I'm here to save the world, what are you doing?

"What preparations should I make, Priest Chris?"

Sanita tried to keep her breathing steady and spoke calmly.

"..."

Priest Chris looked at Sanita quietly for a while, her purple eyes seemed to be able to see through her soul.

Then, this seemingly young and powerful man smiled meaningfully:

"You don't have to do anything, Sanita."

"You have served your purpose. In fact, I think you may leave now."

"leave?"

Sanita was stunned. She didn't expect that Priest Chris would give such an order.

"Is it weird?"

Priest Chris gently touched the corner of her lips with her white and tender fingers, and said in confusion:

"You should still be anxious to see that little cutie, don't you think I can't see your little thoughts?"

"My dear child, betrayal is betrayal, it doesn't matter."

Priest Chris's voice was still sweet, but it was also tinged with a hint of coldness.

Sanita felt a chill run through her body:

"Priest, you misunderstood. I didn't—"

"No need to explain."

Priest Chris waved her hand, a smile on her lips:

"Now, you can go and inform your young master."

"Tell him everything that happened today and let him try to stop me."

"I like interesting souls, and this will add more fun to me."

................

"That is the situation, my lord."

Sanita also spread out her hands, imitating the way she remembered Priest Chris.

"Priest Chris deliberately let me go. This is most likely a trap, but I have no choice."

Lucius:? ? ?

Are there any experts?

Wait, first explain to me what your identity as the deputy priest is! ?

----

----

PS: I'm planning to wrap up this plot as soon as possible and move on to the Imperial Capital Line, so I just wrote a long chapter of 8K.

Sprint! Sprint! Sprint! Sprint!

76-Aviliya: Is Luge your members-only restaurant? (8k6)

"So, you're actually the leader of the Chaos Cult's Broken Wheel faction in the East?"

Lucius pressed his temple and looked at Sanita with complicated eyes.

"Is this question important?"

Sanita blinked, looking innocent.

"Isn't it important?"

Lucius' tone rose slightly.

The cult leader that he had been wary of was actually right next to him, which made Lucius feel like he was fighting a battle of wits with the air all the way.

Thinking of this, Lucius couldn't help but glared at Ivilia -

Did you know there's a ghost in your house?!

Iveliya: ???

Of course I know, but wasn't it you who decided to raise this ghost?

Can you put the blame on me for this?

Oh, that’s too bad, Brother Lu.

"No, how did a fourth-rank official like you manage to get such an important position as a deputy priest?"

Lucius found the bright spot.

In the Chaos Cult, important positions such as priest and deputy priest are not held by just anyone.

If you want to have status, you must first have the strength that matches your status.

Since Chris, the priestess, is at the tenth level, the deputy priest should at least be an eighth-level transcendent.

But the Sanita in front of me...

I don't mean to look down on the fourth level, but it is indeed a bit unqualified.

"Ah, this is a bit complicated to explain."

Sanita twisted a strand of hair around her fingertips, thought for a moment, and then said:

"If I have to say, my experience is quite similar to Miss Ivilia's, but I don't have her good luck."

"I joined the order when I was young and have been under the personal guidance of Priest Chris. When I reached a certain age, I naturally became the deputy priest."

"No wonder I couldn't discern the trajectory of fate the moment I approached Lienia. It turns out everything was foreshadowed."

"After all, all my skills were taught to me by Priest Chris. It would be too easy for her to interfere with me."

She shrugged, looking helpless.

"Okay, let's ignore that for now."

Lucius tapped his fingers lightly on the table and continued:

"As the archdeacon, you have lurked beside me for some ulterior motive..."

"I'm sorry to interrupt you, my lord."

Sanita raised her hand, tilted her head slightly, and said with a hint of cunning in her voice:

"I have no reservations with you. If you want to know, I can tell you everything."

"Then tell me, what was your original plan?"

Lucius gave her a helpless look.

This woman is like this, always saying the most appropriate words at the most appropriate time, so that you can't get angry with her.

“The original purpose was threefold.”

Sanita straightened her back and cleared her throat:

"First, I want to take this opportunity to leave the Chaos Cult. I had no choice before, but now I want to be a good person. I must state that your experiences before Lienia have nothing to do with me."

"Secondly, the Mirror Lake Festival ritual is useful to me. I need to use this ritual to awaken my true self."

"third......"

Sanita licked her lips and looked at Lucius with lust burning in her eyes:

"I want to *you*, or be *by* you."

Ivylia: Just right!

That’s right, this is Sanita!

It's back, the familiar feeling is back!

Lucius:? ? ?

Wow, there's also a straight confession.

The expression on Lucius's face froze, as if time had stopped at this moment.

His eyes were wide open and his mouth was slightly open, but he couldn't say a word.

"Is this right?"

"When did you become obsessed with my body?"

"Well, that's early."

A flash of reminiscence flashed in Sanita's eyes. Her voice was soft and ambiguous, with a hint of temptation:

“There are some things you may have forgotten, but I will never forget.”

Lucius: ...

Forget it, don’t worry about it.

"In short, because Priest Chris's sudden appearance disrupted your plans, we now have to rush to stop a Rank Ten expert, right?"

Finally, Lucius gave an intelligence summary.

"That's it."

Sanita nodded in agreement.

Iveliya: ???

Don't pretend it's none of your business!

After all, now that things have come to this, you, a woman, should bear the biggest blame, right?

"Ok."

Lucius sighed and stood up from his chair.

"Call everyone to the meeting room."

His voice was firm and steady, and his eyes gleamed with determination.

Today, Lucius will fight the right battle.

.................

When the pre-war deployment was completed and everyone was preparing to act separately, a loud noise suddenly came from outside the window, interrupting the solemn atmosphere in the room.

Lucius frowned, walked to the window, and slightly lifted the heavy curtains.

A dense crowd of people had gathered in the square outside the mansion. They were holding various banners and shouting uniform slogans angrily, with the voices getting louder and louder.

"It looks like Coleman has already taken action."

"He incited the people to obstruct us, whether intentionally or unintentionally, but it ultimately bought the Chaos Cult some time."

Lucius spoke calmly, even wanting to tease:

"Perhaps, this is also part of the plan of the High Priest?"

"Brother Lu, what should we do now?"

A chilling look flashed across Iveliya's eyes, and she said coldly:

"Should we just order the special operations brigade to suppress these rioters?"

"Don't let them waste your precious time."

Lucius: ...

Xiao Ai, you seem to be a bit too extreme.

"Things haven't come to that point yet."