Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 424 - 417: Blasphemy Against the Gods

Chapter 424: Chapter 417: Blasphemy Against the Gods

"You’re too polite, Miss Hillna. We don’t take such words to heart and consider them as mere dog barks," Luo’er chuckled, giving a slight bow.

"Tsk..." Hillna made an expression of frustration, gritted her teeth, and let out a sound of disdain. However, with Kroel here now, she did not dare to insult them. Although she was a great Mage in the Legion, the real power holder of the Legion was Kroel, and even their commander Dina followed his orders.

Wang Xu verbally mentioned no need for an apology, but he was actually always waiting for them to initiate a conciliatory gesture. If the Judgement Legion still remained stubborn, then their collaboration could essentially be dismissed. If the Judgement Legion could behave so unruly in front of him, they would undoubtedly dominate the Advance Team during their cooperative mission. This was not cooperation, it was more like forcing the Advance Team to comply.

Fortunately, this man called Kroel was clever enough. Although he was rather unsightly, his brow suggested a wily look and it seemed as though lust had drained his body abnormally. However, he was quick-witted, knew when to retreat, and did not wish to stir any troubles.

Now, the Church Court was under global pressure. From the Pope down to the grassroots, everyone was having difficulties. Even though the Judgement Legion wished to maintain their aloof image, under the Pope’s request, they had to lower their arrogant heads.

There was actually no need for the headquarters to participate in this operation. The reason they sought cooperation was solely due to the Pope’s command. The headquarters always wanted to deepen the cooperation with the Church Court, who shared the desire. Most of the Earth’s population isolated them, but the headquarters were willing to cooperate. This was like a life-saving straw to them.

Only the high-ranking members know how serious the problem the Church Court faced was. If the Human Race on Earth was determined to fight a deadly battle with the Otherworld beings, all the Church Court’s Forbidden Curse mages could do nothing, unless the Otherworld Gate was completely closed, cutting off the connection between the two worlds.

In addition, their secular governments under control already showed signs of loosening. With the intervention of the Earth people, these Kingdoms were no longer as devout as before. What the Church Court feared most now was their Kingdoms, with the support of the Earth people, breaking away from their control and fighting back against them. In that case, without spending a single soldier, the Earth people could cause the downfall of the Church Court.

When it was time to admit a mistake, the Church Court’s high-ranking members unanimously agreed to do so. Behind the headquarters were the Shani people. Not to mention what benefits they could bring to the Church Court, but just their veto power alone could prevent the Church Court from going to war with the Earth people, which was already very important for them.

"Good, since everyone is here, let’s communicate about the upcoming cooperation." Seeing Hillna take the initiative to apologize, Wang Xu nodded satisfactorily and then said seriously.

"Hillna, explain the situation!" Kroel waved his hand, signalling Hillna to stand up.

"Yes, sir!" Hillna nodded and then stood up. She was very tall, and her standing figure presented an overwhelming posture to the members of the Advance Team.

She glanced at Luo’er and after steadying her mind, she said loudly, "About a month ago, the Church Court cracked a Magic Crystal smuggling case in the Holy Heart City. These criminals mined Magic Crystals, then reached Winter Harbor via the Aobeni River, and finally arrived at their destination, City of Stars in the Ancient States, along the coastline."

"City of Stars..." Upon hearing her words, Luo’er’s eyes narrowed instinctively, thinking about their battle with the Hound Gang in Holy Heart City.

The cause of this conflict was because Luo’er used the transit listing to threaten Azita, and Azita’s decision to make a move on Luo’er was probably out of fear that Luo’er would continue to use the list to threaten him.

The list stolen by Truth clearly stated the origin and final destination of these Magic Crystal Ores, so Luo’er knew that the Hound Gang was smuggling Magic Crystals to the Ancient States, but he did not understand why they were doing this, since it would take at least three months to travel from Holy Heart City to the Ancient States by boat, and this distance was quite long.

"Boss, it’s that Hound Gang!" Hu Daoke interrupted Hillna’s words, speaking quietly to him.

"I know," Luo’er nodded, then looked up at the upset Hillna and apologized with a regretful face, "Sorry for interrupting you, please continue!"

Hillna glared at him and then continued, "We investigated the recent flow of Magic Crystals and found an interesting fact. That is, the Ancient States urgently needed to replenish Magic Crystals in recent times. Almost half of the continent’s Magic Crystals flowed into the Ancient States."

"Isn’t that normal," Cheng Ziang shrugged and interrupted, "Ancient States has one of the best-developed Magic Crystal industries in the whole continent, it’s normal that the demand for Magic Crystals increases."

Among the entire continent, the only Human Race that had developed the Magic Crystal industry was the Ancient States. Even though their industrial scale was not large enough to compete with the Dwarf Race, it was already quite sizable, and they also needed a large amount of Magic Crystals to maintain their industrial operation.

"Although the Ancient States’ Magic Crystal industry requires Magic Crystals to operate, the demand is only 20% of the production of Magic Crystals, but their demand for Magic Crystals has suddenly doubled recently." Kroel calmly stated.

"I’m aware of the industrial development in your Earth. Those heretics can’t double the industrial scale in just a few months, so there must be other uses for these extra Magic Crystals." Kroel continued his analysis.

Kroel’s words surprised Luo’er. He originally thought these people were stubborn and conservative, but he didn’t expect that Kroel actually understood the industrial development on Earth. That meant that he was actually willing to learn from the Earth people.

"The development of industry can’t be accomplished overnight, so the demand for such a large number of magic crystals must have other purposes. I wonder what results your church has researched?" Wang Xu asked with interest.

"Hillna, continue!" Kroel waved his hand for her to continue.

"Um," Hillna nodded, then turned her head with a serious face, "After interrogating the criminals, the Church Court got a terrifying result. The Ancient States people are blaspheming the spirits!"

"Blasphemy of the spirits..." Luo’er and Cheng Ziang looked at each other. Luo’er turned his head back and asked hesitantly, "What does ’blasphemy of the spirits’ mean?"

"They are creating a god!" Hillna said seriously.

Upon hearing this news, everyone was taken aback. They thought these guys had found something valuable, but turned out they were still playing with the concept of idealism.

"God doesn’t exist, everything in this world exists objectively..." Luo’er really wanted to iterate this truth to them, but he felt it might be inappropriate, so he kept his mouth shut.

"Hmm," Wang Xu coughed, then asked, "So, Miss Hillna, do you have any evidence?"

"This..." Hearing his question, Hillna looked at Kroel with some difficulty. Seeing Kroel nod, the silent Dina suddenly took out a scroll and spread it out on the conference table.

"This is their plan, the Creation God Project!" Hillna pointed to the content on the drawing and said.

"Creation God..." Hillna’s words piqued everyone’s interest, and they all stood up to look at the content of the drawing.

This should only be a part of many drawings. There were complex runes on it, like circuits on a circuit board. In the upper right corner of the drawing, there was a picture of a goddess, with the words in Tasta letters next to it: The Goddess will descend to the mortal world under the guidance of devout believers!

Luo’er stared at the goddess pattern on the drawing. He wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but he felt that the image of the goddess was very vague, like a human-shaped cloud in the sky. Built of mist and shaped into a goddess, with lightning as bones, the outline of the goddess was sketched out.

However, one thing was certain, the facial features of the goddess were very clear, so that they saw the features of the goddess at first glance, and subconsciously regarded this clump of lightning cloud mist as a goddess.

"Err...your Goddess of Light should also have this image, right..." After hesitating for a moment, Luo’er asked hesitantly.

The reason he asked this was that although the Ancient States and the Church Court were two different religions, the gods they believed in were basically the same, which was the God of Light.

"Please don’t blaspheme our god, Lord Luo’er," Hillna furrowed her brows, her face serious, "The God of Light is genderless, there is no concept of male or female. And what the god looks like, what it wears, there are strict regulations in the Church Court. Not all so-called gods are the God of Light."

"Okay..." Luo’er nodded speechlessly.

"Wait, they decide what their god looks like and what it wears? Then who is the real god?" Hu Daoke couldn’t help but mutter to Cheng Ziang.

"Who cares? Anyway, the gods are created by them, just let them be." Cheng Ziang whispered back without hesitation.

"You two, be serious," Noticing the dubious glances from the three members of the Judgement Legion, Wang Xu coughed and warned, "We’re in a meeting, no whispering allowed!"

At his words, the two pursed their lips and immediately returned to their usual expressions.

"Please continue, Miss Hillna!" Wang Xu gestured and said.

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