After the official documents from the Empire's subordinate Magic Kingdom reached Theocracy, Theocracy seemed to be largely unfazed, as if it were to be expected, without any ripples.
Aside from the uninformed subordinates who were somewhat flustered, the High Priests of the Six Scriptures showed no other reaction.
This was quite unexpected for Iri. For the past two days, she had Bell secretly listening to the High Priests of the Six Scriptures, specifically emphasizing that any issues concerning the Empire, no matter what, should be reported to her. However, they barely discussed anything.
Honestly... the Empire has directly become a subordinate! It's even more extreme than the Dragon Kingdom's alliance; it's directly fallen? It's truly strange that Theocracy has no reaction at all, isn't it?
It's as if they already knew this would happen. In this case, Iri highly suspects that Theocracy's high-ranking officials already know that she was not affected by Falling Beauty of a Nation, and only refrained from exposing her true identity due to the Magic Kingdom's terrifying strength.
However, her current situation is no different from before, except that she is not allowed to go to the deepest conference room of the temple or the librarian's development area. She is free to go anywhere else.
Allowing an enemy spy to wander freely in the core area of Theocracy is inherently unreasonable.
So, Iri has no idea what Theocracy's next move will be, as she has always relied on her understanding of the original plot to thrive until now.
Now that she is alone, infiltrating Theocracy, she can only rely on herself. The original work did not describe Theocracy much, and she doesn't have Xiao Di's ability to imagine things, so she can only take it one step at a time.
If all else fails, she will do as she previously thought: directly summon mercenaries in the central location of Theocracy, then run away, letting the mercenaries cause widespread destruction, and then let the Magic Kingdom step in to clean up the mess.
And while they're at it, it would be good if they also dealt with Theocracy. Of course... this is a last resort; she will not use this simple and crude method unless absolutely necessary.
Today, early in the morning, Iri received a notification that the high-ranking officials were holding a regular meeting and asked Iri to wait in the depths of the temple. According to Bell, this seems to be a customary practice.
Previously, only Death Knight waited in the depths of the temple. Now Iri has also been asked to wait, which seems to be a necessary task for an Extra Seat.
So, despite her reluctance, Iri went. After all, it was a necessary task. It was said to protect Theocracy's high-ranking officials during the regular meeting, which was reportedly a meeting that all important people in Theocracy had to attend.
Iri wanted to ask Bell to eavesdrop, but Bell said it was impossible... The entire temple is protected by a certain secret treasure of Theocracy, and all intelligence-gathering magic is ineffective. In that case, she could only give up.
Subsequently, Iri went alone to the depths of the temple and saw Death Knight directly in front of the corridor designated as a restricted area. She was idly fiddling with a Rubik's Cube in her hand. Upon seeing Iri approach, she merely looked up at Iri, then silently walked into the restricted area, seemingly wanting Iri to follow her. Iri could only helplessly follow her in.
Following behind Death Knight in a very long corridor, Death Knight remained silent, still fiddling with her Rubik's Cube as she walked, not intending to speak with Iri.
Iri felt more at ease in this situation. If that crazy woman started a commotion, she wouldn't be able to handle her without showing her true abilities, and with the situation inside Theocracy unclear, Iri didn't plan to cause too much trouble.
Finally, Death Knight silently led Iri into another small room at the end of the corridor. Next to that small room was a large door carved with very strange reliefs. That must be the so-called conference room, right?
That should be where those high-ranking officials of Theocracy hold their meetings. So, Death Knight and I are indeed bodyguards responsible for protecting them?
But then again, this is the deepest part of Theocracy, isn't it? What outsider could possibly sneak in?
Oh... I almost forgot myself. Didn't I, an outsider, sneak in? Hehe! Iri thought to herself.
Upon entering that small room, Iri was immediately embarrassed. Looking at the magnificent door next door, the inside should be very luxurious, but why is this 'guard' room so low-quality?
A long table, a few chairs, and that's it... There were no other decorations. However, there were six life-sized statues of gods placed inside, but those don't count as decorations, do they? At least there should be a vase or something, right?
But since it's a 'guard' room, she couldn't ask for too much. She just had to stay put like Death Knight. Iri saw that after Death Knight entered, she directly found a seat and sat down, continuing to play with her Rubik's Cube. Iri also casually found a seat and sat down.
After a long silence, Iri suddenly felt bored. After all, in this empty room, facing a crazy woman who was engrossed in playing with her Rubik's Cube, she couldn't be bothered to talk to her. Out of boredom, Iri began to observe the six statues of gods placed in the room.
Theocracy could be said to be one of the few countries that worshipped the Six Great Gods, right? For some unknown reason, the Empire and the Kingdom only worshipped four great gods, excluding the God of Life and the God of Death.
The Holy Kingdom only worshipped the God of Life, and the Dragon Kingdom was more complex, but generally, they also worshipped the four great gods more.
So, Iri had seen many statues of the God of Wind and the God of Fire in the Kingdom and the Empire, but this was her first time seeing the God of Life and the God of Death. Even after staying in Theocracy for so long, this was the first time Iri had the leisure to observe these two statues.
First, let's look at the God of Death... Indeed, he looks very much like Ainz-papa, with a skeletal face wearing a pitch-black robe that covered his entire body. He doesn't look like a good person at all, no wonder only Theocracy worships him! That wasn't particularly special. When Iri saw the statue of the God of Life, she felt a slight sense of incongruity.
The statue looked slightly shorter than the other statues, and its face looked like a neutral beautiful young man. Was the God of Life so young when she saved humanity?
Looking at the other gods, they were either grandpas or uncles, only the God of Life looked young. Her appearance wasn't the key, after all, it was a stone carving, so the general idea was enough.
What Iri found strange was the armor on the God of Life... It looked so familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before, but she couldn't recall it at the moment.
It felt like meeting an old friend she hadn't seen in a long time, able to say hello but unable to recall their name, a hazy feeling. The weapon she held was a long-handled hammer. Since she was the God of Life representing light, wearing heavy armor and holding a hammer, she must be a Holy Knight.
A Holy Knight player who transmigrated six hundred years ago! It must have been hard for you to lead your five teammates to save humanity back then, Iri thought to herself.
At this moment, Death Knight placed the Rubik's Cube in her hand on the table and let out a sigh of relief. Iri looked over and saw that the Rubik's Cube Death Knight placed on the table only had one side solved, the others were still messed up. Seeing Death Knight's satisfied expression, she couldn't help but blurt out,
"Pfft..." She burst out laughing.
"Hmph..." Death Knight immediately noticed and shot Iri a sharp gaze, looking as if she would pounce at any moment.
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