Chapter 369: Arbares City
While the people of Oris Town were still in commotion over the appearance of the giant beast, Aldrian and the others had already moved to another location. Aldrian made a brief stop in a vast, deserted area before arriving at their current destination.
When Arthur looked around, he was shocked to find himself in another city—this one located in the northern region, within the territory of the Heavenly Direction Church.
Arbares City, the second-largest city after Heavenly City, had a population of over a hundred million. Its grandeur was evident in the sparkling lights illuminating countless buildings and the bustling streets below. They had appeared on a hill overlooking the city, allowing them to take in its full splendor from above.
"Arbares is the other destination I wanted to mention to you, young master. We found evidence that the traitor might have fled here. His traces were discovered in this city, and that is further supported by the fact that the mayor is one of his supporters," Arthur said with a sigh, trying to get used to the strangeness of Aldrian’s abilities.
"We tracked his movements after an operator at the teleportation station reported seeing someone matching the traitor’s description. However, he appeared to be injured, as he walked past many people while trying to hide his face. His traces were later found in one of the city’s inns, and from there, he was seen heading toward the mayor’s mansion before we lost track of him," Arthur explained before turning to Aldrian.
"Young master, did you found something that made you come here before I even had the chance to inform you?"
Aldrian nodded. He knew that Cardinal Carsius’s next destination was this city. As the church’s investigation had revealed, Cardinal Carsius had spent several days at the hideout in Buran Village before making his way here—something Aldrian had also confirmed from the memories he had read.
It seemed that the traitor had first sought help from the devils, which was why he visited the hideout in Buran Village.
But why was Cardinal Carsius injured? The answer lay in what had happened at the hideout. The devils had set a trap for him, intending to eliminate him in secret. Since Cardinal Carsius possessed crucial information about the devils’ operations within the church’s territory, and after learning that he was being pursued, they decided to dispose of him.
Faced with a powerful formation that could have endangered his life, Cardinal Carsius was forced to use one of the high-level artifacts he had brought with him to escape. This was why traces of his holy energy remained at the site when the church’s investigators arrived.
After escaping from Buran, he made his way to this city. However, since the devils in Buran had no way of knowing where he had fled, and they couldn’t move freely due to the church’s main forces frantically searching for both the traitor and the devils, they ultimately gave up on pursuing him. In their eyes, the traitor would inevitably meet his end sooner or later, with the entire church hunting him down.