Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 188: In the spider web, only the spider can remain safe
On January 1, the White Agate arrived at Bansi Island at 9pm.

According to the normal plan, the White Agate left Damir Port and the next stop would be Tiana Port, which would take about three days to reach at a speed of 13 knots. After leaving Tiana Port, it would go directly to the final destination, the capital of the Rorsted Archipelago, the City of Generosity, Bayam.

There is a faster way to sail from Pritz Port to Bayam, which is to stop only once, at Bansi Port, 120 nautical miles away from Damir Port.

However, since they had just left Damir Port during the day, they had encountered pirates. Although the pirates left in a hurry for unknown reasons, no real conflict occurred. But we should know that the route they are on now is still a safe "offshore", and there are often patrols by the kingdom's naval fleet and church ships.

Even when the four kings and seven generals passed by the nearby waters, they would try to keep a low profile and not attract attention. But the appearance of the pirate ship made Captain Aierlan of the White Agate feel something unusual, so he decided to stop at Bansi Port in the evening and report the encounter with pirates to the navy and the church.

"Bansi Port? Ireland is very cautious..."

Danitz stood in front of the window, looking at the already darkened port and the tall lighthouse.

The pirate group that the White Agate encountered originally wanted to rob them, but because the bounty of 3000 pounds for 'Flame' Danitz was quite famous, which was more than three times higher than the 900 pounds bounty of the pirate captain, the other party retreated.

But Ellan didn't know this, so he decided to report the situation of this "unusual" pirate group to the navy and the church. Even without knowing the truth, Ellan's decision was not wrong.

After all, we are at sea, and we can never be too cautious.

Klein did not respond, and Danitz was not surprised. He laughed to himself:
“There seem to be some bad legends here.”

Klein had already gotten a rough idea of ​​Danitz's personality. He didn't ask what the legends were. He just sat in his chair and looked at him calmly.

Danitz shook his head without being interrupted:
"Legend has it that more than three hundred years ago, when Loen's army first occupied this island, more than five hundred soldiers mysteriously disappeared after a heavy fog. Not long after, their bodies appeared on the beach and on the mountain... but without exception, they were all skinned."

"Some people suspect that it was done by the local indigenous people, because according to the tombs and murals excavated on the island, the indigenous people here seem to have a tradition of cannibalism. But when the bodies were found, although the flesh and blood had begun to rot, they were still well preserved. They were simply skinned."

"Similar incidents happened several times. Even the deacons of the Storm Church who came to investigate were not spared. That was until the Storm Church built a church here and sent a bishop."

Danitz paused, as if waiting for someone to ask questions, but Klein just stared at him calmly.

This made Danitz feel a little helpless, but he didn't want to interrupt here, so he could only continue to be mysterious and slowly opened his mouth:

"In the end, the bishop was also skinned and his body was hung at the door of the church."

Danitz chuckled and said:

"Of course, the Storm Church could not tolerate such a thing happening, so they sent another archbishop."

"Archbishop? A demigod?"

Klein's eyes flickered slightly. In his understanding, only saints could serve as archbishops!
For example, the archbishop of the three major churches in the Backlund Diocese is at least a Sequence 4 Saint. And the strength of a bishop is likely to be above that of a deacon, at least a Sequence 5 Beyonder. Even a Sequence 5 Beyonder was skinned and hung at the door of his own church. The hot-tempered people of the Storm Church must not be able to swallow this breath, so it is reasonable for them to send a Saint to save face.

Klein didn't want to push Danitz too hard. After all, he was indeed very interested in this "legend", so he spoke calmly:

"and after?"

Danitz had been waiting here for a long time, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised:

"The archbishop had just arrived at Bansy Harbor, and that night he was skinned and his body was hung at the door of the church, swaying in the wind."

Klein looked at him deeply:
"The Archbishop is at least at the Saint level."

“So I said it’s just a legend.”

Danitz shrugged and did not argue with him. He just said slowly:

"The death of an archbishop completely angered the Storm Church. Eventually, their pope personally took action to completely eliminate the threat on Bansi Island, and this part of history was hidden."

Without waiting for Klein to answer, Danitz continued, "I know you will definitely ask me, since this period of history has been hidden, how did I know about it, right? It's simple, because I'm an archaeologist!"

Danitz puffed out his chest with pride, but Klein just glanced at him indifferently.

He didn't want to ask that question, nor did he believe that Danitz was a so-called archaeologist. He knew all this because he probably heard it from his captain. Before setting sail, he specifically inquired about the situation at sea, and the most important information was about the four kings and seven generals.

According to the information provided by the Hanged Man, although Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina is one of the pirate generals, she will not rob passing merchant ships. She is more interested in the lost treasures and legends at sea.

This legend about Bansy Harbor was probably also dug up by Edwina. If this is true, then the credibility of the legend should be high. The Church of Storms lost face in Bansy Harbor, so it is very likely that they are hiding this dark history.

If someone can kill an Archbishop of the Church of Storms, then there must be at least one Saint of the same level on the island.

Beings at this level are mostly affiliated with a certain organization. But Klein has never heard of an organization that likes to skin people. The only one similar to it is the Blood Worship Cult.

This secret organization formed by worshiping the devil likes to hold bloody and horrific rituals using corpses.

And skinning may also be part of its "ritual".

Klein's expression changed slightly. He tapped the table with his fingers and asked calmly:
"What else do you know?"

"I don't know much."

Danitz was reserved for two seconds, but the raised corners of his mouth could not hide his strong desire to express himself. He said slowly, "I only know that the natives of Bansi Island once believed in and worshipped the weather god they created, and held four ceremonies every year."

Klein asked calmly:

"So, it was this weather god who killed the archbishop? And the skinning was part of the ritual?"

"Do not."

Danitz looked out the window at the Bansi Harbor, which was getting closer and closer, his eyes becoming deeper and deeper. "The content of the sacrificial ceremony of the God of Weather is to kill the selected one, share his blood and flesh, and bury his head on the altar. Skinning is not included. And..." He paused for two seconds and said in a deep voice:

"There is evidence that the weather god has nothing to do with the skinning ritual. The real perpetrators of this are an organization that calls itself the 'Godskin Messengers'. They believe in the Queen of the Night Eyes, who is said to be the goddess of the night who represents death."

"Goddess of the Night?"

Klein's emotions became quite subtle. A group of "divine skin messengers" who peeled people's skins and claimed to be believers of the goddess? Isn't this the same as "sacrificing blood to the emperor and offering skulls to the golden throne"? You're worshiping the wrong god, brother!

Danitz shrugged and said:
"Obviously, this is undoubtedly the greatest blasphemy to the Church of Night. So the 'Divine Skin Messenger' organization just appeared, and it quickly disappeared under the joint siege of the Storm Church and the Church of Night, and the two major churches chose to hide this history at the same time."

"This also means that few people have heard of the secret organization 'Divine Skin Messenger'. Even if they have heard of it, they don't know much about their organizational structure. For example, who is the queen with midnight eyes that they believe in? And why did she suddenly appear in Binxi?"

Klein suddenly grasped a word and asked with a serious expression:

"Binxi?"

"Yes, this is the ancient name of Bansi Port. Three or four hundred years ago, this place was called Binsi Town. Later, due to multiple factors such as pronunciation, it gradually evolved into Bansi." Danitz introduced casually.

Hearing this answer, Klein's eyes narrowed. He remembered very clearly that the evil spirit in the underground ruins of Backlund said that if you want to find one of the founders of the "Redemption Rose", the former "Angel King" Medici and his bloodline descendants, you can try your luck in Binxi Town!

Binxi! Klein's heart seemed to be frozen inch by inch, and the cold emanated from deep in his bones.

Binxi, a place name mentioned by the evil spirit in the underground ruins, plus the legends and customs that Danitz told him, made him shudder. So he took out a gold coin and did a divination in front of Danitz.

The result was that for him, there was no hidden danger in Bansy Harbor.

But this did not make Klein feel at ease. He suddenly stood up and walked into the bathroom.

Klein pulled out the paper man, disguised himself, and walked four steps backwards into the gray fog.

He sat at the head of the long bronze table, took off the pendulum from his left wrist, and wrote the corresponding divination sentence:
"There is a hidden danger in Bansi Harbor."

He lowered his pendulum, assumed a correct posture, and chanted several times. Then, he opened his eyes and saw the topaz pendant rotating clockwise, but not in a large amplitude or at a fast speed.

There is danger, but it’s not big… Klein leaned his elbows on the edge of the long bronze table and muttered to himself.

If you think about it carefully, this place has been occupied by the Kingdom of Loen for more than 300 years. If there was any danger, it would have happened long ago, and it would not have become an important transit point to the Rorsted Islands. Moreover, this place has been cleaned up by the Church of the Night and the Church of the Storm. Even if there were any "dirty things" in the past, they have been cleaned up now.

but……

Klein's eyes were deep, and he suddenly remembered another problem that he had overlooked -

That underground ruins and the evil spirits inside!

Half a month ago, he had discussed with Miss Sharon that he would ask Yu Jin to explore the underground ruins. Because neither he nor Miss Sharon had enough strength to fully explore the underground ruins, and the evil spirit alone was enough to completely block their way to explore the underground ruins.

In this case, asking others for help is a helpless option, but it is also the wisest option.

After all, instead of waiting for others to discover and explore the ruins, or letting the evil spirits in the underground ruins escape, it is better to find someone who is strong enough and trustworthy to explore the underground ruins, so that they will at least not return empty-handed.

Klein once told this information to Ember through the mouth of the "World" at the Tarot Club.

But at that time, Yujin was busy dealing with the Black Emperor's affairs, so the underground ruins were temporarily put on hold. It was originally planned to wait until after the New Year to explore them.

But Klein has not passed the specific information to Ember until now!

It’s not that he doesn’t want to, but that he forgot!
If it weren't for Danitz's sudden mention of 'Binxi' that brought back Klein's memories, he wouldn't have even remembered the underground ruins!

If it were an ordinary person, it would be normal to occasionally forget one or two unimportant things. But Klein was a Sequence 6 Beyonder. Even though he was not a Beyonder of the Common Path, his memory was incomparable to that of an ordinary person.

Even though a series of things had piled up after the New Year, leaving Klein with no time to care about other things, how could he easily forget such an important matter?
“I’m influenced!”

Klein's face darkened. This was an easy conclusion to draw.

Someone was trying to make him forget everything related to the ruins, but this ability definitely did not work directly on his own hypnosis or dreams, otherwise he would have noticed something strange on his body the moment he entered the gray fog.

This ability, this feeling of déjà vu, made Klein extremely familiar. It was the ability of 0-08!

The seal can push the plot forward through a series of coincidences, allowing events to develop in the direction the other party wants. But if it was just a simple coincidence, Klein would also notice it.

Having suffered losses twice, he is particularly sensitive to "coincidences".

If I had to describe it, it would be that Ince Zangwill, who had influenced him before, was a lousy third-rate writer, so he had to use a lot of abrupt "coincidences" to make things develop in the direction he wanted.

And now the one influencing Klein is a real writer!

"call!"

Klein took a deep breath. He felt like he was trapped in an impenetrable spider web. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't escape. This feeling made him shudder.

But Klein could also clearly realize that the target of this net was not him, and he himself was even a part of this net.

Klein didn't know who was planning all this or what their purpose was, but he knew how to make a hole in this airtight net.

Since the other party wants him to forget about the underground ruins, he has to make it known to everyone, especially to Yu Jin!
I've dug up your graves, what else can you come up with?
(End of this chapter)