Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1608: Chapter 335: Borrowing Some Holy Light

Old Vasco was feeling very uneasy at the moment—but no matter how uneasy he felt, he couldn’t show it. This was the tacit understanding… or rather, the natural reaction he had developed after knowing Stretta for so many years.

Everyone had to act all mysterious together.

In the whole Holy Church, apart from him, there were probably not even a handful of people who could handle Stretta’s tricks.

But that old bastard Stretta really chased away two Descending Angels just now?

Two genuine Descending Angels, with proper roots and all.

No… the one who actually terrified those two Descending Angels into fleeing wasn’t Stretta, it was his golden cat, Atang—after this incident, even if a door slammed on Vasco’s head, he wouldn’t think that Atang was just an ordinary fat cat.

Void Primordial Demon… before Philes Angel retreated, he seemed to shout out this name.

Vasco just felt his head ache. He didn’t know what position he himself was in after witnessing all this—he didn’t want Stretta to truly lose his faith and become a sinner of the Holy Church.

As for being on par with Stretta, being equally matched and all that, Vasco couldn’t bring himself to say it anymore—Stretta had been away from the Holy Church for so many years, and Vasco had never wasted a moment on self-improvement. But this gap, it seemed a little too big.

“You old bastard, before sunrise, can’t your students repair my church?”

While the Vasco Paladin was deep in thought, Father Stretta had already dug out the half-broken cross that was on the church roof and stabbed it into the ground directly.

“Do you really expect me to sit on the dirt and discuss biblical stories with tomorrow’s congregation?”

At a time like this!

“Stop bothering me!” Vasco shouted angrily.

“Tsk tsk, quite the temper!” Father Stretta sneered, “If I hadn’t seduced that female captain from the Paladin Camp and spent three days and nights arranging things for you, you wouldn’t be where you are today!”

“You scoundrel! Captain Karin is one of the few beauties in the Holy Church, how did she wrong a bastard like you!” Vasco Paladin burst with veins popping.

“I knew you had a crush on Karin!” Stretta huffed, “You blockhead, I took the first sip of Karin, and you’re still fawning all over her!”

“If I don’t beat you to death today, I’m no longer a Vasco Paladin!”

With that, the seasoned paladin’s body swelled alarmingly as he lunged towards Father Stretta with his fist raised!

The priest pulled up his sleeves and landed a left hook square on Vasco’s face.

Reciprocating is polite, and Vasco too landed a punch on the priest’s belly.

The two old men, with a combined age nearing two hundred, were just throwing punches at each other in the pit, no Divine Power involved, pure hand-to-hand combat.

Until Atang, who had been watching, yawned and lay down for a nap, and as the sky brightened, the two finally sat on the ground gasping for air.

Father Stretta wiped the sweat from his forehead and suddenly said, “Then don’t be a paladin, the Holy Church really has no future.”

It wasn’t the first time Father Stretta had said such a thing.

Vasco didn’t respond, just silently gazed at the night sky that was about to fade away.

After a long while, when the Morning Star was about to disappear from the sky, Vasco slowly asked, “Stretta, why did you give up your faith?”

Father Stretta’s head drooped as he started snoring.

Vasco knew he wouldn’t get an answer, even if he shook Stretta awake and they fought again, the answer would still elude him.

The day had broken.

Vasco silently lifted several unconscious Squire Candidates, leaving Father Stretta alone by the skewed cross planted in the ground.

Only Atang kept him company.

Oh… bald Mai Rada still hadn’t woken up, how fortunate.

…

After escaping from the church with incredible speed, they flew across the ocean and landed on a small island along the coast—these two Descending Angels.

“It’s a Void Primordial Demon! I’m certain of it!” Angel Philes exclaimed, still in shock upon landing, “Jennifer, you saw it too, didn’t you?”

The female Descending Angel… now named Angel Jennifer, nodded solemnly.

“How could a Void Primordial Demon appear in a sub-world?” Philes breathed deeply, “With the traits of a Void Primordial Demon, even one would bring terrifying disaster to a sub-world… the will of the world should resist the invasion of the Primordial Demon! It’s always guarding against Void Primordial Demons!”

“How would I know!” Jennifer forced a smile, “That Void Primordial Demon seemed to be raised by that God Defiler! Neither you nor I have ever seen a Void Primordial Demon that could be kept as a pet.”

Indeed, it was being raised, not subdued or controlled through violence—both Philes Angel and Jennifer Angel could clearly see that.

Knowing the difference between the two was why both angels were so utterly astonished.

“That Void Primordial Demon seems to be in its juvenile form.” Philes frowned, “If it were in its complete form, escaping would have been much more difficult for us.”

“Even in its juvenile form…” Jennifer shook her head, unwilling to elaborate further.

Angels of the lower three orders in Heaven encountering a Void Primordial Demon, it was as if they met Heaven and Earth… this was evident when the Transcender Organization acted to attack Heaven and rescue Noah, releasing massive numbers of Void Primordial Demons, resulting in severe losses for Heaven.

Void Primordial Demons naturally suppressed angels, only angels of the middle three orders and above, like Four-winged Angels, wielded strong resistance against them… even Two-winged Angels, although comparable in combat power to middle-order angels, were completely suppressed by Void Primordial Demons.

“Let’s go!” Philes took a deep breath, flapping his wings to prepare for flight, “This matter is critical, even more so than the issue of Holy Remains and Stretta becoming a God Defiler. We must report to Lord Hamaliel!”

“Agreed!” Angel Jennifer immediately concurred.

Meow—! Suddenly, a cat’s meow.

The two angels instinctively turned towards the source of the meow, only to see a black cat perched on a rock of the small desolate island… this tiny barren island was surrounded by sea, devoid of vegetation, where did the black cat come from?

And… a cat?

After being terrified by Atang, the two angels developed an intense reaction to cats, reminiscent of once-bitten, twice-shy.

“It’s not a Void Primordial Demon!” Philes Angel exhaled, realizing he’d been scared by a mere cat and felt some shame and anger at himself.

The drawbacks of the Descending Angel gradually began to reveal themselves… Due to their birth through a vessel, Angels are easily influenced by the original personality of the vessel.

For instance, the young man Philes descended into had the highest compatibility rate—but he had the flaw of being easily angered.

Hmph!

Consuming rage in his heart, Angel Philes instinctively waved his hand, unleashing a Holy Light… faintly resembling the look of someone venting after being scared off by Atang, the Void Primordial Demon.

But the Holy Light was blocked, as if a mysterious force in front of the Black Cat directly deflected the Holy Light… the deflected Holy Light was thereby shot into the sea, resulting in explosions, waves, and a splash of water reaching toward the sky.

The power of this strike was considerable.

Jennifer frowned and glanced at Philes; the side effects from the vessel of Philes’ descent seemed to exceed the average.

“Cowardly guy! Come out!” Angel Philes became even angrier, and his wings emitted a dazzling light, instantly illuminating the small desolate island entirely.

The Black Cat crouched on the rock not only showed no fear but even wiped his face a few times, and the flame of anger in Angel Philes’ eyes intensified; yet at this moment, another voice sounded.

“Please don’t misunderstand, I’ve never hidden myself, it’s merely that you didn’t notice me.”

“Who’s there!”

Startled and angry, Angel Jennifer instantly condensed in her hand a cross sword of Holy Light.

“Here.”

Following the voice, the gaze landed once again on the rock where the mysterious Black Cat was—except now there was also a man dressed in a black suit, wearing a hat.

He was sitting, with the Black Cat nestled in his embrace, enjoying the petting and purring contentedly, seemingly in great spirits.

“Who are you?” Philes shouted in a deep voice.

He quickly cast a glance at Jennifer, and although consumed by anger, a surprising calm overtook him… The secrets of this sub-world seemed to grow more numerous, prompting him to temporarily put away his feeling of contempt.

“Me?” The man in the top hat raised his head slightly, though the brim still obscured half of his face, pale white, “I myself don’t know who I am.”

Having encountered Father Strala who spoke nonsensically, and now this mysterious man pretending to be crazy, after several frustrations, Angel Philes took a deep breath and calmly said, “Since you don’t know, let me tell you then… You are a sinner, in need of purification by Holy Light!”

“Just right.” The mysterious man suddenly chuckled, “I came just to borrow a little Holy Light from you two.”

“What…” Angel Jennifer subconsciously froze, then a terrible crisis of fear struck, almost without thinking, she blurted out, “Danger!”

Too late!

It was a speed they hadn’t reacted to, a sliver of shadow already entwined them, forcibly pulling them down from mid-air.

No matter how they propelled the divine power, they couldn’t break free from this peculiar shadow, and it was even crazily devouring their burst-out divine power.

“A bit more.” The mysterious man stood up, “You possess more divine power than this… just this amount doesn’t meet my expectations.”

Indeed, they had much more divine power, but in this sub-world, they could only exert to this extent! Sub-world 003, though relatively mild, wasn’t without suppression!

Exploding further? That would require damaging their essence!

But this shadow could not be escaped—the immense fear reminded the two Angels of the horrors of battling in the dimensional crevices and endless space.

They almost simultaneously wanted to detach from their respective vessels of descent, even if it meant being directly expelled from this sub-world, exposed to the unknown regions of the crevice… At least, at least there would be a glimmer of hope!

“Unable to detach!” Angel Philes was instantly astonished, this shadow not only continuously devoured his divine power but even thoroughly restrained him on the vessel’s body!

“Too little.” The mysterious youth shook his head, with a wave of his hand, the shadow entwining Angel Philes contracted directly.

Jennifer only heard a shrill cry from Philes, then witnessed the vessel youth already turned into a mummy… Philes’ aura had completely vanished.

Even the life force the vessel youth originally had was now entirely gone…

“Strong presence from the Void, we meant no offense!” Angel Jennifer’s mind was buzzing… This was an instinctive reaction from her vessel, this mysterious man, could very well be a powerful being trapped in this small world from the dimensional crevice- Heaven usually dispatched a legion, but these powerful beings roamed solo.

“Void?” The mysterious man shook his head, “I haven’t been to that place yet, nor do I intend to go… You should leave, I’ve left you a bit of strength to return.”

The shadow instantly receded from Jennifer’s body… She looked hesitantly at this scene.

“Do you want to know the secrets of this world?” The mysterious man in the suit smiled faintly, “Go back and tell your superior, if they want to really know, have them come crawling to find me… But if they’re at your level, they’d better scurry back to their hive; this world isn’t freely roaming territory for any stray cat or dog.”

Angel Jennifer remained silent, merely opened her wings, swiftly breaking through the clouds, fleeing toward the location of the Holy City.

It wasn’t until she had completely departed, that the man in the suit slowly exhaled… He raised his hand, holding a palm-sized remote control with blue and red buttons.

“Among all these energy sources, the divine power is the easiest to absorb…” He gazed into the distance across the sea, “Bring me more… Angel.”

Standing quietly for a long time, until a sliver of sunlight rose from the end of the sea, the man in the suit looked at the black cat, softly saying, “Let’s go, Hermes…”

The Black Cat meowed once, then affectionately leapt onto the shoulder of the man in the suit.

They vanished at the instant the sun stretched across the small desolate island.

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“Still failed!”

Lamias collapsed, not wanting to move even her fingers, directly lying on the ground, her sweat soaking through her small vest… clinging.

On the workbench, the dismantled pieces of the Fear Inverted Cross armor were in disarray… a nearly complete Cycle covered the workbench, now gradually losing its radiance.

Lamias looked at the reversed holy relic in her hand, revealing a slight bitter smile: “Indeed, an ordinary person’s spiritual power is simply insufficient to support such a refinement, if so…”

The nun’s eyes burst with strange light… She couldn’t do it doesn’t mean others can’t. Perhaps that young mansion’s owner who can use Structural Alchemy without Master Plaid’s contract could…

“He seems most interested in new things…” Lamias quietly thought, “What I want to do is to merge the reversed holy relic with the six pieces of the Fear Inverted Cross, he might take interest…”

The nun gritted her teeth, struggling to her feet, quickly packing up everything here… Time!