booktalesy Chapter 4362 Identity
Chapter 4362 Identity
Chapter 4362 Identity
"Are you sure that 'evil spirit' was a priest from the Church of Glory in disguise?"
Camillo repeatedly confirmed with Angor, receiving a resolute reply each time. He slowly took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and turned to the crowd, saying, "Now that I know the general identity of the evil spirit, I know where to begin my investigation. Please wait a moment, I'll be right back."
Before he could finish speaking, and before anyone could respond, Camillo was already in the courtyard.
Angel had wanted to discuss the "song" further, as well as his speculations about the "fragments of truth," but before he could even speak, Camiro had already logged off.
He had no idea that the other party would leave so hastily.
"Camiro... he's certainly efficient." Angel's voice drifted over, tinged with a hint of helplessness.
A hint of embarrassment crossed Blanche's face as she softly explained, "The teacher probably felt that the identity of the evil spirit was related to the Church of Light, and our usual tasks were also closely related to the Church of Light, which made the teacher more anxious."
"Your mission?" Angel asked curiously.
Blanche nodded, her tone becoming more serious: "My teacher and I are both witchers of the Church of the Radiant Light, and in a sense, the Church of the Radiant Light and the Church of the Glorious Light are actually one entity."
"However, the vast majority of people in the Church of Radiance are unaware of its existence. But they will do things for the Church of Radiance..."
For example, one of the core duties of the priests of the Radiant Church is to collect information on "dangerous" incidents from all over the continent.
Whether it's a strange noise, a mysterious disappearance, or an unusual disaster, or even a trivial anomaly, they will record it all and submit it to the church's internal tribunal, which will then assign law enforcement priests to handle it.
However, these law enforcement priests have limited capabilities and can only deal with ordinary dangers that do not involve the supernatural.
Once the threat involves supernatural powers and exceeds the scope of the law enforcement priests' ability to handle it, the cardinal of the Tribunal will secretly hand over the case file to the Demon Hunter Department of the Church of Radiance, which is hidden behind the scenes.
Ultimately, these hidden dangers at the extraordinary level will fall on the shoulders of the Witcher, who will secretly intervene to prevent them from affecting the mortal world.
In other words, those Radiant Church priests who traveled around collecting clues, even if they had never been in contact with the supernatural world and didn't even know about the existence of Witchers, were, in a sense, half colleagues of the Witchers.
The priests were responsible for "reporting potential dangers," while the demon hunters were responsible for "resolving potential dangers." However, the two sides never had any direct interaction and always cooperated silently on their own paths.
Coincidentally, the demon-hunting area that Camillo and Blanche were in charge of was along the River of Trouble, and Evening Lights Harbor and Dawn City were within their jurisdiction.
Since the priest who has become an evil spirit is from Late Lights Harbor, all the strange events and clues about supernatural dangers that he collected when he was a priest in Late Lights Harbor will most likely be submitted to the Tribunal according to procedure. The parts involving supernatural beings will eventually be passed on to Camillo and Blanche.
Perhaps the key clues to some of the extraordinary problems that Camillo dealt with back then were provided by this priest; or even more likely, the two may have met a few times.
This is also the core reason why Camillo was taken offline so hastily.
This not only involves the reputation of the Radiant Church, but also his own responsibilities and the circles he is familiar with.
After hearing Blanche's explanation, everyone suddenly understood why Camillo's expression changed drastically upon hearing the identity of the "evil spirit" and why he was so eager to go offline to investigate.
“To be honest, I wasn’t too surprised when I learned that the evil spirit was a priest from Evening Lights Harbor.” Blanche’s eyes flashed with some complicated emotions. “I know that many people in the Great Sman Empire don’t like the Church of Radiance. I also admit that a large number of people in the church have become abusive after they have taken power.”
"But this absolutely does not include law enforcement priests."
"As I just mentioned, if law enforcement priests encounter supernatural dangers, the priest leader will report the situation to the Demon Hunter Department."
"Why was it the religious leaders who submitted it, instead of them directly explaining the situation?"
"Because law enforcement priests almost never survive when they encounter extraordinary dangers; the mortality rate exceeds 80%..."
Therefore, Blanche was not surprised by the identity of the evil spirit.
She even speculated that this evil spirit might be a law enforcement priest who had encountered a supernatural disaster, and that was why he was affected by supernatural power and turned into a wandering evil spirit.
Of course, whether this is true or not depends on Camiro's subsequent investigation.
……
After everyone sighed in dismay, Angell also shared his speculation about the "fragments of truth".
However, these speculations didn't feel very real to those who hadn't yet entered the Misty Forest instance, and they sounded rather vague.
More than anything else, they were curious about "Angel's" identity.
However, Ingres did not intend to provide an in-depth introduction.
It wasn't that he deliberately hid anything; he could have just introduced himself with his name and a general background. It wasn't an interview, so there was no need to be so formal in "introducing himself."
Just as everyone was talking to themselves, Camillo came online.
After he went online, he seemed to be lost in his own thoughts and didn't say anything for a long time.
The silence became awkward, and Blanche couldn't help but nudge Camillo, who then slowly snapped out of his daze.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, especially that of a big shot like the Sun and Moon Wizard, Camillo blushed and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Sorry, I was just too engrossed in thinking."
Luigi: "To be so engrossed in thinking, you must have obtained some useful information, right?"
Camillo nodded: "I've found out the identity of that evil spirit."
Luigi: "...Is it a law enforcement priest?"
Camillo was taken aback. "How did you know?"
Luigi pointed at Blanche: "This is Blanche's guess, and it seems her guess was right?"
Then, Luigi briefly recounted Blanche's earlier guess.
After listening, Camillo looked enlightened: "Blanche's answer was correct, but she was wrong about one thing. Although the evil spirit was indeed a law enforcement priest of the Tribunal, he did not die in the extraordinary disaster."
"He was killed by the Forty Thieves."
When Camillo gave his answer, everyone was somewhat surprised, especially Angor, who had witnessed all sorts of situations in the Misty Forest dungeon, and he couldn't hold back any longer.
He had previously speculated that the reason why the one-eyed man and the forty bandits stayed in the Misty Swamp Forest was because they coveted the extraordinary power of the "evil spirit".
Who knew they were the real culprits who killed the evil spirits?!
Could it be that evil spirits are wandering the Misty Forest just to seek revenge on them?
Seeing everyone looking at him curiously, Camillo didn't keep them in suspense and revealed the information he had gathered after going offline—
After logging off, he went directly to the Church of Radiance in Dawn City.
They found the cardinal priest in charge of regional management at the Cardinal's Church. As a priest who managed church personnel and resource allocation, he was very familiar with the church personnel in Dawn City and the surrounding area.
Camillo used the power of dreams to project the face of the "evil spirit" he had seen in the Misty Swamp Forest directly into the Cardinal's mind.
The cardinal was startled when he saw the "evil spirit's" face, but he quickly recognized him.
The law enforcement priest of Evening Lights Harbor—Sean Onggangda.
According to the Cardinal, three years ago, Father Sean was escorting criminals from Eveninglight Harbor back to Dawn City when he suddenly disappeared during the escort.
After being out of contact for half a month, the Tribunal in Dawn City belatedly realized that Father Sean had not arrived at his post as originally planned.
Therefore, they sent people to investigate along the route.
Finally, on a path near the River of Trouble, a blood-stained priest's plaque was found, bearing the name Sean.
For priests, the nameplate represents their identity.
Now that only the nameplate is visible and no one is seen, it either means he is dead, or he has abandoned his former identity and defected.
However, after investigation, it was found that Father Sean had always been loyal to the church and had no reason to defect.
Furthermore, the discovery of numerous broken arrows nearby, fragments of priests' armor pierced by arrows, and an empty prison wagon that had been deliberately vandalized led the investigating priests of the Tribunal to conclude that:
Someone attempted to rob the prisoner from the prison cart. During the rescue, Father Sean fought back but was ultimately overwhelmed by a hail of arrows and was shot to death.
The evidence was the fragment of the priest's armor that had been pierced by an arrow and was stained with blood.
As for why the body of Father Sean was not found?
It is speculated that the robbers, in an act of revenge, threw Priest Seymour's body into the rushing River of Trouble.
Of course, there is also a slim possibility that Priest Sean was surrounded by the robbers, and ultimately, unable to withstand them, chose to jump into the river to escape.
However, the River of Troubles is an extremely turbulent quicksand river with jagged rocks at the bottom, and the violently churning water can splash five or six meters high.
Such a rapid current would only lead to certain death for an ordinary person who jumps in.
Therefore, regardless of the possibility, the investigating priests of the final tribunal concluded that Sean was dead.
Although Father Sean is "dead," it doesn't mean the matter is over.
Upon hearing of this, the cardinal leader of the Tribunal was furious and ordered a large number of law enforcement priests to track down and arrest the robbers.
The robbers identified in the verdict were none other than... the Forty Thieves.
The reason is that the criminal that Father Sean escorted to Dawn City was the Forty Thieves' informant in Evening Light Harbor.
The arbitrators at Late Light Harbour misjudged the importance of "informants" to the Forty Thieves, assuming that they might not care as long as the informants were not members of the Forty Thieves.
Who would have thought that the Forty Thieves would surround the church priests just for an informant?
For the next six months.
The law enforcement priests launched a thorough search and crackdown on the Forty Thieves.
Unfortunately, the Forty Thieves had been roaming the wilderness for years and were extremely skilled in guerrilla warfare and stealth. In a direct confrontation, they were no match for the regular law enforcement priests, but they always managed to escape by maneuvering through swamps and dense forests, and were never completely eradicated.
What's even more troublesome is that this gang of bandits has deep roots in this area. Even if they lose members, new desperate criminals can always join to replenish their ranks, making them as difficult to eradicate as wildfire.
The law enforcement priests of the tribunal could not spend their time on the Forty Thieves forever; they had other important matters to attend to.
Six months later, the relentless pursuit gradually slowed down.
Ultimately, to save face and maintain its prestige, the Radiant Church announced to the public that "the bandits have been eliminated and the culprits have been executed," thus closing the case.
The Forty Thieves also tacitly understood each other and took advantage of the situation to lie low and hide for a long time, which can be considered as a tacit cooperation.
They only became active again this year after the rumors completely died down, and were subsequently seen appearing in the Misty Swamp Forest.
The above is the information Camillo learned from the cardinal.
Although the cardinal cleric spoke with great conviction, claiming that the Forty Thieves had driven the priest to his death, Camillo had personally witnessed the "evil spirit" in the Misty Forest.
Although he is called an "evil spirit," he still has a sliver of life within him, so he could also be called a living dead.
In other words, the conjectures given by the investigating priests are most likely wrong.
But how did Priest Sean escape from the Forty Thieves and become a "living dead"? This remains a big question mark.
Next, Camillo went to the Tribunal in Dawn City, where he asked the Cardinal for more information about Father Sean.
However, even after the cardinal leader retrieved all the original investigation reports and information on some of the priests who had participated in the disappearance investigation, he still found nothing.
When the investigation reached a stalemate, Camillo suddenly thought of someone—Uriel.
Luigi had previously told him that, normally, dungeons are independent of each other, and it's almost impossible for them to be linked. But now, the entrance to the Misty Forest dungeon has mysteriously appeared inside the Uriel dungeon. Does this mean that there's a hidden connection between the two dungeons?
The connection Luigi could think of was... Uriel.
For this reason, Luigi also asked Camillo to help investigate Uriel to see if he had any connection with the Misty Forest.
After in-depth investigation, Camillo discovered that Uriel had never actually been to the Misty Forest, nor had he ever paid any attention to it.
There is no clear positive correlation between the two.
Camillo ultimately found nothing out.
Now that Camillo has learned the identity of the "evil spirit," he suddenly has a whim and asks the investigating priest, "Is there any connection between Priest Seymour and Uriel?"
The investigating priest said he did not know.
However, after a moment's thought, the Cardinal said, "The Uriel you mentioned, is he Baron Apper's unfilial... uh, young master?"
Camillo nodded.
He had previously investigated Uriel, and his father was indeed Baron Apper. However, the father-son relationship had been basically severed, with Baron Apper calling him an unfilial son and cutting off all his supplies.
It was Baron Chapman who went to help Uriel.
At first, Camillo thought that Butler Cha was sent by Baron Apper. After investigating, he found out that Baron Apper had indeed severed ties with Uriel, and that Butler Cha, who had raised Uriel from childhood, couldn't bear to see him fall into depravity and went to help him in secret.
"Has the Headmaster heard of Uriel? Is he connected to Father Sean?"
The Cardinal pondered for a moment: "I don't know if Uriel has any connection with Father Sean, but Uriel has a friend who is a white-robed priest of the church. He once came to the Inquisition to look through Father Sean's files."
“I remember he brought Uriel with him at the time.”