newbobooks Chapter 623 Bail Money Received
Chapter 623 Bail Money Received
Chapter 623 Bail Money Received
After answering Luze's questions, the Magic Mirror Arodes appeared quite weak. It was like a sparrow held in someone's hand, terrified but too afraid to run away, only able to keep a close eye on the person's every move.
"My esteemed master, do you have any other questions?"
It asked cautiously.
"have."
Luze pondered for a moment, "How do I advance to Sequence 3 of the 'Mystic' pathway?"
Arodes couldn't answer any of the three questions posed, so he opted for a less pointed one. Although the Church of the Night had promised to provide assistance, having other options was a backup plan.
Unfortunately, the magic mirror's answer still did not satisfy him.
"Great master, you can obtain the corresponding recipes and potions from the Aurora Society or a portion of the Church of the True Gods." Arodes's pale handwriting appeared on the mirror.
A portion of the orthodox church?
In other words, besides the Church of the Goddess of Night, there might be other churches that could provide access... But for me, at most it would just mean changing my boss, from the goddess to some other being like the Lord of Storms... and the latter's temper is clearly not as good as the goddess's.
Forget it, judging from Arodes's expression, he might not be able to handle any more questions.
Lu Ze thought to himself.
"I have no more questions. As a matter of reciprocity, you can ask me anything you want to know."
He spoke to the mirror in his hand.
After a moment of hesitation, a sentence slowly and tentatively emerged from the ripples on the mirror.
"Great master, I would like to know, how did you obtain the means to summon me?"
"Someone told me that."
Luzer replied. He got the information from Klein, and given Arodes's obsequious attitude towards Klein, even if he knew, it wouldn't have much of an impact.
The steam subsided for a moment, and then a second question slowly appeared on the mirror: "What is your relationship with that person...?"
Lu Ze thought for a moment and then said, "Friend."
His answer remained concise.
The condensation on the mirror shuddered violently, as if it had heard some unbelievable news. Luzer and Klein, one was an object of Arodes' extreme fear, the other was someone it tried its best to please... and these two were actually friends?
The Magic Mirror took some time to process the news.
Lu Ze waited quietly.
After a while, it asked again: "Great master, if you have nothing to ask, may humble Arodes leave?"
Its fear and caution were almost palpable in the mirror. Including the previous question, "Is there anything else you'd like to know?", this was its fourth question, exactly matching the number Luze had asked.
Lu Ze smiled.
"Can."
He said, "Let's leave it at that for today."
As for whether you will be summoned again in the future, it depends on whether it is necessary.
"Please allow me to bid you farewell, my great master..."
Arodes seemed to understand the implied meaning in his words; the pale handwriting appeared weakly and then disappeared weakly. The chilling wind in the room stopped, and the surrounding environment was no longer so eerie—it was gone.
"This mirror is quite interesting."
M, who had witnessed the whole thing, smiled and asked, "Did it successfully answer your question?"
What do you think?
Lu Ze countered with a question.
He tossed the mirror, now restored to normal, aside, stood up, and glanced at the clock in the room.
Attending the Tarot meeting and summoning Arodes for questioning took a total of more than half an hour. It's almost 3:40 now, and Luze still hasn't reported to his workplace. Fortunately, as a senior deacon, he doesn't have fixed working hours, otherwise, with his work attitude, he would have been fired by his boss long ago.
Let's go to the church and make an appearance first.
Lu Ze thought to himself.
It's really going too far to not go there all afternoon. Since you're working for the Goddess of Night, you should at least have some professional ethics. You could also check on the people inside the church to see who the mole is...
With this in mind, he arrived at St. Samuel's Cathedral.
"Your Excellency, Steward."
"Your Excellency Ishmael."
"Good afternoon, Your Excellency."
From the moment Luze entered the church, everyone who saw him greeted him with utmost respect. This was both because of his high rank and because of his achievements in previous operations—killing an out-of-control demigod and reviving a team member who had been split in two... It was only natural that someone of such great strength would be respected.
"Um."
Lu Ze couldn't recognize who these people were, so he simply maintained his persona and nodded somewhat indifferently.
As he walked to his office, he saw a night watchman waiting there with a sign-in board and documents. The night watchman's face lit up with joy upon seeing him.
"Your Excellency Ishmael, you have finally arrived!"
The latter hurried over.
"What's up?"
Lu Ze took the board and saw two documents on it: one was a release order for the vampires, and the other was an application to retrieve samples from behind the Charnis Gate. He picked up a pen, looked at the documents, and was momentarily stunned.
Unexpectedly, as time went by, I became the one who had to sign.
"Have the vampires all paid their bail?"
He asked casually, instinctively wanting to write down "Alexander Gascoigne," but thankfully he realized his mistake after only starting and changed it to "Ahab Ishmael."
"It's all been paid. A total of 8000 pounds for the four of them. The vampires deposited it into the church's bank account under the guise of a donation for church construction," the other party replied with a smile. "His Excellency Alai Sandro, who is in charge of finances, was very pleased and praised you publicly in his office."
The three major churches don't pay taxes; they receive whatever they receive. Luze doesn't know how the money will be distributed, but most members of the churches should benefit.
"He should praise the vampires."
Lu Ze said calmly, and after signing the release order, he flipped to the application for extracting the items underneath.
"Items kept on behalf of vampires?"
He read the above text aloud.
"Yes."
The night watchman explained, "When those vampires were arrested, some of them were carrying extraordinary items. We confiscated them and are temporarily storing them behind the Charnis Gate. Now that we're releasing them, we need to retrieve these items."
Lu Ze looked down at the item's description details.
A palm-sized notebook, its casing resembling bronze, seemingly possessing "recording" abilities... Oh, right, this is the "Lynorman's Travel Notes" that the Magician rented out at the Tarot meeting... I remember this notebook cost 50 pounds a day to rent, and Emlyn was stuck in the church and couldn't return it, wasting quite a few pounds...
Thinking of this, Luze felt sorry for Emlyn in his heart.
But at the same time, an idea also came to him.
Perhaps I could take this opportunity to go behind the Charnis Gate and take a look at the Antigonus family's notes.
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