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Chapter 786 Return to St. Raymond's Cathedral

This is the canal area, a very busy street very close to St. Raymond's Church.

This street was lined with shops and paved with black marble. Most of the people coming and going were noble men and women dressed in colorful clothes and with powdered faces, with the occasional commoner passing by.

Zhou Ning noticed that there were many more gas street lamps on both sides of the road, and there were also more shops selling household gas cylinders and household gas appliances. The reason was that not long ago, the coalition forces of the Kingdom of Bryston and the Republic of Byron achieved a phased victory in the battle against the walrus people and occupied the Isaiah Icefield, which was rich in coal mines.

This can be considered a butterfly effect caused by himself. At this stage in his previous life, Charles VI was still alive, and the Isaiah Glacier in the north had long been controlled by Darklan alone, instead of just now joining forces with the Byron Republic to jointly occupy the Isaiah Glacier. This was also proof of the decline of the Kingdom of Bryston's national strength.

In addition, many changes have taken place in Dockland. For example, he saw a brand new subway station on the right side of the street. Words such as "Line 4" were written in Faric and Byron at the subway entrance. There were also many policemen wearing red lobster suits and ugly leggings coming and going near the subway entrance, and from time to time they looked at every passerby with the eyes of examining a prisoner.

Zhou Ning curled his lips, pressed the hat on his head, and walked directly towards the square in front.

After walking a few steps forward, Zhou Ning was suddenly inspired and looked towards the end of the bustling street below.

There was a fat man wearing a black suit and with slightly messy hair, walking forward in a hurry.

Zhou Ning was slightly stunned. This seemed to be Fatty Fred?

He was his former classmate and a top Yu-Gi-Oh fan. If he remembered correctly, it should be class time at Wake University now. Why was he here?

Zhou Ning immediately smiled and blamed himself for meddling in other people's business. The other party was not a child. Even if he skipped class, it wouldn't be his business.

But he was immediately stunned, because at this moment, Fred had strangely disappeared into the crowd in his sight, and he could not even catch sight of him.

You know, I'm an angel now, so when did Fred disappear from my sight? In my impression, he was just like John, not even a transcendent.

He is very ordinary in daily life. Apart from being good at playing Yu-Gi-Oh, his biggest highlight is his talent in alchemy. Professor Weasley admires him very much.

Zhou Ning took a deep breath, pressed his hat thoughtfully, and picked up a newspaper from the newsstand nearby.

"Two Roshens for one copy." The owner of the newsstand quoted a price.

Coincidentally, Zhou Ning was holding a copy of the Docklands Post, the newspaper to which he had previously contributed to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. He didn't care and took out two 1-roseen coins and threw them on the other newspapers.

In the absence of sufficient intelligence sources, he was determined to learn about the current situation in Dockland by reading newspapers.

"The Church of the Goddess of Life has repeatedly performed miracles..."

"Trevichon considered polytheism, secularism, and entertainment such as singing and dancing to be heretical."

"..."

"People are missing near the University of Victoria campus and in the old town."

The last piece of information made Zhou Ning smell something strange. In the field of mysticism, missing persons are often inextricably linked to cult rituals.

Zhou Ning walked towards the square, reading the news with great interest. "In recent days, two students and one teacher have gone missing from the Alchemy Department and History Department, respectively, on the Vic University campus. Two men and one woman have also gone missing in the old town. If you have any relevant information, please contact us immediately."

"Contact: Officer Sherlock."

"Contact: Docklands Police Station, 74 Cross Street."

Zhou Ning rubbed his chin slightly. This police officer Sherlock was obviously the Sherlock he knew. It seemed that this disappearance was really unusual.

At this moment, he had entered the Witsel Church Square, and not far ahead was St. Raymond's Cathedral.

At this time, there is still a statue of the sun goddess about 12 meters high standing in the center of the church square. In front of the statue is an altar more than four meters high, filled with bouquets of flowers and offerings.

A large number of sun-chasing birds were chasing each other in the sky, drawing golden arcs.

Zhou Ning took off his hat and snapped his fingers. Some food appeared in his palm and he threw it to the sun-chasing birds, watching them fall down and fly up again in unison.

After completing a round of feeding, he clapped his hands, walked up the church steps, and entered the church through the aisle of the second-to-last bronze door.

There was still no light inside, only the sun pattern in the center was inlaid with tens of thousands of mithril pieces, symbolizing the justice and benevolence of the sun goddess.

Zhou Ning looked up at the nail in the middle of the Holy Sun Emblem that had killed the God of Death Ikkil. The last time he came, he was only shocked that the Holy Sun Emblem cost no less than a million Viktars, but now he was focusing on the inconspicuous silver nail.

This nail is very likely a miracle item, comparable to or even surpassing the Eternal Nail of the Church of the God of War.

When passing by the large prayer hall, he saw Sherlock and Ian walking out one after another. They were slightly stunned when they saw Zhou Ning.

After looking Zhou Ning up and down for a few times, Sherlock smiled at him, nodded politely, and then passed by.

Zhou Ning also smiled. It was quite a coincidence. Almost a year ago, when he first came to St. Raymond's Cathedral, it was Sherlock who accompanied him.

Deep in the prayer hall, Zhou Ning saw a pastor sitting in the front row praying. When he noticed Zhou Ning, he nodded at him in a friendly manner.

Zhou Ning also smiled at him, took out a stack of about 600 Victoria banknotes from his pocket, and put it into the donation box in front.

The pastor looked at Zhou Ning with a more friendly look. He walked towards Zhou Ning and asked politely:

"How can I help you, generous sir?"

Zhou Ning smiled, and a Sun Guardian emblem popped out of his hand. He handed it to the pastor:

"Please give this emblem to Patriarch Stuart and tell him that someone familiar is visiting."

The white-robed priest's eyes suddenly became scrutinizing. He looked at Zhou Ning and nodded reluctantly.

"Please wait a moment."

This Sun Watcher badge had his former Sun Watcher number on it, and he hadn't returned it when he left Docklands. Stuart Crowe wouldn't be unable to recognize its owner. Besides asking if there was any way to eliminate the contamination, Zhou Ning also planned to discuss Docklands' current situation.

The chaotic footsteps went down layer by layer, and soon there was no sound.

About 5 minutes later, the white-robed priest returned to the prayer hall. He looked at Zhou Ning with awe in his eyes and bowed his head deeply.

"Your Majesty, Patriarch Stuart asked me to take you there."