A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 51: Not only are they poaching people's employees, but now they're also taking advantage of them?

As the imposing figure gradually faded and the gray mist slowly dissipated, Aso Makoto and the eighteen mixed-race individuals finally came to their senses, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Some of them had prayed to the wrong symbols before Aso Makoto arrived, but gained nothing and nothing changed.

Therefore, they still harbor some doubts about the old church.

Only after they truly "met" the error did they realize that the gods truly exist!
Not only do they exist, but they can also hear their prayers and give them responses and divine pronouncements!

The figure that had just stood eternally above time and destiny had truly given them a profound shock.

The hybrids born from the Demon Clan had been hearing from the organization's boss, King, for the past few years that finding the sacred remains left behind by the White King would allow them to develop a perfect evolution potion, enabling everyone to evolve into dragons, become pure-blooded dragons, and thus rule the world.

Now, let's compare. Even if it evolves into a dragon, what can it do against that figure?
After a prayer, the mixed-race people, while not completely devoted to the cause, at least showed a significant increase in their loyalty.

After all, they are all mixed-race individuals who can uphold their principles and are unwilling to completely degenerate. The Old Church did not require them to commit crimes; it only promoted the wrong name and the Old Church.

Coincidentally, Aso Shinya had also told them that they could receive a bottle of tranquilizer for each person they recruited into the cult.

Recruiting people into a religion and spreading falsehoods are not only not contradictory, but they complement each other!

Moreover, there's the benefit of magic potions. Although we don't know what they are, they must be good stuff, and recruiting people into the cult would certainly be considered a sign of their piety.

After figuring it out, the mixed-race individuals immediately made an application: "Bishop Aso! I will go and proclaim the name of the Lord. I also know two other people who, like us, belong to the Demon Clan, yet they uphold their principles."

"Me too! I also have a friend who joined the Fierce Ghosts, but hasn't fallen yet!"

"I visited the stronghold of the Oni Clan in Chiba two years ago. I'll go check it out today; maybe there are some of our people there too."

Everyone was so enthusiastic, and Asou was half happy and half worried. She was happy that she had not let Xu Lie down, but worried that she would be more nervous if there were more people.

But now that things have come to this, Aso Makoto can't stop everyone anymore, so he can only smile gently as always and remind everyone to be careful.

"I will be brewing healing potions over the next few days and leaving them here. Anyone who gets injured can come and collect them."

With Aso's permission, the mixed-race individuals left one after another. They needed to go back to their rooms to change clothes, since they couldn't just walk out so openly after escaping from the Oni Clan.

Before leaving, they praised Aso Makoto: "As expected of Bishop Aso, he is so gentle."

"I really want to try the healing potion. Will it be more effective than the special medicine from our family?"

"How about I stab you, then you can test it?"

Masami Sakurai, who brought Aso Makoto here, left with Taro Inuyama. After watching the mixed-race person leave the lobby, Aso Makoto finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Phew."

"Oh God, thank you for your response. It has given everyone faith in the church and in people like me. Please also bless Mr. Xu so that he can accomplish the work he wants to do."

When Xu Lie's doppelganger, who was heavily pregnant and had a dignified appearance, walked in, he happened to hear Aso Makoto's follow-up prayer.

The main body really found a good bishop.

"Who are you?" Xu Lie's clone did not deliberately conceal his footsteps, and Asou Makoto also noticed the person who came.

"My name is Konoe Tou." Xu Lie's clone handed over a business card: "I am a member of the Tokyo Diocese of the Old Church. In the future, if Your Excellency encounters any problems, you can contact me for help."

"He also holds two seats on the board of directors of the Sumitomo Foundation, and his responsibility is to handle miscellaneous matters such as material resources and personal connections for the Tokyo Diocese."

"And this check can be cashed for three million yen at the Bank of Tokyo. It's your reward for making the tranquilizer."

"Also, Lord Xu Lie is waiting for you upstairs."

Aso Makoto's eyes widened involuntarily. Konoe Toji was the second largest shareholder on the board of directors of the Sumitomo Group? This was truly an important figure. However, what he said next completely disrupted Aso Makoto's train of thought.

Such an important figure is actually one of her parish officials?

Three million more?
More importantly, Xu Jun was waiting for her upstairs?
Without asking too many questions, he hurriedly thanked her, accepted the check, and headed for the elevator.

As the elevator slowly ascended, Masashi Aso finally dared to hold the check in both hands. His long-held dream had come true.
It's so...dreamy.

She has mixed feelings right now. In the past, she would have been so excited that she would have jumped up and punched the air in mid-air in the elevator.

However, Masami Aso couldn't feel excited at all about seeing Xu Lie. All she wanted to do was look in the elevator mirror and check if her makeup was okay.

After sorting through everything, the elevator finally reached the top floor.

Ignoring the luxurious decorations around him and the carpets that covered the entire corridor, Makoto Aso finally saw Xu Lie, who had been missing for several days.

"You're here?" Xu Lie leaned casually against the windowsill, turned around and greeted him: "Well done, Your Excellency."

Aso Makoto puffed out her cheeks slightly, wanting to complain about the sudden appointment of her as bishop, but she couldn't bring herself to say anything.

She couldn't help but feel a silly, happy smile to herself. This was the first time she had ever done something she never dared to dream of before, with the trust of another person.

In fact, Makoto Aso was also feeling joy and pride at that moment, but he didn't show it.

"Honestly, when Xu Jun suddenly asked me to be the bishop, I was completely flustered."

Xu Lie reiterated his earlier statement: "I've said before that no one is born a bishop; everyone learns step by step. I believe in you."

Aso Makoto's lips curled up slightly, like a kitten that had just stolen a small fish, and he slowly walked to Xu Lie's side, gazing at the scenery with him.

Xu Lie took out another piece of paper and handed it over: "They've prepared medicine for so many people, and now they're going to try and recruit their former colleagues into the association."

"Once those recruited newcomers drink the calming potion, your apothecary potion will definitely be digested faster. I'll give you the Sequence 8 Beastmaster potion recipe first."

"If you're short on the main ingredients for potions, you can ask your fellow believers or Konoe to buy them for you on the black market, or you can ask them to recruit members of the Oni Clan."

"When recruiting new members, keep a close eye on them. If they come from research institutions with weak defenses, we can rob the dragon blood materials from the various strongholds of the Fierce Ghosts."

Huh? Stealing the dragon blood materials from the Demon Clan? Asou was a little confused. Was this a bit malicious?
It's one thing to poach members from the Ghost Clan, but now they're going to eat and take from them, even plundering their dragon blood materials. Isn't that going a bit too far?

After advancing to the Dream Thief level, Xu Lie has become almost inhuman, with observational abilities so strong that he can almost read Asou Makoto's thoughts through her expression: "Not excessive."

"Think about it carefully. The Ghost Clan are all pitiful people who are trapped by the restlessness of dragon blood, or completely depraved killers. What can these people do with storing dragon blood materials?"

"Therefore, the Ghost Clan must have researchers who use these materials to make dangerous drugs that induce hybrids to degenerate and evolve."

"Instead of leaving it for them to harm people, we should use it to make potions for our old church. Besides you, the church will also generously provide potion recipes to some of our truly loyal people."

This is not a lie. Just from the original work, we know that the Ghosts don't do any alchemy. They only make evolution potions, such as the Molotov cocktail.

After Aso Makoto understood, he nodded slightly: "Then I'll contact the church members by phone later, and they'll keep an eye on it."

Xu Lie had already begun to think about how to extract dragon blood materials from the Snake Clan, setting aside the Fierce Ghost Clan.

Also, you should take Aso Makoto to meet them: "And next Monday at 3 pm, try to spend time alone with them as much as possible."

"At that time, you and I will both be attending a party."

(End of this chapter)