Chapter 171: The Moment of Serenity
"What?" Arthur frowned. "Where did you get this information? I’m sorry, young master, but if you don’t give me an answer, I’ll take it as slander against the church’s reputation, which would affect our relationship," Arthur said, his voice sharp.
"I’m glad to see you still have that spirit and loyalty, that’s good. But I’m not joking about this. I got this information from a traitor on the dwarves’ side. There’s going to be an uproar in this kingdom because a few of their nobles are actually traitors. You know what I mean?" Aldrian replied.
Arthur raised his eyebrows. "A few nobles of this kingdom are traitors? Alright, let’s hear your story first. I still don’t understand this sudden twist with a traitor."
Aldrian then told Arthur about the ’ball’ that the devils used to conceal their demonic traits, explaining how he tracked down its creator and learned how it was made. He also revealed Duke Badin’s involvement, describing how the duke had aided the devils in creating this ’ball.’ Within Duke Badin’s memories, Aldrian found that, besides him, the devils had enlisted only dwarves already under their control to assist in crafting the ball. At one point, the devils even mentioned to him that there were individuals from the Alchemist Association and the Heavenly Direction Church who helped refine the ball into a complete infiltration ’device.’
Most of the pieces of the puzzle were almost in place. The blacksmith was from the Forgeheart Kingdom, and he had already captured him. The alchemist belonged to the Alchemist Association, and the one wielding holy energy was from the Heavenly Direction Church—something unimaginable to him. How could the devils have convinced someone from the church, someone blessed with holy energy from the heavens, to help them? And that traitorous fool had actually accepted the devils’ offer? He could only uncover all the reasons if he could meet the traitor and ask them himself.
"If what you said is true, then I can’t simply report it to headquarters because of the unknown traitor. Whether they’re working alone or not, I have to inform His Holiness myself," Arthur said.
Aldrian nodded. "I’m counting on you. The sooner this traitor is caught, the sooner we can move freely without any hidden knife waiting to stab us in the future."
"Alright, but if I think about it, if there are traitors within the church, they’re likely below the rank of archbishop. The devils seem unaware of your existence, and within the church, only my envoy group from that time, the three archbishops, and His Holiness, the Pope, know about you," Arthur said thoughtfully.
Aldrian raised an eyebrow. "So secretive?"