Chapter 351

Chapter 302: Notes

After escaping from the village, Dalena finally got to see the outside world, its religions, and the Secret World and Mysticism. As someone born into a priestly family, once her life stabilized, she naturally immersed herself in studying the secrets of the Secret World and the Abundance Scriptures. Dalena’s notes were primarily focused on the research related to these scriptures.

These notes were written by Dalena after she had been exposed to much external mysticism knowledge and had spent many years in the Secret World. Thus, she developed her own views about the Goddess of Abundance, which were no longer purely those of a priest. In her opinion, the Goddess of Abundance was likely an active deity during the Dawn War and Imperial Periods, a goddess from the ancient “Cup” domain. Now, she might have fallen, and the faith that Dalena believed in could be one of the remnants of what the Goddess once believed in.

Dalena believed that this Goddess of Abundance was probably very powerful when she was active. This conclusion was drawn after Dalena conducted long-term studies of the scriptures’ anti-poison techniques and found that the records showed the church of the Goddess of Abundance was quite extensive, so vast that it could be divided into five major branches, each with priests who possessed extraordinary paths that could continuously advance towards the goddess. The branch her family belonged to was the dancer branch, which controlled the extraordinary path that manipulated desires.

Upon confirming this, Dalena became very excited. She began traveling according to the clues provided in the scriptures, searching for methods to continue ascending within her family’s path. The scriptures suggested seeking out the Star Number Repair Associations at designated locations to gain methods to accumulate ‘Enlightenment’ spirit energy.

However, the scriptures did not specify the locations of the ruins of the Star Number Repair Associations, which led Dalena to complain in her notes but also to resolve to find these ruins herself.

“Sigh… In the end, I still don’t know where the ruins are…”

Sitting in the study chair, Dorothy sighed deeply after organizing Dalena’s initial notes. Although these notes contained some clues about the Star Number Repair Associations, they were not plentiful. Most importantly, she could not ascertain the specific location of the ruins of the Star Number Repair Associations.

“It seems I can only wait for Adele to find the remaining data before getting any clues. These notes are Dalena’s research on her family’s secret scriptures, written early in her extraordinary journey. Other materials she left behind should contain information about the ruins of the Star Number Repair Associations.”

Dorothy thought, feeling regretful as she glanced over the notes again. Though she had only obtained a little information about the Star Number Repair Associations, there was a wealth of information about the “Cup” domain, especially concerning the so-called Church of the Goddess of Abundance.

“During the Dawn War and Imperial Periods, this Church of the Goddess of Abundance seemed to be very powerful, holding five paths, dividing into five factions, controlling all paths within the ‘Cup’ domain, including the pure ‘Cup’ and auxiliary ‘Enlightenment,’ surpassing even the Radiant Church today. The Radiant Church controls only three paths within the ‘Lamp’ domain. The Goddess of Abundance’s church unified the ‘Cup’ domain entirely…

“Another noteworthy point is that according to the scripture Dalena held, if any extraordinary being wanted to walk the Path of Desire, they needed to go to specific locations to learn how to accumulate ‘Enlightenment’ from the Star Number Repair Associations. This means that for a considerable period, the Star Number Repair Associations and the Church of the Goddess of Abundance coexisted, and they even collaborated.”

Dorothy pondered, and there were many points in the notes that interested her. She flipped through Dalena’s notebook and turned to a page with an inverted pattern.

The main part of the pattern was an inverted triangle, with a circle inscribed inside it. Outside the inverted triangle, a wreath of wheat was drawn, and below it, branches, flowers, and birds were depicted, forming a seal-like icon. According to Dalena’s annotation, this icon was the emblem of the Church of the Goddess of Abundance, and this emblem was also the symbol of the Goddess of Abundance herself. Dorothy had seen something similar before.

That was the emblem of the Placenta Sect’s Wolf bl**d Association, whose emblem was an inverted triangle with a wolf’s head inside instead of a regular circle. Having read many secret transmissions of the Placenta Sect, Dorothy knew the symbolism of these symbols. The inverted triangle represented not just the symbol of “Cup” spirit energy but also the womb of the Cup Mother, while the wolf’s head symbolized the Gluttonous Wolf as the bloodline of the Cup Mother.

Seeing the emblem of the Wolf bl**d Association, Dorothy clearly understood what the emblems of the other two branches of the Placenta Sect were. They would certainly replace the wolf’s head in the inverted triangle with a snake or vulture.

The emblem of the ancient Church of the Goddess of Abundance bore similarities to the current emblems of the three branches of the Placenta Sect. Was this coincidence, or was it inevitable among churches within the “Cup” domain? Given that both were powerful goddesses in the “Cup” domain, what connection existed between the ancient Goddess of Abundance and the present-day Cup Mother? However, according to Dalena’s research, the Church of the Goddess of Abundance was not at all like an evil cult, but more akin to the universal church of the Radiant Church.

“Hiss… It feels like the history of this world is really chaotic…”

Thinking about these possibilities, Dorothy couldn’t help but scratch her head. Due to poison recognition, much of the past history of this world was obscured, and the fragmented information Dorothy had made her feel somewhat overwhelmed.

“Forget it, after reading so much, I’ll extract the spirit energy first.”

For the time being, Dorothy didn’t want to think about other matters and decided to extract the spirit energy first. Under her extraction, Dalena’s notes yielded four points of “Cup” and three points of “Enlightenment,” bringing her total to:

9 Cups, 11 Stones, 6 Shadows, 1 Lamp, 11 Silences, 18 Enlightenments.

“Hmm… The seven points of ‘Cup’ invested last time have now returned four. There will be other materials later. Overall, I haven’t lost anything in terms of spirit energy.

“But I hope Adele finds the materials faster. I need to increase my ‘Cup’ spirit energy to recharge the Heart-Eating Staff Sword; such a life-saving equipment is too important.

“And now I have 18 points of ‘Enlightenment,’ which is already more than half of the 30 required by White Chalk. Considering the large amount of spirit energy that can be extracted at once after finding the advancement ritual for White Chalk, I’m actually not far from meeting the spirit energy requirement for White Chalk. The key is to find the promotion ritual.”

Checking her accumulation of spirit energy, Dorothy thought to herself. Then, she stretched out lazily, put away the notes, and began preparing to enjoy her leisurely afternoon.

…

At the same time, on the distant side of Prit Island, at the train station in the southwestern town of Igewent in Prit, a young man in a trench coat and hat was buying a ticket from the ticket counter.

Looking at the words “Igewent Station – Tivyán West Station” on the ticket, Gregor smiled.