Chapter 129
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THIS world was created by the goddess, Gaia. That was the prevalent thought among the people since long ago. Not soon after that, people just started to worship her and consider her as the goddess of this world. Then small churches started appearing all over the world, all brandishing the teachings of the goddess. But it didn't take long for one church to dominate them all.
The Temple of Gaia.
The one thing that set them above the rest was because they were extraordinarily organized. It all started at the Southwestern continent. There were priests assigned to different small towns, spreading the words of Gaia. The words were all beautiful, convincing people that only good things would happen once you give your faith to Gaia.
A few of their teachings were as follows; Have complete faith in Gaia and she would lead you to paradise. Sinners could have their salvation if they just believe. Do good deeds and your would be rewarded. Do something bad and you would receive retribution.
Those were chaotic times. Countries keep warring against each others and constantly fighting for territories, there were famines everywhere, people were dying left and right. The ones being affected most by these events were the poor masses. So the promise of paradise and salvation just became a big attraction to the poor. And since the population of the poor was infinitely larger than those of the rich, the spread of the teachings of Gaia just became faster and faster.
In just a short amount of time, the religion founded by the Temple of Gaia slowly extended to the other four continents where humans flourished. They built churches, established hierarchical order among the priests, gather exorbitant donations from their followers, until the Temple became what it was today - the biggest religious group in the world.
Argent sneered in her heart. In her opinion, what the Temple did was just a big con. They conned the people during their most vulnerable moment. Made them believe in something again, giving them hope to continue living their lives. And while they do that, they slowly emptied the people with everything they had. From their money to their soul. Throughout the years, they slowly became a huge fixture in history. Representing all the goodness in the world.
What a load of bullcrap.
If selling people in underground auctions and brainwashing children and even raping them were considered good because the one behind them were those 'good' people, then Argent was a saint. And she bet there were even more dark things going on behind the Temple's closed doors.
Argent looked at the map screen in front of her. They were already closed to their destination. She and her sister were currently riding her flying shuttle. They left her island yesterday morning and after a day of travel they would soon arrive at Achea. A town to the south of Victoria City. They plan to travel from there to the city also known as the Holy See - Victoria.
Victoria City was enclaved within the country of Vitalya at the Southwestern continent. It's an ecclesiastical state mainly ruled by the Pope. They were independent from Vitalya, making them exempted from the country's rules and laws. It had an area of 45 hectares and a population of about a thousand. It's probably the smallest sovereign state in the world. And it was also the home of the Temple of Gaia.
They planned to enter the city by hiring a carriage from Achea. It would be just much safer that way. According to Argent's research, the only way to enter the city was through the entrance people called as the Holy Gate. It's a 40 meter tall gate attached to a wall of the same height surrounding the whole city. To enter, one needed to pay 10,000 gold coins for each day that they would stay. In short, if you needed to stay there for five days then you have to pay 50,000 gold coins. Clearly showing that the only one who could enter there were the creme de la creme of high society.
Not only that, they would also be given a red cystal sphere the size of a ping pong ball. Everyone who entered the city needed to hang it around their body, symbolizing their status as guests. That would differentiate them from the citizens living there. The common people wore a green crystal while the clergies and the knights wore yellow.
Once the duration of your stay ended, the crystal would automatically turn black. Which in turn would alert the Knights in the city. If you're only a day late from leaving, the Knights would hunt you down and force you to leave. Some might even send you to prison.
Those were the reasons why it's so hard for an outsider to enter there. Once someone even tried to illegaly enter, the full force of the Temple Knights would run down on them. Doing that would only be equivalent to suicide.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
True, they could just go straight there and steal those red crystals from other city guests. But that would just be too much work. Especially since they wouldn't know how long the crystal they stole would last. Why would they do that when they could just pay for one, right?
"Brother, do we really have to wear this human skin mask?" Aurum suddenly asked, cutting Argent's thoughts.
Argent glanced at her sister. Her golden hair was now turned into a long black wig. Her current face was still pretty but not at par with her original face. The only sign that she was really Aurum was her pair of beautiful amber eyes. She tried to wear the contact lens that Argent made but it only irritated her eyes. So they had to give up on that.
"Yes, didn't I already tell you why?" Argent said.
Just like her sister, she was also wearing a human skin mask. It's a handsome and arrogant face. His hair was also replaced by a black wig. She was also wearing a special black contact lens. Argent wanted to use a plain human skin mask. But then she thought, they would go there as some small country's aristocrats. To justify why they had money to enter Victoria City. It wouldn't be really convincing if they had faces that people wouldn't even look twice.
She also thought of just posing as wealthy merchants. But strictly speaking, merchants weren't really interested in going to events like the Festival of Creation. And acting as aristocrats would give them more freedom. Since aristocrats were given much more importance than merchants.
But the main reason Argent chose to use human skin mask instead of her holographic choker was because of the Pope. She could still remember the meeting they had at Shandra. Now knowing everything she knew, there's a high probability that Lucern Faust probably already knew who she was the moment he saw her. And that's the reason he approached her in the first place.
He probably longed wanted to dispose of that pig of a bishop and he just used her as an excuse. Or he knew already at that point that the Blackbourne blood could get the sacred artifacts he's searching for and he just wanted to test her. She's more inclined to believe it was the latter.
Though why he would know it was her despite her using a holographic choker to disguise her face was beyond her. Her disguise was flawless. Then he thought of the Pope's Gift - light. Her holographic choker needed light so it could function. Even when it's dark, her choker had a built-in light source so it could still work. Maybe he could see through the hologram because of his Gift?
So to be on the safe side, Argent decided that they should just used human skin mask.
"But it's so itchy," Aurum complained. "Are you sure I won't get rashes with this?"
"It's because you're too concious that there's something on your face. And no, you won't. I test these masks personally myself. Just don't think about it. Mind over matter. We still have to wear these masks for another two weeks. Just bear it for a little while."
Aurum sighed. "Okay."
Now she wished they brought Black with them. That way, she could bully him to release a bit of her frustration.
A few more minutes later, their flying shuttle was already hovering over the forest near the town of Achea. Argent slowly landed the shuttle towards a clearing. It was already the middle of the night, so she was not worried that someone might see them.
"Brother, there's no one around. We could go now," Aurum said after checking the surroundings using her Gift.
Both of them went out of the shuttle. Argent immediately turned the flying vehicle back to its capsule form and put it in her space ring.
"We'll camp here for tonight. Then tomorrow morning, we'll hire a carriage at the town," Argent said.
After that, they would go straight to Victoria City.
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THIS world was created by the goddess, Gaia. That was the prevalent thought among the people since long ago. Not soon after that, people just started to worship her and consider her as the goddess of this world. Then small churches started appearing all over the world, all brandishing the teachings of the goddess. But it didn't take long for one church to dominate them all.
The Temple of Gaia.
The one thing that set them above the rest was because they were extraordinarily organized. It all started at the Southwestern continent. There were priests assigned to different small towns, spreading the words of Gaia. The words were all beautiful, convincing people that only good things would happen once you give your faith to Gaia.
A few of their teachings were as follows; Have complete faith in Gaia and she would lead you to paradise. Sinners could have their salvation if they just believe. Do good deeds and your would be rewarded. Do something bad and you would receive retribution.
Those were chaotic times. Countries keep warring against each others and constantly fighting for territories, there were famines everywhere, people were dying left and right. The ones being affected most by these events were the poor masses. So the promise of paradise and salvation just became a big attraction to the poor. And since the population of the poor was infinitely larger than those of the rich, the spread of the teachings of Gaia just became faster and faster.
In just a short amount of time, the religion founded by the Temple of Gaia slowly extended to the other four continents where humans flourished. They built churches, established hierarchical order among the priests, gather exorbitant donations from their followers, until the Temple became what it was today - the biggest religious group in the world.
Argent sneered in her heart. In her opinion, what the Temple did was just a big con. They conned the people during their most vulnerable moment. Made them believe in something again, giving them hope to continue living their lives. And while they do that, they slowly emptied the people with everything they had. From their money to their soul. Throughout the years, they slowly became a huge fixture in history. Representing all the goodness in the world.
What a load of bullcrap.
If selling people in underground auctions and brainwashing children and even raping them were considered good because the one behind them were those 'good' people, then Argent was a saint. And she bet there were even more dark things going on behind the Temple's closed doors.
Argent looked at the map screen in front of her. They were already closed to their destination. She and her sister were currently riding her flying shuttle. They left her island yesterday morning and after a day of travel they would soon arrive at Achea. A town to the south of Victoria City. They plan to travel from there to the city also known as the Holy See - Victoria.
Victoria City was enclaved within the country of Vitalya at the Southwestern continent. It's an ecclesiastical state mainly ruled by the Pope. They were independent from Vitalya, making them exempted from the country's rules and laws. It had an area of 45 hectares and a population of about a thousand. It's probably the smallest sovereign state in the world. And it was also the home of the Temple of Gaia.
They planned to enter the city by hiring a carriage from Achea. It would be just much safer that way. According to Argent's research, the only way to enter the city was through the entrance people called as the Holy Gate. It's a 40 meter tall gate attached to a wall of the same height surrounding the whole city. To enter, one needed to pay 10,000 gold coins for each day that they would stay. In short, if you needed to stay there for five days then you have to pay 50,000 gold coins. Clearly showing that the only one who could enter there were the creme de la creme of high society.
Not only that, they would also be given a red cystal sphere the size of a ping pong ball. Everyone who entered the city needed to hang it around their body, symbolizing their status as guests. That would differentiate them from the citizens living there. The common people wore a green crystal while the clergies and the knights wore yellow.
Once the duration of your stay ended, the crystal would automatically turn black. Which in turn would alert the Knights in the city. If you're only a day late from leaving, the Knights would hunt you down and force you to leave. Some might even send you to prison.
Those were the reasons why it's so hard for an outsider to enter there. Once someone even tried to illegaly enter, the full force of the Temple Knights would run down on them. Doing that would only be equivalent to suicide.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
True, they could just go straight there and steal those red crystals from other city guests. But that would just be too much work. Especially since they wouldn't know how long the crystal they stole would last. Why would they do that when they could just pay for one, right?
"Brother, do we really have to wear this human skin mask?" Aurum suddenly asked, cutting Argent's thoughts.
Argent glanced at her sister. Her golden hair was now turned into a long black wig. Her current face was still pretty but not at par with her original face. The only sign that she was really Aurum was her pair of beautiful amber eyes. She tried to wear the contact lens that Argent made but it only irritated her eyes. So they had to give up on that.
"Yes, didn't I already tell you why?" Argent said.
Just like her sister, she was also wearing a human skin mask. It's a handsome and arrogant face. His hair was also replaced by a black wig. She was also wearing a special black contact lens. Argent wanted to use a plain human skin mask. But then she thought, they would go there as some small country's aristocrats. To justify why they had money to enter Victoria City. It wouldn't be really convincing if they had faces that people wouldn't even look twice.
She also thought of just posing as wealthy merchants. But strictly speaking, merchants weren't really interested in going to events like the Festival of Creation. And acting as aristocrats would give them more freedom. Since aristocrats were given much more importance than merchants.
But the main reason Argent chose to use human skin mask instead of her holographic choker was because of the Pope. She could still remember the meeting they had at Shandra. Now knowing everything she knew, there's a high probability that Lucern Faust probably already knew who she was the moment he saw her. And that's the reason he approached her in the first place.
He probably longed wanted to dispose of that pig of a bishop and he just used her as an excuse. Or he knew already at that point that the Blackbourne blood could get the sacred artifacts he's searching for and he just wanted to test her. She's more inclined to believe it was the latter.
Though why he would know it was her despite her using a holographic choker to disguise her face was beyond her. Her disguise was flawless. Then he thought of the Pope's Gift - light. Her holographic choker needed light so it could function. Even when it's dark, her choker had a built-in light source so it could still work. Maybe he could see through the hologram because of his Gift?
So to be on the safe side, Argent decided that they should just used human skin mask.
"But it's so itchy," Aurum complained. "Are you sure I won't get rashes with this?"
"It's because you're too concious that there's something on your face. And no, you won't. I test these masks personally myself. Just don't think about it. Mind over matter. We still have to wear these masks for another two weeks. Just bear it for a little while."
Aurum sighed. "Okay."
Now she wished they brought Black with them. That way, she could bully him to release a bit of her frustration.
A few more minutes later, their flying shuttle was already hovering over the forest near the town of Achea. Argent slowly landed the shuttle towards a clearing. It was already the middle of the night, so she was not worried that someone might see them.
"Brother, there's no one around. We could go now," Aurum said after checking the surroundings using her Gift.
Both of them went out of the shuttle. Argent immediately turned the flying vehicle back to its capsule form and put it in her space ring.
"We'll camp here for tonight. Then tomorrow morning, we'll hire a carriage at the town," Argent said.
After that, they would go straight to Victoria City.
THIS world was created by the goddess, Gaia. That was the prevalent thought among the people since long ago. Not soon after that, people just started to worship her and consider her as the goddess of this world. Then small churches started appearing all over the world, all brandishing the teachings of the goddess. But it didn't take long for one church to dominate them all. The Temple of Gaia. The one thing that set them above the rest was because they were extraordinarily organized. It all started at the Southwestern continent. There were priests assigned to different small towns, spreading the words of Gaia. The words were all beautiful, convincing people that only good things would happen once you give your faith to Gaia. A few of their teachings were as follows; Have complete faith in Gaia and she would lead you to paradise. Sinners could have their salvation if they just believe. Do good deeds and your would be rewarded. Do something bad and you would receive retribution. Those were chaotic times. Countries keep warring against each others and constantly fighting for territories, there were famines everywhere, people were dying left and right. The ones being affected most by these events were the poor masses. So the promise of paradise and salvation just became a big attraction to the poor. And since the population of the poor was infinitely larger than those of the rich, the spread of the teachings of Gaia just became faster and faster. In just a short amount of time, the religion founded by the Temple of Gaia slowly extended to the other four continents where humans flourished. They built churches, established hierarchical order among the priests, gather exorbitant donations from their followers, until the Temple became what it was today - the biggest religious group in the world. Argent sneered in her heart. In her opinion, what the Temple did was just a big con. They conned the people during their most vulnerable moment. Made them believe in something again, giving them hope to continue living their lives. And while they do that, they slowly emptied the people with everything they had. From their money to their soul. Throughout the years, they slowly became a huge fixture in history. Representing all the goodness in the world. What a load of bullcrap. If selling people in underground auctions and brainwashing children and even raping them were considered good because the one behind them were those 'good' people, then Argent was a saint. And she bet there were even more dark things going on behind the Temple's closed doors. Argent looked at the map screen in front of her. They were already closed to their destination. She and her sister were currently riding her flying shuttle. They left her island yesterday morning and after a day of travel they would soon arrive at Achea. A town to the south of Victoria City. They plan to travel from there to the city also known as the Holy See - Victoria. Victoria City was enclaved within the country of Vitalya at the Southwestern continent. It's an ecclesiastical state mainly ruled by the Pope. They were independent from Vitalya, making them exempted from the country's rules and laws. It had an area of 45 hectares and a population of about a thousand. It's probably the smallest sovereign state in the world. And it was also the home of the Temple of Gaia. They planned to enter the city by hiring a carriage from Achea. It would be just much safer that way. According to Argent's research, the only way to enter the city was through the entrance people called as the Holy Gate. It's a 40 meter tall gate attached to a wall of the same height surrounding the whole city. To enter, one needed to pay 10,000 gold coins for each day that they would stay. In short, if you needed to stay there for five days then you have to pay 50,000 gold coins. Clearly showing that the only one who could enter there were the creme de la creme of high society. Not only that, they would also be given a red cystal sphere the size of a ping pong ball. Everyone who entered the city needed to hang it around their body, symbolizing their status as guests. That would differentiate them from the citizens living there. The common people wore a green crystal while the clergies and the knights wore yellow. Once the duration of your stay ended, the crystal would automatically turn black. Which in turn would alert the Knights in the city. If you're only a day late from leaving, the Knights would hunt you down and force you to leave. Some might even send you to prison. Those were the reasons why it's so hard for an outsider to enter there. Once someone even tried to illegaly enter, the full force of the Temple Knights would run down on them. Doing that would only be equivalent to suicide.Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.webnovel.com for visiting. True, they could just go straight there and steal those red crystals from other city guests. But that would just be too much work. Especially since they wouldn't know how long the crystal they stole would last. Why would they do that when they could just pay for one, right? "Brother, do we really have to wear this human skin mask?" Aurum suddenly asked, cutting Argent's thoughts. Argent glanced at her sister. Her golden hair was now turned into a long black wig. Her current face was still pretty but not at par with her original face. The only sign that she was really Aurum was her pair of beautiful amber eyes. She tried to wear the contact lens that Argent made but it only irritated her eyes. So they had to give up on that. "Yes, didn't I already tell you why?" Argent said. Just like her sister, she was also wearing a human skin mask. It's a handsome and arrogant face. His hair was also replaced by a black wig. She was also wearing a special black contact lens. Argent wanted to use a plain human skin mask. But then she thought, they would go there as some small country's aristocrats. To justify why they had money to enter Victoria City. It wouldn't be really convincing if they had faces that people wouldn't even look twice. She also thought of just posing as wealthy merchants. But strictly speaking, merchants weren't really interested in going to events like the Festival of Creation. And acting as aristocrats would give them more freedom. Since aristocrats were given much more importance than merchants. But the main reason Argent chose to use human skin mask instead of her holographic choker was because of the Pope. She could still remember the meeting they had at Shandra. Now knowing everything she knew, there's a high probability that Lucern Faust probably already knew who she was the moment he saw her. And that's the reason he approached her in the first place. He probably longed wanted to dispose of that pig of a bishop and he just used her as an excuse. Or he knew already at that point that the Blackbourne blood could get the sacred artifacts he's searching for and he just wanted to test her. She's more inclined to believe it was the latter. Though why he would know it was her despite her using a holographic choker to disguise her face was beyond her. Her disguise was flawless. Then he thought of the Pope's Gift - light. Her holographic choker needed light so it could function. Even when it's dark, her choker had a built-in light source so it could still work. Maybe he could see through the hologram because of his Gift? So to be on the safe side, Argent decided that they should just used human skin mask. "But it's so itchy," Aurum complained. "Are you sure I won't get rashes with this?" "It's because you're too concious that there's something on your face. And no, you won't. I test these masks personally myself. Just don't think about it. Mind over matter. We still have to wear these masks for another two weeks. Just bear it for a little while." Aurum sighed. "Okay." Now she wished they brought Black with them. That way, she could bully him to release a bit of her frustration. A few more minutes later, their flying shuttle was already hovering over the forest near the town of Achea. Argent slowly landed the shuttle towards a clearing. It was already the middle of the night, so she was not worried that someone might see them. "Brother, there's no one around. We could go now," Aurum said after checking the surroundings using her Gift. Both of them went out of the shuttle. Argent immediately turned the flying vehicle back to its capsule form and put it in her space ring. "We'll camp here for tonight. Then tomorrow morning, we'll hire a carriage at the town," Argent said. After that, they would go straight to Victoria City.
