Chapter 137: House Arrest and Study

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Silas returned to the Holy Blood Cathedral.

Just as he came back and put down his equipment, the doorbell rang.

Silas's heart immediately skipped a beat. Gripping his staff, he walked over and opened the door.

"I thought you hadn't come back!" Father Anthony, outside the door, said with a smile.

Seeing Father Anthony, Silas breathed a sigh of relief, welcomed him in, and asked, "Why do you have time to come to my place today?"

"It's been relatively peaceful in the city recently. Except for those few priests who are busy, the rest of us clergymen are idle."

"Relatively peaceful recently?" Silas snorted inwardly, then smiled along. "It has indeed been quite peaceful recently."

Father Anthony, sitting down, said, "You completed your first mission very well. The mission department has a high evaluation of you."

"I can't have learned nothing these past few months!" Silas said with a smile.

Father Anthony nodded and sighed, "Your learning ability is indeed strong. See, the Bishop has taken a liking to this aspect of yours and is preparing to arrange further studies for you."

"What? Continue studying? The Bishop's intention?" Silas's heart stirred.

Father Anthony nodded. "It's been relatively peaceful recently, so I estimate you probably don't have much work. In order not to let you waste this period, the Bishop has specially customized a set of study courses for you and several new recruits, wanting you to learn."

Speaking of this, Father Anthony lowered his voice mysteriously. "I heard there will be a big move in a month. You will be a key personnel at that time, so you need to focus on improving this month."

"What does he mean by this?" Silas thought, then asked, "Where is the study location? Who will I learn from?"

"The location is an independent area in the medical district. It's the best study area in the entire church, with incredibly complete facilities. As for the teachers, the Bishop listened to my suggestion. Ivan will be the main teacher, supplemented by a combat instructor, a marksmanship instructor, and Priest Gael will provide you with intensive priestly training."

"Priest Gael!" Silas's heart sank to the bottom.

Father Anthony said with an envious expression, "It's rare for clergymen to receive such treatment. Although this month will be a completely enclosed study, isolated from the world, you must persevere. After this month, you will definitely achieve a complete qualitative change!"

"One month? After one month, it will be one day short of the Blood Moon Festival. Damn it! They must be afraid of that mysterious person who injured the man in black and dare not touch me, but because I found crucial clues, they plan to put me under house arrest!"

Thinking of this, Silas became anxious.

"What should I do? If possible, I can only leave now!" Thinking of this, Silas immediately stood up. "By the way, I remembered something I need to tell Ada. I'm going home now and will be back tonight!"

Silas said, then took Lupo and quickly walked out.

"Hey! Don't be in such a hurry!" Anthony hurriedly followed.

"Where are you going?" At this moment, Father Gael walked over from not far away with Ivan.

Silas smiled. "Something came up at home. I'm going back to deal with it."

Priest Gael, as indifferent as usual, said, "What could be more important than the study specially permitted by the Bishop? If there's anything, let Father Anthony help you handle it. This kind of study opportunity only comes once or twice a year in our church. Not a moment can be wasted. Let's go!"

Hearing this, a surge of anger flashed in Silas's heart. He clenched his staff, wishing he could smack it across his sour, stinking face.

However, the next second, Silas calmed down. "Resisting now is not the best outcome. If I leave, I'll be free, but Ada, Ivan, and the others will definitely be attacked. Even with Luke's help, it's too thin. Since they are imprisoning me, it means they still don't dare to kill me. Then I need to get Randall and Adeline to bring Helles and Bernice back as soon as possible. Once they arrive, even if I have to force my way out and flee far away, it won't be a problem."

Thinking of this, Silas smiled. "If that's the case, then let's go!"

Hearing Silas agree, a cold sneer flashed across Priest Gael's face. "Let's go!"

Half an hour later, Silas walked into a relatively enclosed large courtyard.

The courtyard was very large, with a small chapel and three two-story small buildings, arranged like a traditional courtyard house.

Silas looked around, and after confirming the escape routes, he felt relieved.

Ivan was somewhat afraid of this place and kept close to Silas, his face not looking well.

"Find your respective rooms, adapt to the environment and facilities here. We will officially start tomorrow," Gael said loudly.

There were a total of five people in this batch of trainees. Besides Silas, there were four other new clergymen.

Following the instructions, Silas found his room on the second floor of the small chapel.

First, he used Cairns Runes to set up a magic circle to isolate mysticism, ensuring the entire room was safe. Then, he took out a small red crystal ring.

This was Luke's familiar.

After infusing spiritual energy into it, Silas recounted his current predicament and then added, "If this continues, I won't be able to use the Evening Bell to suppress your beastly nature."

Then, the red crystal ring transformed into a drop of thick blood and disappeared.

Ten minutes later, it reappeared from the ground, bringing Luke's reply.

"You can use the Evening Bell on this; I can hear it. Your location is not remote; I can go over at any time. But I suggest you endure it for now. I don't want to enter the Holy Blood Cathedral unless it's an emergency. I will help you monitor the situation outside; you don't need to worry too much."

Hearing this, Silas didn't reply further.

The matter had come to this point. He was powerless to resist and could only wait and see here.

"If I can't stop it, then I won't try. When the time comes, I'll just take Ada and run," Silas thought quite recklessly.

However, he soon found that he couldn't bring himself to be so ruthless.

The hairy monkey Jack, the strong Roland, the cute and introverted Ivan, the conscientious Father Anthony, the lively Sister Sheryl, the steady Mr. Logan, the dog-lover Marx, the witty Bobby – Silas couldn't bear to watch these people die and become sacrifices.

Taking a deep breath, Silas calmed himself down with the Mantra of Serenity. "Thinking about these things now is useless. I have to think of a way first. If the entire city really falls into chaos and the Church of Holy Blood becomes corrupt, then that will be the time for our Evening Bell Church to make a name for itself. We can use saving people to show the positive image of the church and stand on the moral high ground."

"If that's the case, I need Adeline to prepare masks and church badges for the operation."

At night, Silas sat on the throne, piecing together the entire incident. After going through it, he determined that under the current circumstances, studying here was the most prudent choice.

"Analyzing the current intelligence, they will continue to perfect the magic circle. A magic circle with a framework, using the Great Devouring Wyrm as runes to form the content. Such a huge magic circle must be intended to sacrifice the entire city. This scale of sacrifice, combined with the connections between them, means that the man in black wants to summon the Outer God, Shub-Niggurath. Simple sacrifice and energy are not enough to support it, so they chose to summon and descend on the Blood Moon Festival. This indirectly deduces that the night of the Blood Moon Festival will possess terrifying primordial energy to provide energy for the magic circle. What a good time! During the Blood Moon Festival, everyone hides at home and doesn't go out. While ensuring secrecy and safety, they can also obtain a huge energy supply."

"That man in black should be trying to heal his injuries now, and at the same time, he will try to deal with the person who injured him. Having injured him once, and now still scheming how to eliminate the opponent, that means the strong person who defeated him is not perfect; his power has many limitations. So the man in black has been looking for opportunities."

"Unfortunately, I don't know who that person is. Otherwise, I could deduce the entire event!"

Thinking of this, Silas decided to tell Adeline about this matter and then have Adeline tell Jeros. This might allow them to obtain some support from that side.

At the same time, he asked them to prepare related items and check the arrival time.

At the entrance of the church.

"Silas is under house arrest?" Logan's face darkened upon hearing this.

Marx said with an unsightly expression, "Although Father Anthony said it's for study, in my opinion, it's house arrest."

Logan was silent for a moment, then said, "Pay close attention to Ada Newton's situation at the monastery in the northern part of the city. Also, keep a low profile as much as possible and don't attract attention."

"Yes! Captain!" the two said simultaneously.

"Help me preside over the ritual today. I need to inform the citizens of some news through large-scale familiars."

"Understood! Captain!"

Walking in the dark night, Logan stared at the towering Holy Blood Cathedral and sneered, "Truly ironic."