Mysteries: Arcana Wars

In the early stages of the Divine Punishment Project, the Church of Evernight, the Church of Steam, and the Abraham Family proposed several solutions to this problem. The main focus of the other solutions was to add the protection of high-sequence Beyonders to the weapons and to eliminate Beyonder interference through status suppression.

Some people even suggested praying to the gods and asking them to provide corresponding protection.

But soon the idea was shelved: which god to pray to?

None of the three forces was willing to hand over this important initiative to the other side.

On the other hand, "the gods gradually drift away from humans after the bright moon rises, and humans begin a new life under their protection and blessings." This is not just a polite remark written in the opening words of a religious ceremony, but something Scott can vaguely feel.

In fact, as far as Scott can remember, the only people who can currently receive clear and consistent instructions from the God of Steam and Machinery are Bonois and more noble figures.

The prayers and sacrifices of ordinary mechanical hearts can still be responded to... but to Scott, this thing does not have any mysterious atmosphere. Instead, it is like a vending machine or some kind of daily tool. In this case, the church is not sure that every blessing can be accurately blessed by God.

"...The gods left after the bright moon rose..."

Scott repeated this sentence over and over again. He couldn't figure out what the so-called "departure of the gods" meant, but he could vaguely sense that something was wrong.

"Sense of crisis. Humans are trying to gain the ability to protect themselves from other sources because of the 'departure of the gods'. It is also this sense of crisis that has made the churches of all parties willing to sign the [Pact of Silence] and spontaneously control the intervention of extraordinary forces in human society, because if they cause extraordinary disasters, they will find it difficult to get enough help from the gods. For extraordinary people below the level of demigods, suitable modern thermal weapons can still cause fatal damage.

"For the Abraham family, the 'Lost God' they believe in is a 'missing' god who can hardly provide them with shelter. So after what happened to Ishdar, they have a greater sense of crisis and are more eager to advance the Divine Punishment Plan..."

Seeing Gloria's frown, Scott stopped mumbling. Gloria had never paid much attention to the so-called "secrets of the gods". She was too lazy to learn about mythological secrets and mystical knowledge that was irrelevant to her daily work and too ancient and distant. For Gloria, investing her leisure time in these ancient topics was no different from working overtime on a holiday.

Rather than paying attention to where the "god's departure" came from, Gloria was more concerned about where the dinner for the three of them came from.

"That's getting off topic..."

Scott coughed twice, noticing that he had gone off topic. The time the couple spent together was very precious, and according to their habits, this time should be used to solve the problem of the family's future, rather than doing useless work for the church's archaeology.

The two men came from different churches and held high positions, so this combination was fragile and dangerous. Over the past three hundred years, the two had already become a community of shared destiny, and they needed this short negotiation time to reach a high degree of consensus on various matters.

But in fact, due to the busy schedule and the surveillance of the church, the opportunity to squeeze in and chat with Osborne was very rare.

"There's one more thing I want to talk to you about."

Scott pulled out a chip and placed it on the table.

"My memory was faulty, but I didn't know it."

Gloria immediately understood the seriousness of the matter.

A clear memory like a recording tape is one of the biggest features of the "universal" path. For high-sequence universals like Scott, their daily memories are as neat and tidy as library files. Even for official Beyonders of this level, it is common to have their memories deleted because of exposure to taboo "information", but the church will specially leave a beacon in the other party's memory, clearly indicating that a memory here has been modified for undisclosed reasons.

And Scott's words indicate that his memory may have been modified without his knowledge.

Either Bonova deliberately harmed Scott because of the mission of the church, or... the existence that can silently change the memory of the Three Saints of Sequence is very likely an angel. In recent years, the heavy tightening of the [Pact of Silence] has made it so that the angels of the Orthodox Church and the major forces will not easily take action to provoke public anger.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm not sure. I'm not sure if it's my memory or the footage that's wrong... you'll know once you watch it."

Gloria inserted the chip into the machine without saying a word.

This video was taken when Scott was young, and is a wedding rehearsal held at St. Hillan's Church.

The groom at the wedding rehearsal was Jonathan Venturi, the only student Scott had ever accepted when he was young; and the bride was Margaret van der Rohe, who later became the Valkyrie with great military achievements. The Margaret's Oath, which was regarded as a spiritual symbol by the Loen Royal Army and placed in the Harvest Church Museum as a treasure, was the accessory that Margaret used in her future battles on the battlefield, and was also a relic left behind after her death.

Gloria remembered this absurd wedding rehearsal. At that time, they had booked the wedding at St. Julie's Church, but failed to arrange a time for the wedding rehearsal. So as two believers of the goddess of the night, they grabbed Scott and pestered him to secretly complete a rehearsal at St. Hillran's Church.

But the problem is, in Gloria's memory, no one was taking pictures that day!

This is an impossible video!

"…Field Moretti, steady the shot!"

Following the young man Scott's scolding, Gloria's eyes suddenly widened.

"I have made an extraordinary appraisal. This is a video that has not been modified. Or, the ability to modify the video is far beyond the range that I can observe."

"So you're going to look for this 'Field Moretti' outside the picture?" Gloria asked in disbelief.

"Yes, I want to know, which one is wrong, my memory or this video? Who is the fourth person who filmed this video? Does he really exist in this world?"

"…Is it because this video is related to this memory and Jonathan?"

Scott was silent for a moment. He had to admit that Jonathan's death was a scar on his youth.

After Margaret died on the battlefield, Jonathan fully utilized his talent as an information technology genius and devoted himself to technology research. At first, Scott didn't care about Jonathan's research until Jonathan died in his room because of a technology dispute.

After this, Scott never had such a "close" student again. Even though Scott killed the murderer not long after, he still blamed it on his own negligence. In fact, even though all the facts of the case were finally found out, Scott still felt that there was a sense of disharmony everywhere, and he couldn't really put it into words, as if something was missing, but all the evidence and case statements proved to him that all the secrets had been revealed, except for the data that the murderer gang burned when they couldn't get it.

At that time, young Scott believed it so much, and even believed it firmly. Even though there was a little sense of disobedience in his mind, he attributed it to the loss of Jonathan's research data.

When Scott saw this video that shouldn't exist, he suddenly felt a chill. It seemed that with the discovery of this video, his most proud memories in the past began to become unbelievable, and some of his cognitions that should have been very solid began to crumble inexplicably.

What was the dangerous technology that Jonathan was researching until the last moment of his life?

Could Field Moretti, who left only one voice message in the world, be the key to solving the mystery?

"Yes, I'm tracking down 'Field Moretti'. I have to know who he is and why he appears in this video." Scott admitted, "So, last time I asked you for a case of stealing tribute, and used the wanted order as an excuse to find 'Field Moretti'. By the way, I used this wanted order to test the reactions of some people encountered in the extraordinary world. Although I got nothing in the goal of finding the person himself, I encountered some unexpected results in other aspects."

"Did you make up the wanted poster for 'Field Moretti'?" Gloria said in shock, "But we really caught 'Field Moretti'!"

"What did you say?!"

Scott was shocked!

"In fact, this 'Field Moretti' is an alias for a fugitive criminal, a name he made up at random. After killing people and robbing them, he did steal the tribute from the Church of Evernight... Your fictitious wanted order has come true in a sense!"

As Gloria spoke, she involuntarily moved closer to Scott, becoming more serious.

"This criminal traded in the underground city black market under the identity of 'Field Moretti' and gained a little identity recognition.

"After that, I called myself 'Field Moretti' and investigated the black market where the criminal had traded before his death. After confirming that it was the territory of the Ferris Cult, I blew up the entire Leeds Street Underground City and deliberately left this name. This name should have spread by now, which will make this false identity more credible and more realistic.

"So when I was asked to secretly infiltrate the underground city, I decided to use such an identity with unknown origin but certain recognition as a cover for the operation. After we secretly executed this criminal, we used the identity of 'Field Moretti' to interfere in the daily affairs of the underground city. In the next period of time, we will carry out a series of operations in the underground city..."

Gloria suddenly stopped talking before she finished. A huge and indescribable fear overwhelmed the two people who were talking. It seemed that everything was strung together by this common name. The two were like two puppets, trapped in a big web woven by the name of "Field Moretti".

It seems that every move is from the heart, and every choice is the result of independent thinking, but in fact, the two seem to have never deviated from the inevitable track.

"We are cursed, a curse called 'Field Moretti'..."

Scott stared into Gloria's eyes.

"I was drawn into an endless pursuit by this name.

"And you are captured by this name, embarking on a journey with no end!