Chapter 145: First, Make a Name

After Silas chose to trust Luke, he took the lead and walked out.

Adeline turned to look at Luke and Virginia, who had been sitting aside without speaking, and asked, "What are your plans?"

Luke, with a smile, took the badge and mask. "For today, I'm temporarily a member of your Evening Bell Church."

Virginia stood up, her expression extremely grave as she carried her greatsword. "I don't care who he is. Anyone who dares to do such an unforgivable thing, I will not let him go!"

With that, she put on her helmet and walked out.

She had no interest in joining any church.

"Teacher, do you need me to go?" Roland asked, walking out from the inner room.

A month ago, after being taken away by Luke, she had become Luke's sole apprentice.

Luke put on his mask, pondered for a moment, and said, "Alright, let's go together. It's a good opportunity to send you to the library; it's very safe there."

With that, the group walked out of the room.

The usual harmony and tranquility of the streets were now gone.

Silas looked at the massive insect bodies in the distance, at the destroyed streetlights and ground on both sides. His mind couldn't help but recall a winter day, snow falling from the sky, as he walked alone in the quiet night, the warm and bright streetlights illuminating the drifting snowflakes, enjoying that tranquility and warmth.

But now, all tranquility, all warmth, had vanished with the passing winter.

Thinking of this, Silas became even more furious, even hateful.

It was like a child's favorite toy being brutally stomped on. At this moment, Silas wanted to kill.

"Where are we going next?" Adeline asked.

Silas came back to his senses, exhaled, and said, "To Evan's house."

His childhood friend, Evan's house, was not far from here. He had two goals this time: first, to save those he was close to as much as possible, and second, to save others to expand their reputation.

He didn't have many friends: Evan's family, Jack, and Minister Orson. Roland was right beside him. As long as he saved these three families, he could then go all out to save others.

The group quickly followed the street and arrived at Evan's house, less than five hundred meters from Silas's home.

At this moment, Evan's house door was tightly locked, and the curtains were not drawn, as if no one was home.

The bell in Silas's mind suddenly rang, spreading outwards.

Soon, four blurry ripples appeared in his mind.

"Good! Good!" Silas felt that the four were in a very stable condition. He hurriedly stepped forward and knocked on the door, changing his voice. "I am… I am Church personnel. The current situation is very dangerous. If anyone is home, please come out quickly. I will escort you to the Holy Blood Cathedral for shelter."

Hearing Silas's words, a flurry of chaotic footsteps immediately sounded from behind the locked door. Then, a middle-aged man with blond hair carefully opened the door, looked at the masked Silas, and asked cautiously, "Are you really from the Church?"

Silas nodded slightly. "We belong to the Evening Bell Church. The Three Moon Church has already decayed. This incident was caused by Bishop Ron. Please leave with us quickly."

The sun was about to set. Silas didn't have much time to waste. While speaking, he directly used the Mantra of Serenity and Mind Calming Hypnosis. Evan's father, dazed, nodded and opened the door.

Silas quickly ran in and casually tore up some old clothes.

"What are you doing!?" Evan's expression was grave at this moment, holding a kitchen knife and confronting Silas.

Looking at the brave Evan, Silas felt genuinely happy. Without saying much more, he directly hypnotized him along with his mother and younger sister, Betty.

He blindfolded the four with strips of cloth, ensuring they couldn't see those insects, then carried the four and turned to leave.

Next, their destination was the Holy Blood Cathedral.

After crossing a large pit, they boarded an abandoned carriage by the roadside and quickly headed towards the north gate of the Holy Blood Cathedral.

On the way.

Luke said in a low voice, "The material laws in this area are gradually collapsing. The fact that ordinary people can see the Great Devouring Wyrms proves that in this place, the 'ignorance is bliss' rule established by the Three Moon Goddess has lost its effect. If this continues, the material laws of this space will completely fail. The result of this is that those beings who cannot descend into the material world can directly descend here."

Hearing this, Adeline's face became extremely grave. She wasn't entirely sure what those things represented, but she was clear that the descending beings would bring enormous impact to the entire world.

Silas was very calm at this moment and replied lightly, "This isn't necessarily a bad thing."

"What do you mean?" Luke was very surprised by Silas's current calmness.

The corners of Silas's mouth curled up slightly, his eyes carrying an indescribable coldness. "The loss of the binding of material laws is relative, I can feel it. When the time is ripe, what you face may not be the despair of the apocalypse, but the hope of salvation."

Thump!

Hearing this, the hearts of Adeline, Helles, and Bernice suddenly leaped, and a possibility flashed through their minds.

Luke noticed the change in the three and turned to stare at the current Silas. After a moment of contemplation, he suddenly thought, "Could it be…"

About ten minutes later, the group arrived at the north gate of the Holy Blood Cathedral.

Under Luke's guidance, the group, familiar with the route, silently infiltrated the Holy Blood Cathedral through a very strange path. After a few turns, they arrived at the Holy Blood Cathedral library from a side door.

"You guys go in. I'll wait outside," Luke said, seeming to have a deep aversion to this library.

Time was pressing. The group didn't say much and walked straight in.

The moment the group walked into the library, they felt an indescribable, terrifying willpower descend upon their bodies. At this moment, they found all their mystical powers completely sealed, and at the same time, an invisible force hung over their heads, constantly telling them that if they made any unusual move, they would undoubtedly die!

There were already many people in the library at this time. Looking around, a large number of Church personnel and some clergymen were here.

Silas saw Ivan, Father Anthony, Father Harden, Sister Marlene, and also Father Hank and Sister Sheryl.

When Silas and his group walked in, everyone's eyes fell on the four.

"Who are you? How did you get in from here?" Father Anthony asked with a grave expression, his hand slowly reaching behind his back.

Silas adjusted his voice and said in a low tone, "Don't be alarmed. We belong to the Evening Bell Church and have no ill intentions. These are civilians I rescued. I heard it's safe here, so I brought them over."

Sister Marlene slowly walked over, carefully took Evan and the other three, and after confirming there were no problems, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then asked, "What is your purpose?"

"Nothing, just can't stand this kind of behavior," Silas said, then turned and walked out.

He didn't invite them to go out together because it was absolutely safe here, and he himself was very suspicious. Even if he said something, it would be useless. Who knew if these masked fellows wanted to lure him out and kill him?

In the following time, Silas led people back and forth between the city and the Holy Blood Cathedral. To Silas's surprise, only a small number of people had turned into monsters; most people had hidden at home and not come out.

For example, Jack and Orson were obediently hiding at home, safe and sound.

After a simple inquiry, Silas learned that it was Logan who had foresight.

Having foreseen the problem, he had used his familiars on previous nights to tell the vast majority of people: "On the day of the Blood Moon Festival, draw your curtains tightly. For the entire day, no matter what happens outside, do not take a single look!"

The vast majority had complied. Those who had gone mad were either those whose houses had been destroyed and were displaced, or those with strong curiosity.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Silas sent the fiftieth ordinary citizen into the Holy Blood Cathedral and let out a deep sigh of relief.

Doing this didn't bring them any direct benefits now, but one thing was certain.

That was, in the Holy Blood Library, the discussion about the Evening Bell Church had reached its peak. At least, their reputation had been established.

Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief and had just reunited with Marx and the recovered Bobby…

Dong!

Following a heavy bell sound, the Blood Moon descended!