Thousands of living dead wandered around aimlessly in the wilderness on the path back, but they never wandered far, as if they were waiting for someoneâs orders.
There were two strange fellows under a tree scheming something.
âWhite night, what is going on? Darkness wasnât weak and had a large number of living dead, how could he be killed so easily?â
A man wearing white robes sternly asked as another lowered himself and nervously responded.
âApostle, I-I havenât finished investigating yet, all I know for now is that Claire led a rescue team and reunited with Caesar at Yellowstone and worked together to kill Darkness.â
âWho made the final move?â
âUm⊠not sure yet. The situation was chaotic, but I know that Darkness threw out a black core to try and capture Caesarâs soul, but it didnât succeed.â
âUseless!â
He never expected someone he highly regarded to not only messed up but exposed secrets and even got finished off by a bunch of useless investigators, how humiliating!
But speaking of which, why did Darkness go after them like that?
The apostle more or less had some knowledge on what had happened, that Caesar rashly rushed into the plague zone and found their secret black core, which Darkness was unprepared for. He was afraid the apostle would punish him, so he could only secretly gather a living dead army to try and trap Caesar and retrieve the black core.
What happened after was what the apostle had just heard.
The only good news was that Darkness didnât leave his corpse behind and bought them some time.
âSo whereâs the lost core? Is it still with Claire?â
âNo, I heard Snow took it.â
âHm? That brat? What did she take it for?â
âI donât know⊠Claire said that she officially handed the black core over to Snow and Snow would continue studying it.â
âSheâll study it? Why?â
Snow was a Saintess, not a magical scholar, not to mention black magic, so why would she be interested in it? Even if they were going to study it, they should find professionals, why would she do it herself?
What was more confusing was that Claire handed over the black core to the Saintess from the Holy Light Church, which didnât match what he knew of the Leopard Queen.
Claire didnât trust the people from the Holy Light Church, so there was no reason to hand something so important over to Snow.
âStrangeâŠâ
It was natural he couldnât understand since he didnât know that Snow was an expert in black magic, so she was naturally interested in the black core. And the person who handed it over to Snow wasnât Claire, but Lin Xiao!
When they left, Lin Xiao successfully persuaded Claire to use her name and officially announce where the black core was going, the goal was to confuse the people from the enlightened society.
And just as he anticipated, the beloved apostle was truly confused.
âLord Apostle, what should we do next?â
ââŠâ
He thought about it for a while and silently looked at the numerous living dead in front of him.
âWhy donât we awaken the familiar demon and kill all of them!â
âNo! Itâs not ready yet and itâs too risky to awaken it early. Our plans have already been disrupted, we canât take any more risks!â
âBut⊠we canât just let them go back right!? If Saintess Snow really manages to bring the core back and successfully decipher it, then all our efforts will also go to waste!â
âHmph, donât worry, itâs wonât be that easy! No matter how capable that brat is, she canât do anything with just the black core.â
As the apostle said that, he smiled. White night also suddenly remembered something and revealed a similar smile.
âThough having said that, we canât let them know too much⊠where are they now?â
âClaireâs investigation team just left Yellowstone, Snow is much faster than them and is already on route, they probably split up on purpose.â
âDonât want to get others involved huh⊠did she already know about me so she purposely took the black core to draw me out?â
âSo youâre saying that brat is intentionally going against us.â
âNo, it might not just be herâŠâ
Snow taking the black core and separating with Claire could be all within their plans to use the core as bait to draw him out!
If that was the case, then it wouldnât be so simpleâŠ
Snow didnât seem like a calculative girl, so everything she did must have been ordered.
So, who was the one supporting her?
Was it that immortal old pope? Or was it someone else?
âRight, I-I suddenly remembered something.â
âSpeak.â
âDarkness once told me to pay attention to someone.â
âWho?â
âLin Xiao.â
â⊠Him? Haha. Iâve already told Darkness before that Lin Xiao is just a magic academy student that came here for his break, heâs not even worth mentioning! If you want to pay attention to someone, watch Claire and that Yao Zi⊠White night, I recommend that you watch yourself and donât repeat the same mistakes as Darkness!â
âYes! I misspokeâŠâ
âOkay. I have arrangements for the black core, now you should take over Darknessâs work and continue to cultivate the familiar demon, and remember to not let any more information leak! Otherwise⊠you understand.â
âYes! I understand.â
âSnow, Snow, do you really want to force me to show myself?â
The apostle looked up again and sighed.
âEven so, Iâm afraid youâre not qualified for that right now⊠you have to be at least able to return alive first.â
The road back was neither long nor short, at her current speed, she should be able to make it in two to three days.
But the question was whether she returned as an energetic brat or an ice-cold corpse.