Mystery: The Ultimate Tarot

Chapter 110 The Fallen Bishop

Chapter 110 The Fallen Bishop (Bonus chapter for everyone's monthly votes)

Leonard showed no fear in the face of those ghostly green eyes.

His eyes suddenly deepened, and invisible ripples spread out. The surrounding ghosts seemed to be stunned for a moment, then seemed to forget what had just happened and continued to move forward to provide support at the front line.

As a "spirit sorcerer," Leonard has many ways to deal with such ghosts.

Ordinary ghosts are not very dangerous, of course, provided that there are only one or a few ghosts.

Like this fortress, which is filled with so many ghosts, if a living person were to appear here, their spirit would also be affected by the ghosts and unknowingly join them.

But Raphael and Leonard were not afraid of such an environment. The Sequence 5 "Spirit Shaman" of the "Sleepless" pathway was very effective against undead creatures, and Raphael looked like an undead creature.

The two arrived in the wide corridor and saw the ghosts each performing their duties. Some were constantly lining up to provide reinforcements, while others were in charge of logistical work such as organizing armor and weapons.

They all float at a height of about ten centimeters, appearing to be running, but actually just drifting.

There were many corpses on the corridor floor, all of them severely decomposed, and Raphael's undead could crush their bones with a single step.

At first, Raphael was a little worried that the ghosts would notice their corpses being trampled, but he soon realized that the ghosts here were fully focused on preparing for battle and had no time to care about their bodies.

After walking along the corridor for a while, I finally came to a narrower corridor. Perhaps because it wasn't the main passage, there were no ghosts here.

Further on, you can see barracks, which contain many bodies, and the daily necessities inside are long since rotten.

Raphael and Leonard observed carefully, hoping to find traces of their respective colleagues' existence.

Just then, Leonard suddenly turned around: "What was that sound?"

Raphael was taken aback: "How come I didn't hear that?"

His inner "killer personality" whispered: This guy is not only a trap, but also a paranoid freak.

Raphael hummed in agreement.

Leonard frowned and continued walking forward.

He had only taken a few steps when he turned back again and clearly heard another strange sound.

Raphael asked, "What did you hear?"

"Someone, someone is advising me to take a break." Leonard's brow furrowed even deeper.

The voice said: "It's afternoon tea time now, but you're wasting it on work."

Raphael's "killer personality" was still thinking to himself: This guy is so weak? He's already tired?

Raphael smiled. "Shall we take a break then?"

Leonard shook his head and said, "Hurry past here."

He felt that this area might be somewhat special.

The voice kept ringing in Leonard's ears, and his expression grew increasingly serious.

Raphael didn't say anything on the surface, but his "killer personality" was internally ranting and raving.

Leonard walked quickly for a while until he left the dormitory area, and only then did the sound in his ear disappear.

Raphael said, "Could it be because of your route that you heard the strange noises?"

Leonard rubbed his temples: "Maybe."

Now he regretted going with Raphael; otherwise, he would have asked the old man what had just happened.

But now there's no way to ask quietly, otherwise it would definitely attract Raphael's attention.

Fortunately, the sound stopped, and after walking a few more steps, a staircase appeared.

Raphael said, "In general, in these kinds of fortresses, the important things are kept on the bottom floor."

Leonard suddenly became taciturn, only nodding slightly.

The stairs were very long; it took several minutes to reach the next floor.

The next floor is the living area, which is very spacious. There is a large canteen and two small churches, with the "Dark Symbol" and the "Storm Symbol" hanging at the entrance of the churches respectively.

Leonard said, "Let's go take a look at the church."

He noted that the sacred emblems of the Quaternary period were not quite the same as those of today, but the basic structure was already there.

Raphael had no objection: "Okay."

His "killer personality" seemed to have gone to rest, and he stopped complaining.

The two first arrived at the Church of the Goddess of Night. The church was not very large, and there were no holy emblems hanging inside, but rather statues of gods.

The flickering firelight in the brazier illuminated the church statues.

The statue depicts a woman dressed in a black classical long dress, the clothing layered yet not elaborate, inlaid with starlight, like the night sky. The face of the statue seems to be covered by layers of thin veils, hazy yet exceptionally beautiful, and a full moon hangs behind the head of the statue.

Leonard was taken aback; it was the first time he had ever seen the human form of the Goddess of the Night.

He then realized: Could this be the reason why the Church was unwilling to reveal the relics of the Fourth Age to the public? To prevent the public from knowing the image of the gods and thus having blasphemous thoughts?

Thinking about this, Leonard shook his head again, feeling that he had grasped the key point of the problem, but his thinking was not deep enough.

He had discussed this issue with the old man, but the old man said that they shouldn't talk about these things until he became a Sequence 3.

Raphael noticed that several ghosts were praying silently in the church, and in front of them was the kneeling remains of a bishop, whose spirit floated to one side of the remains, praying in the same posture as the remains.

The bishop's spirit was not green, but white, which was a sign that he was about to transform into an evil spirit!

In the Church of the Goddess of Night, a bishop of the Church of the Goddess of Night is about to be transformed into an evil spirit?

Raphael let one of the "Iron Corpses" approach to observe it. He heard the bishop's spirit praying devoutly: "—Goddess more ancient than eternity, please save the weak creatures on this land, please prevent your devout followers from being ravaged by war, please look upon this land, look upon this fortress!"

The first two sentences were very devout, but the following words were tinged with sadness and doubt, as if they couldn't understand why the goddess didn't save these devout believers.

At this moment, Leonard also came to his senses, and said with some surprise, "This bishop is blaming—blaming the goddess?"

Such thoughts are blasphemous!

"Shouldn't we blame them?" The bishop's spirit suddenly turned around and looked at Raphael and Leonard.

The two quickly retreated. They each had their own methods for dealing with evil spirits, but they were also well aware that evil spirits had their own sphere of influence, within which their abilities would be amplified.

So their first reaction was to retreat, because it was clear that the entire church was within the range of the evil spirits.

But before they could leave the church, they felt themselves struck by invisible ripples, momentarily disoriented, and the scene before them immediately became somewhat unreal.

Leonard was very familiar with this feeling; they were instantly pulled into a dream.

In the dream, the statue of the goddess of night emitted wisps of black mist, her face bearing an evil smile as she looked at Raphael and Leonard with icy eyes.