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The carriage was empty, with no one inside, only a tidy desk with books neatly arranged on it, and many spiritual materials placed around.
Bishop Montella skillfully arranged the ritual, carving complex symbolic patterns. This was a mysticism that could directly contact the headquarters of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, originating from a creation by an Archbishop when he was a Mysticism Magister.
Above the deep pit covered in black viscous liquid, a starlight-flickering portal appeared, and Lucca Brewster's figure emerged from it. This was a "Traveler's Door" cast through the analysis and imitation of a Sequence 6 Polymath.
Because the divination ability from his own Sequence 4 Prophet did not bring back any dangerous feedback, he judged that the leader of the Rose School of Thought's Indulgence Faction had already left, so he personally went to investigate and see if there were any clues.
Lucca Brewster's originally neat clergyman's robe had become wrinkled and even somewhat damaged.
The Spirit World in this area was destroyed and in chaos, making it impossible to obtain any useful information from it. He, who had teleported with the help of the Traveler's Door, was also affected by this.
Looking at the viscous black liquid beneath his feet and feeling the malice and indulgence within it, Lucca Brewster frowned deeply. With a slight movement of his hand, a bright, pure light rose, transforming into symbols that connected to form a net of light covering the deep pit.
The spread of the pollution was blocked. Lucca Brewster was about to explore further when he looked at a beam of light shooting towards him from a distance. He frowned, and his figure gradually disappeared.
The light stopped above the pit, and the figure of an old man wearing the Eternal Blazing Sun Church's Archbishop's robe appeared. It was Archbishop Otto Apocalypse, who was in charge of the Eternal Blazing Sun Church's colonial diocese in the Intis Republic of the Southern Continent.
Archbishop Otto first frowned, looking at where Lucca Brewster had stood, then looked at the black liquid churning within the light net below. Feeling the nauseating aura, a clear look of disgust appeared in his eyes.
He spread his arms and devoutly and solemnly shouted, "Praise the Sun!"
His body erupted with pure, clear light, illuminating every corner of the surroundings, turning into a realm without a trace of Darkness, leaving no shadows, and allowing nothing to hide—a land without Darkness.
All the plants and animals, as well as Zombies, around the deep pit that had been corrupted by the aura of the Abomination Suah were incinerated by the holy flames.
The black liquid in the deep pit evaporated little by little, gathering to form a mass of black gelatinous substance that constantly distorted and deformed.
Archbishop Otto emitted circles of warm radiance, radiating power that purified domains such as degradation, filth, corruption, Darkness, evil, and disease. With the assistance of several "Spears of No Darkness," the black gelatinous substance quickly dissipated until only a pure black crystal remained.
Otto Apocalypse's body erupted with even more dazzling light. A tide of pure golden-yellow light surged from his body, condensing into a layer of light armor covering his body. He reached out and grabbed the black crystal along with the surrounding soil.
Pure golden-yellow patterns appeared and surged into the black earth in his hand until the lump of mud no longer emitted an evil aura.
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In Empress Borough, Backlund, at Earl Hall's luxurious villa, on the second-floor study, Aaron and Audrey sat facing each other, while Evelina and Susie lay on either side.
Aaron lightly coughed and said to the surrounding footmen and maids:
"You all go out first. Miss Audrey and I need to speak alone for a while."
The ordinary footmen and maids naturally dared not disobey the request of this Baron, and they all left.
Only the personal maid Annie remained, looking conflicted, still standing there, looking at Audrey as if she wanted to speak but hesitated. Normally, in such a private space, she should be with her young lady.
Audrey's face revealed a faint smile, and the girl's voice was ethereal and pleasant to the ear:
"Annie, you go out first. Aaron and I are just chatting. Hmm, you can wait for me at the door. It won't be long."
Annie no longer insisted and was about to pick up Susie, who was lying at Audrey's feet, and leave, but Audrey, seeing Susie's pitiful eyes, quickly spoke:
"Alright, Annie, just leave Susie here. She's very well-behaved and won't cause trouble."
Annie smiled helplessly, let go of Susie, and said with a slightly drawn-out tone:
"Okay, Miss, you just spoil Susie too much. You really need to rein her in. She just dug up the little sapling in the back garden yesterday, and that was something the Master specially bought from Southville."
Susie barked once, quickly ran to Audrey's feet, and lay down obediently, while Evelina skillfully lay down on Susie's head.
Watching Annie leave the study but not close the door, Aaron looked at the biscuits on the table, picked one up, and beckoned. Susie, with Evelina on her head, stuck out her tongue and trotted over, biting the biscuit.
Aaron pointed to the open door. Susie wagged her tail, ran over, and pushed the door shut with her head.
Audrey, maintaining the elegant posture of a noblewoman, watched quietly. Although she didn't speak, the smile in her emerald, jewel-like eyes was undisguised.
Once the door was closed, Audrey also let out a sigh of relief, no longer maintaining the somewhat uncomfortable noble sitting posture. She stretched lazily, then suddenly remembered that besides Susie, there was also one person and one cat in the room.
"Oh dear, Audrey, you're really too relaxed. You're used to secretly stretching after Annie leaves. This habit is too ungraceful and must be changed in the future. You must maintain elegance."
"Hmm, he shouldn't have seen it, right?"
Audrey quickly sat up straight, her emerald eyes subtly shifting to look at Aaron, just as her gaze met Aaron's slightly amused eyes.
Audrey immediately shifted her gaze to Susie, who was trying to share her biscuit with Evelina but was being rejected, and remembering their recent eye contact, she couldn't help but want to cover her face:
"Oh no, he saw it. Should I say something to explain? Or pretend nothing happened?"
Aaron, who didn't know what Audrey was thinking, looked at the embarrassed Audrey with a hint of amusement. He took out the exquisite gift box he had prepared from his coat pocket and placed it beside Audrey's hand.
Audrey felt relieved when Aaron didn't seem to mind what had just happened. She curiously examined the gift box beside her and politely asked:
"Is this a gift for me?"
Aaron smiled and nodded slightly, signaling Audrey to open it.
After politely thanking him, Audrey happily opened the gift box. What greeted her eyes was a necklace made entirely of emerald spiritual crystals.
Golden patterns ran across its surface, making it exquisite and luxurious. The pendant of the necklace was a smooth, dark-green hexagonal stone that had been carved and embellished, with a profound and complex rune engraved on its surface.
The more Audrey looked at it, the more she liked it. She picked up the necklace, and a smooth, warm feeling immediately came over her, as if she were bathed in warm sunlight.
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