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Chapter 1244 - Chapter 1244 Chapter 383 Using the White Family and Silver

Chapter 1244: Chapter 383: Using the White Family and Silver Moon Sect as a Shield_2 Chapter 1244: Chapter 383: Using the White Family and Silver Moon Sect as a Shield_2 The air was laden with the sweet aroma of pastries.

Perhaps it was the whisper of that delicious scent that roused the tiny sleeping girl in his pocket, for she suddenly popped her head out. Her eyes gleamed with excitement as she looked at the exquisite cakes in the shop windows on either side of the street and asked, “Mr. Leonard Churchill, are we going to eat something tasty?”

Leonard Churchill looked at Ivan, a flicker of intrigue in his gaze, and smiled, “Yes, let’s fill our stomachs first.”

Ivan leaped from the pocket and perched on Leonard’s head, exclaiming with excitement, “Yay!”

Having agreed, Leonard led the little foodie leisurely into the cake shop.

It was just as well that he had given all the supplies to Lenny; his own space needed restocking too.

Leonard then began to sweep up goods along the street.

Before long, a certain little girl with a now bulging belly was back to sleeping in his pocket.

Leonard then started on his own preparations.

…

In the city, the moon symbol of the Silver Moon Sect could now be seen everywhere on billboards.

On the streets, one could spot followers wearing sexy nun garments, moving in groups, their faces exuding a fervent and devout zeal for the Moon God.

The spread of the Silver Moon’s contamination was like a plague spreading at breakneck speed.

Just one week was enough to make this metropolis, home to millions, completely succumb.

It was the same scene controlled by the White Family in the City of Thieves, suggesting that probably most other cities throughout the East Wilderness were in a similar state.

But Leonard had noticed a phenomenon.

As he walked through the city, the faces of the residents no longer showed panic over wars, complaints about hard labor, or confusion about the future… There was only joy and contentment.

Even the scruffy homeless lying on the streets could attain utmost spiritual pleasure as long as they prayed sincerely to the moon above, chanting the revered name of ‘Master of Dreams and Pleasure’, Arachne.

Joy and dreamscapes constructed a virtual perfect world, causing believers to sink indefinitely into delusion.

Having been trapped in the Silver Moon Dreamscape himself once in Talon Mechanical City, Leonard knew exactly what those people were seeing.

Such dreamscapes of blissful perfection were not something that ordinary people could break away from.

And compared to the suffering in reality, most people didn’t want to leave it.

This was the most direct reason for the rapid expansion of the Silver Moon Sect.

Leonard then understood why the predecessors of card masters were so averse to the Ancient God Faith; seeing the city teeming with fanatical followers made the entire world feel unreal.

At the same time, he found himself deeply contemplating: where did the difference lie between the dream world and the real world?

If the spirit world could simulate every sensation of the real world, and if dreams could be perfectly blissful, then why cling to the real world at all?

In the sky, a huge bright moon illuminated the entire city.

The pure white moonlight poured down, connecting to every believer and drawing on their power of faith.

Leonard was constantly flickering with the Enlightenment of Exempt from Contamination.

Walking down the street, Leonard was mulling over potential gaps in his plan, murmuring to himself, “That fellow Lagon really saddled me with quite the problem…”

Even though he suspected those from the Southern Continent were probably after Ivan, he had no intention of keeping out of it.

The commitment to a friend, of course, was to be upheld with all one’s might.

Of course, Leonard was also curious about the secret Ivan carried and how those from the Southern Continent would address the issue.

In Leonard’s view, danger was indeed present.

If the Rebel Dragon Army’s higher-ups decided to send Ivan to East Wilderness, the secrets tied to Ivan were definitely no small matter.

But Leonard didn’t believe Lagon would deliver someone over without considering that the Holy Church’s people would come looking.

In turn, the Holy Church would also guard against the Rebel Dragon Army’s countermeasures.

It was precisely this type of gambit with immense uncertainty that invigorated Leonard.

It was like playing cards with a grandmaster; they hadn’t played yet, but he could already envision the follow-up moves of both sides.

In such a card game, what often decided the outcome was not necessarily the biggest hand, but rather any move that “the opponent didn’t see coming.”

So Leonard believed that Lagon sending someone over might have some plan in mind.

With the card game’s future shrouded in the unknown, Leonard couldn’t see through it, yet he found it intriguing.

All he could do was to make the best of what he could do.

So now, since it had been determined that those from the Southern Continent were likely to come knocking,

Leonard had no intention of taking the risks alone.

The White Family and the Silver Moon Church within the City of Thieves would be the best “helpers.”

Having personally witnessed the Silver Moon Goddess’s ability to hunt an Eighth-Order Dragon-blooded Card Master, Leonard knew he had to make her exert some effort.

…

“The people from the Southern Continent are likely to send a small force to strike unexpectedly… yes, they may use some special relics…”

“To capture Ivan, who can use Spatial Displacement, they will certainly try to restrict Space Law…”

“What grade would it be… Seventh Grade? Higher possibilities are not much because this is in the heart of East Wilderness…”

“…”

Leonard’s mind was whirling fast, and his plans, much like the moon overhead, branched off into countless pathways.

It deserves mention that the ‘Multi-Heart and Multi-Use’ entry he acquired after advancing to Sixth Tier gave Leonard a delightful surprise.

Once meant for the divided control of Puppets, it proved equally effective when applied to the ‘I am the world’ reasoning.

Leonard felt like his brain had been a high-speed computer processing information.

Now, it had become many.

Those other Personalities, once like circus beasts locked in cages, now gained freedom. They thought independently, growing on their own.