's clean."

Colyn stared back and forth between Noelle and Asher, trying to make sense of their words. However, in the end he gave up and turned his head to the side.

"Hey, Lucia, do you understand what they're talking about? "

Colyn lowered her voice as she asked, afraid that others would hear the real name of Auger.

After all, Colyn had been with Lucia for quite some time, and it was natural for her to be more familiar with her real name than the one Asterisk gave her.

"In short, Souris asked about Tristan's opinion of the Reverend Lanevus," Lucia replied in a similarly soft voice.

Noelle leaned against the chair and sighed heavily. He played his finger on the surface of the table, and began to tap a few times.

"Then, what really happened? I'm not downgrading your ability to analyze things, but you or your friend Arrodant should be able to sense a strange thing or two about Reverend Lanevus."

Although Asher could not see the figure residing in 'deep' Reverend Lanevus, he should be able to feel how much foreign energy was coming out and centered in the priest's body.

Thinking that, Asher now also felt a similar strangeness.

"I have never seen Reverend Lanevus in person, but .. Arrodant looks different after she has been ordered to accompany and protect Reverend Lanevus."

"Can we assume that your friend Arrodant has been brainwashed into thinking clearly? "

"That could be. In fact, I think that's one of the biggest possibilities. But ... As a Templar Knight who is my age, Arrodant has undergone training that makes mind domain magic like hypnosis or brainwashing useless."

(That's not necessarily, Tristan. You just don't know what method they're using.)

Noelle secretly laughs at Asher's naivety who thinks that Arrodant has received hypnotic magic.

After all, there were many ways to brainwash someone without the need to cast magic. Noelle knew that because she was often the culprit.

Moreover, what they were talking about here was a figure that was most likely an outer god. Naturally, there will be many absurd events that are difficult to reason with humans.

Whatever it is, it all looks bad. Arrodant was only one of them, while Reverend Lanevus brought quite a number of Knights Templar as bodyguards.

"Just to be sure, how many guards? "

Arnaz asked as if he was starting to get interested in the matter. Even though his face says otherwise.

"Only one group. But, the number of members of each group ranged from twelve to eighteen people. Arrodant didn't tell me more about anyone taking part in the mission" Asher replied without hesitation.

This time Arnaz frowned, and he was a bit hesitant as he played his own hand on the table.

"Are they all men? "

It wasn't Asher who answered the question, it was Damian. "I don't think you know yet. Only men can be elected to the Knights Templar from the organization of Loght Sanctuary belonging to the Church of the Lumine Goddess."

Most countries are not so attached to a particular religion, but they still share a common understanding; the title 'Knight' is only worthy of being given to men, and not women.

Most women who join military or church organizations such as the Lunatic Order will only be placed in desk jobs. Felice and Rita who were often deployed as additional fighting forces were rare cases that were as much as possible avoided.

Hearing that, a faint smile formed on Arnaz's rough face.

Noelle inevitably felt a shiver all the way to her bones when she caught a glimpse of that smile.

Arnaz laughed a little. He stared back and forth between Lucia and Colyn. "I changed my mind. If there's a serious enough problem, call me right away."

Arnaz said to call him immediately after they found a serious problem. This indicates that he is doing something right now. However, why would Arnaz bother to spend his time taking care of that? He had rejected the offer to recruit Arcal before.

Whatever the reason, Noelle was sure that she did not want to hear that.

"Well, all this information is not very helpful, but at least we know the identity of the pastor. Can you handle it? "

Noelle turned to Asher who seemed confident in herself.

"For now there is still no clear movement of Reverend Lanevus. I'll check the reports coming into the headquarters. And until that time comes, I want Pauper and Auger to continue to provide detailed information regarding the conditions around Reverend Lanevus. Of course, keep prioritizing your job to recruit Arcal."

"About that .. is there really nothing I can do? "

Ethan suddenly raised his hand, and made everyone's attention focused on himself.

His presence in this discussion was too thin, not even felt at all. Tania even completely forgot that Ethan was there.

Maybe because he realized that, Ethan inevitably had to take the initiative to find another task so that he remained considered.

Damian understood the thought, and looked at it with pity. "I'm sorry, but no candidate lives in the Kingdom area. Most of them live in the Republic and the Neutral Region in the south."

There were only two who did not live in the area, among which was the obscure Harold living where, and the Arcal who made the Imperial capital its main base.

"I know it's sad when you don't have a job. But, I think I know something that suits you."

Noelle smiled and advanced her body slightly. He looks at Ethan with eyes full of interest as well as greed that is difficult to understand.

"You work as a bartender in the slums, don't you? Well then, you must have connections with different types of cities in the underworld."

"I do know some of them, but …."

Bookies, information bookies, drugs, and various other types. Ethan has met a lot of them. And they did not suspect him because he was a child. Instead, most of them consider Ethan to be their own little brother.

Noelle who knew that was also very happy, because finally she could share this task with someone. And since she was a member of the Asterisk, Noelle need not hesitate to hand over this important task to her.

"I want you to gather any information, related to the Crystal Plague, church artifacts, and other things that might affect our organization. I've gathered some information myself, but I don't think that's enough."

Noelle leaned back on her chair and looked around. "Some time ago, I snuck into the Church of the Goddess Zelica, and managed to find some interesting information about our organization, Asterisk."

"Ohh? You're really reckless, but I don't think it's in vain, huh? "

Damian was quite pleased with this progress, as he was unable to find any information related to Asterisk in the Republican military archives. There might be, but the level of secrecy was too high that it was impossible for Damian to see through it.

Others honestly expressed their enthusiasm in their own way towards this notice.

"Unfortunately I still don't know if this information is valid or not. But at least we got the key. I'll tell you at the next meeting."

Damian nodded. "Well, I guess that's the end of our meeting."

One by one they stood up, and looked at Asher.

"Good luck" they said before their bodies were swallowed by the light that brought them to their original place.

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