Xyrin Empire
Chapter 358 - Chapter 358 Chapter 358 Looking for Angels Looking for Angels

Chapter 358: Chapter 358: Looking for Angels, Looking for Angels Chapter 358: Chapter 358: Looking for Angels, Looking for Angels “Who exactly are you?”

I grabbed my hair, looking puzzled, but inside I was over the moon. It turns out teasing people like this is truly delightful when you actually do it. At this moment, I think I can understand Lin Xue’s way of thinking…

Meanwhile, on the other side, Pandora and Visca, the sisters, were still questioning their respective opponents at their own pace, “Who are you?”

“Boss, I’m going crazy!!”

Finally, the young blonde priest revealed a severely distressed expression on his face. I estimated that with his strength, he must be some kind of leader on the Magic Side. But now, he had been easily defeated by a little girl not even as tall as his belly, and then interrogated like this, which must be hard to bear.

“We are mages from the Church of Necessary Evil,” finally, seeing even Shen Lie Huozhi, who possessed the strength of a “Saint,” defeated, Stier understood the game was up and bit his cigarette as he admitted, “People from the Magic Side–yeah, with your abilities, you would likely have the clearance to know these things in Academy City.”

Clearance my ass, even my ID was forged by my sister!

“Oh, is that so?” I nodded, feigning sudden realization, then called to Visca and Pandora, “Let’s go back and eat dumplings.”

Everyone: “…”

The first to completely lose it was still the blonde, poor Agna, already driven to the brink of despair by our siblings’ annoyingly erratic way of thinking, now tragically grasping his own hair, his tone melancholic: “Is that it?”

I nodded: “Yeah, that’s it.”

Visca’s voice surfaced in my mind with a hint of cheerfulness, “Brother, you’re really naughty~~~”

Still controlling the redhead Old Smoke, Pandora barely perceptibly blinked, a nearly invisible curve forming on her lips–this girl’s innate mischievous streak was not a bit less than Visca’s.

“So why did you guys fight us!!!”

This time it was Shen Lie Huozhi who lost it. It turned out Stier’s spirit held until the end.

I flashed an innocent smile: “Because you wouldn’t answer our questions!”

Everyone turned to stone, completely petrified!

“Tell me, do you really find it fun to toy with us like this?”

Stier’s voice came from nearby. I looked over in mild surprise, just in time to see the redhead priest, still under Pandora’s control, leisurely smoking his cigarette, his face full of gloom.

Unexpectedly, this guy was quite perceptive.

“Have you been watching us from nearby since the beginning? Were you really just passing by?”

“Whew–” I let out a breath, waved for Pandora and Visca to come back, then showed a smile, “Didn’t expect Stier’s intelligence to be above average, huh.”

This time, even the redhead priest couldn’t hide the surprise on his face, his cigarette dropping to the ground: “How do you know my name!?”

I smiled mysteriously and my gaze swept over the other two, “Agna, Shen Lie Huozhi, I’ve long heard of your esteemed names.”

“Who exactly are you?!” Accompanied by this chorus, three members of the Magic Side assumed their battle stances again, their expressions utterly serious, “Why do you know our names?!”

I: “I was eavesdropping just now nearby.”

Three people: “…”

Stier, with a contorted expression, said to Agna beside him, “For the first time in my life, I agree with what you said–Ability Development is indeed harmful to the human body…”

“Now, tell me, what are people from the Magic Side doing here,” I suppressed the urge to give the red-haired and golden-haired priests a thorough beating and asked the question I was concerned about, “I presume you aren’t ready to die rather than yield? After all, there are quite a few Power Users with the Mind Reading Technique in Academy City, and surely one or two of them could pry open your mouths.”

Contrary to my expectations, and thinking it would take some effort to get them to speak, Stier almost immediately spilled everything–the matter would soon become known on the Magic Side, and the rulers of the Academy City were probably already aware of it all. Even Stier and his companions infiltrating Academy City seemed to have happened with the other party’s tacit approval. In this case, secrecy no longer mattered.

An Angel came down to Earth.

For the followers of Yahweh within the Cross Sect, the appearance of an Angel was an event of immense importance, equal to a miracle personally brought forth by Yahweh. However, unknown to all, the Angel had, after arriving on Earth, lingered within the stronghold of the Science Side.

The purpose of Stier and his companions’ visit was to locate this Angel, who, no matter what, the Magic Side would not allow their idol to reside within the enemy’s lair.

Of course, Academy City wouldn’t just watch the Magic Side increase its power, but Aresta, for some reason, had allowed these three members of the British Puritan Sect to enter his territory. God knows what kind of agreement was formed between that old fox and some fox woman…

“Even the greatest archbishop can only determine that the Angel’s current location is within Academy City,” Old Smoke Stier had that uniquely distressed expression that comes from being tasked with a difficult job, “Our British Puritan Faction was among the first to receive this news; in this regard, the Roman Orthodox were a step slower. However, now it seems we are all on the same starting line, and soon, the forces of the Magic Side will gradually receive this news–it’s going to get very lively here.”

A secret about to be revealed; hence Old Smoke spoke so freely. True to his word, the entire Magic Side would soon be drawn here–what would Academy City’s reaction be?

The creature in that incubator definitely already knew about this, and although I’m not a fan of that guy’s taste in amusement, it must be said that for a human, his strength is not to be underestimated. However, so far, he has made no moves, even tacitly allowing several from the Magic Side to come looking for the Angel. Whether he plans to watch the fight from the sidelines or reap the benefits afterwards is unclear, as after all, he is a genius Mage who once summoned an “Angel” by himself using just a human body–an intellect not fathomable to us mortals.

I originally had little interest in such matters, since our main purpose for coming here was ostensibly to vacation… cough cough, save the world. Aside from the Star Ring Fragment that could potentially breach the World Barrier and collide with Earth at any moment, nothing else was within my range of concern. However, a phrase previously mentioned by Lin Xue suddenly surfaced in my mind:

An existence not originally part of this world suddenly descended, causing an abnormal shift in the direction of the world. Every event became distorted, then pointed towards this “alien object.” If mishandled, it might even lead to doomsday…

Currently, the situation was that at least all of the Magic Side’s recent activities will be directed towards that Angel Lord, who in the original ‘story,’ does not exist…

I had to drag these three into this!

With that thought, I quickly isolated all energy flows in the nearby space. I also had Pandora disrupt the local information exchange, not sparing even the omnipresent “Sky Stalling Line.” The area for dozens of meters around us instantly vanished from the surveillance systems of Academy City.

“You…” Stier immediately noticed the anomaly in the surroundings, but when he took out a Rune Card, he found he could not summon even a trace of Mana.

“Alaya, don’t sleep! Come out for a minute.”

Ignoring the greatly changed expressions of Stier and Agna, and Shen Lie Huozhi who was not far away assuming a combat stance, I called out to the air.

Golden light feathers sporadically appeared before us; accompanied by an almost imperceptible hymn, a bright halo filled these dozen meters of ‘pure land.’ A figure gradually emerged within the halo. At the same time, the oppressive force of the surging Holy Light Energy was so incredible, even the space around the figure began to unnaturally distort due to the random pulsations of this enormous energy.

Alaya, that girl, really understood my requirement of a “dominant entrance to immediately intimidate the opponents.”

With a pair of three-meter wings suddenly materializing, and then violently unfolding, the rampaging holy light energy within the space vanished like a mirage, all converging onto the figure of a young girl who appeared out of thin air. In the blink of an eye, her body underwent a transformation from energy to a physical material.

“Sigh–”

Alaya, whom I had pulled from the spiritual layer to the main material plane, yawned lazily and then lightly pounced over.

Thud–she fell to the ground…

I take back what I said before; this girl didn’t have a clue what was going on. She was purely disoriented because she had been asleep, which caused her energy to go out of control upon her arrival!

Alaya, who had no idea how many times she’d fallen flat on her face, scrambled to her feet and began to pat her long dress. The wings on her back fluttered as if she were a real pigeon, completely dispelling the once solemn atmosphere of sanctity that had not been easy to establish.

But this did not change the shock of the three from the magic side. As Alaya kept dusting herself off, Stier and his companions couldn’t help but exclaim in unison, “An angel?”

Though it was phrased as a question, the confirmation was already implied. Not only was her appearance flawlessly angelic, but the way Alaya had just emerged from the light, precisely as described in the Cross Scriptures, and the overwhelming, potent energy she radiated, which caused the magic power nourished by their faith to stir, were details no scientific force could emulate. The winged girl radiant in light was most certainly a genuine angel!

Even if her actions were a bit peculiar…

“As expected, just as that fox woman said,” Stier murmured under his breath after recovering from his shock, “Angels have come to Academy City.”

“But to be bound by those on the side of science?” Agnas pulled out a small silver cross, his fingers turning slightly pale from gripping it too tightly, “This angel seems to be in a strange state, and what about that man…?”

“Hey! You three, what are you muttering about?” I tapped on Alaya’s slightly dazed head not too lightly, immediately shocking the trio opposite, “Don’t look so stunned. This isn’t the one you’re looking for. Speaking of which, I’m looking for that fellow too–your sought-after angel might just be our lost companion.”

Agnas clenched the cross tightly in his hand but, due to the energy disruption around, couldn’t cast any magic, so his tone sounded somewhat lacking, “People from the science side are also looking for angels? And have already controlled one of them, although I don’t know what despicable means you’ve used, for a human body to commit such acts…”

“Stop talking nonsense,” I waved my hand, interrupting this devout believer, and then showed a rather pained expression, “I just want to tell you, if you find that lost Little One, please let me know. I’m quite responsible for this side, you know. It’s really vexing. Leading a tour group of angels here, and yet one wandered off. You have no idea how much Yahweh has been nagging us the last few days!”

As I finished speaking, Pandora, prompted by me, activated the disguise system. Adorable little wings sprang from her back and then quickly vanished, as if a little bird had unconsciously stretched in a yawn.

Of course, Pandora didn’t possess the ability to use magic power, but simply mimicking a moment of divine energy with ghost energy, was something any Xyrin Apostle could do. Besides, given the current situation, the three magic-side figures seemed too distracted to notice the authenticity of this holy energy.

They were too busy picking up their jaws from the ground.

“What exactly are you people?” Shen Lie Huozhi managed to calm her turbulent emotions, but her voice still trembled slightly, “Could it be, from heaven…”

“More or less,” I bluffed, “Recently, isn’t there a long holiday in heaven? I organized a ‘Mortal World Half-Month Tour’ group, but unfortunately, even those angels who are usually well-behaved in heaven have been quite troublesome. We’ve lost one in just a few days. To avoid alarming mortals, Heaven generally forbids us from using world-class power at will, so now I’m quite troubled.”

“Long holiday…”

Agnas was thunderstruck.

“Tour group…”

Stier covered his face and sobbed.

“Lost…”

Shen Lie Huozhi crashed into a wall.

Struggling to suppress the urge to roll on the floor, I kept a serious and earnest expression, “What’s with this reaction? Hmm, I’ve recently looked into the mortal’s concept of Heaven, and I must say, the Heaven in your beliefs seems to be entirely different from the actual Heaven. Moreover, the God in your beliefs doesn’t really seem to resemble Yahweh that much. That could only be described as mortals imposing their desires on a divine being, forming a delusion. The real God… well, would be very different from the one in your legends.”

That was a rare moment of honesty from me…

Such statements could be described as utterly blasphemous to the followers of the Cross Sect, and even if the Pope himself were to say such things, it would likely incite outrage among the believers. However, the few magicians from the Church of Necessary Evil before me differ fundamentally from those fanatics; they are much more receptive. Secondly, the speaker seems to be a high-ranking official from Heaven who’s capable of leading Angels on group tours, so this statement produced a rather subtle effect.

What made it even more delightful was the presence of a genuine Angel, who kept nodding along with my words–though that was just a cute baby fighting sleepiness at a scheduled naptime. Consequently, despite muttering “This is impossible,” several renowned figures from the Magic Side couldn’t help but implicitly accept the fact.

I hope I’m not causing their faith to crumble, right? It’s one thing for “rational believers” like Stier and Shen Lie Huozhi, but that Golden Lion… The Priest seems to hold rather strong beliefs.

Thinking this, I, who held no ill intentions, gently consoled, “Well, don’t be too disheartened. Just think of it as fans suddenly discovering their idol has some minor flaws in real life. It’s inevitable; even the gods should have human rights too, right? Uh, did I say something wrong?”

“Fans… human rights…” Agna cried profusely, then suddenly said to Stier, “Hey, Smoker, just kill me.”

The red-haired Priest nodded and casually summoned a flames longsword, agreeing, “Oh, that’s fine too.”

“Hey! You bastard! Don’t really come at me with that!!”

It seems my earlier worries were completely unnecessary. They didn’t suffer from a crisis of faith or angrily rush at me condemning me as a defaming demon of God. The Church of Necessary Evil, huh? It truly is a place that cultivates interesting individuals…

“That’ll be it, then,” seeing that my objective had been achieved, I smirked and backed away, “We’ll take our leave now. If you find that person who’s bad with directions, just let me know…”

“Wait a minute!” Shen Lie Huozhi suddenly called out to me, but upon opening her mouth, she didn’t say anything.

By then, I had already led two mobile fortresses and a silly Angel far away.

Phew, this feeling of teasing original characters is quite subtle, isn’t it?

“Brother,” on the way home, Pandora suddenly broke the silence, “Why did you do that?”

I smiled slightly, “Of course, it’s not just for fun. I wanted to use this method to expand the chaos with us at its center.”

“Remember what Lin Xue said? That being that shouldn’t exist in this world has become the source of all chaos, causing all disasters to happen. Now I guess, the source of this chaos must be that undocumented Angel.

“Without knowing where or even what they look like, it’s quite difficult to eliminate the chaos. Since we can’t prevent it from the root, why not let the chaos burst out from us instead? This might at least change the grim future. With Lin Xue with us, all our actions can be said to be within the plan.

“And I’m also curious how an ‘Angel’ capable of causing world chaos will react after discovering ‘Outsiders’ like us, who are even more unpredictable than him.”

“So that’s what it was,” Visca, not knowing if she understood, bobbed her little head proudly, “Brother is really clever.”

“And yet, that’s not the main reason,” I wagged my finger with a mysterious air, “The main reason, after all, is–

“It’s really fun!!!” (To be continued. For more updates, please visit www.NovelFire.net. Support the author and support genuine reading!)