Chapter 135 Cardinal

On the campus of the Ygritte Academy, the quiet paths through the woods were like shimmering green gems. Autumn sunlight filtered through the leaves, painting picturesque patterns on the cobblestone paths.

Hyperion, who had been walking along the path leading to the Department of Magic Engineering, suddenly stopped. Her amber eyes were filled with disbelief, as if she doubted the clarity of Lan Qi's mind.

Her fingers gripped Lan Qi's sleeve tightly, as if afraid he would jump off a cliff.

"H-How can we go ask the cardinal of the Rebirth Church!"

Hyperion glanced around, pulled Lan Qi to the edge of the forest path, and asked in a low voice.

This school.

No.

No one in this world had ever heard of a crazy student seeking out the bishop of the Rebirth Church!!

And even if we take ten thousand steps back.

《Seeking the Stone Tablet Holder》 was never intended to be a death-defying course designed by Ygritte Academy for its students to play with their lives!

Hyperion knew others might be crazy.

But Lan Qi was truly mad, and he could do what he said.

She dared not go, nor dared she let Lan Qi go and mess around alone!

"I really think we can do something big. Information is blocked between the North and South Continents. When the time comes, we'll find a way to disguise ourselves, change our identities, cross the sea to the North Continent, and then infiltrate the Nihility Branch of the Rebirth Church."

Lan Qi also whispered an explanation to Hyperion,

"At that time, we can find a way to use our strengths to slowly rise higher and higher in the church, and we will have the opportunity to meet Bishop Ascesan of Nihility."

The more he spoke, the more excited he became, as if he couldn't wait to start this planned topic,

"And Hyperion, think about it, since our allied countries have rules for observing the stone tablets, maybe the Rebirth Church also has ways for believers to observe the bishop's stone tablet!"

Hyperion was stunned. She stood there for a long time in a daze.

Then she shook her head, covering her forehead.

Hyperion didn't know if she had learned bad habits and been misled after spending too much time with Lan Qi, or if Lan Qi's statement was indeed feasible, which made her feel that this plan didn't seem as dangerous as that night at the Demon Academy!

The sea between the North and South Continents is surrounded by a dangerous Sea of Specters, which is a super-large natural disaster caused by the failure of the Ninth Order Shadow World, and it cannot be naturally degraded for thousands of years.

The chaotic magic storms on that sea route made spells almost ineffective, and also prevented the establishment of communication magic between the North and South Continents. Information could only be brought by regular large merchant ships or strong people crossing the sea.

So if the two of them went to the North Continent, it would be almost like two new people appearing out of nowhere.

If there was a way to further catch a believer of the Rebirth Church from the South Continent, extract identity information, and even infiltrate the Rebirth Church on the North Continent as a believer in a legitimate way!

"...Lan Qi, are you sure you really want to choose this topic?"

Hyperion swallowed and asked Lan Qi.

"If you agree, then I want to choose it."

Lan Qi nodded, his eyes clear and firm.

"..."

Hyperion bit her lower lip, feeling more and more uneasy.

What she was worried about was not that it would be too dangerous for them to infiltrate the Rebirth Church, because Lan Qi was the source of danger.

She was not worried that the Kingdom Alliance would misunderstand them if they found out about their infiltration into the Rebirth Church, because some people in the Kingdom Alliance already suspected them.

What really frightened Hyperion was—according to her experience, once this guy Lan Qi arrived in that kind of no-man's land, he would quickly adapt and comprehend things that normal people could not learn, and evolve in a terrifying state!

Hyperion was very worried that Lan Qi's infiltration plan would accidentally become bigger and stronger, and he would directly rise to the top of the Rebirth Church!

Then, when they became notorious villains in the North Continent, they would really never be able to clear their names when they returned to the South Continent!

But Hyperion was now staring at Lan Qi's eyes.

She felt that even if she didn't go.

He would definitely find a chance to run to Bishop Nihility.

Hyperion was even more worried about letting him mess around alone.

"...I really can't do anything with you, I'll go with you! Then tell me, what's the plan?"

Hyperion sighed and agreed with a helpless expression.

She knew that Lan Qi must have some tricks up his sleeve.

"Hyperion, you know, right? As long as we can catch a Rebirth Church believer on the South Continent, we can steal their identity and infiltrate the Rebirth Church on the North Continent more easily."

Lan Qi asked.

"Yes, that's what I thought too, but where do we catch Rebirth Church believers?"

Hyperion nodded solemnly.

It was already difficult enough to defeat these mysterious and unpredictable cultists, let alone capture them alive and interrogate them.

Even if they were caught, there were state laws stipulating that they could not privately try cultists.

Because there had been cases of people falling into depravity unknowingly after having deep communication with cultists.

The kingdom required that if cultists were caught, they must be handed over directly, also considering the safety of citizens.

"Hyperion, there must be spies from the Rebirth Church in our school to ensure that they can snipe us in the Shadow World."

Lan Qi's expression gradually became serious.

It seemed that he had been brooding over the fact that he had not been able to catch this criminal.

After the last Shadow World incident, Lan Qi knew that it was not accidental that he happened to encounter a Rebirth Church believer targeting Hyperion in the Shadow World. There must be someone in the school who was silently watching them from a distance without leaving any traces.

That day, when they were heading to the building that sealed the Gate of the Void, the spy used communication magic to transmit the information to many believers. The believers started matching at about the same time so that they could have a high probability of running into Hyperion's Shadow World and then hunting her down in the Shadow World.

"You want to catch that spy and interrogate him?"

Hyperion heard this and also felt a little nervous.

She clearly never felt any signs of being monitored, but as Lan Qi said, someone in the academy must have leaked the information to the Rebirth Church.

"For now, don't think about catching this guy. Even my teacher can't find him."

Lan Qi shook his head helplessly.

Last time, Lan Qi took advantage of the fact that Talia seemed to be in a good mood and told her about the problem that "there may be assassins from the Rebirth Church in the academy targeting him and Hyperion."

Although there were certain elements of "fooling Talia into working," he didn't expect that Talia would simply agree to investigate for him.

As a result, even with Talia's strength, after secretly observing Lan Qi and Hyperion's surroundings for a period of time, she did not find anyone monitoring Lan Qi or Hyperion.

Then there was only one answer.

It must be that the spy had perfectly integrated into the students, using the most primitive and flawless method of ordinary observation—naturally observing in daily life, silently paying attention to them.

This caused that guy to not leave any clues, and it was almost impossible to catch that guy through fishing law enforcement.

Once Lan Qi and Hyperion went to the Shadow World, the information would still be leaked to the Rebirth Church.

After listening to Lan Qi's explanation, Hyperion's heart was filled with a sense of security in addition to tension.

When she was feeling a little flustered because of an invisible monitor that she couldn't deal with, Lan Qi had already made all the preparations and had thorough responses to possible situations.

This feeling of having someone to trust was something she could only experience when her father was still around.

"Next time, I have to go to your teacher's door to thank her..."

Hyperion said gratefully, then her tone became hesitant again,

"But...if I would make her unhappy, then let you thank her on my behalf..."

Although Hyperion was curious that there was such a powerful person in the world who could control a student like Lan Qi.

But when she calmed down and thought about it, not everyone would be as friendly to demons as Lan Qi.

If she, a demon hated by humans, rashly came to visit, it would probably only make Lan Qi's teacher unhappy.

(End of this chapter)