184 Chapter 184 - The Demon’s Temptation Long Chapter

Is this the so-called Demon’s Temptation? N..no, comparing the Saintess with a demon was a reprehensible thing to do.

But, there was no reason for the adjutant to refuse the Saintess Herolia’s request.

He began to tell Herolia all that he had witnessed and experienced in Norland. Some of those things were stuff that will put him to death should the archbishops learn of them.

The Saintess Herolia searched through her knowledge of over a hundred years. She was only able to find two or three magics that could allow others to enjoy one’s consciousness. But, all those magics were far different from the one described by the adjutant.

After all, ‘connecting everyone’s consciousness’ was a description enough to comprehend as being a work of gods — a miracle.

“It’s a magic called ‘magic network.’ It is constructed using runes from the Order system of magic. One only needs to purchase a very small originium crystal in Norland’s Weissenasche Theater and crush it in one’s hand to use the magic network.”

The miraculousness of the magic network was not something the adjutant could explain with words.

“Mage Forum.”

The adjutant took a glance at the lower right corner which showed the current time. There was a post in the Mage Forum that outlined the functions of the magic network. One of the things that post mentioned was the concept of network connection and network speed.

When the adjutant was staying in Norland’s little chapel, his signal strength would barely reach three bars. But now that he came to the Holy City, the signal strength had turned gray and red, two colors signaling warning.

Those two colors called to his attention that… he had lost connection.

Recently, he acquired a habit to post on the mage forum after he finished his prayers. To him, losing connection to the mage forum was a disaster.

Fortunately, the Mage Forum utilized local storage. That is, the contents of the Mage Forum will be stored in the users”mind.’ The posts will only be updated once a user connects back with the network.

As the human mind was a ‘drive’ of super ultra high capacity, Joshua would naturally have to utilize it to its fullest.

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Of course, the users were able to clear the history of the useless contents on the forum.

The adjutant suddenly realized that he seemed to have lost himself to the joy of using the Mage Forum. Even though no one in Norland had stood out to claim themselves to be the creator of the Mage Forum, the adjutant could guess that it was most likely the creation of that demon.

“You don’t have to be so flustered. I only feel this to be quite ironic.”

“Ironic?”

“The canons left by God always expressed his desire for his followers to show forgiveness to one another and create a world where everyone’s equal. The Holy Church had spent a millennium but still didn’t accomplish that. Yet, a demon managed to fulfill God’s wish before us. Albeit, it is only in the state of one’s consciousness right now. But… say… don’t you think this is ironic?”

Herolia took a glance at the adjutant. The adjutant lowered his head uncertain as to how to answer her. Or perhaps, it would be better stated that he was afraid of answering her.

The Saintess was the only person in the entire Holy Church who dared to criticize the Holy Church and God like so. If he was the one who spoke those words, he would be charged with blasphemy and be condemned to death.

“Don’t lower your head. I wouldn’t be able to see the content on the Mage Forum when you do that.”

“Yes… Lady Saintess.”

Herolia skimmed through the contents discussed by the users on the forum.

She was amused by a lot of the replies. She felt the urge to join them and submit replies of her own.

“How do I respond to them?” asked Herolia.

“About that… the range of the magic network is currently only limited to covering Norland. The Holy City is unable to receive information from the magic network. What Lady Saintess saw were contents stored from a couple hours ago.”

“There seemed to be a special teleportation formation located beneath Norland’s chapel. Upon your return, I have a mission for you. I want you to bring back an originium crystal that contained the ‘magic network’ and check whether there’s a way to connect to the magic network past Norland.”

Herolia was certain ‘Skotan Nun’ was the defected Cheryl.

As she was the Saintess, it would be impossible for her to leave the Holy City unless its due to special circumstances. Because of that, she would have no choice but to place her hope on the miraculous magic network to get in touch with Cheryl.

“This here is the funds for you to use. If you wanted to stay in Norland, you’d do your utmost to complete my mission.”

Golden runes appeared on Herolia’s fingertips. She waved her hand and a pile of gold coins and precious gems floated over to the adjutant. The adjutant immediately extended both hands to catch the gold coins and gems.

“Else, I might recommend you to become an ascetic.”

“Ascetic … Lady Saintess… I… understand.”

Even though the adjutant was holding a pile of gold coins and gems, his heart was filled with unspeakable sufferings. Those so-called ascetics were people that consecrated their bodies to God. Even though they held very high positions, they lived miserable and difficult lives…

But, the adjutant simply had no authority to refuse the Saintess’ mission for he had already accepted her ‘bribery.’

He saw the smile on the Saintess’ face. To her believers, seeing that smile would be like being basked in God’s brilliant light.