Devil's Bible

Chapter 37 Experiment (Please read this one!! _(3」∠)_)

"The person I traded whale skin ore with was Op from the village of Dorsal Fin. He was a member of his caravan, and he also said that Op was cooperating with clergy..."

This is Benjamin's testimony, and also some information he heard from the caravan member.

Upon hearing this news, Jacques was extremely excited, saying that he had caught the traitor red-handed.

Isabella was the same; she did not suspect the other clergyman in the village, because in many cases there was simply no way to suspect him.

The old pastor was the bishop of Airspring City when he was young. Although he left the center of power in Airspring City for some reason, many people still remember some things from his past.

As things stand, Isabella is one of them.

If the old pastor were truly greedy for fame and fortune, then as soon as he submitted a report, someone would immediately come to take him back.

By then, he will be able to obtain a considerable amount of legal whale skin mines, so why would he need to protect some caravans smuggling whale skin mines here?
Furthermore, appearing old is the ultimate form of disguise.

Most people believe that once a person gets old, they are no longer entitled to have any desires and should just wait to die peacefully.

Therefore, they tend to ignore elderly people who have difficulty moving around, assuming that they will not do wrong things because of their desires.

It's as if once a person gets old, the label of "bad" can be removed from them.

That is why Isabella never doubted the old pastor.

However, at this moment, Isabella was forced to begin to doubt the old priest.

Previously, he had sensed the stench of decay from the cemetery in the church, but the old pastor interrupted him and used the stench emanating from his own body to make him think that he had misperceived something.

Looking back now, there were so many strange things about it.

It was this strangeness that made her temporarily set aside her resentment towards Nemus and come out with him to search for the tomb raiders.

At that time, she instinctively began to have doubts, but the doubts were not clear, and the old pastor as a target did not clearly emerge.

And this doubt was largely dispelled by the words "I am too old to help" before they left the church.

Now that Nemes has revealed this, a terrible truth has inevitably surfaced in Isabella's mind.

"Old priest, has he perhaps restarted the experiment...!" Isabella needed to turn to the old priest because of her own background.

Her family has a special bloodline. Although it still enjoys considerable prestige and wealth, its members are now few in number, so the family name has been sealed away.

She had a general idea of ​​why the old pastor had left Qiquan City.

The church has a special study on bloodlines, with the old pastor being the main researcher.

This research failed more than 20 years ago.

It caused considerable damage, and his disciple was paralyzed in the incident.

The old pastor felt ashamed to face such a loss and the subsequent problems, so he chose to exile himself.

But no matter what, the old pastor remained an expert on bloodlines.

Isabella wants to revive her family, so she naturally needs to understand her own bloodline.

Meanwhile, in Qiquan City, as the experiment gradually came to an end, people were more willing to say good things about the old pastor.

The information Isabella later gathered did not contain any specific details about the experiment.

At the time, she saw it as nothing more than an accidental experimental mishap, which led the old pastor to exile himself. In an era rife with irresponsibility, the old pastor's character was remarkably good.

“But if that wasn’t an ordinary bloodline experiment, and the old priest’s self-exile was also to avoid certain punishments, then this matter is…” Isabella walked into the cemetery and gradually headed towards the church.

However, for some reason, the once brightly lit church, and the old pastor waiting for her at the back door, now seemed to have a strangely eerie feeling about it.

"You're back. Are you alright?" the old pastor asked, his voice still as kind as ever, as if all his previous speculations were nothing more than a ghost story born of wild imagination.

"It's alright, we just haven't found the target yet." Isabella quickly composed herself and said after a slight pause, "A murderer who steals internal organs has appeared. It could be an evil wizard, or it could be whale-related disease."

"We estimate that it needs to be reported."

"Is that so?" The old pastor nodded.

"I will report it through the grid immediately."

The old pastor did not delay in agreeing to the matter; instead, he readily agreed.

This relieved Isabella. Perhaps the previous situation was just an accident, and everything that followed was just Nemes's machinations.

However, the next morning, Isabella received bad news—the grid was clogged and it was unclear when it would be fixed.

"This happens often, no need to rush. We have caravans here that we can communicate with, it just might take a few days."

"We can organize people to search the surrounding area in the next few days."

The old pastor's words of comfort did not put Isabella at ease. Her face showed a slight worry, but her heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave.

The grid, which uses churches as its base and religious statues as its communication points, is a communication and transmission network built with the help of divine power. Although it has indeed experienced some congestion in some remote locations in the past two or three years.

But everything was too coincidental.

How could the communication have been cut off at just the right moment?
As for the caravan issue, if the person secretly protecting Op was not Nems but the old priest, then the information would be even less likely to get out.

Isabella outwardly feigned concern about the whale disease, but inwardly she was already considering the seriousness of the problem.

At the same time, Isabella closed her eyes in meditation, using her faith to perceive the greatness of God.

Inside the church, she could feel the presence of God, and the grid that existed in relation to God.

The accurate term is the Faith Grid. Before a priest reaches the Gold Seed level, he needs to rely on the grid to cast divine spells.

However, Blackrock priests need to be near a church to sense the grid, while Iron priests can sense the grid directly in most places, but their divine spells are greatly enhanced inside a church.

Furthermore, in critical moments, the pastor can use the grid to invoke God's gaze.

Some priests who are favored by God can even use this to summon God's prayer angels.

At this moment, although Isabella can still draw upon some of the faith power accumulated in the church, she can no longer extend it outwards, whether for communication or for seeking deeper changes.

Isabella opened her eyes and saw the old priest not far away.

He seemed to notice that Isabella had communicated with the grid, and the slight smile on his somewhat aged face seemed to have taken on a different meaning.

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(End of this chapter)