As soon as Lena's voice fell, the faces of everyone present turned solemn, and the atmosphere in the room became extremely strange.
Those who could sit in this room at this time were undoubtedly the upper echelons of the Church of the Storm in Loen. None of them were fools. Naturally, they could hear the hidden meaning in Lena's words. The third possibility Lena mentioned was that there was a traitor!
And compared to the first two possibilities, there was no doubt that the third possibility was undoubtedly more likely!
At this moment, Abidal spoke again, "Madam Lena, please introduce the current situation of the Loen Dark Sorcerers!"
Hearing Abidal's attempt to smooth things over, Lena nodded slightly and did not say anything more on the topic of traitors. Instead, she changed the topic and introduced other issues.
"According to the information we have received, Loen has now gathered the Glorious Society, the Secret Order, the Evolution Cult, and other large and small Dark Sorcerer organizations. A conservative estimate of these Dark Sorcerer organizations in Loen is at least a hundred Sorcerer-Apprentices and three to four official Sorcerers!"
"And according to reliable information, the reason why so many people from these Dark Sorcerer organizations appeared in Loen is entirely because of one person. This person is the second-in-command of the Secret Society — Professor! This person's identity, appearance, and cultivation are all unsolved mysteries to us. So far, we only know that this person has the cultivation of a level-2 Sorcerer. The current situation, including the attack on the seventh secret warehouse and the murder of Bishop Constantine, were all planned by him. Our intelligence department speculates that this person is up to something big! "
"Last night, under the command of Abidal's Divine Punisher, the Church gathered the Arbiters in Loen to prepare for a clean-up operation against those Dark Sorcerer organizations. At the same time, in order to ensure confidentiality and prevent the news from leaking, we did not inform the Loen Police Department to conduct a joint operation. But because of the explosion in the Storm Cathedral yesterday, the original clean-up mission was forced to be suspended. Three hours later, when the clean-up operation resumed, those Dark Sorcerers were nowhere to be found … "
"In the words of Emperor Lauer, this should be called attacking Wei to rescue Zhao!" If Connor was here and heard Ms. Lena, a blonde intellectual beauty, spit out these four words in Chinese, he would probably be dumbfounded.
The atmosphere in the room became more and more solemn. After a while, an old man stood up and looked at Lena, saying word by word, "Now that such a thing has happened, does the intelligence department have anything to say?"
Before the old man could finish speaking, a mocking smile appeared on Lena's face. She said softly, "The original head of the intelligence department, Mr. Paquetta, died in the line of duty in the explosion of the Storm Cathedral last night. Why, is Captain Eder going to hold a dead man accountable? Or do you want to hold me accountable for the fact that I was just a fringe member of the church last night? "
When the elder, Edward, heard that, he gave Lena a deep look. Just as he was about to say something, Abidal spoke again, "Now isn't the time to hold anyone accountable. Now is an eventful time. Everyone here is a pillar of the Church in Loen. We should be united and tide through the difficulties together!"
"I can now tell everyone a piece of news. The Church's latest reinforcements have arrived in Loen. Among them is one of my Divine Punishers. Since this Professor from the Secret Society has the guts to bomb the Storm Cathedral, the Church will make him understand what it means to fall into the Netherworld forever!"
After releasing this explosive news to boost the morale of everyone, Abidal looked around and continued, "Captain Eder, Captain Eder and Lena will stay here for a while.
The rest of you can go back and make preparations. We will determine the location of these Dark Warlocks as soon as possible and launch a new round of clean-up operations! "
After a while, everyone else in the room had left, leaving only Lena, Edward, and Abidal in the room.
Abidal then said faintly, "There must be a mole among those people just now. It's just a few problems. Now, I can only trust the two of you!"
"To be honest, the reason why Cardinal Elena didn't participate in this meeting is that she has already arranged for a new round of reinforcements! We can also confirm the identity of Professor. Captain Eder, you have been in Loen for more than ten years, and you are highly respected. Captain Lucas, Captain Gordin, and the rest are more convinced by you. I hope that you will help the Church stabilize their hearts after you return! "
A glint flashed in Eder's old eyes. Without any hesitation, he said, "Since Your Excellency Divine Punisher and Her Excellency Cardinal Elena already have a plan in mind, my old bones can rest assured. Your Excellency Divine Punisher, please don't worry. I, Eder, have been in the Arbitrators for decades, and I still have some face. I will definitely not disappoint Your Excellency Divine Punisher!"
"With Captain Edward's words, I'm a lot more at ease. If we succeed this time, Arch-Cardinal Elena and I will personally recommend Captain Edward to His Holiness the Pope as the new bishop of Loen!" Abidal had a solemn expression as he made a promise to Edward.
"I'm already so old. I don't care about being a bishop anymore. It's already my honor to be able to contribute my meager strength to the Church!" Edward shook his head, and said with a tinge of sadness in his voice, "Don't worry.
Abidal nodded slightly, and didn't say anything to Eder. Instead, he shifted his gaze to Lena, and said solemnly, "Madam Lena, I know that the Church has been unfair to you all these years, but now that the Church is facing a crisis, I hope that Madam Lena can let bygones be bygones and lead the intelligence department to show your best ability. If we succeed this time, Cardinal Elena and I will also petition the Pope to restore your reputation and position!"
Since I'm here, it means that I'll do my best to be loyal to the Church. No matter what, the Church nurtured me back then, Your Excellency Abidal. Perhaps ten years ago, I still had extravagant hopes of restoring my position and reputation, but now, I only hope that after this time, I can completely cut off all ties with the Church and live in seclusion! Lena said softly.
"No problem! As long as we succeed this time, Madam Lena, whether you want to live in seclusion or restore your reputation, Cardinal Elena and I will give you this promise! "Abidal said with great certainty.
"Very good. If there's nothing else, I'll go back to work!" After receiving Abidal's promise, Lena seemed to be relieved.
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