Hyper-Dimensional Player

Chapter 977: Chapter 23: Chief Enforcer, Double-Floral Red Pole

Moist and tight, the night passed.

Beside Duncan, there was a new beautiful maid.

For the unexpected arrival of Selinara-Shadow Charm, a half-elf who embodies both beauty and innocence, Vera was filled with a sense of caution deep within her heart. However, fortunately, Duncan’s attitude towards her remained unchanged, and he showed no excessive affection towards the beautiful half-elf.

"Sister."

"Don’t worry about me stealing your affections."

Selinara-Shadow Charm seemed to sense Vera’s anxiety, gracefully stepping to her side, and said in a soft voice, "I’m just temporarily at his side."

"Serving as a link between the master and the archmother."

Upon hearing this, Vera’s expression showed a hint of panic, but her heart settled somewhat.

As for Selinara-Shadow Charm, the corners of her lips curled into a slightly mocking arc, glancing briefly at the woman beside her, then smilingly turned and left.

In that man’s heart, there was no love at all; he was as cold and hard as a stone, standing arrogantly.

Whether it was her, Alevia-Huanmeng, or the archmother of Charm, none could sway the depths of his heart. Selinara-Shadow Charm could feel Lord Duncan-Starfall’s steely heart and his burning ambition, akin to a volcanic eruption.

Everything is a tool.

What he desires is something mortals cannot possess.

Selinara-Shadow Charm was convinced of this, believing in her judgment, which is why she proactively requested to serve by his side, even entrusted the responsibility of guarding the secret treasury keys to her close sister Alevia-Huanmeng.

For she believed that staying beside this man was undoubtedly closer to touching the domain that mortals cannot reach, compared to being at the side of Mother of Great Bliss.

But before that, she needed to soothe Vera and even express goodwill to the Joyous High Priest behind her.

Because this is an internal reconciliation of the Joy Church, something the Mother of Great Bliss wishes to see.

The Joy Church has reshuffled now, although the Mother of Great Bliss still holds the position of archmother, it’s clear to those who see that her influence has waned significantly, while the status of the Joyous High Priest has risen dramatically, becoming the nominal second figure.

As for Duncan, due to the divine grace of the goddess of joy, Lierla, he directly became the third figure in the Joy Church.

However, in terms of influence, no one could surpass Lord Duncan-Starfall.

After taking control of the Joy Church, the first thing Duncan accomplished was to make the Mother of Great Bliss spend money, and directly rebuilt the temple guard corps within the church, while selecting personnel to join the Crimson Performer. The difference from the past is that the Crimson Performer’s identities cannot be exposed publicly, and all their information will be hidden.

Shortly after, Duncan assigned people to contact the Adventurer Guild of Sergant, starting the secret recruitment of adventurers in the name of the church, especially famous minstrels, to establish an intelligence network belonging to the Joy Church.

Compared to the Mother of Great Bliss who spent money on enjoyment or meaningless things, Lord Duncan-Starfall was undoubtedly pragmatic.

Of course, this did not affect the Mother of Great Bliss continuing the music and dance.

She was wealthy, with the whole event sponsored by the goddess of wealth.

So the next day, when she appeared, the Mother of Great Bliss was brimming with smiles, dazzlingly beautiful, exuding astonishing charm that even affected the senses of others slightly.

Sensual beauty.

Or similar domain ability.

An aura transformed by the Charm attribute, obtained through accessing the ’Charm’ domain. The Mother of Great Bliss excelled in dance and charm. Evidently, after experiencing a series of setbacks, she underwent a transformation and likely mastered one or two abilities within the ’Charm’ domain.

As for whether Lord Duncan-Starfall has mastered any domain power after ascending to legendary status, it’s unknown to outsiders because this man’s talent and strength progression were quite remarkable.

Yet no matter how remarkable, it couldn’t surpass Shirek.

This legendary name, within a few years due to the Saint’s Calamity, had transformed from a high-tier wandering mortal into a divine spirit wielding mighty divine power.

Compared to Shirek, any knight novel protagonist’s celestial destiny and luck were merely jokes.

The goddess of joy, Lierla, had also sensed the threat. Recently, one obvious point was that the goddess alliance of the Bright Water Realm started to become more frequent in church activities.

Unable to win, they teamed up, plain and simple.

Sergant, port district.

A young, beautiful figure hurried towards the church temple, passing through the divine hall knights’ station and entering a magnificent room.

Sharella Tebron’s expression was grave as she looked at her ’good sister’ ahead and said solemnly, "Two pieces of news."

"Neither is good news."

Della Eastgear raised her head at the words, her demeanor dignified and calm, asking, "What is it?"

Sharella sat across from her, her long legs crossed, gazing at her sister opposite and resting her chin in her hand, "The first piece of news. The Amn region is in turmoil."

"Shirek’s church has started to expand frantically."

"The situation on that side of the Saint Coin Archbishop is not looking good."

The headquarters of the Wealth Church is a massive cathedral overlooking the Merchant Bay of Athkatla city, called the ’Golden Tower’ temple. Its core area of influence is the Amn region, where commerce is thriving.