novelraw Chapter 31 Patriarch Osius is searching with all his might
Chapter 31 Patriarch Osius is searching with all his might
With a plan in mind, Xia Fa nodded to himself, feeling even more motivated.
Immediately, he bowed slightly and paid his respects to Terrence.
"Thank you for your guidance, Your Excellency Cardinal."
To be honest, he wouldn't have known this valuable knowledge, especially the laws concerning the overlord-level secret contracts, if this demigod hadn't told him.
Seeing Xia Fa's politeness, a hint of appreciation flashed in Tyrean's eyes, but he feigned indifference and waved his hand slightly.
"Alright, now that the high-level secret agreement has been signed, you should go back and rest. You look tired today. Remember, when you get back, you should especially work on gradually eliminating the remaining violent influence of the Baal Blade in your heart."
Although the ferocity of Baal's Blade had long been eradicated from his body, Shafa certainly couldn't say it aloud, and nodded solemnly.
"Alright, Lord Tyrene, I'll take my leave now."
Seeing Xia Fa turn around and walk towards Daniel Street, which had regained its liveliness and hustle and bustle, towards the surging crowd.
Tyrene and Chestnut simply stared at his retreating figure.
Only after his figure completely disappeared into the flow of people did Chestnut say with a smile in her eyes:
"Grandpa, do you think Xia Fa has a lot of potential, that's why you've said so much? You weren't this talkative when you were with other clergy members before."
Unexpectedly, Tyrene said seriously:
"How many times have I told you? When we're at church, you have to address me by my title! Or, call me teacher."
Chestnut pouted and said reluctantly:
"Okay, teacher."
Seeing his granddaughter's spoiled state, Tyrene couldn't help but sigh and shake his head:
"Fine, whatever you want. By the way, your grandma wants you to go back to the Silver Iris Orchid Rat Clan's territory in the next few days."
Chestnut's eyes suddenly lit up, and its fluffy round ears stood up:
"real?"
A hint of doting appeared on Tyrene's face:
"Yes, your grandma misses you."
Although he was a human, more than fifty years ago, he married an elegant and dignified noblewoman from the rat clan, thus becoming the son-in-law of the Silver Iris Orchid family.
Chestnut is his granddaughter.
"Okay! I'll go take care of my work at the church now, and then I'll go back!"
Chestnut looked very happy. After all, she was only nineteen years old and still a young girl. Her grandmother had always loved her and always made her favorite fried corn.
Seeing her trot along towards the archbishop's office in the church, Tyrean couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
Speaking of which, now that the cleanup work on the extraordinary events in Rum City is finished, he has obtained a corrupted extraordinary essence, and even recruited an extraordinary descendant of the Baal behemoth for the church, it's time for him to go back...
Thinking this, runes began to appear on Tyrean's pipe, glowing in turn, indicating that he was about to activate some kind of secret power.
Suddenly, a semi-transparent figure appeared silently in front of him.
The moment the semi-transparent figure appeared, Tyrene felt that everything in the world magnified rapidly.
The marble floor tiles that were originally the size of a palm suddenly appeared to be larger than the entire square.
The tender, emerald-green grass struggling to grow in the cracks between the floor tiles has become comparable to towering trees.
Even the ants and aphids crawling by the grass transformed into colossal giants like towers.
No, that's not right. It's not that everything around him got bigger, it's that... he shrunk!
Terrified, Tyrean knelt down on one knee before the semi-transparent figure before him, his face filled with profound awe, even more so than usual.
"Cardinal Terrean Mordesa of the Diocese of the Kingdom of Augu greets the Patriarch!"
He did not add his name before the title "Patriarch" because there is only one Patriarch in the Silver Church.
Whenever the Patriarch is mentioned, everyone knows who he is.
It was Patriarch Osius who stood above all others in the Silver Church, second only to the One God, and whose reputation, prestige, and power were all at the top of the entire church!
"Yes, get up, there's no need for so many formalities."
The semi-transparent figure spoke softly, seemingly the one who activated his ability to shrink Terain and himself together.
Tyrene stood up shakily, his breathing becoming labored due to extreme tension, and a fine layer of cold sweat had seeped from his back.
The main problem is that he really doesn't know whether the sudden arrival of such a truly important person is a blessing or a curse.
"Your Excellency, what brings you to Rum City...?"
The semi-transparent figure seemed to have a furrowed brow, as if burdened with heavy thoughts. Upon hearing this, it spoke softly, but its tone contained a strange expectation:
"The divine decree has sent me to the Kingdom of Augu to find a person—no, to find a…great being!"
"A great... being?"
Terrence was so frightened he almost lost his voice. Who on earth could be someone that even the Patriarch called a "great being"?
Patriarch Osius nodded slightly:
"Well, you don't need to know the specifics of what happened, but just keep an eye out for me."
Thinking of the miraculous sights he had witnessed firsthand—that great being extracting the essence of an entire life-bearing planet, shattering a space large enough to contain a super-large star, and absorbing it all—he realized that such things were truly divine.
Osius felt it was best not to tell this demigod about something so outrageous that it was beyond imagination, lest he be frightened or lose control on the spot due to wild thoughts.
Patriarch Osius suddenly changed the subject:
"By the way, your teacher is that Percival kid, right?"
Tyrene was deeply apprehensive:
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The thought of his teacher Percival, a thinning old man with a wrinkled face, being referred to as "that boy" by the Patriarch, filled Tyrean with a strange sense of complexity.
Osius said in a nonchalant tone:
"Well, Percival isn't outstanding among my students, but if you can find a clue to that great being for me, even just a tiny one, you'll bring glory to your sect."
Tyrene tried asking:
"Dear God...didn't you specify who it is?"
Patriarch Osius sighed:
"No, so this matter is complicated."
He suddenly thought of something and said:
"By the way, you just recruited a Baal behemoth's extraordinary descendant for the church?"
Tyrene immediately said:
"Yes, Your Majesty, is there a problem?"
Patriarch Osius spoke in a flat tone:
"No problem, but extraordinary descendants like these will emerge from time to time. We don't need to pay too much attention to them until they have fully matured."
His eyes shone brightly, and his tone became more forceful:
"Your task now is, as I said before, to do everything in your power to find clues about that great being. Don't let any clue slip by."
Neither of them thought of Xia Fa and completely ignored him.
The reasoning is quite simple. If Xia Fa were truly like that, then let alone a snow demon that had lost control twice, even a snow demon that had lost control three times would immediately collapse and dissipate if it dared to appear in front of Xia Fa.
Therefore, upon learning that Xiafa had been attacked by the snow demon, they almost instinctively ruled out this option.
Tyrene knelt down again:
"As His Majesty the Patriarch commands!"
"Um……"
Osius finally showed some satisfaction with his grand-disciple's attitude. He looked up at the sky, his tone suddenly filled with extreme anticipation, even appearing somewhat overwhelmed with excitement:
"Do you know that if we can find this great being and recruit Him into the Silver Church, whether it's you, me, or anyone else... that would be a monumental achievement for the Church!"
He opened his arms wide, as if embracing the coming new era, his face even glowing with excitement and anticipation, as if he couldn't help but imagine the glory the Silver Church would soon experience because of recruiting this great being:
"Thousands of years from now, our names will be etched in the history of the church!"
……
Daniel Street, a poor neighborhood.
As Xia Fa entered the room and was about to close the door, he suddenly felt a burning sensation on something in his chest.
He was taken aback at first, but then immediately took out Benedict's training notes.
Beneath's training notebook glowed faintly, like a copper ingot about to be heated to a red-hot state.
What happened?
Xia Fa felt nervous and immediately opened the copper-bound notebook, turning to the second page.
The next moment, his pupils contracted, but his face showed a look of surprise.
"this……"