Chapter 77
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In the basement of the castle.
Dean and the others rested after the doctors left. They hadn't had a good rest in the ten days outside the giant wall. At the moment they were in a cage. Everyone was completely relaxed and soon snored loudly.
Dean didn't fall asleep immediately but gently stroked the magic marks on his chest. The touch was extremely clear. He couldn't tell whether it was from his fingertips or from the magic marks. He felt as if his heart was being touched by his fingers. The cool feeling made his hair stand up. His nerves were instinctively tense.
He could feel his heart beating faster when he exerted a little force. There was a bit of tightness in his chest.
"This magic mark … If it is destroyed then my life will be greatly threatened. I might even die." Dean silently thought. He didn't expect that his life would be linked to the magic marks. To be precise, it was linked to the blood worm inside the magic marks.
He was lying on the bed, turning left and right, but he didn't fall asleep. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the Holy Scripture of Light on the table. He picked it up and gently opened it. He saw the flying characters written with goose feather. The first sentence made him squint his eyes. "Light, is the truth?"
"Plants can grow because there is light in the world."
"Because there is light, we can 'see'."
"Light can give people life. The creator of the light – the God of Light will protect all loyal to him …"
The opening of the scripture was the core of the scripture. The latter was a story that was beneficial to the 'light'. To be precise, it was a phenomenon that everyone knew. It was because everyone knew that it couldn't be refuted! Because the role of the light was too big. The scripture was basically right. Dean even felt that the scripture wasn't complete enough!
The role of light …
If there was no light then there would be no life on earth!
This point alone was better than tens of thousands of examples.
However, Dean didn't believe in the 'God of Light'. The role of light couldn't be ignored, but … What did it have to do with the Holy Church?
Dean flipped through the book and roughly understood how to recruit believers.
First of all, he would propose some natural phenomena that everyone knew about and incorporate them into his "teachings". Then, he would list them out one by one. After reading them, most people would have a feeling of sudden enlightenment. Combined with what they had seen in life, they would immediately be convinced.
Once he was convinced, he could add his own ideas into it, mix these ideas together, and instill them into the minds of others. If one's personality was not sound enough and his worldview was not firm enough, it would be difficult for him to distinguish the mixed ideas, and as a result, he would believe everything and become blind.
Once they were blinded, they would become devout believers who would believe whatever they were told.
"What is mentioned above is only the appearance brought about by some light. There is no scientific basis to explain it. Just like what my father always said, the ancients were intelligent, but they lacked tools. They could only know how, but not why. People today are the same." Dudian secretly thought: "After perfecting the tool and entering the microscopic level, we can explain the origin of light from the root and even let people see the form of light."
"Father often said that all foolish beliefs are due to the backwardness of science and technology, which cannot be explained."
Dean believed his father's words and became more determined to become an alchemist.
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The three days of cleansing quickly passed.
Two doctors would come over every day for routine checks to observe the physical changes of Dean and others. In fact, it was just a formality. They had seen too many such checks. Basically, the infected people would soon show symptoms. Only those who were extremely tenacious would carefully hide the scars and endure until the last moment of the third day. But such cases were very rare.
Dean and others changed into new black soft armors. The size of the armors was also measured according to their damaged soft armors. It was very fitting.
"Everyone, please." A guard of light came over and showed the way.
Dean and others didn't see the knight with long black hair. They followed the guard of light and left the castle. As they came to the gate, they heard a voice: "Mr Dean, may I ask who is Mr Dean?"
Dean was surprised to see a middle-aged gentleman wearing a black top hat and a cane in his hand. He looked up at Dean and the others.
Scott who was walking on the side smiled and pointed at Dean: "This is him."
The middle-aged gentleman was surprised. He didn't expect that he would wait here to deliver a letter to a big boy. But he didn't dare to neglect. He quickly stepped forward and took out a letter: "Mr Dean, this is a letter for you."
Dean glanced at the stamp and address. It was the stamp of the Mellon consortium and the address of the scavenger headquarters. He understood that the two doctors had reported about the magic marks.
Dean nodded and thanked them. He put away the letter and gently opened it. The content was very simple: "Find me at the top office of the headquarters … Top office?"
Dean naturally understood what the top office meant. It was where the scavenger's top secret was dealt with. In short, Peter and other scavengers were trained or held meetings on the top floor of the headquarters.
"It's about the nomination of you as a hunter. The headquarters is really fast." Scott laughed: "Congratulations ah. You have been a scavenger and now you are a hunter. Maybe in the future we will meet again in the wilderness."
Mia who was next to him was stunned: "What, what's the situation? Hunter? Dean? "
Scott laughed: "You don't know yet, but Dean has born magic marks. He is a veritable hunter."
Mia stared at Dean in a daze.
Dean smiled and looked at Scott: "Thank you for your guidance in scavenging outside the giant wall."
"It's a piece of cake." Scott smiled. He was very happy as he knew that Dean had remembered his favor. He immediately said: "Mia and I will go first. After a few days the price of materials has been evaluated, we will meet again at the headquarters."
Dean was surprised. The price of materials hasn't been evaluated yet? But thinking about those things, all of them were modern items from outside the giant wall. Many of them were things that people inside the giant wall hadn't seen before. It would take time to evaluate the price.
Mason and the other two said goodbye to Dean after watching Scott and Mia leave. They sat in the exclusive carriage of the consortium and left.
The other three consortium scavengers and the newcomer boy politely bid farewell to Dean. They also picked a consortium carriage and left the place.
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