Chapter 1042 Dinner

Due to a Holtan citizen's instinct, Becky still felt very nervous when facing the big figures she had heard about since she was a child. But Hao Ren didn't feel that way. He had even been to the Demon King's castle. Which of Izhaks' ministers wasn't more oppressive than the ones in front of him? The Great Protectors under the Demon King were all figures who could stabilize the country with just their faces. Hao Ren had tempered his nerves to be invulnerable to any pressure...

So he just nodded slightly to His Majesty Moron: "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you."

Moron was not at all displeased by the bold behavior of the person in front of him. He just smiled, like an ordinary, honest elder: "Please sit down, no need to be polite. This is a very special meeting, and I hope everyone can be open and honest."

So the group sat down one by one around the long table. Vivian skillfully exchanged a few polite greetings with the ministers with a reserved and elegant demeanor. Then Ofra started to say some useless nonsense to her king: Of course, it might also be reporting serious matters, but Hao Ren couldn't understand it anyway. Then the Pope and the King raised their heads and prepared to ask about the eldest son, but just before he opened his mouth, Lily, who was sitting next to Hao Ren, couldn't help it and leaned forward with a face full of scratching and liver pain: "When are we eating? When does the meal start?"

His Majesty Moron was immediately choked and coughed. Even the stern-faced old Pope next to him looked at Lily in a daze. Obviously, these two and the ministers present did not expect this at all. They regarded this as a significant third kind of contact, and from the beginning, they had the mentality of discussing national affairs. The banquet should be held after the discussion came to an end, but Lily... this girl really came for the meal...

That's why honest people can't talk to politicians. Politicians' brains can't keep up with Lily's appetite.

"Um, did I say something wrong?" Lily wasn't completely stupid. After noticing that the atmosphere was a bit strange, she scratched her head and looked around awkwardly. "If the food isn't ready yet, I can wait, but are there any snacks? I wasn't full at noon."

As soon as Lily finished speaking, Becky and Nangong Wuyue also nodded repeatedly: these two were also hungry. They heard at noon that they could go to the King and the Pope for a meal, and these two had only drunk two cups of tea in total. Their goal here was to come in supporting the wall and leave supporting the wall...

Vivian and Hao Ren could only cover their faces with their hands, feeling that they had really met the wrong people.

"Ahem," Ofra coughed lightly and looked up at Moron. "That's why I told you not to use that court stuff."

Moron ordered the attendants to prepare food with a strange expression. Hao Ren saw that if this continued, the atmosphere would be completely ruined, so he quickly brought up the main topic before the old Pope could swing his platinum scepter and smash someone: "Our situation, Ofra should have already reported it, so I'll emphasize it again: we are from another 'world', which you call foreigners. My task is to deal with all kinds of troubles, such as the 'eldest son' on your planet is one of them. Our rule is not to interfere with the local people's civilization development, so I have no interest in your politics, military, religion, economy, and so on. My only purpose is to solve the threat of the eldest son to this planet."

Moron and the old Pope nodded slightly, indicating that they already knew these things and had arranged this secret meeting on this premise.

"Now tell me about the two sacred caves. What's the situation with those two eldest sons now?"

"According to the information brought back by Marshal Ofra and ancient copies, we have indeed found ironclad evidence of the existence of the 'eldest son'," said Archbishop Auberon with a straight face. His voice was hoarse and deep, and the terrifying runes on his face rose and fell constantly as he spoke. "We found the outer gate and managed to open the first layer of obstruction. We found a large number of strange tentacles and secret rooms engraved with ancient texts deep underground. We also found some relics that may have been left by His Holiness the first Pope. It can be said that the eldest son is already proven. But we haven't opened the last door yet, so no one has personally seen the sleeping body of the eldest son - the biggest progress is just finding a few tentacle nodules."

Lily was drooling as she watched the attendants bring up the food. After hearing Archbishop Auberon's words, she asked curiously: "Why not open the last door? Isn't the eldest son asleep?"

"We are worried about waking them up," the old Pope said. His voice was very light, but it rang clearly in everyone's ears. "I personally went to see those tentacles. It really contains the original energy of the creation of this world, far exceeding the understanding of any mortal - we can't take any risks. Once another eldest son wakes up, we can't summon a pillar of fire from the clouds to destroy that creature."

Ofra glanced at Hao Ren: "So we've been waiting for you."

"Okay, very cautious, that's good," Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief. "The more dead that thing sleeps, the better. By the way, is the safety device okay?"

"After knowing that the ancient holy coffin contained the eldest son's inhibitor, we moved the holy coffin to a deeper place underground so that they are closer to the eldest son," said Prince Havermann. "But we don't know if their working state is good - no one knows how to check that thing. That is the great thing created by the goddess, and no one can understand its operating mechanism. We only know that the eldest son is still sleeping... just sleeping now."

Moron sighed: "All along, we have misunderstood the role of the sacred cave and the holy coffin. Only a very small number of people have always known the existence of these things. If we could have opened these materials earlier or organized church scholars to study them, perhaps we would have discovered the existence of the eldest son long ago."

The old Pope shook his head: "But it is more likely to wake up the eldest son in advance. We can't afford this risk. 'Caution' may have trapped our footsteps in studying the relics, but at least it has spared us from premature destruction."

"The key now is how to solve this problem. Even if the inhibitor is working well, the situation can only be maintained for less than a year," Ofra said, turning her head to look at Hao Ren. "It seems that you are the only ones who have the ability to eliminate the eldest son, but to be honest, after examining your 'disposal measures' in the Beinz region... I think it would be better to find a more stable solution if possible."

Prince Havermann shrugged with a strange expression: "Although that brought us a crystal jungle, it was really too exciting. And to be honest, the regions where the other two eldest sons are located are not very suitable for handling with the methods of the Beinz diocese."

Hao Ren waved his hand: "Don't worry, the orbital cannon is the last resort, and I don't want to risk hurting anyone by mistake by using that thing. Now we still have a few months to slowly consider how to use a more gentle method to eliminate the eldest son. I want to see the scene first - see what a normally running 'inhibitor' looks like, and what the situation is with the other two eldest sons. I hope you can help arrange it."

Archbishop Auberon lowered his head slightly, and some of the strange runes on his forehead emitted a faint light. He said cautiously: "Of course, but I hope the whole process will be carried out under the supervision of the church. After all, that is our holy land. The cave not only seals the eldest son but also stores the earliest heritage of the sect."

Hao Ren agreed very readily, and then suddenly remembered another important thing that he had almost forgotten. He took out a thick black leather book from his portable space: "There is also another thing. It is said that the clergy of the Radiant Church need to go through a sacred ritual called 'Prick Mark' to obtain the goddess's blessing power, and from then on, they can master divine arts and communicate with the goddess. We are very curious about this ritual."

"That's our holy book?" A strange color flashed in Auberon's eyes. "And it's an internal secret book used by high-ranking clergy... where did you get it?"

"Four ascetics gave us this book," Hao Ren explained. "They hope that the goddess's teachings can be spread more widely, and I have indeed learned some things about the Radiant Church from it. That Prick Mark ritual can't be something that can't be seen, right?"

In order to learn more about the Goddess of Creation, Hao Ren asked Big Beard for a copy of the church's holy book. This book not only recorded the Radiant Church's creeds and legends about the goddess but also recorded many sacred rituals that only the clergy knew for sure, including the "Prick Mark" ritual that every formal priest must experience. It is said that after this ritual, ordinary people can use the divine arts from the goddess and at the same time establish contact with the voice of the goddess.

Hao Ren once thought that this was just religious superstition, but soon he was convinced that the four of Big Beard could really establish a connection with some kind of voice in the dark through meditation, so he immediately attached importance to this Prick Mark ritual.

Could it be that the Radiant Church really has a way to establish contact with the "Goddess of Creation"? If this is the case... can we find the whereabouts of the Goddess of Creation through the Prick Mark ritual?

This may be a breakthrough to uncover the veil of the goddess and the eldest son, and Hao Ren is very much looking forward to it.

But Bishop Auberon and the Pope fell silent after hearing this request.