Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1286 1258. Blood Saint

"Come with me."

Mark tilted his head at Lan En and motioned to follow him.

The two people's boots stepped on the stone steps, making a 'click-click' sound as the hard soles collided.

The door of the research hall is not small. It does not look like a combination of a research institute and a hospital, but more like a cathedral.

But in Yanan, a city that integrates politics, education, research and medicine, there is nothing wrong with this trait.

Mark took Lan En up the steps and entered the door, and placed his large suitcase against the wall in the hallway.

He waved his hand in a small and subtle motion.

He spent the whole afternoon carrying boxes and guiding strangers to familiarize themselves with the main streets of Yanan. Although he was already a hunter by profession, his fingers were still sore.

After putting the suitcase away, he led Lan En inside.

The lighting in the research hall is very poor, and although there are many kerosene lamps installed, the single lighting range is not ideal.

Therefore, the interior of the entire large building turned into a large area of ​​darkness, with an occasional dim yellow light spot lighting up.

The lighting problem makes the numerous bookshelves and numerous collections of books here lose the calmness of knowledge and instead look strange.

And a strange smell filled the entire space. Is it unclear whether it was the smell of natural medicine? Or does it taste like a preparation refined by chemical means? Or is it the smell of some kind of bodily fluid in an organism?

In short, this strange smell is mixed together and is very profound.

The gloomy atmosphere of this place made Lan En frown.

If any hospital is really decorated in this style, it will really be too optimistic for patients during the treatment process.

When you first enter, there is a sunken square pool on the ground floor of the research hall.

But there is no water in the water-spray sculpture in the middle, and the water in the pool has long since dried up.

There are many people coming and going, and most of them are busy. Most of them are clergy wearing uniforms similar to Mark's. They seem to be responsible for the operation of this research hall and research.

A small number of them were wearing regular clothes and were probably servants.

"This is the forefront of our research on gray blood disease." Mark said as he led Lan En through the crowd and walked inside. "But because of this, the management style is different from those of clinic-style medical hospitals."

Mark pointed to the upper level of the research hall with a small movement.

Lan En also looked up.

A descendant of Sumeru, wearing a gray coat, about the same height as him, and with a face as pale as death, was standing at the top of the stairs holding a cane and a lantern.

Apparently he was acting as a guard.

"You can't move around here like other medical hospitals, but since this is what you asked for, I just hope you can pay attention to yourself and don't make mistakes."

"These Sumeru descendants only recognize a few church leaders or certain tokens. They are very rigid. Don't expect them to have any human touch."

As he said that, Mark seemed to be searching among the busy people of all kinds and found his target, so he simply walked past several people with Lan En.

"Adeline!"

Mark raised his hand and slightly increased the volume, causing the target person not far away to turn his head.

It was a woman with blond hair and wearing a uniform no different from that of a clergy member of the Healing Church.

But she is obviously not a clergyman, because she does not have that sense of darkness and depth.

Before she turned her head, she seemed to be giving directions to a servant who was confused by the spiral staircase up and down the research hall.

"mark?"

Adeline's voice was full of confusion and surprise, obviously she didn't expect Mark to come to her.

After briefly recounting the route to the lost people around her, she turned around and walked towards Mark and Lan En.

"Why did you come to me? What's the matter?"

Adeline looked cheerful, as if she was happy to have someone to do something for her. Mark, on the other hand, looked the same as always.

"I think you are probably the only one here who is in the mood to do a favor that has nothing to do with you, Adeline."

He briefly talked about Lan En's situation, and extended his hand to introduce the tall man behind him who was looking around the research hall.

"Stranger, do you want to become a hunter in Yanan?"

After hearing the situation, Adeline watched Lan En nod frequently and burst into a bright smile.

This smile is so brilliant that it can almost be called 'dazzling' in Yanan.

"Thank you, Mark! You thought of asking me to help when you needed it. Don't worry, I will take this gentleman to learn about our Healing Church."

"When the time comes, he will definitely join us!"

Mark nodded calmly, just like Henryk. Although he came to ask for help, his expression and demeanor did not make people feel that they had a deep friendship.

Mark put on the hood behind his uniform and prepared to leave the research hall, carrying his suitcase to the church hunter's house.

But when he turned around and walked to the edge of the pool in the research hall, he seemed to remember something, stepped on the stone floor and turned back, standing in front of Adeline.

"He has only arrived in Yanan a few days ago. Please don't let him go too far alone. He may get lost."

He spoke to Adeline seriously and carefully.

After finishing speaking, he held the brim of his hat and nodded slightly towards Lan En with a calm face.

"Goodbye, Lan. I hope you see what you want to see here."

Then, without waiting for Lan En's response, he turned around and left without any delay.

The same clergy uniform gradually blended into the crowd and could not be recognized.

Only Lan En could recognize it. Under the same gloomy uniform robe, he really felt Mark's enthusiasm and help under the indifferent appearance.

And Adeline looked very happy.

"Hello!" She said to Lan En with some excitement, "I am the Blood Saint of the Healing Church, Adeline. You want to know the philosophy and medical technology of the Healing Church, right?"

"That's great! I can explain it to you slowly. You will definitely understand us, and we are in need of manpower now."

Unlike the clergy in the research hall, Adeline greeted Lan En with a smile.

In the group of clergy who were similar to Mark's indifferent appearance, this excited smile was very different.

Blood Saint. The Demon Hunter asked Mentos in his mind to retrieve the information.

That was the basic information he got from chatting while having dinner at Gascoigne's house, and then he explored and revised it himself.

The sacred blood of the Yharnam Healing Church comes from the blood of the ancient gods, but the blood of the ancient gods' corpses is limited and too strong.

So in order to have this blood for a long time, the Healing Church will select qualified women as [Blood Saints].

Use some sacred blood as an inducement and inject it into their bodies, and then through systematic training and cultivation, the quality of their blood will be greatly improved.

Become a new source of sacred blood.

"But I think you seem to be different from others."

Lan En tilted his head and said softly.

"Mark came to you for help, but you actually thanked him happily, which made me a little confused."

"I just want to help others and help the church." Adeline pursed her lips and apologized a little embarrassedly, "Does this bother you?"

"No." The demon hunter scratched his head with his fingers, "I don't know how other people in Yharnam feel, but I feel good to get help here."

"Ah, that's great!" Adeline held her hands together in front of her chest, looking relieved.

The strange smell of medicine in the research hall came in waves.

Lan En noticed that every time they passed a few cabinets, the smell would suddenly become strong.

In the cabinets placed against the wall were large glass bottles, in which some strange and messy biological organs were soaked in liquid.

Even with Lan En's biological attainments, there were many organs that he couldn't tell from what things.

Was it some kind of unique species of Yharnam that was not in his knowledge system, or was it a normal organ that was completely deformed and unrecognizable for some reason?

These two speculations actually had a tendency in Lan En's mind.

"If you want to deeply treat life, you must first deeply study life."

Adeline also noticed that Lan En did not hide his movements, and pointed to the cabinets he passed by and said.

"Although it looks strange, the clergy said that this is a necessary process for studying life. It is precious knowledge!"

Some clergy with wooden faces hurried past the two people, and their indifference was like a mask that they could not take off their faces.

Adeline smiled and nodded to each of them, but received no response.

These clergymen seemed to have only their destinations in mind, or the books and notebooks in their hands.

To be honest, compared to the title of "clergymen", Lan En saw these people from the Healing Church as "scholars".

They don't believe in anything, they just study something.

"I can understand the significance of anatomy and biological samples."

Lan En used his observation skills and the recording function of Mentos to absorb various information and intelligence in the research hall, while talking to Adeline fluently and naturally.

"These gray-white tissues are taken from patients with gray blood disease?"

When passing by a cabinet, Lan En stopped and tilted his head towards the cabinet to indicate Adeline.

The Blood Saint nodded and muttered seriously: "Because the blood has turned gray, the tissues full of capillaries have also been stained gray-white. These organs are evidence that gray blood disease has progressed to a deep level."

After that, she smiled embarrassedly.

"This is what the clergy told me. I don't really understand it. I just read it."

"But you are so perceptive. Do you also know medical knowledge?"

Lan En just smiled softly and didn't say anything.

His eyes only looked deeply at the 'organs of severe gray blood disease patients' in the glass bottle, and then moved his eyes away as if nothing had happened.

Adeline continued to take Lan En to wander around the first floor of the research hall, and introduced him to the 'healing church in her mind', hoping that this foreign hunter could join the church when it was in need of people.