A heavy silence filled the place where Bloed and the others were gathered.
After a few seconds, Javelin heaved a sigh and wrinkled his brows. "This is… very troublesome."
"Captain, what is the meaning of this? They can't be serious, right?" Illina, the wolf girl, spoke in an anxious tone.
"Calm down, Illina." Javelin tried to keep his calm even in this situation. "Now is not the time to panic." He then stared at Bloed's group and narrowed his eyes.
"Mr. One, did you know anything about this?"
Bloed shook his head. "Although I know more than you, I was not aware it was such a serious situation."
Bloed and Javelin's reactions were normal. After all, the information they got eavesdropping that conversation was enough to blow up the mind of a normal person.
Firstly, there was an ominous plan in course, and this plan involved sacrificing many lives.
Second, the people that have been kidnapped recently will be used as sacrifices. That includes the person Javelin and his group want to rescue.
Third, for some reason, the Blight was related to whatever was happening.
And last, there were at least five powerful parties involved in this.
Three of these parties were easy to identify. One was Bernard and the slavers, another the lord of Diadel Duchy, and the last was the Church of Slaughter.
As for the other two, the group knew only that one was the archbishop of a church, and the other was a mysterious man.
"Damn, things are much more troublesome than we expected… This has gone beyond our capabilities." Javelin shook his head.
Bloed's expression was not much better. In fact, he was regretting the fact that he gave information about the Blight to the churches.
Back then, his intention was to get the churches involved and use them to put a stop to whatever the people behind the Blight were planning.
But he never expected that even a church was involved in this plan.
"We will have to ask for help." Javelin said in resignation.
Illina's expression changed. ���But captain, if someone learns about this, the punishment we will receive...!"
"No, Illina. It's already out of our control." Javelin's face was unusually grave. "We are facing the ruler of this territory, the church of slaughter, and several other organizations planning a mass-scale sacrifice. Plus, I have heard about Jaden before. He is one of the higher-ups of the church of slaughter, a demigod that enjoys killing people indiscriminately. Tell me, Illina. How are we going to face such a group?"
Illina paled and fell silent.
Javelin sighed and looked at Bloed. "Mr. One, thank you very much for your help. You can come tomorrow to get the things I promised you."
Bloed raised an eyebrow. "I thought our deal was to help you to rescue someone."
Javelin smiled bitterly. "I'm not even sure if we can rescue him. I'll go to talk with Moonlight Glow, they will be able to help us. Don't worry, I'll tell you if we need your help. Of course, with a suitable reward."
Bloed nodded. Moonlight Glow was perhaps the only safe place to ask for help.
Although Moonlight Glow was a church in name, its structure was not religious-like. They did not have a pope or archbishops; just a saintess and an administrative committee.
Therefore, the archbishop in the meeting could not belong to Moonlight Glow. Plus, the city lord said that Moonlight Glow had been investigating the case, reinforcing the idea that they were not related to this.
Bloed nodded. "Very well." He then nodded at Regina and Liu Ying before leaving.
When Bloed's group left, Javelin turned towards Illina.
"Illina, follow the person in charge of the slaves. Try to get the location of the prince."
"What about you, captain?"
"… I'll go to Moonlight Glow. I need to talk with her personally and convince her to interfere. Illina, if the prince dies here, none of us will be able to keep our heads."
Illina gulped nervously and nodded.
The current situation was as grave as it could be.
A prince entered a neighboring state without permission, moreover, he was kidnapped when he was in it.
The political and diplomatic implications of something like that were enough to start a war!
Now, Illina could only hope that the prince is rescued safely.
"Right, have you been able to find Mr. One's true identity?"
Illina shook her head. "They are very careful and wary. Even when they leave, they never leave traces of their identities behind."
Javelin frowned. "They are not simple, and I'm afraid they know more than they are showing."
"Captain?"
"… Let's ignore the situation with the Blight for now." Javelin said. "I don't know how the artifacts they use work, but the fact they can't be detected by magic is frightening, besides…" Javelin thought about the means Bloed used to eavesdrop the conversation between Bernard and the others.
For an instant, he wondered if Bloed had done the same to them.
In the end, he could only swallow his doubts and shake his head.
"I have the feeling they know more about our situation that we told them. I only hope they are not our enemies, otherwise, this situation will be even worse than now."
This was the first time in a long time that Javelin felt so helpless.
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