Chapter 156: Rolling in By the Vine (3)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
‘Does the Condemnation of the Sun actually exist?’
That was the crazy priestess Cage’s response. She seemed to be shocked.
That made Cale realize something.
‘It is not an ordinary item.’
Jack started to speak as if he knew what Cale was thinking about.
‘It is a divine item.’
A divine item.
An item gifted by the god.
The thief that was the owner of the Sound of the Wind ancient power had died while running away with a divine item.
That was how precious they were. The reason that the secret organization Arm was able to kill the strong Blue Wolf tribe was because they had a divine item.
That was why Cale was excited as he asked.
‘Where is the Condemnation of the Sun located? I will retrieve it.’
However, Jack shook his head with a bitter expression.
‘I do not know.’
Jack had only heard about the existence of divine items while being taught by the pope the ways of a Saint. After that, the pope responded to Jack's questions of, ‘Are there divine items?’ with, ‘Divine items? Something like that does not exist.’
The fake Holy Maiden, Hannah, who had been quietly listening to Jack, let out a scoff.
‘The Pope said that it does not exist. That means that it is definitely somewhere. That greedy old man probably hid it somewhere safe.’
Jack said something interesting at that moment.
‘However, the Pope would not have been able to use the divine item even if he knew where it was located.’
‘Why is that?’
‘The Popes have not directly been appointed by the Sun God since the Pope from about 500 years ago. The rest since then were all selected in a meeting by the church’s leaders.’
Hannah put on another smirk.
‘Meeting of leaders my ass. It was more of an ugly fight for power.’
Cale listened to the crazy priestess, the Saint, and the fake Holy Maiden chat for a while before asking Jack a question.
‘What kind of divine item is the Condemnation of the Sun?’
Cale set a goal for this trip after hearing Jack’s response.
He decided to steal it if he got lucky enough to find it.
‘But I don't really have a way to find it.’
There was no way Cale would know the location when neither the Saint nor the Holy Maiden knew about it. That was why he added the part about luck.
Tap.
Cale turned his head toward the hand on his shoulder.
“Let’s go in.”
It was the crown prince.
Cale, the rest of the Roan Kingdom's investigation team, and the Empire’s administrators all responded to Alberu.
Cale, Choi Han, Eruhaben, and the Vice Captain all followed behind Alberu as they headed into the Vatican.
There was still evidence of the explosion in the plaza outside the Vatican.
Part of the Vatican itself was still destroyed from the magic bomb as well.
There was a barricade along the site of the incident along with a large group of people gathered in the plaza just outside the barricade.
“Catch those terrible twins who destroyed the Church and killed our citizens!”
“The Church of the Sun God is disbanded! A church that seeks power is no longer a church!”
Many different voices could be heard.
“Catch and kill those devils who killed the Pope-nim!”
“The Empire does not need the Sun God! The Church of the Sun God that kills people, be gone!”
The Empire had revealed many things about the Church of the Sun God that they had discovered during their terror investigation. As a result, the Vatican was empty because the priests, as well as anybody else that was involved with the Vatican, were all currently under investigation.
‘The Empire is quite an interesting place.’
Cale could tell that the Empire's royal family was letting these people do this on purpose. There were bound to be moles from the crown among those people as well.
However, Cale did not care about it.
-Human, human! Let’s find a lot of treasures!
Cale slightly nodded his head at Raon's voice.
He then lifted his head up.
He could see the Alchemists’ Bell Tower which was visible from all locations within the Empire.
He could see the tall tower that looked as if it could stab the sun.
In contrast, the Vatican was quiet and destroyed.
‘Ah, so thrilling.’
That was what the fake Holy Maiden, Hannah, had said.
‘I told Arm about the secret room. It is a location that only the Pope and the leaders know about. A lot of the Vatican’s treasures are located there.’
‘However, I did not tell them about the secret table inside of the secret room.’
‘That is the path to the real treasure.’
Choi Han saw it.
“Cale-nim, in your hand-”
He could not say the rest as he looked around. He then quickly moved to Cale's side in order to block the view of the Empire's administrator.
Choi Han then pointed to Cale's right hand.
Swooooooosh-
A small gust of wind was forming on Cale's right hand.
“Ha, haha-”
A low laughter echoed in the area. The quiet laughter was filled with both admiration and shock.
It was Cale. Cale could not prevent himself from laughing.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
His heart was beating wildly.
His feet felt lighter as well.
It was the Sound of the Wind.
The Sound of the Wind was roaring in his mind more than ever before. Cale recalled the information about the former owner of this power.
The greatest thief who had stolen a divine item.
She was as bold as she was fast.
Swooooooosh-
The gust of wind on his hand kept wanting to fly toward the tower.
- Human, what is going on? Why are you causing the wind? Are you trying to destroy the tower with the whirlwind?
Raon's serious voice echoed in his mind.
- Don’t do that! I saw your hands shaking last time! The great and mighty Raon Miru can easily destroy a tower like that if you want! I can destroy the palace as well!
Cale quietly responded back.
“We can’t destroy it.”
“Excuse me?”
- ... You are not going to destroy it?
Choi Han asked with confusion while Raon responded with an oddly disappointed tone.
Cale brushed his face with his left hand.
He recalled the information Jack and Hannah had told him about the tower.
‘Although they call her a heretic, the leaders get to know the truth. The woman who was imprisoned in the tower was the last real Holy Maiden.’
‘You're right. She supposedly tried to reveal the church’s wrongdoings, but she failed and ended up having to live the terrible life of being imprisoned in the tower forever.’
‘The Pope tried to brainwash us from an early age that acting like that Holy Maiden would only lead to a pitiful life.’
The tower where the last real Holy Maiden lived.
She had looked down at the church from the small window at the top of the tallest tower in the Vatican.
Cale remembered the question he had asked Jack, as well as Jack's response.
‘What kind of divine item is the Condemnation of the Sun?’
Jack had an awkward smile as he responded back.
‘It is the Sun’s judgment. Although it is hard to believe...’
He shook his head as he continued to speak.
‘It is supposed to prevent the night. A white night. It is said to bring forth a bright night.’
The Condemnation of the Sun.
An item that destroys the darkness.
It was a divine item that only the Church of the Sun God could own.
Cale looked toward the tower again.
It is here.
The thief who owned the Sound of the Wind was quietly reaching out to him.
It is here.
The divine item is here.
Cale started to speak.
“Choi Han.”
“Yes sir.”
“We will secretly leave the palace tonight.”
“···Excuse me?”
Cale didn’t even look toward the shocked Choi Han as he started to speak to Raon.
“Raon.”
-What is it, Human?
“Show the assassin in my room some illusions tonight. Make him think that I am peacefully sleeping in the room.”
- He is pretty strong, so I will need to create a magic circle with a magic stone.
“Use it.”
Cale didn't care.
Why would he care about a magic stone when they were going to find a divine item?
Cale started to speak.
“Tonight. We will loot this tower tonight.”
1. I changed god’s item to divine item. Chapters 51 and 52 have been updated.