Chapter 240

Chapter 231 Construction

Northern Tivyán, Church District.

At noon, in a high-class hotel room near the streets of the Church District, Dorothy, Vania, and Nephnis were gathered there. Originally in the room where Nephnis resided, the three of them sat around a small table.

“What? You said that the students from the society will be used as sacrificial offerings for the ceremony?”

Nephnis exclaimed in shock upon hearing Dorothy’s words, while Vania next to her also opened her mouth in surprise.

“Miss Dorothy, isn’t Thistle already dead? Why haven’t my fellow students been freed and are still being used as living sacrifices?”

Nephnis muttered incredulously, while Dorothy placed her hands on the table and answered seriously.

“Thistle was merely a minor leader within the Eight Pinnacle Nest. His d*ath does not mean their plans have stopped. Underground in the society, someone else has taken his place, and they are even stronger than he was. According to intelligence, their latest actions require a large number of sacrifices from the society’s students.”

“How could this be…” Hearing Dorothy’s words, Nephnis felt a sense of loss. She had thought that everything would end quickly after Thistle was killed at River Ditch Bridge, but she never expected things to turn out like this.

“Miss Dorothy, shouldn’t we inform the An Yin Bureau immediately? They have an obligation to deal with such evil rituals,” Vania said with concern. However, Dorothy shook her head.

“I informed the An Yin Bureau through special channels yesterday, but I haven’t seen any response from them. Honestly, I don’t expect much from them this time,” Dorothy said frankly. She had already passed on the relevant information through Beverly, but saw no action from them. Dorothy suspected that perhaps the “influence” mentioned by Claudius and others had taken effect.

In previous eavesdropping, Dorothy heard that the Eight Pinnacle Nest could use some kind of “influence” to reduce threats from the King Government or the An Yin Bureau.

Dorothy wasn’t quite clear about what this “influence” was. She speculated it might be like the Holy Communion, where the Eight Pinnacle Nest corrupted some people in the An Yin Bureau to act as insiders, or possibly eliminated key individuals and replaced them with their own. Of course, it could be something else.

It was also possible that the An Yin Bureau had doubts about her intelligence. After the North Pine Forest Incident, they had reason to suspect that she was using them as tools. Anyone being used as a tool wouldn’t be pleased, so the An Yin Bureau had reason to act more cautiously.

“The An Yin Bureau… they didn’t respond?” Vania frowned slightly, showing concern. Dorothy took the opportunity to ask:

“Perhaps… Can the Church get involved in this matter? Sister Vania, do you know any channels to report this kind of thing to the Church?”

“Well… The Church won’t get involved unless it involves heresy or large-scale dissemination of heterodox beliefs.”

Vania responded to Dorothy. Dorothy was surprised and spoke up.

“What? The Church doesn’t actively handle extraordinary events?”

“Yes, in a country like Prit, which has official supernatural institutions, the Church remains in a supportive role. In various extraordinary events, the An Yin Bureau, as the government’s official investigative and handling authority, usually acts first. The Church generally provides support and only gets involved when invited by the An Yin Bureau. Unless it’s a large-scale spread of heterodoxy or heresy, the Church won’t take the initiative.”

Vania explained. After hearing this, Dorothy understood the situation. It involved legal jurisdiction. Prit was an independent sovereign state, and religious armed forces like the Church naturally needed to be subject to certain restrictions and clearly defined power boundaries.

Within Prit, the An Yin Bureau was the dominant force in official supernatural power, while the Church could only provide support except in cases of heresy and heterodoxy. Moreover, according to Vania, the relationship between the Church and the An Yin Bureau was similar in countries with official supernatural institutions. Only smaller countries without the strength to establish supernatural institutions would fully entrust the Church to handle domestic supernatural events, but this was essentially giving up part of their sovereignty to the Church.

While Dorothy and Vania were discussing, Nephnis, who didn’t quite understand what they were talking about, was initially confused. She only interjected with concern once they finished speaking.

“Um, Miss Dorothy, can you please bring more members of the Rosy Cross to resolve this incident?”

“Well… It might be too late. Everyone else has tasks right now, and it would probably be too late if they rushed over immediately.” Dorothy said, not mentioning that almost all members of the Rosy Cross were already present in the room.

Hearing Dorothy’s words, Nephnis felt another wave of disappointment. But before she could start lamenting, Dorothy smiled and added.

“But actually, we don’t need anyone else. If neither the An Yin Bureau nor the Church is willing to act, then we sitting here should be able to handle them.”

“Handle them… Miss Dorothy, do you mean…”

Upon hearing Dorothy’s words, Vania felt a sense of unease. At this moment, Dorothy turned and looked at her with a smile.

“Oh, yes… Let’s fight side by side again, Sister Vania, in the name of Akka.”

Hearing Dorothy’s words, Vania wanted to refute something, but upon hearing “in the name of Akka” and thinking about saving innocent students, she couldn’t help but sigh.

“Alright… May Akka bless us…”

…

Northern outskirts of Tivyán, Royal Sacred Crown University King Campus.

In the afternoon, inside the meeting point of the Secret Knowledge Society, more than ten students were gathered, listening intently to Avery’s words. He, wearing a mask, had already taken Thistle’s position and was surrounded by students’ reverent gazes.

“As I said, a great opportunity lies before you. In two days, I will lead you to witness unprecedented scenes and give each of you the chance to achieve the extraordinary!”

Avery enthusiastically talked to the students, who clapped and cheered occasionally. Not far away, in the shadows, Claudius silently watched everything. On the wall near Claudius, a small gecko was watching him.

After taking a brief look at the “classroom,” Claudius turned and walked deeper into the meeting point, followed by the gecko. After walking for a distance, the gecko stopped.

In front of the gecko, there was a long corridor. On the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the corridor, there was a layer of familiar and dense white spider silk. At the front end of the spider silk corridor, four guards stood watch, and above the corridor hung a lamp emitting orange-yellow light.