Chapter 091 Sacred City

“Aren’t they the Holy Knights of the Solar Church?”

Killian recognized the people dealing with the monsters.

As expected, the man in front holding a sword and shouting was Onin.

I rode up to them.

“Brother! It’s dangerous here. Please wait a moment!”

I passed the paladin who warned me as I approached and blew the monsters away with the element of wind.

“Wizard?!”

At my appearance, the paladins and priests who were confronting the monsters turned their heads.

“Are you Onin? nice to meet you I am Yoo Seo-jun.”

I went straight to Onin and held out my hand.

Onin, with a surprised expression, pointed at me and shouted after a while.

“Are you really Brother Yoo Seo-jun?!”

“yes.”

“How did you come over? No, that’s not important right now. Let’s deal with them first and then talk.”

“So be it.”

With the Holy Knights and us joining forces, we were able to quickly defeat the monsters.

“I was surprised. I never thought I would be able to see you in person.”

After dealing with the monsters, we talked as we left the road.

After hearing all of my stories, Onin told me his story.

“I see. There was intelligence. The aristocrats’ behavior is somehow strange. So, the church went to suspicious nobles to confirm the facts.”

“But no one has figured it out.”

“Yes, the Heretic Questioner would have moved if there was even a little bit of evidence.”

“Are you the Heretic Questioner?”

“He is a priest who judges and punishes whether or not it is heresy. They possess greater divine power than ordinary priests.”

“okay. Then where were you going?”

At my question, Onin said while beating his chest.

“Because it was the Red Moon period, we were subduing the monsters around the Holy City.”

For some reason, I couldn’t see the monsters sent by the system, so it seems that the Holy Knights took care of it.

“So, you said you were going to meet the Archmage in the Holy City?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Don’t worry about that. We were also on our way back, so I will guide you to the city.”

Thanks to that, we were able to safely travel to the Holy City.

“By the way, is that really Sister Minyoung? Is it different from what I saw then?”

As we moved, Onin asked me cautiously.

Come to think of it, Onin had seen Minyoung’s face through the link with me.

“I am using transformation magic for a reason.”

“ah! okay. I asked something. Only I know.”

Onin said as he put a finger to his mouth.

Stepping forward and seeing Onin in command, I went to Killian.

“Cillian, really? That your adoptive father is a priest?”

“Why is that so strange?”

“I was curious about how the priest’s adoptive son ended up going the path of an assassin.”

After meeting and talking with Ilia and Killian, there was something I could learn.

Even though they were in the dark world, they weren’t really bad people.

So I was curious.

their past.

“It is remote.”

Killian made a sullen expression and said it clearly.

He nodded his head because it was an expected answer.

“If you don’t want to talk, you don’t have to.”

Looking at me saying that, Killian sighed and said.

“Ha, I don’t want to tell you all about the past, but I can tell you one thing. Both me and Ilya-sama want to clear up the wrong way.”

Hearing that, I was convinced of the good nature of these people.

Killian continued.

“So I talked to Illia-nim about this incident. One of them was to go to Yangji’s intelligence organization when this work was over. So, can you help us out? So that I can go to the sunny side.”

If Killian and Ilia think so, there is a good way.

Well, the timing was right too.

“Yes, I will help you. This must be a good opportunity.”

“thanks.”

*

We went about a day more and were able to enter the Holy City.

It was a large gothic castle built of white marble.

It was the largest of the castles I had visited so far.

People were busy preparing for the festival.

“Wow, pretty.”

We admired the decorated castle.

“It’s a festival to thank for being able to harvest safely after a year of farming.”

As we admired, Onin explained the festival.

“I’ve heard about it, but why is it after the Red Moon?”

I wondered if harvesting could be done before that.

Because of the Red Moon, farming could be lost for a year.

“Then it would be great, but if harvested before the Red Moon, the yield will be insufficient because the crops are not ripe.”

“It must be inconvenient.”

“But I can be more grateful for that. Without toil and hardship, gratitude is forgotten. That is human.”

Onin said that and smiled.

The faces of people preparing for the festival, including Onin, were also full of smiles.

Maybe they are used to the Red Moon period?

“Is there no Thanksgiving in Brother Seojun’s world?”

While thinking, Onin asked a question.

“We have too. It’s called Chuseok. In the same sense, it is a day to give thanks for the harvest of the year. But there is no hardship like the Red Moon.”

“It is a blessed world.”

Onin made an expression of genuine envy.

Having a conversation, we headed to the building at the top of the city.

There was a statue of a male god smiling benevolently with the sun, the symbol of the Solar Church, as its halo.

“Why did you think I was a goddess?”

“Maybe he thought so because he was benevolent?”

Seeing the statue, Min-young tilted her head, and Su-yeon gave her opinion.

“Heh heh heh, that’s an interesting story.”

At that time, an old priest coming out of the building spoke to us.

When he came out, the paladins and priests around him all greeted him in a circle on their chests.

“Meet the High Priestess. Justice under the sun!”

“Forgive with love and kindness.”

Ah, reminds me of an old novel.

There were also greetings related to God.

“hehehe, your identity was revealed before you even said hello. I waited. Travelers.”

I thought he would gain weight because he was a high priest, but he surprisingly showed an easy-going appearance.

“Did you know we were coming?”

When I asked, the high priest smiled and said.

“I had a dream this morning that I had some distinguished guests. And there are people who have come before us.”

Entering the chapel inside the cathedral, I saw a familiar face standing among the funeral directors.

“Master?”

“huh? teacher? who are you… … . Ah, it’s Yoo Seo-jun.”

“Do you recognize me?”

“It’s my magic, but if you don’t recognize it, you’ll be senile. And your magic has been dispelled.”

“yes?”

Looking back at Penzaric’s words, all of the transformation magic had been released before I knew it.

“Wow, is it really solved? When was it released?”

Hyuk shouted at us, and Min-young and Su-yeon were equally surprised.

“Lies are not tolerated in the temple. That’s why divine magic is hung at the entrance. When you pass through the entrance, everything that is false will be exposed.”

The high priest explained to us, who were perplexed.

“So, is divine magic a higher level magic?”

Penzaric answered my question.

“Truck. It’s a completely different field, but it’s funny to put mana first in front of the gods that make up the world. It’s like a mage being beaten by a dragon.”

I understood at once.

Mana is a member of this world, but the gods are the managers of the world.

Since it is mana within their management, magic with divine power is bound to be higher.

[Experience goes up with a little realization.]

I was ahead of the 7th circle now.

During training, Penzaric said that a great awakening was needed to move up from Circle 6 to Circle 7.

“I’m tired, but I don’t have time.”

At Penzaric’s words, the High Priestess bit the Holy Knights.

“Can’t Onin join us?”

When I asked while grabbing Onin, who was about to withdraw with his subordinates, the High Priest laughed.

“Let it be. Then follow me.”

Onin followed and assisted the high priest who took the lead.

The place he arrived at was a room in the temple.

There was a large oval table in the room.

We sat down there and started the meeting.

“This is the Soul Stone.”

I took the soulstone from my magic bag and put it on the table.

It was stolen from a demon I encountered in Shunen’s village not too long ago.

“Huh, that’s really great.”

Penzarik, who was examining the soul stone, burst into admiration.

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Next, the high priest who received the soul stone exclaimed even more astonished than Penzarik.

“This, this!”

“Why?”

“I can feel the resonance of many souls within this stone.”

The high priest carefully put down the soul stone and meditated for a while.

“Is this the catalyst that opens the gate?”

“Yes, it is.”

“It’s truly something demons would make. Are you thinking of using your soul? Penzarik, how is the progress of your research?”

The High Priestess, who was lamenting, asked Penzaric.

“I tried a lot of combinations of runes, but there were a lot of problems with safety. It is true that there must be a medium, but this seems to be the answer.”

Penzaric said while fiddling with the Soul Stone.

“But if the medium is the soul, the story is different. We must find a medium other than the soul.”

“Yes please. We must open the road to the demon realm.”

“I think I know how to track that down.”

“What is it?”

Penzaric looked at me with a surprised face and asked.

I let you know what I thought.

“Not too long ago, I once scolded slave traders in a village.”

“slaver?”

“Yes, the merchant said he had to catch the women and deliver them to someone. And then, Monster Rush began. After that, I met the demons.”

“no way!”

The high priest who heard my story jumped up.

I said while looking at such a high priest.

“The slave traders traded with demons.”

After hearing my story, the high priest sat down on his chair.

“How can that happen!”

bang!

The anger didn’t stop there.

Onin hit the desk and Penzaric shook his head.

“You’re going crazy, then doesn’t that mean you can reach the demons by tracking down the slave traders?”

“Yes, it is. And then there’s Count Gorgon, who’s clearly revealed. Onin, could you possibly get a list of the nobles the Order suspects?”

“The High Priestess.”

“Please bring it.”

“all right.”

After receiving the High Priest’s permission, Onin left the room and brought thickly rolled parchment.

“This is the list we have been informed of so far.”

“her! These… … .”

Upon seeing the list, Penzarik said with trembling hands.

“Who sent this intelligence?”

To Penzaric’s question, Onin answered calmly.

“After seeing the demons with Brother Seo Jun’s ability, I immediately requested the high priest. I need to find the demons.”

“So they set up an intelligence organization affiliated with the Church so that I could do a covert investigation. I can trust the information they sent me.”

At the words of the high priest, Penzaric sat down again and said.

“Then, what we need to do now… … .”

“Along with chasing the slave traders, we need to investigate the nobles on the list. It would be quicker if we worked together to see if any of these had ties to the slave traders. And we have to find a way to the demon realm.”

After summarizing the information so far and expressing opinions, everyone nodded.

“It is difficult to find out whether they are demons or not by normal methods.”

At Onin’s words, I nodded.

“So I did some thinking.”

Considering our current strength, the answer came out.

I got up from my seat and pointed at Ilya.

“Here, Ilia’s crew is the most suitable for such a covert task.”

“me? I?”

Ilya asked as if taken aback by the sudden mention.

The high priest looked at Ilia and Killian next to him and asked.

“Come to think of it, who are the people who came with you?”

“Thanks to them, I learned that Gorgons are demons. These are the intelligence organizations that used to work under Gorgon.”

“Hey, me and Killian… … .”

“Ilya, this is your chance.”

I smiled and said to Ilya who was taken aback.

This was the way to fulfill Killian’s request earlier.

“Ilya-sama, I think so too. Didn’t you say let’s go to the sunny place someday when the opportunity arises?”

As if he noticed, Killian said to Ilia.

Ilya thought for a moment, then stood up.

“Shouldn’t we just investigate the nobles on that list along with the slave traders?”

“Can you please?”

The High Priestess, who had been silently listening to our story, asked.

Ilya said while taking the list.

“Sure. However, we will do it our own way.”

“Let it be. I will not interfere.”

The high priest showed a benevolent smile and said.

“Seojun, you’ll see me later.”

“Yes, you are.”

Ilya glared at me once and greeted people.

“Then, let’s go plan a strategy.”

“May justice under the sun accompany you on your journey.”

At the high priest’s greeting, Ilia hesitated and left without saying anything.

Killian quickly followed.

“Okay, then we too… … Huh!”

“High Priestess!”

It was then.

The high priest suddenly grabbed his chest and complained of pain.

His eyes were turned inside out, revealing the whites of his eyes.

“Is there a problem?”

“Hey, this! The oracle will come down soon.”

Onin, who was examining the high priest, knelt down on the spot and bowed his head.

And the High Priest immediately rose from his seat emitting a great light.

The High Priestess looked straight at me with her eyes turned.

Soon his mouth opened.

“I will give you an oracle.”

The voice has also changed.

The changed high priest’s voice was solemn and echoed through the room.

“Listen to Yoo Seo-jun, the being of the other world.”

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