Chapter 359 Goddess of Night
As the white bodies entangled, Xio’s sanity was washed away by the unimaginable “joy”. He wandered on the border between heaven and hell, his mind going blank.

“Don’t be so passive. Interrogation is just a process. The ultimate goal is to force out the truth. You should be the leader of this interrogation.”

When her confused mind dominated her body, she heard a voice that seemed to come from the horizon. She stopped moving and the pleasure that overwhelmed her brain subsided a little, allowing her to regain a bit of consciousness in the ocean of joy.

Her blurry vision turned around, and Xio felt herself coming to the top, in control of the situation. She tried to control her body, but failed after several attempts. She still couldn’t help but continue to desire it.

Just then, she felt something cold being stuffed into her hand.

“Follow me and recite in ancient Hermetic script.”

A series of mysterious words echoed in his ears. He bit his tongue cruelly, letting the pain bring him more clarity, and repeated them stumblingly.

“Here… huh… endurance increases, touch… decreases!”

The powerful “law” was executed, and the enclosed space in the room became a separate “domain”. Hugh suddenly woke up, and reason once again became the master of his body.

Only then did she notice that the person under her was smiling teasingly and ambiguously. Shame surged over her. She looked at the cold object in her hand with shame and found that it was an exquisite brooch.

Luke took the initiative to explain: “The main material of the new seal I made is the extraordinary characteristics of the Arbitrator Path Sequence 4. It comes from the admiral, Amyrius of the Central Sonia Sea President.”

He named this sealed object “Law Brooch”, which discarded most of the Law Mage’s abilities to avoid negative states and only retained the most core “Law” ability.

The more Xio listened, the more confused he became, with countless thoughts racing through his mind:

“Are you really the murderer who assassinated Ambassador Baker? What is your motive? Aren’t you a magician of the Fortune Teller Path Sequence 7? How could you defeat a demigod? What exactly do you want to do? What is your ultimate goal?”

“You know what to do.”

Lu Ke supported himself on the bed with both hands, propped up his upper body diagonally, and raised the corners of his mouth:

“I have something special that can help you digest quickly, but it will be useless if you don’t use it correctly.”

Just as knowing the history of the universe does not help the “Witch of Pleasure” digestion, the “Ancient Scholar” partying all day and night will not improve the digestion of the potion.

Xio pursed her lips. Her father was a senior official of MI9. From childhood, she was influenced by him and with Luke’s guidance, she understood that the role of the arbitrator was a clear, progressive process.

Sequence 9 “Arbitrator” passively waits for disputes to arise and conducts fair and just arbitration. Sequence 8 “Sheriff” actively governs an area and maintains stability and order by catching criminals. Sequence 7 “Interrogator” tortures and interrogates the captured criminals to get the truth. Sequence 6 “Judge” judges the criminals after learning the truth, and Sequence “Punishment Knight” is the executor after the judgment is issued.

Above Sequence 4, one basically has to manage and govern a large area of ​​jurisdiction. “Arbitrator” itself is the most suitable path for the royal family, or the path of those in power.

Xio vaguely grasped something. He felt that Luke not only wanted to help him play the role of “interrogator” in advance, but also wanted to play the roles of “judge” and even “punishment knight” in advance.

In this way, when you obtain extraordinary characteristics in the future, you will be promoted quickly.

She let out a long breath, her red face showing determination, her jade-like arms pressed on the man’s chest, raised her body, and said in a firm tone:

“I understand. I will squeeze every last drop out of your secrets, impose a severe punishment on you, and be the executor of your execution.”

“Yes, I’ll wait and see.”

Luke’s mouth curved into a provocative arc, his eyes narrowed slightly, bringing a sense of hunting danger.

The night is still long.

……

The next day, early morning.

Fors rubbed her eyes and got up. She glanced at the next room and vaguely heard a weak female voice coming from inside, seeming to be reading something like “forbidden”.

She is really energetic. She spent most of the day with her yesterday, and she has been playing with Xiu until now in the evening, and she is having a lot of fun.

Fors was secretly shocked, recalling the bone-numbing experience yesterday. Her heart trembled, and she quickly shook her head to clear her messy thoughts.

After looking at the empty dining table with regret, Fors returned to her room, dressed herself in front of the mirror, and prepared to go out to collect inspiration and find some peace and quiet.

When she opened the door again, the noise in the next room had stopped, and there was a figure leaning on the sofa in the living room smoking.

“Is Hugh okay?”

“I’m fine. I just fell asleep because I was tired.”

Lu Ke crossed his legs and frowned, saying in a deep voice, “You’ll be fine after you rest for a while and wake up.”

Feeling a sense of low pressure, Fors spoke cautiously and tested carefully:

“You seem to be in a bad mood?”

“A little bit, it’s okay.”

Putting the cigarette in his hand into the ashtray, Lu Ke took a deep breath to calm his inner restlessness.

If you want to play the role of the Sequence 5 “Punishment Knight” seriously, you should make him suffer a little. If you act completely according to his ideas, the role play will probably have no effect.

In the second half, Hugh grasped the essence of torture and used the law of “not being able to reach the peak here”. Although he was not impossible to break through, he did not resist the law for the sake of Hugh’s smooth performance.

Luke calmed down and looked at Fors: “Where do you usually go to play?”

“It’s not playing, it’s collecting folk songs… Can you call what writers do playing?”

Fors blushed and argued for a few words, muttering softly:

“I usually go to a fixed bar to have a drink, randomly pick a few restaurants on the street to taste local delicacies, and go to listen to musicals or plays…”

Fors raised her voice a little: “Well, sometimes I spend a few solis to ask randomly selected passers-by to tell their stories. You know, the details are the most touching part.”

“Well, don’t go out today. Stay home and look after Xio.”

“it is good.”

Fors nodded obediently. She was just going out for a stroll anyway.

Lu Ke pondered for a moment and said, “When you are free, help me go to the Steam Church.”

Fors was stunned for a moment. “You mean the Saint Hillran Church? I can go there soon. I don’t have anything to do anyway.”

“No.” Lu Ke shook his head. “You don’t have to go there on purpose. Just go there as you normally would when you feel like going there naturally.”

Fors estimated in her mind: “Then you may have to wait a little longer. I usually don’t go there once a month. Are you sure it won’t delay your business?”

“It’s nothing serious.”

Lu Ke stood up, put on a tuxedo, and said casually:
“I have something to do today, so I won’t be back for lunch.” “Well, be careful on the road.”

Fors didn’t know how to say it, and when she saw Luke’s slightly strange expression, she realized that their conversation was weird, just like a wife sending her husband off to work.

Luke grinned and spread his hands, “Would you like a farewell kiss?”

“No, that’s too ambiguous.”

Fors refused instinctively, but her eyes fell on her thin lips involuntarily. She was slightly distracted, but when she reacted, she had already moved closer.

“Be good, only children who know how to act like a spoiled child can get enough to eat.”

Luke reached out and tidied Fors’s hair, thinking for a moment:
“You can choose a time to rest in the room at night. Opening the door shouldn’t be difficult for you, right?”

Fors felt her heart skip a beat and swallowed, “You’re not saying what I think you mean?”

“Yes, I won’t force you. I’ll come to see you or not.”

Fors glanced at him in confusion and said in a strange tone, “Why do I feel like you’ve become very… very dissolute in the past two days?”

What do you mean by these two days?
Luke sneered and rubbed his chin, “Well… I’ve been promoted and am digesting the Beyonder characteristics. This is my way of acting.”

Fors shut her mouth. Since it was just a performance, there was nothing she could do.

However, the sixth sequence of the fortune teller should be “Faceless Man”. The name doesn’t sound like a sequence that requires such a role. Is the fortune teller’s path so confusing?

She remembered that in Lu Ke’s speech, high-sequence beings could have an influence downwards, especially the existence at the top. Could it be that the existence at the top of the fortune-teller was an old silver stick?
click-

The sound of the door closing woke Fors from her weird imagination. She came to her senses, casually pulled out a novel from the bookcase and walked towards Xio’s room.

Show Hugh The Dog Chasing the Monk!
……

The sun was particularly abundant today, and Backlund’s smog had dissipated a lot, making it look brighter than usual.

Lu Ke stretched out his hand to block the glaring sunlight, stopped a carriage, and said calmly:

“To Queens.”

He walked through the guards’ familiar gazes and arrived at Baron Larry’s mansion. The butler, who had been instructed by his master, welcomed Luke into the mansion’s reception room and then left on his own accord.

At this time, more than ten guests were seated in the reception room, chatting with each other in a familiar manner. Each of them was a noble with a distinguished status and title, most of them were barons, with two or three viscounts scattered around.

When they saw Lu Ke coming in, they all stood up at the same time, bowed respectfully, and performed a complicated but elegant greeting.

After being promoted to Sequence 6, the “Alien” gift he could carry was further improved. He could use these modified people as carriers for remote control, and he could also transfer the power of “Double Hands” to modify souls to other people, speeding up the invasion of the lower levels of the power circle.

A virus with a long incubation period, no obvious symptoms, and only breaking out at critical points began to brew slowly but steadily.

Lu Ke did not have much expectation for these pawns. His original plan was to gradually invade the middle level of the power circle and slowly gain control of the discourse power of the Kingdom of Loen.

The royal family, marquises, and dukes at the top of the power circle are either powerful High-Sequence Beyonders themselves, or are monitored by the “Psychological Alchemy Society”, making it difficult to take action. However, there are too many people at the grassroots level and the more people they control, the greater the probability of being discovered.

Only these middle-level barons and viscounts play a connecting role in parliament, courts, the army and other places. After an invasion, they can quietly cut off the connection between the top and the people below, and can also directly issue instructions to the grassroots. The number of people is just right.

The idea is great, but there are many problems in implementation.

The power of the upper class will not be lost easily. The formulation of various laws and regulations is still decided by the upper class, and not all official documents issued by them are distributed step by step. It is easy to be discovered if they commit fraud and deceive their superiors.

The key point is that there are extraordinary abilities in this world. There are archangels, angels and multiple saints in the royal family. The “arbitrator” and “lawyer” channels have the ability to monitor the rules and can react immediately to any loopholes.

Therefore, these pawns can only be icing on the cake. The most important thing is that Lu Ke himself must gain enough power to overthrow the royal rule.

Or, get some help?

Lu Ke silently turned his gaze towards the North District.

……

St. Samuel’s Church.

Coming out of Queens, Luke took a carriage to the Church of the Goddess of Night, which was the largest in the Kingdom of Loen besides the headquarters, the Church of Tranquility.

He looked at the solemn church, with an inexplicable glow in his brown pupils. He didn’t know if it was because of the angle, but the entrance of the church was dark and gloomy, as if even the sunlight could not penetrate it. Only the sound of the priest’s sermon could be heard faintly.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Ke walked in.

“——”

The sound disappeared.

The moment you step into the church, silence engulfs everything. The hustle and bustle of the outside world, the footsteps of pedestrians, the sounds of prayers and sermons, all the sounds turn into silence.

The church was empty, the seats in the prayer room were all vacant, and there was nothing in the front. This was very abnormal for the headquarters of the three major churches in the Kingdom of Loen.

Lu Ke seemed not to notice this abnormality and continued to move forward. He stopped in front of the holy emblem composed of patterns of starry sky, night and crimson moon, and silently recited the name of the Goddess of Night.

“She is the goddess of night who is higher than the starry sky and longer than eternity. She is also the Lord of Crimson, the Mother of Secrets, the Queen of Disaster and Fear, the Lord of Sleep and Silence.”

There was no reaction, nothing around changed, and there was eternal silence all around.

Lu Ke waited for a while and said in a deep voice: “I have received your kindness and am willing to give you a chance to communicate. Are you sure you want to give up?”

After a few breaths, Lu Ke turned and left without hesitation.

Just as he took a step forward, the scene around him suddenly became dark. In the reflection of the brick and stone floor, Lu Ke saw his body like a pencil sketch being erased quickly.

A little light appeared in the darkness, and when Lu Ke’s vision returned, he was already in a palace with many cracks in the huge stone walls, which looked ancient and vicissitudes of life.

There were cracks in the wall and broken windows. The night was deep and cold, filled with thick fog. Rays of starlight penetrated the fog and fell, bringing a dim environment to the palace, illuminating the vague town shrouded in fog, looming and surrounding the palace.

Deep in the palace there is a huge mottled stone chair, and above it there is a vague figure.

The figure was a female, wearing a layered yet simple dark long skirt that seemed dotted with bright stars. Two arms grew out from her ribs and waist, each covered with short dark hair.

Goddess of the Night, Amanesis!

His voice was soft and melodious, as if lulling people to sleep.

“As you wish, I am here to see you.”

(End of this chapter)