Under every corner of Negary's residence, a gem was buried.
This was one of the Soundless cult's frequently used means. By utilizing the gems that originated from the domain of silence, they created a connection to it and used it for their various techniques, which was also known as the Soundless cult's barrier of silence.
During that period of time, any commotion that occurred in Negary's residence would be isolated from the rest of the world, manifesting as absolute silence.
It was due to having access to this technique that the Soundless cult had been able to maintain their secrecy while remaining active right under the Sun Shadow church's nose; instead of being pursued by them like literal rats in the sewers.
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Not too long after Negary left this place, the knights of the Sun Shadow church arrived. For better or worse, they maintained a crude level of surveillance over the town of Lohr, so any fluctuation of unusual energy or sound would be instantly noticed and traced.
After Negary killed the three Soundless cultists, the barrier of silence they had put up lost its conduits and became faulty, which was swiftly noticed by the Sun Shadow church.
The knight in charge of this team was not wearing his helmet, thus putting his handsome visage on display.
Counier Dragneel, currently the most shining example of a knight of the Sun Shadow church. Both his character, prowess, and even his outward appearance was perfectly faultless.
"The Soundless cult again?" Counier observed the scene of the crime and slowly inferred the truth of this matter: "However, it seems that these Soundless cultists had run into a wall this time around"
"This estate belonged to Horton, but he was found dead right here with objects that belong to the Soundless cult on his person. Furthermore, the Soundless cultists were also found already dead" observing the four strange corpses on the ground, Counier quickly saw through what had happened here.
"Horton pledged his allegiance to the Soundless cult and attempted to attack a person, or organization in this estate, but failed"
"Seems like quite a dangerous character has made their way to Lohr"
As Counier carefully observed the three beheaded Soundless cultists, he recalled a certain incident from a short while ago, where three Red Sun Knights had lost their lives.
Although the town of Lohr was the host of numerous cults, mad men, serial killers, supernatural creatures and many more, most victims of deadly cases were bottom-feeders. Unless an upper class citizen went out to seek death on their own accord, it could be said to be extremely peaceful for them.
While the Soundless cult caused the occasional trouble, it was merely at the level of minor inconveniences, with serious cases being extremely rare.
It was almost unheard of for three Red Sun Knights to lose their lives in a single case, and the church had been doing everything in their power to search for the user of the 'bone blade' as described by the Night Watcher, but they hadn't found much.
"Wounds like this can only be caused by an extremely sharp weapon that thoroughly severed them in an instant. There's a very high chance that the culprit was the sinner who killed the Red Sun Knights" Counier made this educated guess, and also reported it.
After that, Counier noticed a certain stubborn young man with a young girl standing behind the church's encirclement, smiling at them, he said: "News sure travels quickly to your ears, mister Farnate"
"Greetings, Ms. Olga" Counier then turned to greet Olga who was behind Chromie.
"To avenge my family members and wash away the humiliation of the Farnate family, this is something I have to do" Chromie curtly replied. Immediately after he received information related to the Soundless cult, he ran here without much consideration.
As for the reason why he was acquainted with Counier, it was naturally because he had troubled the other party quite a bit recently.
Due to his sister having the blood of evil, the Farnate family became known as a sinful family. Even if old Farnate had committed suicide, the notoriety of the blood of evil couldn't be so easily washed away.
Quite a few people of the church took distance from Chromie, or demanded a lot of money from him, only Counier remained free of prejudice against Chromie. He would selectively provide some non-confidential information to this man whose mind was only out for revenge.
A while ago, they had even run into one another while following information of Birosius' appearance, although Birosius managed to escape in the end, they still formed a friendly relationship.
"Chromie, I suggest that you slow down a bit, revenge isn't your entire life" Counier glanced at Olga's haggard appearance and tried persuading him: "If you only focus yourself on revenge, you will destroy your own life"
"The problem is that my life has already been destroyed" Chromie wasn't fazed at all. He understood very clearly what the 'life' Counier referred to was, he had also advised Olga to quickly return to the Academic City, as there was no need to waste her time and effort staying with an avenger like himself.
But if the human will could be changed so easily, there wouldn't be so much helplessness in this world.
"Suit yourself" Counier shook his head.
As a friend, the most he could do was give him some suggestions, any further debate would only defeat the purpose.
"Let us talk about the reason why I'm here, were there really Soundless cultists who were killed here?" Chromie stated outright: "And can you give me one of their personal items?"
"I'm sorry Chromie, when things are related to the Soundless cult, everything is under strict management" Counier curtly refused. Although they were friends, personal affairs and official affairs were two separate things. He would not let his emotions dictate the correct course of action.
"Understood" Chromie nodded. He could only watch as the people of the church carried the gems and the Soundless cultists' corpses away, not leaving even a drop of blood behind. Afterwards, they even sealed the entire building off.
The reason he asked Counier for something from the Soundless cultists was because of his ability.
During his time at the Academic City, he obtained a certain magic grimoire. At first, due to how malicious the magic depicted inside was, he didn't have any intention of using it; but right now, for the sake of his revenge, he was no longer concerned about it being malicious or evil.
The Tome of Sacrifice: [Sacrifice of Scent]. By offering his sense of smell to the ritual, he obtained a Spirit Vision ability through smell, which allowed him to see past visions of any item. The price he had to pay was the permanent loss of his sense of smell.
The entire Tome of Sacrifice was filled with such rituals, by offering up certain things, he would obtain a corresponding ability.
It was due to this ability and the information he bought that he managed to find Birosius' hiding place, but still ended up letting him slip away.
Seeing how the church sealed off the entire building, Chromie really had no other choices. If the item he used wasn't something that the target frequently carried on their bodies, he wouldn't be able to use his Spirit Vision to accurately find their location.
Perhaps I could reach the Soundless cult through the owner of his house.
After all, since they had come into contact, it would be reasonable to assume that they had a certain level of mutual understanding.
With that in mind, Chromie reappeared in this area by himself by sunset.
