Chapter 1552 - 18: Holy Society

Chapter 1552: Chapter 18: Holy Society

Su Xiao became a witch hunter and started wandering inside the Holy Healing Church. As he went up to the second floor, a loud shout came.

"Hey, newcomer?"

A man with a beard called out to Su Xiao, and it was clear he wasn’t the friendly type.

"Lunch is served, the cafeteria is on the third floor, turn left when you get there."

The imagined scene of bullying the newcomer didn’t happen. Although this witch hunter’s tone wasn’t good, his words showed kindness. All of them were hunters fighting hard against witches, and with a simple power structure here, internal conflicts were unlikely.

The founders of the Holy Healing Church were very foresighted. They divided the church’s power structure into two parts: the combat department and the management department.

Stationed at the headquarters of the Holy Healing Church is the combat department, where all decisions are made by the Holy Society. It has twelve senators, the old man named Carmen from before is one of them.

The twelve senators have direct jurisdiction over all witch hunters, although there’s not much to manage. The witch hunters’ sole task is to investigate and hunt witches.

The second part of the Holy Healing Church’s power structure is the management department, composed of officials from Holy Healing City, managed by the Pope, who is essentially the King.

Military, finance, and officials are controlled by the Pope, who cannot interfere with the Holy Society or the witch hunters in any way. Although he is the King, he cannot command the witch hunters; only the Holy Society can assign tasks to them.

The Pope ranks higher than any single senator, though the twelve senators can easily dismiss the Pope when gathered together. The Pope is elected by officials who are beloved by the populace.

Rights, finances, royal authority, mysterious side – the internal structure of the Holy Healing Church is clear. Therefore, there’s no intrigue among witch hunters. Who knows when they’ll die fighting witches, why bother with internal conflict?

Don’t think of witch hunters as kind-hearted; every one of them has blood-stained hands. Some extreme witch hunters don’t even care about civilians’ lives.

After greeting the bearded man, Su Xiao turned and walked deeper into the second floor. He planned to visit the library, which was his main reason for joining the Holy Healing Church – to investigate information on ’Mo’. Before understanding the situation here, he won’t rashly ask others.

Most rooms on the second floor are residences, long due for renovation. Tight externally, loose internally – this is the feeling at the Holy Healing Church headquarters. Witch hunters fight hard outside every day, and if the institution is too strict, problems will arise sooner or later.

Along the way, Su Xiao saw shirtless men sitting on window sills picking their toes, female witch hunters praying kneeling on the ground with doors wide open, and even some oddities practicing combat by being inverted in their rooms.

After meandering, Su Xiao came to the innermost library on the second floor. Opening the door, he seemed to enter another world. The library covers at least a thousand square meters, its environment dry and warm, bookshelves neatly arranged, and the floor spotlessly clean.

Upon entering the library, Su Xiao saw a familiar face. It was the blonde girl named Shirley.

"Who are you?"

’Shirley’ picked up the broom next to her, posing as if holding a shotgun, ready to give Su Xiao ’a blast’.

Su Xiao frowned. After careful observation, he found that ’Shirley’s’ hairstyle was different. The previous Shirley had her hair down with a goddess style, whereas this one had a side ponytail. Judging by her broom-holding posture, nine out of ten times, she’s a neurotic.

"Witch hunter."

"Humph, don’t think you can fool me. I’m Xue Yi Snowy Kristen, the witch nemesis."

"..."

Su Xiao ignored this neurotic.

"Tch, another boring guy,"

Xue Yi put down the broom and slumped on the wooden chair.

"White Hunter can only borrow books from the library’s outer area. The innermost area is accessible only to Blood Hunters; those books are secret～"

After speaking, Xue Yi continued to lie down on the wooden chair, staring at the ceiling in boredom. Her personality was completely different from her sister Shirley’s.

Su Xiao started flipping through books one by one. Initially, he was only seeking information, but after a while, he discovered these books were immensely valuable, mostly about combat. The most valuable to him was not just a book but a notebook.

This old notebook recorded the life of a fierce man. The man didn’t leave a name or achievements. His family was killed by witches, so he took up a sword, rigorously trained in swordsmanship, and from then on, only the knight sword existed in his life, nothing else remained. What he left behind was just this old notebook.

"This is fictional. How could someone use a sword to such an extent?"

The librarian Xue Yi leaned over. As Su Xiao read, she observed him from the side, refusing to leave.

"One thought can be divine, nothing is impossible."

Su Xiao placed the notebook down, continuing to flip through other books.

"You’re really strange. Shouldn’t you be hunting witches? If I were a witch hunter, I’d teach those witches a hard lesson."

"Shut up, you’re noisy."

"Uh, okay, where was I..."

Perhaps because no one visited the library for a long time, Xue Yi started her chatter mode.

"There... isn’t anyone else here, right?"

"No, why?"

"That’s good."

One minute later, Xue Yi, tied up like a caterpillar, squirmed under the library’s front desk.

At nine that evening, Su Xiao had flipped through over 90% of the books in the library at a speed of reading ten lines at once. This confirmed that the books here didn’t contain many secrets. The ones only Blood Hunters could borrow were what he wanted.

Realizing this, Su Xiao set down a book about setting traps. The author could be described as a genius with an imagination that defied limits. Su Xiao gained a lot of trap-related inspiration from it.

Approaching the door, Su Xiao thought of the blonde girl under the desk. When he looked beneath, he found the girl asleep.

Su Xiao untied the rope and left the library. As he walked away, Xue Yi sat up under the desk.

"How was it?"

An elderly voice came from behind the shelves.

"He is searching for certain secrets, likely about witches. If I’m not mistaken, his next goal is to become a Blood Hunter."

Xue Yi’s youthful demeanor vanished as she stretched, her joints cracking.

"That’s good. Seeking secrets isn’t dangerous, especially regarding witch secrets."

Carmen stepped out from behind the shelves.

"Old man, are you sure there’s no problem? This guy’s combat ability is definitely monster level; not even a witch can withstand it."

"At my age, you should show some respect."

"Tch, we’re all senators here, who cares to respect you? But overall, this man named Cuchulainn Bai Ye seems fine, at least for becoming a witch hunter."

As Xue Yi finished speaking, the library door opened, and her twin sister walked in.

"He accepted the witch-hunting commission."

Shirley’s innate goddess-like manner was evident, consistent in her demeanors and actions. Her goddess-like demeanor wasn’t pride, but gentle divinity.

Upon hearing her twin sister’s words, Xue Yi asked, "How many commissions did he take?"

"All of them."

"?"

"??"

Xue Yi and Carmen were momentarily stunned.

"He even took that commission?"

Carmen’s eyes seemed to light up.

"He hesitated for a few seconds and accepted it. I’ve repeatedly stressed that it’s a Fifth Stage Elemental Witch."

"What did he say?"

"Oh."

"What?"

"He just said ’oh’ and took the wanted order."

Shirley imitated Su Xiao’s expression, causing her sister to let out a chuckle. Shirley’s imitation was spot-on.

Their conversation concluded. Not far away, Bubu Wang yawned, closed his monitoring device, and swaggered out of the Holy Healing Church.