Chapter 209: Dark Tides Rising
Ansu continued flipping through the pages, the handwriting in the following days gradually becoming hurried and scrawled, indicating that the situation was deteriorating rapidly.
【Day 3: The Church's actions were far more sudden than estimated. Clergy and fully armed city guards formed small squads to conduct "witch-hunt" style sweeps and arrests.】
【"Dangerous demihumans" and "potential black mages" could be seen everywhere on the streets being taken away and escorted to a secret prison in the south of the city. Gunshots rang out from morning to night, and the streets visibly withered as the entire city lived in fear.】
【Fortunately, thanks to the fake identity of the Lawrence family, the Church did not forcibly break into the magic lab within the manor, only ordering it to be closed. The Witch was so angry she almost couldn't resist teleporting over to start a massacre.】
【I rushed to the Mutual Aid Tavern with Vera, but it was a mess. The president, Old Lady Brenda, and all the members of the Mutual Aid Association present at the time had been taken away.】
【The newly formed Northern Holy Light Inquisition began large-scale convictions and trials with extreme efficiency. President Brenda was swiftly convicted as a "bewitching evil witch," a "heretic inciting black mages," and a "heinous cult leader." (If I didn't know better, I'd think they were talking about Samantha from the Echoes of Truth...)】
【Valger, who was lucky enough not to be on-site, escaped with a few other members of the association.】
【President Brenda was tragically executed by burning.】
【I met urgently with the others at a secret hideout to discuss countermeasures.】