Chapter 1652: Chapter 2: The Mighty Lamias

Mr. Gareth came this time mainly because of the mysterious death of the Black Religious Congregation in the town.

In the underground dark world, the Black Religious Congregation possesses terrifying energy and extraordinary technology… Just look at how the former Prime Minister, using some technology of the Black Religious Congregation, created the Dragonriding Armor to see some signs.

In short, Mr. Gareth came here actually to acquire the technology of the Black Religious Congregation.

The town not only has a large number of combat personnel from the Black Religious Congregation, but also a large number of ultimate warriors… By researching the corpses of these combat personnel, many secrets of the Black Religious Congregation can be uncovered. As for those ultimate warriors, if they can be reused…

Rather than saying this seaside has become the graveyard of the Black Religious Congregation, it’s more accurate to say the seaside has turned into a treasure trove of the Transcendent!

“I will stay here for a few days to organize everything.” Mr. Gareth pulled Dagonet out of the tent, “Those huge ultimate warriors will be distributed and transported during this period. You need to keep an eye on these bodies. This matter can’t be hidden, I suspect someone will certainly attempt to target the leftovers of the Black Religious Congregation in secret.”

“Seems like the vacation is a long way off.” Dagonet shook his head bitterly.

Mr. Gareth didn’t hear anything, “The transcendent events in Britannia have been constantly happening for some time, and knight agencies everywhere are unable to spare any time; among the Twelve Knights, only you are the most idle!”

“My life is really tough.” Mr. Clown continued bitterly, “I’ve only been undercover for a few years?”

Mr. Gareth once again didn’t hear anything, then frowned and asked, “Where is the Holy Church’s Paladin now? I remember he seemed to have brought a few squire candidates.”

Dagonet thought for a moment and said, “After the incident, Vasco seemed to have left with people in a hurry. He might know a lot about the inside story, but I couldn’t stop him… However, Stretta is still here, but prying open his mouth might be quite difficult.”

Speaking of which, Dagonet’s expression suddenly became somewhat unnatural.

“Did you later look for Stretta?” Mr. Gareth asked suddenly.

Dagonet shook his head, expressionless, “No.”

“I’ll go see him.” Mr. Gareth thought for a moment and said, “You stay here, ensure nothing else happens! The whole world is like a powder keg now, ready to explode at any moment!”

“Good luck to you.” Dagonet said solemnly.

…

“Get lost, don’t interfere with me preaching to these faithful female believers! Can’t you see their confusion and fear on their faces! They need my comfort now!”

Outside the church door, Mr. Gareth, who came empty-handed, was being sprayed with saliva by Father Stretta.

“Mr. Stretta, please cooperate with us.” Mr. Gareth, who always had a good temper, patiently said at this moment, “I believe, even the Holy Church would agree for you to cooperate with our investigation.”

“I told you to get lost! Aren’t you annoyed, one just came yesterday!” Father Stretta snorted.

“Yesterday?” Mr. Gareth frowned, “You mean Dagonet? Did he come looking for you yesterday?”

Father Stretta disdainfully said, “I can’t be bothered to know that guy’s name! That idiot came to show off in front of me yesterday, left crawling after I punched him a few times, do you want to try it too?”

As he said this, Father Stretta directly breathed onto his fist, “Let me tell you, when I smash people, even I get scared of my own fist!”

Mr. Gareth really did have some thoughts of testing this priest… But considering Dagonet’s deceit, he realized he was definitely being played by Dagonet.

Given Dagonet’s bad character, he was sure that if he really made a move, he would suffer.

“Priest,” Mr. Gareth handed over a card at this time, “This has my phone number on it; if you remember anything, you can contact me at any time… We, the Knight Agency, sincerely wish to cooperate with you.”

“Get lost!” The priest waved dismissively.

No one knows what attitude the Holy Church takes towards Stretta… Currently, the entire secular world and everything [Non-Human] and transcendent are in a rather delicate state. Mr. Gareth decided not to act recklessly and, after apologizing, left with his subordinates.

“Lada! Lada! Close the door!” Father Stretta then crumpled the card, tossed it on the ground at random, “Today, don’t let anyone in except for female believers! Otherwise, I’ll release Atang to bite… Lada? Lada?!”

The priest cursed a couple more times on purpose, but then found only Atang squatting at his feet.

Man and cat stared at each other for a moment.

Only then did the priest slap his forehead… Lada hadn’t been seen for these days, and hadn’t come back at all.

“Damn, seems like my free labor won’t be returning!”

The priest felt heartache.

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[Unhuman Domain]

A white glow descended, and Mai Rada let out a long breath, sinking to the ground, raising the dirt in his hands, bringing it to his nose, and smelled it strongly.

Finally returned… Mai Rada felt as if he had been away for ages.

He later ripped his clothes, freeing himself from the wall—after which he hadn’t seen Teacher Prin.

Hades… Teacher Prin, vanished completely, leaving Mai Rada in confusion, yet he found that his disappeared Soth Divine Tribe’s power had been restored.

With his power restored, Mai Rada felt a sense of indescribable complexity… The secular world was extremely dangerous. Without hesitation, he fled the town, and nearby discovered a private coordinate leading to [Non-Human Domain].

This was seized from a wandering magician… Nonetheless, Mai Rada successfully returned to the [Non-Human Domain].

After a moment of reflection, Mai Rada immediately went back to the Soth Divine Tribe’s headquarters… He was eager to report the happenings of the secular world to the Dark Lord.

He hoped this failed mission wouldn’t affect the Dark Lord’s evaluation of him.

Within half a day, he returned to the Soth Divine Tribe’s headquarters… His clansmen, upon seeing him, vaguely guessed this divine race senior officer might have suffered greatly but asked no further questions.

“What happened, why do clansmen look so depressed?” Mai Rada couldn’t help asking.

A clansman stepped forward, sighed, “Recently, The Magician Association has been cracking down; our tribesmen scattered across regions are being caught. Over this period, hundreds have been captured by The Magician Association’s people… It seems due to previous incidents when seeking Hades’s clues, we attacked The Magician Association’s people… By the way, you returned, was it the Divine Lord’s mission?”

“I’m going to meet the Divine Lord now!” Mai Rada didn’t elaborate… saying it would be a disgrace, and then no one in the clan would give him face.

Back when he was popular, Mai Rada only needed to say “Give me some face,” and clan members would comply… face was something that could solve many problems.

Thinking about this, Mai Rada hurriedly entered the cave where the Divine Lord resided.

Ordinary clan members were not permitted to enter and disturb the Divine Lord’s slumber; only selected, qualified high-ranking members of the Soth Divine Tribe were granted the honor of facing the Divine Lord directly.

Holding a torch, Mai Rada proceeded onwards, finally stopping before a massive greenish-black stone wall… the cave interior was dim.

Mai Rada sighed lightly, then crossed his hands over his chest, knelt on the ground, and finally bent deeply, lowering his head close to the ground.

“Great Dark Lord, your most faithful follower, Mai Rada has returned… I’ve brought news about the Nether King.”

The greenish-black stone wall deep within the cave suddenly emitted light… it seemed a small light shadow was appearing within the wall, which soon grew larger until it filled the entire stone wall with radiance.

Mai Rada heard a call seemingly originating from the depths of his soul, low and indifferent… as if there was also a hint of urgency.

“What news?”

Mai Rada dared not conceal anything and began recounting his presence in the mortal realm with his clan starting from the very beginning, continuing until he was temporarily stripped of his power by a powerful old human mage before pausing.

Just as he was about to continue, he suddenly heard the Dark Lord’s angry voice explode beside his ear.

“Useless! You are useless!”

Mai Rada was instantly covered in cold sweat, pressing his forehead to the ground, trembling as he said, “Great Dark Lord, please… please give me a chance to explain this experience before punishing me… I indeed encountered the legendary Nether King, and it seems there is more than one Nether King.”

“What?” The light shadow within the stone wall emitted a surprised voice, then said, “Alright, I grant you the right to continue… Mai Rada, remember, you must not hide anything.”

“It was like this; after losing my power, by coincidence, I briefly took refuge in a church,” Mai Rada carefully explained, “In this church, there’s a mad priest named Father Strala, remarkably powerful without reason. I once saw him single-handedly easily knock down the Descending Angel of the Holy Church…”

“What did you say?!! Say it again?! You said… you said you encountered who? That priest? What is his name, say it again?!”

Mai Rada’s voice involuntarily stopped, staring in amazement at the stone wall… just now, the Dark Lord’s voice unexpectedly suddenly turned excited… a kind of unparalleled excitement.

“Say it again!!!!”

Mai Rada’s mind shook violently, so he hastily said, “Father Strala!”

“Strala? Strala?” The light shadow within the stone wall now moved furiously, “Is it really Strala? So, does this mean, have I… have I? I?!?”

“Divine Lord?” Mai Rada looked at the currently excited Dark Lord in astonishment, then his face showed a mix of fear and overwhelming joy, “The stone wall cracked! The Divine Lord is finally breaking the seal… is the glory of the Soth Divine Tribe finally being restored?!”

His expression was ecstatic, internally thrilled, Mai Rada even stood up in excitement at this moment!

He clearly saw a crack appear on the stone wall… this crack appeared suddenly, and it even continued to extend.

Crack… crack… crack…

Finally, the entire massive stone wall at this moment was covered with fissures!

“Finally…”

Mai Rada heard the sigh-like voice from the depths of the stone wall, then a terrifying force leaked out from the opened crack!

Within just a breath, Mai Rada was directly shocked unconscious by this overpowering force seeped out.

Boom—!

Unable to withstand the internal pressure, the stone wall exploded… the depths of the cave now shook crazily, and a figure slowly stepped out from the falling stones and dust.

“I’m out… I’m out…” It gazed down at its own hands, “I’ve finally come out!!!”

The excited voice resounded through the depths of the cave, and it issued an excited, mad laugh.

“Congratulations, Ms. Lamias…”

Amidst its frenzied laughter, a sound seemingly intrinsic to tranquility slowly drifted in… it suddenly froze, a flicker of doubt flashing in its eyes.

In the next instant, its eyes lost the doubt, replaced by a flash of anger and resentment… without uttering a word, it swung a fist toward the direction from which the voice came!

“I have wanted to give you this punch day and night! While within the stone wall, I don’t know how long I was imprisoned, all I could do was constantly cultivate Fighting Spirit… so this punch is returning to you! It was you who caused my enduring captivity—!!!”

Within the punch, there was power named Fighting Spirit… the immense power crushed the falling stones within the cave into fragments.

Finally—boom—!

The punch solidly hit something, creating a huge explosive sound… the air wave instantly swept through the cave!

At the cave’s exit, a strong airflow burst out, blowing directly toward several ancient trees outside.

“Alright, I’ll take your punch without resisting.”

It remained silent, quietly retracting its fist… that punch hadn’t even touched the opponent, but had been blocked by an invisible “wall” surrounding the opponent’s body.

After a long while, it finally raised its head, speaking softly, “I feel like I’ve gone mad.”

“I have a gift prepared for you, Ms. Lamias.” At this moment, Boss Luo spoke softly, then waved his hand, something fell from the air.

A plump, grotesque-looking man… Master Plaid from its world!

“So it seems…” It saw Master Plaid collapse limply on the ground without moving, suddenly shedding two lines of clear tears, “I really… have I really returned to my original era?”

“More correctly, you have survived into the current era.” Boss Luo smiled slightly and said, “Congratulations, Ms. Lamias, you have acquired the most extreme power humanity can achieve globally.”

Yet, it showed no sign of happiness… this power was accumulated bit by bit during the long darkness of captivity—completely earned through its own hardship!