Free Web NovelChapter 263: Chapter 263 "Hatred" Authority Ritual_1
"The Temple of Vengeance? That terrorist organization known as the ’Madhouse’?" Abigail responded, "Does this organization have any relation to Your Excellency?"
"I was just asking because of another case," Aiden waved his hand dismissively, "It seems you do have some understanding of it."
"But what I know probably isn’t much more than the Heresy Tribunal. You see, this organization started to decline after The Covenant was established... Strictly speaking, it was destroyed by the heresy tribunals of various countries," Abigail said slowly, "Your Excellency, you probably know even more than I do."
Aiden indeed knew about the Temple of Vengeance, which was originally a political extremist organization called "The Temple" that had risen about fifteen years ago in Niderland.
In the beginning, its activities mainly involved opposing domestic reforms in Niderland, cultivating assassins and armed operatives to carry out assassinations and terrorist attacks. Later, when Niderland’s reforms succeeded, The Temple was designated a terrorist organization by the Niderland government, its core members were arrested, and the remaining operatives had to flee the country.
Subsequently, the remaining members renamed the organization to "The Temple of Vengeance," becoming a purely anti-Niderland government terrorist organization. Over the years, the terrorist group’s behavior became increasingly extreme, even resorting to voluntary human sacrifices. A large number of mentally disturbed, crazed terrorists emerged within the organization, which is why Abigail referred to it as a "Madhouse."
And at this time, most unfortunately for the terrorist organization, Niderland joined The Covenant.
According to the terms of the Covenant, religious organizations practicing human sacrifice were almost invariably added to the list for eradication.
Thus, "The Temple of Vengeance" was escalated from an extremist organization solely concerning Niderland’s internal affairs to a heretical cult that violated The Covenant, becoming an international pariah hunted by the heresy tribunals of all countries.
Since then, "The Temple of Vengeance" lost its grounds of existence in most countries on the continent.
By six years ago, "The Temple of Vengeance" had already disbanded due to the crackdowns by various countries, splintering into several disorganized small groups that roamed the continent, and were destroyed one by one.
In fact, three years ago, the autonomous region also smashed a small religious group deemed remnants of "The Temple of Vengeance," and their leader is still locked up in Rose Iron Prison.
That person is the "madman Halo," blessed by the Evil God.
But it was not until today, from the mouth of the Reaper’s agent, that Aiden learned Mr. Blood had once used the Blood Moon Cult to deal with "The Temple of Vengeance," attempting to seize its authority.
From the special abilities of the madman Halo, it was clear that The Temple of Vengeance truly worshipped a real dominator and had once received a response from this entity.
After that, he split the Blood Moon Cult, luring human believers to switch their faith to the conspiratorial goddess Melifilia, and apparently, he also received Melifilia’s blessing. Having prepared for his death at the hands of the Reaper’s agent, he had switched bodies early on and continued to lead the new Blood Moon Cult, earning the worship of his followers with miracles from the divine.
Logically deducing, after taking control of the splintered new Blood Moon Cult, he would most likely continue trying to seize the authority served by "The Temple of Vengeance." freewebnøvel.coɱ
And according to what Melifilia disclosed, by the time the Blood Moon Cult was smashed and he assassinated the former Aiden, he had already become the saint of the "Hate" authority, and had obtained the sole authority of "Hate."
From Abigail’s answer, it was clear she did not believe herself to be very knowledgeable about "The Temple of Vengeance," but that did not mean she was unaware of the intelligence regarding the "Hate" authority.
After careful thought, Aiden tried to ask, "Do you by any chance know that The Temple of Vengeance once served the ’Hate’ authority?"
"I am aware of that," Abigail responded.
Indeed—Aiden confirmed his suspicion.
The authority served by "The Temple of Vengeance" was indeed the "Hate" authority that had been seized by Mr. Blood.
"Crazy Halo’s" ability to rebound damage must be one of the effects of the "Hatred" authority.
"I know, but didn’t you go deeper into this? I saw that members at the assembly have always been very eager to obtain the authority." Aiden couldn’t help but feel puzzled.
"I prohibited it." Abigail answered lightly, "I explicitly forbade members of the assembly from attempting to contact the ’Hatred’ authority. As soon as anyone showed the intent, they were expelled."
"Why?"
"Do you not know the conditions for the ’Hatred’ authority’s promotion ritual?" Abigail retorted.
"I only know that one has to complete a ’revenge’." Aiden first provided the information he knew.
"The remaining two rituals, one is to find a person who will volunteer to sacrifice themselves for you, and the other... is said to require committing a ’betrayal,’" Abigail replied, "If anyone in the Witch Assembly were to seek the divine words of ’Hatred’ or start pursuing the authority, it would be a danger to the Assembly. I must eliminate it."
Aiden was stunned after hearing this.
One of the rituals to ascend to the "Hatred" authority is to commit a "betrayal"? Mister Bloody had already completed this ritual, which meant... he had betrayed someone before? ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
Could it be... Melifilia? The thought naturally occurred to Aiden.
It seemed that this piece of intelligence, coming from the mouth of the Reaper’s proxy, could be distilled into quite a bit of information.
"Thank you for your answer." Aiden nodded.
"There’s no need for such politeness, Your Excellency, you are, after all, our ally for the time being." Abigail responded calmly, "I want to ask, how is the preparation of your workshop going?"
"The restructuring is almost complete; it can start as soon as the materials are ready." Aiden answered.
"That is delightful news. Vila has already prepared the first batch of materials, about two hundred kilograms. How should we deliver them to you?"
"Send them by cargo to Silvertown’s station the day after tomorrow." Aiden responded composedly, "I’ll hire a carriage to haul them back. I will handle the other formalities; you just need to supply the materials."
"Good, then I wish Your Excellency a prosperous business."
"It’s ’we wish us a prosperous business.’" Aiden corrected, "Well, I shall take my leave for today."
"Farewell." Abigail said indifferently, waving her hand.
The grey fog quickly surged up, and the scene before Aiden switched back to his own office.
Aiden sat in his chair, pondering for a while. He stood up, picked up the lantern placed in the corner of the room.
The remaining question, indeed, would be better to directly confront the goddess below face to face.
From the intelligence gathered today, it appeared that this goddess of conspiracy had indeed concealed many things from him.
