Crown of Chaos

Later that day, an abandoned mansion near the Moonrise Tower was the agreed meeting place.

Charlotte and Eleanor put on a black robe. They selected twelve crates of the fine wine carefully brewed in the winery and transported them to the agreed place.

The eldest lady did this very coolly. Charlotte didn't care at all about the management of the Waning Moon Winery. She picked them all and took them. She didn't know what the director of the winery would do when he woke up from a hangover and saw that he had been robbed. expression.

At this time, a while before the appointed time, Charlotte and Eleanor sat down in the abandoned mansion and chatted about Shar followers.

"Now, Eleanor, tell me, why does Lady of the Night's ceremony require so much fine wine?" Charlotte's golden eyes flashed brightly, and she took the initiative to hold Eleanor's hand, smiling as if The conflicts between the two of them in the past have disappeared.

This made Eleanor a little uncomfortable, but the pastor knew that the eldest lady had this kind of character. She thought for a while, sorted out her words, and explained her understanding of the Lady of the Night Church.

Major events in Shar Church often look like this: a Lord's prayer, a dance, an accusation or some inspiring words from the goddess through the mouth of a priest or a black-haired female lay believer. slang, and a carnival celebration consisting of eating, drinking and dancing together.

Each believer will eat and drink at the celebration, and tell about an evil thing they have done recently (it can be a major sin, or it can be an insignificant thing like stealing Selun's tribute), because Shar loves Characteristics of secrecy, believers generally do not reveal their identities.

The depraved, indulgent but restrained carnival celebration may attract the arrival of Shar, and the Lady of the Night will appear in the gathering as a dancer or singer, singing along with the crowd, reciting sad songs from her mouth, or May "convince" mortals into worshiping her with seductive words and flirtations.

Due to the anonymous interest of the believers, Shar believers are rarely sure whether their goddess has arrived, so they always try to make the gathering as grand as possible and fill the carnival celebration with delicacies to express their respect for Shar and attract people. The gaze of the goddess.

"Oh~ I understand." Charlotte pointed her finger on her face, and the eldest lady said with a smile: "So believers of the Lady of the Night need wine, good wine~ Only with good wine can they get the favor of the goddess~ "

"That's about it." Eleanor nodded.

"Yes!" Charlotte clapped her hands: "Why don't we also participate in a carnival celebration for the followers of the Lady of the Night!"

"Huh?" Miss Priest was stunned by Miss Warlock's whimsical thoughts.

"If you want to defeat your opponent, you must understand your opponent~" Charlotte made fists with both hands and stretched out an arm: "Okay, I decided happily, don't be afraid, my sister will take you flying!"

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About half an hour later, a group of men in black robes arrived at the agreed upon location. They were uniformly dressed in black cloaks or soft and silent dark uniforms with purple decorations, piping or accessories. Everyone wore a Wearing a golden mask, because the overall uniform is too wide, it is difficult to see any difference except for height. The leader is wearing a black velvet shirt and a hat with the Holy Emblem of Shar on his head.

Even though they were in arrears with the payment, even though the agreed time had passed, this group of men in black robes were still extremely arrogant. The leader glanced at the box on the ground in an extremely arrogant tone: "That's all?"

"Yes, this is what Mr. Sisobald entrusted us to deliver to you." Charlotte responded gracefully. Like the Shar believers, the eldest lady and the priest also wore 3D printed clothes using the Karthus Magic Box. The black robe that came out completely covered the whole body.

Shar believers love secrets and shady black-box transactions. The leader didn't say anything. He just glanced at the believers next to him. The Shar believers immediately pulled out their scimitars and stuck the blade into the gap of the crate. Pry open the wooden board, grab the glass bottle, and bite open the mouth of the bottle with your teeth.

"Hey!" Eleanor was irritated by the behavior of the Shar believers. In other words, the pastor lady was originally displeased with the Shar believers, very, very displeased.

"You should treat the creatures of all kingdoms equally, but Shar's followers can be ranked last."

——Oracle of Our Lady of Silver, Suren

The Shar believers were very enthusiastic and ignored Eleanor's anger. They tasted it and said excitedly: "Your Excellency, this is a good wine!"

"It is indeed a good wine, the best wine of the waning moon!"

"The Saul family is finally willing to use their good wine for my lord's celebration... Oh, I hope it's not too late for them to regret it."

"It's rare for Sisobald Som's mind to be clear." The leader of Shar's followers finally nodded, his attitude still arrogant: "Okay, we have received the items. In the name of Lady Night, we will pay for the goods later."

If you can still get it.

Taking the goods, the Shar believers left quickly. They didn't even notice that just after turning a corner, there were two more people in the team, wearing exactly the same clothes as them, moving quickly in the dark night.

But probably even if they realize that there are more people, Shar believers will not care. Because of confidentiality and the goddess's preference, Shar believers maintain a very weak relationship with each other. They often call each other by code names and do not communicate with each other. We know who the other party is, we don’t know how many people are in the other party’s team, and we don’t know what the tasks of the other party are.

Each independent occult order is governed by a powerful authoritarian leader. However, even if they are a member of the cult, few people know the names of other members, and the true identity of the leader of the cult is even more mysterious.

In areas where the Shar Church has a strong influence, religious war actions (usually assassinations) against the Salem Church are not uncommon. Since many believers died in these operations (either killed on the spot or later executed by the ruling authorities), the size of the church has been cleverly maintained (and easier to hide).

Although the appearance of Shar's temples varies from place to place, the living area and the business area are usually separated to facilitate hiding. These temples usually have a common feature, that is, there is a secret room (used for religious rituals and sacrifices) where the deep darkness spell is cast.

The organizational structure of the Church of Shar determines that their apparent influence in the country is very weak, because the Lady of the Night does not like to operate under the light, but this organizational structure also determines that they are difficult to uproot. Except for the regional leaders, members of the church know almost nothing about other members, so the Shar church is able to carry out many major conspiracies in secret.

Shar is very smart, and the Lady of the Night has always known that his incompetent sister, the useless snack, although her divine power has faded, but the useless snack sister relies on his coquettish virgin style and boring sense of justice, and there are many gods who are actually mothers. identity (many gods were born in the war in heaven, such as Chantia, the first-generation magic goddess Mystra, the goddess of love and goodness Suni, the war king Tempus, etc., they all recognize Selun (does not recognize Shar), has many, many allies, so the Church of Shar, at least on the surface, only opposes Selun and not other gods.

In recent years, due to the emergence of Aaron, the power of the Church of Selun has been greatly improved. In contrast, the power of the Church of Shar has gradually declined and was forced to move deeper underground.

Along the way, Shar's followers chatted about this matter without a word. Many people expressed worries about the prospects, and Eleanor, who was at the end of the team, felt secretly happy after hearing this.

Soon, you guys will be doomed too! Miss Pastor thought so in her mind.

What needs to be done now is to reveal the true face of Catheric Som.

Even though they were prepared in their hearts, the eldest lady and Eleanor were still shocked by the secret gathering place of Shar Church. After reciting three slogans and turning on four switches, they found themselves under a hundred-meter-long staircase. The magnificent giant temple appeared in front of Charlotte and Eleanor. The towering wooden gate was embedded in the rock wall. Behind the gate was a complex complex of buildings as far-reaching as a palace. The two statues of Shar held two swords and raised their chins. Masked faces stood on both sides of the door, and pale lighting fires were burning in the braziers glowing with a strange purple light.

The temple complex made of boulders, Shar's favorite dark environment, unique purple and black decoration style, cold tones, a carnival feast is being held under the black robe masks of all believers.

There were about thirty or forty Shar followers sitting at a long table, feasting on large pieces of food served on silver cups, silver plates, silver bowls, and silver spoons. People's true nature was completely exposed under their disguise.

"In the name of the Lady of the Night, we dedicate this feast to Him!"

"In the name of the Lady of the Night, He keeps all our secrets!"

"In the name of the Lady of the Night, we graciously invite her to join us in our ceremony."

"Darkness, shadow, eternal night, when the clock strikes midnight, we pray faithfully, the Lady of the Night walks among us!"

"Derek, you're late!" When Charlotte and others arrived, the carnival celebration had obviously been going on for some time.

"Come on, come on, this idiot Catherick Som is finally willing to bring out the real good wine!"

The crate was opened again, and the addition of fine wine brought the carnival celebration to its peak. The smell of food, wine, and human body mixed together to interpret Shar's will.

"Today, we will hold a promotion ceremony of the highest level!" The high priest of the temple, wearing a studded full-body armor of the Night Judge, a hood on his head, and covering his face with a mask, said seriously: "Our master, Lady of the Night, is pleased with this carnival of ours, and therefore He will choose one of the true elect among us!”

"Only one of you can become a true judge of the dark night like me! Become the holder of the power of the dark night."

"Now, my chosen believers, come out!"

Eleanor in the crowd subconsciously took a step back. Miss Priest was about to say something to Charlotte when she saw the Dark Night Judge's finger pointing at Charlotte!

"You, yes, it's you, come out!"

"Arrived!" Charlotte held the Karthus Box tightly, and the eldest lady stepped forward and announced her participation in this selection competition.

"Charlotte, are you crazy?" Eleanor quickly grabbed Charlotte: "Are you really planning to become the Night Judge?"

"Isn't this very interesting?" The eldest lady is still so confident in the power of Charlotte's control of the magic box.

Damn it, I shouldn't have come with you!

Eleanor gritted her teeth, Miss Pastor was really defeated by the eldest lady's freewheeling style and logic of following her feelings.

But it was already too late to persuade them now. In the sight of Shar's followers, the eldest lady joined the queue without hesitation.

The Dark Night Judge assessment is divided into four parts, namely: Steady Trial, Leap of Faith, Trial with Me, and Silent Library.

Before the trial, each believer must come to the statue of Shar, slit his arm with a dagger, and drip blood into the stone basin.

The first five challengers failed without exception. They lost cleanly. One unlucky guy even lost his life and was pierced by a spike. The other unlucky guys were declared unworthy of the Lady of the Night. At least this time, they There is no chance to become the Dark Judge, Shar's elect.

Fortunately, due to the high degree of anonymity, no one knew who was who. Eleanor saw the loser retreating dejectedly into the crowd and disappearing outside the hall.

With the sixth selector, it's Charlotte's turn.

The eldest lady hesitated for a while, then took out the dagger and lightly swiped her palm.

Blood with a hint of golden light dripped into the stone basin held by the statue of Shar.

Eleanor suddenly felt something.

In the ancient temple, in the silent air, the scattered divine power wandering in the temple suddenly began to throb. It seemed to be activated by Charlotte's blood with the power of the gods, and was welcoming her arrival in its own way. .

Something's wrong!

Something is completely wrong!

While Eleanor was trying hard to explore the divine power's intentions, Charlotte had already entered.

The Dark Night Judge Trial begins!

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Just as the eldest lady was dripping her own divine blood with divine power into the stone basin, in the underground Shar Assembly Hall only a hundred meters away from them, a charming and charming smile gradually appeared on the face of the Princess of Haunted Soul City.

"Your smile is very sudden, sister Misty." Aaron held Misty's ankles and squeezed them gently. He noticed Misty's micro-expression: "I can imagine that moment just now , how many evil thoughts flashed through your mind."

"Giggle, I'm originally evil, do you think I'm kind?" The purple-haired enchantress hooked Aaron's chin with her slender fingers: "Think carefully about the cooperation plan I proposed."

"In this case of Takshi, only I, only I can lift his shadow and reveal his true face at the right time."

"You need me, Aaron, and I need you!"

The princess of Yinhun City floated away, leaving only the scent of night orchids in the air.

In the Temple of Shar, the assessment of the eldest lady has just begun, and Eleanor is standing in the crowd waiting anxiously.

Suddenly, Miss Pastor felt herself being hugged from behind. The stunning enchantress with purple nail polish hugged Eleanor's waist from behind, and blocked her mouth with her other hand!

"Ugh! Wuwuwuwu~" Miss Pastor wanted to struggle, but she found that the magical connection between herself and Su Lun had been disconnected! Even the strength is no match for the visitor.

"Eleanor of Aquitaine, I've got you! Cuckoo~" The purple-haired and stunning enchantress firmly controlled Eleanor from behind, and the chains of shadows gradually spread to Eleanor's body: "It's worth asking my brother to build you a palace and a golden house to hide your beauty. Sister, I'm very jealous~"

Oops!

"Woooooooo~"

The palace was filled with Eleanor's desperate cries.

However, no one of the surrounding Shar believers heard or noticed. They seemed to be blind and deaf, turning a blind eye to Eleanor's desperate situation.

"Keke, you actually delivered it to my door, so I won't be polite~"

"Let me help my brother realize his wish~"

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