booktalesy Chapter 4363 Ligeta
Chapter 4363 Ligeta
Chapter 4363 Ligeta
A priest is a very special identity within the Radiant Church.
The church claims that priests are the people closest to God and are God's servants.
However, the true identity of the Divine Warriors can be understood as "gifted individuals," belonging to the reserve force that the Church of Light intends to cultivate.
The reason they remained in the Church of Glory was, frankly, a test for them.
Just like when Sanders brought the gifted back to the Savage Cave, causing a "bloody battle in nine cabins," only by passing the test can one truly step into the gates of the extraordinary.
However, the Nine Chambers Bloodbath is extremely brutal with a very high mortality rate, but once you become the winner of the Bloodbath, you can immediately enter the Savage Cave and become a wizard apprentice.
The trials for priests are much gentler, with no life-threatening dangers, but they require tempering their character and accumulating merits within the Church of Light. When their merits reach a certain level, they are promoted to cardinal priests and can smoothly enter the Church of Light.
If you're lucky, you can accumulate enough merit in one or two years; but if you're unlucky, it's not uncommon for it to take three to five years or even longer.
Therefore, in terms of time consumption alone, the selection method of the Church of Light is obviously much longer.
But precisely because of this, those who ultimately manage to truly step into the realm of the extraordinary are almost all shrewd and worldly-wise individuals with a calm and collected nature.
Uriel's friend was such a gifted individual.
Furthermore, having already surpassed the gray-robed priests and become white-robed priests, they only need to take one more step to become red-robed priests and join the ranks of the Church of Light.
In some respects, he was already the most powerful figure in the Radiant Church besides the "Head of Church".
In some cases, even the Cult Leader has to give him face. After all, if he takes another step, he'll be a superhuman; there's no need to offend them.
Therefore, when the white-robed priest brought Uriel and requested to access the records of the priest Sein, the head of the tribunal did not refuse.
"However, although they reviewed the relevant files, I remember that they did not seem to be concerned with the experiences of Father Sean himself, but rather with determining whether Father Sean was dead."
Because the files involved sensitive information, the cult leader agreed to let them access them, but he had to be present in person.
Therefore, he was present when he overheard some of the arguments between Uriel and the white-robed priest.
Based on their argument, it is clear that the white-robed priest wanted Uriel to realize one thing: Priest Seym was dead.
But why it was so important to confirm Father Sean's death was unknown to the cult leader.
Many mysteries remain unsolved.
But Camillo had already discovered a clue—Uriel really was connected to the "evil spirit"!
Although the leader was unaware of the connection, the white-robed priest certainly was!
And coincidentally, the white-robed priest had just returned from Evening Light Harbor and was now at the Church of Radiant Light in Dawn City.
Camillo immediately approached the white-robed priest, attempting to inquire about "Uriel's" situation.
To Camillo's surprise, the white-robed priest showed obvious lack of cooperation when he mentioned Uriel's name.
To be perfunctory, vague, or to talk about other things.
Even though Camillo hinted that he would gain a lot of merit if he spoke up, he still didn't budge.
Later, Camillo didn't bother asking any more questions and directly revealed his identity as a wizard. Under the powerful pressure, even the white-robed priest was somewhat stunned.
He thought it was just law enforcement priests from the Tribunal, but it turned out to be demon hunters from the Church of Light!
"Am I giving you a chance to confess now, or do you want me to go directly to Uriel?" Camillo asked.
The white-robed priest remained silent for a moment, but ultimately decided to confess and receive leniency.
The reason they went through Father Sean's files was to make Uriel realize a reality: Father Sean was dead, and the last person to know about Rigota was dead.
The white-robed priest told a story related to Uriel.
Uriel once had a very close partner named Rigota.
She is an excellent singer with a heavenly voice; at the same time, she is also a performer, skilled in both the melodious and graceful harp and the lively and passionate piano.
After meeting at Eden College in Birmingham, she and Uriel remained artistic partners in the Great Sman Empire.
Not only do they work together seamlessly and shine brightly on various stages, sharing an artistic resonance that others cannot match; in life, they are also deeply connected and intimate, able to understand each other's unspoken thoughts with just a glance or a gesture.
It can be said that they were once the most outstanding twin stars of Eden College, Birmingham!
An artistic partner that everyone envies.
But one day three years ago, an accident quietly occurred.
Rigota was invited to perform a charity show in Porto Ephemeris, and coincidentally, Uriel was scheduled to participate in a hymn performance at the Church of Radiant Light at that time.
After much hesitation, unable to refuse invitations from both sides, they finally decided to split up.
No one expected that this brief separation would become a watershed moment in their lives, and that it would leave Uriel in a state of complete despair ever since.
At that time, just as Rigota's performance in Port Elysium ended, a sudden arrest swept through the entire venue—the Port Elysium law enforcement officers stormed backstage and detained all the participants, including Rigota.
The charge is: heresy.
The reason given by the Port Elysees Court was that this seemingly well-intentioned charity performance actually harbored anti-religious tendencies, and some of the performances subtly conveyed the idea of "breaking free from the shackles of divine authority and advocating for human autonomy."
Opinions vary widely regarding the merits and demerits of this arrest.
Some people spoke out in their defense, arguing that it was just a few casual interpretations and there was no need to label them as "heretics"; others felt that the tribunal was not at fault, after all, in this country where religion supersedes the state, there are some bottom lines that cannot be crossed.
The content that is labeled as "anti-religious" is not a heinous crime in itself. Even if someone mentions it in a veiled way, the church usually turns a blind eye and doesn't bother to investigate it.
But once the church decides to investigate, those vague and interpretable words will be magnified infinitely.
If you remain silent, all will be well; but if you do speak, the church may dismiss it as a trivial joke or as heretical treason, condemning and arresting you entirely at their discretion.
Rigota, being caught in the crossfire, was an innocent victim.
Because her performance was just a routine one, all the lyrics were provided by the organizing team.
According to the case file of the Port Evening Tribunal, Rigota applied for reconsideration multiple times, but none of them were approved.
Later, all the groups involved in that performance were imprisoned.
Later, according to the case file records.
Two days later, the court issued its penalty decision.
Those arrested for the performance were punished in three tiers, with the organizer sentenced to death by hanging for a serious crime.
All lead singers, lead actors, and stage performers were placed under investigation.
The remaining backstage staff were charged with minor offenses.
Rigota was convicted of a crime because she had performed on stage.
Needless to say, it's a serious crime, a dead end.
Being convicted doesn't guarantee survival; it depends on whether you can endure it.
The crimes were divided into five categories: dismemberment, burning boots, piercing, wheeling, and burning... Each of these punishments actually had a probability of death, but the mortality rate was much lower than that of serious crimes.
Rigota was sentenced to be put in the burning boots, which required her to walk one kilometer with both feet inside red-hot iron boots in order to survive the punishment.
This punishment sounds cruel, but it is actually the lightest among the punishments for serious crimes.
Limb-pulling torture turns a person into a human pillar, piercing torture uses filthy thorns, wheel torture uses an iron wheel to crush bones, and burning is almost the same as burning at the stake, only the burning time is shorter.
Of all those who took the stage, only Rigota was sentenced to this punishment, which shows that the tribunal actually took into account her lack of knowledge, so it did not go so far as to completely cripple Rigota.
The priest who carried out this punishment was none other than Father Sean.
Considering Rigota's celebrity status, and to avoid causing further repercussions, Father Sean took Rigota to the wilderness for execution.
"The case file ends here, without recording the subsequent outcome," the white-robed priest said. "But I had someone go to Evening Lights Harbor to inquire with informed individuals, and it can be confirmed that Father Sean returned to the Tribunal alone that day, but he was the only one who returned."
“The priest didn’t mention what exactly happened to Rigota; he only said that once the punishment was completed, he released her.”
"Then the very next day, Father Sean received the mission to escort forty informants of the notorious bandits to Dawn City..."
That's basically the end of the matter.
After the execution in the wilderness, Rigota disappeared completely, and no one ever saw her again.
Later, Father Sean himself was also robbed during his escort.
"Later, when Uriel learned of this, he was completely devastated."
“I told him that Rigota was most likely dead. But he didn’t believe me and kept searching everywhere, but he never found anything.”
“He wanted to find the last priest, Sean, who had seen Rigota, to ask about the situation, so I took him to the Dawn City Tribunal, found Sean’s file, and told him… that Sean was also dead.”
“That’s the whole process,” the white-robed priest said to Camillo.
Camillo inquired about some more details and basically confirmed that the white-robed priest had not hidden anything.
However, after hearing the name "Ligota," Camiro felt vaguely that it sounded familiar.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him.
"The Rigota you mentioned, could she be Glemo's sister?"
Camiro had previously inquired about Gulemo indirectly, and he remembered hearing someone mention that Gulemo had a younger sister who had died, and her name was Rigota.
As for why he inquired about Gulemo?
Because the Sun and Moon Wizard lives in the Guleimo family's house...
This is why he only dared to inquire indirectly, but not to investigate directly.
The white-robed priest nodded: "Yes."
Camillo finally understood why Gulemo had always hated Uriel; from his perspective, Uriel, as a man, had failed to protect his own sister.
When bidding farewell to the white-robed priest, Camillo curiously inquired about his relationship with Uriel.
Previously, the white-robed priest had even forsaken merit in order to conceal Uriel's actions, which puzzled Camillo.
“Uriel and I are best friends who grew up together, and I don’t want him to get hurt. Besides, he’s been going through a tough time and is feeling very down because of Rigota.”
"Also... there are some criticisms about the Church of Glory."
The white-robed priest secretly glanced at Camiro. At first, he didn't recognize Camiro, but he could tell at a glance that he was a big shot in the Church of Radiance.
The fact that a powerful figure came to inquire about Uriel made him suspect that Uriel's "anti-religious" activities, including the creation of "anti-religious music," had erupted.
For Uriel's safety, he naturally chose to keep it a secret.
Camillo chuckled, not expecting the white-robed priest to be worried about Uriel's misdeeds being exposed... But what he didn't know was that Camillo had been listening to Uriel perform all sorts of anti-religious music every day in the Uriel instance, and had long since become immune to it.
Besides...
The Church of Radiance is a religion, but the Church of Light of Glory may not necessarily be classified as a religion... and he comes from the Church of Light of Glory.
Therefore, he completely disregarded Uriel's anti-religious music.
In an effort to boost his approval ratings, he would even occasionally offer Luigi ideas for creating anti-religious music.
……
"That's roughly what I found out from my offline investigation," Camillo said.
He originally wanted to investigate Rigota's situation, but three years had passed and all those who knew about it were dead. Even as a wizard, it would take him a considerable amount of time to restart the investigation and find clues.
Furthermore, it is still unknown whether Rigota has any connection to this instance.
Therefore, Camillo temporarily put the investigation on hold and went online to inform everyone of the situation.
After listening to Camillo's story, Luigi's first thought was... could knowing the identity and origin of the evil spirit be considered a fragment of the truth?
However, even if it can be considered a fragment of the truth, it will probably only be fully formed after going to the Misty Swamp Forest dungeon.
Now, the questions that need to be discussed are: the "resurrection" of the Forty Thieves and the Priestess Sean, and whether Rigota is related to the instance.
Let's talk about the latter first.
“I think there must be a connection between Rigota and the Misty Forest instance.” Luigi: “After all, the entrance to the Misty Forest instance is in the Uriel instance, and the only connection between Uriel and the Misty Forest is that Priest Seym once executed Rigota.”
Therefore, Luigi believes that Rigota definitely plays a significant role in the Misty Forest instance.
Even Rigota might be one of the three pieces of the truth.
Camillo: "But the problem is, Rigota didn't appear in the Misty Forest instance, did she?"
Luigi paused for a moment, then said softly, "Could the source of the song be Rigota?"
In fact, not only Luigi, but many people present had this guess in their minds.
In particular, when Camillo said that Rigota was an excellent "singer", everyone immediately thought of Bulco and Rebecca's experiences.
Camillo, on the other hand, was somewhat stunned. He had been focused entirely on the "evil spirit from the Church of Radiance" and had rushed offline to search for clues, without paying much attention to the clues about the "song".
Now that Luigi has brought it up again and recounted it in detail, Camillo is also lost in thought.
"Thinking about it that way, it does seem quite possible."
"But why can we only hear the singing after being cursed? If the singing comes from Rigota, then where is she?"