Kevin's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he watched Connor wave the banknotes. This stack of banknotes didn't look very thick, with only a dozen or so banknotes. However, they were all banknotes with a face value of ten gold pounds. This stack of banknotes was at least 1560 gold pounds!
A hundred and fifty to sixty gold pounds was definitely a sizable sum even in a city like Loen where the cost of living was high. Loen City's mayor's annual salary was about that amount!
"Sir, this way please!" Looking at the gold pounds in Connor's hand, Kevin thought about the commission that belonged to him. Without further ado, he led Connor to the backstage of the cathedral, where there was a classical and solemn metal door.
Walking behind Pastor Kevin, Connor sensed the ancient aura emanating from the door. Astonishment and surprise flashed in his eyes, and he became nervous again. When Martina introduced Qiang Kuang to him yesterday, she didn't mention that the door to Fatikaro Cathedral was an alchemy item!
In the Kahman Empire, the Church of the Storm generally had an inner hall that was only open to the rich and powerful. It was impossible for commoners to even take a look at it, let alone enter. Originally, with Connor's identity as the heir of Earl Connor, it wouldn't be a problem for him to enter the church's inner hall.
However, the reason why Connor went through so much trouble to disguise himself as a middle-aged merchant from the Khoy Continent was to prevent his true identity from being exposed to the Church of the Storm as much as possible. Although he had a spy like Marguerite to provide him with information in the Church of the Storm, Connor wouldn't forget that he had killed the current Arbiter Commander of Loen, Langley's Spirit Seed. Langley was still in the sea of millions of people in Loen City, seeking revenge on him!
Before seeing the metal door, Connor's plan could be said to be very successful. After spending some money, he could enter the inner hall under the pastor's lead. However, the appearance of the door made Connor feel that it was a thorny problem. The surface of the metal door was very smooth, but as an alchemist, Connor knew that it was just a disguise. In fact, the door was covered with all kinds of runes.
As he got closer and closer to the metal door, even though Connor had tried very hard to determine the function of the metal door, there was too little time left for him. Connor could only identify that the metal door had the function of shielding mental strength to a certain extent. As for determining the other functions of the metal door, Connor couldn't do anything for the time being.
Connor's heart slowly sank. If this door was like the Eye of the Storm of the Church of the Storm and could detect energy waves and the breath of a wizard, he might die here today. However, since he had already come this far, it would be too abnormal and very eye-catching if he suddenly stopped going. In a flash, Connor's mind made a quick decision. He decided to believe in his concealment ability and take a gamble!
Connor, who was disguised as a middle-aged man, did not show any abnormalities. He had a smile on his face, and it seemed that he was very excited about going to the inner hall to worship the Storm Goddess. Seeing the expression of his "patron" in his eyes, Pastor Kevin disdainfully cursed in his heart, "Country bumpkin!" However, his body was very honest. Not only did he take the initiative to push open the metal door for Connor, but he also introduced to Connor, "Sir, please enter. After this door, you will arrive at the inner hall of the Fatikaloh Church, which is specially prepared to receive upper-class people like you!"
Connor nodded slightly and walked through the metal door. As soon as he passed through the door and entered the inner hall, Connor felt two mental forces testing him. Judging from the strength of these two mental forces, it should be an intermediate and a beginner Sorcerer-Apprentice. In Connor's field of vision, an auditorium with an area of about a hundred square meters appeared. In the center of the auditorium, there was a statue of the Storm Goddess that was taller and more exquisite than the one he had just seen. On the tables and chairs under the statue of the Storm Goddess, there were a few gentlemen and ladies who were sporadically dressed and had extraordinary bearings.
Connor secretly heaved a sigh of relief. He knew that he had won the gamble. When he walked through the metal door, the door did not have any abnormal reaction. This meant that either the door did not have the ability to detect energy fluctuations like the Storm Eye, or his concealment method was so good that the metal door did not detect the energy fluctuations on his body.
His eyes quietly swept across the second seat on the third row from the left. He saw a very thin middle-aged man sitting there with a scar on the left side of his face. Connor was slightly shocked and thought to himself, "How could the person who is going to meet me be this person?"
Connor did not immediately follow Martina's instructions and sit behind the person who was going to meet him. This was because he noticed that beside the statue of the Storm Goddess, there was a handsome young man with blonde hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a dark blue cleric uniform of the Church of the Storm and was sizing him up.
Connor turned his head and met the young cleric's eyes. Before Connor could speak, Pastor Kevin, who brought Connor here, put on a flattering smile and very respectfully said to the cleric who was about the age of his son, "Sir Van Heusden, this gentleman is very devout in his belief in the Goddess. In order to enter the inner hall to worship the Goddess, he is willing to donate 150 gold pounds to the church. I was moved by his devotion, so I specially brought him here. I hope that Sir Van Heusden will not punish him!"
Although he did not use his mind power, Connor's physical body was very strong after being strengthened by the Odin's Blood Pool. He clearly heard what Kevin said to this "Sir Van Heusden". When he heard the elderly Pastor Kevin call this young man who was about the same age as him "Sir", Connor immediately realized that this Sir Van Heusden was a cleric of the Church of the Storm.
After listening to Kevin's introduction, the cleric called Van Heusden looked at Connor again. Connor smiled and drew a blessing symbol of the Church of the Storm in front of his chest. Seeing Connor's action, the young cleric called Van Heusden had no more questions. He nodded at Connor as a form of greeting, then pushed open the metal door and walked out of the inner hall.
"Sir, you also came to the inner hall. Are you …" After Van Heusden left, Kevin walked towards Connor with a smile and asked meaningfully, "Sir, you are also in the inner hall.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
